This scene we all know, where Sanji kicks Luffy, speaks to me in a very deep way.
While of course, Sanji's goal was to hopefully push Luffy away, and put his life as a member of the Straw Hat crew behind him for good, this scene particularly shows us just how much hatred Sanji held towards himself. His captain knows this, hence his quote:
"No matter how much you kick me, you're the one getting hurt."
The way he speaks to Luffy, slowly more agitated with his kicks and facial expressions, tells us something important.
"Go away." "Get out of my sight." "Get out of my face, now!"
Can easily be classified as Sanji talking to himself and the shame he felt, placed back into the core of his trauma, surrounded by his abusers.
Sanji was kicking himself.
If I counted correctly, Sani kicks Luffy a total of 61 times, including his final blow, which is not shown in this clip. I've written extensively before about how well Oda writes about trauma, and how he implements buddhist philosophy into his works.
This is just my own obsession, reading into things. However, in the Dhammapada, a collection of the Buddha's teachings, verse 61 tells us the following:
"If a person seeking a companion cannot find one who is better than or equal to him, let him resolutely go on alone."
Sanji was drowning in shame and trauma over being surrounded by his abusers again, and he tried to walk the path alone, convincing himself it was the right thing to do. To sacrifice himself.
Luffy did not fall for it, and accepted every blow, emphasizing how Sani truly hated himself, as victims of abuse regularly do.
This scene is immensely powerful for that reason.
Tumblr is dying because everyone is so obsessed with making everything safe for children when it SHOULDN'T BE. children don't need to be everywhere using everything. Why can't adults just have a space where we can say fuck and talk about how great tits are or bond over shared fucking trauma.
NOT EVERYWHERE HAS TO BE A CHILD FRIENDLY SPACE! make them go outside and fucking play ball or something.
I had a lot of fun with this one.
I want to read it๐
My boy Usopp better yell his fucking lungs out when he meets back with the eternal seaker of milk, Yasopp D. Eadbeat. When that scrappy looking excuse of a man comes on screen he better get the yelling of a LIFETIME.
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โฅใโ โ ใโคใโฆใโงใโจใโฉใโใโใโใโฟธ โฟบ โฟด โฟฑ โฟฒ โฟถใโฟดใโฟปใโงใโใโซใโฌใโฃ ใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโ ใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใ
โฐใโฑใโใโใโฅใโจใโ ใโใโใ๏นขใโนใโใโใโใโใโใโจฅใโจขใโโชใโโฌใโณใโใโจฏ โจณ ๏นขโใโ
โใโใโใโใโฐใโฑใโฒใโณใโดใโตใโถใโทใโบใโปใโผใโฝใโพใโฟใโใโใโใโใโใโ ใโใโใโใโใโใโ ใโกใโขใโฃใโใโใโใโใโใโใโขใโฃใโคใโฅใโฆใโจใโฉใโชใโฏใโฑใโณใโดใโตใโถใโทใโธใโนใโบใโปใโผใโฝใโขใโใโใโใโ
โด๏ธใโ ใโใโฐใโฎใโญใโฌใโซใโฆใโงใโกใโขใโฃใโใโ
โใโใโผใโปใโฅใโขใโพใโฟใโใโใโใโใโใโฃใโคใโ
โ โ โ โ โ โ โใ
หหห โ ยดหหใโฑ โฐ ใ๏น ๏นใ๏ผ ๏ผใ๏ฝ ๏ฝ ใโโใโโใโฆ โฆใโฆ โฆใโฆ โฆใโงผ โงฝใ โฎ โฏใโจ โฉ โ โช โซใโฎ โฏใโน โบใโ โใโ โใโโใโโใโโใโโใโโใโโใโฝโฝใโพโพโ โฑโฑ ใโ โ ๏ผ๏ผ
โฉใโชใโซใโฌใ๐ใ๐ข
๏น โด๏นโข ๏นข ๏น ๏น๏น ๏นช โ โ โ โ๏นซ๏ผใ ๏ผใ๏ผใ๏นใ๏นใโจพใโฆใโใโใโใโใโใ๏ผ ใ๏นชใ๏ผใ๏ผใแตแตใ๏ผผโ ๏ฝใ๏ผ ใ๏ผใโใ๏ผใ๏นขใโฐโฎ
๐ใ๐ใ๐ใ๐ใ๐ญใ๐บใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโ ใโฝใโพใหใแตใโใโใโฆโ โฏ ๏ธถ หฬตแดหฬตใโแดโใหแดห ใฤฑllฤฑใแถปzใ สฌสฌใ โธใหฒหฒใหถใโฟใโชฉโชจใ โใ โญใโญ
๏นใโใโใโกใ๐ฒใโ ใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโใโธโธใโใโฉโฉใโน๐นใโใโใโซใโณใหใหใโใโฅ
Honestly, no one is doing it like Vinsmoke Sanji. He's royalty. He's homeless. He's a convicted criminal. He is a damsel in distress. He's a knight in shining armor. He takes down the Government at 10 am then makes a Bouchรฉe ร la reine from scratch at 11. He has the empathy of a buddhist monk in the Himalayas. He will beat up a 90 year old. He has never given a fuck, he cant sleep at night cz of how much he cares. He is a ballerina. He sets his legs on fire. He is a slut. He is a virgin. He is a feminist He is a pervert. He's a fashion icon. He wears Alexander McQueen suits to the beach. He has never known happiness. God has personal beef with him.
Can you rec me the lawlu must-read classics?
Also, thank you for creating this!! You rock!! โค๏ธ
Hey there, thank you for your aks! We actually collected some classics already so here you go:
Into the Sea by shishiswordsman (E)
He looks around, but the Sunny and their broken off battleground are both vacant. His crewmen and the Straw Hats are far away already, probably congratulating each other for their triumph, which meansโฆ No one else saw it happen. No one else knows that Luffyโs โ Luffyโs sinking. And Law canโt swim.
talk without speaking by trell (qunlat) (G)
Theyโve been fighting for days, in that complicated sort of way where everyone wants to be on the same side and canโt be.
Not a Ball or a Chain by HollowIsTheWorld (T)
Trafalgar Law grew up hoping he would be one of the handful of people to never develop a soulmate mark. Now that that hasn't panned out, however, he's willing to settle for just never meeting them. Unfortunately for him, Monkey D. Luffy is a hard person to avoid.
Your Pain on My Skin by GinnyRose (T)
In a world where you share your pain with your soulmate, Law had spent many years believing his soulmate probably hated him. And he wouldn't have blamed them โ Law had been sick, beaten, shot at and had gone through hell not just once, but several times from when heโd lost his family to when he lost Corazon and in the struggling years after that. But now, at 24 years old, he knew better. Not only did his soulmate hate him, they were bound and determined to pay back every scrape, bruise, and cut ten times over. When Law finally found the bastard, soulmate or not, he just might kill them himself.
Luffy's Law by JadedCoral (G)
Law thoughtlessly starts a rumour about himself, and it doesn't take long for it to boomerang right back to him in the form of a bloody-nosed Luffy.
The Twillight Phone by huliganships (T)
Ace has a shitty handwriting. Is that a 9? A 0? An 8? Who even knows. Certainly not the person that Luffy accidentally texted.
Acclimating by justira (E)
There are things that Law learns the hard way. One is that, if you involve yourself in Luffy's life, the Strawhats will involve themselves in yours. The other is that he is allowed to want, sometimes. In which Luffy is goodness, and light, and love, and the Strawhats all saw it coming.
no matter how much everything hurts by Tsume_Yuki (T)
In a universe where you can accept half the pain your soulmate is feeling, Luffy wishes he could take it all on.
Curiouser by xairylle (E)
Law wondered whether there was any sense to doing thisโreading to a younger pirate stripped down to just wearing boxers straddling your equally as naked self. And expected to be turned on while doing so. [LuLaw]
and all the things that keep us here by trell (qunlat) (G)
In which there is an invitation, and Trafalgar Law gets a second chance. (Or: the one where they get married, in secret, at someone else's wedding, and make Usopp late to his.)
My Love For You Is Choking Me by ObsidionWingsofMidnight (T)
Hanahaki disease: an illness born of one-sided love that causes flowers to grow within the infected patientโs lungs. If left untreated it will suffocate the host and kill them. The growth can be removed through surgery, but it will also remove the feelings along with the flowers. It can be cured without side effects if the feelings are returned. Law wished he had died back under Doflamingoโs gun more than ever.
Dots by petiteneko (T)
It all started out as a joke. But, there was some legitimacy to it tooโฆ (Soulmate [AU] where your tattoo shows the first thing your soulmate thought when they saw you, but same universe)
What's A 'Closed' Sign Between Friends by teaandtumblr (G)
A tired, hungry surgeon drops in after hours once and Sanji doesn't have the heart to turn him away. What he doesn't expect is for his friend and this doctor to fall in love right under his nose. A 5+1 story.
heartstrings by hopipp (fancy2na) (NR)
A retelling of events had the Ope Ope no Mi given Law a little more than he bargained for. AKA: the red strings au that's probably been done already
Meat Cute by marimoes (T)
โMeat? Iโm hearing you correctly? Your dog is named...Meat?โ Law asks putting together everything for the first time. His mind swimming much like his dignity at the moment. The man laughs ruffling Meatโs ears, โYeah. Meat. Because sheโs red and white like a good marbled piece of meat.โ โAnd your name?โ Law asks, twisting water from his shirt. โLuffy.โ
Stow Away Captains by xairylle (M)
Law sneaks into the men's quarters of the Thousand Sunny. Zoro contemplates on how to deal with it. And Luffy, well, Luffy is just Luffy.
Sating Hunger by xairylle (M)
At the end of the day, even with all the major blunders that almost cost him his life, Law decided that this alliance had been worth it. Until he fucked it up by not being able to hold himself back from kissing Monkey D. Luffy.
This Is What Personal Looks Like by JadeFlicker (G)
So Law had thought the Straw Hats had taken the battle with Kaidou as a personal vendetta for all the tears shed by Momosuke and all sorts of new Wano friends. The Hearts captain had been badly mistaken. Apparently, this was what personal looked like. (In which, Law and the Straw Hats will get angry for Luffy when he's not able to.)
Exchanging of the Hearts by KivaEmber (G)
Post-Dressrosa AU. All they did was exchange hearts, just to make the alliance 'til death did them part. It wasn't as if they were married or anything.
Falling by chenziee (M)
The timing for Law's heat couldn't have been worse; their attack on Doflamingo was just days away, and here he was, too busy fighting tooth and nail against hormones and disgust. Law would really rather jump into the sea and drown than deal with one minute of this.
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