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[magharabi.livejournal.com]

Title: Big Comfort
Rating: G
Media: fic
Characters: Shirahoshi
Word Count: 300
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece
Prompt: Hold me

Being fifty feet tall had certain advantages, Shirahoshi found, once she left her tower and began experiencing her own kingdom first hand. Few things were out of her reach. She could visit new construction sites and help build homes for people. She could take children in her hands and show them the things she could see, and with such an expanded perspective, they seemed more accepting of figurative horizons as well- Fishfolk and Humans living in peace under the wide blue sky; Noah rebuilt and kept in good repair until its intended time; unity among the kingdom.

But sometimes, it was hard, too. People treated her differently, always as the Princess, and she could never simply cover her hair with a hood and move among them unnoticed. She'd tried hiding inside of Megalo again, but it made her dear friend choke so horribly that she never could bring herself to do it after that. Her brothers did their best to comfort her- just as they always had- but every once in awhile she missed her pirate friends to the point of tears. They had been the first outside of her family to like her for her, to love and accept Shirahoshi, sans Princess. They had also, in a way, given her the freedom to seek out healing salve for her inner hurt. Leaving her room was still frightening, and she still paused in the doorway. But it was unlocked, and open, and eventually she swam through and down the halls, looking for her father when she was lonely. She didn't need to say anything, just look at him as she chewed her lower lip, and wherever he was, he would take her into his own giant arms and hold her close.

Comments

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

Awwwww. *sniffle* That was beautiful! So much love for writing about post-arc Shirahoshi - the world needs more of this! So IC and the ending so heartwarming with Shirahoshi-Neptune father-daughter fluff. (Neptune, too, needs more fic!) ♥♥♥

[magharabi.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Also as an aside: I don't know who the moderator is, but Shirahoshi doesn't yet have a character tag. Do you know who to ping to remedy the situation?

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

I had to go to the profile/user info page to be sure, but sans_pertinenceis the head mod/maintainer, with scribe_protra, dethorats and evercelle as co-moderators. I'm not sure who would be best to ping (scribe-protra has told me she's no longer in the fandom; dethorats is sadly rarely online currently): so maybe it's best to contact the maintainer as I don't know differently.

[stelra-etnae.livejournal.com]

This is so cute! Especially that last scene with Shirahoshi and her father... Such a sweet bonding moment.
Love it! Great work!

[magharabi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ^_^

[jadekitty777.livejournal.com]

Wow!

You know Shirahoshi is not one of my favorite characters, but this ficlet makes me appreciate her a lot more. Particularity from this line:

"Leaving her room was still frightening, and she still paused in the doorway. But it was unlocked, and open, and eventually she swam through"

I can just imagine, after being locked up in solitude for ten years with the fear of being axed to death over her head since she young, that it certainly traumatized her and these subtle words and actions really capture that.

It was a cute read and very in character!

[magharabi.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah. Shirahoshi is one of those characters who you kind of have to think about and consider for awhile in order to truly appreciate her depth and strength.

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

Drew something for this:

[magharabi.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE!!! I think it's adorable. I'm glad my little story inspired you! That's really the greatest praise I could get.