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OPLA!Usopp x Artist!Reader
summary: while you vent to Nami about your feelings of Usopp, the devil himself intrudes in overhearing everything you’ve just talked about.
takes place in alabasta arc ig
contains: angst to fluff, sfw, not proofread, also ik Kaya ain’t like this I love her just gotta do it for the story babes
masterlist
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“I just don’t know what else to do Nami.” You sighed to her, you were both sitting in the kitchen drinking whatever new cocktail Sanji had made up for the both of you. “I don’t think he likes me that way, I mean I’m pretty sure he’s hooked on Kaya the way they kissed before he joined us.” You said, mentally cringing at the memory.
“Come on y/n! That was like what, a year ago? I’m pretty sure they don’t even talk.” Nami exclaimed as she rubbed your arm as a way of letting you know she was there for you. You know they still talk though, you’ve seen him hunched over his desk (if he has one in his room..?), writing letters to her. Your heart broke even more seeing the excited look on his face when he got a letter back from her.
You and Usopp were fairly close, spending the day together from sunrise to sunset daily. You’d give feedback on his newest creations and he’d give advice on your fighting skills, or your drawings you’d draw of the new islands you visited or just your crew. You’d never admit it but your sketchbook was mostly full of him, some he knew about and happily posed for while other ones you’d do in your free time as everyone was chilling together on the Going Merry. Shortly after he joined the crew you noticed your development in feelings for him and tried to ignore them, but ultimately gave in.
“Y/N!” Nami exclaimed, realizing you had zoned out while you two were talking. “God, you’re actually day-dreaming of him?” She shivered dramatically while you rolled your eyes at her. Nami looked at you and sighed as you laid your head against her shoulder, finishing your drink. “I just- I like him so much Nami and I don’t want to ruin our friendship by telling him while he’s got his eyes on another woman.. I’ve been somewhat distancing myself from him to try to loose those feelings but it’s just making me abt him more.” You sniffled, feeling your emotions getting the best of you.
“Oh y/n..” Nami gasped slightly, taking you into her arms as you felt tears invading your lashline. “Look, if he doesn’t realize how stupid he is to have you it’s his loss! I’m sure he-“ Nami ranted before getting cut off by a familiar someone falling face first through the kitchen door. You gasped as you saw Usopp groan as he got up. “Uh.. hi?” He chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Did you.. hear everything?” You asked, standing up now from your seat. “I- maybe? But it’s okay! I actually, wait y/n!” Usopp yelled after you as you speed walked out of the kitchen, running towards you and Nami’s shared room past everybody else as quickly as you could. Your heart was beating fast as you locked the door behind you, sliding down it as you finally let everything out.
“You idiot!” Nami yelled at Usopp, hitting behind his head as he groaned rubbing it.
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It was now hours later, you were curled up in your bed refusing to come out of your room no matter who knocked or begged for you to come out. It was now a bit past dinner time, you sighed and sat up on your bed. You then got up and decided you could go up to the deck for some fresh air as everyone would be retreating to their rooms for the night. You quickly walked up the stairs and leaned against the railing, letting out a big sigh.
“y/n?” You heard a familiar voice ask, growing the ache in your heart bigger. It was Usopp, you didn’t say anything or move but he did. He stood beside you leaning on the rail aswell, glancing at you awkwardly.
“I- god I don’t know how to do this stuff.. y/n I-“ Usopp stuttered out before you cut him off. “It’s okay, Usopp. I know you and Kaya love each other. Please don’t let what you heard in the kitchen ruin our friendship. I just-“ you sighed out before it was Usopp turn to cut you off with a kiss, your eyes wide with shock before closing them and melting into the kiss. You wrapped your arms around his neck and he wrapped his around your waist, pulling you closer before pulling away for a breather.
“y/n, I love you. Kaya and me aren’t a thing, it was just one kiss honestly. We tried to make it work with writing letter back and forth but one day she told me she fell in love with another kid from our village, and I was okay with that honestly. Because I want you. You make me feel so nervous and happy and- just everything. I like you so much y/n, I want you as my girlfriend, not her. I’m not very good at this yet but I promise I’ll try for you and protect you, as the great captain Usopp!” He told you, smiling.
You looked back at him in shock, processing everything before giving him another quick peck on the lips.
“Of course, God Usopp.”
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Thank you so much for reading! Also sorry it’s kinda short.. please give me any advice and I’m looking for mutuals, so please ask if you’d like to be! I’ll also take any requests.
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Bonus pic of the sillies (≧∀≦)
I like to watch bad low-budget movies, and I found the film monsters (1993) (Russian). They use live action footage of small animals as the "monsters". As a rat owner, I find it hilarious how they try to make the rats look threatening. (No animals were actually harmed in filming)
a question for anime fans
I am very interested in writing screenplays and scripts, and for the last couple of years I've had the thought in my mind to write a live action television script for a particular anime. As an anime fan, I know I personally dislike many live action adaptations of anime (especially the death note Netflix version) but I really enjoyed the recent one piece show as someone who was too lazy to sit through the original 1000 episodes of the anime.i think it worked well and it gave me hope that someday these awesome stories can be represented with real people. As fans, I would like to know your opinions on what would make a good live action adaptation of an anime. What changes from the source material are acceptable? Do you get annoyed when characters are whitewashed or there is forced diversity or do you think it's okay? When it comes to female characters and actors how do you feel about changing their characters for more development and fleshing them out? What anime do you think would make a good live action series? What are the best live action series?
a hug ❤️🩹
surprise flowers for spring!
(he's NOT a romantic though. those flowers bloomed too early and got what was coming to em)
south downs sketch
i’m a fan of the fact that crowley always waits for aziraphale to finish whatever he’s doing just to cuddle for hours
CASTIEL IN EVERY EPISODE ↳ 4.16 - On the Head of a Pin
Scream (1996) dir. Wes Craven
Okay, I'm sorry... BUT THERE'S A BOOK!!??? I grew up my whole life thinking that the movies were the original and there never was a book! This has changed my point of view on everything. I might try to get the books now, and find out how much their screwing up in the love action.
laughing at the entire conceit of live action httyd being "animation is for babies so we HAVE to remake this shot-for-shot in live action" but also they need to sell a new wave of plushies at universal studios orlando so toothless still looks like a fucking cartoon character
i thought given the influx of aromantic and/or asexual characters within asian dramas this the past year (and by that i mean like 3 but that’s better than none) i would share a link to my aromantic and asexual characters list as a reference or resource for members of both communities looking for more rep within the asian drama space.
WHAT THE LIST INCLUDES:
what drama it is
the character’s name and whether they’re a main or support character
where they fall on the asexual or aromantic spectrums
the type of rep it is (word used, definition used, etc)
notes on the representation (i.e. usually my own opinions on the rep like if i think it’s harmful or not or just other information i think would be useful)
DISCLAIMER: this list only consists of dramas i’ve seen feel free to comment on the list with dramas that you’ve seen with canon ace and/or aro characters if i haven’t listed them. The list will continue to be added to once I discover more aro/ace characters.
FIND THE LIST HERE
I've only had the new live action sonic for an hour and a half and I already adopt and protect him
Paramount+ and Nickelodeon trying to live-action Monster High...😑...😭
Some people don’t deserve their redemption arcs and forgiveness. Such as abuseive parents, mass murders (in a realistic world or one with little violence etc.) people who’s we know won’t change, and people who have used up all their last chances. We shouldn’t support mass forgiveness of absolute evil people. I’m not saying we should not support the people who can change I’m saying the people who dont want to either need help or don’t deserve offerings of redemption.
Review: Beck (2010)
Rating: 7.5 of 10
Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka's (Takeru Sato) was an ordinary—somewhat a loser — high school student but his life soon changed when he met Ryusuke Minami (Hiro Mizushima), a fellow teenager determined to build a band and make it in the rock world. Beck, also the name of the band (after Ryusuke's dog), follows the band’s story and their rise to fame.
Beck is a live action adaptation of a critically acclaimed and highly popular manga and anime series of the same name. In case you pay attention to the actor's name above, I won't lie that partly the reason I'm interested in it was because it also had Takeru Sato who I loved in Rurouni Kenshin. The other reason, was because my boyfriend recommended me the story many times but I had never made up my mind which version I'd go into first. The actor just tipped the scale a bit into the live action.
That said, while I thought Sato was cute as the shy Koyuki (and I definitely see proto-Kenshin in his character), I found the other actors inhabit their characters much more fully. Mizushima had his swagger dead-on as the charismatic but volatile guitarist Ryusuke (with almost perfect English, too), Osamu Mukai as the cool blooded bassist Taira, Aoi Nakamura as happy-go-lucky Saku, Kenta Kiritani as the unsheathed Chiba, and Shiori Kutsuna as the somewhat-annoyed-but-supportive sister Maho. And from the images I saw, they actually look a lot like their manga and anime counterparts too, which is always a big bonus. They also have incredible chemistry with each other, and immediately felt like brothers from the get go.
The first part of the film felt a little bit clunky as it tries to accommodate both Koyuki's and Ryusuke's sides of life, but immediately gelled after the band formed. It really was a delight to see the band coming and playing together, and it wasn't only because of their chemistry but also because their music was genuinely good (especially for movies). The storyline could be more focused as it tries to fit in various subplots, as is often the case with a lot of adaptation from serialized material, but that is pretty minor.
But the biggest mistake, in my opinion, is having KOYUKI NOT SING AT ALL. Koyuki was billed as the one with angelic voice, capable of silencing thousands of people with awe in their shows, but the movie actually muted him out focusing instead on the instruments. I understand the director's decision to make him not actually sing because whatever they showed might not be on par with what we imagine, but for me it was downright annoying. If you're not familiar with "Chekhov's gun" rule, it is basically a "rule" in storytelling in which, for example, if you introduce a gun in the first act, then by the third act you really should have made them go off. Don't make promises or teases something you can't keep. In my opinion Koyuki really is worse than Chekhov's gun! Especially once I found out that Sato actually did some singing in the past, but like that mattered anyway. They could've easily hire a proper singer to do the singing part if he were not up to par. The movie actually ended in a pretty satisfying climax with the band performing in front of a big crowd, but with Koyuki not singing it was quite hard to not feel at least a bit disappointed. This "little" detail is actually what brought the movie down from a possible 8.0 into a 7.5 for me.
TL;DR In conclusion, Beck is a pretty charming, pretty benign live adaptation —if you could get over from the absence of singing in Koyuki's part.
Review: Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy (2012-2014)
Overall rating: 9.0 of 10
Rurouni Kenshin, adapted from popular manga and anime of the same name (popularized in North America and Indonesia as Samurai X, referring to his cross-shaped scar), tells the story of one skilled assassin from Japan’s Bakumatsu Era who turned into a wandering pacifist, helping people along the way and vowed to never kill anyone again.
The live action trilogy consists of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman-tan (titled simply Rurouni Kenshin in the English world) which was released in 2012, followed by two-parter Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto taika-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Tokyo Inferno) and Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no saigo-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends), both released in 2014. I just binge-watched all of them so it made more sense to me to do a comprehensive review of the trilogy. Besides, I just thought it’d be just a tad boring to read me raving about Takeru Sato (who played the titular character) three times over.
The biggest accomplishment these movies achieved, aside from hiring the right director for obvious reasons, was casting Takeru Sato as Kenshin Himura the Manslayer Battosai. Kenshin Himura was a difficult character to get right. He was a small, unassuming, baby-faced, soft-spoken person who had the weight of all Japan on his shoulders and swordsmanship skill of a god. Not only Sato looked exactly like how Kenshin would look like in real life, he was able to play just about every range of Kenshin’s in the most unobtrusive way, from Kenshin’s trademark goffiness, kindness, to his restrained composure, deafening sadness and powerful regret, and the bombastic rage that he eventually let out. Every once in a while he lets out quiet words of wisdom that are so excessively true your heart breaks, because you know it took a great deal of pain and mistakes to be able to say them.
The rest of the casts were great too, each one of them dissolved nicely into the characters that we have come to know and love from the manga and anime (I never read the manga, admittedly). Animes in particular are difficult to adapt into live action because animes in general operate in a wholly different reality. Jinei Udoh’s and Shishio’s powers weren’t exactly realistic, for example, but director Keishi Ohtomo was able to make them at least plausible. Even small things like clothes, hair, and behaviors of characters from animes might be harder to translate from animation into live action but Rurouni Kenshin was able to bring them come to life with grace.
The film was also absolutely beautiful to watch. The colors and cinematography were absolute striking, and so was the fighting scenes. Each of the fights are fluid, absolutely clear and delightful to watch, and definitely captured the magic of samurai fights that we have come to expect.
But the truth is, the three movies weren’t created equal. The first movie did a great job at introducing and sucking us into its world, for reasons above. TL;DR It was a great origin movie of a compelling character, surrounded by a hoard of interesting supporting characters. But more intellectually, what I really appreciated from this particular movie is that they hit the tone right with the violence. They were dirty, they were bloody (not overly so that it’s unwatchable) but enough to bring home the fact that killing, no matter the cause, is an ugly thing to do.
I found Kyoto Inferno to be the weakest installment. Shishio was a brilliant arc in the manga and anime, partly because they spent considerable amount of time building into the arc. The movie had such little time to tell its story in comparison that it was understandable that it would not have the same effect, but TL;DR I also found the film to have problematic pacing, and it felt particularly heavy and overwrought.
That said, The Legend Ends was brilliant. It started as the slowest of the bunch, and I appreciated the change of pace (without resorting to spoilers I'll just say it was refreshing to see someone who looks down on Kenshin for once). I have to say it built up nicely into the climax though, so don’t worry, it was every bit as intense as the others and the fights were every bit as exciting. TL;DR The Legend Ends was a very focused movie, especially compared to Tokyo Inferno, and that’s why I found it to be the best.
If I had to assign individual ratings for each film, I maybe would give them 9.0, 8.0, and 9.5 respectively (and a completely unscientific overall rating of 9.0). Collectively, they were such a great adaption that if you’re a Rurouni Kensin fan by any means, you maybe should watch them.
Guys. Guys. Please. Not every adaptation has to be live action, not every adaption can be live-action, because making it so can rob the original IP of its very essence. If making everything look realistic diminishes it to the point where you literally have to animate it anyway to make it recognisable, then why even try to make it live action in the first place? What is so bad about animation that we have to make things live action because it’s otherwise “just for kids”? Why are we ignoring a perfectly good medium only to force a different medium to do what the former was designed to do only much worse?
Some things can only be done by animation, in the same way that some things can only be done by books or musicals or games. That’s what makes adapting things so difficult, and it’s what makes choosing the medium you want to write in so important.
ONE PIECE LIVE ACTION TRAILER
WATCH IT NOW WATCH IT AHHHH
If Netflix's ATLA live-action series is aimed at the adults who watched the cartoon as kids, I wonder what a remake of Danny Phantom aimed at the now grown up fans would look like? Would it lean into the body horror? The dark concepts previously softened by the superhero themes and age restraints? Maybe there would even be a dissection scene! Please let it be funny though.
Am I the only one who likes these movies? I found the performances so befitting the characters. And what about the costumes? 😍
is anyone else’s low key excited for the live action httyd or is it just me? Because like yeah it wasn’t needed like at all but I think it’s gonna be good at least better than some other live action movies. I just don’t get the hate.
BioShock The Movie : Big Daddy Fan Poster
I chose a low angle to portray Big Daddy's menacing look, and a leak in progress to portray Rapture's precarious appearance. The expression of splashing water was added with Photoshop. LoRA seem to have worked and did almost everything. I like this Big Daddy design, which is a little taller than the previous original design, as it seems to be suitable for a live-action film.
If there was one problem, it was not easy to get the Little Sisters into the right places. I just composited her in photoshop. Composite quality doesn't seem very good. Still, I'll have to be content with this.
BioShock was a big turning point for me. I started with a surprise about computer graphics, and the twist at the end is really the best I can think of now. I hope this work will be made into a great live-action movie someday.
little 3D effect on it. :D
It was a fun to make these images. For Kenzo, getting a similar feel wasn't easy.
He was strange whether he was portrayed as old or young. Now he is younger than in my imaginary image, but he looks closer to his actual age in his actual work. I don't know if it reproduces Naoki Urasawa's realistic yet unique drawing style well.
In Johan's case, I thought his lips were too red and it was important that his hairstyle was very symmetrical, but I stopped adjusting here.
I also tried to depict their characters, situations, and symbols in the background of the poster.
Monster The Movie : Kenzo Tenma
I made a live-action film poster for Naoki Urasawa's original manga <MONSTER>.
I was quite young when I saw this manga, so I didn't fully understand what it was trying to say besides the overall story. Rather, after I grew up, I was able to recall what this manga was about. Naoki Urasawa draws manga in a very realistic style, but at the same time it is exquisitely streamlined. As for what his painting style will look like when it is composed of realistic images, I think someone could still have gotten better results.
Kenzo was portrayed as a good-natured person, and I thought he represented the general public. Peaceful times, the masses who usually live a normal life just trying to look good for their boss, but when they find out someone is plotting an evil plan, they go out of their way to smash it.
Kenzo enlists the help of other populace around him, and he works to crush the great evil he is unable to counter. He is supported by the public like himself, and at the same time chased by the public like himself. All the while, Absolute Evil controls them all and quietly grows in power. Actually, I'm not sure if I understood it well. :D...;
Monster The Movie : Johan Liebert
I made a live-action film poster for Naoki Urasawa's original manga <MONSTER>.
I was quite young when I saw this manga, so I didn't fully understand what it was trying to say besides the overall story. Rather, after I grew up, I was able to recall what this manga was about.
Naoki Urasawa draws manga in a very realistic style, but at the same time it is exquisitely streamlined. As for what his painting style will look like when it is composed of realistic images, I think someone could still have gotten better results.
Johan was a very unique character. I felt creepy and pity for his actions at the same time. Is evil made or is it born? It's easy to blame those who create evil. But if someone is born as evil, who is to blame for it? he was a character that made us ask these questions.
I made a Live-action movie poster of Dragon Ball Z using AI-generated images and Photoshop.
This is a fan art. I also hope this legendary manga to be made into a live-action movie. Rather than filming an actor's acting, I think we need CG that cannot be distinguished from the actual situation. Like Avatar and Alita : Battle Angel, for example.
When I remember Goku, the first thing that came to my mind was the disappointment of not being able to use Kamehameha. The concept of a character that grows over time made Goku come to me as a really vivid being in my childhood. I remember Goku before the Dragon Ball Z series was pretty funny, but after the Z series the atmosphere changed very scary, 'is this really a children's animation?' I also had this question. Dragon Ball Z was considered very violent, so even my parents thought it was a cautionary animation. But now that I think about it, what Goku has shown in Dragon Ball has had a tremendous impact on each of us growing up. Fighting to protect the Earth and friends, and enjoying the battle in the process, sometimes trying to endure and grow again even if can't enjoying it. And achieving growth and eventually achieving goals. These were things that we couldn't easily learn in school.
I made a Live-action movie poster of Dragon Ball Z using AI-generated images and Photoshop.
This is a fan art. I also hope this legendary manga to be made into a live-action movie. Rather than filming an actor's acting, I think we need CG that cannot be distinguished from the actual situation. Like Avatar and Alita : Battle Angel, for example.
For us in our childhood, Vegeta was a terrible villain at first, but it became more and more like a symbol of 'Tsundere'. It was quite an impressive memory for me as a child.
I thought that Saiyan's hairstyle would be very strange when imagined as a live action movie. But once I've tried it, it's within the bounds of recognizing it as an existential hairstyle.
*To mention the meme It's over 9000, '8,000' is the official figure. (in japanese version.)
I made a Live-action movie poster of Dragon Ball Z using AI-generated images and Photoshop.
This is a fan art. I also hope this legendary manga to be made into a live-action movie. Rather than filming an actor's acting, I think we need CG that cannot be distinguished from the actual situation. Like Avatar and Alita : Battle Angel, for example.
Frieza remains one of the most terrifying villain in my memory. I rarely saw Dragon Ball Z on the air to attend the academy on time, but I don't know if this Frieza, who appeared in his spare time, was a man or a woman, and I was really scared to see a huge force coming out of his fingers.
And as we'll find out later, Frieza is obviously a villain, but he's quite gentle and funny. Decades later, many people were reevaluating Frieza (such as using honorifics for subordinates and enemies) It is hoped that in order for today's growing children to be able to see Dragon Ball again, one day they will have to expand to other media or remake it.
Warner Bros has completed the sale for their previously shelved Coyote vs. Acme movie.
Ketchup Entertainment today confirmed their completed deal for worldwide rights to the live-action/animated hybrid film that brings Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote to the big screen. The deal was pegged in the $50M range and the film is expected to get a theatrical release in 2026.
Gareth West, CEO of Ketchup Entertainment, said today: “We’re thrilled to have made a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to bring this film to audiences worldwide. Coyote Vs Acme is a perfect blend of nostalgia and modern storytelling, capturing the essence of the beloved Looney Tunes characters while introducing them to a new generation. We believe it will resonate with both longtime fans and newcomers alike.”
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲.