I adore this woman so much
The mermaids are back again
Mermaid brainrot is gone now it's just ideas and scenarios of maybell meeting @actuallycassidyiambusy demon buggy
Also I inked over maybell and made her less jumbled :3
I've had my mlp hyperfixation for over half my life... I ain't think it's going away any time soon
terroriser: Not to brag, but I think me and vanoss are pretty cute together
smitty: Oh yeah? kryoz and I just baked cookies and it was so god damn cute I almost cried, try to top that robo boy
terroriser: Okay, pretty cute, but after we spent the day doing stuff together vanoss put on my hoodie and we fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie
smitty: Oh baby I can be here all night
terroriser: Bring it on then, milk bag
It's funny, because Buggy tried so hard to betray Luffy so many times. It's like the universe itself wouldn't let him not help after Luffy gave him the treasure marker.
Mihawk will make it explicit during the Marineford arc that Luffy's greatest strength isn't his physical prowess, but his ability to make allies. It's interesting to contrast the way in which Luffy wins people over compared to other thematic foils like Blackbeard, who gains equally enormous influence through violence and coercion. Luffy's guileless faith in characters like Buggy (which later shows up in his alliance with Law) is on its surface stupid in the cutthroat world of pirates, but it's because not despite Luffy is who he is that he influences others to his cause.
Cynical characters like Buggy and Mr. 3 will try (and fail) to take advantage of him, but by mere proximity Luffy will in turn inspire them to grow beyond their base instincts, and he's rewarded by the narrative for his trouble. Mr. 2 comes back to save him after being terrified of Magellan. Mr. 3 unlocks the keys to Ace's cuffs. Buggy saves his ass repeatedly through the saga. It's like Luffy is a gravity well that people can't help but fall into, and it's that charisma and ability to almost instantly create bonds with other people that will cause him to eventually become the Pirate King.
Drew the vanoss design I made for an au I'm doing
*adds to list of favorite origins smp screenshots*
look at em
Side profile of M! Buggy. Yes luffy wrote his own name on buggys arm and yes he's that much of a dumbass that he fucked it up