Okay oh my god okay I have so much to discuss wrt garp he is such a brain worm character to me ugh and truthfully I’ll have even more to say when u catch up fully bc Crazy Shit Happens between Marineford and the current manga (big shocker I know) but I can def discuss some of it…….
Garp is fundamentally a character who makes vast personal sacrifices for what he deems to be the greater good, and Marineford is obviously one of the big examples of this bc he literally does let his own ward be executed even though he is smart and aware enough to know it’s a cowardly political move and even though he is explicitly outraged by what is happening. He chooses to step aside because he prioritizes the organization of the marines as one that in his opinion helps the greater good—in, obviously, direct contrast to Luffy who follows his own fundamental moral thought process of “I don’t care what the context is, I won’t lose what’s mine and I’ll do what I want”
And luffy consistently makes comments about how he isn’t a hero and doesn’t want to be one. later on he explicitly says “heroes share their meat and I want to eat all my meat” which. Is a very explicit explanation for who he is and why because his grandfather IS a hero (explicitly called the hero of the marines), and his father is on the opposite end of the spectrum as a hero of the common folk—and luffy is what they abandoned to be heroes. So ofc he doesn’t want to be a hero, ofc he clutches onto everything he thinks of as his and refuses to let go, ofc he has this almost childlike selfishness and stubbornness when it comes to his loved ones bc he was let go!!!
N e way. That’s my take. And we are perhaps rearing up for an even more fascinating parallel to Marineford in the near future but I won’t go into that until ur current 🫣 JFNCJDN but yeah luffy and garp r v much foils and it’s Fascinating to me 👍🏻
PLUVI THIS TAKE COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY BLEW MY MIND ?????? i really wasn’t seeing the parallels between garp and dragon and luffy - where they choose to be heroes and abandon their families in doing so and how that ties into luffy just wanting to be with his loved ones that adds a whole new layer to the eneis lobby arc w robin !!! Woah……THANK U SM FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME !!!