one piece is genuinely the only series that i can think of that puts its money where its mouth is in regards to its message of "family doesn't end in blood, and chosen families are no less important or valid than biological families"
Of the ten main cast members, six of them come from adopted families, in addition to many more characters in the supporting cast
What is widely regarded as one of the best arcs in the entire series (marineford) revolves around a character trying desperately to save his adopted brother from execution. The entire world knows that they're not blood related, but even the marines (their sworn enemies, the people trying to kill them) still refer to them as brothers
One of the four strongest pirate captains in the world refers to his crewmembers as his children, and they all call him their father
One of the main characters looks his biological father in the eye, and tells him that the only reason he's still alive is that he didn't want his (adopted) father to be disappointed in him for letting his bio family die
Family, both chosen and biologically related, is one of the core themes of this series, and the way it's portrayed is so diverse and lovely and healing
it was only a matter of time before i attempted to draw op characters in a sonic-y style
why does the anime keep giving shanks the most dead looking eyes ever whatare they doing to him
One of my favourite things about Brocedes is how they both fumbled each other. When I see a picture of Nico I’m like damn Lewis how could you let that happen. And when I see a picture of Lewis I’m like fuck Nico, you really dropped the ball. They equally fumbled and were fumbled. Usually it’s clear who lost in a breakup. But Brocedes is so special.
shanks seems to of told luffy the straw hat represents/looks like the dawn, or at least the sun, as he seems to be directly comparing them here.
so when he gave him the hat and told him to return it, with that symbolism as context, i think he's asking luffy to bring him the dawn of the new age. and so i don't think they'll be meeting for a while..... 😔
but anyway this is cute as hell
This interview was very happy, so I want more of these (if they say that my precious Lewis and Fernando hate each other, I won't be held accountable for my actions)
nico rosberg really is the best f1 commentator currently because not only does he actually know what he's talking about but he's not afraid to make bitchy little comments and wax poetic about lewis hamilton like what more do you want
i think every time someone says "sebastian and lewis are/were the nicest guys on the grid" mark webber and nico rosberg feel a great disturbance in the force and have to sit down for a while
tom: “what will you miss about him?”
james: “the days when he would just produce total magic that would make you go, oh my goodness. putting a car on a road with such precision that just left all the other drivers around him with no option but to sort of surrender to what lewis was doing on the road. the ability to make a tyre last and last and last, even while telling bono it wouldn’t. […] the drama that goes along with having him as a team mate. just the delivery of brilliant, brilliant performance. i’ve said before i think he’s the best racing car driver there’s ever been, and i still believe it.”
tom: “and that’s coming from a man who has worked with michael schumacher!”
james: “another utterly remarkable person. it’s a parlor game we can all indulge in endlessly without resolution. but if i, gun against the head, had to choose the best person, i would pick lewis.”
no one teaches you what to do / when a good man hurts you / and you know you hurt him too
happiness (taylor swift) x brocedes
how luffy learned he was immune to fall damage :)