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Hi!!

My name is Xios, I go by any pronouns

i post a bunch of Luffy x reader and self indulgent self shipping stuff. I’m not that good at writing, most of my posts are just me rambling about my ideas.

Luffy selfshipper doubles are free to interact!

I also draw ppls yumeships a bit so you’re free to request a freebie from me as much as you’d like. Just as long as you don’t expect them immediately since most of the time I only draw during my class breaks. (But I’m very much happy to draw ur yumeship for you! We can even do art trades if you’d like!)

I AM a university student atm so there will be times I’ll be off this acc for a while. So expect random hiatuses…

You’re also free to request any one piece x reader stuff from me though I won’t guarantee anything good.. I’ll likely do small yap sessions on your idea tho!

Also I’m not too sure how tumblr works and most of this is just me rambling my thoughts out so.. just so yk!

Implied female anatomy! reader (reader gets periods) but other than that gender is not specified.

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As always I promise to get thru everyone’s asks no matter how.. long of a time it takes for me to reply to an msg.

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Hihi!! Replying to this anon to rant about obsessive reader OKAY!!!!

Yandere enthusiast here.. big major fan of yandere! Reader in general but for the sake of this rant.. I’ll just be talking about obsessive (but mostly harmless) reader for now

Luffy who saves/ helps reader from [insert whatever past you want to give your self insert]. (You can lmk any specific past u want my opinions on and I’ll be happy to share my thoughts on it!)

But more specifically for me (and my self indulgent lil silly idea), I love the concept of a reader who previously doesn’t believe they’re worthy of loving/ wanting something until Luffy arrived in their life and for the first time, they let themself want something, or well- someone.

^ literally the whole concept of my yumesona actually cough cough.

But ANYWAYS. I just really like the idea of Luffy inspiring them to be able to want things- to want him. And Luffy supporting your feelings for him simply because it’s something you want. Even if he (at first) rejects you, he will still encourage you (indirectly or directly) to feel your feelings.

Luffy chuckling and gawking at your collection of his bounty posters, being more amazed and proud of himself than creeped out on why you collect his bounty posters. “woah is that me?! Hey it’s my first ever bounty poster! That’s so cool. You really have all of them?” He’d say with a grin.

Leaving mysterious gifts for Luffy is also met with the same grinning expression. Though mainly only when the mysterious gifts is food.. does he question where the mysterious snack on the deck with a paper stuck to it reading ‘for Luffy’ came from? Nope. He just shrugs and eats the snack.

If you want to get his attention, mysterious gift giving is definitely not the way to go cause he doesn’t ponder on these things too much. Unless you somehow manage to give him so much food that he’d actually notice.. which good luck with that..!

I don’t think Luffy would like obsessive reader when it comes to them openly gushing about him. He likes praise, sure but being put on a pedestal isn’t something he likes. So a more kept to themselves- obsessive reader would catch his eye more.

BUTTT HUGEEE BUTT HERE. Luffy with an obsessive reader who openly gushes about him so much that he gets used to it and stops trying to even argue he isn’t that great with. But then.. you stop gushing/ you’re away for a mission with another crew mate and the silence is just.. really loud.

And Luffy gets all weird and uncomfortable, feeling like something’s wrong and something’s missing. His morale is low and he just can’t find any motivation in himself. Like he needs something- someone- to push him forward.

Luffy who is so accustomed to you obsessing over him that he starts to get used to- and even like it. After a rough adventure, it’s the first thing he looks for: any traces of your affection for him. He sits at your makeshift shrine of him, read through the notebook you have of him that you thought you hid well deep under your bunk, searches the ship for any gifts you laid out for him that he missed, or just find you to listen to you talk about how brave he was.

He may be the captain of the strawhat pirates and feared by many but Luffy’s still just a man at the end of the day. He does like it when he’s loved.

I think the main difference between reader and Boa that would make Luffy really prefer you is you don’t strip away his freedom or even think or dreaming about changing who he is.

Reader who is obsessed with Luffy simply because he’s.. him. His dreams, his values, just his entire being and existence. You who sees all sides of him and decided you love each and every side you see.

And Luffy who starts enjoying it. Who starts getting himself partnered up with you just to see how you’d react, would you get flustered? Try to act normal? Would you gush about how cool he is the whole time? Or would you act normal and try to be the best adventure partner you could be?

Either way, you’ve caught his attention to say the least.

Also love the thought of Luffy trying to understand how you feel for him. I can especially see persistent obsessive! Reader really sparking his interest. Reader who doesn’t care if Luffy likes them back or not, as long as they’re allowed to love him. He.. really likes that way of thinking.

Luffy trying to make out how love feels like. And somehow along the way finding out he likes you. And just being dumbfounded.

(Reader who gets more and more distant as Luffy slowly realizes his feelings.

Luffy who gets all confused when he wakes up and finds no morning gifts for him. Luffy who decides to shrug it off and fix his day by taking a peek at your love journal about him. Him flipping thru the pages, wondering if you wrote about his smile today or his newest moves. His heart immediately sinking when he finds there’s no new entries. Luffy who tries to calm his now very panicked self as he staggers off to your hidden shrine of him just to see it gone. Him trying to even out his breathing as he searches everywhere for signs you still love him.)

(Cough. You who just moved your shrine and love journal to another location and just forgot to make a morning gift that day)

Nottt my best yapping sesh but.. well..!! This just the concept not sure how tags work but

Tags: @abarosoap @claudiwithachanceof

Luffy with a reader who has amnesia (takes place in orange town arc), decides to join them since she can he’s a good person. Is the dancer in the group, and a devil fruit of creating energy or a power up. Both of them end up crushing on each other. Then at saboady, they end up finding out that reader was actually a celestial dragon (but escape to not end up like them and wanted be a pirate to free slaves), because of this, reader kinda went batshit on one of them (aka messed up their face) is upset so luffy gotta calm them down

OOO EX-celestial dragon! Reader… Love the concept of reader having amnesia when joining the crew, I can see that being their goal in joining the strawhats (ie. wanting to figure out their memories and who they are)

^ this is mostly because finding out they used to be a celestial dragon would HURT even more. Like all that effort in figuring out who you are, struggling with your own identity due to the lost of your memories, learning to accept and love yourself and your crew, just to find out you’re from a corrupt and disgusting system you and your crew despise. The self loathing and hatred for celestial dragons would fuel the crash out so much more.

ALSO!!! The idea of you finding yourself in your journey with your crew, building your sense of identity slowly with them, and Luffy falling in love in the person you are to your core being, with the knowledge he doesn’t know your past nor even a glimpse of who you were before.

He doesn’t care if you remember your past or not because he doesn’t care about your past in general. In his mind, you’re you now and the current you is awesome. That’s all he needs to know.

Also just a side bit but Luffy would accept the idea of having a crewmate with amnesia immediately (he’d accept anyone as a crew mate in general BUT YKWIM) simply because he likes the idea of the adventure that would entail. (Oh you have amnesia? Oh well.. guess you have to join us and travel the whole world together to jog your memory in where you’re from!)

Luffy is all about his gut feeling and his guts tell him you’re a good person. Even when it’s revealed you were a celestial dragon, he really does NOT care. At most, he’ll ask you if it’s true and let you explain things (if you by then start remembering things) but that’s only because it’s his duty as a captain to make sure his crewmate gets to explain their side of things before moving forward.

Now… reader beating this shit out of a celestial dragon… tbh.. I can see Luffy straight up just cheering for you to beat their asses (not literally but he sure as hell will be just standing there letting you go crazy at them). Especially because this is Sabaody arc luffy who hasn’t faced the admirals yet.

The instance of Luffy actually getting kind of worried and trying to calm reader down is when you’re in immediate danger OR

(The scenario I think you were implying)

Reader’s mental state degrading so much at figuring out they used to be part of something they now despise with their entire being that they’re just so engrossed in marring the one singular celestial dragon up till the body looks like it’s straight out of a horror movie and they’re just continuing to repetitively punch and strike at the already beaten up celestial dragon.

By then it’s obvious you’re not doing well mentally, and Luffy will step up and try to calm you down. Does he talk about how your actions are wrong or scold you? Of course not.

He’ll tell you how annoying that celestial dragon was but it isn’t to fuel how angry you are, it more to make you feel seen. I can see Luffy being hugeee on validating people he cares about before actually getting to work in calming and reassuring them.

“You got em pretty good” he’d say simply before moving you off away from the (now very much been to a pulp) celestial dragon.

Unrelated(?) but pair this up with the separation arc and reader it would actually be SO insanely horrible for reader’s mental state. (Assuming the separation arc still happens)

Edit: ALSO I ALMOST FORGOT THE DANCER AND READER’S DEVIL FRUIT POWERS PART IM SOO SRY ANON😭😭

Oh my god reader and brook combo goes crazy. Luffy will be bothering u non stop about you dancing for him. (ESPECIALLY when he starts liking you.) Suddenly you’re an overworked dancer on a pirate ship.. I can see Luffy trying to copy your moves a lot of times. Is he any good? Not at all. He lacks the skills and proper technique but he definitely has the heart.

I do see him enjoying dancing with you a whole lot, though it’s mostly when it comes to the more simple dances. Dances with confusing moves always ends in him managing to tangle himself in a knot (rubber powers + confusing dances will do that to a man..)

Reader with a power up skill would come in really handy in fights. Expect Luffy to protect you with his life (not that he’s not already protecting u with his life) if you’re specifically his power up/ support. Or well more specifically I think Luffy would notice you a lot more since supports in a team typically needs more protection from the group as a whole so that they’re able to work at 100% in boosting the other’s abilities.

Has anyone noticed how mentally debilitating it is to be neurodivergent in university (like most school stuff has been like) But like.. you don’t exactly hate university with all your being either.

Like in elementary all the way to highschool, it was actually hell but then university it’s more of ‘oh this sucks. I need to go self regulate for like. The rest of the day now’ ykwim? Tho I’m not sure if that’s just because I only recently gotten officially diagnosed two months back and decided to finally listen to my needs or if it’s the freedom of figuring out my own schedule now in university.

More of a personal post but😅 hope u guys don’t mind. I do have ideas on making neurodivergent! Reader (more specifically autistic reader) but I’m scared of it being disrespectful. (…I say as a diagnosed autistic person…). And plus being autistic is a spectrum and it would most likely be influenced by my own experiences and act more as a self insert.

I am busy with uni atm so no fics.. I will be giving my thoughts on the current asks I got. If u would like fics, I can try but you’d have to specify. And your request is likely gonna be on hold for a long while.. because I write fics from vague spurts of creativity tbh😭.

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I mainly was trying to explain luffy and the reader trying to understand eachother with their having an intimate moment (I feel like not a lot of people don’t understand aroace, or acesexual, it a spectrum. Some people who are ace can do sexual stuff with their partner, or not, it depends on the person) I see luffy as someone who know what sex is but doesn’t care, but if he were to try to be intimate with the reader, is often unsure if it’s what he want, it kinda takes time (hope it kinda makes sense because I’m terrible)

Ty for clarifying!

Also I 100% agree. A lot of times people glance over how being aroace is a spectrum like me personally I still feel attraction (just maybe one in a blue moon😭) while others don’t at all.

Luffy being unsure of himself is something I’m a bit iffy about tho. Because he very much is someone who rushes into things headfirst. In the context of him doing it for the reader, he wouldn’t mind much in that context because it would mean taking care of someone he cares about which is something he doesn’t shy away from.

I do see him contemplating it a lot if sex is something optional. Like if reader hands the choice to Luffy where he can decide if the relationship entails being physically intimate or not. Because then, he’d have to actually weigh things and decide.

Which of course takes a lot of figuring out things with reader. Relationships as an aroace person takes time and figuring things out as you go, Luffy especially doesn’t keep quiet about his thoughts and will be telling you basically every and anything he contemplates.

“Well’ I don’t think sex is something I need but more time cuddling does sound nice” he’d casually say during lunch infront of the whole crew.

Luffy doesn’t care much for fitting the norm so there’s no pressure for things to be one way or the other, if he decides he doesn’t want sex in the relationship, then he’ll try that. If he wants to try being physically intimate again? Then he’ll also try that after making sure you’re okay with it. It takes time but he doesn’t complicate things.

I can see more of an issue with reader tho. Especially if they’re more socially conscious than him. they’d likely feel more pressured to be physically intimate because that’s how ‘normal relationships’ work even if they aren’t exactly sure if they themselves want to or not.

Luffy’s reaction to the whole ordeal of you panicking on fitting the norm would just be “that’s stupid. We’re pirates! Who care bout that sorta stuff” he’d say. He doesn’t care about what’s accepted or not, to him it’s all about if he and you wants it or not. And if neither of you are sure, that’s okay too because figuring things out is part of what makes it fun after all

Maybe when luffy is in a relationship with the reader or can be queerplatonic, when they have an intimate moment where Luffy kinda freezes up, (it’s kinda hard to word it out) it’s not like he wants to be intimate with the reader, but is unsure, an what if he’s hurt her. While for the reader, they don’t mind but are unsure, unintentional self pressures themselves because aren’t couples suppose to be intimate or have sex, is afraid of not giving luffy wants he wants (this is thier first relationship). But luckily they set up boundaries and try to understand each other’s needs.

(Something I found: Asexuality refers to a lack of sexual attraction, not a lack of libido, physical capability, or desire for emotional closeness. Asexual people may have sex for varied reasons, including pleasure, emotional bonding, or to satisfy a partner's needs)

Hello hello anon!! Originally I was gonna reply to this with a fic but the more I wrote, the more I realized how atrocious it was (but it’s down below if you still want to give it a read)

Anyways! Kinda unsureee what you mean by this ask but I’ll interpret (?) it as aroace/ just asexual reader x Luffy.

Most of this is more fluff than angst tbh…🥹 sry anon

I can definitely see Luffy as being scared of hurting the reader in that case, mostly because he’s still a bit unsure about things. He has desires and knows the only release is you but he also doesn’t want you uncomfortable or overwhelmed by him, especially knowing you’re asexual.

Sexuality aspect aside, I can’t see Luffy worrying about hurting you if you’re strong and capable in battle unless you were recently injured or have low combat abilities. Since in general, he trusts his friends and loved ones to be capable enough unless actually in danger.

Back to the sexuality aspect, if Luffy’s also aroace, he’s less likely to worry about hurting you since he knows how it works and more sure of himself.

But if the concept is new to him (ie, he feels sexual attraction, finding out you don’t), he’s definitely going to be more hesitant during intimacy. Luffy knows you don’t feel what he feels and he’s fine with that even if he doesn’t understand it. He doesn’t see you a less capable ofc, he’s just worried of overstepping.

Reader freaking out about how ‘this is how relationships are supposed to go right?’ Is so real tho.. you worry about Luffy’s needs while he’s worrying about your own needs. In a way.. it sorta balances out.

Talking it out of course works. He talks about not wanting to hurt you and how he’s worried he might do something wrong. The two of you make sure to communicate and plan ideas on how to lessen Luffy’s worries (ie, letting him check up on you every once in awhile, you letting him know it’s okay a few times, etc etc)

If you specifically reassure him you’re okay with it because you just want to satisfy him and make him feel good, he’ll get all happy and overly excited and emotional. Which.. yeah goodluck with dealing with the giant puppy.

(also gonna yap about something loosely related but I love that you pointed out asexuality doesn’t equal lack of libido or just “not having/wanting to have sex” because a lot of the time, people try to say being asexual and/or aromantic isn’t valid because it’s just “not wanting to be in a relationship” or just “not wanting to have sex” which I find just stupid. It’s not the fact people misunderstand the sexuality that ticks me off, it’s the fact they don’t even try to understand.

Like an aromantic person can be in a relationship and be intimate with their partner just fine while still being aromantic, while others just don’t bother with relationships at all. It’s not one or the other. Sexuality is fluid and aroace is an umbrella term.)

Below is the fic I lowk kinda gave up half way on based on this ask😭

reader and Luffy are both implied to be aroace but differs in the sense that reader prefers the traditional aspect of relationships (kissing, being intimate, etc) while Luffy is open to whatever.

Kinda idiot x idiot core.. this has more fluff than I intended but like.. oh well..! Very.. slight angst. Like it gets resolved kinda quickly way too quickly.

My angst writing juices ran out with the last yapping session..

Be nice..🥹

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“S’ nice” Luffy cheekily grins, nuzzling himself in the crook of your neck, soaking up every second he has spent curled up into you.

Cuddling has almost became a mandatory thing when you’ve gotten into a relationship with this rubber idiot of a captain. He’s hopeless when it comes to not getting to at least squeeze you to death every once in awhile for his own sanity.

Today’s a bit different though.

You’ve given the man hints throughout the day, making sure to make them really oblivious.. which was really difficult considering your captain is a bit of an airhead when it comes to clues. But it’s alright because you made sure to study up on all the weird flirting stuff people typically do, even taking notes from Sanji and Nami.

It started during breakfast. You brushed your hand against Luffy while eating and passing food around, making sure to subtly hold contact (for exactly 2 to 3 seconds- just like your notes said!). You also made sure to lead to the main event by slowly leaning closer to him throughout breakfast- though it was kinda hard to be graceful about it which food splashing everywhere from him gobbling ten plates of food per second.

Then, you perk up as you see your opportunity as Luffy starts to finish up eating. You see the specks of food on his cheeks and slowly bring your hand under his chin, lifting his face, and wiping the meat off his face gently with your thumb…

in response, Luffy immediately grabs your hand and licks the finger you wiped the meat off his face from.

You blinked. Once. And then twice. Before bursting out laughing straight at his face. Luffy, now annoyed at you laughing at him, starts grumbling and whining about how he just didn’t want to waste food.

The crew watches the scene is exasperation. “Seriously.. do those two even get romance” Nami sighs.

You conclude the first event a success.

The second event was a bit more complicated. You hold up your notes, scrunching your face a bit in thought. ‘Build tension’ you hum at the words. ‘Something that shows you’re strong and capable.. something… like carrying Luffy?’ Your brows furrow in thought, groaning as you toss your notes into your bunk and shaking your head in frustration.

Carrying Luffy seems too low stakes and not romantic at all! Well.. maybe in those fairy tells of princes people would tell to their kids when they’re little but you’re a pirate. You needed to figure out a more.. pirate way to do this.

Just then, a loud explosion sounds throughout the ship as the Sunny shakes a bit, immediately grabbing your attention. Loud yelling is heard from the deck. You halt your plans to go see what’s going on and find your crew fighting off a marine ship.

You get to work, helping fend off the marines that made it on the ship while Franky and some of the others work on keeping The Sunny going.

Thinking about it..

THWACK

This would be the perfect time to initiate your second plan

THUMP

You grin while in the middle of beating up a marine and giddily goes over to where Luffy is fighting, deciding to fight alongside him and somehow build tension that way.

Taking care of the marines was easy, besides the few that had devil fruit powers, but most of them were picking a fight bigger than they were able to chew. So you let your mind wander a bit, glancing at Luffy ever so often to see if he’s watching you.

It would be better if he was, it would help with the next step, you move and maneuver yourself closer to him while fighting.

Just.. a little closer..

Just..

THWACK

Luffy blinks, yelping a bit as he accidentally punches you unconscious straight in the face.

You ended up only slightly injured. Luffy made sure to apologize to you a hundred times over as you’re sat on a chair in med bay with a bandaged nose. “Awahhh I’m so sorry! Ack you’re not hurt are you? Please tell me yer okay” he bawls, shaking you roughly. “don’t die yet y/n!!” He says dramatically which earns him a hit on the head from Sanji.

“Dont overwhelm them, idiot” Sanji scolds which just leaves Luffy all grumbly while hugging you tightly.

You sigh, feeling a tug in the corners of your lips despite yourself..

Second event was a failure then.

It’s okay though because you getting injured caused Luffy to be all clingy and hovering over you the whole day. You of course took advantage of that and made a few more moves.

At one point, you even just pulled Luffy aside and straight up told him “hey. I’m making hints I wanna be intimate with you okay? More specifically at exactly a minutes after dinner” Luffy just dumbly nods with a grin “oh okay!” He had said.

Now cuddled with Luffy in your bunk. Sure there were a few… mishaps. But in general, you feel a bit satisfied with how everything went. Your plans went perfectly according to the notes even tho it wasn’t exactly the expected reciprocation but that’s just how it is with Luffy and with how the two of you’s relationship works.

You tap on his arm a bit.

Luffy seems to notice the cue, slowly itching his hand on lower stomach and gently trailing up your neck with kisses. “This is nice..” he murmurs. “Shishishi you were really clumsy today” he kisses your bandaged up nose before pausing a bit and slowly itching his hand up under your shirt.

Then he pauses, biting his lower lip a bit. His expression a bit hesitant.

You, laying there expecting Luffy to continue, blinks confusedly when he still doesn’t move an inch after a whole minute or two. “Luffy?” You say,silently asking if he’s alright.

He lets out a hesitant breath and adjusts himself, moving away from you and sitting up “ah. Sorry. I just-“ he starts but closes his mouth when he realizes he’s unsure what to say. He scratches his neck.

You stare at Luffy, confused and a bit hurt. Did you do something wrong? Does he not like this? But aren’t relationships supposed to involve this type of intimacy? Maybe he’s just not ready. You push the thoughts down. You aren’t going to force the man, it’s fine if he doesn’t want to try this type of intimacy. It’s not like it’s something you need either, you just wanted to try it with him like you and him do with other things.

“Hey what’s wrong?” You ask “it’s okay- if you don’t want to” you say, sitting up and touching his shoulder. There’s a prickly feeling at the back of your mind telling you it’s because you’re not enough, that all the set up you did was a stupid idea you shouldn’t have even tried.

How could you be so stupid and cross the line? You never meant to possibly make him uncomfortable. Does he hate you now? Maybe he wants to end things because of this. Maybe-

“Of course I want to” Luffy huffs at you like you just said the stupidest thing in the world. “It’s just..” he mumbles, looking away, vaguely gesturing to your bandaged nose. “What if.. I hurt you again?” He hesitantly says.

“I don’t want you to get hurt because of me” he says earnestly, sighing and leaning his head on your shoulder. “I.. what happened today. It was an accident but still”

You connect the pieces easily. Luffy feels guilty and hesitant because he doesn’t want to accidentally hurt you again. You want to laugh and admit it wasn’t his fault and it was more your fault for being so caught up in your plans but.. you just let out a soft giggle.

“Idiot. I’m not that weak. Gonna take more than that to break me” you stretch Luffy’s cheek. “But if you want, we can talk about it first. Also don’t worry about hurting me. I’ll make sure to tell you if you go too far and you can ask me whenever to see if I’m okay.” you hum

“And we can try this again another time when my nose heals so you don’t have to be so on edge okay?”

Luffy smiles “okay” he nuzzles deeper into your shoulder, his arms wrapping around your waist. “Really love ya a lot”

“I know”

He pouts, furrowing his brows at you

You chuckle “yeah yeah. Love you too”

sorry if this is long af, but i'd love to see ur take on it (if u can) 🥹!!

Hello!! No worries about sending long asks I love hearing other people’s thoughts and ideas!! You’re very much welcome to send long asks here!

also ty for liking my dabbles!! It means a lot to hear that

As for this concept specifically, I’ve been thinking it over quite a bit in general. Since I want to make Luffy angst, but Luffy’s a really straightforward and intuitive driven character that i lowkey suck at deciphering how it would work since he most of (if not, all the time) just says what he thinks.

But the more I think about it, the more that would likely be Luffy’s misstep in a relationship. He doesn’t understand the concept of being too fearful to voice things or even the thought of being hyper conscious of every single action he has.

The closest thing he gets to insecurity is him feeling weak and wanting to become stronger- but even then, it’s more of an external thing rather than an internal one yknow?

He doesn’t understand being insecure. He’s not completely oblivious to it, he has seen Usopp grow and deal with his own insecurities as time passed but he specifically doesn’t understand how to deal with it in a relationship.

To Luffy, when there’s a problem, he fixes it. If he hates being weak? He trains his butt off until he isn’t anymore. His friends in trouble? He helps them no matter how “unfit” or “not ready” people think he is. But when it comes to things that are unsaid, he falls flat. He needs things told straight up to him so he knows what to do to fix it.

I feel like I’ve mentioned how a relationship with Luffy would be a bit more open and unconventional (especially for a romantic relationship) and an insecure reader would actually struggle SO bad because of that.

You want a private date with just him and you? Suddenly it’s a group outing with a bunch of strangers you barely know. Luffy doesn’t understand dates but he’s very willing to learn.. if you ever voice and communicated to him.

But an insecure reader wouldn’t exactly do that, only internally mulling over how awful and boring you must be that you can’t keep him entertained long enough that he feels the need to wander off. (Which is completely untrue. Luffy just doesn’t know dates are supposed to be a one on one thing.)

The dynamic would be really fun to play with since Luffy doesn’t understand social cues and reader knows this but it doesn’t stop the insecurities (iykwim). Reader who’s too embarrassed about their insecurity that they don’t communicate and Luffy who just doesn’t know it’s a problem because he’s not told it is.

It causes more problems than not. Especially when he starts noticing you’re starting to always act odd with him which he doesn’t like. And I can see him just letting it go at first (wanting to give u space) but it just drives more distance between you two that he starts being really frustrated and it eventually would lead to many arguments where he says things he doesn’t mean while trying to fix whatever problem is going on.

I do think the crew would have to step in to help fix things. But either way he’d be really.. affected by the whole thing. He’d bottle it up and push the feelings down but it never really leaves. Adventures starts to feel more dull, smiling and laughing feels more strained, and he’d catch his eyes just.. trailing after where you wandered off.

A direction opposite of where he’s standing.

Either the crew steps in or Luffy figures it out himself.. somehow. Yeah, he’s not the best when it comes to thinking over things but he’s very much capable. Especially in situations where he needs to. Of course, the more likely option is him confiding in his friends about it.

But I can also see Luffy just spending days moping around all dazed and watching you, trying to put the pieces together himself somehow. Whether he ever does would definitely depends on how badly his chest hurts seeing you smile and talk to the crew casually unlike the stiff, awkward posture you now hold when he’s near.

^ this is more of a specific scenario but in general I feel like he’d be a good boyfriend… just.. really “free” which leaves a lot of room for reader misinterpreting Luffy’s actions.

He treats romantic relationships as just friendships with extra steps which sounds good on paper until you realize how common it is to feel like the relationship is TOO open. The loyalty is there, the commitment is there, but it feels like he treats you as just another crewmate which isn’t true at all but it definitely still feels like it.

Luffy would be open to fixing whatever reader’s insecure about in the relationship tho. But it takes him figuring out what’s wrong in the first place to even get to that part. Either reader finally tells him what’s wrong or one of his friends tell him what’s wrong. Then he’d immediately work on repairing things.

Also take this as an ok signal for you guys to send in yandere or mildly eye brow raising asks. Honestly the only boundary I have with asks is don’t send fetish and explicit stuff or ask for smut. Not that I have anything against that, I just have no clue how I’d talk about it. I mean I can try..! But like the results will be horrid 😭

Also the fact that writing smut makes me horrendously aware of how this must be how smut writers are writing their smut fics and I just never read smut for months because of it

ANYWAYS. Here’s me yapping about Luffy x reader angst n a small snippet.. ish..? Lemme know if u want a continuation or like smth more. I’ll continue this if I ever get inspired idk

CW: brief (?) mentions of unhealthy dynamics and codependency. It’s not that crazy

IM GIGGLING I love this idea actually. I’m not sure if you meant (a. You and Luffy ARE together and Boa just doesn’t know) or (b. You and Luffy AREN’T together, he just assumed you were.) so I’ll just do both..! For funsies (atp.. be used to how unserious most my posts are LMAO i really am doing this for fun)

For example! Some intelligent f/o (maybe someone who has experience in building mechs/ someone very competent/ just generally an f/o that’s could easily manage etc) would figure it out by themselves very easily.

Other f/o who are more socially adept (someone good at bluffing or a charismatic f/o/ an f/o that’s socialable) would just ask around for help. Depending on how smart they are with this, they might even play it off as someone part of the modern world very easily. Others might blow their cover really easily and get seen as a crazy person by passersby

Okay..

You know the drill by now.. here’s my Luffy self indulgent side bit. Luffy would get in trouble with the law .5 seconds into just being in the modern world. Whether it’s him causing a ruckus, someone reporting him for being insane after he tried to ask them for help, or just him eating a bunch of stuff from a restaurant and not paying (this guy could win every eating contest tho.. he might just do a buncha eating contests for food lowk)

But anyways HE ENDS UP ARRESTED some way or the other. Ofc.. he’s not gonna just let himself get arrested. He still has his powers, plus seastone cuffs don’t exist in modern world so breaking out is as easy as breathing.

He finds this way to finding you eventually after.. a bunch of running from the police.

For the sake of fanart and dynamics, there is a alternative universe where they’re together.. but generally I ship myself with Luffy.. one sidedly if that makes sense GIGGLING.

Thinking of reader that’s from the modern world but instead of a full isekai/transmigration type beat, reader ‘travels’ to the other world when they’re sleeping.

I’ll use the one piece mechanics for the sake of making explaining this easier.

Reader’s OG world is the world and life we currently live rn where the characters are fictional characters and etc. For the sake of making the plot understandable; imagine someone in the one piece universe eats a devil fruit that links them with reader’s body in the modern world. So now whenever you sleep, you wake up in the fictional world and when you fall asleep in the fictional world, you wake up in the real world

Now the obvious drawback is.. you never really sleep. Which would be mentally exhausting even if we cross out physical exhaustion to one of the fruit’s advantages. Which would make for decent comfort fic lowk

ALSO a benefit of the power is basically foresight to any major events in the fictional world. Tho it would be kinda hard to catch up w one piece in like.. one day. Plus it’s only major events that happen so it won’t be too overpowered of a power and changing anything could shift the story to an unpredictable path.

But in general I just like the idea of teaching fictional characters trends and yapping about real life stuff to charcs without having to sacrifice one or the other life.

Also the thought of these interactions crack me up a lot

“Damn university was insane”

“Wtf is a university”

——

“Dunno. Probably six to seven ships-

“Heh. Six seven”

love the thought of them looking at you like you’re insane yet find it equally as amusing. Especially if some of the charcs start just repeating shit you say for the fuck of it.

I KNOW for a fact Luffy would start repeating wtv even if he has no idea what any of the slangs mean. He just thinks it’s funny