#asexualzoro

So this is an idea I came up with while I was writing From Mist and Ashes. I felt that having two ghost fics going at the same time would be too much, so I never did anything with it. Maybe I will someday, who knows? Anyway, it's a full modern AU, unlike Mistyverse, and the plan was to go a bit harder on the creepy/violent side of ghost stuff (though still not full-on horror, that's not really my thing).

Luffy and some friends (at least Nami, Sanji, Usopp, and Robin, not sure about any others) move to a new part of the country for college/university and decide to rent a house together instead of finding separate apartments or living in a dorm. They find a beautiful old house with very cheap rent – suspiciously cheap, some of them think, but it’s too good a deal to pass up.

From their first night in the house, strange things start happening – lights are flickering, windows that were shut when they went to sleep are open when they wake, the heating seems to suddenly short out, etc. They try to find someone to repair the place, but everyone refuses to take the job once they hear what house it is, without explaining why. They eventually meet someone who tells them that his company has been called out to that house by every new owner or tenant since they opened the business, that the wiring, plumbing, etc. has been completely redone half a dozen times, and it won’t do them any good to get someone out to see it now – the problem is that the house is haunted. The ghost has apparently never seriously hurt anyone, but no one's sure if that's because he won't, or if he's just successfully scared everyone off before he got that far. Either way, he really likes his privacy, and minor-to-moderate injuries (and terrified people) are very common.

It's recommended that they move, but 1) it would be hard to find someplace new this late, 2) living anywhere else would cost a lot more, and 3) Luffy thinks the ghost sounds cool and wants to meet him. They try to talk to him that night, and while the ghost doesn't appear himself, he's not shy about showing his abilities. Usopp and Nami are thoroughly terrified, and even Sanji gets a bit unsettled when he yells at the ghost to stop scaring the ladies (Robin is enjoying herself, but never mind) and is nearly impaled by a kitchen knife in return.

Their next encounter happens when Nami is watering flowers and Robin and Usopp are doing laundry. The hose suddenly leaps from Nami's hand and goes wild, spraying a jet of water under the clothesline, which breaks shortly afterward, sending the freshly cleaned clothes right into the newly-formed mud puddle.

There's a furious cry from the side of the yard and a boy (Chopper) runs in, loudly berating “Zoro” for being mean to people again. He reminds him that the owner warned Zoro before Luffy and co. moved in—if they get run off too, the house will be torn down.

ok ok ok this one is BARELY fleshed out but thinking about it makes me feel like I need to bite something. so it's earlyish season 3, right, and immediately post-MAG92, and it's just been revealed to the archives crew that Sasha has been dead for over a year, and a lot of things are well past or finally reaching a breaking point. Jon's relationship with Tim included, if you choose to believe it might still be salvageable at that point.

So keep that atmosphere of fear and anger and grief in your mind, right, and think about how much we know Jon is hurting watching all these things happen that he has no control over that are hurting his friends. And then imagine what could have happened if instead of shutting everyone out because of the fear, he had gone the opposite way and latched on tighter than ever in a last desperate attempt not to lose everything and to do something good for the people he cares about.

what I'm saying is Jon decides he's going to fix his and Tim's beyond-strained relationship if it's the last thing he does, and it kind of works and kind of doesn't. They're already in way too deep to properly stop anything, but if he plays his cards right maybe Jon can at least be by his side as everything goes to hell.

I don't have much of this written yet but here's a snippet!

Tim’s face closes off in an instant. “You know what?” he spits, venomous. “Fuck you too, Jon. I knew you were far gone, but I didn’t think this would be a joke to you.” He pushes off from the desk and makes his way to the door, cutting through the cavernous silence that stretches between them. As he leaves, he throws one last look behind him, hurt and frustration radiating off him in waves, and just for a moment, catches Jon’s eye. He stops. Jon says nothing. “You’re not serious."

you absolutely can

This is my love letter to Research era Jon and Tim, and includes such moments as;

- Jon teaches himself BSL because the new guy (Tim) is hard of hearing, and when Tim finds out he immediately adopts him

- Tim accidentally eats Jon's Extremely Spicy Food™ and almost has a heart attack

- Touch-starved Jon gets some fucking Affection

“When did Zoro learn to dance?” 

“Way back, when Earth was new.” 

Fanart for @asexualzoro‘s and @kyutoryu‘s ZoLu fic Deify! 

lew carrying my tumblr experience on their back... also my ask answering thing finally updated and what do you MEAN i can add tags before posting society has progressed too far

💎 fave trope to write?

DREAM SEQUENCES idk if this is a trope but if it doesnt have a dream sequence in it it's not my writing

🌍fave type of au to write?

it really depends on what i'm writing for i guess? the only thing i can think of right now is canon divergence

🍄how do you get yourself in the mood to write?

mostly it just HAPPENS but it really helps if i can find fitting music to listen to... also if it's like too loud? like if there are a lot of people talking. i also just remembered i would go to the campus library to write fic on the computers bc the keyboards made nice clicking noises so there's that

💡what inspires your fic ideas?