#and how is it fair to sabo! that he gets to live with regrets he'll never be able to do anything about!!! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

franeridan · 2 years ago

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ace's death might be the biggest thing fans regularly retcon in op fanworks and that's probably because ace is one of the most loved characters in the whole series but i was thinking that a huge part of why people can't just accept that it was a necessary evil and move on is that ace died without ever knowing sabo was alive and sabo got his memories back only after it was too late to do anything about them re: ace. by people I mean me. I find that unacceptable.

#i get why it was needed for luffy's growth and I understand that it was a good ending for ace #it completed his arc and gave him everything he ever wanted and let him die without regrets #and I'd be fine with that if that was the absolute truth!!#but are you telling me his relationship with sabo didn't need closure??#had he known his brother was still alive wouldn't not meeting him before dying have been a regret for him???#and how is it fair to sabo! that he gets to live with regrets he'll never be able to do anything about!!!#oda is a fan of the idea that bad things happen and we need to learn to live with them #which is an amazing message to send and i love him for it #but the beauty of stories is that you get to make the bad things as fair as you wish isn't it !!!!#....... i just finished rereading the asl backstory I'm having troubles dealing #as usual #i think there's beauty in ace and sabo's tragedy from a storytelling pov #but I'm a baby and i like fair endings and this will forever be just too sad for me to accept #amen

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