#Joyboy

[sailing-ever-west]

I gotta say I'm obsessed with what Luffy does to the typical "sunshine" character trope, in that he's an exception to the usual portrayal but perhaps the most true to it of anyone. He's not "sunshine" as in pure niceness and sweetness and innocence. He's sunshine as in The Sun.

He's joy and light and warmth, illuminating all the beauty of the world, but he's also powerful enough to kill and blind and burn. He's an everyday annoyance. He's the strongest force of nature that exists. His happiness shines bright for miles. So does his rage. You could look at him wrong and be screwed up for life. You never want to live without him.

I can't get over this.

[themetalhiro]

The End

[redinthesea]

Sun God of Liberation, Patron Saint of Silliness, but most importantly, Official No.1 Enemy of the State

[evichuart]

i'm so normal about gear 5 luffy (no)

[andaniellight]

You see, Luffy is lucky and special because death will always follow him everywhere, but it's in the form of his deceased fun big brother

Edit: Other version of this AMV

[sonicspeeddemon]

[skullbird]

He is so fun to draw.

[revlischarm]

That’s his boyfriend, your honor.

[lewiscarrolatemybrain]

Something something Luffy laughing through his teeth (shishishi!) as if it's spilling out of him, something too great for his body to contain rushing up and pushing its way out through the cracks in his teeth vs Joyboy's laugh being a traditional hahaha that demands an open mouth and throat and lungs, the kind of laugh that's all percussion and booming air, unrestrained and uncontained and free

Also something something Gear 2 (which is Luffy making his heart beat faster and louder as he circulates blood more quickly through his body) making his body heat to the point of steam rising from his skin, and Gear 5 using the Gear 2 pose and making his heart beat the Drums of Liberation and condensing that steam into clouds, and shishishi being a hissing sound like steam escaping through a vent, and the prevalent themes of fire and heat and the way steam only makes that kind of noise if it had been under extreme pressure and how that pressure is usually caused by high temperatures

Something something Luffy swallowed the sun as a child and it sits burning in his belly and he laughs like steam hissing its way out of a vent because his joy is that of a god's and his body is a very small vessel for such awesome power

And something something I don't really have anything coherent to say here this is just me wildly overthinking and drawing connections where there probably aren't any but like you get it. The themes.

[beaulesbian]

One Piece ep. 1076 || "I know exactly who Joyboy is. The one who will defeat me!"

[sanjipussyindulgence]

joyboy fucking SPOTTED

[themetalhiro]

Violent Sun

[luffyism]

MONKEY D. LUFFY in ONE PIECE / ワンピース (1999) EP 1071 • luffy's peak - attained! gear five

[idontknowanametouse]

Look, I get why people don't like how very few characters in One Piece die. I get it, ok?

But the thing is: how many times have you cried? Much more than the number of significative deaths, right?

Oda doesn't need to kill a character to make you feel lots of emotion and cry. And I think that's beautiful.

Think of Zoro saying he'll never lose again. Nami asking for help. Luffy yelling she is his nakama. Chopper seeing the cherry blossoms. Vivi's farewell. Robin saying she wants to live. Merry's goodbye. Usopp saying he's sorry. Zoro's "nothing happened". Brook playing Binks' Sake. The separation in Sabaody. Jinbei's speech to Luffy after Marineford. Sanji and Luffy's fight. Sanji saying he wants to go back to Sunny. Nami affirming Luffy will be King of Pirates. Sanji asking for Robin's help. Gear 5. Momonosuke and Wano's farewell. Bonney seeing Kuma's memories. Robin learning Saul is alive. Bonney's Gear 5. Emet and Joyboy.

It's just so impactful. It doesn't have to kill to be impactful. It just is.

[watermelaa]

"these things cannot be stopped; an inherited will, one's dream and the ebb and flow of the ages. as long as people hunger for freedom these things will exist" - Pirate King, Gold Roger chapter 100

[hunnismokah]

nika boy… HES ALMOST HERE