How do bartolomeo and Cavendish treat her?
So I wrote a thing on Bartolomeo here!
So for this ask I’ll answer on Cavendish?
Cabbage is terribly used to the ladies all fawning over him, so I want to say that affects how he expects Luffy to act, but the difference between canon is less than you might expect. Because, well, in canon he willfully deludes himself into thinking Luffy’s his fan anyway....so I mean ^ ^;;
That being said, I think he’d be much more eager to put on a gallant Prince on a White Horse show for a “beautiful delicate maiden,” swooping in to scoop Luffy up and calling her, “Princess,” and expecting dramatic swooning into his arms.
The fact that Lu just grins and says, “Thanks Cabbage!” without giving any further shits REALLY throws him off.
Cavendish doesn’t need to work for attention from ladies. He’s showered in it. Everyone loves him. He’s beautiful, goddamit! A rude, uncultured boy is one thing--but a lovely mermaid treating him this way??? When he, the handsomest blond noble ever and she, the mermaid princess of his heart, would make such a dashing pair--
What’s a dashing pair? Luffy asks.
He means us, I agree, we do look great together, nods Sabo.
No, not him! Wait what! That blondie’s a noble too?! Since when does Cavendish need to deal with competition? So what the Revolutionary’s not terrible-looking, but this is Cavendish--why’s the mermaid clinging to the wrong blond noble??!?!?!?
Cavendish eventually comes to the conclusion that no matter how pretty she looks, the mermaid is still a nasty pirate at heart. Even so, he’ll accept her as his fan, no matter how tsundere she is, because he’s open-hearted like that. Fine, he sighs dramatically, he’ll help Trafalgar. Just for you, Princess. SIGH.
And then Luffy beams at him and goes, You’re a good guy, Cabbage! before shooting off to beat Doflamingo.
And Cavendish is just sitting there wondering why his heart’s suddenly pounding so hard, because he’s certainly had much nicer praise, from much finer ladies, but You’re a Good Guy, You’re a Good Guy, Cabbage, Cabbage, CABBAGE--
An ungrateful, half-dead Trafalgar looks up at Cavendish and suddenly looks even more exhausted and miserable than before as he groans, Not You Too.
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~This ask has been added to the Mermaid AU Text Headcanons Compilation post~