Ink It In.

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

Title: Permanent
Rating: K
Word Count: 300
Pairing: Marco/Ace (Yes, the infatuation for them continues.)
Topic: Wedding Rings
A/N: For catiprojectc to kick her arse away from depression. Cheers, darling~ ♥

Permanent

Mankind has the tendency to seek some form of constancy in the ever-changing. It is in their nature, an instinct.

It is the reason why half of the Whitebeard pirates have families – wives, daughters and sons - whom they have abandoned to answer the call of the seas.

Simple wedding bands are only seen after night fall on the Moby Dick, by the warming fires of the dining hall.

By fire-light.

They’re not seen in the day for reasons most know of, but are unwilling to articulate.

Daylight is precious, bringing adventure, conquests and memories. They are also precious because blood is spilled, cannon fire whistles overhead, blood pounds through their veins and they’re reminded that they’re alive.

And of how fragile they are.

Fruit powers or accuracy with guns don’t matter on the seas. Don’t count. Don’t make a difference.

Wedding rings represent family outside of the rambunctious camaraderie on-board the Moby Dick. It is for steady fires and comfortable beds.

It holds no place in the sun, or in the battle for survival that the men face each new breaking dawn.

But it’s a constant reminder of being anchored to a place on land you could call home. For that, the men keep their reminders in their pockets or shoes. Somewhere easy to find (to send home, if—).

It is for this reason that jibes mask the understanding smiles (pained) when their first and second division commanders find their constancy in a similar way.

Only, it’s not in gold or silver, or set with precious stones.

The dark ring, solid in its presence, transcends what is skin-deep.

And the eternal loop which binds them will never be erased, just like the marks they bear for their father.

It is their permanent brand of constancy.

(Their lov—)

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Comments

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

AHAHAH! DID THEIR EPIC-NESS SOMEHOW MANAGE TO CONVERT YOU!? <3 -twirls around- Good. GOOD. JOLLY GOOD. Now, JOIN THE CLUB AND PRODUCE ALTAR-OFFERINGS OF FIC/ART/WHAT-HAVE-YOU. XD

I'm glad this made you happier.

Thanks for commenting! Happy new year! <3 ♥

[velshtein.livejournal.com]

just like the marks they bear for their father.
Dksjdkjsfd this line. ♥♥♥

I love this a lot. The ring talk is sweet and sad and Marco/Ace wedding tattoos is precious. Awww~~

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

I figured they'd have tattoo artists on-board, if not jewelry-makers. So. \O/ UMFPH. YES TO PAPA LOVE! akljdalkjdhlakj Whitebeard's been upsetting me too much lately with all his GUSHING WOUNDS OF HEART ATTACK. I just needed to include him somewhere in there. ): Like, THE UNDYING LOVE HIS SONS HAVE FOR HIM which is translated into obscure symbolisms and what-not. XD

Glad you liked it. The ring talk made ME depressed. D: But I thought it fit, somehow. '___'V <3 We all know these two flaming idiots haven't the brains to wear rings. They'd lose them. Tattoos are much better. XDDDDDDDD

[velshtein.livejournal.com]

PAPA LOOOOOOOVE. I started crying over MARCO'S UNDYING PAPA LOVE after reading demonrin's translations of chapter 552:

Marco's line about how much they mean to Whitebeard SLAYED MY HEART DEAD. ♥♥♥

And yeah Marco and Ace (especially Ace) probably wouldn't be that great with tiny easily losable rings LOL OH YOU GUYS. XD

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD: WHERE WAS THIS AMAZING TRANSLATION WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THAT MONSTER FICCCCC )))))))))))): This translation's a gemmmm. Gosh. It FITS and is IN CHARACTER and lasjhdlkasjhdlakjsdldjh at Marco saying how much they mean to Papabeard. D: lakjshdlkasj

I haven't actually noticed, but do any of them in OP wear rings? O_o Seems like something easy to lose when you're constantly hoisting/unfurling sails and fighting all over the place. XD

[velshtein.livejournal.com]

I've been sniffling every time since Papabeard calls them his sons BECAUSE OF THAT SLDJFSKDJSKDF. ;; They mean so much to him AND HE MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM SLDKFJSDLKFD. ;;

I've never thought about it but other than Crocodile, and probably a few other people, I don't think so. It would be something easy to lose. ON THE OTHER HAND I DON'T SEE CROCODILE UNFURLING A LOT OF SAILS LMAO. XD

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

Oh HO. THAT. THAT. -GIGGLES- THAT I'VE GOTTA SEE. CROCODILE UNFURLING SAILS. PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. HIM. HIM AND HIS HUGE CLOAKS AND CIGARS AND GELLED-HAIR. XD

Though, yanno, I'm starting to harbour a really irrational interest in him thanks to Oda and all his tsundere!Crocodile in the current arc. ): I mean, Croc COULDN'T have just gone from Zero to Hero Shichibukai. He must've had his own crew once. AND MUST'VE UNFURLED SAILS ONCE, RIGHT? Nao I wanna see it drawn. D:

I was thinking, does Mihawk have rings? Doesn't seem very convenient for sword-fighting, but he's one Embellished Dude. :D

[velshtein.livejournal.com]

YES. CROCODILE + MANUAL LABOR = MY HEAD EXPLODING ANY MAYBE SOME DROOLING

Me too~~ And there's been too many hints and bits and pieces dropped about his past SO WE MUST SEE IT. And I can't wait. *_*

He doesn't but yeah you're right! It totally seems like he would. And maybe a shirt too. But that's probably for the best. :P

-shifty eyes-

[mikochang.livejournal.com]

*random comment reader*

Agrees with everything you said.
-nods-

MIHAWK HAS A RING HIDDEN SOMEWHERE.

..Check his pants..?

[catiprojectc.livejournal.com]

WOMAN! YOU WON! OKAY! my depression has surrendered.
But that doesn't mean that I don't love this to bits.

*INSERT. FANGIRL. SQUEE. AND. OTHER. INCOHERENT. NOISES.*

It's marco ace. And it's lovvely marco and ace. That makes me flail all over the place.
AND YES. Screw gold. (more flail* way more romantic the way they do it. I LOVE IT!

THIS MADE ME HAPPY! so yes. you kicked it hard.

[[ apart from the marco/ace For that, the men keep their reminders in their pockets or shoes. Somewhere easy to find (to send home, if—). I don't know why but this line was so grabbing.. TT.TT ]]

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

GOOD. YOU SILLY BUM. YOUR DEPRESSION SURRENDERED? GOOD. GIVE IT A GOOD KICK IN THE BUTTOCKS AND START BEING HAPPY AGAIN. ♥

I'm glad this helped. Silly duck. Marco/Ace is completely the way to go to being happy and chirpy again! I know it is! <3 -laughs-

Oh, yessss. Screw gold. It's too heavy, and cumbersome, not to mention the fact that, err, they might lose it. So, TATTOOS ARE WAY MORE PERMANENT AND AMAZINGLY ROMANTIQUE! Not that they'd ever admit it, but hey.

*HUGS* Stay happy, eh, cati? ♥ lajshlakjdalkdj again with the 'eh'

GOOD. BECAUSE THAT LINE GRABBED ME TOO. ): THE THOUGHT ABOUT HUSBANDS OR PAPAS OUT AT SEA. DDDDDD: Ah, well. It was one of my preferred lines, if I do say so myself. -modest- XD

[catiprojectc.livejournal.com]

YES IT SURRSENDERD AND IT GOT KICKED OUT OF THE WINDOW! Now let's hope it won't crawl all it's way back ey? XD I'm happy lol. *got an unbelievable sore throat but I'm happy*

Yes. XD Marco/Ace is my drug, my antidote and my addiction. [[XD LMAO LAME! ]]

HAHAHA. XD gold's for losers anyway, realy men show it with TAT's! *SWOONS!* and yes so amazingly romantique cause it is permanent. and *fangirl noises with lots of squee*

*HUGS* I'll do my best for you! , *huggle*

HAHAHA! XD GOOD TASTE. Similiar taste. but that line was indeed very powerful, don't know but I could actually picture that. *nods*

[arcielfreeder.livejournal.com]

Waaahh! ♥
So beautiful!

just like the marks they bear for their father.

I agree with dufaux in entry.

Waaahh! ♥
So beautiful!

just like the marks they bear for their father.

I agree with dufaux! That line was just too~ ♥
And also~

(Their lov—)

*fangirl squee insert!!* ♥

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

-laughs- ♥ Many thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed it <333333333 :D

I COULDN'T HELP IT. Whitebeard just HAS to butt into the marital life of his sons. That way, if any divorcing happens, (which is won't, because Marco can't be bothered and Ace would cling to him for life anyway, and because Papabeard might just kill whoever starts the squabble) ALL WILL BE RESOLVED WITHIN THE FAMILY. >)

♥

[arcielfreeder.livejournal.com]

Of course~ And welcome! ♥

Hahaha~ totally right! Whitebeard has this sort of son-complex! But hell-- he has over ten thousand sons~ *laughs*