Quiet Kid

“Your heart rate is very fast, even for someone of your size.” He frowned. “Are you nervous?” 

“Not particularly.” Katakuri’s brow furrowed. Chopper was large, but surely not as strong as he was. And nothing had been painful thus far. 

“So, you’d say this is a normal heartrate for you? You don’t feel any different? No shortness of breath or lightheadedness?” 

Katakuri shook his head. 

Chopper frowned. “Katakuri, do you have anxiety?” 

“About what?”

He shook his head. “Just…in general. Do you feel yourself thinking through every situation before it happens? Restlessness, difficulty sleeping, feeling like danger is always on the horizon?” 

Katakuri’s stomach churned. “We’re pirates.” He said flatly. “It is.”

Chopper laughed a little at that. “Okay, fair enough. Then, any of that other stuff?” 

“No,” Katakuri lied. 

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“You have some eye strain.” He said with a concerned frown. “I’ll prescribe you some drops, but try to limit anything that puts unnecessary stress on them.”

Well. That clearly wasn’t going to happen, it wasn’t as if he could neglect his future sight or observation haki. But he nodded along anyway. 

“Now I just need to take a look at your throat, and we’ll be done.” 

Katakuri froze. 

Chopper noticed, it was clear from the look he gave. But he wasn’t backing down. 

Katakuri glanced into the future to--

A furry hand smacked his arm. “Stop that! What did I just say about eye strain?”

Katakuri blinked rapidly, shaken out of his focus. “How did you know I was using haki?” he asked. 

Chopper folded his arms. “I didn’t know it was haki, but a good doctor knows when a patient is being an idiot and defying his orders!

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Katakuri lifted a hand to his scarf. He grimaced. And with a quick tug, pulled it down. May as well get it over with. 

Chopper was quiet for a moment. “You know,” He said, leaning in with his tools. “You are like Luffy. And me.” 

Katakuri cut his eyes over quickly, opening his mouth as Chopper lightly tapped his jaw. 

A small stick slid into his mouth, checking his tongue and teeth. 

Chopper’s eyes were warm as he smiled. “We’re monsters!”

Katakuri’s jaws clamped shut. 

The metal stick was cleanly bitten in two.

Chopper’s eyes narrowed.

 “HEY! DON’T SWALLOW THAT!”

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So I was looking through the One Piece Wiki (got so distracted that I don't even remember why I was doing that), and I came across the name:

Charlotte Tablet

One of Big Mom's brats. But my Scottish ass immediately zoned in on the name "Tablet" because that's the name of a Scottish sweet. I don't know if you get it outside of Scotland because I don't travel much, but for the uninformed, it's like fudge, except less chewy, more grainy, and it melts in your mouth. It is so god damn sweet that it's sickening. You really can't eat too much of it in one go.

So—STUPIDLY—I excitedly clicked the link to see what my boy looked like, only to find this:

I don’t know what I was expecting.

They named him after one of the sweetest things known to mankind and then made him look like a Super Saiyan LEGO Minifigure.

He gives the vibes of that one kid you know who bites. Which, that part, I’m not complaining about; I expect nothing less from the spawn of Big Mom.

But I think the saddest part about him is that he’s so boring. Granted, he’s a background character, so giving more effort to his design would be pointless...

Unless you’re me. I’m gonna redesign this little shit.

First things first—I like the messy hair look, but not this plain blond mane. I’m gonna make his hair like a thistle—purple and spiky. It just fits. His teeth feel too nice. He’s from an island made of sweets, so I want to mess up his teeth. I like the earrings; we’ll give him more. He’s kinda pale and the good kind of Scottish tablet is a butterscotch or light golden-brown hue, so I think that will be a better fit for skin tone. I can’t tell if that’s bags under his eyes or makeup—either way, I like it and we’re keeping it.

Hi everyone. I know I've been gone for a while... but I've been actively preparing for the Unified State Exam, which is every Russian applicant's worst nightmare. Anyway, I more or less passed it, and now I'm waiting to see if I have enough points to get into my desired university.

I have 7 chapters written, unfortunately I would rather have finished more of my other wips before I get it out.

The child cries, forgotten instincts arise.

Terrifying ex Warlord cradles sobbing rookie that just lost his brother despite said rookie having destroyed his life's work. The papers would go nuts. The people at Marineford would GO NUTS!

And Jimbe, who promised Ace to take care of Luffy immediately having to grapple with the fact that Crocodile apparently wants the same but there's no time to unpack ALL of that!

But in those stories ... his name doesn't really fit. What Eldritch God would be called Danny? Even Phantom isn't that scary.

Then I realized that if ghost speak gets translated wrongly and Danny said his name in ghost speak ... wouldn't it be translated wrong too?

And Daniel means God is my Judge in Hebrew while Phantom of course is a kind of ghost.

So,

The Justice League has summoned Danny and he doesn't realize that he's in his Eldritch form. His skin is black and filled with galaxies constantly being born and dying. His eyes are two endless black holes. His hair is the flash of the big bang. He's terrifying and awe-inspiring.

As he speaks, it sounds like millions of beings screaming in agony before breathing their last breath.

And then Danny says "Hi! My name is Danny Phantom, the Ghost King, how can I help you?"

But what the JL hears through the translation is: "I am the Judge of Gods and the restless Dead, Ruler of the Infinite, for what purpose hath thee summoned me?"

Yes, she will never see this but I'm so frustrated with her lack of media literacy 💀

Okay, so let's start at the beginning. We got a teenager who is very imaginative and has a fantastical imagination. She is READING a book called Labyrinth. THERE A GIANT OWL THAT IS PERCHED THERE. So, naturally I've drawn the conclusion at least by the end of the movie that the Owl HAS to be Jareth.

So, Jareth took inspiration for the ENTIRETY of the world she was plunged into because of that book. Sarah herself talks about the Goblin King falling in love with her and there is a statue by her vanity that looks shockingly like the Goblin King. So....the Goblin King took inspiration for the world from her room, her book, her preferences, her likings.

Honestly I don't even think the Goblin King IS the Goblin King he's just some sort of fairy like entity. Now was he going to even turn Toby into a Goblin? My guess is that he was going with the script and he was just a regular fairy (changeling shenanigans or not).

So was Jareth in love with her? HELL NO! I literally got no chemistry vibes from any of those scenes. It was obviously just a ploy to appear as her fictional crush and appeal to her and trick her and get the baby brother. SO NO NOT A PEDO MOVIE BRO. It's low-key a very low tactic to appear as something meant to draw someone in and then twist it. But again, he is a villain. Why are we surprised?

Also the whole entire speech was absolute BS with the whole blah blah blah fear me love me i'll be your slave. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE she literally asks for her brother back and he just says "no" 😊

So bro was just saying shit to say it and trick her. He is cruel. He probably would've turned her into a Goblin or something if she ever agreed to that proposition.

The entire ballroom scene while I think it was pretty it was beautiful but also something was terrible wrong the entire time. It was after all a distraction made by Jareth and meant to run out the clock to get to her brother. The scene was brilliant because it was twisted beauty. There were masks that looked enchanting yet horrifying. The fellow partygoers were also mocking at her and leering at her.

Every illusion Jareth creates is beautiful on the surface, but there's always something subtly wrong beneath it.

One of the MAIN themes of the movie is that things are not what they seem. It's also a cautionary warning to be careful with "charming" things. The ballroom scene is a perfect metaphor for this: that gut feeling you get when something on the outside seems okay but it is truly wrong.

I also appreciated the Labyrinth sort of being a great allegory for life itself. Sarah made friends along the way because life...you know, its easier when you have friends. People also at every turn were unintentionally and intentionally somehow delaying her journey to the Castle due to their own motivations and reasons.

Btw he is also not above killing her with that whole cleaning machine thing. This guy just LIES LIES AND LIES. And honestly I think its better to allow villains to be more complicated in their tactics of manipulations. If we're not allowing villains to be evil, then like...what is the point? Its such a fairy thing to do to appear and shape shift as something they are not. All in all its not a crazy idea to appeal to teenager's fantasy/dream in order to secure his prize which is the child (a common thing for fairies in mythology).

Also as far as I know the actors had a respectful relationship with each other. No weirdness.

Anyways I thought it was a fun and well done movie. I will not stand for this slander.