Ivankov had known Dragon for a long time. Long enough to have a decent idea of how the revolutionary leader thought. If pressed for an answer, the Okama would have put money on Dragon’s children being, well… essentially the man himself in miniature.
As it turned out, however, the reality of the situation was entirely different from the hypothetical.
Ace had all of Dragon’s disgust for the current world order and the drive to change it, but going in a totally different direction. Dragon saw the end result, the big picture, and he played the long game. Ace saw the individual lives that he could make better and did what he could to improve the situation of the people standing right in front of him.
Sabo had all of Dragon’s cunning and drive, and of the three brothers was the most similar to his father in personality. The major difference seemed to be in Sabo’s unashamed and obvious attachment to his family, especially his brothers.
Luffy had received the greatest share of Dragon’s ambition, and his father’s charisma without a shred of guile or logic to even it out. It was both inspiring and terrifying to witness.
Ivankov could see Dragon in the man’s sons, a new storm of revolution born within each new D, and he looked forward to seeing the world they would create between them all.
@rei-the-rat I feel like I used to see it in fan art a lot. Maybe from Japanese fans more than English fans. But the basis is the hc that Sabo feels Law is ‘stealing his brother’ or that Law looks “creepy” and is therefore not a good pick for an ally for Luffy and just??? His brothers would trust his decision. They’d say the same as Robin on Punk Hazard which was that he’s sometimes too trusting so to be careful, but ultimately Luffy has got a good intuition about people, so if he likes Law, then it’s probably ok. All that ON TOP OF the fact that Law saved Luffy and Jimbe’s hides at Marineford. 👍
Clarification confirmed. Still a little weird in my opinion though. I guess because I’ve never viewed Law as a creep. He’s been creepy, but so has Robin. And really, I’ve never seen Sabo give any opinion toward Law. I think the worse opinions towards him (aside from some obvious ones) is he scares Usopp a little, and Chopper that one time, and Kid’s initial view of him seems pretty sour and only gets worse.
Usopp and Chopper were only scared of him on Punk Hazard. After that they’re fine with him. Usopp was comfortable enough with him to get in his face and yell at him in Dressrosa lmfao. But the stuff he says scares him, like saying that Kaido has an army of hundreds of artificial Zoan users. THAT scares Usopp, but it’s not Law himself. The Straw Hats are fine with Law as a person.
Okay so, I’ve been on this fandom for a long time now. I have read a lot of fanfictions, I think, and saw a lot of fanarts, well at least enough for me to write this post today. There’s one thing I’ve never understood: why does everyone think Ace and Sabo would be overprotective with Luffy?
I know each time the brothers met Luffy’s crew they would always say “Please, take care of my little brother”, and everyone including me, would go “awww fdhjfdilfd”. AND this is alright, this is what family do, they care for their brothers, they want to make sure everything’s alright. That’s not being overprotective, that’s being a brother.
Now, if they were the overprotective kind of brothers, they would never have allowed Luffy to go on adventure alone like that. And each time Luffy would go into troubles (as he usually does), they would never try to hide and protect him so nobody touches their precious, fragile little brother – on the contrary they would fight together and join their forces. And yes, fragile, because ‘this is how Ace and Sabo see Luffy in the fanfictions’. Except that Luffy’s everything but fragile!
I mean, seriously guys? He fought and trained with Sabo and Ace. They would always chuckle and laugh at him because he was weaker than them, but they valued – value – his strenght, they recognized potential in him.
And you know what? They also know, deep down, Luffy’s gonna become the Pirate King, or at least they believe in his dreams. And would a Pirate King need to be overprotected by his big brothers? No. Because he needs to get stronger, to improve himself, to experience life, to be independent, to be himself. They trust one another. Just like Luffy’s crew (Remember when Zoro said Sanji could handle things in Dressrosa? Kinda what I mean).
Letting people act the way they want because they know they are able to manage on their own is a way of showing love. But to be possessive? It’s poisonous. It doesn’t go anywhere. It’s unbearable. It’s insulting. And most of all, it’s not love. Not the way it’s described, anyways. Whatever your ships are, each time I read something like Ace on his way to punch the Person X for going out with Luffy, just because “he’s his little brother”, I’m sick of it. It’s bullshit. Ace wouldn’t do that, nor Sabo.
They love Luffy, yes, but there’s a difference between caring about someone and always be here in case of hugehuge problem, and somebody always checking on one’s life like a supervisor behind your shoulder and trying to control everything just to be sure “he’s safe”. That is not the ASL’s relationship.
AUs are hard to write, and I admire people who try to make up a plot and go for it, I’m myself one of them so I get it, it’s difficult, but please when you do write about the ASL brothers, even if it’s to get a ship stronger, use another way than making them out of character.
Now I’m sorry if I have done some mistakes and didn’t express myself very clearly but English isn’t my native language. I did my best.
On the subject of Luffy’s brothers, I don’t understand the headcanon that Sabo hates Law. Why would he? Law risked his neck to save Luffy at Marineford AND fixed up his wounds. Sabo wouldn’t hate him, he’d be grateful. BECAUSE OF LAW, SABO ONLY LOST ONE BROTHER IN THE WAR. So this whole, “Creepy guy allied with baby brother, gotta protect him from this creep that he clearly trusts completely!” That doesn’t make sense, and I feel like fandom has latched onto anime tropes WAY too closely.
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