#shuvi

his Sense of Responsibility — unbelievably attractive that he seemingly has taken it upon himself to, in some way or another, work towards the liberation of the world & esp dedicate himself to some final mission his dying captain asked of him 22 yrs ago. In a similar vein he also holds himself to all his promises and is incredibly reliable and that all goes together imo

his Protectiveness — pretty much every action we see him take is in one way or another for the purpose of protecting people, & not just his own people. It’s his biggest motivation imo, and it doesn’t even expect or want anything in return, he’s just out there being a shield for whoever needs one in the insanity that is the one piece world……. whew 😵‍💫

wasn’t rlly sure how to describe this but his Discernment — it kinda encapsulates a lot but like. He’s very shrewd and savvy 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ there’s a fair bit of emotional intelligence & knowledge of people (often even moreso than they might know themselves) plus like. The awareness he has from growing up on the sea under the tutelage of the king of the pirates……. I think u wld be hard pressed to find someone in the one piece world who knows More abt how the world operates than him. Thats very sexy

Annnnnnnd the thing I don’t like is Also his sense of responsibility—he holds himself to far too much & has let that rule his life……. It’s to an extent that I wld almost call him self-sacrificial tho that’s more of an assumption so perhaps it won’t hold up. I’m also v much of the opinion that his alcoholism is tied to this (a feeling of helplessness & like he hasn’t done/can’t do enough) so like. Breathe a little baby. The world doesn’t rest on your shoulders……. Let yourself live the life you want………

ANYWAY THERE WE GO ty for giving me the opportunity to yap ily 🫶🏻

WHY IS IT EMBARRASSING don't make me come after u....

i love that the sense of responsibility is both a like and dislike this is so real, he is kind of very much self-sacrificial for what we've seen so far and the other points about discernment and protectiveness just mjfkalsdjfkl;asdjfa; like all i can think about is how like marineford just Ended when shanks showed up like that will never leave my brain

it's just so much like he knows when to Intervene and he's not fucking around about it

1) Headcanon by (Armchair) Diagnosis

You look at a fictional character and notice behaviours that seem to fit the description of autism (e.g. difficulties in social interaction, difficulties in communication, repetitive behaviour, over- or under-sensitivity to sensory input, highly-focused interests, anxiety, meltdowns, shutdowns). Based on these observations, you headcanon the character as autistic.

Example: "Ali, from Boys Beware by Jean Ure, struggles with communication and with making herself understood. She either won't contribute to a conversation, or she'll say something random that has nothing to do with what's come before. She doesn't fit in at school and only has one friend. Ali has highly-focused interests in astronomy and in Star Trek, to the point where her sisters joke that she has a 'one-trek mind'. Unless someone interrupts her, she could talk about her interests for ages. I get massive autistic vibes from Ali!"

2) Headcanon by Self-Recognition

You recognise your own behaviours and personality traits in a fictional character. They're just like you! And you're autistic. So you headcanon the character as autistic too.

Example: "Rapunzel plays with her hair a lot in Tangled. Her model sheets describe her hair as 'almost a pacifier'. She tends to grab her hair at emotionally stressful times. I'm a bit like that with my hair - I stim with it, and it calms me down and makes me feel good. So I like to think that Rapunzel is autistic and that the stuff she does with her hair is stimming or self-soothing."

3) Headcanon by Metaphor

The character and the plot could be read as metaphors for the experience of being autistic, or being disabled in general. So you headcanon the character as autistic.

Example: "Schwi Dola from No Game No Life is a robot who wants to learn as much as she can about the human [heart]. That seems a lot like a special interest to me. Her desire to learn about that one topic causes 'errors' to occur in her programming, so she's disconnected from her cluster. That could be a metaphor for how isolating it can feel to be autistic and not have anyone understand your unique way of seeing the world."

4) Headcanon by Gap-Filling

No-one knows very much about that character. They're a blank slate. You can headcanon anything you want about them. So you headcanon them as autistic.

Example: "Hatsune Miku's personality can take any form; it just depends on what type of song she's singing. So why can't I see her as autistic? All Vocaloid headcanons are valid!"

5) Headcanon by Wish Fulfilment

You have no evidence that they're autistic. You just really, really want them to be autistic because it makes you happy.

Example: "Imagine if Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit turned out to be autistic. Wouldn't that be cool? She's already one of my favourite characters, so I like to think she's autistic. No, I can't give a better justification than that. Just let me have my fun!"