op manga spoilers

zosopp is beautiful because zoro and usopp are both driven by fear and insecurity, yknow? but usopp presents his insecurities frankly, he runs and he cowers, but ultimately he knows how to face up to his fears when the time calls for it. whereas zoro points his insecurities inwards, he trains and he self-isolates and he tries his hardest to believe that they don’t bother him, but they do. usopp has the courage to look his fears in the eyes and acknowledge that they’re there while zoro continually runs from his and tries to mask them with stoicism. so usopp looks at zoro and thinks “he knows what he’s doing, he’s strong and he’s fearless unlike me” and meanwhile zoro is thinking “i’m weak i’m too weak i have to become stronger” and neither of them realize that they’re chewing on the same insecurity, the same fear of being useless/weak/helpless, that they’re circling the same self-worth issue.