You? Me? FISH Station

I love that Usopp is the only straw hat who interacts with our main girl in One Piece Fan Letter. Because Usopp gets it. He’s been there. Of all the Straw Hats, I feel like he’s the closest one to a “normal” person. Even now with all the insane skills he has—the portrayal of the other Straw Hats on Sabaody felt like celebrity cameos, giants spotted in the wild…whereas Usopp is portrayed as just a guy. Bending down to help a girl pick up her things, checking if she’s ok, giving her terrible advice on how to sneak into a bar. Part of this is because at this point Usopp doesn’t have a bounty under his own name, so nobody would know him. But it’s notable that for all the little fandom jokes and Easter eggs the episode sprinkles in, nobody mentions Sogeking. It would’ve been so easy to drop even one quick joke about it. But no. Because with Usopp, we don’t love him for the persona. We love him for the goofy, insecure, empathetic guy that he is. So of course the Straw Hat with the most speaking lines in an episode about regular people is Usopp. Of course he’s the one to see our girl, actually see her, and reach out to her. Of course.

takumi yaaay

Suddenly feline familiars make perfect sense

Am I the only one who genuinely dislikes Fischl.

And the new summer event. It probably just me and a small group of people, but the story is drawn out. I like getting more of Kazuha and his backstory but damn please stop talking so damn much.

IMPORTANT

Okay, I may be a white South African, but I am still African nonetheless. The new cards look pretty and colourful at first glance, and don’t get me wrong I love my boys.

BUT.

It’s clear that no real thought or respect was put on towards the authenticity of the outfits. It honestly looks like someone just google searched ‘traditional African clothing’ and slapped it all together with out considering the nuance behind anything. Honestly, the outfits don’t even LOOK African. I can see the suggestion of it, but the execution of it is just really quite awful. Not to mention certain styles tend to be unique to their respective tribes, and that’s clearly been ignored here. It’s giving cultural appropriation for the sake of fashion and glamour.

The only times I’ve seen people wear clothing even remotely similar to this is when attending more westernised formal events, but even then, their styles are made to fit in more closely with western culture, tending to include the same materials and little details but ultimately these outfits aren’t made to be accurately reflective of their culture.

Honestly, I love TWST but Toboso has made so many problematic decisions for it that I’m honestly kind of fed up. Does she not listen to criticism? Does the team not think to research properly, and double check anything Yana puts forward??

Just putting this out there so ya’ll can be aware.

(Images taken from @chenyann , Yako talks about the topic as well in this post if you’d like to check that out too.)

TWO GOOD BOYS

a post about when someone tags someone else on your post

IT IS DONE YEAH

I gave up towards the end with the clovers, and i fixed up a few things. Total time