#day asks

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

This is going to sound sooo cheesy, but I love the way he loves. He cares so much, and loves so deeply and fully once he lets someone in. His backstory with Corazón brought me to sobs, and before I digress and ramble about Corazón himself and the way he's a metaphor for love, I'm going to talk about how Law will always love him. Corazón gave his heart back to him, Corazón reminded a kid that had lost everything what it's like to be loved, and while Law struggles with understanding why Corazón saved him... He still lives and he wears his heart on his sleeve even though he tries so hard to hide it. But does he really hide it as well as he likes to think? I named my pirate crew after the one person that saved me. My whole body is riddled with tattoos with motifs related to you. I will bring Doflamingo down if it's the last thing I do. I love you. I love you. I miss you.

Everything he does up to Dressrosa screams of love and grief. If Corazón is a metaphor for love, Law is a metaphor for grief and how love perseveres even after losing someone. So yeah I just have a lot of feelings about him and the way he loves. Even the Hearts Pirates themselves show how much he loves. He also saved Luffy in Marineford and he could say it was all part of some big plan, but I think he simply saw someone who had just lost their family and needed a hand. He's a heart, bleeding. Always.

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Personally, I am a big fan of loser Law. Like you're so smart and so capable and intriguing and amazing, but you are also a huge loser and I know you have Sora underwear somewhere.

Tbh I'm also pretty weak to cool suave Law, which I've also seen fandom do sometimes. But to me he's mostly a nerd. You can act edgy all you want to but I see right through you, Torao.

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

I want to say yes, but the second I steal his hat to put wash it he might kill me.

Other than that though, we could get along pretty well I think. Both fairly introverted, could respect each other's space when needed, would be pretty handy to have someone so knowledgeable about health nearby too bc I am terrible at taking care of myself (he might take care of me. while grumbling).

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

It's... LAWLU. How am I supposed to resist, they're everything. Luffy, obviously, has a penchant for saving and setting people free. But it just takes on an extra level to me when it comes to characters like Law and Robin, where he saw these two people broken and worn down by life and somehow brought back the spark they needed to keep going.

Luffy with his unwavering faith and freedom and loyalty. And Law, someone who is equally loyal and loving, but who is too insecure (and scared) to love as freely as Luffy. Law meeting his maker in coffee-colored eyes and a smile as mischievous as the Cheshire cat. Their dynamic is just perfect as well, what do you mean Law tried more than once to undo the alliance because he was on some suicide mission, and Luffy looked at him right in the eye and said "No.".

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

Speaking of Robin..... I know... they get like 5 seconds of time together every once in a while, and while I don't ship them personally, I just think a lot about them and how both fully expected/wanted to die until Luffy took fate in his hands and shaped it to his will as he is bound to do. They didn't get to speak much in canon but I do think a lot about the scene where Robin approaches Law after Dressrosa. What are you going to do now? With all this life Luffy gave you? Like he did with me?