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SUMMARY: Sanji is disillusioned about your lack of interest in him. Someone like you could pick and choose among princes, kings and emperors. What's a measly cook to you? Nevertheless, his lovesick heart continuously rejoices when you choose him to waste time with.

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Part 2 -> "Maelstrom"

Sanji has never believed in ghouls, witches, faeries and the like. However, when he met you his belief began to shatter:

Like a dark sorceress covering the whole world with a curse, you lured all the influential, important men like fire does moths. At first, Sanji fooled himself that all those generals, merchants and noblemen only wanted something pretty to hang onto their shoulders but reality destroyed his comforting illusion when the said men offered riches most people couldn’t even fathom. If you asked them for an armada to sail to the Grand Line, they’d only ask what type of wood you’d prefer. Despite something akin to world domination lying at your fingertips, you always laughed those offers off, telling your powerful suitors that you would think about their words and get back to them.

1) Earth Avatar series that’s 1980s/1990s-themed (Aang’s world was early Industrial Revolution, Korra was the 1920s).

2) Fire Avatar series that’s cyberpunk/futuristic-themed (if the previous series was set in the 1980s/1990s, the next Avatar would be in the future).

3) Zaheer, R-rated spinoff series. Something along the lines of Netflix’s “The Punisher”.

4) Sokka and Suki spin-off series, but set when they’re in their 40s (so about two decades after the main series ended). For their show, I was thinking a spy/political thriller in which they’re trying to stop a conspiracy to destroy the Southern Water Tribe. Something like “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” or “The Bourne Identity”.

5) The Forgotten Avatar/The Avatar Who Must Not Be Named. Set long before Avatar Yangchen’s time, the series follows an Avatar who abused their powers to the point that they’ve been erased from the history books.

6) The Dark Avatar. Taking place simultaneously as the Earth Avatar series, this series focuses on Vaatu’s return and the start of the Dark Avatar lineage.

7) Series about an Earth Kingdom spy sent to infiltrate the Fire Nation royal court in order to assassinate the Fire Lord. This show is set during the middle of the Hundred Year War (literally, 50 years after it started).

8) The First Avatar. An expansion on Avatar Wan’s life, going beyond what we saw in Korra. Something like how the “Andor” show expanded on “Rogue One”.

9) Series centered around a Fire Nation unit during the Hundred Year War. The point of the show isn’t to justify the Fire Nation’s side, but to humanize the soldiers.

10) June the Bounty Hunter movie in which she accepts a job to capture a high-profile Fire Nation general for the Earth Kingdom. For the feel of the movie, think “Atomic Blonde” or “John Wick”.

11) Young Iroh series that features Lu Ten as the deuteragonist.

12) Toph Bei Fong series about her founding the Metalbending Police Force, as well as how she met Lin and Suyin’s fathers.

13) General Iroh II spin-off series.

14) Agents of Republic City series. Centered on a group of agents trying to prevent the four nations from going to war with each other. Think of this show as the Avatar version of “24” or “Homeland”.

James Jean (Taiwanese-American,b.1979)

Seasons, 2014

Some possibly helpful DIY links:

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Cooking with flavor bootcamp (used what I learned in this a LOT this year)

Beekeeping 101

Learn Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design (free to audit course - just choose the free option when you register)

Video on learning to read music that actually helped me??

How to use and sew with a sewing machine

How to ride a bike (listen. some of us never learned, and that's okay.)

How to cornrow-braid hair (I have it on good authority that this video is a godsend for doing your baby niece's black hair)

Making mead at home (I actually did this last summer and it was SO good)

How to garden

Basics of snowboarding (proceed with caution)

How to draw for people who (think they) suck at art (I know this website looks like a 2003 monstrosity, but the tutorials are excellent)

Pixel art for beginners so you can make the next great indie game

Go (back) to school

Introduction to Astronomy (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Principals of Economics (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Introduction to philosophy (free college course)

Computer science basics (full-semester Harvard course free online)

Learn a language

Japanese for Dummies (link fix from 2022)

Ukrainian

Portuguese (Brazil)

American Sign Language (as somebody who works with Deaf people professionally, I also strongly advise you to read up on Deaf/HoH culture and history!)

Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified)

Beginner-oriented video on how to sail

This guy has so many videos on baking different types of bread. SO very many.

Coding in Python - one of the most flexible and adaptable high-level programming languages out there - explained through projects making video games

Learn to swim! (for adult learners. I don’t care if you live in Kansas or Mali or wherever. LEARN TO SWIM.)

Learn how quantum mechanics works. Then read some more about it

[Learn about quantum mechanics again, but in a more advanced engineering/mathematics class. Then read more about the math and physics of it]

Poetry Handbook, by Mary Oliver

Something I learned this year: how to sew a quilt (Here’s a very easy beginning pattern that looks amazing and can be done with pre-cut fabric!)

How to hit the ball in softball

Tutorial video on what is under the hood of most (gas) cars + weird engine sounds and what they mean

Full beginner mechanics technical training, if you want to go more in depth

Playlist on how car engine physics work if you want to go ultra in depth

Lecture series on architecture design through study of buildings

How (American income) taxes & tax law work (choose “audit course” at checkout for free class)

Pickleball for beginners (so you can finally join your neighbor/friend/distant cousin who is always insisting you join their team)

+ Para-Pickleball for beginners (for mobility aid users!)

School is so much more fun when there’s no tests:

American Law - Contracts

Shakespeare’s Life and Plays

Fairy Tales: Meanings, Messages, and Morals

Modern Poetry

World History [Part 1, Part 2]

Learn a language:

Arabic + Resource Guide compiled from Reddit (includes info on different dialects)

Chinese (Cantonese) (audio)

Urdu (frequently recommended course on Reddit) + Resource Guide