HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ONE AND ONLY KING OF SNIPERS!!!

more strawheart alliance shenanigans

emergency food

It's been a productive couple of days so enjoy a VERY RARE sketch dump! 💕🔥

OT4: The East Blue Boys

I enjoy the different dynamics between each one of them so much that I can't bear to split them up. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp all fill such distinct needs for each other, it doesn't work as smoothly if any of them is excluded. (Also, despite calling the quad "East Blue Boys", I absolutely headcanon Sanji as a trans woman post-timeskip.)

Luffy and Zoro are in perfect sync. Almost the same person in different fonts, Zoro's more serious nature keeps Luffy grounded when it's necessary, and Luffy makes Zoro laugh. They fight with one mind, and it's the key to their success.

Luffy and Usopp are best friends. They have the same childlike enjoyment of games, and teasing the others. Luffy's confidence in Usopp means the world to the sniper, and helps him access his inner strength. Luffy thinks Usopp is hilarious, as Usopp's creative side contrasts so sharply with Luffy's straightforwardness.

Luffy and Sanji are weirdly domestic. Sanji craves validation from authority figures, and Luffy is the only one to give it so freely and mean it so fully. And, yes, being the cook inherently gives Sanji a special place in Luffy's heart, but he's in love with the kind soul that refuses to let anyone starve.

Zoro and Usopp compliment each other. While Usopp admires Zoro's determined stoicism, Zoro admires him in return for doing it scared. Zoro isn't one for expressing emotions, and appreciates Usopp's ironic honesty.

Zoro and Sanji are a healthy example of kismeses. Their rivalry drives each of them to higher achievements, and while their banter is full of insults, there's an understood respect. Sanji would die for Zoro as much as any other strawhat, despite how much he'd deny it.

Sanji and Usopp are very sweet. "I loved her to the point of invention," is a quote that reminds me of this ship. Usopp calls out Sanji's mellorine behavior in a much more lighthearted way, and, like Zoro, Sanji learns to trust others with his true feelings in part due to Usopp.

Ace wakes up on a random island two years after his death as a ten-year-old. But he has no memory of his adult life. Sabo just died, and he has a little brother to look after. Or maybe an older brother?

There is a bit of time between Ace waking up and Luffy finding him.

Sorry this is so long I'm still trying to figure out how to do comic-y things.

Part two

More sanuso bc Usopp is really fun to draw and I felt like it

Someone on Twitter said that this picture looks like Usopp and Luffy stole Sanji's clothes, and now I can't stop thinking about Sanji's reaction. 

how the turns have tabled

THIS TOOK TOO LONG OMG

this was the og sketch. notice how zoro is aLONE.

and then i was like oooo turn it into zosan

and then i drew the prettiest usopp, and then what if chopper was sleeping too thatd be super cute and then i felt bad for the others oooo boys pile but then i felt bad for the girlllssssss WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME

This took way too fucking long but I need everyone to be on the same page that Sanji gets absolutely no fucking play

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