I was playing Fate/Grand Order’s new event and this particular scene caught my attention as an English Master’s student:
This is a reference to the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. What it implies for the story, if it implies anything, I’m not sure, but I saw that line and recognized it instantly.
Writers, you all feel free to reblog this post with links to your fics so as many people as possible can go smash them with love and appreciation. I am a small account but I still hope to help you guys get more support and visibility! Ily all thanks for all the fantastic hours of reading you offer us. <33
I wrote a few fics, all One Piece, so here they are:
A Daughter’s Honor - basically, it’s about Whitey Bay and the ladies of the Spade crew (Banshee and Cornelia) going to war against the government to save their captain Ace.
Mr. Prince Revealed - I had always wondered how Crocodile would react to finally meeting the cryptid that is Sanji. Let’s just say, Croc isn’t too happy.
Calm Seas - A modern-day AU, which is family oriented. So far, only the chapter revolving around the Gol family has been written, but there is more to come! Be on the lookout for more family shenanigans.
Freedom Vs. Justice - This fic revolves around Isuka’s life after she parts ways with Ace on Sabaody. How her career fares and as she climbs up the ranks with her own sense of justice.
Passion Forged in Hell - This fic is angst with a happy ending - it’s a ‘what if’ Reverie story. Sabo gets captured, but we all know the Celestial Dragons are petty....
A Ghost of the Past - Ghost!Ace haunts Sabo. It’s lowkey a fix-it fic, though Ace is technically dead. There’s a little but of worldbuilding to explain how he’s a ghost and all of that.
The Tide Waves Goodbye - Starting from when Fisher Tiger drops off Koala on her home island, her life from ex-slave to revolutionary is explored.
Checkmate - Rosinante never died. Instead, he was an ice cube for twelve or so years. Finally unfrozen, he has to carefully navigate the political mine-field, stop his insane older brother, and reconnect with the now notorious pirate, Trafalgar Law.
The Reason (and Bane) of his Existence - Ace time travels back to when the first pirate king was alive when he was supposed to have been killed at Marineford. Ace tries to cope, meets the crew members, and goes on adventures.
Of course, there are more in the works (though I have to finish these still....) but I hope that you all enjoy them!
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Hello!! I just started watching Gintama a couple weeks ago, and I noticed that you like the series as well - I was wondering, do you have any headcanons for Okikagu, or just for Kagura and Sougo as individuals? (I know that your blog is mainly SE, so it's okay if you don't want to answer.) Also, I really love your art! Have a great day!
Hiiiii omg I’m so happy you started Gintama! And no need to worry, I’d never ignore a Gintama ask, and an OkiKagu one at that? Have I ever said that they’re one of my Top Three Ships™️? Heck yeah (the top ship is GinHiji by the way lol)
Hmmmm, tbh I didn’t headcanon Gintama much bc the series is pretty much character-driven wwww but let’s see
I guess there’s no proper ‘asking out’ moment between them. They’re both too stubborn and prideful to say it first lol. Maybe there’s a guy who approached Kagura and Sougo’s like, “Hey, hands off my woman.” or something. And then when the guy’s properly kicked away, Kagura just stares at him with both ferocious blush and an extremely offended look wwwww
then Sougo’s like, “What, you have problems with that? Think you can’t keep up with me?”
and she’s like, “Of course I can!! Be grateful I’m generous enough to date your sorry ass!!”
and yeah~
Gintoki def plays the Strict Dad™️ but also absolutely would exchange money with Hijikata on the background
Going forward with @notenoughtrees suggestion! Add your own Luffy to the canvas! Lets fill it up till its full!!! Everyone has full permission to take this and add to it. Sign it or don’t, it’s up to you. Just draw a Luffy, only criteria!
Whitebeard, the strongest man on the ocean, was an honorable pirate. Don't turn your back. Protect those under your flag. Keep the women from the battlefield. Unfortunately for him, Whitey Bay has her own code of honor - to fight, and keep fighting, until her family is safe. And she's willing to bet that all of the other ladies feel the same.
So they set sail - to Marineford.
Ice Witch, they called her.
An abomination, the lowest of the low.
Her tips twitched in a grin. A pirate.
Bay's career in piracy had been a long one. Starting off as one of the children Whitebeard - her Oyaji - had picked up, she had eventually become her own captain, in charge of her own ship. They sailed the ice covered waters as easily as a fish swam - it was hers. Any who dared trespass and challenge her, she sent to their early watery grave.
She watched the glaciers pass them by as she stood on the deck. Her crew members milled around her - some drinking warm beverages. Ale for the older members, and hot chocolate for those too young.
Strangely, the ocean had been quiet in the past couple days. No enemy ships took on her and her crew, and definitely no marines. She frowned. It was too quiet for her.
Her suspicions were confirmed when her first mate rushed up to her. "Captain!" he huffed, face pale and eyes wide. He clutched a newspaper in his hand and held it out to her. "There's news!"
Snatching the paper from the man, she snapped it open and scanned the paper.
'THE EXECUTION OF PORTGAS D. ACE: IN THREE DAYS'.
Bay stared at the paper in disbelief. What were the marines playing at....? By hosting a public execution, they had to know that they would face the full wrath of the Whitebeard pirates.
She flipped her hair over her shoulder. Whatever their reasons, it didn't matter - she gave a shark-like grin. They would demolish all their enemies.
"Your orders?" her navigator called out, somehow sensing her rather....predatory mood.
"Set the sails," Bay said, clasping the hilt of her blade. "We're going to the last known location of Oyaji."
Whitey Bay stepped onto the Moby Dick and smirked at her family, who had come to greet her.
"Welcome back, Bay!" someone called.
"Bay's back?" another asked. "Let's have a celebration!"
It was her first time back at the Moby Dick since she had left, making her own crew. She'd returned to see her brothers once more, but to also check up on Oyaji's medical status.
"Tell us about your adventures, Bay!"
Bay waved away all of her brothers' calls. "Enough, I've got business to attend to you lazy bums. I'll tell you all about it when I have a tankard of ale in front of me, and I'm stuffed with food. Got it?"
"Party!" someone cheered.
She shook her head, but she was smiling. They were idiots, but they were her idiots.
Marco nodded to her as she strode past, and Bay smirked at him. To think that the baby chicken of the family would work his way to becoming the first division commander. Ever diligent, that one.
Maneuvering her way to Oyaji, she shot a look at him. "You shouldn't be drinking."
Oyaji grinned, a cup of sake in hand. "Sake is never absent in a party with family."
She rolled her eyes. "The hell you put your nurses through is something I don't miss."
The giant man laughed.
"She missed us!" a crew member called out. "The Ice Witch does have a heart!"
"Can it," Whitey Bay searched the crowd for the offender, but settled on a blanket glare for the whole group of pirates. "I can kick every one of your asses, you know."
Oyaji took a long drink from his cup of sake, then set it down on the arm of his chair. "Now come, my daughter - tell us about your travels."
And Whitey Bay was inclined to indulge him, as she worked with the other nurses in checking the man's vitals. She told him about the various islands she'd explored, even the one so unnecessarily hot that she was sure it wasn't a summer island, it was an island born from hell (she had not fared well on that island - she had spent most of that time half delirious, even with the support of her Devil Fruit. Hot weather really wasn't her thing, but it had been unavoidable).
She told him about the one up-and-coming rookie that thought he could take a chance with her to defeat a member of a Yonko's crew - it was safe to say that he was spending quality time with the fishes. She told him how she'd gained the allegiance of the 'death bears', as her crew had coined them, on a winter island, and how when they'd accidentally docked at a marine base they'd had to lie, cheat, and steal - and create some very dramatic distractions - to escape.
Oyaji listened to every detail, and as she spoke the crew partied. There was drinking and singing and laughter, and while it all reminded her of home, the ocean and her own ship she'd commissioned gave her vast wealth in freedom that she never could've imagined.
"I am glad that you have found your way," her Oyaji told her as she sat across from him, finally done jotting down notes for the nurses. "You have found true freedom."
Whitey Bay nodded. "I have," and she pursed her lips. "Thank you, Oyaji, for everything you have done for me, but -"
"There is no need for such words," Oyaji said, halting her. "You have chosen your path, and while that path is not on this ship, that does not mean we do not remain your family."
Taking a shot, Whitey Bay looked at the sky. "To be a pirate is to fight. Fight with every tooth and nail, to fight until we're all bloody, broken bones, cracked ribs and all." she looked at Oyaji. "You could not give me that."
Oyaji shook his head. "My honor forbids it - to allow my daughters to risk such things on my crew would defy it. Yet I would never take your freedom of choice, and thus you have chosen. Despite that, you will always have a home here."
Someone shouted, "Hear, hear!"
Whitey Bay rolled her eyes but her mirth settled to contentment. "A pirate's life is dangerous," she said, eyeing Oyaji. Stepping out of the crew to take up the sword and mantle of a captain was something she hadn't been sure Oyaji would react to, as he didn't allow his daughters to put themselves in harm's way, but he had been supportive, saying that since she had officially left his crew, he had no control over her own choices. "Even more so to be identified as a pirate, but carrying no weapons."
Oyaji regarded her, golden eyes glinting in the moonlight. "If you wish it," he began. "You may borrow my nurses and impart upon them your own skills."
Medical or battle-field prowess, he did not specify.
"And what of you?" Whitey Bay asked. "Your health is important, and you won't stay so young and spry forever."
"My children are already telling me I am getting old," Oyaji grinned. "This old man is not going to kick the bucket yet. Take my nurses, Bay. Do for them what I can not."
She smiled, only a little of an edge in it. Moving away from Oyaji, she enjoyed herself for the night and partied with her brothers and sisters until she couldn't keep her eyes open. Dimly, she remembered her first mate carrying her back to her own ship, gently laying her in her hammock.
And in the morning, she stalked right back onto Oyaji's ship, not sparing any of her brothers a glance and approached the nurses, who were already up and awake preparing for the day on deck.
One of the nurses looked up at her, confusion written on her face. "Whitey Bay? May I help you with something?"
She put her hands on her hips and smirked. "Who wants to go on an adventure?"
Her boat docked at the quiet little island - it was one of the many under Oyaji's flag. Likely they had docked for supplies and ended up partying....until they saw the news, of course. She stepped out onto the dock, shoes clicking on the wood.
A man who had been tending to the docks approached her somberly. "The nurses and women, Captain," he said. "They are sheltered in the town house, if your wish is to gather them."
Whitey Bay nodded at the man. "I give you my thanks." she turned to the rest of her crew. "I'll be back shortly. Make sure everything is in order by the time I return."
"Yes, Captain!" they called out to her.
Whitey Bay navigated the town by herself, though the dock man had offered to escort her. She'd been to the town a few times, as Oyaji had made it part of his territory while she had been a part of his crew. While she wasn't part of his crew anymore - hadn't been for the last twenty years - she remained an ally of his, and thus was allowed at Oyaji's islands.
The townhouse was in the center of the quaint town. As she neared, she heard loud arguing.
"We should just take a ship!" a lady called out. "We can't afford to wait here any longer. Ace is -"
"- At his execution, I know," a woman snapped. "But what, you think we can just sail into a war on a rowboat? I didn't see any battleships on this island, but maybe you had better luck."
"I can't believe Oyaji left us behind...." another woman wept. "It's as if....he's not planning to return."
"Don't say that!" one of the ladies said, and a moment later she heard and"ow!" coming from inside.
"We can't just sit here and do nothing, our family is fighting for their lives right now," someone said.
"Yeah?" came the same dry voice. "And what do you propose we do, on this simple little island? We wait, and that's the end of it."
A sigh. "She's right, ladies. We can't help our Cap - we can't help Ace. We can only hope that things will turn out."
Whitey Bay chose that moment to open the door. "I heard you ladies were looking for a ride?"
The women inside that had been conversing around the room swiveled around to look at her.
"Whitey Bay!" one of the nurses called out, eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"You came!"
"Take us with you, please!"
"We can help!"
"Settle down!" Whitey Bay commanded briskly. "We've no time for chatter. Quickly, now - gather your weapons. We have a war to crash."
One of the women hoisted up her blade - she had been the one to suggest they wait. "I've all I need."
The women next to her nodded, flintlock on her back. "We're all ready."
And Whitey Bay looked around at the nurses and cooks and women of Oyaji's crew, all holding their weapons, faces set in determination. She had spent time with each and every one of these women, and knew they were all more than capable of holding their own. "Alright then - enough dawdling. Let's head out!"
The women cheered and followed her out of the town house to the docks. The women with the sword walked next to her, as well as the woman with the flintlock.
"Thank you," said the woman with the flintlock. "Thank you for coming for us. There was no way we could just sit in this town, waiting to see if Ace survived or not. We need to be there for him. He's too bright of a spark to dim now."
The woman with the sword nodded. "He was our captain, once, and is very dear to us all. It would not be right if we did not attend, whether he lives or dies."
The woman's hand tightened on the hilt of her sword as she said the last part.
"Banshee, Cornelia," Whitey Bay said, not looking at either or them. "You both have honor to uphold. The Spade pirates, though with no ship, still live. You have great loyalty towards Portgas D. Ace."
Banshee nodded fiercely. "Of course."
Cornelia looked out towards Bay's ship, metal glistening in the light. Her voice was raspy and deep. "I just hope that we are enough."
Whitey Bay lounged on the deck of the Moby Dick, enjoying in the laughter and conversation. It had been purely been coincidence of how she'd arrived right before a new second division commander was named.
It was a new crew member, a rookie named Portgas D. Ace. Already the boy had made a name for himself. Before he'd even joined the Whitebeard pirates Bay had heard about him - apparently he'd been offered a position as a Shichibukai, but he had turned it down. Bay didn't know of many pirates who would do that. Not long after that, Portgas engaged in battle against the Shichibukai Jinbei, which ended in a draw after five days.
He'd even challenged Oyaji himself, and tried to assassinate him for one-hundred days straight.
His crew was just as wild, as they challenged Oyaji once for for the return of their captain, but were again defeated and brought aboard the Moby Dick.
It was a surprise to her that Portgas finally relented and joined the ranks of the Whitebeard pirates, and even more of a surprise that he got a promotion so quickly. Nevertheless, Oyaji looked happy, with a cup of sake in hand - she'd have to thoroughly scold him for that later - and so did the rest of the crew.
She could pick out the former Spade pirates easily - while they mingled with the rest of the crew, they tended to stay close to one another. Bay knew it would be difficult for them to part from their old life and embrace their new one with Whitebeard. The crew would likely be split up into different divisions where their skills suited them.
The integration would be worse off for the two women on Portgas' old crew - Banshee and Cornelia, armed with a flintlock and a sword. At least the men would be able to gather up and find adventure with one another, but the women would have no such opportunity. Bay didn't think Portgas quite realized that yet, but the two women obviously did.
Downing the last of her sake, Bay decided to approach the two. Cornelia was leaning against the railing while her comrade sat next to her, drinking sake.
"Oyaji always says that good sake requires good company," Bay said, stopping in front of the two. "I'm inclined to agree."
Cornelia gazed at her. "You asking?"
Whitey Bay smirked. "I do what I want."
Cornelia nodded. "I thought that would be the case."
Banshee raised her cup in salute. "As Captain - I mean Ace - says, the more the merrier. And even better if you brought a whole jug with you."
Bay raised the judge she carried. "Bribery works wonders, does it not?"
"Cheers to that," Banshee took a swig of her sake.
"You didn't just come here to small talk," Cornelia said, frowning. "What do you want?"
Her grin sharpened - Cornelia had gotten straight to the point. "I have a proposition I would like to make for the two of you. Join my crew."
"No," Cornelia said abruptly. "We can't."
Banshee gestured to where Portgas D. Ace mingled with the rest of the crew, joking around with Thatch, the fourth division commander. "We can't leave him here. We swore our loyalty to him. He's the reason we took to the ocean, after all."
As far as she had known, the crew had been created in less than a year, and yet Portgas had inspired such loyalty in his crew.
"No offense to you or your captain," Cornelia said dryly. "But your Oyaji can't have our full loyalty."
"And if this is not the right place for the two of you?" Bay asked. "You know very well that on this boat, the closest thing women get to battle are at the parties."
Cornelia shrugged. "Doesn't matter."
"Aye," Banshee agreed.
"Here," Bay offered. "You don't have to join my crew, but how about this: every so often my crew visits the Moby Dick, and we take some of the women with us. We're only gone for at most, a few weeks. After all, letting your skills get rusty would be a damn shame."
Cornelia and Banshee looked at each other when a new voice interrupted.
"I think the two of you should do it," said the new second division commander, Portgas D. Ace. Apparently, he had excused himself from the crowd. "I don't want you guys to feel like you have to stay here, with me. Besides, leaving you guys behind as we go on adventures would leave me horribly guilty - you need to have some adventure of your own. We're pirates, after all." The boy grinned.
Banshee laughed. "As uncompromising as ever, huh? Sure thing - it doesn't feel right to be pirates without the thrill of battle."
Cornelia arched an eyebrow, but nodded. "Fine. We except."
And just like that, all traces of hesitation were gone, just because of Portgas' assurances.
Portgas smiled. "Great! I want to hear about all of your adventures. And maybe I'll sneak out with you guys too, along with the rest of the crew."
By "the crew" she knew he did not mean the Whitebeard pirates, but those that came before, his Spades.
Portgas then turned to her, and bowed. "Thank you for allowing them both to travel with you!"
"No need for that," Whitey Bay dismissed his thanks. He was young, a rookie. He was also filled with a fire and strength that was common on the Moby Dick, even if his was more jagged than most - Portgas D. Ace would fit in well in Oyaji's family.
In the distance, she could see the smoke billowing from the marine base, and she could see dozens of ships - Oyaji's allies. Bay frowned. So close and bunched together.....very dangerous, when they had but one exit.
"Sail towards the other side of the bay!" she shouted. "We can not allow ourselves to be cornered!"
The scream reached their ship, as well as cannon fire and destruction. Their family was fighting. They would not be alone.
Bay instructed the helmsman to a very specific area on the bay - on the opposite side of their allies, but it would give them more areas to attack from. She drew her sword, testing it out with a few flicks. "Here," she directed. "Let's give those navy men hell!"
Her pirates cheered, and her ship tore right through the bay as if it were cheese. As they entered the bay, she elected to ignore it all - she couldn't let the sight of Little Oars Jr. get to her, couldn't let the carnage of friends and family distract her. She had a war to fight.
"Nothing to it," she smirked confidently at the marine's screams. Ally ships that had noticed her appearance were now following her into the hole she'd made through the bay. "Let's get to it!"
Noticing his gaze, Whitey Bay allowed herself to assess Oyaji. He seemed to have not taken any damage as of yet. The nurses behind her called out to him, and it may have been her imagination, but - Oyaji gave them all a sharp smile.
"Give them hell."
The first two off her ship, unsurprisingly, was Cornelia and Banshee. While Oyaji was their father, it was Portgas D. Ace who was their captain, and to whom they owed their loyalty. The Spades may have been integrated into the Whitebeards, but their will was still strong.
You ever sit and think how weird it is that Ace is the mature one. I know what you’re think. What? Nicole shut the fuck up about One Piece for once. Sorry???? I just thought about this the other day and couldn’t stop thinking about it since.
No but listen. None of these boys really got to stay children. Ace, Sabo and Luffy lived in hard environments where they had to grow up and take care of themselves and each other. That doesn’t mean they do not let themselves be childish, Luffy especially. But do you ever think how much Sabo is like Luffy but Ace doesn’t act much like his brothers. At least not as much as Sabo and Luffy act like one another.
I think it all has to do with Sabo’s “death”. In the long run not much changed for Luffy. He learned the hard lesson of losing someone he held very dear but he was able to move on. That’s just how Luffy is, he doesn’t hold on to things and lets them fester.
Luffy and Sabo had people looking out for them in a way Ace didn’t have, not really. Dadan cared about her boys but she didn’t exactly do her best. She did what she needed to in order to keep her boys alive and left the rest up to them. Garp was never around and when he was he did nothing but pummel the kids, calling it “training”. Makino taught Ace but she lived, what we assume to be, hours away and her visits were a rare treat.
Sabo had a lot more then both Luffy and Ace. His life was in no way made easier, growing up to be a trained soldier of the Revolutionaries but he had a lot of help. He had a proper roof over his head, was being fed, there were other kids to interact with. People were not only teaching him to fight but giving him educational lessons as well.
Luffy had to be a little more self reliant because all he really had was Ace. Like I said Dadan did the bare minimum, Garp was too absent and Makino couldn’t be there for him like she was when he lived in Foosha. What he did have was an older brother for forced himself to “grow up”.
Ace lost the first person he had ever had such a close relationship with. And shortly after he had almost lost Luffy due to a careless action he made. So I think that really gave Ace clarity and a drive. I totally believe he grew up trying to be the brother Ace thought Sabo was in their group. Sabo was in no way “better” then Ace. He was reckless, rude, crude and has as much of a knack for trouble as Ace did. But he though through things more.
Sabo had more of a “proper” education leading up to the point he ran away so as a result he knew more things about the world outside their forest than Ace did. That made him the “smart” one. He has a slightly less volatile temper then Ace when made him seem more level headed and kinder. So I believe Ace used his idea of Sabo as his model growing up. It’s not really unusual to idealize someone after they’ve died after all.
So Ace grew into an adult he thought he should be. He learned manners and learned to keep a better lid on his temperament. He grew to value the lives of the people around him and grew protective because in a moment they could be whisked away.
All three of these boys are GIANT dorks, there are no two ways about it. It’s just one of them appears to have matured more then the others. In a matter of opinion of course. I just see all these fanfictions where Sabo is the mature responsible one and Ace has more of his characteristics he did as a child. And I can’t help but feel it’s a little unfair to Ace who grew a whole hell of a lot.