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10piecechickennuggy · 5 months

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Of pain and healing - Trafalgar Law x Fem!reader - Oneshot

WARNING: Mature content ahead.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own One Piece or the art featured above. This is a fan created work.

“Traffy.” Luffy’s expression was the most serious she’d ever seen. “Take good care of y/n.”

What?

After everything. After sailing together for six months. After being flung halfway across the world and reuniting at the war of the best. After having his own brother die in his arms, Luffy was leaving her with another captain for two years?

Their friends were scattered around the world, doing who knows what. They’d sent out the message to reconvene in two years at Sabaody, but she was here. She’d expected to stay with him. To train with him. To support him in any way she could. He was her captain. Her friend. Her nakama.

“Luffy!” Y/n gripped the railing and prepared to jump overboard, intending to swim to him. A pair of strong, tattooed arms wrapped around her midsection and effectively stopped her from doing so.

“She’ll be safe with me, Strayhat-ya!” Law called over the girl’s thrashing.

Her arm stretched outward, vainly grasping for her captain. “No! Luffy, I won’t leave you!” Water had begun to form in her eyes, blurring her vision. “You’re going to be king of the pirates! How can you do that without any crew?!”

Luffy laughed. He was bandaged and bloodied, intending to spend his time on a deserted island, and he was laughing? Was her panic that funny?

“When we meet again, I’ll be stronger than ever!” The boy exclaimed proudly, his shoulders broad. “I expect the same from you!”

For a moment, she stopped struggling. This couldn’t be real. She was having a nightmare. There was no way her captain would abandon her. Luffy wouldn’t do that.

“Bepo! We’re going now!” Law used her moment of denial to pick the girl up, moving toward the door.

When the sirens screeched and the submarine lurched, signaling its descent into the waves, her panic resumed tenfold. She screamed incoherently. She squirmed, kicked, and clawed at the railing and then the air. Obscenities were hurled at Law. But he did not relent.

Once they’d gotten inside and the door closed, she didn’t stop fighting. Fists were hurled at the thick steel door. Nails broke as she dug at the metal. Tears fell in hot, angry streams.

Law’s grip only tightened on her waist, his forehead digging into her back. When she fell to her knees, he followed. Her tears turned into choking sobs and wails. Her heartbreak echoed with an intensity matching the alarms blaring throughout the submarine.

Why? Why was Luffy doing this to her? She didn’t understand.

Eventually the sirens ceased, announcing the craft’s successful descent, and she began to quiet. Her body shook as she held herself. Her breath quickened to near hyperventilation - the finality of her sentence sinking in.

When Law lifted her in his arms, her body fell limp. Why wasn’t she waking up? She began to feel numb, shock taking hold of her senses. The strong arms cradling her to a warm, broad chest went unnoticed. Her mind raced, the unknown of her circumstance paralyzing.

Before she could register the change, she was being sat down onto a cold examination table, the abrupt temperature startling her back to the present. Focusing her eyes, she found Law’s form turned away and shutting a door. The lock clicked in a satisfying tone.

The room was cold, sterile, reminiscent of a doctor’s office. The only hint that she wasn’t inside a hospital was the desk overflowing with papers and books set to one side. It looked like someone’s personal library had exploded over roughly half of the room.

Her senses still lagging, she jumped when Law’s hands slapped the table on either side of her. His arms were rigid, trapping her in place on the metal slab. His legs rested between hers as he leaned forward, his forehead coming into contact with her shoulder.

“I’m sorry.” His voice was soft. Far softer than she’d heard over these last weeks.

He withdrew just enough so that their eyes could meet. His golden orbs reflected the fluorescent lights, appearing like lanterns amidst his dark circles. “I know you’re suffering. But I promise to care for you the best I can.”

Her eyes widened. Where was this coming from? The Trafalgar Law she’d seen at Marineford, the man who saved her captain’s life, was cold and unfeeling. He was an apathetic, calculating, unapologetic murderer. A captain of the Worst Generation. But as he raised a hand to smooth out the mess she’d made of her hair, she found herself leaning into his touch.

***

He wouldn’t leave her alone - not for long at least. He’d made her sleep in his room, insisting that the crew’s quarters were unfit.

He rarely slept in his own room, instead passing out at his desk after studying medical documents for countless hours. On the rare nights he did make it to the Captain’s quarters, he chose to sleep on the small couch.

Those first several nights, she barely slept. Perched on Law’s plush bed and staring out the porthole became her constant position, only resting when her body gave way to exhaustion. Spotting the occasional fish became the highlight of her days.

When a week had passed this way, Law decided it’d been long enough.

At first, she’d fought him on it. She refused to leave the room, not wanting to spend time with any of the Heart Pirates. She didn’t want to grow close to them. She already had a crew - the Straw Hats were her nakama.

But she was no match for Law’s strength or his Ope Ope powers. If she wouldn’t get up, he’d carry her. If she fought against his hold, he’d create a room and teleport them both.

He forced her to eat her meals with his crew. At first, she wouldn’t talk to them. Their welcoming greetings were met with neglect and half-hearted pleasantries. But each trip to the mess hall became less eventful.

“Why are you doing this?” She asked him one day while he dragged her to breakfast. “Why put so much energy into making me eat?”

Law clicked his tongue, his tone akin to chastising a child. “Your captain entrusted you to my care. How do you think he would react if I returned you malnourished?”

Eventually, she began to open up. Slowly - excruciatingly at times - she came to know a few key members of the Heart Pirates.

There was Bepo - a depressed polar bear mink and the ship’s navigator. His fur was the softest thing she’d ever felt.

Ikkaku was the only other female onboard. Her tomboyish personality made her a great fit for the mostly male crew.

Penguin and Shachi were a pair of near inseparable idiots. Their constant antics and terrible jokes brought some much needed entertainment to Y/n’s dark mind.

But always in her thoughts was the wish to be back home - aboard the Thousand Sunny. With the Straw Hats Pirates, sailing towards the One Piece. She’d have given anything to be with her nakama.

***

When the night terrors started, Law knew his efforts weren’t enough.

He was headed to bed after a late night of pouring over medical texts. Entering the room quietly, he’d found her form slumbering peacefully beneath the sheets of his bed.

Law had smiled at her snoring, glad she was finally getting some restful sleep. Her state had begun concerning him - sleep deprivation was a quick killer. But it seemed his attempts to get her accustomed to life alongside his crew had been working.

Satisfied with himself, he went into the attached bathroom. Removing his shirt to reveal a muscled, tattooed chest, he took in his reflection. His eyes were sunken, the permanent dark bags appearing to have worsened.

Turning on the sink, he began to splash water on his face. Then the shrieking started.

He rushed into the bedroom to see Y/n distressed. She was screaming, thrashing in her sleep as if she were being held down. The wails were panicked, desperate for relief from whatever horrors plagued her unconscious mind.

Law rushed to the bedside, placing a firm hand on her shoulder to keep her in place. Inked letters spelling “Death” came into his vision, an unwelcome layer of irony adding to the chaos. He shook her head, willing his worries away before bringing his other hand to stroke her hair.

“Shh.” He spoke calmly, knowing that an abrupt awakening could spell danger for the girl. “You’re alright, Y/n-ya.”

When her eyes fluttered open, they were glossy with tears. She didn’t stop to ponder the distraught expression on Law’s face. She only reached forward, wrapping trembling arms around his torso and pulling him down to her level.

A fleeting moment of confusion caused the man to hesitate before he held her. She sobbed quietly into his chest as he rubbed soothing circles on her back.

“Why are you being so kind to me?” She’d asked through sniffles one night after he’d calmed her.

Law sighed, his eyes closing under scrunched brows before he answered. “Because I know how it feels to have someone you love ripped away from you.”

***

For once, the submarine was docked on an island - one she’d refused numerous offers to explore. Birds flew over the horizon and waves could be heard lapping against the metal hull. Y/n hadn’t realized how much she missed the sounds of the surface.

Why had Luffy left her here? Was she that much of a hindrance to his training? She understood that he wanted to spend this time getting stronger. As they were now, none of the Strawhat Pirates were ready to face the New World. But could they not grow together?

Suddenly, shouting and gunfire broke her train of thought.

Springing to her feet, she tore through the metal hallways like a wild animal. She’d be damned if a Marine attack killed her new friends, leaving her stranded.

Wait. Friends?

Flinging the vessel’s main door open, Y/n jumped as a stray bullet barely missed her. The metal rang like a bell under impact, a small dent marring canary paint. She looked out to the island; soft sand was stained with blood. A Navy ship was docked not far away, her men engaged in battle with the Heart Pirates.

Both sides appeared to be struggling, though Y/n’s hosts were faring worse than the Marines. White and orange boiler suits blurred with the unmistakable blue and white of uniformed soldiers. At the heart of it all, Law could be seen slaughtering enemies one after another - His devil fruit and sword in perfect synchronization.

In contrast to their captain, the Heart Pirates’ lower ranking members were obviously floundering. They were outnumbered, even after the countless Marines that had already fallen. If the tides of battle didn’t turn soon -

Y/n jumped over the railing, sprinting forward the second her boots met wood. A body lay where the small dock’s planks turned to sand. She swiped the rifle laying nearby as she continued to run, choosing to ignore the stickiness which covered her hands.

Her first target was a man advancing on Bepo - a sword swinging dangerously close to the polar bear’s neck. Taking quick aim, she steadied her breath before firing. The bullet went straight through the man’s head, his body dropping instantly.

The navigator took notice of his savior, shouting a quick “thanks” before he moved to another target. This time, he chose to maul a marine who was advancing on Ikkaku. Blood sprayed as the soldier’s right arm was ripped off, a bloodcurdling scream erupting over the battlefield.

She took aim again, taking out two marines engaging Shachi and Penguin. One by one, enemy soldiers fell to expertly aimed shots. She was a weapons master, afterall.

The battle began to turn, the two sides evenly matched before the numbers tilted in the Heart Pirates’ favor.

“Everyone! Back on the ship!” Law’s order rang over the bloodied terrain as the surviving marines began their retreat.

Immediately heading their captain’s orders, the entire crew bolted for the Polar Tang. But a hand on Y/n’s shoulder prevented her from following.

“Room.”

Before she could register what was happening, she had been transported into Law’s room. Turning, she found the man standing behind her. Blood was splattered across his form, drying crimson clinging to his goatee.

“What are you - “

Her question was cut short, startled into silence by Law advancing on her. She quickly stepped away until her shoulder blades met the cool steel of the room’s door. Her eyes darted around the room, panic rising in the back of her thoughts.

What had she done wrong? Should she have stayed on the ship? Had she interfered with one of his plans?

She yelped when his fist landed beside her ear.

“Strayhat-ya isn’t getting you back.”

Law’s expression was one of pure anger. Fury morphed his usually stoic features, an inferno burning behind his gilded irises. Had she not been taken aback by his words, she would have been terrified.

“But Luffy said in two years - “

“To hell with Strawhat!” His fist banged again, this time leaving a dent in the steel door. His neglect to add the customary -ya didn’t go unnoticed. “He had you right there at Rusukaina, but instead sent you away with another man!?”

She shrank under his gaze. Law was usually so unexpressive. Even the tender moments they’d shared were not only rare but punctuated with only concern or melancholy. Never had she seen him display such intense emotion.

“He said he wants me to get stronger.” Why was she defending her captain? He’d abandoned her - tossed her aside to focus on himself. Didn’t he know how much she was hurting?

“You’re already plenty strong.” Law sneered, voicing her thoughts before they’d fully formed. “You just saved my entire crews’ asses. If he couldn’t appreciate what he already had, ” Law paused, removing his fist from the door and moving it to hold her waist. “Then I will.”

His lips crashed into hers with a passion she’d not experienced before. They were soft, moving fervently against her own as she reciprocated his movements. He smelled of musk and pine - the scent reminiscent of Christmas as it invaded her senses.

Each caress of their lips sent bolts of electricity down her spine. When his tongue probed for access, she granted it with a happy humm. Their wet muscles mingled in a dance of unspoken desire. All the sleepless nights he’d sit up with her, all the times he’d leave his work to check on her, all the effort he’d put into ensuring her health and wellbeing, all the energy and care he’d continue to exert for her - it all came to a head as one passionate kiss bled into the next.

Strong arms brought her against a firm chest, holding her tightly. When her fingers laced into his raven locks and tugged ever so gently, he growled into her mouth. In a single swift motion, he lifted her off the ground.

Her legs were still wrapped around his torso when she fell into the plush mattress. Their bodies were pressed impossibly close, the lines where her being stopped and his began had blurred. It wasn’t long before the two had become a heaving, sweaty mess of passionate flesh and sin.

***

Two years had passed quicker than either of them had expected.

“Y/n!” Luffy shouted in excitement as he ran towards her, his rubber arms stretching out to wrap around the girl.

She giggled, returning his embrace.

“Why weren’t you on Sabaody? We waited for you until the Marines attacked.” His confusion was sincere as he released her and tilted his head. But before she could respond, he continued with a wide grin. “Doesn’t matter now! Come on, we’ve got some kids to save before we leave this island!”

When he’d turned to run off, Law spoke up. His arms were crossed over his jacket-clad chest. “Wait, Strawhat-ya. Y/n has something to say.”

Luffy turned to face her, his expression now serious.

She shook her head before moving towards Law. “I won’t be going back with you. I’m a Heart Pirate now.”

Law smirked, wrapping an arm around her shoulders before he leaned down. After placing a kiss to her forehead, he glared at Luffy. “And my girlfriend.”

#one piece #x reader #trafalgardwaterlaw #trafalgar law #trafalgar one piece #trafalgar law x reader #trafalgar law x y/n #luffy x reader #luffy x y/n #trafalgar law x you #trauma #abandonment #healing #romance #oneshot #one piece oneshots

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n3on-graveston3s-calling · 4 months

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Holiday Season: One Piece edition

Aka, who's doing what with you.

Part I? Maybe?

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Sanji

•Cooking, obviously.

•But ALSO, baking. Trying out new cookie recipes that you found!!

•FUDGE. He made home made fudge.

•Teach him how to make peppermint bark??

•He's the chef, you're his little helper. Which means you're taste testing whatever he makes!

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Ace

•TIME TO FIND A CHRISTMAS TREE!

•Which sounds like a good idea at first. Until Mr. Hot Hands accidentally starts a small fire with dried pine needles.

•You two goy banned from the Christmas Tree Farm, sorry.

•It's fine its okay it's all good.

•You go and get a fake tree. That way, you can just use it again next year! Just. Maybe don't let him touch it? He'll gladly hand you the decorations! and tell you EXACTLY where to place them.

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Robin

•Ice skating!!!!

•She's good at it! Surprisingly good? It's rare to see her so giggly and happy, but she is.

•She holds your hand the whole time.

•If you're also good at ice skating: Little couples ice dance time! By far the stars at the little rink. Have you two thought of the Olympics?

•If you suck at it: She is holding you up and laughing while you scream at her that you're FALLING, ROBIN, THIS ISN'T A LAUGHING MATTER, OH GOD, OH NO.

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Law

•They're helping you wrap presents.

•You've banned them from seeing the gifts you got them, but they can help you with everyone else's.

•They're mainly watching you and handing you tape and ribbons. Oh, and signing the tags.

•You put a bow on their head. They, surprisingly, keep it. (“See? You're my gift this year.” “... shut up.” “Teehee c:”)

•Can and will wrap you in wrapping paper at the end. See? You're THEY'RE present. Now good luck getting out. (“Law… Law wait I'm stuck-” “Oops.” “TRAFALGAR LAW-”)

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Sir Crocodile

•Holiday party, anyone?

•You're getting all dolled up to be the pretty lil’ thing on his arm.

•He's ready, watching you from the doorway, a smirk on his lips. Oh no.

•You remind him that you canNOT be late. He sighs. ( He'll survive. )

•Making your way down, arm in arm, he murmurs in your ear that he'll just get to unwrap his present later. You almost trip. He laughs.

#black leg sanji #portgas d ace #nico robin #trafalgar law #sir crocodile #black leg sanji x reader #portgas d ace x reader #nico robin x reader #trafalgar d law x reader #sir crocodile x reader #one piece imagines #one piece x gn reader #happy holidays #holiday imagines #im trying to overcome my trauma with christmas via writing cute holiday things okay

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cantagirldrawinpeace · 1 month

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Hm. Parallels. Hmmmmmm.

Handwriting translation:

*puts them in a joint therapy session* (they each trust like 3 people, they do not wanna be here)

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melancholitas · 2 months

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Shachi and Penguin being so close to each other, bordering codependency in it's purest form, probably fills Law's heart, but also sparks some envy in him.

The bond and trust they have for each other, expanding it to him and Bepo, for a big part to the crew as well, is something the Surgeon probably wishes for deep inside as well. Something he doesn't know how to reciprocate, and is deadly afraid of in the same breath. It would mean conviction, dedication, openness. Something he had to deny himself for the longest time. But such bonds are an important necessity for the human mind. It's a survival need his body had to shut itself off from.

So every time Bepo and those dorks are catering to him or their crew, he feels pride to have them around him, truly feels lucky. But still wishes he'd be whole enough to give them back what they deserve. He tries, he opens up as much as he can, but his survival instincts are so tightly screwed into his being, its never enough in his eyes. So all he can do is protect them in his own way.

Deep down, Law finally knows he's enough. Knows they understand and don't mind his standoffish-ness. 'don't need to find a reason for someone's love'

But guilt is a mighty demon. Guilt to have survived multiple times, guilt to not have been able to save his loved ones, guilt to be as broken as he feels, guilt to still selfishly put them in danger, guilt to even still exist despite all odds... The list goes on.

So he craves and needs their love and affection, while simultaneously it makes his skin crawl, feeling unworthy of such. It's wasted on him. The key to heal is at the same time his worst fear.

#one piece #trafalgar law #heart pirates #ptsd #complex ptsd #penguin's and shachi's braincell #bepo #trauma reflection

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eroguron0nsense · 5 months

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I stg no one has ever made me feel half as much anxiety over a potential Chekhov's gun in fiction as Eichiro Oda did when he decided to conceptualize the eternal life surgery. I literally lie awake at night sometimes wondering if he's ever going to pull it and praying he never makes good on that shit because this man has caused me so much goddamn emotional trauma already with the Paramount War and the notion that he's waiting for the right moment to kill Law after making us care for this grumpy trash panda failguy so deeply and giving him so much hope and growth after all his trauma and especially given how precarious everything is for him right now and how badly the fandom collectively fears for him and the Heart Pirates terrifies me

#trafalgar law #trafalgardwaterlaw #one piece #marineford #one piece manga #ope ope no mi #eichiro oda #heart pirates #also the trauma that'd inflict on Luffy #one of the most important people he's come to know #a friend who literally saved his life after Marineford #dying for him has so much thematic and narrative potential and heartbreak that I'd totally fucking do it if I were writing one piece #hence why I'm so goddamn scared

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jojococomo · 1 year

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[Before Law can get a word in edgewise explaining how he would rather not. Luffy's gone in a whirlwind. Or a typhoon. Any natural disaster that left the land devastated in its wake. Law is left standing in the middle of the cafe, clutching his phone as the door slams shut behind Luffy, the bell ringing his exit.

Law slumps into his stool, suddenly exhausted.

“Sorry about him.” Nami says sliding into the seat that Luffy just vacated, “He’s like that. Once he takes a shine to you, that’s it. He’s all in. He has no care about whether you want to be his friend or not.”

“We’re not friends.” Law mutters. Nojiko snorts into the mug she’s drying, “I barely know him.”

“I’ve been friends with him for years and I barely know him.” Nami responds with a shrug, “That’s just Luffy. Count your blessings that he likes you. People he doesn’t like usually get punched in the face.”]

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I should be working, but today brain bad. Here's a peek into my LawLu hospital AU that is never going to see the light of day because i'm a BAD person who can't finish things.

#LawLu #One Piece #jojomakesart #jojowritesfic #monkey d. luffy #trafalgar d. water law #Law is a ER surgeon who specializes in cardiothoracic trauma #Luffy is a firefighter who is surprisingly good at their job #the first drawing has some of my favorite little detail work #also Cora is ALIVE in this AU because I want him to be an embarrassing dad #Ace is NOT alive because I need that good good angst #Sabo is and he's feral #Zoro owns a dojo called Santoryuu that Luffy trains at #Nami is a weather girl for the local news station #Robin is a archeology professor who also has a shady past in espionage #Franky is a engineer that specializes in ship building (and also likes to make wild and outlandish treehouses in his spare time)#Usopp is a biochem major who also spray paints murals into parking garages at night #Brook is an 80 year old musician that is surprising spry but cannot help making the 'when I die...' jokes at every opportunity he can #Sanji obviously is at the Baratie but he also does DRAG because he likes to wear dresses DAMMIT #A list of fun easter eggs because tumblr does not want people to see my genius #1. Law's Coffee Cup is from Camie's the local coffee shop and art house that services the greater area of the Grand Line.#It has Hachi on the logo a la starbucks #2. Nurses station- Kaya as a oncology doctor and Conis as a triage nurse. They gossip a lot and Law does not GOSSIP #but he does #3. CP9- Going to visit Rob Lucci #4. Room sign- 2Y3D #I imagine the hospital is set up not unlike the mangroves in Sabody #5. Reallllly tiny can't see it but the exit sign has Bon Clay on it #6. Patient File- Whitebeard's Law's patient

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nocontextonepiece · 1 year

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you think doflamingo looked at baby law with his twenty grenades asking to murder things and just went “OMG… hes literally me :)” in like a ‘teenage girl talking to her bestie on the phone’ internal voice

#one piece #donquixote doflamingo #trafalgar law #like obviously narrative parallels of kids angry at the world who take their trauma opposite directions #but also ‘hes literally me.meme’#not panels

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sulkylaw · 2 months

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I was looking at Cora-san and Law edits. It struck me. As I once posted/said Law went to Dressrosa to seek revenge for Cora-san at the cost of his own life. He didn't expect to make it but he did.

Imagine now, he defeated Doflamingo, he's alive, his life did not ended there but... What if he was struck with overwhelming urge to share his victory with Cora-san but Cora-san is not there. And nothing will bring him back no matter what.

He feels his chest squeezing, his breathing getting rapid, and tears swell in his eyes and what's worse is - he can't stop it. He's a doctor, he knows how to deal with panic and anxiety attacks, he knows he needs to calm down but he can't. He breathes harder, his sight blurred and his mind repeatingly playing all the moments he spent with Cora-san.

All the good, silly, funny moments engraved deeply in his mind now causing him heart ache due to surge of emotions that have been released with the sole victory against Doflamingo. All those memories feeling like they are tearing his heart little by little, his chest feeling like there is no room for air in them.

And then waves and waves of memories fall down upon him and all he can do is go hide somewhere. Somewhere no one can find or see him. Somewhere where he can be vulnerable on his own, where he doesn't have to wear the mask of toughness. He finds a corner secluded from the rest and sits down against the wall unable to contain the sob from his throat and tears from his eyes that he shades with his hat.

In this scenario I imagine Robin would come across him trying to find her own silent and calm corner to be by herself but when she sees Law and hears his silent sobs she approaches him and sits down next to him, not saying anything whatsoever. She knows how he feels so she doesn't ask only looks at him who is kinda surprised and shades his eyes away so Nico doesn't see his tears.

She'd say nothing, and lean against the wall. Although she'd reach with her hand to hold Law's. Law does not refuse, he shifts his hand so he can interlock his fingers with Robin's and lean against her shoulder crying and sobbing not caring he is vulnerable in front of Robin.

"Don't feel guilty that you survived. You have done everything you could, we are not God, Law."

"I was supposed to feel relief but why is it so hard Nico-ya? It feels suffocating."

"It gets easier, I promise." Robin says in a light voice squeezing Law's hand and resting her own cheek on his fluffy hat.

Law keeps on crying silently but Robin's presence kinda makes it easier for him to savor all his emotions and process them properly. The warmth of her hand remind him of the present moment, reminds him of the reality that was not as easy but it was enough to stop his mind from racing. Whether it was because he finally released mass of emotions from his body or because it took only one person with same back story to make him feel like he is not alone.

#trafalgar law #one piece #trafalgar one piece #trafalgardwaterlaw #trafalgar op #heart pirates #one piece law #nico robin #lawbin #devil child nico robin #survivor guilt #trauma survivor #one piece anime #panic attack #suffocation

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dykealloy · 4 months

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Trafalgar Law and Faith

Pre-emptive warning this is going to be another LONG metapost/analysis. There’s a lot I could talk about here but for the sake of structure I’m going to split this into three sections, i.e. the main ‘faith transitions’ that Law has gone through in the narrative thus far: 1. Flevance (catalyst for loss of religious faith), 2. Corasan (martyr that figuratively and literally saves law by giving him something to live for, introducing the will of D.), and 3. Luffy (cementing faith in this new belief system and regaining trust in the goodness of humanity through the living embodiment of everything Corasan believed in).

Before we get into all that though, let’s establish that Christianity is a thing in one piece. Speedrunning through some visual examples that come to mind; the Flevance church and nun (holding a celtic cross - censored in the anime version), a nun literally praying to God right before Marineford, Vinsmoke Sora’s grave marked with a cross (is op Christianity a northern thing?), Usopp and Chopper having crucifixes and holy water whenever ghostly stuff is brought up, Kuma and his trusty bible, the religious symbols on Kikoku’s hilt (could instead be more a reference to the Red Cross/symbol of humanitarian and medical aid as a doctor) and especially in whatever Mihawk’s got going on (though this could just be a Japanese cultural thing with Christianity being a minority religion or Oda just finding that some of the iconography, y’know. looks cool). There are also many other references to other religions e.g. hinduism, shintoism, buddhism, etc. Whether op forms of religion are the same as the real-world ones is debatable, and yes, Law being canonically raised as a devout catholic schoolboy with all the religious trauma associated with that is comical, but let’s take it all unironically for a hot minute. For fun.

1. Flevance

Law’s birthplace (Flevance) is described as being, at one point, “a very wealthy country with an unearthly beauty about it, with pure white soil and plants, like some kind of snow kingdom in a fairy tale.” The country’s wealth came from the very bedrock it sits on — white lead, which could be used to make various high quality products like tableware, cosmetics, weapons etc. When the wider world heard about this everyone wanted a piece of Flevance (the World Government also getting involved with distribution), and very quickly white lead became a “bottomless well of money”. So, hooray. Law gets to grow up in a rich city in a big house with educated doctor parents and probably gets to go to private school on weekdays and festivals with his family on weekends. One problem. In their greed, the Government and royalty have been knowingly hiding the truth about this supposed goldmine from the beginning. White lead is a toxic poison. Mining it from the ground over the last century and putting it in so many everyday products has resulted in it accumulating in the citizens’ bodies and leading to amber lead sickness, shortening their life-span with each successive generation – with the children of Law’s generation fated to die out before they reach adulthood.

In the bible (especially in the old testament), God often inflicted these insanely disastrous events upon humanity, usually as some kind of punishment for their wrongdoings or as a test of their faith. Some events of which include (but are not limited to): famine, outbreaks of disease and natural disasters (e.g. hail, wildfire, earthquakes, floods). Historically, these stories played a key role in how humanity interpreted meaning from horrible disasters (e.g. assuming bubonic plague was sent as a punishment by god). Fire imagery is very common among these disasters as a representation for hell, which is clearly reflected in the destruction of Flevance.

Sometimes these disasters had sole survivors act as messengers for God. With that context, let’s put ourselves back in the shoes of a ten-year old Law. Raised religious, freshly traumatised from losing his home, his devout family, all the comforts of his life, and having the outside world completely abandon him, this kind of event is likely going to be processed as some form of divine punishment. Law stumbles through hell, finds all his dead classmates, and the last words of sister nun echo through to him here. Merciful and salvation are huge catholic buzzwords – promises of holy compassion, deliverance and hope – and all of it fire and smoke and riddled with bullet holes before him. A genocide funded, perpetuated and covered up by the same body Law was promised was there to save them. And the only reason Law hadn’t died with them was because he wanted to stay with his little sister Lami, who was on her deathbed, and his parents, who were themselves trying to help the afflicted citizens, Law’s own father (before he was shot and killed alongside his mother) begging for more doctors, fresh blood, anything the world can offer, and asking “Why doesn’t the government announce to everyone that white lead is not infectious?”

Oftentimes (and in the case of Law), when there’s a promise of heavenly intervention or some miracle that doesn’t follow through, it results in an ultimate feeling of betrayal and anger. Unfortunately a lot of Catholic teachings also use a lot of guilt, essentially teaching people that the bad things that happen to you are your fault and there needs to be some sort of penance (queue Law’s survivor’s guilt that carries on down the road). But also, if this was supposed to be some divine punishment, for what exactly? For the town being blinded by the incredible wealth they were sitting on? Being lied to? Continuing to extract their livelihood, ignorant of its dangers? Punishment for who? His parents? His innocent little sister? For ten year-old Law? These people who believed in God, who were good people? That’s fucking stupid. None of these people suffered and died for any reason at all — certainly not for a sacred one. God hadn’t saved a single one of them. Law had to crawl out of hell himself by sneaking over the border under a mound of corpses.

Given everything that happened here, Law has every reason to fall into nihilism, and you can see how his upbringing would’ve bred a lot of the feelings of guilt, anger and resentment that you still see in Law (which would suggest that though this is where he likely cuts ties with the religious/Catholic component of his faith, growing up with these teachings in his formative years would definitely influence underlying beliefs about how the world works, and how Law behaves and subconsciously processes information), but at the same time, there’s usually some form of redemption and changes to how these patterns of behaviour can be approached later down the line.

2. Corasan

Fresh off witnessing his whole world burning down around him, Law meets Corazon at the very bottom of this pit of self-destructive rage and unprocessed grief. Rosinante himself mentions to Sengoku that the hatred in Law at this time reminded him of his brother, but beyond the anger, harsh pessimism, vengefulness, I think you have to reach to find similarities between them. You can see some fragments of Doffy in Law down the line at times, with Law seeming to enjoy violence (especially against the navy, but given what they did to Flevance, it’s some well-deserved retribution for Law imo), but I’m not so sure it’s the cruelty so much as it is the high he gets off his own flavour of justice. Doctor’s Hippocratic oath maybe, but never once does Law like seeing others die (even at this point, he’s in tears next to a dead body, even though he’s the one holding the knife), and later on in Wano he makes it explicitly clear to Zoro that he’d rather see the mission fail than have any of them end up dead.

Little Law wanted to destroy the world and everything in it, but thinking rationally, what other choice did this kid have? He had no remaining family, was doomed to die before he hit puberty due to a terminal illness, was perceived as an infectious subhuman that most doctors would’ve sooner tried to exterminate than help. To Law, the world had turned its back on him – considering him a monster for simply surviving. He has all this hatred and pain boiling away with him with no tangible target to direct it towards. And this is the first clear cut rejection of faith that we see in Law. Any concept of a merciful God had just died. What God would allow this? Why is Law alive (a question that he repeats to himself throughout his life), why are these scumbags alive, why is the world going on spinning as if nothing has happened when his whole world had gone up in flames, why does anyone at all get to be here when everything I loved is gone? And it’s far easier to fall into a despondent nihilistic stupor than it is to work through any of that, and what’s the point in trying to process and move on from it, when there’s no hope for a future for Law anyway? When the only thing waiting ahead is more pain? What was this, if not a punishment? He’s supposed to be some messenger for God? How about fuck God, or whatever entity that exists that made him suffer this. Law’s not going to be a messenger for shit, thanks, he’d rather be their monster, he’d rather watch the world burn.

Corazon survives Law’s stabbing and doesn’t rat the little shit out (to Law’s confusion). It’s business as usual for another two years, then, one day Rosinante overhears his true name - Trafalgar “D” Water Law, and everything changes. On the back of his own beliefs, Rosinante dedicates himself to making sure Law a) lives and b) doesn’t become his brother. Law’s relatively short six month stint with Corasan forms the basis of Law’s new creed going forward, and all it took was a bit of kindness, love and humanity when the rest of the world had abandoned him. In the end Rosinante doesn’t save Law for the will of D. and the storm he’s predicted to bring in the future (as Law suspects), but he certainly believes in it, and the strength of Corasan’s conviction transfers right over to Law when he forces the ope ope fruit down the kid’s throat to heal him, tells Law he loves him, then sacrifices himself to set Law free.

Law clings to that love he was given, he takes all these fundamental teachings and ways of thinking in regards to faith that were drilled into him during his youth, rejects the religion element and applies just about everything else to Corasan. He holds onto the last shreds of what Corasan leaves him with. Corasan becomes his “benefactor” (he gave my my heart), his saviour, his martyr.

And the crazy thing is, Rosinante was never really this saint Law makes him out to be. Law hated the clutz when they first met (mostly on account of Corazon throwing him through a glass window down at least two stories and into a pile of scrap). Corazon initially showed nothing but contempt for his presence (to ward him and the other children away from the Donquixote family, but these are still extreme measures). And it wasn’t until after learning Law’s name that Rosinante dragged him kicking, crying and screaming from hospital to burning hospital (not very saintlike in of itself), even after Law begged him to stop. Rosinante became Law’s saviour partly because of his belief in the will of D., and probably due to some guilt being a Donquixote, but mostly because he has always had a bleeding heart and he pitied (and had very quickly come to love) this angry, sick, deeply lost little kid. All this to say that Law’s faith in Corasan – this saintlike figure Law upholds him as in the future and the lengths he’s willing to go to avenge him/fulfil Rosinante’s purpose reflects the strength of the absolute beliefs Law would’ve been raised with in regards to God.

Whether it be out of survivor’s guilt (just one more body to heap on top of the Flevance pile), his love for Corasan, or for the sake of taking vengeance on the man that took away the one good thing he’d been able to regain in his miserable life, Law adopts Corasan’s will, the will of D. (which in of itself seems divine in nature), incorporates it into his new belief system, actively takes on the role of the divine punisher/justiciar and dedicates his life to bringing down Doflamingo.

3. Luffy

Catholicism dictates that the entirety of someone’s beliefs should be dedicated to one true cause (that cause being God) and expects people to ride on that, letting it carry them through life, give them hope, purpose, etc. But a lot of former Catholics choose instead to find that through something else. Corasan ignited the spark in Law’s faith around the will of D., but it’s not until he meets Luffy that this really becomes something that feels tangible and real for Law.

When Law saved Luffy in Marineford (putting the heart crew in danger for a stranger he met once), he said he did so “on a whim”, but that seems incredibly ooc for Law — this man that pretty much planned out how the rest of his life would go after the dust of Corasan’s death settled and he came to terms with the fact he wasn’t going to die at age thirteen like he’d originally thought. Circling back to the concept of Law being a sole survivor/messenger for God, it is interesting that Law is the one to seek out Luffy (given that Luffy is usually always the one either being abandoned by people or recruiting his crewmates), and Law is ultimately the catalyst for pulling him towards Dressrosa and Wano. There must be a REASON that led to Law deciding Luffy to be the most viable option out of the Worst Generation for an alliance (beyond blind trust in an unhinged captain that just so happens to also bear the initial D, and Luffy being one of the few captains crazy enough to go along with what Law was cooking up).

Law undoubtedly would’ve kept a peripheral eye on Luffy for some time before officially meeting him due to him being a rising competitor pirate and another “D” (I imagine the news of his utterly insane exploits would’ve made good reading material, too). The first time Law lays eyes on Luffy in Sabaody though, he still blows all expectations out of the water — crashing headfirst into the crowd of a slave auction and immediately committing a felony against a member of the most powerful upper one percent.

The world nobles are at an “untouchable God” tier in terms of class standing and believe it’s only natural for them to be entitled to whatever and whoever they want in this world that’s beneath them – the same kind of self-aggrandizing false divinity that Law has a a lot of repressed rage towards and that the will of D. is fated to oppose, so this, understandably, is a highly compelling first encounter, but it’s really only an initiating factor for what ultimately draws Law to Luffy. From their very first meeting (and probably before then, in the news stories and rumours Law likely picked up on), it’s made abundantly clear that Luffy does what he wants without a second’s hesitation, no matter the consequences, simply because he feels it is the right thing to do. Some call this an iron will, Law would be more inclined to call it willful stupidity and trouble, but time after time Luffy somehow manages to pull off what Law would best describe as “miracles”. And Law believes the straw hats just might be the ones to drum up another one for him.

Luffy’s also got a lot of passing resemblances to Corasan going for him, e.g. inherently kind, compassionate liberators with big dumb hearts and wide goofy smiles in spite of everything they’ve been through, treating Law as nakama and saving his life despite his protests etc. All of which I’m sure Law hasn’t been completely unaffected by despite the high walls he puts up. And the more Law learned about Luffy the more it probably became clear that he is the antithesis to Doflamingo, i.e. what makes Luffy so goddamn dangerous and terrifying beyond his physical power is his ability to make friends with a simple kind of unconditional love that gets reciprocated enough so that these friends are willing to die for him.

Luffy agrees to the alliance, they successfully blow up Caesar’s base, and head off to Dressrosa. Now’s the time I should bring up that it’s taught in Catholicism that self sacrifice is the ultimate heavenly deed, and here Law is undoubtedly prepared to be a martyr for his cause. Law sends away his crew to Zou before Punk Hazard with the expectations that he’d never see them. He cultivates a fierce emotional detachment against Luffy’s willingness to bring him into the fold of the straw hats, and is resolute in that when the time comes, he will handle this himself, he will carry out Corasan’s will, and if he has to die for it, he will die with Corazon’s name plastered on his back. (Note here that Christianity is contradictory in that Law being this ready to die here is a sin, because revenge and suicide are highly discouraged, so you could say that by avenging and dying for his saviour, Law would be committing both the ultimate sacrifice and the ultimate sin).

Things get very dicey for Law in Dressrosa, to put it lightly. Doflamingo reveals that he was a celestial dragon (linking back into the will of D. “enemy of the Gods” notion), puts Law on the backfoot and gives him a thorough beating before shooting Law with a couple dozen white lead bullets in front of Luffy (because even when he’s winning Doffy loves to be a cunt about it). By the time Doflamingo is cuffing Law to the heart seat, it’s all looking pretty grim, and it’s very apparent when Luffy shows up to save him, that he is ready to die.

Law here has given up. He spent years planning his revenge for Corasan, but he lost, and he has very little left in the tank (physically, emotionally, spiritually). But Luffy doesn’t listen. Luffy who doesn’t think, doesn’t care, who trampled all over Law’s carefully laid out plan from the get-go and who is willing to take on Doflamingo single handedly for the simple slight that he dared to harm Luffy’s friend Law. Law will never find peace in his own demise because Luffy doesn’t do peaceful. He does loud and unashamed and open with no rhyme or reason other than the excruciatingly simply fact that he loves people and he thinks the people he loves deserve to have good lives. Luffy chucks Law over his shoulder and drags an injured Law across the city despite his protests (sound familiar?) and in the process inspires the fighting spirit in Law again.

When Law confronts Doflamingo again with Luffy in tow, Law’s faith in Luffy confounds him. The last Doflamingo remembers of Law is this beautifully moldable dark pit of grief and rage who’d given up on believing, period – who wanted the world destroyed. Not so long ago, Law had been a candidate for Doflamingo’s next protégé. Now?

THIS is the action (grinning, staring down the barrel of a gun, flipping Doffy off as he tells him in not so many words that he may kill Law but he will never beat Luffy), Law’s unshakeable faith in the face of his own death is what has Doflamingo realising he will never regain control of Law again – is what incites Doflamingo to go from breaking Law down so he can build him back up again, to conceding defeat and outright killing him.

The trust that Luffy inspires in Law and the way he talks about Luffy (Luffy being this powerful, miracle-inducing liberator that Law can’t comprehend but follows anyway, Law laying down his hopes on him, weaponizing the will of D. to try and provoke fear from Doffy), is very reminiscent of the awe and faith talked about in scripture. Law discovers the feelings of comfort and hope that Catholicism was supposed to give him in Luffy, but Law’s belief in Luffy is a direct rejection of those teachings. Rejection by believing in a real life person as opposed to the divinity he was taught about. He’s also cementing his belief in the will of D., thus rejecting Doflamingo and all the people that embody the sort of “all powerful” divinity that he abhors (i.e. celestial dragons, Kaido, the Gorōsei/five elders) for the embodiment of hope and humanity.

When Law survives (again), he expresses he’d rather see Luffy beat Doflamingo with his own eyes or die with Luffy if he loses than leave. Then he watches, after all this talk of miracles, looking up in reverence as Luffy delivers, bright as the sun, haloed by the bars of a cage that’s haunted him for over a decade, Corasan’s words echoing at the back of his mind. God had never saved or freed Law, but Corasan was there for him, the heart crew was there, Luffy was there. And this is Law’s biggest, clearest rejection of religion – this newfound faith in humanity.

This faith in Luffy is put to the test again in Wano when Luffy is struck down by Kaido, but Law never truly stops believing that he’ll make a comeback. Even when the straw hats doubt whether he’s alive or not, something tells him Luffy’s not dead, and he holds onto that hope.

We also have the whole nika/joyboy backstory which really only reinforces all of this imagery/god-fearing looks of awe from Law and this idea of Luffy who is this perfect juxtaposition of empathetic and kind to incredibly fearsome fire and brimstone fighter. And regardless of whether you’re into the ship or not this is the impetus of Law’s relationship with Luffy for me, because here’s Luffy who has every right to have a chip on his shoulder and be downtrodden about all the injustices against him, here’s this little guy who against all odds, in the darkest of places, embodies light and hope and kindness and proves to Law that there will be hard times but there IS a happy ending at the end of the tunnel, despite it all. And everytime Luffy rises to the insurmountable challenge and wins, it just further cements that the will of D. is alive, that Corasan was right, that there's something redeemable in Law, a reason why he was worth saving, even if Law doesn’t understand it quite yet.

#merry christmas law religious trauma be upon ye #what’s an endearing idiot to a non-believer #long post #favourite character thesis statement. or something #ive been wanting to talk about this for a while but just been gathering my thoughts #will preface all this by saying I was not born or raised religious but the concept’s all very compelling from an outsider’s perspective #but I have had conversations about this to people like lesbianluffy who *were* raised catholic and relate to this experience #who I have to thank a lot for helping me wrap my head around this #this is a compilation of thoughts and conversations over the last two or so months #one piece #op #CJ's op watch-through #trafalgar law #monkey d. luffy #donquixote rosinante #donquixote corazon #monkey d luffy #lawlu #trafalgar d water law #gear 5 luffy #sun god nika #wano spoilers #lulaw #op meta #op analysis #one piece analysis

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andaniellight · 3 months

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love it when they rarely show the entire DEATH tattoos on Law's fingers and usually they'd only show EAT or EATH letters as if the—as if even the creator and the animators agree to keep the emo ass characteristic real and consistent with the D to be hidden at all costs still

#what was i saying. YOU GET WHAT I MEAN RIGHT #Trafalgar Law #One Piece #of the will of D when will all your secrets get revealed #Trafalgar D. Water Law #the trauma of the D—that sounds wrong. BUT YOU GET IT RIGHT

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sahtherat · 7 months

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OK. This is a translation of our joint work with my bestie @imnotherewoup and me.

Here's a "regularly" updated list of One Piece characters' traumas with a slightly more realistic eye.

The => correspond to the consequences of the traumas we've identified in the manga (irl, there would be many more).

Don't hesitate to let me know if there are any mistakes or things to add.

TRIGGER WARNING (these are traumas after all) take care of yourself ❤️🤙🏻

Luffy

- No parent or parental figure

- Beaten by grandfather + constant pressure Marine

- Living with bandits / slums

- Law of the jungle = survive early, hard and alone (with 10-year-old brothers)

- Daily near-death experiences

- Kidnapped and beaten by bandits as a child ×2 (tortured the 2nd time)

- His idol sacrifices himself for him and loses his arm

- Fake death of his brother

- Death of his other brother

- Death of his brother (really this time) in front of his eyes to save him

- Poisoned ×2

- Shooter on hormones

- Assaulted by drug-craving children

- Starved himself

- The loss of Merry

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

- Responsibility of being captain + having to fight his buddies

=> PTSD

=> Fear of being alone

=> Survivor syndrome

=> Feelings of guilt

=> Fear of losing loved ones

=> Depressive episode

=> Self-arm

=> Nightmares

=> Survigilance

=> Little consideration of the hazard itself

Ace

- No parent = Death

- Father figure demonized by strangers + daddy issues

- Being beaten by adoptive grandfather + constant pressure Marine

- Living with brigands / slums

- The law of the jungle = survive early and hard and alone (with best buddy his own age)

- Death of best friend

- Near-death experience (fires, etc.)

- Taking care of a kid / taking responsibility early on

=> Self-esteem XXXS

=> Suicidal thoughts

=> Survivor syndrome

=> Spend his life finding a reason to be in the place to be

=> All symptoms of depression

Sabo

- Abusive parents : confinement, manipulation, devaluation = no family

- Runaway

- Police violence

- Living with brigands / slums

- Law of the jungle = survive early, hard and alone (with best buddy his own age)

- Near-death experience (assassination attempt)

- Amnesia overcome

- Death of best friend

=> Traumatic amnesia

=> Feelings of guilt

=> Survivor syndrome

=> Anti-system / Anarchist

Nami

- Murder of her adoptive mother in front of her eyes to save her = no parents

- Slavery

- Threat from the village

- Life of hardship / poverty

- Pressure to succeed

- Life of solitude

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing her friends' traumas

=> Racism

=> Materialism + theft

=> Self-mutilation

Zoro

=> Desire to control everything -> Manipulative

- No parents / parental figure / apparently lives alone as a child

- Death of best friend / rival

- Daily near-death experiences (Mihawk, Kuma, Albert etc)

- Deported by kuma = government figure

- Self-arm

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

=> Impossible grief because he has to fulfill his friend's dream

=> Alcoholism (?)

=> High sense of sacrifice

=> *a bit crazy*

Usopp

- Mother dies in front of him of illness

- Abandonment of father (he still went to fetch milk* with his buddy shanks)

*I don't know if this expression exists in English, but in French it means abandoning wife and child for no particular reason.

- Threatened by pirate

- Losing the Merry

- Fighting his best buddy

- Deported by kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

=> No parental figure

=> Feeling of illegitimacy / low self-esteem

=> Anxiety (and unfortunately he's the only one)

=> Lying to keep control

=> Survivor syndrome

Sanji

- Bullied / abused / mistreated / sequestered by his entire family

- Except his mother, but she died of illness

- Genetically changed

- Runaway

- Shaky father figure

- Fighting his captain

- Starvation

- Electrocuted

- Arranged marriage + manipulating + threatening father figure

- 2 years on the run from transvestites (yes, I know I'm tired of it)

- Heartbreak (by Viola)

- Near-death experiences

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

=> Smoking (like all the time)

=> Giving himself away in the kitchen

=> Obsession with women

=> High sense of sacrifice

TonyTony Chopper

- Non-consensual transition

- Rejected by everyone = Discrimination and marginalization ++

- Doping

- Getting beaten

- Death of his mentor (among others) due to his fault

- Pressure to succeed at work

- Life as a doctor = hard to fail

- Haggling

- Attacked by needy children

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

=> Guilt

=> Isolation

Nico Robin

- Only survivor of his people's genocide = no family or friends

- Left with her aunt who hated her and treated her like a slave

- Lonely childhood

- Harassed by government

- Wrongly sentenced to death

- Rejected by everyone

- Manipulated

- Exploited

- Near-death experiences (Aokiji, Ener, Crocodile etc )

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

=> Desire to die

=> Self-esteem as a skill only = objectifying herself

=> Does not project into the future / into social relationships

=> Survivor syndrome

Franky

- Abandoned by his parents

- Mentor gets beaten in front of + death sentence (among others) because of him

- Hit a train

- Family break-up (adoptive)

- Arrested by government

- Near-death experiences

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

=> Self-mutilation

=> Guilt

Brook

- Loss of his entire crew + witnessing their death

- Solitude for 50 years

- Stealing your shadow

- Get blown up by the guy with your shadow

- Loss of humanity/body

- Deported by Kuma = government figure

- Witnessing his buddies' traumas

- Sequestered by Satanists

- Exploited by music industry

- Sequestered by Big Mom

=> Talking to himself / alone all the time

=> Forced and repetitive humor

=> Guilt

=> Depression

=> Survivor Syndrome

Vivi

- Fighting alone in a criminal organization

- Under tension for months/years

- Threat from her country + her people killed

- Father killed by government

- Servant almost dies to save country

- Fake death of her other servant / buddy

=> Pressure / mental burden of ensuring the country's survival and her role as princess alone

Trafalgar Law

- Epidemic in his village + Genocide

- All his family + loved ones die = loneliness as sole survivor

- Hiding under corpses

- Being exploited

- Sick + rejected by doctors

- Father figure killed in front of his eyes to save him = solitude v2

- Shot by his former boss

- Beaten / Tortured / Near Death Experiences (a classic after all)

=> Desire for terrorism

=> Survivor syndrome

=> Working for a criminal organization

=> Looking for a way to die

=> Large-scale project to destroy his former boss

Shirahoshi

- Mother's murder in front of her eyes

- Isolation for half her life

- Child sexualization

- Stalker trying to kill her for years

- First date ends in battlefield

- Family beaten in front of her eyes

=> Childish behavior

=> Generalized anxiety/social anxiety

=> Sexual harassment trivialized

Yamato

- Sequestered all his life by his father

- Lived in prison

- Exploited by father

- No real parental figure

- His only friend is dead

- His idol is dead, killed by his father

- Child of a criminal who ravages a country

=> No social skills

=> Seeks to create a separate identity

#one piece #monkey d. luffy #portgas d ace #vinsmoke sanji #sabo #nami #nico robin #trauma #roronoa zoro #usopp #nefertari vivi #yamato #shirahoshi #trafalgar law

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