#AAAANNNNNNDDDDD that's how you do it

[boysbeloving]

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[ask-commander-wendy]

((FIRST OFF HNGKH YES OF COURSE YOU CAN DO THAT I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY HONORED

ahem, second off, for my OTPS with wendy, I have three in mind (sticking with canon characters for ease and also to avoid as though I come off picking favorites, I love all my relationships with ocs so far!) which I’ll go ahead and put in the read more below (because I have a lot of feelings about each of them)

The first two are probably a bit obvious if you’ve been keeping up with my blog for the last month.

Jango/Wendy

Now, this was The Original Wendy OTP. Being completely honest with y’all, Jango is the reason I chose to bring Wendy back from what had basically been a five-year hiatus of her character. The thing I like most about them as a couple is how each sees something they want to become in one another. I know this is my own interpretation of the character, and I’m sure it’s probably a bit deeper than Oda ever intended for his character, but I see Jango as really wanting to improve himself after his pirate days, and I think he wants to create bonds with people in a way that he couldn’t on Kuro’s crew. That’s why he’s so openly emotional about his feelings towards Fullbody and Hina. I like the idea of Jango being allowed to branch out emotionally towards people like that, in a genuine sort of way. In Wendy’s mainverse, she fell in love with Jango pretty soon after meeting him once he and Fullbody were assigned along side her with Hina. She unironically loves his dances and his clothes and his weird personality. Even knowing that he used to be a pirate, she sees that goodness in him and she really doesn’t want to let go. I like to think that being in a relationship would be fun and happy and healthy and help each of them grow in their own emotional respects, seeing how both have mostly only allowed themselves very shallow, exaggerated relationships with others up to this point (Wendy in her excessive idolization of marines and Jango in his leader role of a pirate ship). Most of this probably doesn’t make sense, seeing as though their relationship plays out best in their interactions rather than words, but basically I just... I really like that idea of Wendy finding someone that makes her happy that she can finally feel comfortable being emotionally vulnerable to if she needs to be, and I just think that Wendy and Jango are on a very similar wave length when it comes to how they want to live their lives, loud and carefree and doing what they love with people they love. 

Kuzan/Wendy

THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. I’M DEAD SERIOUS. Her relationship with Kuzan didn’t even really start coming into mind until very recently before I kicked this blog off. I honestly can’t even remember what lead me to start thinking about their possible relationship to one another but boy once I started it, the god damned flood gates opened. So much of Wendy’s current character and personality is connected with her feelings towards Kuzan and how she handled him leaving the marines (read, She Didn’t Handle It). Part of what I really enjoy about Kuzan and Wendy (besides that sweet sweet angst) is how choosing to actually pursue any feelings she may have towards him forces her to open up emotionally in a way that she would never ever do otherwise. Learning how to cope with his absence, and whether or not to forgive him is one of the most mature, serious things Wendy has to do for herself. I think it’s important to remember that not only did Kuzan leave the marines, but as of now, he seems to be allied with the Blackbeard Pirates, the same crew that quite literally scarred her. Really think about that for a minute. Forgiving Kuzan and being willing to learn about why he made his choices is not something that Wendy is going to do easily. But in the end, I think learning to do that is going to make her a better person. Kuzan really enjoyed the fiery passion that Wendy held for justice, because it reminded him of his own passions when he was younger, and Wendy fell in love with Kuzan because of his sense of moral leaning justice, and the way that he pushed her to become stronger, whether he realized it or not. Kuzan is still one of the reasons Wendy pushes herself so hard, a very small, part of her that she knows is dumb and unrealistic and impossible wants to think that if she can become stronger and smarter and more experienced, she can convince him to come back. 

And for the last one that may not be as obvious,

Fujitora/Wendy

This is another one that just kinda Hit Me one day. In Wendy’s current mainverse, she’s never met Fujitora, only heard stories and news about him. However, if they were to ever really meet, Wendy would pretty effortlessly fall in love with him. One of the interesting things about Wendy’s initial perception of Issho is, before she ever has the chance to learn more about him, she’s actually internally pretty opposed to learning about him in the first place (she’d never say something that disrespectful out loud of course) and she can’t help but see him as “Kuzan’s replacement”. I think Fujitora would be a very essential character for Wendy to meet at some point, especially at her emotional point post time skip. Having someone that she could see truly still appreciated justice and knew that the Marines are supposed to be a force for good is something Wendy desperately needs in her life, and knowing someone with such a high ranking felt similar to how she does would really help her to remember why she considers the marines her home. Each of them want to do good, and each understand that the marines have a lot of improvement to do, but rather than leaving the marines to serve their own justice (COUGH KUZAN COUGH) they want to fix this system, rather than abandoning it, and each of them having one another to look to and know they aren’t alone would really help in their efforts, I think.

TL;DR VERSION

Jango/Wendy is loud and goofy, but also something that can allow each of them to be themselves, rather than inflated personalities.

Kuzan/Wendy is somber and serious, but it helps Wendy to grow and mature as a person and helps Kuzan remember the good in the world.

Fujitora/Wendy is soft and quiet, and despite the darkness they’ve seen in the world, they still find light in one another.

Honorable mentions: Kizaru/Wendy, Hina/Wendy, Ain/Wendy, aaaannnnnnddddd i may have a very specific modern au in which i ship teach/wendy but i’m gonna save that conversation for another day haahHahAhaahaAH