I just speedran through your 30Sanji au and AUGHHHHHHHHHH OWW
It's such a fascinating idea and the character dynamics are amazing bUT OWWWWWWW IM CRYING ITS SO ANGSTY which is like. The Point. BUT IT STILL HURTS ;-;
Especially Zeff being supportive in his own gruff way and Luffy not fully understanding but still caring fully and the rest of the crew trying to help Sanji piece himself back together
And Sanji feeling so guilty but eventually he lets the others help him and starts to help himself
I love that he never gets his smell and taste back, it makes him have to learn how to deal with things being different and he's gotta learn to value himself outside of his cooking ability and how well he can help others with food
Like it would be such an easy writing thing to give him that magical fix where he can go back to how things used to be, but he can't because things won't go back to exactly how it used to be
But he can work on himself to get healthier and maybe as healthy as he was in the past, at first for his crew but then for himself too
Also the parts where he just takes more to drown out his feelings from negative interactions with the crew are just OW
It's amazing writing and I love the artstyle and the way you show stuff through color like Sanji being more and more close to overdose the pinker his hair is
BUT OW IM CRYING MY POOR BABY IS IN SO MUCH PAIN AND THE REST OF THE CREW IS STRUGGLING BC THEIR COOK IS STRUGGLING AND ZEFF REFUSES TO SHOW IT BC HE NEEDS TO BE STRONG FOR HIS BOY BUT ZEFF IS HURTING BC HIS SANJI IS STARVING ONCE AGAIN AND IS TOO THIN AGAIN AND THIS TIME HE DOESNT EVEN WANT TO RECOVER
Btw Zeff's mindset for all this is destroying me. Wdym his little boy gave up on cooking, gave up on finding the All Blue, gave up on himself?????? What happened to his Sanji that was ready to fight to not starve, that poured his heart into cooking for others, that left to go on a big adventure and loved it. How did he end up so and pale and thin and shaky and just. What happened to his son? All he can do is do what he did last time- feed him, help him gain muscle back, make him rest when he pushes himself, give him tasks to do so he builds confidence- that's all he knows how to do without breaking down in front of Sanji and he'll have to hope that it's enough
LIKE DO YOU SEE WHY IM CRYING IT HURTS SO MUCH BUT ITS SUCH AN AMAZING CONCEPT
Thank you but OW GODDAMNIT
I love that he never gets his smell and taste back, it makes him have to learn how to deal with things being different and he's gotta learn to value himself outside of his cooking ability and how well he can help others with food
Like it would be such an easy writing thing to give him that magical fix where he can go back to how things used to be, but he can't because things won't go back to exactly how it used to be
yes ! it is so important to me that he has this journey of being stripped away from what he is, what he does, what he lives for, and he has to keep going anyway. he has to learn to live for himself outside of what he does and- idk how to write that yet bc i am myself very far from this but cant wait to see how itll pan out kjfdkdjslfkdjsf
Btw Zeff's mindset for all this is destroying me. Wdym his little boy gave up on cooking, gave up on finding the All Blue, gave up on himself??????
his baby had so much drive... so much faith ! in himself and in his dream !
What happened to his Sanji that was ready to fight to not starve,
ANYWAY thank you for the ask it made me cry in return kshjfkdsjfkjd