History Fanfic / TheSerpentEmpress

** Spandam is most assuredly dead and gone after Aokiji brings [=CP9=] back into the fold.

''The Serpent Empress'' is a ''Manga/OnePiece'' ForWantOfANail fanfiction by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/TheSinful/pseuds/TheSinful TheSinful]], writer of ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'', on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet. The links to their respective sites can be accessed [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35798242/chapters/89265760 here]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14007277/1/The-Serpent-Empress there]].

* ForWantOfANail:
** Thanks to Hancock personally rescuing her sisters from slavery under the World Nobles, her antipathy towards the World Government is ''far'' stronger than it already was in canon.
** The Boa sisters never have to hide their slave marks since Hancock was around to hear about Fisher Tiger's plan to convert them into the insignia of the Sun Pirates, allowing them to move on from their trauma a lot faster than before.
** Blackbeard and his crew do not survive against Magellan since Shiryu is never released from his cell.
** Aokiji is immediately promoted to Fleet Admiral after Sengoku's retirement due to Akainu's death leaving no competing candidate to be nominated by the Five Elder Stars.
** One of Aokiji's first acts as Fleet Admiral is explicitly not keeping Spandam around as a Government agent, with the implication that he died during the attempt to officially bring [=CP9=] back.
** Because Luffy isn't snuck into Impel Down, the breakout doesn't occur and as a result figures like Crocodile, Mr. 3, and Buggy are not freed.
** Since Ace is still alive, he gets to be promoted as the new captain of the Whitebeard Pirates after Whitebeard dies of his sickness.

''The Serpent Empress'' is a ''One Piece'' ForWantOfANail fanfiction by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/TheSinful/pseuds/TheSinful TheSinful]], writer of ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'', on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet. The links to their respective sites can be accessed [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35798242/chapters/89265760 here]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14007277/1/The-Serpent-Empress there]].

* Uta is an active member of Red Hair Pirates as ''The Siren'' with Tot Musica as her Sing-Sing Fruit's Awakening than a separate entity.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Ace and Whitebeard survive Marineford thanks to Boa Hancock's intervention.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied by Aokiji with regards to [=CP9=] and their defeat at Enies Lobby, with him noting that he's not going to let their potential go to waste just because of their defeat at the hands of the Straw Hats.

* AmbiguousSituation: What happened to Sengoku after the Paramount War isn't clear in the initial release. While Kuzan is promoted in his place, it is not clear if Sengoku was killed, fired, or stepped down. The absence of his canon reason for stepping down, an Impel Down mass breakout partially being covered up by the Five Elder Stars to a point of public menace, is not a part of this continuity due to Luffy not causing said breakout, making this unclear. The second chapter, released a while later, would confirm he stepped down.

* AmbiguousSituation: What happened to Sengoku after the Paramount War isn't clear. While Kuzan is promoted in his place, it is not clear if Sengoku was killed, fired, or stepped down. The absence of his canon reason for stepping down, an Impel Down mass breakout partially being covered up by the Five Elder Stars to a point of public menace, is not a part of this continuity due to Luffy not causing said breakout, making this unclear.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: How many kids does Luffy have after the time skip? He can't count that high. As Luffy is an IdiotHero, this doesn't really clarify how many beyond 'a lot', though the omake would imply at least several dozen.

** Thanks to Hancock personally rescuing her sisters from slavery under the World Nobles, her antipathy towards the World Government is ''far'' stronger than it was in canon.

* RankUp: Due to Sakazuki's death during the Summit War, Aokiji is able to succeed Sengoku as Fleet Admiral with no contest, thus averting his resignation. Gion is also promoted to Admiral by Aokiji as Akainu's replacement.

* AmbiguousSituation: What happened to Sengoku after the Paramount War isn't clear. While Kuzan is promoted in his place, it is not clear if Sengoku was killed, fired, or stepped down. The absence of his canon reason for stepping down, an Impel Down mass breakout partially being covered up by the Five Elder Stars to a point of public menace, is not in this universe due to Luffy not causing said breakout, making this issue muddled.

* AssholeVictim: Spandam does not return after Aokiji brings [=CP9=] back into the fold and no one mourns his death.

* DanceBattler: Kikyo, thanks to her Dance-Dance Fruit abilities

** The Boa sisters never have to hide their slave marks since Hancock was around to hear about Fisher Tiger's plan to convert them into the insignia of the Sun Pirates

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Also called the Red-haired Pirates, also called Kuzan's favorite type of Pirate. He prefers Shanks and his crews being too busy partying to things like the schemes of Big Mom and Kaido's crews, or the baby boom on Amazon Lily slowing down their activities.

* RankUp: Due to Sakazuki dying during the Summit War, resulting in Aokiji's resignation being averted and him taking over as Sengoku's replacement with no notable contest, Gion is promoted to Admiral by him.

* UncertainDoom: What happened to Sengoku after the Paramount War isn't clear. While Kuzan is promoted in his place, it is not clear if Sengoku was killed, fired, or stepped down. The absence of his canon reason for stepping down, an Impel Down mass breakout partially being covered up by the Five Elder Stars to a point of public menace, is not in this universe due to Luffy not causing said breakout, making this issue muddled.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Hancock is less of a misandrist than canon thanks to her experiences.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, Hancock had a one-sided crush on Luffy that he did not pick up on. Here, Luffy is husband to Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold and have a lot of kids from their union.

** Enishida has eaten the Lick-Lick Fruit.

** Akainu is killed by Sandersonia at Marineford.

** Marguerite eats the Cat-Cat Fruit: Black Panther while Kikyo eats the Dance-Dance Fruit
** Gion eats the Dark-Dark Fruit after Blackbeard's death

* CanonImmigrant: Honey Queen from the second ''One Piece'' movie shows up at Marineford as Hancock's replacement among the Warlords

* AscendedExtra:
** Gion is promoted to Admiral by Aokiji rather than relegated to Vice Admiral.
** [=CP9=] is brought back into the fold by Aokiji rather than left for dead.