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Do you think Ben Beckman will ever get a new clothes design? Or do you think is canon that orher red hair crewmates make fun of his clothing choices or he does it without knowing, like just IMAGINE FOR 10 YEARS MY MAN had no idea he was wearing the same clothes.

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Benn lives for one outfit:

Just like Benn lives for one man:

[I mean.... What!?]

And it somehow gets worse the more powerful and infamous they are. I mean, like, when we meet Shanks he's is dressed, more or less, like your stereotypical pirate:

[You know, all the pirate basics: open white shirt, red sash, brown pants, open tied flip flops, Strawhat.... Well, I did say more of less.]

I mean, he doesn't actually do much at this point. He's a lovable rapscallion uncle who ruffles Luffy's hair before sailing out towards the sunset and the literal future.

At which point....

He decides that the pirate look isn't "cool" enough, and what he really needs to complete his style is a pair of Bermuda shorts you would hide from your father. He has gone all pirate up top, but bellow the waist? It's all Florida cousin who's been crashing on your couch for the last six years.

But, hey, Shanks can't always be in Yonko mode. Maybe he's like trying out some new styles. I mean, not that new, all he did is get a pair of patterned pants (and yet they are so much worse...) It's better than say ....

I know what you're thinking. "Haha, I get it. The joke is that Benn Beckman clearly only owns the one outfit."

But no, that is clearly not the case.

One pair of boots? Yeah, seems so (they may not look it here but in the same art style, they are very much the same boots). Same sash? There is every chance. But there is no way in HELL that is the same outfit.

I mean, Benn's muscle mass like doubles in this time frame, but his short has somehow gotten baggier? No, that is not how it works. And you know that feeling of trying on jeans from high school, and they barely go over one thigh? Benn Baby-Got-Back (And Arms, And Chest) Does.

So this man, one of the most feared pirates to sail the seas, who's wanted poster reads DEAD ONLY goes out every couple of years, and finds an EXACT REPLICA of his clothes from over a decade ago. And who knows how long he's been doing this? And in a that time the only change he's made is adding what is definitely either the cape of a man he killed OR the rug of a very fashionable but not super expensive hotel. It's a 50/50 toss up to which of those is true.

Hell, he's not even replacing the sash. Notice it use to wrap around him with some to spare but not anymore. Who knew men bulked up so much going into their 50s?

Look, nothing about this makes sense and yet there must be a reason. Is this some kind of emotional thing? Is Benn especially picky about fabrics and the way clothes feel? Did he just really like how he looked in his first Wanted Poster and thought, "I'm doing that. Forever." Like.... What....

But.... But what about those cool outfits they always dress the cast in? You know, the ones where even Shanks gets to look fly.

I mean, check out little demon Luffy! And Law, you should just buy that coat. Actually, don't buy it. You're a pirate. Steal that jacket and claim it as your own, it's amazing. Ace I like that you've stayed true to your refusal to own a shirt, no notes. Shanks.... Not really sure what you're dressed as? A guy who went through his rival friend old enemy bestie through MIHAWK'S closet, maybe? It didn't even matter, it's still a huge improvement.

Even Doffy is dressed up (and of course looks fabulous) and Corazon is so magical! And...

Okay, that might just be Perona and Mihawk's day clothes, it's hard to tell. But you know what, they still rock them, and I'll bet they've dressed the third member of their little house hold up in-

... damnit Zoro, what even is this? (Do love your trick or treat bag though. You keep protecting those booze.)

So everyone gets in on the act. Like, I don't know how "Canon"y you would consider these, but clearly it's a party everyone is invited to and even Zoro put on a top hat! So Benn must....

Same. Goddamn. Outfit.

For all we know this is his Halloween version. Maybe he has like fifty of these stashed in the ship. They are cards! For Halloween! AND HE IS STILL IN THE SAME DAMN OUTFIT!

I don't think Benn NEEDS conquer's haki. I think the Benn Glare™ is more powerful than any haki could be.

Like, whatcha gonna do? Attack Benn Beckman?

Oh, no, um, please sir. Mistakes were made.

Benn Beckman

Benn Beckman is originally from the North Blue, and is the oldest of the Red Haired Pirates. Because of course he is. It's pretty much his job to keep this idiots alive, and yes, that has caused him to gray. Whose fault is that, Captain.

When the crew heard that one of them had been proclaimed an Emperor of the Sea, Shanks just assumed it was Beckman. They ALL just assumed it was Beckman. It took a very sober, very persistent barmaid almost four hours to convince them, no, this wasn't some "joke paper". Really! The government considered SHANKS a proper yonko (they had a banner made for the party and everything! At least the booze didn't go to waste.)

I believe it was a young man from the Island Of Anglo that once said, "Akagami Shanks is the sun, and Benn Beckman the moon!" (The rest of what he said failed to be transcribed due to.... The nature of the resulting activities.)

The crew calls Benn an "anchor" because he is like a steady presences that helps keep the crew in place. And also because he cannot swim. A rare trait in the world of first mates, since most captains are stupid enough to eat anything they can get their hands on, devil's fruits included (and it has taken Benn A LOT OF EFFORT to keep that from happening. His captain will eventually get bored enough to put just about any damn thing in his mouth. Like a toddler. A freakishly powerful, infamous the world over, pretty much able to do as he wishes without consequence toddler.)

Have you met Shanks and the rest of those morons? Yeah, Benn smokes. Maybe forgive him this one bad habit. Considering that crew, we're lucky he's not injecting black tar heroin.

I don't know if this is already apparent, but him and Shanks? They do fuck. On the regular.

For me it looks like “Sora Warriors of the See” comes true.

I can't get the idea out of my head that it was Shanks who chose the Straw Hat costumes for his movie:

- cool costume for Luffy (Luffy will love it)

- strange costumes for almost everyone (Luffy will love this)

- slutty jeans for Zoro

I am on the record for how bad I find Shanks and his personal sense of fashion but also I would 100% watch a movie that was just this powerful yonko, his vice captain boyfriend,and his two shichibukai lovers taking the Strawhats shopping.

I have no idea what would happen but I'd definitely watch the disaster unfold. Though, honestly, since it's Shanks if he was in charge of wardrobe, I kind of suspect that at least at some point you'd just hear a long sigh.

Benn: Boss, you've gotta give them pants.

Shanks: What? Oh, come on, Benny! It's not my fault Luffy has picked so many surprisingly fit young crew members. I didn't pick them out!

Benn: But you did pick out the lack of pants. I was standing right here.

Shanks: *Best but I'm a yoooooonnnnnkoooo pout* Really? *Sigh* Fine. Making me put stupid pants on so many cute, tight asses. Sound like Rayleigh when he was sober.

Benn: Boss.

Benn: Boss, no.

Benn: You've got to put pants on ALL of them, not just the cute ones.

Shanks: Oh come on! You just sound like Miha now!

In fairness to Mihawk he sort of felt he HAD to give Zoro pants, since he made damn sure there were no shirts anywhere on that Island.

Also, just..... Zoro's jeans are Northern style. Like.... Every other corner of the Blue is like, "Can I get the comfiest, baggiest shorts you have?"

Then up North their like. "What do you mean, you need to be able to breath? What are you? Weak?"

I mean, by the standards set by his fellow denizens of the blue, Law is slouching around in lose fitting sweat pants.

Benn Beckman's pants are practically falling off by Northern standards and yet look at this.

[This may not be Canon accurate but Shanks SWORE it was completely Ass accurate. Any problems, take it up with him.]

Zoro's Red jeans?

So we know from a fact after Skypiea that Zoro will generally just wear whatever he grabs/is thrown at him. I'd put money on Zoro rolling out of bed, walking out on deck only to have Nami screaming about PUTTING SOME DECENT CLOTHES ON YOU PERVERT! reaching back into the mess on the floor, finding the pair of jeans he'd stripped of Torao last night and shrugging. Yeah, sure, these will do. Anything so she'll stop making a fuss and he can get some breakfast before Luffy eats all the meat.

I would like to thank the anime artist for hearing the community's criticism and giving us back what the show has really been missing the last few seasons: outfits that highlight Zoro's surprisingly slender hips.

I mean, I love the haramaki and all. It's not about style, it's about branding. But, damn boy, every time I see him in something form fitting like this I want to grab the nearest hot swordsmen, shove Zoro in their lap and start snapping photos--

And okay, yeah, Shanks did pick these outfits.