hot mess

Tanukis draw pictures using Chopper as their model

i’m starting to get very tired of people asking me what i think of the opinion that certain characters are “useless,” either in a specific arc or in general, because my answer is invariably “no, and also that’s stupid.” i find that kind of power-scaling-obsessed mindset boring and exhausting and i want nothing to do with it. not that fights aren’t fun, but characters exist outside of the fights they win. 

(i’m not mad at you, btw, you just hit on a trend in the fandom that irritates me a lot.)

none of the strawhats are useless. they all have their own roles in the story. sometimes that means they aren’t winning huge fights. sometimes they are out of focus within the story in favor of other characters, as with zoro during whole cake island. that’s how storytelling with multiple characters works. 

also like 

me when sanji flirts with a man

The Strawhats in General

Luffy

Zoro

Nami

Usopp

Sanji

Chopper

Robin

Franky

Brook

Ace

Sabo

Law

waiting for the day

he can spread his wings