#hazel.zoropost

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a message from our fierce, bizarre, beautiful boy: "hey- zoro nation: uh, I dunno... happy holidays er, ok whatever"

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This part of zoro's storyline is on my mind. The foreshadowing in wano, stabs my animanga heart- that the side effect from the healing method used for zoro will be an unimaginably worse pain than what he would experience healing naturally. Zoro would've chosen the medicine anyway, but I think there's an even deeper resolve because of what happened just before.

Luffy passes out on the roof. Zoro's protection involves his abiding willingness to die for Luffy and the whole scene so clearly communicates his intense worry and desperation. We don't get many lengthy scenes or dialogue about the two's commitment to one another, but this though short is precious and powerful.

Then Luffy says two things:

"Zoro, thanks." That's all he needs, and he probably doesn't even need that. No impassioned thanks or reinforced sense of value like the plea Luffy delivered on WCI to Sanji (one isn't better than the other, only different).

"Now... you have no reason to die." And I'd say Zoro's so bent on sacrifice that Luffy has to slow him down. I think in between those words is something similar to what Luffy said to Sanji- I need you.

Then the conversation between Kaido and Zoro:

Zoro: If you're going to invite our captain to hell, then I'll come along as well

Kaido: If this kind of self-sacrifice is what you call "being friends", then it's a real shitty thing to take pride in!

kaido has no idea, the rock pirates had less than an ounce of fidelity toward one another. and though it seems king/alber isn't afraid of him and would die for him, that relationship holds no candle to zoro and luffy.

so I think zoro's resolve, though it never wavers, was probably deepened by what he experienced in that scene up there.

their friendship is kind of extraordinary.

I'm *attempting* to write a fic about this whole zoro-healing-consequences deal for my animanga mental health

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who doesn't love writing for zoro (and shota)? woops thats rhetorical so I don't wanna here it ok so anyway the actual writing part right now aka 7:whatever pm EST, is similar to when something's loading digitally and it takes about 10 seconds to get to 98% then hangs out there for 29 minutes. that was a damn good grade in school, however in this instance-

And I'm a proofreader (using the hazel style manual for grammar) and I like tightening the thing up before I post it... 300 words or a zillion. That 2% is a cool challenge and not some sort of oppressive perfectionism. It just takes awhile

So onward! I'm gonna eat some celebratory skittles when I finish it

because the world needs more soft zoro. never too much soft zoro around, ever ♥️

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Shimotsuki Ryuma | Shimotsuki Ushimaru | Roronoa Zoro

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Zoro of course supported luffy’s commitment/mini-mission to heal Otama but Uncle Z took such good care of his little “brat/kid/pipsqueak” niece, legitimately worried (the way he does “worried”) when she was ill and thrilled (the way he does “thrilled”) when she recovered. Luffy’s influence is obvious in terms of progressively juicing more compassion from him. juicing, I think, not generating because there’s a well of it already in him. don’t get me started on Otama, my little dope ass honorable cutie pumpkin pie i’m gonna put her in my pocket. I’m just passed these wano episodes do not tell me if she’s actually a shit headliner or whatever

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zoro's initials are really the origin for the term rizz and if you argue with me about this you'll win

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zoro's my blue ribbon baby and my gold medalist guy

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let's revisit the truth that zoro loves 90s r&b: zoro loves 90s r&b. I think about that often, and you should think about it then let's meditate on it together