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king's throne

pov: you interrumpted the king of pirates' daily rant to his first mate

i'm so normal about them (they consume my every thought)

love when fictional men are so devoted to their partner it makes them dangerous and insane. very slutty behavior keep it up king

Ship so good we actually kinda have "you start to see colors after you meet your soulmate" trope as a canon moment

zoro conveniently wearing an all black iteration of his traditional outfit for the battle luffy would later activate gear 5, an all white iteration of his traditional outfit. zoro conveniently activating “king of hell” with the backdrop of the moon during the same battle luffy activated “sun god: nika.”

if you’re delusional enough (watch this), all these parallels were done with the foresight and purpose to make zoro and luffy two halves of a whole. light and dark, sun and moon, life and death, angel and demon, liberation and punishment, beginning and end, heaven and hell. i really believe these were intentional decisions to make zoro and luffy, captain and first mate, inseparable. intertwined on such a fundamental level that they complete each other, they can’t exist without one another, and wherever one is, the other will follow as if it’s as vital as ground beneath their feet or air in their lungs.

collection of posts for a very specific dynamic

Zolu Week: Day 7 “Horizons, chasing rainbows”

AND THATS A WRAP! Coming soon: Zosan week!

(Yes Merry is traced for simplicity, and my sanity’s sake)

@zoluevents t’was nice @-ing u o7

Zolu Week: Day # 6 “Battle scars, there’s something wrong with me”

Basically, Zoro is sad abt getting all scarred up hence the second prompt, but then he learns to like his scar or something XD

Who needs same face syndrome when you’ve got “the same guy but his face is never the same” syndrome?!

Anywaaaays, as usual it was rushed-ish, but it’s like 1:30am and my back hurts lmao, enjoy ig :3

(I remembered the ankle scars)

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Zolu Week: Day 5: “I’ve been looking for you”

I had to scrap Deity, I know that is could’ve been done with gear 5 and this and that but I’m only at the end of Ennies Lobby. I didn’t want to google too much cause spoilers, and I think I’d be able to make a better scenario if I knew more, so I just took the one.

Also rushed cause I had a bunch of stuff to do…

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Zolu week: Day 3 “Sacrifice, I don’t need your help” (TW: Blood)

This took way longer than I planned, hence why it’s not shaded, today was a free though so I’ll just do today’s at the end of the week :3

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Zolu week: Day 2 “Egghead, you asleep?”

Just pretend they’re laying or sitting or zoro is just lower or some shit cause the sizes aren’t quite adding up but I was too far to fix it and it’s like 12am.

Also I’m only just at the end of Ennies Lobby, but I am absolutely in love with these outfits

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Zolu week 2024! Day 1: World’s most wanted, celebrate while you can.

I think I’m finally starting to get a style :3

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Something new to shake it up!

Luffy wanted to go swimming with his swordsman :3

It's So cute!!!

commission for  @sanctus-aequitas ! Thank you <3

NIKA! LUFFY AND ZORO

I´m finished!!!!

(Tumblr, please; don't lower my resolution)

it took at least 1 week and pico to finish it… not counting the times he had to redo luffy in his lineart until he achieved that drawn look

NIKA!LUFFY Gray scale version:

There's a funny (?) Funfact.

I'm Just coloring Luffy (what an eye, it's not a little; It was super exhausting to me to sight coloring in almost white tones or similars) I realized that I forgot something super important in the sketches and delineation... I FORGET TO ADD THE MALPARIDO STRAW HAT TO LUFFY TRAW HAT!

I'm honestly mean at making hats/caps and didn't want to be wrong on this one specifically; And I don't know if it's cheating but I'm right now using as a base the straw hat model that best suits the drawing.

Nika Giant! Luffy and Zoro

there are not many explanations. I love gear 5 (especially the references to the "rubber hose" style of animation). I love the gomu gomu no giant. I love Zolu and i pisses me off that Zoro didn't see it. so Luffy being Luffy maybe he would take his lover swordsman to see him even for a few moments.

Zoro might think he's dead to see such a gigantic angel smiling at him.

Nika Giant! Luffy and Zoro

there are not many explanations. I love gear 5 (especially the references to the "rubber hose" style of animation). I love the gomu gomu no giant. I love Zolu and i pisses me off that Zoro didn't see it. so Luffy being Luffy maybe he would take his lover swordsman to see him even for a few moments.

Zoro might think he's dead to see such a gigantic angel smiling at him.

I need that f*ckin' fanfic o I swear i will do it myself.

Y en español.

AU where Nika + Enma fall in love and reincarnate as Luffy + Zoro. They remember each other in Wano when Gear 5 is activated 💜😩 🤌🏽

Wait-

Creo que me volví loca o no estoy viendo bien pero...

Zoro is also using the 56 as luffy!!He's the only one along with luffy to have it!!

Quick context if you don't understand the Numbers: the pirates of the straw hat have a specific number confirmed by oda, not only by their order of joining the band but this can be a play on characters (example, nami has the number 3, but also has 73 because in Japanese it would read "na-mi" or brook who has the number 43 would read "yo-mi" as his akuma no mi.

the point; Luffy has the number 1; But it is also associated with the number 56 (which like brook, is in Japanese would read "go-mu "). And Luffy wears his 56 perfectly visible in his suit of the germa mugiwara-56 in red color... And who else is this 56 perfectly visible in red color too? To zoro. In the other straw hats they either only have it on the hearing AIDS or it's covered by something else.

The colorspread for chapter 872 shows Luffy, riding a Tiger. If you remember, the tiger is Zoro’s animal. ehehe

I wholeheartedly agree with this... We are not insane enough for them.. We need to step our game up.. But honestly we would forget the moment they would throw crumbs at us.. And we'd devour it like starving ducks in the local parks pond...

sometimes when I step back from ships and look at them objectively i end up thinking to myself l “ok. yah. I was reading into it too much” but for luffy and zoro it’s the opposite. actually no one (myself the dudebros and all my fellow shippers included) are not being insane enough. let’s take it up a notch. maybe twenty

We see what you mean luffy...

We see it clearly..

Luffy likes👌

ZOLU CRUMBS !!!!!!

Haaah?! That was obviously a lie!!

dumb thing i made while trying to fight artblock

happy new year to my #1 otp

stars are cool

what did he say???

Spoilers for Alabasta Arc.

You know what I want from One Piece: Live Action S2? I want to see a reverse zolu "I need you" moment.

Just imagine Zoro sitting next to an unconscious Luffy, him being worried sick for his captain because the guy got a HOOK put straight through him, and not only that, but Luffy was also POISONED. Well, yes, the king said that the antidote was given to him straight away. BUT STILL.

So here we have a worried Zoro, all by himself near Luffy quietly repeating the phrase that brought him back to the world of living: "We need you, Luffy. I need you".

But you know what's the worst part is? Luffy doesn't wake up.

no, not four, because four is bad luck or something like this, Luffy remembers Nami telling him. and he really doesn't need any more bad luck. so maybe five kisses would do the trick? why not make it a six for a good measure, isn't six devisible by three? then six kisses it is.

zoro kisses luffy always three times.

when they wake up, always intertwined in whatever place they fell asleep that night, zoro kisses luffy's forehead, cheek, and then lips. in that order, holding his face with both hands every time. it makes luffy wake up with a smile.

when he's training and luffy decides it's amusing to watch his boyfriend, zoro stops always three times to kiss luffy. three breaks with each set of exercises. forehead. head, if luffy isn't wearing the hat (if he is, then the cheek). and lips when he's done exercising.

when they're eating, zoro kisses luffy's free hand. then he kisses him on the shoulder. and lastly, on his head. his lips are busy eating, after all, but luffy smiles nevertheless and leans on his touch even if he's focused on the food.

when they win a fight, zoro kisses him three times exactly on the lips. softly. a bit harder. and then more passionately the third time. luffy always returns the kisses with more intensity, between laughs and giggles.

when luffy is the one sleeping after the fight, resting. he's exhausted, but he can somehow feel in his dreams how zoro moves his hair to the side to kiss his forehead. his hand. his wrist.

when they're making love, zoro always kisses the inside of luffy's right leg three times, making his way to his thighs. then does the same with the left one, and proceeds to kiss his scar. his neck. his shoulders. always three times.

luffy notices after some time together, but says nothing. instead, he tries to do the same. he kisses zoro's ear three times (one kiss per earring). he kisses his right hand, the left one, and then his lips (one kiss per sword). he kisses zoro's scar on his eye, the one on his chest, and the one on his shoulder (one kiss per every moment luffy wasn't there to fight with him).

"why are you doing this?" zoro asks one day out of the blue, after luffy finishes with his set of kisses.

the captain tilts his head to the side, frowning. "doing what?"

and the swordsman, for once, doesn't know what to say, so he stays quiet for a few seconds. "the- the thing. with the kisses. three kisses. why? that's a me thing. i do it because-"

"it calms you down!" luffy figures, and due to zoro's eyes, he assumes his hypothesis is right. the captain grins, squeezing his hand three times. "since you like doing it so much, i thought it would make you feel better if i did it too. does it work?"

zoro stares at him with a fond smile, one that he only is able to show when they're on their own. he squeezes luffy's hand back three times. "yes, captain."

...

it happens quick.

they don't see it coming. luffy should have been able to protect them.

and it's stupid, he thinks. it shouldn't hurt this way. he should be focusing on going back to his crew instead of this, but he feels uneasy. uncomfortable in his own skin.

he had only kissed zoro twice that day back at sabaody.

he has to go back to him, so he can kiss him four times. one to make up for the day they were separated, and three more, only because. only because he will be able to do it after two years. it will take two years to see each other again. two. he's starting to hate that number.

but then he thinks about zoro. zo-ro. two syllables. two o's. his second in command. his first mate. one, two, three.

he didn't exactly get why zoro likes counting so much. numbers are something luffy isn't fond of following much. but he thinks he gets it now.

one year. two years.

on the third one, he'll be able to see him. and luffy will kiss zoro one time, to make up for sabaody. and it will be the first kiss of endless sets of kisses coming in three.

and, weirdly enough, it calms him down too.