The fact that Usopp seems to have several hobbies and/or talents—drawing, sculpting(?) tinkering/building/inventing, chemistry, I suppose shooting can be counted—tells me as a character he's very uncertain of his future and tbh the fact he had to sit down and learn all these skills himself makes me wanna cry. Especially the fact that he's good enough with tools to make a multi use weapon for Nami and repair Merry enough to make her last as far as she did.
And side note: Usopp's lying being a coping mechanism is insanely so so good. Because his dad left at a young age. An age he presumably wouldn't have understood why. He was probably told he wasn't going to come back and that's when his brain told him to start making up stories, to start lying. That maybe if he lied to others enough he would believe them too. And maybe, just maybe, those lies could come true.
Many of the Straw Hats were hurt and damaged in their most formative years of childhood. I'd argue that Nami, Sanji, and Usopp were hurt the most because of the abuse and lack of support. But still, Nami had the whole village and her sister secretly rooting her on. Sanji had his mom, his sister, and eventually Zeff. Usopp—he didn't have anyone probably until his early or mid teens and even then he was the one providing the support. To the Usopp Pirates, to Kaya, all the support was for them, not him. He was openly ridiculed his whole life as the boy who cried wolf and it's obvious how that impacted his mental health.
Anyway that was my love letter to Usopp (◕ᴗ◕✿)
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Lucifer : Could you guys at least try to see this from my perspective?
Charlie : *crouches down*
Lilith : *kneels down*
Necro : *sits on the floor*
Lucifer :
Lucifer : I hate all of you.
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Not only did OPLA took the fun out of Nami (and Zoro), but hate how they also made Nami steal from Kaya in the LA even though Nami only steals from pirates in the manga
I mean... I don't really agree? I can see your point, though. The manga focuses way more on her hatred for pirates and emphasizes the fact that she steals from them respectively more. But I don't think stealing from the rich is something out of character for her. In fact, I think it's pretty much in character and also gives us a great scene about Luffy's views on rich people and money.
Nami won't stop complaining about how much stuff Kaya has and that she doesn't need all these luxuries. That it's unfair for the people who don't even have the chance to eat properly. She complains from a place of experience and hatred towards monetary difference and privilege. Nami grew up poor and her whole story is about finding comfort in money because that's what could've saved her mom and her village. She had to fight for it. Her mom wouldn't stop saying that it didn't matter that they weren't rich because they had each other, but Nami wanted more. Nami wanted stability and knowledge she could only achieve from the books she stole and,, She wanted to be able to live without sacrificing these things because it's just unfair people have to live this way while others swim in money. Arlong took everything from her and the ONLY thing that could've saved them was money. So of course she finds comfort in money. And of course she doesn't like rich people. Nami stealing from the rich and complaining about how they didn't have to fight for these things is extremely in character, in my opinion. It was a great addition to her character and a good way to build up her story.
Then, Luffy. I like the scene in which Nami's trying on outfits and saying rich people don't need all these things, and Luffy responds in a more emotional, concerned way for Kaya. He's like "but there's so much stuff in here and it's so empty at the same time... I'm sure she feels lonely without somebody to share this with" and Nami instantly goes to a more extreme, stubborn POV of "nah, rich people don't have feelings". And I honestly think it explains their characters so well. Luffy is an empathetic boy who grew up in the wild and he had to fight to live. Not even for money because he didn't care about that. He fought to live. He doesn't consider money something good or bad. He considers it just another type of living. And honestly? For him, it's not even good because his own brother was rich. Sabo grew up in a rich family and the kid wasn't happy at all and Luffy knew this perfectly. In fact, Sabo was only happy with Ace and Luffy and Luffy knows this. And I don't know if OPLA wanted to do something like this, and maybe it's a reach, but I honestly think Luffy was thinking about Sabo in that scene. For him, the more you have the less you have to lose because none of those materialistic things are worth it. For Nami, the less you have the more you have to lose. Simple as that.
I like their different views on this topic, honestly. Especially since Nami ends up befriending Kaya and understanding Luffy's POV. That money doesn't give you happiness and Kaya misses her parents the same as Nami. Death doesn't discriminate and money won't save you from tragedies like those. Nami finds comfort in money but it's not even something real. It's a trauma response from losing her mom but she knows it won't save them at the end of the day. At least it'll help them be comfortable, of course, she won't ever let the crew be poor. And also she likes shiny things and expensive stuff but like, obvious trauma response. She's fond of luxuries because she couldn't have them when she was a kid and now she has the chance to enjoy them and it's like telling her mom she finally made it and she's living comfortably thanks to her sacrifice, even if it's unfair she had to do it in the first place. That money isn't all but it's quite obviously it is something useful. Unlike Luffy, who gives 0 fucks about it and honestly, I don't think he even has a good opinion on that. At the end of the day, they both agree on the fact that everyone should live equally and nobody should have this much money to waste when others are dying of hunger (Wano my beloved).
TL,DR: I think it's in character for Nami and it gives us a great view of her opinion on money and also Luffy's past and empathetic personality.
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Maybe when they get a den den they can met up at the braite to call the strawhats and everyone gets time alone with their loved onces. They use code names in the letters for safety reasons.
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Our beads 🖤🤍
POWERFUL
Baran Bolukbashi: If you need a singer for your wedding, I'm here.
Beril Pozam: Shut up, just stop stepping on it
Baran Bolukbashi: Look at what you're avoiding.
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Did you know I decided to give my crab and krill spouses three adopted kiddos? Based on the three versions of crab plushies you can buy in Sky Shop (Since the original art that kickstarted this madness was made for Sky Shop promotion, this felt fitting)
I mean come on, Esther and Sultan are the most loving and caring people, they deserve some smaller crabbies to look after.
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Supernatural with oc
Jack : Why isn’t the statue smirking at me?
Castiel : It isn’t smirking at anyone, they’re all just imagining it.
Jack : Three of us saw it, dad! How do you explain that?
Castiel : *points at Dean* Sleep deprivation. *points at Sam* Paranoia. *points at Lex* She's just crazy.
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