I’m always amazed by how Oda has managed to stay thematically consistent for more than two decades while writing a thousand plus chapter epic about silly pirates having fun chasing their dreams. One Piece, at its core, is about the dawn of a romantic adventure, and its been that way since volume one, chapter one.
But romance is one of those terms whose meaning as shifted over the years and is drastically misunderstood. So what is literary romance, and how does One Piece fit within its framework?
Well buckle up, folks. This is gonna be a long one.
even just from the trailers, you can tell how much love and thought and effort was put into the barbie movie by everyone involved. it reminds me of when i realized the lego movie’s character models had fingerprints and smudges and wear and tear on the “plastic,” or when i learned all the tricks and practical effects the crew of the wizard of oz used to have dorothy step out of sepia kansas and into full-color munchkinland in the same take, or when spider-verse came out and we saw how closely the animation style mimicked a comic book. like….yes please. more of this please.
my five year plan? read a lot of books. visit museums. walk through woods. stand in a river. adopt a little kitty. drink lemonade while sitting in a rocking chair on my porch.
“what’s your dream job??” Uhh to have 17 weird little hobbies that I don’t have to be good at and hang out with friends. I get money via being the world’s specialist little princess
this is a poster i made for my call to action assignment in humanities! it’s a bunch of basic and easy stretches for people who sit and work at a desk all day (me)
the idea is that you’d put the poster up above ur desk and do the stretches every 30 minutes or so,, the whole routine won’t take more than about 6 minutes to complete and when done regularly it can prevent wrist, shoulder, neck and back pain! :)
all these stretches can be done while sitting (although i HIGHLY recommend you stand up and move around while taking a break from working)
*coughing blood and covered in wounds, on one knee, gripping my sword planted on the ground… And yet, smiling* Heh… And yet, despite everything… *I start glowing with mysterious power* I stay silly!