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blue | 20s | she/her | black

[thatnikaluffy]

上がれ心臓の音 ー beat louder, heartbeat!

blue 🌊 20s ノ she/her ノ one is the joy that you cannot waste

black fic writer with a moderate amount of free time on my hands. multi-fandom + spoiler-riddled. especially obsessed with the silly, happy pirate show... btw you should watch it. or maybe you could watch jjba. or at least check out takopi's original sin.

-> byf + navigation -> ao3 account one, two, three, pixiv

masterlist. translations. daily clicks.

[reiju-enthusiast]

[unrelatedsideblog]

It's honestly cute how Luffy adores Sanji

[gayteensupreme]

Btw if I say things like “by god” or “good lord” in posts please be aware I don’t mean it in a catholic way I mean it in a 1950s scientist reacting in horror after they create an evil creature in the lab set in the distant future year of 2005

[tashigizine]

ARE YOU READY TO TELL THE CAPTAIN HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER?! Interest check for Heart of Shigure: A Tashigi Zine is open!!! Don't be shy and tell us EVERYTHING you love about the Captain before 4:59 pm on August 9th!! INTEREST CHEST HERE: https://forms.gle/CvmLauhKeDNzasn16 WE ALSO NEED HELP SHOWING OFF HOW GREAT OUR CAPTAIN-CHAN IS!!! Layout mod applications are open until 4:59 pm EST on August 2nd!! LAYOUT MOD APPLICATIONS HERE: https://forms.gle/CHz1kjcLXeKjDKG87 @anizines @zine-scene @open-zines @zinetracker @zinefeed @faneventstation @opzinebulletin

[sabotensan]

The past is an open wound

Trying to befriend CSP.

[noah-wyles]

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

[fluoritegalaxy]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[kbsd]

i hate hate hate the way fandoms at large interpret the found family trope. so often people seem to think it means just recreating the nuclear family structure with characters who aren’t related to each other, and shoving those characters into either a mom role, a dad role, or a child role. when really it's supposed to be about finding/building a support system outside that traditional model, and illustrating that sometimes that isn’t always the best model....aka the exact opposite of what people do.

[hail-dondus]

Finding out Hans Zimmer is a transphobe genuinely had me falling to my knees

[cartoonistfreak101]

Thank you blastybaku for explaining this!/gen

[poetry-protest-pornography]

If you've ever heard a movie score and thought "holy shit, this is incredible", there's like, a 50% chance it was Hans Zimmer who composed it.

This is a pretty major letdown, ngl.

Anyways, fuck transphobes, which includes Hans Zimmer, apparently.

[excessively-english-jd]

Anyway shoutout to John Williams, amazing composer and probably the one who made the other 50% of "holy shit amazing" soundtracks (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Superman, and incidentally the original Harry Potter theme and score) who famously worked closely with the first openly transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, Angela Morley. He respected her, and so far as I can see, has never made transphobic remarks.

[farewell-to-lorien]

To Survive on This Shore, by Jess T. Dugan.

[ironwoman359]

This being marked "mature" is actually disgusting. These are completely neutral portraits that are not sexual or provocative in any way. Trans people existing is not a fucking sexual statement, let alone our trans elders.

[slavery]

[macbethz]

Fuck I’m at a fencing tournament and literally a minute after I reblogged this my dad told me that he talked to the point people and I’m probably going to win a medal.

[fraemm3]

People love to say Zoro is emotionally flat, that nothing really rattles him, that he’s just… Zoro. But if you pay attention, there’s one person who consistently pulls a wider emotional range out of him than most of the crew combined: Nami.

It starts with the obvious one, laughter. Not the usual smirk or the short, amused exhale he gives everyone else. I mean real laughter. The kind that comes from his gut, unguarded and rare, like something slips past his usual restraint when she’s involved.

Then there’s protection. Not in a possessive way, but in that immediate, instinctive shift he has whenever she’s in danger or overwhelmed. Zoro protects everyone on the crew, yes, he would die for all of them, but with Nami it often feels sharper, faster, almost reflexive in a different emotional register.

Concern is quieter, but constant. Watching. Noticing. Stepping in without being asked.

But one of the most interesting dynamics is actually the frustration. Because Nami gets under his skin in a very specific way. Her attitude, her temper, the way she pushes, orders, calculates, provokes, it visibly irritates him at times. He’ll complain, snap back, or look annoyed… but it never really feels empty. It feels loaded. Like the annoyance is just the surface layer of something more complex: familiarity, attention, and a level of investment he doesn’t openly admit. It’s the kind of frustration that exists only when someone matters enough to register in your emotional space in the first place. And then there’s the quieter contradiction: even when he acts annoyed, he still listens. Still reacts. Still steps in when it counts.

But what people don’t talk about enough is the other side of it: the way Nami can also unsettle him. Not “fear” in a literal, dramatic sense, but something closer to wariness. Respect for her temper, her sharpness, her ability to absolutely shut him down when she’s mad. There are moments where even Zoro seems to register, very briefly, that crossing her is not a good idea.

And honestly? That balance is what makes it interesting.

She’s not just someone he protects. She’s someone who makes him laugh harder than usual, worry more than he admits, react more strongly than he intends… and occasionally reconsider his entire life choices before saying something stupid. 😂

For someone like Zoro, who lives behind a wall of stoicism, that’s not nothing.

But what about Nami toward Zoro?

Her side is just as layered. She scolds him constantly. Criticizes him. Calls him out without hesitation when he’s reckless or difficult. And yet she relies on him in a way that’s almost effortless. Not just as a fighter, but as stability, like she trusts him to be exactly where he needs to be when things go wrong. There’s a reason for that consistency.

Zoro is not just “another man” in her orbit in the way the rest are. He’s not someone she needs to manage socially, emotionally, or strategically in the same way. With him, there’s no need to perform, to deflect, or to carefully navigate unwanted attention. There is respect there. And there is safety in that respect. He doesn’t reduce her. He doesn’t sexualize her. He doesn’t demand a version of her that fits someone else’s expectations. And that absence changes everything about how she can exist around him. So she stays direct. Unguarded in a different way. Sharp, honest, fully herself.

And she shows up for him, too.

There are multiple moments where she stays close when he’s injured or pushed past his limits, not loudly panicking, not overreacting, but present. Checking on him. Staying within reach. Acting like his condition matters without turning it into spectacle. It’s not dramatic care. It’s consistent care. And it mirrors something important: trust that goes both ways, even if expressed differently. They understand each other in a way that doesn’t always need words. Sometimes it’s just a look. A pause. It feels less like communication and more like recognition, like they’ve built a shared language over time. And with Nami, that “language” seems to sit in a different category compared to how she relates to most men around her. Less guarded. Less transactional. More stable.

And that's why they feel so compelling to me.

Not because the story tells me they're in love. But because it gives them the kind of emotional language that romance is so often built from. They have a rhythm together that feels effortless, intimate, and deeply lived-in. The best fictional chemistry isn't always loud. Sometimes it's just two people who instinctively make room for each other in every situation.

And Zoro and Nami have been doing that for years.

I've been wanting to put these thoughts into words for a long time, so I figured I'd take the opportunity to answer your question while finally getting them out of my head. @thatnikaluffy ☺️

[jules-thoughts]

He's on a mission 🌻

Day 4: Hair (& touch)

Lusopp Week 2026

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[thatnikaluffy]

My friend Sonican on twitter is having a pet emergency! His cat Mochi is in desperate need of surgery for her kidney condition and needs help. While my friend has managed to raise $570, he still needs over $3,750 to cover her medical bills, including a $1,700 down payment so her surgery can begin as soon as possible.

Not only has her kidney condition worsened, causing swelling in Mochi's stomach buther stomach has begun swelling and even developing sores.

If you're able to donate even a little, here is a ko-fi charity! Unfortunately my friend is unable to use Gofundme as he lives in the Phillipines where the website isn't supported. Anything helps from donations to reblogs to spread awareness!

[thatnikaluffy]

Mochi has had her surgery but the remainder of her medical bills still need to be paid!

[nojoki]

yasuho

[nojoki]

i like your ears

[nojoki]

they just don't think about these long-term, do they?