#is Stabs also technically St Stabs?? The Saint of Stabbing?? St Stabington??

[cryingpariah]

In regards to Stabs (I also adore that name), I'm kind of hoping Oda doesn't do the typical "evil twin who hates the other one and wants to kill them and take their place" dynamic. Me personally, I'd like the opposite to be true.

Stabs loves his lost brother. So very much. The other half of him who he's always felt incomplete without. Regardless of Garling's feelings on the matter, Stabs wants Shanks to come back to the Holy Land. To live in paradise with his brother who was taken from their family by filthy pirates and raised in the lower realm without knowing how special he truly is.

But once Stabs gets rid of all the disgusting pirates holding Shanks back. His crew, his daughter, Strawhat Luffy, that ridiculous clown, there won't be anything left for Shanks down in the blue sea. And he'll have to come home.

He has to come home. He's family. He'll thank him for this.

Idk, I think having an evil twin who loves you as opposed to hating you is just as if not more terrifying.

(You know I was reading this and thinking ‘Now why does this sound so familiar??🤔🤔’ and then I remembered Doflamingo and Corazon.)

It was a good plan. A great plan. Even if his father disapproved and told Stabs his brother was lost forever he wouldn’t give up! They were diamonds among pebbles after all and that meant so was his brother! Sure, right now he was covered in civilian clothes and mortal fingerprints but that was just temporary! Once he was returned to the Holy Land where he always belonged he’d be ecstatic! Jumping up and down with joy! Stans would finally have a playmate that could keep up with him! He was going through those other playmates like water! So weak and frail, a testament to their terrible breeding! Together, they could rule the world side by side!

And on the incredibly rare chance that his brother missed his old life they could still do those things together!

He likes travel? Travel is even better be waited on hand and foot!

He missed fighting? Plenty of living and non-living targets to spar on!

He missed…those people?

. . .

Not possible! He was here after all and they were destined to be the best of best friends! And Shanks would see that too! He had to! He had no other choice.