So I was working on a bit of levity after the ASL in Red Kaido fight and aftermath, and ended up with a scene where an over-stressed Chopper yells at Eustass Kid and Law ends up laughing his ass off because of it.

Law is very, very tired.

One of my fav things in writing Kuzan for ASL in Red is how he justifies whole outlooks, habits, and traits based on his laziness, not just Lazy Justice letting him prioritize threats.

Hates gambling? He’s too lazy to put in effort for only a slim chance of a good outcome.

Isn’t into covering things up? It takes more energy and effort to dance around the point and deal with the fallout later instead of being brutally honest now and getting it over with. (in-universe, this is one Law absorbed)

Tends towards minimalism in regards to possessions? The more you have, the more energy you spend taking care of it (plus his past as a vagabond makes him liable to only keep what he can carry).

Excellent at delegation? No one has the energy to do that much alone, plus it’s rude to make your underlings waste their energy by not giving good instructions.

Ability to stay calm and observe a situation until the right time to act? He’s lazy, don’t want to expend energy unless he needs to.

Expert at analyzing opponents? Doesn’t want to waste energy on attacks that do nothing, so again, he waits until he’s sure his actions will have an effect.

The above two pretty much make him an endurance-monster in combat, since they allow him to conserve energy very well when fighting. So not only is he powerful, but traits based in his laziness give him the ability to outlast other powerful opponents in a lot of cases.

kereeachan:

One thing that’s nice about working on ASL in Red is Luffy’s canon character as not really giving a shit about the greater state of the world except as it affects his friends and crew.

Like, I am having so much fun on the later stuff where getting closer to One Piece and destabilizing the order the New World has had for nearly twenty years and secrecy the World Government has had for centuries and just…the main characters barely care. Like, they have friends who care (Revolutionary Army members, Hancock, and such) but they have their own totally separate goals they’re more focused on.

To them that’s all side-stuff. And it’s HILARIOUS.

I’ve got a hypothetical for people: if Luffy and Law end up adopting, do you think the kids will turn out as crazy as if they were born to the Monkey line, or will a combination of Law’s influence and the lack of shared genetics mean the insanity dies with Luffy?

asktheaslinredparents:

Benn: Garp and Shanks’ influence indicates that Monkey or not, a crazy parental figure will have an effect. As will the sane one, as I have proved by imparting wisdom to Luffy like “remember to ask out the person you want to date” and “if you can’t punch it, ask yourself why to figure out what to do”

Shanks: Yeah. I mean, Luffy was already like me…but I think Ace and Sabo might have picked up a tendency or two…and somehow Ace got Garp’s narcolepsy. What’s up with that?

Garp: The weirdest part is that I’m fairly sure that hasn’t been genetic…Dragon doesn’t do it, Luffy almost never does it, but Ace does it….weird. And then there’s all the people who compare Luffy to Roger instead of Ace (and are weirdly correct in doing so…)

Rocinante: I’m more concerned about unleashing a kid with Luffy’s recklessness and Law’s plotting abilities on the world.

Kuzan: …Why are we telling horror stories again?