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How long did the strawhats stay together after Luffy's disappearance? And what was the reason they actually separated?

It took them 3 years before they split up. One of the reasons was to "split" up to look for him—covering more ground in a sense. That's what they said, but they all knew that was only half-true, because the holistic reason was because it was too painful.

Talking to each other, looking at each other, staying on the Sunny and imagining their Captain going about his way as usual—bothering Sanji in the kitchen, stealing from everyone's plates, sitting on the figurehead as if the world was his (it was).

Everything in the world reminded them of him, especially each other. They carried remnants of him in their behavior and their habits and their hearts, and when does that become a curse

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNBXpkLK/

its crazy how my fyp keeps on showing my tiktoks that remind me of ur fic

ok but like thats literally the best trope

also IT HURTS 😈 STOP IT 😎 WHY WOULD U SHOW ME THIS 😏

also this is also giving omniscient reader viewpoint and im getting war flashbacks this is horrible

WHEN THE FOUND FAMILY SPLITS APART BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST THEIR ORBIT (THEIR MOST PRIZED PERSON)

What do the strawhats do for luffys birthday? Ah that first birthday after his disappearance must've been so sad 😭

probably just cry ig aidfhwauifbkfgb

hmm i honestly think they would have a party in his honour—even though they are hurting and "mourning" his presence, id like to think that they would shove all those negative emotions deep down into a box and seal it shut just for that one day. Any other time, they would allow their grief to swallow them whole, but it's Luffy's birthday.

and if he isn't there to celebrate it, theyd do it for him - wherever he is

You know how some people never clean the rooms of their passed loved ones? I can see the strawhats trying their best to do the same on the sunny. Like a fishing rod left on the deck, an unmade hammock, and a beetle collection, all untouched. Maybe they tell themselves it's because they know Luffy will want to pick up where he last left off when he returns but really they want to preserve anything they have left of him.

can u like

not

SICK AND TWISTED SICK AND TWISTED

"they want to preserve anything they have left of him."

AINT NO WAY U JUST SAID THAT AAAAAAAAA

I love Hancock and hope she's been ok through this 😭. Like I don't ship her and luffy at all but I'm sure she didnt take the news well. I'm torn between wanting her to also look for luffy when she retires from being empress or moving on and maybe even finding someone else to love. Also RIP BARTO CLUB

My opinion on Hancock is that her love for Luffy was born out of her trauma—that she fell in love with him because he was the first (don't quote me on this) man who didn't show interest in her body, was genuinely kind, and didn't care about her past. I hope that in the future, canonically, she gets some introspection concerning her relationship with Luffy. I wouldn't go to the point of saying that, "It's not real love," but I do find it similar to how someone, who has been abused and mistreated for years, latches onto the first person who treats them with basic human decency. I just hope she gets her happy ending—with or without a romantic partner.

BARTOLOMEO MY BABY THOUGH I'M SO SORRY I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS ON DISCORD LIKE MAN IS PROBABLY RESORTING TO SATANIC RITUALS AND SUMMONING CIRCLES

i am deathly curious as to what becomes of the rest of the worst gen (like law, kidd, bonney) like it genuinely kept me up when i first read young like the sea

You just gave me a great idea on what to do with Kidd, so thank you for that anon. ily

i probably wont be able to fit in a lot of minor characters into the main fic, but maybe for sidestories!

Why are your posts so painful?? I'd like to think Nami and Zoro visited Chouchou one last time but he def never saw Luffy again I'm 😭😭😭. Wait is Garp alive? When he finally comes back he needs to do a world tour fr he's left a whole in too many ppls hearts 😭

because i like putting myself through emotional pain to feel something.

"is Garp alive?"

well - generally, one piece characters have longer lifespans than us so he should be alive

...right?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AH your response really makes me want to write a fic where luffy is immortal via the surgery. He watches his crewmates grow older and accomplish their dreams, all of them trying their best to live without regrets despite the inevitable. When all is said and done it's only luffy and the sunny, remnants of bygone days, while the world steadily grows past the need for pirates and marines 😭. Luffy sticks around so he can be with the reincarnation of his loved ones, who always somehow find their way back to him, though they're never all alive at the same time again (or at least for a very very long time) 😭

Okay okay, IF it's an immortal!Luffy route where all the Straw Hats are reincarnated - my heart can take that, because he can just find them again and he won't be alone throughout eternity. I can just imagine each and every one of the Straw Hats laying eyes on this silly guy in a straw hat and going, I know you. THAT EVEN IF IT'S ANOTHER LIFE, EVEN IF THEIR MEMORIES HAVE BEEN WIPED, THEIR SOULS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TIED TO LUFFY AND WILL ALWAYS KNOW HIM - WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM, AND THEY WOULD FIND EACH OTHER LIKE TWO SHIPS IN FOG.

Please let me know if you write this idea - I will bawl my eyes out and never be the same after

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24007567

your most recent ask reminded me of this fic. idk if you've read it but it's something you might enjoy

-luffyismss

I read this a while back but it was a very nice re-read—

"You could weigh the whole world up against him and it wouldn't be enough." SHUT UPPP AHHHHHHHHHHH

>:3

Ok what's worse: the strawhats waiting a lifetime for luffy to return to them, or luffy becoming immortal and outliving everyone he cares about?

The first scenario reminds me of that Bojack Horseman quote, "Was it worth it to be happy for a little bit even though it ended up sad? Or would it have been better if the whole thing never happened?" I think this isn't as bad as the immortality scenario because the Straw Hats have each other to lean on, and if they reach the end of their life without Luffy returning, maybe they'll be happy—thinking that Luffy's waiting on the other side for them.

I think immortality is one of the cruelest punishments you could put on someone, especially Luffy, considering his unique relationship with death. It's one of the OP endings I hope Oda doesn't use (through Law's Devil Fruit power).

Grief is something you don't get over. It'll always be there, but you grow to live with it. Knowing Luffy, he'd find new people to love and journey with, but they'd leave him all the same, and loneliness is Luffy's greatest weakness. I don't want to imagine this kind of torture on him.

luffy would literally be the whiniest baby when it comes to his sect robes 😭😭 like in the morning it’d be fine but you’d be extremely lucky to see him in the full ensemble by the time lunch rolls around lololol

ok youre lowkey making me want to write an entire au about it please stop i have so many wips and they arent even close to being finished - WAIT. ONE-SHOTS R A THING 🫢

Luffy in a martial au reminds me of wei wuxian from mdzs - battle/technique smart but dumbasses

YOUR WUXIA LUFFY IS SO GOOD. He's such a qt pie that he'd gather friends while unknowingly creating the most vast and loyal sect in the world 😭. Zoro would somehow find a way to be even more loyal and protective than in canon.

Though imagine xianxia luffy?? Considering g5, he would be some kind of celestial being that had been cursed to human form.

As I'm reading this, i'm literally drawing another wuxia luffy afugwufhd oh shit i just realized im giving him jordans um just imagine they had jordans back in the day

"unknowingly creating the most vast and loyal sect in the world" RIGHT RIGHT LIKE I WANT TO SEE LUFFY IN DIFFERENT AUS BECAUSE HE'D LITERALLY BE THE SAME SILLY GUY WITH MAXED OUT RIZZ

i would love xianxia luffy, but i feel like he'd get annoyed with the long flowy sleeves and robes - but that wont stop us 😎 PUT HIM IN A DRESS

Ok but....imagine if the strawhats wait the rest of their lives to see Luffy but he never comes home. After literally waiting a lifetime they all expect for him to he the first thing they see but nope still no sign of him anywhere. Thus the strawhats go on one more adventure looking for their wayward captain in the afterlife! They hold off spending time with their important loved ones (kuina, bellemere, dr. hirulk, so on) to look for him 😭😭😭. They def run into Ace and Sabo who are on their own journey for the same reason as the strawhats 😭.

wheres the fic anon *grabs u by the throat* ANON WHERES THE FIC that is so bittersweet tho. everyone luffys ever helped coming together to look for him AHHHH

on another note, someone commented something similar to this and im just repeating this here: i wont be able to explore other options besides the one i have planned, but id be totally down to make sidestories/extra/deleted scenes if anyone would like to specific scenes i couldnt cram in

that would only be AFTER i complete the actual fic tho 😭😭😭

THIS IS SO SICKED AND TWISTED <- wrote the fic

(its ok your angst is top tier thank you sm)

THIS AINT ABOUT ME

(i am so sorry i swear im working on chapter 2 thank u so much for ur support ily)

still thinking about your fic and how the strawhats were like 'we waited two years for him, we can wait again' and those few hours turned into weeks, then months, then years AND YOU'VE MADE THEM WAIT 20 OUGHHH YOURE SICK (but i love u for it)

I think that at first glance, 20 years is a long time, yeah, but if you really think about it -

20 years is an entire lifetime. In 20 years, parents see their kids, babbling and waddling, grow into adults who pay their own taxes. 20 years ago, the One Piece manga was at Skypiea. 20 years ago, it was 2003 - I wasn't even born then, so just imagining spending that long looking for someone you don't even know is alive - what does that do to a person wink wink

THIS IS SO SICKED AND TWISTED

love u anon 🙈

idk if you've read this but just in case, here u go <33

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27204629

Bro you underestimate the amount of Luffy & Sanji fics I've read—I eat that shit up like SOUP

Just leaving this here for you if you havent alrwady read it 👀:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26242642/chapters/63875740

This is criminal behavior.

I saw you reblog a comic of present luffy and post Skypea luffy switching places, which is a super cute idea. BUT TO MAKE IT ANGSTY push the timeline up and have sick/dying pirate king luffy enjoying his epilogue life switch with post thriller bark luffy. Just when the crew has a convo about luffy pushing his body too much...

anon when i catch you anon when i catch you WHEN I CATCH YOU ANON

Urgh, I don't even want to think about that—it's too cruel. The Straw Hats learning that Luffy is as mortal as anyone, and that even kings and gods fall at some point in time. What can they do to prevent the inevitable?

Luffy has pushed his body through hell time and time again, not just because of his dream, but for his crew. I mean, Luffy vs Lucci was on full display for all of them to see—the limits Luffy surpasses in order to go home with them, breaking and bleeding and bruising. And the funny part of that is that he would do it again. In every timeline. In every reincarnation, in every life they find each other again. To Luffy, who thinks being alone is worse than being hurt, it's a small price to pay for family.

What're ur fav op fics?

I am suffering because I always forget to bookmark what I read—it's actually joever, and I'll definitely miss some because of my goldfish memory, but these are the ones I found.

Inanition, trouble is a friend of mine, and as the world goes on its wicked way by taizi

Miracles (that were never meant for you) by Amazaria

(two) small mercies by fingersfallingupwards

Two and a Half Pirates by Pirate_Trafalguy

To You, Formerly Me by Trixree

No Time To Crank The Sun by VIKAN

poly philtatos (the most loved by far) by swordsmans

the brightest spot by demonsLOver

What do all these fics have in common JAHIFAWBK

Hi!! Would it be possible to get some hints on what else you have cooking 👀👀

Oh my god, I just realized it's been over two months since Ch. 1. Please, university is kicking my ASS 😭 Without further ado -

Chapter 2 without spoilers:

*knocks ur door clean off its hinges* WE CAN DRAW YOUR SHIT RIGHT????? WE'RE ALLOWED TO DRAW UR SHIT RIGHT⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

I WOULD BE SO INCREDIBLY HONOURED AIBDJRBDIDBEIDBWWIJDIDUEU I LOVE UR ART SO DEARLY

Your art is amazing!! Zoro's part was my fav bc yeah he's lost physically (as always) and metaphorically with Luffy gone. Luffy was his sun and guiding light frfr 😭

whoever u r anon, i hope both sides of your pillow are cold 😎 thank you!!!

In the animanga and live action, when Zoro gets lost, he always finds his way to Luffy because if not the sun, Luffy is his north star. IT IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ZOLU AGENDA FUCK YEAH

and now Luffy's gone and Zoro can't find his way home 😈 skill issue get good kid L

The gear 5 tag on ylts 👀👀👀. I'm sooo excited to see your take on it! Right now my theory is that Luffy is like a half formed sun god that unwittingly disappeared, maybe bc he fulfilled joyboy's promise? Maybe he returned through sheer will alone but always feels the call to return to the sky 😭. Either way, the strawhats are going to be so crazy protective of their baby captain no matter what!!

👀👀👀 My lips are sealed.

I'm so obsessed with the idea of trying-to-be-subtle-but-failing protective clingy Straw Hats. THAT'S MY FOUND FAMILY RIGHT THERE! THAT'S MY FAVOURITE TROPE RIGHT THERE!

Ugh your Sanji gets me so teary eyed 😭. He's always been lower of my strawhat list bc of his horrible pervert gag, tho wci did bump him up a lot. But fics like yours just really encapsulate some of his best traits: caring, loyal to a fault, and slowly discovering his self worth 😭. AND HES SO SOFT FOR LUFFY.

"Sanji's hands squirm inside his pockets, fidgeting for the lighter he has never touched since that day Luffy decided to go on ahead.

(He’s not far; he’s waiting for them.)"

This kills me for many reasons but...can you imagine how long it probably took Sanji to get used to not making a feast practically everyday just for one person?? Or that whenever he discovers a new recipe he thinks about whether Luffy would like it (the answer is always yes). I wonder if there was ever a tinge of regret that he didn't stay just one more minute. AHH I want them to adventure together forever so chopper better get his butt in gear 😭. Tho Luffy 1000% needs to be the first one to go so maybe just give him a few more years bc I constantly live in fear of smth like One Piece: Next Generations happening. Anyways sorry for the long ramblings but ur fics are just so heart wrenching sweet 😭

Alabasta, Enies Lobby, and Whole Cake Island Sanji is peak. Thriller bark to Dressrosa Sanji—THAT'S HIM OFFICER 🫵 That version of him does not exist to me. I wish Oda toned the pervert/nosebleed gag down. He deserves better.

SANJI IS LITERALLY SO SOFT FOR LUFFY THOUGH—they captured it so well in the live action, I was screaming the whole time they had interactions. The Luffy & Sanji dynamic is too good; a glutton and his cook.

Can you imagine him without Luffy? Sanji makes extra portions. He still has a lock on the fridge. When he's cooking, he expects to hear the flop of sandals at any moment. He sleeps through the night without being woken. It's old habits and new silence—the way parents return home, expecting loud noise and greetings and trouble, even if their kids moved out years ago.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT OP: NEXT GENS JUST RECENTLY. I do not want a Monkey D. Buffy, please. I don't want Luffy to get a dad hair cut. I am begging you, Oda.

Don't apologize for the ramblings! It was very fun to read as well as respond to. Thanks for your support! <3

I LOVE YOUR WORKS!! This has been really on my mind after reading young like the sea: how would Ace react in Sabo's place? Like, I have a feeling that Sabo prob spent most if not all that time looking for Luffy. Do you think Ace would do the same or try to move on?

Thank you so much for reading! So happy you enjoyed :D

Hmm... urgh, this is hurting my brain, but I really like the question, so I'm going to try to translate my thoughts into coherent sentences. I'm thinking of two scenarios.

In a "Portgas D. Ace lives" scenario, Ace and Sabo would at least have each other - and while they would never stop looking for their little brother, they would act as each other's pillar. If one of them strayed too far, the other could yank them back. This would be parallel to how their lives were back on Dawn Island when it was only them two. The two of them before Luffy, and they would absolutely despise it. They spent so much time as 2/3 and so little as 3/3.

The scenario of Ace being in Sabo's position is a bit tricky. In Sabo's situation, he failed to be there for both of his brothers (and I can't wait to write about his part in YLTS). With Ace, although he did promise Sabo to look after Luffy in his place, Ace and Luffy both agreed that they have their own adventures. I can't say much more due to spoilers, but let's say Ace would have a milder reaction compared to Sabo. Luffy's King, and Ace has seen him tear through hell itself and make it out alive firsthand. Ace would look for him - that's a given, but his faith in his return would be unwavering. When you don't know what to do, if you're lost or unsure, bet on Luffy.

I spent like an hour thinking about how to respond to this, and I might have gone off track, but I hope I answered your question!

I'm crying, screaming, throwing up your fics are absolutely incredible!! I can't get enough of stories where Luffy dies first, but him just straight up disappearing with no clues or answers is a new level of pain (your "i hope they never find him" tag kills me 😭. I'm so happy he returns but I can't help imagining the strawhats spending their whole lives with that little bit of hope that Luffy will achieve the impossible and return to them again. Then as each one of them reaches the end of their long lives, about to close their eyes for the last time, they swear they can hear a bright laugh and feel warm rays of sunlight soothing their pain 😭😭😭

If you haven't already read this, I think you'd love this comic:

https://www.tumblr.com/unggoydluffy/723811865765003265/rvrvoioi-one-piece-au-fanmanga-masterpost?source=share

aaaa thank you so much! death is too permanent so i just needed the strawhats to have a little taste *unmajors your character death* but HALF OF ME WANTS THEM TO FIND HIM AND THE OTHER 😈

also the 2nd half of that paragraph WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT please i cant take it - can you imagine them, close to death, but the only thing they feel is relief? because at long last, they will see him again? lets stop here before i burst into tears

I JUST FINISHED READING THAT AND OH MY GOD - THIS IS TOO CRUEL thank u for recommending that - im wailing weeping banging my fist on the floor on my knees ITS JOEVER HES GONE i liked how it was a good mix of comedy and angst, rather than only the latter.

again, thank you so much for reading! your support makes me super happy and i cant stop smiling!!! <3

Just finished your fic and this was the part a tear deadass slipped down my face

And it's not the grief that’s killing him.

Chopper's voice goes quiet in the way snow falls upon snow as he says, "I don’t even know if I’ll ever see him again.” 

It’s the uncertainty of not knowing if it’s time to move on.

BECAUSE THEYRE WAITING FOR HIM!!! HE HAS TO COME HOME RIGHT?? it'll be 20 damn years til he gets reborn and when i actually think about it, it's such a long long time to wait for someone, and now I'm dying to know how the strawhats have gotten through 20 years. they're still waiting to welcome him home and now i want to jump off a cliff.

ANYWAY ITS JUST PAIN AND SUFFERING WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT OUHJSFGBJHSDKJH (but thank you so much for the fic it was amazing and i would do anything for it, i would marry your fic if i could)

THATS WHAT IM SAYING! 20 YEARS - 2 WORDS, 3 SYLLABLES, BUT FOREVER. WHY

I could just imagine how many happy memories they could have made if they were together for those 20 years. Instead, theyre separated, missing their sun, and losing hope. This is horrible - we were stolen from.

Thank you for reading! Your words mean so much to me, and I'll try my best for the future chapters!!!

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSN2bR3Hy/

THE WAY THIS POPPED UP ON MY TIKTOK FYP OUGHHHHH IM ILL

WHY DID U SEND THAT TO ME NOW IM SAD AHAJDBJDBDIDHEI AAAAAAAAAA

HES THEIR EVERYTHING - THEIR EVERYTHING

make sure they never see him again 😈

hi yes hello i read your fic young like the sea today AND I HAVE NOT STOPPED THINK ABOUT IT EVER SINCE !!!!

zoro’s part made me especially sad gods i dont think ill ever get over it.

AND THAT TOWARDS THE END ???

The world goes on. They fight every second of their life not to, but even the strongest souls wane from the erosion of time.

It takes ten years for their log pose to become something they look at, but not something they see, like looking at your watch but not registering the time.

Maybe they accepted he was gone long before they realized.

KILLED MEEEEE

ill be rotating this fic in my mind gor the next few days but thank you for writing it

aaaa omg reading this made me so giddy 😳 thank u so much for reading!!!

zoros part was one of my favourites to write! it was also one of the saddest 😭 poor guy 😈 tho skill issue much?

im also really proud of that excerpt so im super glad u liked it!!! i just love (creating) that feeling of the lack of closure - the never-knowing if its time to move on or if theres still hope.

thank u so much for reading as well as for your support - it means the world to me!

WAHHHH!!! I came here from reading your amazing one piece fanfic T O T!!! I love your artstyle!! Ahhh something about the way you draw people just feels so soft and nostalgic ; w ; Keep up the amazing work (❁´▽`❁)*✲ﾟ*

AHHHHH!!! thank u so much for your kind words! you dont know how much they mean to me T_T

as a fellow op fan, please stay well and take care!!! 🫡💓