#black beard

These two fandoms and shows have always somehow existed side by side, and there's a certain vibe to that, haha

I watched it quite a long time ago, like... four years ago, maybe? Honestly, I don't even remember anymore, but at the time there was only the first season. I watched the second season pretty much as soon as it came out.

The first season really got to me, although unfortunately I never fell in love with it quite as deeply as I did with Good Omens. I stayed in the fandom for a while, though mostly in the Russian-speaking part of it rather than the English-speaking one. I actively followed all the news about the second season's release.

I remember that, if I'm not mistaken, quite a lot of people were disappointed by the second season (although, to be honest, I don't remember the reasons anymore, and I didn't love it that much on my first watch either). But here's something I remember very clearly: after the first kiss at the end of the first season, followed by a painful separation, the second season gave us THREE kisses. Three times!

when we meet moria he is a depressed man, a coward, a schemer, a guy that has been so traumatized by the death of his crew that he not only hides himself in the fog of the triangle, only surrounding himself with toys and zombies but he openly rejects the idea of a crew because all crews are destined to die. oz looks so much like kaido, i don't think it's a coincidence: every action moria undertake is driven by his defeat.

when he belittles luffy, saying he will be crushed by the new world it's clearly projection. BUT also he is right the strawhats weren't ready, and Sabaody is the next arc. luffy loses his crew too. luffy breaks down while being separated from his friends but moria saw his crew get butchered.

we also know that moria even though he is a terrible human being is clearly a caring person. he adopted perona, he goes to pirate island to face blackbeard to save absalom and is clearly distraught when he learns of his death. so moria wasn't simply disappointed by his loss, his ego wasn't simply crushed, he also lost friends.

SO NOW THE KOZUKI REVEAL ! moria was at Roger's execution he was part of the wave of pirates inspired by his speech, he was young and hungry. what we can guess now is that his encounter with kaido wasn't simply two pirates facing each other for the top of the food chain. he went there to save /his country. just like all those broken samurais we met in wano, moria got crushed by kaido trying to save it. HE LOST HIS CREW BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY. SO THAT MEANS IT'S HIS FAULT. can you imagine the guilt ? it wasn't to follow the dream birthed by roger's words but because they followed him to the land of his ancestors.