People who claim Luffy is too “emotionally immature” or “dumb” do not understand Luffy’s character and it shows their lack of character/literary comprehension. This man has had many moments in the series where, if you actually look, you do see he understands what’s important. Take for example the fight with Arlong. He only needed to look at the pen with blood on it to realize that Nami was not actively there by her own choice, she was forced into servitude by Arlong, had been abused, and understood that to free her from that meant destroying the room that shackled her there. So when people say he’s emotionally immature I really can’t help but honestly ask if someone is reading/watching a cracked version of One Piece.
He may do dumb things but when it matters, he is there and knows when something is important to someone. Hell, in Alabasta, he understood that in order to solve Vivi’s situation they had to take out Crocodile and not just stop the Revolutionaries from storming in because that wasn’t going to stop people from dying. In Enies Lobby, he wanted Robin to say she wanted to Live because one, it needed to be her choice, but also that he would fight for her because she is important to him and wanted her to be there alongside him. I can go on and on. Luffy making the decision to go after Doflamingo in Dressrosa and not just the smile factory because the situation was bigger than just that. Luffy covering Katakuri’s face after their battle. Luffy scoffing at Judge for what he said about Sanji. Wano as a whole. Etc, etc, etc…
Like y’all need to stop choosing to underestimate and dumb him down.
Anyways, that said, as someone who is Ace, here are some Alternative Reasons for him to be Ace that are better aligned with his character:
-he’s goal driven and places more importance on finding the one piece
-sex is not a primary driving force for him and it’s not something he fixates on
-he could be sex positive/neutral with a partner and choose to do it if that was a need of theirs, but he’s absolutely more than content and satisfied sharing space with them and enjoying that time together
-sex to him is like doing a mundane chore when he could be out there on another adventure or exploring an island
-does not personally see what the big deal about sex is, but understands that for others it might be an important need for them
-might be Demisexual and really only develops sexual attraction to someone with a very strong connection to them, but it still may not be a need of his and prefers not having sex or may only very rarely want to do so
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