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pirateborn-a · 2 years ago

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Okay, yes, he protected them and sheltered them and nurtured them and would have done anything for them, and he did he best to care for them, and yes they were his boys. But he was their captain, and he’d always be their captain, not their father, because you see he didn’t give birth to them and also is in no way responsible enough to claim that title for himself when everyone else worked so hard, so even if the idea was really really neat and even if he did look at Newgate’s whole “family” thing with curiosity it doesn’t really matter because they’re not his sons — even if sometimes he cursed their actual fathers in envy — and that was okay, because they were still his boys and he was their captain and that’s the same if not better because you see—

#[ crack ] ✧〖 play along for all the oceans wide 〗#tbt.#[ i am #[ still having so many thoughts #[ welcome to another day of 'rye is incredibly normal ab that guy whose been dead for 22 years' more at 12--- fjklsdf #[ talked ab this b4 and was trying to make a coherent hc post ab it but just rambling vibes instead #[ just #[ head in hands #[ he doesn't have a personal connection with the concept of 'fathers' so just doesn't care for it sdfjklsdfkl #[ captain though? captain's someone who protected their crew and cared for them and guided them #[ just god he'd make jokes about rayleigh being their mom and stuff while completely oblivious #[ and even!! when not oblivious!! he would just not. realize why it's a big deal coming from someone else besides buggy or shanks #[ besides if they wanted him to call them their sons they'd mention it right? surely they knew they could tell him that and it wouldn't feel #[ forced in anyway bc roger isnt like that #[ and the fact that he would be /so/ enthusiastic about being able to call shanks and buggy his sons if he DID.#[ get it through his thick skull #[ if he understood what it /meant/ and understood that they /wanted/ it he'd be over the Moon #[ but he doesn't so he's not #[ and also just keenly aware that shanks n buggy Would have died or otherwise been really fucked up if left in his care alone #[ he tries and when it comes to it he's a good father-- sorry captain but also he is Incredibly irresponsible #[ just... doesnt know #[ he doesnt get it #[ /he doesnt get it/#[ slams fist on floor #[ film red got me feeling a certain self indulgent way fdslkjsdflkjsd #[ still rotating concept of roger pretending to be buggy n shanks' father somehow ignoring how it'd be incredibly hard to get roger to #[ pretend ab something like that #[ bc if somehow did it rly would just be 'wow that was really nice sure wished it were possible to do more oh well!'#[ he is just so #[ god

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