Zoro Not Having A Big Revelation About Luffy Being A God, Just Silently Digesting The Information And

inspired by @st-osmanthus most recent post, do you think luffy spent the two year timeskip, and everytime he looked at rayleigh he saw so much of zoro?

he saw a man as powerful, as incredible and as kind as zoro is, but there is an air of tragedy that hangs around rayleigh with every step he takes. do you think he looked at rayleigh and saw a mirror of themselves apart from rayleigh had lost roger. zoro had lost him.

do you think every time he looked at rayleigh he felt reinvigorated to get stronger, not just of his own motivation, but seeing the aftermath of a righthand man without his captain. aimless, impossibly strong, yet lethargic somehow. never quite completely recovered from the loss that roger was to him, lonely and wondering, like zoro had been when he first met him.

and when zoro came back after the timeskip with the same scar that he had looked at for two years on rayleigh’s eye. do you think that cemented every parallel luffy had ever pondered between them?

on a sweeter note, do you think everything he admired about rayleigh as the righthand man of the pirate king, he smiled knowing zoro would become just like him, if not cooler? he was taught so much of what he knows by a man that echos zoro completely, and he must’ve felt so proud knowing what they will become. rayleigh *is* zoro’s counterpart to luffy, because luffy will become pirate king, and rayleigh is the righthand man of the pirate king that came before him. do you think he was happy whenever he saw rayleigh complain about getting old, imagining a day where zoro would get grey hair too.

the ache he must feel looking at the grief that encompasses rayleigh whole, silently promising to never do that to zoro, the pride he must feel when rayleigh showcases unquantifiable strength, the happiness when rayleigh laughs just like zoro. i wonder

I love how Zoro most of the time is like "my husbands order," but also when needed becomes the voice of reason for Luffy and its Luffy's turn to be like, "My husband is right"

Sometimes Luffy just wants to sleep hugging Zoro, and Zoro also doesn't want to leave his side even if he has things to do. So they come up with a plan. Zoro goes about his day holding Luffy in his arm and carries him with a satisfied smile.

Branch and Floyd having such a small amount of screen time together is criminal

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depression tips™

shower. not a bath, a shower. use water as hot or cold as u like. u dont even need to wash. just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. sit on the floor if you gotta.

moisturize everything. use whatever lotion u like. unscented? dollar store lotion? fancy ass 48 hour lotion that makes u smell like a field of wildflowers? use whatever you want, and use it all over. 

put on clean, comfortable clothes. 

put on ur favorite underwear. cute black lacy panties? those ridiculous boxers u bought last christmas with candy cane hearts on the butt? put em on.

drink cold water. use ice. if u want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.

clean something. doesn’t have to be anything big. organize one drawer of ur desk. wash five dirty dishes. do a load of laundry. scrub the bathroom sink. 

blast music. listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.

make food. don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. take the time and make food. even if it’s ramen. add something special to it, like a hard boiled egg or some veggies. prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something. 

make something. write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. even if you don’t think you’re good at it.

go outside. take a walk. sit in the grass. look at the clouds. smell flowers. put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.

call someone. call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. talk to a stranger on the street. have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. if you can’t, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. even if you don’t say much, listen to them.

cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them. take pictures of them. talk to them. tell them how u feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out.

zoro & luffy and the historical doctrine of the divine right of kings.

the divine right of kings, the idea that a monarch's 'right to rule is derived from divine authority.' the idea that kings are chosen by god. while not to the letter because i don't know the concept well enough, the idea of luffy, a god, picking zoro, a king, is something i find impossibly fitting.

initially, to frame the analysis, the only strawhat that luffy ever sought after and wittingly picked with foresight is zoro. luffy chose zoro with only the knowledge of his name, like something unconscious within him needed to. furthermore follows zoro's uncharacteristic acceptance to join luffy, like something innate clicked within him too.

then, fundamentally, zoro only unlocked supreme king haki at the approximate time luffy became sun god nika, on the same night. to zoro nothing is more simple than the knowledge luffy is his king, yet suddenly, the subject of his worship became something more. zoro became a supreme king happily, because there is something a king can still follow. he can still be unquestionably loyal, harmoniously devoted to his captain, because his captain newly transformed into something even more than a monarch; a god.

the idea of the divine right of kings often goes hand in hand with the concept that a monarch's actions are the will of god, that they are acting out the intentions of a higher being, and their actions are justified this way, "by the grace of god." and while i definitely won't speak for real life applications of this notion, the idea that zoro acts out the will of his god is shockingly accurate. zoro is the strawhat's swordsman, he is their blade. zoro is the execution of the strawhat's intentions, he is the consequence that follows luffy's actions. zoro does act out the intentions of a higher being; each battle he faces is as a result of luffy, for the betterment of them, and to reach closer to their dreams.

then, even more, the divine right of kings says that a king will not answer to any human, assembly, etc. the only body in which said monarch would listen to would be their god, otherwise they are unanswered, untameable. and gosh, that's one of the fundamentals to zoro's character; that he only answers to luffy. near every other character pre-timeskip questions zoro's devotion, why and how, every fan marvels at how only luffy could make zoro into a worshipper. zoro only answers to luffy, he is only content following his direction.

lastly is their inhuman connection. hypothetically, a god picking a king would give the two respective entities an unparalleled understanding. that divine authority must have certain faith in the figure they enacted, their goals must align so uncannily, and their trust must be unwavering. zoro and luffy's bond is unearthly, it was instant. the day they met one another, zoro stopped an axe from meeting luffy's head while luffy stood unflinching. the depth of zoro and luffy's relationship is unfathomable, intrinsic and terrifying. they are soulmates, completely aligned, and that is a requirement of the historical doctrine. for a king to be chosen by a god, they must be aligned just the same, and zoro & luffy are.

thinking about how 25apcsb act 1 is just oh how silly, a little show about 12 year olds in a small local spelling bee, and then you go into act 2 and boom literal jesus christ is there

Zoro finds comfort in the sun and always sleeps soundly underneath it. While Luffy finds comfort in the moon, it makes him feel at ease every time he looks at it.

Here’s the first half of slides from my comic class on Lettering! 

Rest of the slides: https://gingersnappish.tumblr.com/post/616487287636803584/the-rest-of-the-comic-lettering-slides-first