When I Say I Ship Zoro With Luffy I Don't Mean In A Sexual Way. They're Both Asexuals, I Think That's

"I'll follow him to hell if I have to-" GAYYYYYY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY

today i am thinking about zoro and luffy both having two constantly depicted scars. one on their eye each and one on their chest each. so intrinsically intertwined they have matching mortal wounds.

and i know it’s silly, and coincidental, but i like to think it symbolises them understanding each other more and more as time passes.

zoro got his chest scar clambering and falling on the way to his dream, being defeated by mihawk so easily then swearing to never lose again. and luffy who got his chest scar clambering and falling in a different way. they understood ultimate defeat respectively, loss and something that hit, quite literally, over the heart. their chest scars are their most important reminders of strength, the need for it. and loss, the need to avoid it.

and then luffy, who’s eye scar is a self-inflicted wound as he tried to convince shanks he could be a pirate too- he was strong enough. and zoro who got his eye scar during the timeskip, in a way we still don’t completely know, in the height of his self loathing for not being strong enough. they both got the scars around their eyes for the future ahead of them, and in trying desperately to get there. luffy asking shanks to take him onboard, and zoro asking mihawk to train him. the scars around their eyes are ground zeroes, an ask, a plea, complete determination.

one piece started and zoro quickly learned to understand loss, knew loss, while luffy would learn loss so deeply in marineford. one piece started and luffy understood helpless desperation, growing up with shanks refusing him. and zoro learned that later, so horribly, after thriller bark turned into the sabaody incident turned into marineford where he couldn’t do anything.

zoro and luffy understand each other so completely, they’re soulmates. but there are still parts of themselves which are obscured, different, simply because they are two different people with two different histories. and those things that are missing come with age, experience or being together. they understand one another more each day, somehow that’s possible, and i think their scars are a good example of it. them learning things which they may not have understood before, connecting to parts of each other they may not have connected to before.

something that haunts me is how kuraigana island is an extension of thriller bark. the general aesthetic, the darkness, the hostile environment, even perona’s presence. kuraigana island is thriller bark.

zoro spent two years surrounded by reminders of his sacrifice, he left thriller bark only to return to it. his timeskip was a horrible twin to the place he barely escaped alive from.

in an eerie castle of stone walls, exactly the same. helpless in a gloomy wood just as he had been so shortly before. zoro looked out of his window to rubble and forest, thinking of luffy’s pain. he looked to the sea, past the island’s confines, and could only think about how he wasn’t able to stop luffy’s suffering this time, he failed, unable to get to him at marineford. he looked to the mist and yearned for his captain, the sun, unsure if there was even an end to the fog at all.

zoro having nightmares about kuma, about thriller bark, only to wake up in its uncanny lookalike; unsure whether he had even woken up, whether he had ever left, still wrapped in the bandages of his sacrifice.

and then he spent each day being taught by the man that until thriller bark had caused him the most agony, that he lost to. a personally curated island of his weakness, sacrifices, pain and shame. while i’m sure it motivated him to get stronger, it equally must’ve been an indescribable torture. surrounded by trauma and his fated enemy.

zoro, the proud man he is, threw down his swords in front of kuma and begged that day, vulnerable and desperate, anything for his captain. and he put his swords on the ground and got on his knees in front of mihawk exactly the same.

the parallels between thriller bark and kuraigana island are unapologetic and constant. what a horror zoro’s timeskip must’ve been.

Roronoa "If I can't protect my captain, if I don't have Luffy by my side as a king of pirates when I achieve my dreams, then my ambition means nothing" Zoro.

post-TS when Zoro does his rare laugh, with all of his gums showing, Luff would kiss his teeth because he looks beautiful laughing like that.

Luffy going to Zoro after he ate his food and enjoyed the party to sleep in his arms. Luffy is a wild sleeper, so when he spreads his whole body over Zoro, Zoro just changes his position to make it more comfortable for Luffy.

there’s something so perfect about the fan hc of zoro giving luffy one of his earrings. luffy visually as one (captain) and zoro becoming two (first mate). the symbolism of zoro letting go of his complete isolation and independence, giving a part of himself over as he finally found a home in someone. zoro not being whole without luffy. the representation of luffy and wado, his two treasures.

cannot stand the rhetoric that’s like “zoro cares more for luffy than luffy cares for him, zoro is more devoted” BRO first off r u watching? is quiet part is very loud (luffy offering to share his food w zoro, luffy asking zoro about his time during the time skip, luffy blushing when he sees zoro, luffy saying hi to zoro & recognizing him from the glint of his hair, luffy telling him how much he misses him when they go days/weeks w/o each other, tears coming to luffy’s eyes when rayleigh saved zoro) bc while there’s been no grand gesture like “nothing happened” it’s a bunch of tiny, as natural as breathing gestures. but also it’s wild work to think luffy WOULDNT do a grand if given the chance. he’d stretch his hand into the night sky and pluck out a star if he thought it’d make zoro laugh

happy new year eve ! ! !

I love the One Piece OVA so much. We get to see OP animated in 90s style, and also the boys are just so chill and we even get to hear Zoro's laugh. I miss early OP wholesomeness.

Zoro: I wonder what happened to Nami.

Luffy: Dunno. She's probably alive. We're alive right?

Zoro: Got that right.

*laughs hysterically*

Such a dumbass4dumbass conversation. I really love seeing them laughing together but they literally saw her get eaten by a Sea monster lmao. What a bunch of idiots!

Also, the way Zoro looked at Nami then at Luffy tho. I love the Romance dawn trio sm.

Nami is so pretty in this artstyle ♡

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"Zoro, let's go." "Yeah"

they never change♡