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#thefinald indie, private, & canon-divergent portrayal of MARSHALL D. TEACH / BLACKBEARD. a pirate whose ambition was never meant to remain buried beneath another man's flag. this is the chronicle of the most dangerous dreamer on the seas — a man shaped by deprivation, patience, and a belief that fate favors those bold enough to seize it with their own hands.

themes explored include: the psychology of ambition, the violence of destiny, pirate sovereignty, survival through cunning, the mythology of the will of D, inherited chaos, maritime empire-building, the politics of the grand line, betrayal as a viable strategy, power accumulation, the philosophy of dreams, monstrous charisma, spiritual fragmentation, innate gluttony, the collision between fate and opportunism, and the burden of believing the world itself exists to be taken.

BR: usopp. katakuri [ask].

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100 Random Character Development Questions

001. When is their birthday? 002. Do they do anything to celebrate their birthday? 003. Does your character like coffee better, or tea? 004. Do they prefer being alone or with others? 005. Are they in good health? 006. What sense do they most rely on? 007. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist? 008. What is their favorite fairy tale? 009. Do they believe in happy endings? 010. Do they believe in love at first sight? 011. How would your character court the person of their dreams? 012. What makes your character embarrassed? 013. Have they ever been bullied or teased? 014. Detail one secret shame your character feels. 015. Are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue? 016. What is their choice of weapon? 017. When does your character think that violence is justified or deserved? 018. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What do they do? 019. If they could have a superpower, what would they choose? 020. What are their hobbies? 021. How do they display affection? 022. What is the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen? 023. What do they consider beautiful in others physically? 024. What do they consider ugly in others physically? 025. What do they consider beautiful in others personality-wise? 026. What do they consider ugly in others personality-wise? 027. What is their idea of perfect happiness? 028. What makes them laugh out loud? 029. What sort of sense of humor does your character have? 030. Do they believe in the afterlife? 031. Are they superstitious about anything? 032. Does your character believe in ghosts? 033. Do they keep their promises? 034. What’s their view of lying? 035. What is the most important rule your character lives by? 036. How honorable is your character? 037. If your character saw someone drop a large sum of money and knew that they could probably take it without anyone noticing, what would they do? 038. What bad habits do they have? 039. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person? 040. What is their obsession? 041. Are they comfortable with technology? 042. What is their greatest achievement? 043. What will they stand up for? 044. What disgusts them? 045. Does your character have any chronic medical conditions? 046. How do they handle getting sick? 047. What was the last medical problem your character had? 048. Do they have any allergies? 049. How does your character feel about growing old? 050. How does your character feel about their own mortality? 051. If they knew they would die tomorrow, what would they do today? 052. What is your character’s worst flaw? 053. What is your character’s greatest strength? 054. Does your character want power or authority of any kind? 055. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? 056. Has your character ever struck someone in anger? 057. Has your character ever killed anyone? 058. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day? 059. List several phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did they pick them up? 060. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning? 061. Does your character prefer adventure or safety and security? 062. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind? 063. How well does your character handle difficult people? 064. In what ways does your character annoy others? 065. Is your character better at leading or following? Which do they prefer? 066. Does your character prefer city life or being out in nature? 067. Does your character believe in fate or destiny? 068. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility? What kinds of things trigger it? 069. What about your character is heroic? 070. What about your character is cowardly? 071. How kind is your character? 072. In a Dungeons & Dragons game, which class would your character be? (wizard, fighter, bard, priest, ranger, etc.) 073. In a novel, what plot role would your character fill? (hero, anti-hero, sidekick, villain, etc.) 074. What is your character’s favorite game? 075. Is your character ticklish? 076. How do they express anger? 077. How often do they cry? Over what? 078. How emotionally stable is your character? 079. How easy is it for them to read the emotions of others? 080. How easy is it for others to read your character’s emotions? 081. Is your character religious? 082. What are your character’s sleeping preferences? 083. What is the first thing they say and/or do when they wake up? 084. Describe your character in one word. 085. Describe your character in three words. 086. How would your character describe themself in one word? 087. How would your character describe themself in three words? 088. Is your character quiet or loud? 089. How vocally expressive is your character? 090. How bodily expressive is your character? 091. What type of music does your character like? 092. What emotion does your character evoke in others? 093. What is your character’s goal in life? 094. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to know. 095. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to do. 096. How do they move and carry themselves? What energy do they project? 097. How well do they adapt to change? 098. Does your character like animals? 099. Do they talk to inanimate objects? 100. Does your character dream? If so, what do they dream about?

#I love this . lemme yap about BB

Does blackbeard ever have moments of silence where he thinks about killing his father-figure white beard? Or was it just something he felt that needed to be done and now that it's over was everything Edward do for him meaningless?? Does he still hold some respect for the man? If at any time in his life?

@thuganomxcs

if you resurrect white beard, black beard would shoot him again and dance with the old man's body like he was a grieving widow. and the eerie part about it is... he'd still say he love him and insult him in all the same breath.

teach doesn't sit in the corner, crying over the crimes he committed against those that trusted him. once he decided on something, it calcifies and he knows that one way or another, he's going through with the deed. it becomes a fixed point. everything after that is pure timing. so there aren't second guesses on their relationship. it's very much a "i'd love you more if i wasn't a pirate" and that goes for anybody. his place with people had been predetermined the moment he chose his path. what remained was waiting for the world to accept and align with that answer.

teach understood exactly what whitebeard was. he lived under him since he was a child to see how he operated. he saw a man that could hold chaos together. he felt the rare semblance of family and loyalty, a feeling that was violently taken from the davey family. he even observed how the seas themselves reacted to their present. he studied them as a unit rather than the individual. because without his family there is no whitebeard and vice versa. no matter how cutthroat his nature is, their familial structure did leave an imprint on him whether he acknowledges it or not.

but respect, for teach, has no authority over action. it never has. he can recognize whitebeard as a great mean and still understand that doesn't stop him from being killed for the greater part of black beard's agenda for the world. it's positional. and if a position can be taken, then it will be taken. there is no contradiction in his mind between respecting a man and deciding the man has to die, playing god with the lives of those that cross his path. those things exist side by side without interfering with each other.

blackbeard moved on from white beard. he was part of a bygone era. he does not sit and relay past sentimental conversations. he does not go over the good lessons he was given or spend a second thinking about the gratitude he should have shown. what accountability does he need to take for a men that needed to go and let the new generation take over?

blackbeard sees power, he takes power, uses it, and expands upon it. so no, it was not meaningless. but meaning, to teach, does not protect you. it never did. teach may love, but it will never outweigh what he had set out to do since he was a child.

#thuganomxcs #HCS.

meta: family

@wcrldswcrstx

the world forgot his family. and there are those up top that refuses to remember them. teach'll never forgive none of that. the d family were hunted to extinction. the decree wasn't written. he can comb through archives for hours, if he wished, but he knows the truth: the military, the government, nobody made proclamations across the seas about what was to befall his family. history does not dignify certain bloodlines with acknowledgement in any capacity. it just made strides to effectively remove it from the earth.

god valley was home but the davy family was never meant to survive it. they represent evil, in other eyes. his mother, eris, understood before anyone else that god valley was going to be one big funeral pyre for them. she wasn't big on legacy as his father. kings and conquest, those were conversations his father was big on. eris focused on survival by any means necessary. she suspected she might not live long to see her children grow up, so she wanted to ensure they outlive everything.

teach doesn't remember every detail of what happened. at least, you wouldn't think he does. he compartmentalized it. the images that do come to mind the fire, the screams, the hatred. he remembers the pressure of his mom's hold. she wrapped him too tight in her bosom as she fled the massacre. when kuma's power removed them from that island, that was not the end of their horror. it just relocated the problem as far as the government was concerned.

they tracked them down and they were relentless about it. his mother did not last. she wasn't a weak woman. actually, any bad remarks about her would provoke him into killing him. his mother didn't make a mistake in saving her son. she did what good mother's do best. love, save, and prepare him for a world that believed he didn't have the right to live.

teach... actually doesn't know what happen to his mother. he might, but that could be a black stain in his memory. all he knows is that eris fought hard for her children to live. but the system has the ability to make people disappear and that's actually what happened to her. there were no witnesses or records about it.

teach learned the lesson exactly as she intended. it just didn't shape into what she hoped. he wasn't cautious of the word. he was certain that the world owed him and that he would rule it with an iron fist. the world had already shown him that he and his people were prey. things to be hunted for sport. at a young age, teach made the decision that he would never be prey again.

his dad confronted the world openly, believing fiercely in strength and force and the inevitability of his own will. but teach learned his life lessons through colder climates. his father would have never wanted teach to go about it like this, as he was a man that had values, but playing in the moral leagues is just playing in the minor leagues, in teach's view. that's why he's a cut throat man. does he miss his family? he doesn't think about them. nothing can chase after him in his sleep, because he doesn't sleep.

and even if he could...

nightmares don't hit the same when you're living out dreams.

#HC.

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tle13

#what is the will of d? isnt that the question. / musings.

belovedbluv

Wesley Snipes for Vibe magazine, 1993 shot by Dan Winters

#movement of d people. / aesthetics.

blackbeard's hygiene and fashion

author note: i never liked the "dirty pirate" trope. it's largely a myth and i reject black pirates being written as such for obvious reasons. i know blackbeard is typically regarded under that category especially, due to his obesity, but i digress. either way, that's now how i'll be writing him.

anyway, blackbeard enjoys grooming himself. it's a presentation of power. fear begins with what people see first. he's a man literally larger than life, standing at 11'3, over 300lbs. his beard seems chaotic but its obsessively brushed, braided, and well-oiled to the point if someone runs their fingers through it, it'd be like combing through fine silk.

like most pirates, he loves pretty things. jewelry and nice fabrics. his fingers are decked in colorful rings, and every detail about the garb he wear contributes to the silhouette people remember long after they have fled from him. when he smiles, his missing teeth came from fights (there are rumors he took them out himself, because he's obsessed with the number #3), but they're bright as pearls.

as for his hygiene, pirates lived on water. washing with seawater was a normal practice. the ocean is both a weapon and resource for any pirate and seafaring combatant worth their salt.

he bathes in seawater regularly, often at night when the ship is asleep, as he's the only one that cannot sleep. barrels of fresh water are reserved for drinking, but seawater and oil soaps are sufficient to scrub his dead skin, loose hairs, and his beard.

blackbeard is very particular about how he smells. the crew knows this. they know his quarters contain coarse sea soaps made from ash and animal fats. there are scented oils he taken from captured merchant vessels and markets. teach loves layered scents such as tobacco smoke, rum, spice oils, clove, and saltwater. he's also attracted to feminine scents as well. soft musk, fruity fragrances, and vanilla, caramel, or peony notes. it's delicious. he's quick he use metal picks mostly to maintain his beard.

teach's size is often mocked by his enemies and those that don't know any better, yet he treats his body with practical respect. a large frame like his demands maintenance. sea air, sweat, and salt causes rashes and infections. last thing he needed was an unnecessary doctor's visit. and considering his large size, he does need assistance with maintaining his look, so there are lesser crew members who have designated roles in aiding him in his upkeep.

one thing teach hated when it came to how he runs his ship is foul odors. rotting fish, manure of livestock, his crew's shit—teach had strict hygiene rules. tldr; he enjoys smelling good, looking good, and feeling good. stink? he don't need that negativity in his life. wash your ass.

#this is my era. / hc.

you still have a choice. ( from newgate! )

@willofd || WE DO NOT PART.

“ pops, pops, POPS! STOP IT! THE BLOOD PRESSURE! ”

teach tore into a drumstick the size of a horse's haunch, ripping through the flesh as his dark eyes lifted to take in the full breadth of his captain. grease slicked his fingers by the time he finished the bite, and he licked the fiery salted juices from them with casual satisfaction before a rumble of laughter began rising from deep within his chest.

“ Zeh… heh… ZEHAHAHAHAHA…!! ” the sound rolled across the desk like thunder breaking over open water.

“ you gotta stop raisin’ your blood pressure, ” he continued, his insolence thickly rich with amusement. the expression on his face carried a childlike nature in its audacity, though the darkness behind it ran far deeper. the black glint in his jolly eyes bore into the old man as if the world had long since failed to produce anyone capable of correcting him.

“ being upset’s a choice. ” he delivered the line like a casual lecture, gesturing lazily with the half-eaten drumstick toward the towering figure whose shadow swallowed the sun behind him.

“ what’s that accomplish, huh, old man? hm?! ”

#willofd

@cathiief said: ❝ Go away. And don’t look at me. ❞ cont'd.

blackbeard's hands rose, palms outward in exaggerated surrender as her refusal landed like a bomb between them. the motion came swift and theatrical, each wavering gestured performed with an almost comical flair. beneath the shadow of his beard, a gargantuan grin had already begun to spread, the expression widening as though her reaction amused him far more than anything else had in the world.

“ woah now, woah now, easy there, sweetheart! ” his laughter crept in under his plea, his voice thick as his imposing stature. “ ZEHAHAHA…!!! what’d I do, offend you in another life or somethin’? you're lookin' at me like a scorned wife. ”

he waved one large hand dismissively at the thought.

“ ahh, forget it! the past is the past! a pirate who holds grudges over yesterday’s nonsense would never survive the sea. ” teach leaned forward slightly, his dark eyes flicking once toward the orange she guarded before returning to her face with a crooked, speculative grin.

“ now tell me this… ” he continued, his voice oozing with playful disbelief. “ what kind of pirates are we if we can’t share oranges like the civilized band of scum we are? ”

#thread tag.#[ i hope you dont mind me turning this into a thread ]#it was too good an opportunity #catthiief

girlscoutofrp

“ I got tired of seeing multiple different relationship memes have a few relationships I was interested in but more that I was not, so I’ve combined a few - and added some options of my own.

Taken partly from @loisnclark and @leneemusing “ - archived originally at mememeseymour (defunct/deleted)

romantic relationships ! ❤️ friends to lovers 💗 slow burn 💙casual partners to lovers 💜 friends with benefits to lovers 💚 actually unrequited 💛 falsely assumed unrequited 💘 begrudgingly falling in love

familial relationships ! 🌻 friends like siblings 🌵 parental 🌷 general found family

friend relationships ! ☀️ best friends 🌦 enemies to friends 🌈 friends since childhood ⛅️ friends of circumstance ☁️ friends from school

enemy relationships ! 🔪 friends to enemies 💣 stole something from my muse 🔦 stole something from your muse ❌ guilty by association 🖤 enemies to lovers

sexual relationships ! 🍑 one night stand 🍆 friends with benefits 💞 friends with benefits + unspoken feelings 💦 play partners 👉👌 casual partners 👅 hatefucking 🤐 kink mentor/mentee 💔 ex partners with feelings

other relationships 💝 mentor/mentee 🍸 partners in crime 💟 lovers to enemies ❣️ forced to work together for survival/a common goal ✋ colleagues 💓 colleagues to lovers 🖕 colleagues to enemies 🦄 suggest your own

notmorbid

we do not part.

dialogue prompts from we do not part by han kang.

life is exceedingly vulnerable.

when did everything begin to fall apart? where was the fork in the road?

there are people who brandish their sharpest weapon as they are taking their leave.

i'm leaving you so i can breathe. i want to live.

it's only your anxiety talking.

can you come right away?

honestly, i'd rather give up.

i only have myself to think about now.

how are you doing for money?

the monotony is what worries me.

i'll carry on, in any case.

why did you have to be so headstrong?

i shouldn't have roped you in.

i always felt like there was no one else in the world but the two of us.

i felt like if i didn't leave, that rage would kill me.

i try not to think about it, but it keeps coming back.

i need to find a lantern and a hand shovel.

you know the saying: 'a good appetite, a long life.'

have as much as you want. there's plenty more.

it can be difficult to distinguish forbearance from resignation.

you still have a choice.

nothing hurts anymore.

the dark is pretty much all i remember.

is this a dream?

why are the lights off?

i thought about you so much, some days it felt like you were here with me.

how are you able to manage by yourself?

how long have you felt that way?

it was a different time then. you had to do as you were told.

dreams are terrifying things.

dreams are humiliating. they reveal things about you that you weren't even aware of.

what a strange night this is.

it's not true that you have no one left. you have me.

should we head to my room?

there were things i left out of the story. things i misunderstood, too.

let's stay here. they'll be fine without us.

you're going to live a good, long life.

i used to think my mom was the weakest person i knew.

you're stronger than i thought.

it's not far from here.

do we have much longer to go?

do you want to go back?

where would i even go?

i used to come here with _____.

love is a terrible agony.

nothing one human being did to another could ever shock me again.

you actually came.

could someone be listening to our conversation?

is someone really here with me?

i really shouldn't fall asleep here.

let me rest my eyes for just a bit.

don't disappear on me yet.

"not he, but they".

my teach is not one consciousness, but a composite entity—three or more souls sharing a single body. their body functions like a spiritual vessel with multiple occupants. each soul governs a different aspect of their personality. the three skulls illustrated across their banner is his way coy way of acknowledging that.

their first soul is the mad strategist. the calculating cutthroat that practices patience, political awareness, and have an acute understanding of timing. this soul is the conniving opportunists that waited decades aboard whitebeard pirates for the yami yami no mi. although whitebeard was like a father figure, none of the mattered to teach. this is soul of teach had been the planner who orchestrated the capture of portgas d. ace, the infiltration of impel down, and helped them ascend to emperor status.

the second soul is the beast with the chaotic appetite. it's ravenous, gluttonous, impulsive, violent, and hedonistic. when you hear teach laugh obnoxiously, it is his beastial soul that is tapped in. its representative of the raw pirate spirit that relishes piracy and conquest, and endlessly hunger for it.

lastly, the dreamer. the most dangerous soul of them all. don't let teach's enormous size play up the stereotype that laughter and large bodies = dumb. teach is one of the most intelligent men in the one piece universe. he's obsessed with fate and a huge believer in dreams. when conversing about these topics and the world at large, teach comes off as philosophical.

this soul embodies the will of D and it is the one most aligned with destiny and ambition.

so whenever blackbeard shows cowardice or fearlessness, or espouses crude remarks or display gentlemanly mannerisms, these aren't really contradictions. that large body of his possess different occupants at a very big steering wheel. when they're silent or hesitates, there's an internal debate happening. when they're experiencing pleasure, it's literally several minds enjoying the moment simultaneously. it is a consensus among monsters sharing a throne.

this is why teach can eat multiple devil fruits, as the medium tells us that normally a second devil fruit kills the user. each fruit in teach is bounded to a different soul. soul a got yami yami no mi. soul bi got gura gura no mi.

this is also why sleep does not come to him. if one soul sleeps, another one remains awake. it shifts. his body is never conscious. there is no psychological or physiological drawbacks to either. they're a being that transcended binaries.

#this is my era. / hc.

leotanaka

#the philosophy of young teach espoused during his younger years in whitebeard crew.#what is the will of d? isnt that the question. / musings.

extractandrecite

“She loved me with a viciousness that kept me from ever feeling complacent, with the reminder that nothing was permanent, that we would one day be lost to each other.”

— Esi Edugyan, Washington Black

#context: he loves the idea of fate itself—the violent momentum of history pushing him forward.#the “she” is destiny.#it also tied to yami yami ni mi—it demands suffering #absorbing pain and pulling everything into void.#a eerie way to look at “she” is his mother + the other soul inside him - the more fragile parts.#what is the will of d? isnt that the question. / musings.

flameandignite

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Black Pearl captain's cabin interior set

#movement of d people. / aesthetics.

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