cinderbled replied to your post: there’s this moment in marineford, this couple of...
i fucking cried tbh. i kinda felt it coming,,,, i knew one day luffy would not be able to save someone and i had a bad feeling the moment luffy freed him tbh. it’s just.. it left me w a bitter feeling & so much regret that i’ve only survived this pain by reading survival fanfics. that pops died BEFORE ace died was like a punch in the face & one of the most painful moments ever in my life. this man and ace meant and mean the world to me, honestly. cries with you.
i was spoiled for ace’s death long before i ever read op so i didn’t get to have a Genuine Reaction to it and i mourn the loss of that every day :’)....i appreciate it as a writing choice bc it was so powerful tbh and seeing luffy break down like that over it really endeared me to him and made him feel so human- in fact i think that was the moment where luffy totally rose in the ranks and became one of my favorite characters.
but at the same time it hurt so freakin bad my god. and for me at least, it’s only hurt more over the years the more i think about it (and the closer i get to ace’s age, probably, because the closer i get the more i realize just how young he was)








