At 13-14 years old, Rory started to suffer from severe chronic headaches, panic attacks and auditory hallucinations. Whenever it happens, it's a rare occasion when he doesn't only accept contact - he deeply needs it.

+ Adult Rory

The Buggy twins. @blackroseraven2023

So this is what I've been cooking up for the last few weeks.

I've been a major fan of their Cross Guild poly writing for a hot minute. (I still can't believe I was 10 fanfics deep before realizing they were written by the same beautiful mind) and one of my favorite fics that GothRaven wrote was "Little Star Lost, Lots of Love Found" (a FANTASTIC read, could not recommend it enough).

I just adored how they wrote Crocodile and Mihawk not only as men finding vulnerability, but sharing it with their new nakama in Buggy's crew. (Them genuinely wishing their babies had Buggy's nose was what sold me. 😩💖)

Little details and logic on some pieces;

Oberon's suit is more related to the Zoot Suits of the 30's (peak mafia era while comedy was at it's full time swing).

Interestingly enough, the men who wrote these suits irl were of the Mexican demographic, whom many are religious, thus is why i gave Oberon a silver cross to match his father Mihawk.

Meanwhile, Orion's style is much closer to pirates but to a more romantic nature, which is what goth was derived from. And to balance out with his brother, Orion wears a baroque style necklace to carry something of his father Crocodile aside from his name.

Once, the twins were old enough, they chose their first tattoos in dedication for their sibling in the sky, Hikari. Orion's takes a more astrological approachto his tribute (thank you @wordy-little-witch for the alphabet) while Oberon takes a more nautical spin.

And yes, those red dots in both tattoos are, in fact, Buggy's signature nose. I have no doubt Hikari would've also had it.

La madonne aux clowns

Like chopper yes

that's absolutely adorable

It's an XXL tigh hug, with extras of gentle pats on the head, a lot of forehead kisses sprinkles... And of course we don't forget the house's speciality, it's a bonus, the good ol' lullaby by mama

Yes, we are good with that ? Nice, thanks for your order 🫶

:] he's happy

Happy New year ✨

Thank you anon!

Happy new year to you too!

I think that Blaze would be a huge crybaby asking for his mother's arms 24/7

Rory is the kind of kid who hide his symptoms, so you'll discover he's sick when he fall face first on the ground, his nose suddenly shining like a christmas tinsel

I think Skye would act like kid Buggy, not wanting to rest, because she's kinda adventure-addicted and can't handle immobility / boredom, she'll probably make a fuss like him to go on a journey with the crew!

I also noticed that with Buggy. In your comic where he has a nightmare, Buggy’s horror at what fucked up existential horror his kid dreams of was played for laughs, but I still found it rather sweet that Rory actually TOLD Buggy he had a bad dream. I can’t imagine he ever expected Buggy to understand what he talked about, but it still evokes the feeling that he sees his dad as someone he can trust. Not necessarily someone he can tell everything too, because that kid is just that closed off, but I feel like he’s the type of person who’d keep stuff like this more closely to himself and wouldn’t give someone „ammo“ for mockery or exploitation of a weakness.

Also that one image of Buggy doing the dad snore with tiny Rory. Super cute. Also feels like he does actually see his father as a safe haven in some way. Especially since the snoring seems like something that would actually wake him up and he would complain about. Maybe it’s white noise for him.

(God on that note imagine Rory having his first night away from his family, maybe he goes on shore into an inn for a short while, while his family is still on board and he inwardly is exited because he FINALLY will have a night away from his loud, snoring brother and his sister, who either fights or holds nonsensical conversations in her sleep. Wonderful! Finally a night of peace and quiet. Smashcut to him at 3 am, in complete silence, staring at the ceiling with with wide open eyes „…. By god this is unbearable.“)

HAAAAANW thank you so much ç.ç for the sweet comment on my writing and for noticing everything I try to put here and there to bring the character to life!

Concerning the headcanon you dropped at the end that's 100% true to me. (I think that Rory is one to talk because he's the one talking in his sleep - and his sister takes notes of everything. She, on the other hand, sleep wakes and when Rory notices he follows her to check she don't fall in the sea and also tell her the details of her wandering. That's a weird bond they have, half bullying, half carrying, the kind of thing you only have when you shared a whomb with someone. Anyway.)

Especially since Rory started hearing voices at puberty. Pure silence must be insufferable to him because it leaves him alone with them.

On this topic and the topic of "Rory and affection" let me bring back this old doodle to you.

Rory don't really like hugs but whenever he has crisis it's one of the few occasions he needs them. His mom is the only one who can help him to anchor back when all of this started. Vernes help a lot, too. Years later Skye will also be one of the few people he trusts enough for that.