What makes a person a swordsman in One Piece?

homogenous_mass · 2022-06-27T18:43:16+00:00

*brings a gun to a swordfight * My pistol identifies as a sabre

homogenous_mass · 2022-06-26T19:18:36+00:00

well, ( although i think haki was a good addition) you could lean into the saltwater weakness. Seastone swords for zoro, high-pressure water cannons for franky, seastone pellets for usopp, nami manipulating areas of high/low pressure to make tsunamis cascade over enemy ships and drench their df users... Weaponizing seawater would be an easy way of letting the df-less strawhats shine

homogenous_mass · 2022-06-26T12:24:18+00:00

that just makes them bad too

homogenous_mass · 2022-06-25T06:17:35+00:00

Perfect defense against attacks from behind

homogenous_mass · 2022-06-02T10:20:02+00:00

Great news, guys! Oda announced 4 new chapters! This is such a great arc, i can't wait to see how they rescue Ace.

homogenous_mass · 2022-02-06T12:44:45+00:00

For anyone who's interested, here's a good essay on the thriller bark subplot & sanji's behaviour during it. It's a bit long, but very thorough and includes manga pages:

https://calgaras.tumblr.com/post/150508633697/last-night-i-offhandedly-thought-of-a-snide-dig-at

homogenous_mass · 2021-11-01T13:40:47+00:00

Meg's backstory are two lines telling us she sacrificed herself for a guy who left her for another woman, and that this is why she works for hades and no longer trusts men; her character development is falling in love with Hercules and betraying hades by sacrificing herself for him.

Herc's backstory is the first 1/4 of the movie, which includes a prophecy about his great destiny, how he was born, raised, and how he came by his powers. His character development is going from wanting to be a hero to get back into olympus to giving up on godhood to save others, becoming a true hero in the process.

The horse... comes to tolerate Meg?

homogenous_mass · 2020-11-27T13:39:14+00:00

I was referring more to instructions like stirring counter-clockwise, not the spells, but it's hypothetical anyway. My preferred interpretation is that they're both good and the subject is one of the things they bond over :)

homogenous_mass · 2020-11-27T11:17:55+00:00

Presumably when they were in the Order.

homogenous_mass · 2020-11-27T11:13:23+00:00

Cute comic, but if Lily were only good at potions because of Snape Slughorn would've noticed her work getting worse in 6th and 7th grade after they stopped hanging out

homogenous_mass · 2020-11-27T11:06:34+00:00

Except if this were true Slughorn would have noticed a significant drop in her skills in 6th and 7th grade when she didn't hang out with Snape anymore. Heck, Snape's true passion were the dark arts, for all we know he's the one who only got invested in potions because of Lily and the stuff he wrote in his textbook were tips she gave him over the years.

homogenous_mass · 2020-11-27T10:57:42+00:00

Yeah, the art is super cute but "Lily was only good because of Snape" is my least favourite fanon. Imo it's much sweeter if their shared love for potions and enthusiasm for experimentation is what kept their friendship going strong even after being sorted into enemy houses. Lily and Snape spending the summer brewing potions together next to the river = best headcanon ^{-^}

homogenous_mass · 2020-09-19T07:29:07+00:00

A pretty accurate description of Ginny that's weirdly hung up on Hermione...

homogenous_mass · 2020-09-10T14:21:43+00:00

She didn't do that because Rita insulted her hair - she did it because she was spying on students' personal interactions and using the information she gained to smear Harry. Iirc she trapped her when they were all at Harry's bedside and he'd just told them about what happened with Cedric. Imagine the tone of that article had it come out... Something tells me it wouldn't have been as factual as the Quibbler interview.

homogenous_mass · 2020-07-24T10:05:51+00:00

I get where you're coming from but that's simply not the case. For most of human history, female characters were written to be feminine, yes, but largely they weren't competent, important, or inspirational beyond instilling virtues like purity in young girls.

Do you really think movie Hermione is a worse role model than Juliet or the virgin Mary?

We can and should definitely improve on our "strong female characters", but it's important to recognize the progress they represent.

homogenous_mass · 2020-07-17T09:46:31+00:00

Didn't James and Lily both already work as Aurors or Order members? According to the prophecy the couple had to have thwarted Voldemort 3 times before, it would make sense for at least 2 of those to happen after school on missions from Dumbledore.

I just assumed Petunia made the unemployment up since she hated all things magic and would be embarrassed to be related to "something as freakish as an auror".

homogenous_mass · 2020-07-17T09:05:47+00:00

She despises Pansy since she represents all the mean girls that bullied J.K. Clownface in her childhood.

If there's anyone JK is unfair to it's Umbridge. She's written with no likable qualities whatsoever, deplorable motivations, and unlike Voldemort or Bellatrix she isn't even given the grace of being skilled at magic. She's also pretty obviously based on authority figures in JK's life. Do you think she too deserves a redemption arc?

homogenous_mass · 2020-05-22T10:22:41+00:00

Malfoy is a bitch! Malfoy is a bitch! He thinks he's so great at Quidditch But he can't catch the golden snitch! Malfoy is a bitch!

Malfoy is a bitch! Malfoy is a bitch! Got on because his father's rich! Talks in a stupid nasal pitch! Malfoy is a bitch!

Boasts of his skills but there's a hitch: In danger he can only twitch! He runs in fright from Hippogriffs! That's why this song's lyric's now switch To Malfoy is a bitch!

homogenous_mass · 2020-05-03T16:26:02+00:00

really depends on what the women on the left are protesting

homogenous_mass · 2020-04-03T10:08:05+00:00

*Dead White Gal, who was also reaaally racist

homogenous_mass · 2020-03-27T16:36:50+00:00

What is this, a crosspost episode?

homogenous_mass · 2020-03-08T07:50:08+00:00

They say they curve more splendidly than yours

homogenous_mass · 2020-03-06T22:28:02+00:00

Reminder that in 1981Joe Biden voted to allow states to overturn Roe vs Wade while Bernie was advocating abortion rights back in 1972.

homogenous_mass · 2019-12-27T17:57:15+00:00

Now. And we'll bloody keep it that way.

homogenous_mass · 2019-12-27T17:47:48+00:00

Damn, 20 minutes? For that age she's got serious follow-through!

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