#s-crocodile

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[future-island-egghead]

Man I have so many thoughts on the Seraphim and since it's been over a year since their introduction I've had a lot more of them but overall I kinda.. feel bad for them, more than anything else?

No matter how powerful or scary or cool they are, one thing always remains the most important and unforgettable aspect of them.

They're sentient. They're sapient. They're aware and alive. They're people.

Not just people. But children.

They're just children.

And they have to grapple with being the crossover of two terrible things to be.

A clone of someone else, who's life has already been lived and decided by their own terms, and forced to follow it to the letter, and having no fundamental identity independent of them. only footprints of memories that aren't even their own, purely for the purpose of making them better fighters. How can they be anything more than simple variations or derivatives of "real" people? Can they even consider themselves "real"?

A pacifista. A human weapon. No agency. No humanity. Stripped of everything from will to dreams to freedom to even self-expression and forced to follow commands and never ask questions. Like a soldier. Like less than a soldier. Like a tool.

Like a gun.

Vegapunk said that Kuma's lack of free will would force him to obey, even if they asked him to murder a child. But he originally had free will to begin with. Kuma's life as PX-0, a sentient being with no will of his own, nothing more than a passenger in his own body is a nightmare. S-Bear has known nothing but that nightmare since birth.

People said that Doflamingo was born evil, but in reality, his life was shaped by the events he lived through more than anyone in-universe wants to admit. I wonder how S-Flamingo must feel, forced to carry on Doflamingo's legacy as a monster to the core, regardless of how monstrous he himself might or might not be. i wonder if the pressure of being the clone of a demon will cause a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Hancock's worldwide status was one even she did not want. It was a curse she herself learned to turn into a weapon. S-Snake does not even get the privilege of encountering OR weaponizing the curse herself. Already forced into the limelight without warning, and the eyes won't leave. Everyone already treating her like a celebrity, without a chance to even know what it was like to be a person first.

All she can do now is follow the same government that traumatized her origin and forced her to destroy her home.

Similarly, what of S-Hawk? Moreso than any seraph, any creation of the World Government, surely all eyes are on him to succeed. to be the strongest of the Seraphim and a symbol of total global safety. The world's strongest swordsman, new and improved, right? And what if he isn't? What if he's not as strong as Mihawk? What if he never is? What if he can't do it?

And what if he does? What if he ends up even worse than his origin: a bored god sitting on an empty throne with an empty title, with no one left to challenge him?

Jinbei wanted nothing in the world more than discrimination towards Fish-Men and Merfolk to end, to the degree he'd stake his life on it without hesitation. I wonder how S-Shark, a tool of the World Government, partly born from a race nearly extinguished by them, and forced to uphold their fascist, discriminatory rule against his will feels.

If Crocodile's secret is indeed his transgender identity, then what does that mean for S-Croc? At least Crocodile got the opportunity to keep it under wraps, even if some people do know. S-Croc will never get that opportunity, ever. the whole world on him from birth. Will they even let him be.. him? or will they force him to live in a body and identity that not only isn't even his own, but isn't anybody's at all?

and if it isn't, sure! I suppose he won't have to worry about that. but what of his intelligence? his own ambitions? It's said that Crocodile's greatest attribute was his mind, but the seraphim aren't allowed to break from the orders of others or formulate strategies, so S-Croc would be forced to take orders from people less experienced or intuitive. The footprints of a forgotten dream of wealth, fame, power, and freedom still sputter in his chest. A natural-born leader, forced into the role of lowly weapon, emptily paraded as a hero. How pitiful.

And S-Gecko? Always the runt. The last one. The weakest of the bunch. The world government never cared enough to hide their disdain and contempt for Moria. I can't imagine this won't bleed into how they treat S-Gecko. No matter how hard he works, being treated as nothing more than the worst of the best. Being equated to nothing but failure because his origin was one and constantly put down as "obligatory" and only existing at all because they couldn't get a better warlord to clone instead. Sure, he's not traumatized by the loss of his crew like Moria was.

But at least Moria had a crew.

The Seraphim are scary, and they're powerful. They're not naturally-born organisms, and they're programmed to follow the words of the World Government, even if told to kill in cold blood.

But they're still people.

They're still alive.

They're just children.

For the love of Nika, they're only children.

[50shades-of-blue]

based off of this post

Being amongst the more reserved of his siblings, S-Croc typically avoids showing any extreme emotion, mostly as remnants of his donor's behavior. Unfortunately, this isn't the only quirk that's made its home in his mind.

There's not a ton he knows about the former warlords, much less about Crocodile himself. All he knows is that he's been referred to as a girl since he's been created. And alongside his lineage factor, he was left insanely confused when he was briefed about the man he's supposed to be a clone of

Until him and a couple of his siblings had to fight the Revolutionary Army.

The Revs immediately recognized what the poor Seraphim were supposed to be and while they wanted to avoid violence, it simply wasn't an option. S-Crocodile followed his orders to a T, especially when it came to inflicting violence.

Violence was probably his favorite thing in the world, given he was both a living weapon and the clone of a particularly violent man. He would tear through his opponents with ease, inflicting disturbing amounts of poison-stained wounds and laughing all the while through it. The Seraph felt like he was on top of the world, given the freedom to terrorize any man he wanted.

Well, except for one man.

For some reason, S-Croc simply refused to follow his siblings into the battle with the Insurgent Serpent himself. His siblings, being a little more individualistic, mocked him as they made their ways to Dragon. But as arrogant as the Seraph was, he knew this wasn't fear.

Oh, no, it was something worse than fear.

After a long battle, the Revs managed to subdue the Seraphim with sea prism cuffs. No matter how powerful they were, it was meaningless as soon as they touched the wretched little stone.

The two others refused to speak to the Revs, especially Dragon, only taking moments to mock how soft hearted they were. S-Crocodile stayed silent, keeping his eyes to the ground. It's then that Dragon walks over to him that his stoicism starts to crack.

The poor kid felt Dragon's gaze pierce him and heard the sadness in his voice, commenting about how he looks just like Crocodile. He didn't understand what he was feeling and he didn't like it. Even though he refused to speak or even look at Dragon, S-Crocodile continued to be subjected to his commentary.

And then he finally snaps. Yells at Dragon to stop talking to him, to stop looking at him. To stop everything and to leave him alone. He even starts covering his face so he can negate the effects of Dragon's gaze. Until the Serpent admits that the Seraph even acts like Crocodile.

How awful was it that he was cursed with his donor's feelings for Dragon. Perhaps it's cosmic revenge for mocking his sister over folding so quickly to Luffy.

But perhaps it's not completely a curse.

If there was anything Crocodile adored about Dragon, it was definitely his kindness. And the fact that Dragon is the first person to finally refer to S-Crocodile not as a girl made his droning less painful.

He cracked so hard underneath Dragon's presence. Those big, adult emotions became more drowned out the more he heard Dragon speak to him as a boy. And at that point, S-Crocodile finally was able to look him in the face.

Even if he doesn't completely get everything, especially if he doesn't know much about Crocodile himself, S-Crocodile understood why these intense emotions are present inside of him. And he was willing to do anything for Dragon.

[breakingpengui1]

collection of cross guild and seraphim related wips/doodles over the last few months

[pixie-mask]

The official anime coloring for S-Crocodile

[iukasylvie]

I can't believe there are so few jokes about King miraculously fathering natural children by the original Seven Warlords of the Sea—six of whom are men—without any of them knowing.

A man as attractive as King could've repopulated the Lunarian race by himself through conventional methods but instead it came true thanks to cloning technology.

[arta-atelier]

Grown-up S-Crocodile and S-Flamingo

[demon64]

Decided to put a small portion of what I got done of that One Piece fic I mentioned in an earlier post. I'm mostly doing the fic for the fun of writing.

The Seraphim. Cyborgs made from the blood of the Shichibukai and the Last Lunarian. Intended as living weapons utterly loyal to the World Government. They are programmed with knowledge of their Warlord source and that source’s powers and abilities. Programming is a complex thing though, adding in how the living form likes to throw a wrench in the plans of many, and now the Seraphim have slowly gained their own sense of self. 

S-Crocodile knows that compared to the other Seraphim she stood out. They all stood out in their own ways. S-Bat stood out due to his odd form. S-Shark is part Fishman. S-Bear is large yet very docile. S-Flamingo’s bombasticness, to put it one way. S-Hawk will freak out if you even just touch his sword. And don’t get her started on S-Snake, the only other female of their little group of Seraphim. Yet she feels like an odd one out.

The Warlord she is modeled after, Sir Crocodile, is a Logia user. Sadly, Logia’s aren’t a fruit that Doctor Vegapunk has figured out how to replicate. And more importantly to some, Crocodile is a man. How is she who she is? The other Seraphim matched their Warlord source, the main differences coming from their Lunarian side. So why is she different? Did Vegapunk make a mistake? Or is this intentional on the Doctor’s part?

She did not know for certain, none of the other Seraphim do, and asking the doctor or his assistants is tough, they are either distracted or change the topic. None of those that they have met from beyond Egghead can answer, for they are not privy to that information themselves. Snapping S-Crocodile from her thoughts, a voice sounded over the speaker system.

“All Seraphim report to the assembly area! Repeat! All Seraphim report to the assembly area!”