yes everybody knows already that luffy is deeply compassionate and empathetic despite seeming like a brainless idiot most of the time, but to think that shanks losing his arm saving him affected him so much, that he adopted this completely indomitable fighting spirit. when I think of that time during baratie when he got angry with sanji for being so willing to sacrifice his life after zeff lost his leg for him, it makes me imagine that shanks’ sacrifice for him is wayyy more of a driving force for him than it seems. that he has this terrifying determination to fight and live and not let anyone stop him because it would be a disservice to shanks and the sacrifice he made for him.









