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today i am thinking about zoro and luffy both having two constantly depicted scars. one on their eye each and one on their chest each. so intrinsically intertwined they have matching mortal wounds.

and i know it’s silly, and coincidental, but i like to think it symbolises them understanding each other more and more as time passes.

zoro got his chest scar clambering and falling on the way to his dream, being defeated by mihawk so easily then swearing to never lose again. and luffy who got his chest scar clambering and falling in a different way. they understood ultimate defeat respectively, loss and something that hit, quite literally, over the heart. their chest scars are their most important reminders of strength, the need for it. and loss, the need to avoid it.

and then luffy, who’s eye scar is a self-inflicted wound as he tried to convince shanks he could be a pirate too- he was strong enough. and zoro who got his eye scar during the timeskip, in a way we still don’t completely know, in the height of his self loathing for not being strong enough. they both got the scars around their eyes for the future ahead of them, and in trying desperately to get there. luffy asking shanks to take him onboard, and zoro asking mihawk to train him. the scars around their eyes are ground zeroes, an ask, a plea, complete determination.

one piece started and zoro quickly learned to understand loss, knew loss, while luffy would learn loss so deeply in marineford. one piece started and luffy understood helpless desperation, growing up with shanks refusing him. and zoro learned that later, so horribly, after thriller bark turned into the sabaody incident turned into marineford where he couldn’t do anything.

zoro and luffy understand each other so completely, they’re soulmates. but there are still parts of themselves which are obscured, different, simply because they are two different people with two different histories. and those things that are missing come with age, experience or being together. they understand one another more each day, somehow that’s possible, and i think their scars are a good example of it. them learning things which they may not have understood before, connecting to parts of each other they may not have connected to before.

there’s something so perfect about the fan hc of zoro giving luffy one of his earrings. luffy visually as one (captain) and zoro becoming two (first mate). the symbolism of zoro letting go of his complete isolation and independence, giving a part of himself over as he finally found a home in someone. zoro not being whole without luffy. the representation of luffy and wado, his two treasures.

After a long time since they got together at sabaody (long? Perhaps every period of time they were apart was becoming too long for Zoro now.) Luffy finally caught a moment where they were alone. Luffy watched him as Zoro trained as usual. Although Zoro was impressed by the fact that he was watching him without moving and getting bored (He also was very pleased with every moment he could get to see Luffy), Zoro felt uncomfortable when he thought about the reason Luffy was here. Most of the crew seemed to be aware of his overtraining and being angry towards himself for how weak he was 2 years ago. Even if no one spoke openly, everyone's nervous attitude must have been noticeable enough to bring Luffy here. Zoro frowned. There was no problem with him working harder. It was a fact that he could get stronger. He didn't understand why the others were worried.

He added extra sets to his training, but when he realized Luffy wasn't going to leave, he sighed and put down the equipment. He could feel Luffy's eyes on his skin. He didn't want to look back at those eyes that were calmly watching his every move. He didn't want to see it in his captain's eyes. A look saying that beating himself over his weakness from 2 years ago was a stupid thing to do. But it looked like they would be waiting here all night for nothing if he didn't. Zoro thought about doing that for a moment, ignoring Luffy and everyone's worried looks as usual, but after 2 years apart, denying Luffy's requests had become even harder than before. So he took a deep breath and turned to him, his whole body stiff, his face stoic calm, and his arms crossed, facing Luffy.

He was welcomed with a bright smile.

"Shishishi, you're finally looking at me, Zoro." Luffy's eyes were the same as always. Pure and clear. Free and comforting. And full of love.

Zoro felt a squeeze over his heart. All the tension in his body disappeared. He collapsed next to Luffy, as if his knees had given way. All the tiredness and tension of the past two years seemed to have been lifted off him without his notice. His body began to tremble as if he were cold, and as if Luffy was the only source of warmth he could turn to, he snuggled up to him and rested his forehead on his shoulder. When Luffy stroked his hair, he took deep breaths to inhale as much of his scent as possible.

Why did he doubt? Of course, Luffy understood why he did that. Of course, he didn't think it was stupid because he felt the same thing 2 years ago, and he still worries. Zoro pressed his shaking hands to Luffy's scar on his chest and felt his heartbeat under him, pulsing from his hands to his veins. 'He's alive, he's alive, he's alive...' Luffy let him do what he wanted without saying anything and continued to caress his head.

"I missed you." he murmured over Luffy's shoulder, his lips was trembling over Luffy's skin. He felt like the words were punched out from his throat. His voice quivered and came out so small. He felt too vulnerable. After two years, this was the first time he let himself be.

"I missed Zoro, too." he felt Luffy's lips on his scalp, every word going through his body making him shake more. He curled up around Luffy and hugged him tightly as if he were going to disappear. He spent the whole night breathing in Luffy's scent and feeling his heartbeat on his fingertips, hugging him close. And Luffy happily fell asleep in Zoro's arms, his face buried in Zoro's hair.

(Maybe i could improve writing a little more better, but well, this is all my attention span can do, and if I leave it in draft, no way i go back to it, lol)

post-TS when Zoro does his rare laugh, with all of his gums showing, Luff would kiss his teeth because he looks beautiful laughing like that.

"I'll follow him to hell if I have to-" GAYYYYYY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY

A Captain’s Love

A fully colored digital comic of the Strawhats from One Piece.

The first page only contains a panel with the words "A Captain's Love.“

The second page shows Luffy and Nami holding hands and smiling at each other. Pictured underneath is a close-up of their interlinked hands and the gray silhouette of a person asking "So, are you guys dating?" Another panel shows Nami's reaction: an appalled expression on her face and "huh?" written in bold red letters.

The second page depicts Luffy sitting on Zoro's lap, happily eating meat while Zoro is drinking. Next to them is a gray silhouette again, asking: "isn't that weird?" At the bottom of the page is Zoro's reaction: an intimidating glare with "WHAT" spelled out in big red capital letters behind him.

The third page contains a drawing of Luffy and Usopp, sleeping on spread out blankets and pillows on the floor while cuddling. Again, the silhouette of a person is in the corner, remarking: "you know what people might think." Usopp's reaction in an extra panel is giving the person a deeply disapproving side-eye, asking "oh yeah...?"

The fourth page depicts Luffy tighly hugging Robin while lifting her in the air as both of them are grinning. The gray silhouette of a person is asking: "Are you really gonna let him act like that with your girlfriend?" Pictured underneath is Franky, deeply confused expression on his face, only responding with a bewildered "uhh...."

The last panel shows Luffy, grinning and holding his hat. The asexual and the aromantic flag are pictured behind him.

zoro spending most of his waking hours in the company of the moon (himself). his vigilance when in solitude, his natural inclination to the night being a reflection of himself.

zoro sleeping with the sun (luffy). the hours he allows himself to relax and let go of his alertness. always on the deck, bathing in sunlight. his sleeping hours being a reflection of the vulnerability he allows himself with luffy, with the crew.

sun and moon zolu you have my heart

Roronoa "If I can't protect my captain, if I don't have Luffy by my side as a king of pirates when I achieve my dreams, then my ambition means nothing" Zoro.

thinking about how none of the strawhats have ever known a luffy without zoro.

everyone joined the crew to witness this oddly content and peaceful, terrifying duo. their dynamic is sweet and funny, almost gentle, something you would expect from childhood friends who have been next to each other for so long they don’t always need words. and then again, they are something else when they are in battle.

they trust each other like they are extensions of themselves, they know each other inside and out like they are telepathic, they get each other so completely.

i’m sure everyone who joined the crew looked at them and must’ve thought at one point that there has never been a time where they have not known each other. until nami tells them, oh, they met a few weeks before i joined.

the shock that must come from learning their bond is nearly as young as all of theirs, and not a product of existing next to each other for years.

how baffling it must be to watch them save each other like it’s breathing, to rely on each other without question or thought in fights, and to realise they only spent such a marginal time alone before everyone else began to join them.

to never know a luffy without zoro, or a zoro without luffy, it must be hard to ever imagine a time where they weren’t by each other’s side.

fellas is it gay to devote your life to your captain and go to the ends of the earth for him

i like when they have the same or similar reactions to things

inspired by @st-osmanthus most recent post, do you think luffy spent the two year timeskip, and everytime he looked at rayleigh he saw so much of zoro?

he saw a man as powerful, as incredible and as kind as zoro is, but there is an air of tragedy that hangs around rayleigh with every step he takes. do you think he looked at rayleigh and saw a mirror of themselves apart from rayleigh had lost roger. zoro had lost him.

do you think every time he looked at rayleigh he felt reinvigorated to get stronger, not just of his own motivation, but seeing the aftermath of a righthand man without his captain. aimless, impossibly strong, yet lethargic somehow. never quite completely recovered from the loss that roger was to him, lonely and wondering, like zoro had been when he first met him.

and when zoro came back after the timeskip with the same scar that he had looked at for two years on rayleigh’s eye. do you think that cemented every parallel luffy had ever pondered between them?

on a sweeter note, do you think everything he admired about rayleigh as the righthand man of the pirate king, he smiled knowing zoro would become just like him, if not cooler? he was taught so much of what he knows by a man that echos zoro completely, and he must’ve felt so proud knowing what they will become. rayleigh *is* zoro’s counterpart to luffy, because luffy will become pirate king, and rayleigh is the righthand man of the pirate king that came before him. do you think he was happy whenever he saw rayleigh complain about getting old, imagining a day where zoro would get grey hair too.

the ache he must feel looking at the grief that encompasses rayleigh whole, silently promising to never do that to zoro, the pride he must feel when rayleigh showcases unquantifiable strength, the happiness when rayleigh laughs just like zoro. i wonder

One of rare moments where Luffy is seated is when Zoro goes to him and hug his waist, press his face to Luffy's chest and nap there. Zoro started to do this after their reunion. Whenever they got separated and didn't see each other for a while, Zoro would do this when the whole crew came together on their ship, their home. To feel Luffy and know there isn't a thousand miles of ocean between them. (Luffy realized he never did it when they were together and others were far away from them, where they couldn't know if they were safe or not. Zoro would only do it when everyone is on his sight, on ship, that's when he would allow himself to relax enough to do that) Those are the rare times Luffy doesn't move for a few hours. Just like now. He was laying down on the floor of the ship with Zoro on top of him, his hand on Zoro's head, patting it while Zoro's face was pressed to his chest and sleeping soundly. Luffy likes those moments so much. Zoro isn't shying away and doesn't see it as a weakness and comes to him on his own accord.

He looked down when Zoro sighed. He giggled, Zoro would always give some type of reaction when Luffy's hands touched his ears and Luffy was having fun with every different reaction he could get from him. So like little shit he is, his hand stayed close to Zoro's ears and started to stroke the tip of his ears. It got red as always, very quickly too. Zoro grunted and made a satisfied sigh when Luffy stroked the ear between his fingers. Zoro pinched Luffy's sides to make him stop but he could see Zoro's smile so rubber user stretched his head out and kissed the corner of his lips and lay back down with a giggle. Luffy didn't mind staying still like this.

+Bonus: sometimes other strawhats would join them too. Franky would sit by Luffy's side so his thigh would touch Zoro's biceps, Brook would play a song by their side while Robin would read something with her soothing voice. Nami would use Zoro's back as a pillow and Usopp would be playing with Zoro's hair alongside Luffy. Sanji would lean over whatever would be close and their shoes would be touching while Chopper is between Zoro's arm and Luffy's chest. Jimbei would sit beside Robin and watch them with a smile.

That awkward moment (for Zoro) when Sanji calls for Nami at the same time with Zoro calling for Luffy happily and both of them,for a second, sounding the same and everyone smirking at Zoro's furiously blushing face.

mirror traps, hera lindsay bird

PostTS Luffy realizes how Zoro blames himself for not being strong enough and weak. Not that he speaks about it but they never needed to speak out loud to know what the other thinks and feels. Even after he brings victory after victory to them it's still the same. Luffy thought Zoro would know how he appreciates him and never would blame him for something like that. But perhaps this is one of those rate times where he should speak his mind out loud to Zoro. So he starts to praise how amazing Zoro's moves were, how cool he looked, how proud he is to have him. That would lighten Zoro's heart and bring a smile to his face.

Just realized a pattern with my 2 most recent OTPs

Character A: autistic-coded & Sun-coded leader of main group, food obsessed yapper goofball who has a tendency to tick off their group due to their personality and interests, who gets a scar from attempting to rescue their sibling, who’s sibling dies, who’s name starts with L, becomes a King, has a resting face and blunt personality that pisses off people who they just meet, and is extremely loyal to their friends/found family

X

Character B: functioning alcoholic, moon-coded, right hand man to the leader, who has a green color motif, with resting bitch face, listener, enabler of character A , who struggles with verbal affection and tends to show love &care through actions, hot-headed, has become to desensitized to character A’s shenanigans and will get swept up in them, has gone to hell and back for their leader

Now am I talking about Chilaios or Zolu?

Anyways here’s some sketches about the revelation lol

I love these guys 😌

He saw an opportunity and he took it

Highschool au zolu would be like Luffy throwing his legs over Zoro's lap and leaning over Zoro's shoulder to sleep (Zoro's already asleep of course) and teachers just let them be because no one wants to deal with an awake Luffy and if Zoro's awake Luffy would be too

I love (and am actively ill over) the fact that ace canonically will not shut up about his lil guy. when jinbe found out ace’s brother was in impel down he was like OHHHHH LUFFY the kid in the strawhats you’re ALWAYS talking about. to luffy’s face he’s like “punk ass” but to everyone else he’s handing out school pictures from his wallet

i’ve always smiled at the idea of taller zoro, shorter luffy as young adults until zoro seems to mellow out and luffy grows three heads as they get into their 30-40s, swapping builds.

zoro suddenly has to deal with a captain who already loves to fling him about, now doing so at maximum efficiency, and luffy loves the hugs he can give everyone with the size advantage. it’s such a sweetly funny thing to imagine

When I say I ship Zoro with Luffy I don't mean in a sexual way. They're both asexuals, I think that's obvious. I don't mean in a romantic way either. They're not the type to kiss in the moonlight, have romantic dinners or talk about their future plans. But not in a platonic way either. When I say I ship them, I mean by that they're soulmates. They're destined to be together in every universe. They don't need to use words, they don't need to even be in the same place at the same time. They know they'll meet each other again. They know they would sacrifice themselves without hesitation to each other. And I don't mean they wouldn't do the same for the rest of the crew, of course they would, that's how Luffy and Zoro are. But they're the Captain and his first mate. The King and his right hand man. But at the same time they're the opposites that need each other. Light and Dark. God and Devil.

Luffy: YO! WHAT'S UP ZORO!

Zoro: WHAT THE HELL LUFFY?!

That's how I ship this autistic asexual dumbass duo

THAT'S ALL FELLAS!

👒"If we fight the Navy together now, you'll be a Government-defying villain! Would you prefer that or being killed like this?" ⚔️"What are you, the devil's son?! Well, whatever. I will be your pirate, if I'm just gonna die here instead!"

Easily one of my favorite things about Zoro and Luffy (not necessarily in a shipping context, though *I* enjoy them in a shipping context) is the way they seem so different on a surface level - this whimsical sunshine boy captain and his big, stoic, serious right hand man - but when you actually get to know them, they’re pretty much two halves of the same weird goddamn idiot

Specifically, I love that whenever Luffy is doing / saying something totally absurd, there’s a not insignificant chance that we’re about to cut to Zoro, whether he’s two steps away or halfway across the island, doing the exact same unhinged shit, and it’s so goddamn funny every time???

I love how this scene implies that zoro is a self diagnosed luffy enabler. like zoro COULD have gone with him but he specifically chose to stay behind. he took himself out of the equation completely and sent nami n sanji in his place. babygirl knows his strengths and his weaknesses i'll give him that

happy new year eve ! ! !

Was drawing chilaios inktober day 3 prompt and it got me thinking

If they were together in the dungeon

Chilchuck probably already came to terms with the fact that he’ll die before Laios due to the age difference between them, so the idea of Laios dying in the dungeon before him absolutely terrifies him, probably to the extent of the fear his daughters dying. So maybe if he was conscious to watch the stunt Laios pulled with the red dragon he would be having multiple heart attacks.

Then on Laios side he probably wouldn’t be to mad if he died in the dungeon before Chilchuck because he wouldn’t have to lose him, but also knowing Laios bleeding heart to his friends, he’d probably feel guilty leaving Chilchuck alone and with the survivors guilt.

Anyways they’re a mess and I love them both 💖

Need modern!Chilaios and Farcille double date

Literally just imagining an animation of Laios looking for Chilchuck and then it’s just them doing domestic things in their shared house similar to this fic ⬇️

This song is very Laios coded

Also thought of a much angstier version, may post later