i saw a shitpost abt how little the strawhats know of Luffy’s battle techniques and honestly, it kills me how little Luffy talks abt himself / how little the strawhats actually even like… Know about him.
i’ve seen ppl talk abt the strawhats like. recovering together by leaning on each other and stuff but, honestly, up until Ace died id be… kinda surprised if the strawhats, even with how much they know about what the others went thru (like, half of them have their lives explained or explain them to the other gathered strawhats, after all), were aware Luffy’s also been traumatized before. like, he mentions his hat is from Shanks, but not that Shanks lost his arm right before giving it to him. they don’t know anything about his family until relatives just Show Up. i doubt they know anything about Goa or how Luffy’s war against the world started way before Robin, or Sabo or the fire or being tortured by pirates or any of the other shit he’s experienced.
both Ace and Garp were a complete shock to everyone else in the crew, and Sabo completely blindsided everyone but Robin only because Robin met him already. Sabo is the one who explains to the crew the fact Luffy believed him dead, not Luffy.
Luffy doesn’t talk about his present struggles at all either. i doubt the crew knows anything from Marineford that a newspaper didn’t report. can Chopper tell when he treats Luffy that Luffy’s life has been shortened by ten years, or is that going to be something he has to find out the hard way down the line? when Tama talks abt Ace dying, Luffy doesn’t even defend his own grief when she says he wouldn’t understand what she’s feeling, even tho he probably feels worse than anyone abt Ace’s death.
but Luffy is usually the sort to say and do exactly what he’s thinking (and often gives off the impression he isn’t even thinking at all). Luffy sweeps in and saves your life with open and easy smiles and welcomes you into his crew and it probs feels like you know him very well. Luffy doesn’t seem like he’s hiding anything, he can’t lie for shit, he’s open w his emotions, and he probably doesn’t outwardly really seem like someone who’s suffered a great deal when compared to someone like Robin. and since he’s so open with everything he feels in the moment, i doubt they really notice there’s so much they don’t know.
there’s a scene in thriller bark where the crew sits around an unconscious Luffy post-battle, worrying about how his Gears might hurt him. do you think they worry about his head the same way?
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