I'm not going to lie to you, I love these two. They deserve more love, and I don't just mean as a couple (everyone has the right to ship them or not), but as a duo, they should be more appreciated.
I've always liked their dynamic and the bond of friendship they share.
Hope you had a nice day, by the way. Take care!🤍
hi! hello! sorry it took me two weeks to respond.
yes, I do still love Luro 💖💗💖💖💖💕💕
I know that it's controversial because of the age gap. I like Ship™ them? but also in a platonic way?? I headcanon Luffy as ace so it's more to me about their connection. he moved the world (read that as destroyed Enies Lobby, a beloved outpost of the World Government) just to save her. she found worth in his (and the crew's) love. she stopped running because he proved to her beyond a shadow of a doubt that he wanted her as part of his crew. he said to her, "Say you want to live!" 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 it's so beautiful.
don't get me started on how fun their dynamic is! he loves to explore and she enables him no matter what. she is always pleased to make room for his childish misadventures, like when they explore Thriller Bark and kill the dragon on Punk Hazard. Luffy is fascinated by her knowledge and consults her with unwavering trust. ALSO Luffy is the rudest person ever and Robin is so formal and polite to a fault. that's pretty funny to me.
like, I just think they're neat :)
obviously their age difference is weird and Luffy loves the whole crew equally. I can't picture them in a traditionally romantic relationship but that doesn't mean I don't think they have a special connection that deserves to be explored. also, can we stop calling Robin the "Mom Friend"????? she is the least mom-coded female character like ever. it's just because people ship her with Franky and want to call them the parents of the crew. be fr please 🙏 not MyRobin.
oh and bonus story time! when I was like fourteen, my local library only had up to volume 40 or so of One Piece. I asked when we would get more and the staff was like, "Oh well you can request it on the computer but we don't know when they'll buy more." when I tell YOU THAT IT WAS SUCH AGONY TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF ENNIES LOBBY WITH NO IDEA WHEN I WOULD GET TO READ THE REST I am not exaggerating. what misery. and don't tell me, "Bruh you should have just read it online." girl HUH?? I did not know that online manga existed. I was kinda lame lol
but, basically, I attribute me shipping Luro with this Canon Event in my life. I was INVESTED in the emotional stakes of Luffy choosing to rescue Robin above anything else. and I was a kid so my understanding of minor/adult was kinda skewed. since I was in an eternal state of purgatory waiting for the next volumes, I had unlimited time to dream up scenarios. I don't remember how long the wait actually was only that it felt like eternity.
I'm way behind on One Piece now. the last arc I read was........Punk Hazard? who knows. it's been a long time. I'll read the rest someday. I can't stand waiting for ongoing things when there are cliffhangers. you can't spoil anything for me, though. I've been online too long for that.
if you're curious, this is all of the Luro fanfics I've written. there is another that I'm always working on but who knows if it will ever be finished.
while the waves rock, you sleep Luffy wakes after a nap on the deck and finds Robin is there too.
no matter what I do it still cuts me “Yes, Captain?” “Do you ever wonder why we get sad?”
borrowing from tomorrow with no plans to pay it back "Robin! Dance with us! Dance! Come on!" "I don't know how to dance Captain." "It's easy. Look," and he began.
feel free to drop an ask with a fic request!
but yeah, thanks for asking! I don't post about them much anymore because I have a side blog dedicated to them @luffyandrobin but it has also been a long time since I posted there too
hey! I know this is a super old ask but I never see these things. here is a link to all of my Luro fanfics to date (archive of our own):
while the waves rock, you sleep
Luffy wakes after a nap on the deck and finds Robin is there too.
no matter what I do it still cuts me
“Yes, Captain?”
“Do you ever wonder why we get sad?”
borrowing from tomorrow with no plans to pay it back
"Robin! Dance with us! Dance! Come on!"
"I don't know how to dance Captain."
"It's easy. Look," and he began.
feel free to drop an ask with a fic request! prompts and requests are always welcome.
For the fic tropes: Prison AU + Soulmate AU with Luro =O
okay okay so!
Kuro is the biggest, toughest person in the prison yard. Nobody, and I do mean nobody, ever thinks to mess with him. He is utterly unflappable and constantly has an intense and scary face on, there’s rumors that he was the champion of some kinda underground fighting ring and that he fought half the arresting team before he got overwhelmed by sheer numbers. He is... the prison boss.
Which is why the collective prison population flips their shit when the new guy appears, super nervous because he’s in for... nobody really knows what it is but the popular bet is he got caught shoplifting and ended up looking a lot worse than he should have, spots Kuro, and just. walks right up to him with a suave grin and hands that roam across Kuro’s chest, while Kuro is looking more and more like a besotted puppy.
It takes everyone at least a month to realize that Kuro and Lance have effectively moved in together, and another month after that for someone to brave the showers enough to see the matching soulmarks.
six months later Lance is casually chatting up half the prison yard and upends their entire worldview when they learn that Kuro actually has a twin brother who was the underground fighting ring champion and he took the fall to get that brother out of it, while Lance is an ex-assassin who got arrested for punching the police commissioner’s dickwad son.
Lance: “Who? Me? Oh Kuro, you have such little trust in me!”
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--- bit of background ---
Y’know I love me some Altean!Kuro and Galra!Lance. I was just thinking of how Kuro would react to Lance doing something so stupidly life endangering for something that could’ve been handled by someone else….and I thought he might explode with concerned anger. Y’know how some parents yell at their kids because they don’t know how to word their worry? Yeah, I imagine Kuro is like that. Obviously Lance already knows this so he resorts back to what he always falls back on when someone is angry/disappointed with him. Humour.