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I read somewhere that Luffy is so keen on being friends with Law because Law is the first person in his life to ever approach him first. In every other relationship, it was Luffy asking, or demanding, to be friends first.

And I haven't been the same ever since.

Tin Lover - Ch. 17

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“So, hey, how are you and Law doing? You guys seem very happy.” 

“We’re great!” Luffy answers with a beaming grin. “Happy, yeah! It feels like I’ve known him forever. Wicked, huh?”

“They always say that’s how it should feel,” Sanji comments, smiling softly at his friend. “It’s really great to see Law happy in a relationship. I’ve never known him not single, but he has a lot to give.”

“Traf’s the best. Glad he let me scoop him up.” Luffy gives Sanji a knowing look. “Is that how it felt with you and Zoro? Like forever, right?”

Suddenly, Sanji feels all too naked under his friend’s probing gaze. He scratches the back of his head with a small, awkward laugh. “I don’t know if I’d describe it that way…”

“But you’re friends again, right? You fixed things? I can tell,” Luffy comments further, swallowing the last of his churros and wiping his hands on his shirt. “Zoro’s doing better.”

“Yeah. I think he is too,” Sanji replies, glancing over to where Zoro and Law are approaching them, the former happily carrying his beloved beer flight in hand. “And I think we’re doing okay as friends.” 

“Are you happy?” Luffy asks with a smile.

Sanji’s expression softens as he makes eye contact with Zoro. As much as it hurts to be on Zoro’s periphery, he’s content to still be in his orbit. “Yeah, I think I am.”

"Oh! oh!- That's the part we couldn't figure out!!" // ... 📝

Original photo

Me 15 minutes before every social event.

finished punk hazard last night

✨The most distraught man at the Silent Disco✨

You're thinking about his first tattoos. I'm thinking about his first ear piercing. We are not the same. 💅

Such a sweet chapter omg. 🥹

Tin Lover - Ch. 15

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Tags: ZoSan, LawLu, Modern AU, From Sex to Love, Rough Sex, Fake Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Character Study, Humor, Friendship, Trauma

Skater Luffy Skater Luffy SKATER LUFFY ☀️😤💕✨

Thing I’ve made for Twitch day but was so busy to post it 🫠

A good boy is probably quoting Oprah

Again with the hair pulling

Do you have a Twitter by chance?

I don't

"We're like family here"

✨ Peaceful moment ✨

Quick redraw of this screen cap.

Kindly note how I moved them fifteen feet closer and added forlorn glances to nourish the shipper trash gremlin that lives inside me.

Read one teensy sentence about hair pulling today and

[Sketch inspired by a golden line in ch 13 of Tin Lover]

I'm gesturing wildly while I read this chapter, omfg IM SCREAMING AT BOTH OF THEM.

Tin Lover [Ch. 13]

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Tags: ZoSan, LawLu, Modern AU, From Sex to Love, Rough Sex, Fake Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Character Study, Humor, Friendship, Trauma

Summer heat = crop-tops, cold treats, empty heads

Trafalgar Law on touching and being touched

It won't be a perverted post despite the title lol. But I won't stop your imagination, be free!

There's this funny theme going on with Law and Luffy in particular that picked my interest.

Luffy touched him first.

And he later returned the gesture, much more awkwardly.

Again, Luffy grabbed him angrily first.

Law made sure to return the gesture. (btw he also does it with Zoro, who was the first one to wrap an arm around him at post-Dressrosa feast. In Wano Law has no problem grabbing Zoro and shouts at him angrily. Again, it was Zoro who initiated the touch first).

Law grabbing Luffy to teleport them makes Luffy react in a curious way, you wanna know why?

Because it totally feels like this moment. Both Law and Ace, right after getting uncuffed, grabbed Luffy in same way to get him to a safer place. Ace-Law parallel in relation to Luffy kills me. The whole Dressrosa arc's plotline between Luffy and Law is just Marineford Went Well This Time. Ngl I kinda hated Oda at first for that. Now i dig it.

He didn't seem to like that. Luffy says "Let's all get along well!", but Law thinks alliances don't have to "get along".

Mistranslation here. What Law says here, being so surprised, is "nakayoshi ka?!" which means "you two get along?!" or "you two are buddy-buddies?!". It's a callback to Luffy declaring that Law and Strawhats crew should get along (he uses same word then, nakayoku-get along), Law learns here that Luffy's crew indeed "gets along well". You can interpret it whatever way you wish, but I will use it this time to put this scene into context:

The same gesture Luffy did to him before, but Law didn't return it to Luffy - that's because they're not crewmates. But he takes the lesson to heart and "gets along" with his own crew. Omg I can't believe i'm writing it, I make Law sound like this completely awkward adult who doesn't know how to be friends with people.

But bear with me, the shit is only starting. If you don't want to have feels I reccommend you just laugh at it and stop reading here. I digged up a feels landmine by accident. In-depth study starts below!

It's also a possible callback to the "reassurance" Law got from Cora-san. "I'm counting on you to escape" and Law did. He counts for his crew to steer the submarine well in similar manner.

Law's family didn't seem very touchy-feely, so please keep that in mind as well. He's got limited experience with touches and the few touches he did get familiar with were either taken away from him or brutalized.

Law getting patted on the head lovingly by his parent.

Next time this loving gesture happens, he gets thrown from like two-floor building into a pile of garbage.

And then he gets lied to that everything will be fine. We all know it wasn't.

Do you still wonder why he hates being touched on the head?

The sister touches his face gently while showing child Law support and compassion, reminding him not to despair, someone kind will help him.

Corazon doing the same gentle touch to the face while crying for him, thinking of all the pain Law had to experience. Indeed, the world sent Law someone kind. And Law lost him and blames himself for that.

Law holding Lammy's hand while lying to her that it will be alright. He never does that gesture again to anyone.

The sister holding Law's hand.

"Don't come closer! Don't touch us! We will get infected!" even doing the barrier gesture (I guess that's why Law doesn't get along with Bartolomeo). I used only few examples, there is much more, I just couldn't bear posting them all. Anyway, Law's got the message, his touch is unwanted. The body and mind remembers this.

Similar shit said at the auction in Sabaody about Fishmen, we don't see Law's reaction to that, but we can guess already that it was for sure triggering. Those people talking are sitting not that far away from him.

Ever wondered why Law throws people when teleporting? Besides the fact he avoids making contact with anyone unless they initiate it first, because that trauma is still strong in him ("Stay away! Don't come closer!"), there is one other possible reason:

Wonder no more! He does it to people because that's how people treated him as well, even people who apparently loved him.

Now that I have ruined the "Law is just an awkward unsocial nerd" joke for you, let me offer something to warm your heart a bit in exchange:

Corazon made sure to touch Law a lot and hold him in his arms, despite being often clumsy about it. I think he understood Law's trauma about being touched and his fear to touch or approach anyone, and tried to help him overcome it.

Being hugged and trying to return the gesture. Corazon's efforts did bring some results! But it only works for very few people, Law is still wary of people he doesn't know well. He expects to be unwanted and acts uneccessarily cold, distant and unapproachable because of that. But if you scroll back to the beginning of this post, you can see that he is trying his best to overcome it as well, one step at a time. Some things just can't be rushed.

And hey, at least he seems to be actually relaxed and almost like he *enjoys* being carried around. You think it makes him look uncool? Definitely. But suddenly it feels like Something Important, kinda intimate in a way and not just a silly comedy moment. It's a sign Law relies on people when he lets them carry him and that's why he doesn't protest.

Sanji is like "Why are you relaxing like that?! Get off!!" Finally, it makes sense why Law makes such a sour face here. Sanji should be grateful for the rare privileage after all! Anyway, this is anime-only extension, in manga Sanji actually doesn't tell Traffy to get off and Law chooses to scramble by himself, which doesn't taint the fragile trust those two just shared.

For those who made it to the end of this post, have I ruined Law's comedy moments for you forever? Because I sure just did that for myself.

I could also add one more cute thing from One Piece World Seeker Law's dlc, but I will let those interested to discover it by themselves!

I'm also amazed by the consistency of this theme. Both manga and anime never forget that touch is seemingly a big deal for Law.

Finally on the way to Goth Night 👌

Continuation of the previous pooost. I LOVE MAKING THESE fake snaps/Instagram stories ahahahahahaaaaa

Tin Lover [Ch. 12]

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Tags: ZoSan, LawLu, Modern AU, From Sex to Love, Rough Sex, Fake Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Character Study, Humor, Friendship, Trauma

🦇More LawLu goth-night shenanigans🦇

Please take my ipad away and put me outside

The SOURCE

Two dingus dudes who don't know how to flirt.

My love for Nico Robin 🌟VERSUS🌟 My inability to draw women [💥FIGHT💥]

Pep Talk ❤️💜💙

Tin Lover [Ch. 11]

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