#robin headcanons

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But she doesn't collect teas and wines because of archaeology or anything like that, instead she does it purely because she can. Because she loves the taste of both tea and wine, and because for the first time in her life she has a stable place she can call home, and can enjoy life for the sake of just enjoying life. She spent so long living not for herself, but for those she lost, that's she's only just now starting to indulge in things she enjoys.

anyways.

i like to think at every island that robin stops by, she picks up a fictional novel that was written by someone on the island. she started doing this when she worked for crocodile, because it was the first time in her life that she had some semblance of stability, and it continued after she became a member of the straw hat crew.

and if you’re wondering why it’s a fictional novel specifically, that’s because fiction can often tell you about the history of a place, at least during a specific time period. she’s always careful to check her own biases, and to consider how the themes of the stories she reads fit in with what she knows, but she also understands as an archaeologist that art is an important facet of human history and deserves to be preserved.

We know as viewers, but do ppl just assume?

I saved this screenshot, with the intention of saying something about it.

But honestly the only thing that comes to mind is just a rehash of what I've said a million times, lol. This arc is Robin-centric, in a way. Not entirely, but there is definitely an emphasis on this being an important arc both for Robin, and for us, the reader, to understand her.

Robin has discovered crewmates who seem to care for her, and who have a much more... Free sense of adventure and what it means to be a pirate, yes. But she has also stumbled upon some of the first evidence of the Void Century in over 20 years. Her dream is not dead, as she thought it was after the disastrous events of Alabasta, and is still obtainable.

In Alabasta, she seemed a lot more expressive with her emotions in her fights. I do think part of that was that "Ms All Sunday" was a persona she built separate from her normal personality, in order to survive, especially since we know from later on this calm demeanor is Robin's true personality, but it's interesting to see the differences.