Cannot Stand The Rhetoric That’s Like “zoro Cares More For Luffy Than Luffy Cares For Him, Zoro Is

luffy being akin to the sky (sun god), zoro being akin to the ground (king of hell), and them meeting & spending their lives together at sea. they complete each other, and what they lacked, they found in each other.

I love how Oda can't move on without matching zolu. Luffy got eye scar? Give one Zoro. Zoro has a scar on his chest that was happened on important moment in his life? Give the same to Luffy. Luffy has haki? It's time for you to get it too Zoro. Oh king of hell? Well here you go Sun God.

*enemy attacked*

*Nami and Usopp got scared.*

Zoro's only priority: LUFFY. Save. Luffy.

Also,

The way he doesn't want to let go of Luffy. He just gently place it on Luffy's shoulder...

He's so gentle...

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.

animanga zoro meeting opla zoro would be so funny bc opla zoro would be like “so have you and luffy….”

animanga zoro: 🤨

opla zoro: are you serious? you’re serious. what do you think those tummy aches are, bro? what would you do if I went over and made out with—

animanga zoro, swallowing a bottle full of tums and brandishing his swords: I have no reservations about killing myself

I tried doing an animation/animatic, this is my first time 😅, I hope y’all like it

I have to believe there’s no way Minx, George, and everyone else all weren’t 100% aware of what was going on. Maybe George was a little offended that Minx spat on him but I doubt he really cared. They all knew from the beginning that they weren’t going to actually date. George picked Minx for the clout (for both of them). If he stops being such an awkward fuck he and Minx could be very chaotic friends similar to how he and Dream are. 

But ~females~ am I right? so of course he’s like “Wot do I do?” and Dream and Sapnap are not there to be helpful because they hate women and they love ruining George’s life, whereas George merely fails to relate to women. But they all stuck to the plan regardless. Also Andrea’s entire idk “arc”? was brilliantly thought out and I have to believe Dream was behind it all. 

Something feels so artificial about all of this, and I don’t mean that as a negative. Like as long as it’s interesting, I’m sure Dream knows what he’s doing. What I’m saying is that Dream expertly manipulated the entire minecraft fandom into breaking records to watch his twink friend swallow his own vomit and go on a date with a woman. And in the process he got 2 women immense amounts of clout, simp points from the lesbians, and I’m convinced at least Andrea will show up on the SMP shortly. Dream himself is amused, but also gains points with his fans for faux flirting with George the entire time, and forever having Austin’s gratitude, which he can use to expand his brand.

It’s kind of sinister if you think about it. Dream pimping out his ambiguously gay best friend for the spectacle of it all? Does this fulfill some weird ass power play fetish he and George have? Are these intricate rituals as per usual Mr. Wastaken?? Answer the question Mr. Wasta-

just watched a production of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee where they made Mitch Mahoney a butch lesbian and Douglas Panch another lesbian. Mitch carried douglas in their arms this is the best day of my life

After a long time since they got together at sabaody (long? Perhaps every period of time they were apart was becoming too long for Zoro now.) Luffy finally caught a moment where they were alone. Luffy watched him as Zoro trained as usual. Although Zoro was impressed by the fact that he was watching him without moving and getting bored (He also was very pleased with every moment he could get to see Luffy), Zoro felt uncomfortable when he thought about the reason Luffy was here. Most of the crew seemed to be aware of his overtraining and being angry towards himself for how weak he was 2 years ago. Even if no one spoke openly, everyone's nervous attitude must have been noticeable enough to bring Luffy here. Zoro frowned. There was no problem with him working harder. It was a fact that he could get stronger. He didn't understand why the others were worried.

He added extra sets to his training, but when he realized Luffy wasn't going to leave, he sighed and put down the equipment. He could feel Luffy's eyes on his skin. He didn't want to look back at those eyes that were calmly watching his every move. He didn't want to see it in his captain's eyes. A look saying that beating himself over his weakness from 2 years ago was a stupid thing to do. But it looked like they would be waiting here all night for nothing if he didn't. Zoro thought about doing that for a moment, ignoring Luffy and everyone's worried looks as usual, but after 2 years apart, denying Luffy's requests had become even harder than before. So he took a deep breath and turned to him, his whole body stiff, his face stoic calm, and his arms crossed, facing Luffy.

He was welcomed with a bright smile.

"Shishishi, you're finally looking at me, Zoro." Luffy's eyes were the same as always. Pure and clear. Free and comforting. And full of love.

Zoro felt a squeeze over his heart. All the tension in his body disappeared. He collapsed next to Luffy, as if his knees had given way. All the tiredness and tension of the past two years seemed to have been lifted off him without his notice. His body began to tremble as if he were cold, and as if Luffy was the only source of warmth he could turn to, he snuggled up to him and rested his forehead on his shoulder. When Luffy stroked his hair, he took deep breaths to inhale as much of his scent as possible.

Why did he doubt? Of course, Luffy understood why he did that. Of course, he didn't think it was stupid because he felt the same thing 2 years ago, and he still worries. Zoro pressed his shaking hands to Luffy's scar on his chest and felt his heartbeat under him, pulsing from his hands to his veins. 'He's alive, he's alive, he's alive...' Luffy let him do what he wanted without saying anything and continued to caress his head.

"I missed you." he murmured over Luffy's shoulder, his lips was trembling over Luffy's skin. He felt like the words were punched out from his throat. His voice quivered and came out so small. He felt too vulnerable. After two years, this was the first time he let himself be.

"I missed Zoro, too." he felt Luffy's lips on his scalp, every word going through his body making him shake more. He curled up around Luffy and hugged him tightly as if he were going to disappear. He spent the whole night breathing in Luffy's scent and feeling his heartbeat on his fingertips, hugging him close. And Luffy happily fell asleep in Zoro's arms, his face buried in Zoro's hair.

(Maybe i could improve writing a little more better, but well, this is all my attention span can do, and if I leave it in draft, no way i go back to it, lol)

idk, but this live rent free on my mind that one chapter on the manga of zoro and luffy wherein they were on the side of the sunny and suddenly luffy ask zoro where did kuma send him and they talked, even the crew were giving them space/privacy to catch up on each other. 🥹