#*collapses*

I mean yeah, this could make anyone religious.

I think Luffy is one part of a larger theme of faith and religious imagery with Law's story. It's not like Law worships the ground Luffy walks on or views him with more reverence than the average background character when he saves the day. It's just the expression of it that feels so subtle and profound. To me, what makes these moments of Law witnessing Luffy's wins as miracles so special is that his faith in Luffy is a milestone is his own, very private, personal journey. One that began in Flevance and continues with his search for the road poneglyphs and the truth about the people of D. What I'm trying to say is it's not a Luffy thing. It's a Law's-entire-life thing.

Because Law's story is full of religious imagery and saviors. I joke that he's a damsel in distress character because he sure gets that treatment and it's fun. It's really fun.

But of course it's actually really dark (we're doing dark derailing now. lots of derailing because this is what happens when I get going)

Because beneath the fun is the fact that this is a character who had to experience what it's like to have people run away screaming when you ask them for help. Who'll call you a disgusting monster that should be dead already. He learned that there is no help to find, that the government soldiers won't save anyone, not even the children. There is no mercy. Nobody is coming to save you.

So the fallen angel celestial dragon Lucifer Doflamingo takes him in to shape him in his own image. The literal burning heart Corazon saves him from the devil and from death by making him eat a heart-shaped fruit in a story that's so full of biblical references I'll just have to summarize:

A book could be written about the religious imagery in Law's story. For real.

Back to the topic: Luffy is the potential merciful hand of salvation/bullet for Doflamingo's skull that Law finds, saves from the brink of death and then wrangles toward the right direction so that Luffy might, hopefully perform miracles and hit skulls where Law wants him to. Corazon made him believe again and gave him a direction to walk in. He told Law that he and his fellow D's were the enemy of the gods and Monkey D Luffy went and punched one right in the face the first time they met. Done deal. Miracle.

Law's knowledge of the D opened his eyes for Luffy's potential before many others had caught on I think. The way he chooses to save Luffy's life without asking for anything in return was a whim of destiny, 'paying it forward' from Cora, and a gamble for the future

It paid off!

He makes another faithful gamble.

Then he spends what could very well be his last words in life telling Doflamingo the Straw hats can perform miracles. That little boy who knocked on the devil's door saying "I don't believe in anything anymore" was ready to put everything in their hands while going to his death, smiling. That's how much he believed in them.

I could talk about this for days.

My main point is that Law brings the religious imagery tattooed all over himself wherever he goes, whoever he's interacting with. It's really funny though, that the guy he chose to put his faith in is a god. And that the merciful hand of salvation looks like this:

my brain: maybe you should deactivate?

I am clinically insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I decided to use memory of looping, which gives you +5 hp per loop and the death corridor to get Siffrin to max hp because someone had to do it.

Here’s some data because I’m a cringe STEM major!!!!

Starting hp: 495

+100 hp per every 20 loops

+500 hp per every 100 loops

+1000 hp per every 200 loops

I had calculated that about 1900 loops would be needed to get to that hp, but I must’ve been 1 or so short as I had to get to loop 1902 and I could’ve sworn that I started on loop 1 not loop 2.

I started tracking the amount of loops per hour late so the data from the beginning is missing but the average Loops per hour was 188.625 Lph

(for genderqueer gamers mostly, but cis folk who think about their genders are also more than welcome <3 )