Your freedom stops there where other one's begins

commence, checkmate.

Thank you to this youtube comment for reminding me of why Luffy is such a beloved character.

To add to this: (some spoilers below)

The times we see Luffy overwhelmed by negative emotions his first reaction is blaming himself paired with physical harm to himself. In Sabaody, after Kuma blips his crew away, Luffy repeatedly slams his head into the floor while crying about he isn’t strong enough to protect everyone. Later, after Marineford, Luffy deals with grief by punching rocks and the forrest floor, hitting his head against things too. He bleeds through his bandages and is repeatedly told that he could potentially kill himself by ripping open his stitches if he continues. After being told by Jinbei not to hurt himself he responds with something along the lines of “it’s my body. I can do what I want”. Moreover, the only consistent line throughout the series, Luffy announcing at every opportunity that he will be king of the pirates is also altered. He asks himself why he was so stupid to believe something like that. That he’s too weak to achieve his dreams - the one thing that is a central part of his character.

The only thing that manages to snap him out of his spiral is the fact that he still has his friends who are most likely alive. That he isn’t in fact alone, even though he just lost Ace.

Additionally, in the ASL (Ace, Sabo, Luffy) flashback, we see that Luffy would prefer to be almost beaten to death than be alone. He tells Ace that he’s got no one except Garp (which tbh doesn’t count in my opinion) and that he’d rather get hurt than be alone. It’s always been a core part of his character. Even when One Piece starts and we see how adamant Luffy is to recruit almost anyone (or anything) onto his crew.

Despite his childish nature being a constant reminder that he is in fact still a child, it’s moments like these that really highlight that he’s “at his core, a boy who’s terrified of being alone”.

Miles is so done with his husband.

Original:

“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story