I still don't understand why people can't grasp that Usopp was only 17 years old during the Water 7 arc. People love to be "objective" and claim Usopp was wrong for challenging his captain, but Luffy wasn't entirely blameless either.
Usopp was the first to notice how unprepared everyone was for the New World, but the rest of the crew seemed in denial or overconfident. How could Usopp voice his insecurities when everyone else apparently had their act together? It felt like, "Yeah, whatever Usopp, you're just a scaredy cat," when, in reality, he was becoming more attuned to the fact that one of the strongest people he knew was starting to lose to the bad guys.
Critics say, "Usopp didn't know how to take orders from his captain," but that's not true. If Luffy was starting to lose, then how prepared were they for the New World? Usopp knew his own limitations and was unsure how to help, leading him to feel like he was losing control. He likely thought, "If everyone else has their act together, then who am I?" He channeled all that into Merry.
I believe Usopp's innate ability to sense danger started to manifest here. Luffy was overestimating himself—from the incident with Kuzan to punching Charlos.
Luffy took the crew, his friends, for granted and didn't realize how much he needed them until after Marineford, when Jinbe gave him a reality check. He couldn't empathize with Usopp because he failed to understand the consequences of being unprepared and powerless. Luffy thought his confidence would be enough for everyone, but it just put them all in danger. There was still some "playing pirate" nonsense going on.
Luffy was also 17 and deserves grace, but apparently, Usopp is the outlier who brings the crew down? Yeah, right. The unconscious bias shows. The privilege shows.
Literally just read a fic where the crew can’t stop beating it into Usopp’s f*cking head how much he “sucked” back in Water 7. Smh. What message does that give? Oh, keep telling someone they suck to the point they go and find the highest building to jump off of? Tough love works…to an extent. But without empathy? Yeah. What a crock of sh*t.
My favorite leverage bit is when they have agreed on names for cons that they never explain but reference absolutely bonkers bits of. Like. “Yeah I was running a Blue Spiked Fish but then I lost the wig and had to turn it into a Seventh Taco on the fly.” “Where on earth did you get the firefighter uniform??” “Had one in the closet from running a Cicada job earlier that year.” Beautiful. Perfect. They could do this every episode.
The Spanish Prisoner
The London Spank
The Genevan Paso Doble
The Apple Pie… it’s like the Cherry Pie but with lifeguards
Glengarry Glen Death
The Turnabout (2 badges, 1 sheepdog, 1 ice queen, 1 bag man)
Cafe and a Moonlit Terrace
The Mona Lisa Variant
The Swedish Rail Con
The Cairo Flier (“no way, I’m not wearing that dress again”)
Fiddle Game
The Berlin Shuffle
Little Orphan Annie
Skagway Shuffle (like the fiddle game but underground)
The Mummy’s Tiara
The Vegas Wake Up Call
The Cuban Sandwich
The Spanish Turnabout
The Edwin Garvey
The Peking Watch Con
Moscow Circus (“I’m running the Moscow Circus and you’re the Ivan”)
The Romanian Circus (& variant, the Snipe Hunt)
Roman Wedding (abbreviated version)
Peruvian Slide (you need two old people and a banana peel)
Boca Backlash (a roper with a glass eye) (it’s not a glass eye, it’s a cue ball!)
Oklahoma Little Chucky (rottweiler and some fireworks)
The Chilean Custard
The Big Store
The Lazy Dugson
The Pizzero Pressure Point
The White Van Speakers
The High Minnie/Mini (?)
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out of everything that I love about Leverage (and there is a lot to love)…the number of times Hardison exploits white guilt to get in and out of places is definitely in the top 10.
Way back when I was covering Little Garden I commented on how outside of Skypiea Oda didn't really get into the religious practices of his world, which has since, uh, changed, and it makes me more curious about all the crosses we see pop up throughout the series. Kuma even uses a modified cross at his church to hide his Nika worship. Like, is there a One Piece Pope that's cozy with the World Government and that's why the Christian-coded religion is allowed to practice in the open?
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