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hello again! i need to tell you that i've reread YLTS so often that i've begun dreaming about the story LMAO especially since the second chapter has art. I just rememebred that Chopper left some of Luffy's meds behind and Usopp made a sign, but aaaa the fire that Luffy came back to (that Sabo maybe set?????) might have burned up that sign and now I'm all wobbly-eyed again haha
omg hello!!! im honored to hear that ylts has left such an impact on you.
hehe its nice to see someone mention that little part from ch1! not that it has any plot relevance...
i hope i can post ch3 within the year, and i greatly appreciate ur patience and support!
heres a little preview for the next chapter! its subject to change, but i think it gets the vibes just right!
The world is ending. And there is nothing you can do to stop it.
They say that if the sun ever burns out, you will not know until eight minutes after it does. Then, you will notice the cold. The dark. The stars you once admired in the night now objects of terrified realization in the day.
I hope this doesnt sound rude cuz im really not intending to sound like that but are you still interested in ur fic young like the sea?
hello!!! i am still very much interested in ylts. there are numerous scenes i absolutely cannot wait to share, but the last two chapters are heavy in content (and emotion), and I do want to take my time with them. so unfortunately, i will be slow-cooking them 😔
thank u for ur patience and i hope to see u at ch3 <3
whumptober day 11 "leave no trace behind like you don't even exist"
this is a gift for my friend @mangogreent and their fantastic fanfic Young like the sea
have you read it? if not go do so right now!!
hiii. i just need you to know that i love YLTS so much and it's occupied my brain for the past two weeks since i read it and i actualy can't stop thinking about what's going to happen next. I haven't felt this way about a fic since 2020, i feel so alive [unlike luffy. maybe? LMAO] thank you for creating something so wonderful[ly angstyyyyy]
omg. this was so sweet of you to say 🥺🥺 it makes me happy to hear YLTS is living rent-free in ur brain. thats my child right there. in this economy, they cant afford to live on their own
(also YOUR USE OF BRACKETS MADE ME CACKLE LMAO)
thank u so much for support <3 there are no archive warnings, but ill do my best to kill luffy
looking back at my YLTS brainstorm doc and losing it
youre actually trying to kill me because
EXCUSE ME????????
@fluffyartbl0g drew me a thing from my fic and i need you to know i actually screamed - the only reason my family didnt barge into my room is because my AC is loud af so thank you AC
IM STILL SCREAMING ABOUT IT THANK U LOOP I LOVE YOU <3 I LEGIT SOBBED
@fluffyartbl0g drew me a thing from my fic and i need you to know i actually screamed - the only reason my family didnt barge into my room is because my AC is loud af so thank you AC
IM STILL SCREAMING ABOUT IT THANK U LOOP I LOVE YOU <3 I LEGIT SOBBED
SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 2 OF 'Young Like The Sea' by @mangogreent
Had the priveledge to be commisioned by Lake for the art at the end of chapter 2 shoutout Lake ur so cool and the prompt for this was very fun to work on B))
There r two different versions but the difference is very subtle lel (its in the eyes)
and im still mad about it
i cant believe sanji 20 yrs and hes like
THATS THE EXACT IMAGE I HAD IN MY HEAD WHILE WRITING THAT SCENE. like no way hes gonna let luffy eat anyone else's dishes now
its also giving
10K MORE TO GO
Young Like The Sea (YLTS)
Mitchell: Epic III (Live) from Hadestown
YLTS - Chapter 1 Animatic Old Vr.
Song: Hadestown - Epic III
https://open.spotify.com/track/56xHMIfQPoe0prrSi3BGhf?si=sTkce22GRmehf0dbR3uOAw
this song is so young like the sea coded fr
I WAS LITERALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS????? YOURE IN MY WALLS
SOBBING
im currently using this song to write chapter 2 rn omg i need to see the movie solely bc of this song
Young Like The Sea: Preview of Ch.2
He sends his haki out to the ocean, a hand reaching for another, but it is only the wind that answers. He circles the island, round and round. Two times, three, ten, and at some point, he realizes the moon has taken up to the sky. Luffy doesn’t feel his hunger.
Staring at endless dark waters and blues for a moment held so still, Luffy lowers himself to the ground and settles into the sand, cold grain and soft land.
(“Luffy!” He almost seems to hear. “How are you not cold when you’re wearing only that?”)
Then, with his legs drawn up against his chest as if to shelter his heart from the wind, he asks quietly to the sea, like a child forgotten in the rain,
“Where did everyone go?”
The sea has no answer for her King.
ok i had to get this out
nami literally finished her world map 1 year after luffys disappearance, which was only 3-4 years after luffy became king.
LIKE YOU WOULD THINK A MAP OF THE ENTIRE WORLD (LAND SKY SEA) WOULD TAKE WAY LONGER
BUT THE STRAWHATS SPENT EVERY WAKING MOMENT LOOKING FOR LUFFY THAT NAMI FINISHED EXPLORING AND MAPPING ALL THE ISLANDS SO FCKING FAST
They didn't get enough time.
WAIT I completely forgot Shanks is still like, around, so now I'm so curious what his reaction was to Luffy just up and vanishing. Though no pressure to include him because there's already way too many characters that care about Luffy lol
I keep forgetting so many characters. Y'know what? If I can't include them *majors your character death*
WHY DOES LUFFY HAVE SO MUCH RIZZ LIKE HE HAS TOO MANY FRIENDS i think i bit off more than i can chew
but i definitely think Shanks is someone i want to include at some point—and i do have a place where i can fit him into the story ;>
How long did the strawhats stay together after Luffy's disappearance? And what was the reason they actually separated?
It took them 3 years before they split up. One of the reasons was to "split" up to look for him—covering more ground in a sense. That's what they said, but they all knew that was only half-true, because the holistic reason was because it was too painful.
Talking to each other, looking at each other, staying on the Sunny and imagining their Captain going about his way as usual—bothering Sanji in the kitchen, stealing from everyone's plates, sitting on the figurehead as if the world was his (it was).
Everything in the world reminded them of him, especially each other. They carried remnants of him in their behavior and their habits and their hearts, and when does that become a curse
What do the strawhats do for luffys birthday? Ah that first birthday after his disappearance must've been so sad 😭
probably just cry ig aidfhwauifbkfgb
hmm i honestly think they would have a party in his honour—even though they are hurting and "mourning" his presence, id like to think that they would shove all those negative emotions deep down into a box and seal it shut just for that one day. Any other time, they would allow their grief to swallow them whole, but it's Luffy's birthday.
and if he isn't there to celebrate it, theyd do it for him - wherever he is
do u ever think the strawhats dream of luffy and wake up silently with tears down their face
some close their eyes, desperately trying to fall back into the clasp of sleep in order to see him again
others stare at the ceiling wordless and blank
as if cursing the gods
You know how some people never clean the rooms of their passed loved ones? I can see the strawhats trying their best to do the same on the sunny. Like a fishing rod left on the deck, an unmade hammock, and a beetle collection, all untouched. Maybe they tell themselves it's because they know Luffy will want to pick up where he last left off when he returns but really they want to preserve anything they have left of him.
can u like
not
SICK AND TWISTED SICK AND TWISTED
"they want to preserve anything they have left of him."
AINT NO WAY U JUST SAID THAT AAAAAAAAA
I love Hancock and hope she's been ok through this 😭. Like I don't ship her and luffy at all but I'm sure she didnt take the news well. I'm torn between wanting her to also look for luffy when she retires from being empress or moving on and maybe even finding someone else to love. Also RIP BARTO CLUB
My opinion on Hancock is that her love for Luffy was born out of her trauma—that she fell in love with him because he was the first (don't quote me on this) man who didn't show interest in her body, was genuinely kind, and didn't care about her past. I hope that in the future, canonically, she gets some introspection concerning her relationship with Luffy. I wouldn't go to the point of saying that, "It's not real love," but I do find it similar to how someone, who has been abused and mistreated for years, latches onto the first person who treats them with basic human decency. I just hope she gets her happy ending—with or without a romantic partner.
BARTOLOMEO MY BABY THOUGH I'M SO SORRY I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS ON DISCORD LIKE MAN IS PROBABLY RESORTING TO SATANIC RITUALS AND SUMMONING CIRCLES
i am deathly curious as to what becomes of the rest of the worst gen (like law, kidd, bonney) like it genuinely kept me up when i first read young like the sea
You just gave me a great idea on what to do with Kidd, so thank you for that anon. ily
i probably wont be able to fit in a lot of minor characters into the main fic, but maybe for sidestories!
Why are your posts so painful?? I'd like to think Nami and Zoro visited Chouchou one last time but he def never saw Luffy again I'm 😭😭😭. Wait is Garp alive? When he finally comes back he needs to do a world tour fr he's left a whole in too many ppls hearts 😭
because i like putting myself through emotional pain to feel something.
"is Garp alive?"
well - generally, one piece characters have longer lifespans than us so he should be alive
...right?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Two birds on a wire.
One says, "C'mon" and the other says, "I'm tired"
im just imagining - during the 20 year wait for Luffy, one of the strawhats get into a life-or-death scenario
and they wonder if they should just
let it happen - that this is the end of the road for them but arent mad about it because maybe luffys waiting for them. maybe after all this time, theyll see him again
and the others have to convince them to keep fighting and the only reason why they do is because of luffys words from a long long time ago
"you dont repay someone by dying"
im just imagining - during the 20 year wait for Luffy, one of the strawhats get into a life-or-death scenario
and they wonder if they should just
let it happen - that this is the end of the road for them but arent mad about it because maybe luffys waiting for them. maybe after all this time, theyll see him again
and the others have to convince them to keep fighting and the only reason why they do is because of luffys words from a long long time ago
"you dont repay someone by dying"
Ok but....imagine if the strawhats wait the rest of their lives to see Luffy but he never comes home. After literally waiting a lifetime they all expect for him to he the first thing they see but nope still no sign of him anywhere. Thus the strawhats go on one more adventure looking for their wayward captain in the afterlife! They hold off spending time with their important loved ones (kuina, bellemere, dr. hirulk, so on) to look for him 😭😭😭. They def run into Ace and Sabo who are on their own journey for the same reason as the strawhats 😭.
wheres the fic anon *grabs u by the throat* ANON WHERES THE FIC that is so bittersweet tho. everyone luffys ever helped coming together to look for him AHHHH
on another note, someone commented something similar to this and im just repeating this here: i wont be able to explore other options besides the one i have planned, but id be totally down to make sidestories/extra/deleted scenes if anyone would like to specific scenes i couldnt cram in
that would only be AFTER i complete the actual fic tho 😭😭😭