Comments | eiliem: I miss the days when all I wrote was brother fluff

eiliem

I miss the days when all I wrote was brother fluff

Sep 03, 2009 23:10

Title: Farewell to the Harbour
Characters: Zoro, mentions of the Strawhats & their captain &hearts, mentions of Ace
Pairings: Nami/maps, Usopp/adventure, Sanji/cooking, Zoro/swords, Ace/freedom
Rating: PG-13?
Beta: peachpaiSummary: The passage of Time is kinder to some Strawhats than other. Zoro isn't sure if he's supposed to be counted among the lucky ( Read more... )

fic, strawhats, one piece

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eiliem September 4 2009, 22:10:36 UTC

I know. And I wrote this.

Seriously - what is wrong with me o_O

peachpai September 4 2009, 19:14:16 UTC

Oh damn, this is really good! I especially liked the part about Zoro turning into a living legend - it's so fitting for him. Old pirates. ♥

eiliem September 4 2009, 22:12:15 UTC

Well Luffy's going to be a legend so it's only reasonable that his crew are too. ^^

Glad you liked it. And that it hopefully didn't break your heart. :S

peachpai September 4 2009, 22:39:07 UTC

Not at all! To me it was sort of happy, in a way, because they all seem to have had full, happy lives. :3

eiliem September 4 2009, 23:08:37 UTC

Oh good. I tried to...they had to achieve all their dreams and get happy ever afters. It just...without Luffy the happy ever afters had a bit of a bittersweet edge.

Chopper's death was the one that made me cry ^^; That was mean, making him die of old age before everybody else even got old. ;_;

And I was awful to Franky. Poor Franky.

want to beta it?

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noodlesticks September 4 2009, 19:31:14 UTC

That awful cracking sound you hear? Yeah, that's my heart.

I was faring well through the story until "...Zoro strongly suspected, turning that long-practiced tongue to tales about the Pirate King. Keeping Luffy’s memory alive as best he could - as only Usopp could."

That made me a bit misty eyed.

eiliem September 4 2009, 22:15:36 UTC

*offers fluffy fic & bandaids for the broken heart*

Oh Usopp &hearts Of all of them I could see him adventuring the longest. And who better to spread the legend of Strawhat Luffy, Pirate King, than Usopp, greatest teller of tales?

elisha2kings September 4 2009, 20:53:03 UTC

This is wonderful! It didn't give me the bawwww! sadness but more of the quiet heavy heart sadness. After the end, when all we have are memories and regrets, it's cold and dreary but at least there are happy memories to turn to. The saddest part for me is that scattered SHs. How each of them had to leave because, like the Jolly Rogers, their captain was the heart and soul of their crew and it just wouldn't be right to go on without him. ;_;

eiliem September 4 2009, 22:17:33 UTC

the quiet heavy heart sadness

Isn't that the worst kind! ;_;

The saddest part for me is that scattered SHs. How each of them had to leave because, like the Jolly Rogers, their captain was the heart and soul of their crew and it just wouldn't be right to go on without him. ;_;

That was bad of me, separating them like that, but yeah, Luffy's crew. :(

elvenarchress September 4 2009, 22:15:18 UTC

the pain!

I'd always thought though, that Zoro would go out as soon as someone successfully took his title or at least fighting but I guess its always possible he'd outlive them all (cause life's funny that way)

...10 years isn't that much right? when you're just 17? right? (then again Gear 2nd isn't helping) Luffy was happy til the end which is a lot better than most.

Love how they never let grief beat them but lived. They
ll see each other again in the next life :)

eiliem September 4 2009, 23:04:21 UTC

I'd always thought though, that Zoro would go out as soon as someone successfully took his title or at least fighting

You'd think so, wouldn't you. I don't know - the image just came to me of, how would Zoro handle getting old? o_O

Not so well, apparently ^^;

...10 years isn't that much right? when you're just 17? right? (then again Gear 2nd isn't helping) Luffy was happy til the end which is a lot better than most.

Gear Second is not helping, but I figure he makes it to nearly 50? If he lives longer than Roger did (and Roger would have been around his mid-forties when he died). But for Zoro who's in his, 80's now maybe? That would have been young. (I deliberately didn't put any dates/years/time in the fic so it could be however anyone interpreted it ^^;)

They'll see each other again in the next life :)

^^

elvenarchress September 5 2009, 10:56:56 UTC

If stoic Zoro isn't handling it well, I'm not sure I want to see Sanji's POV of this...might end up a compilation of all the swear words he's ever used...XD

Its Luffy and his indomitable will to live...I'd say midfifties maaaaybe even 60 if he stops with all the near death experiences...^^; though even if he lives to just 50 his reign would have been a lot longer than Roger's I'm guessing since Gol probably set out in his 20's (and who knows how long it took him to become King...Luffy's likely to do it in a year)