#tagging that just so it shows up when i'm looking for dali lore

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ok here’s the long awaited post on straw hats’ relationship with dali!!

under the cut tho

LUFFY met dali first in impel down and then she helped him out at marineford, so he knows she’s chill. initially he refers to her as “okama-nee-san” (or “gay big sis” in the english version) but once she hangs out with the straw hats enough he remembers her proper name. bottom line though he considers her a good friend.

ZORO honestly doesn’t trust her as far as he can throw her, half because she worked with caesar clown and half because her main weapon is a sword but she doesn’t really care about being a swordsman (or in her case swordswoman) the way he does. for that matter he doesn’t trust dr. coconut either bc it’s literally alive and keeps snipping at his swords whenever it’s close. but above all he trusts luffy’s judgement and if luffy says she’s cool then he’ll tolerate her.

NAMI definitely thinks of dali as the big sister, probably even moreso than luffy does, but is also probably the first one on the crew that dali goes to when she needs help with some “girl thing” she doesn’t have much experience with, so the big sister relationship is kind of a two way thing really. also nami is definitely the biggest shipper of dali/robin on the crew.

USOPP definitely vibes w/ dali’s fun loving attitude and she loves listening to his tall tales. honestly usopp & dali would just be fast friends without any issues really. he probably sees her as a big sister just like luffy and nami do.

SANJI doesn’t necessarily like dali, but he trusts her insofar as he knows she’s not up to shit. they actually met on momoiro island during the timeskip when dali returned to the island with ivankov after the war, and once sanji discovered that despite being the only actual woman on the island dali is also a lesbian he quickly developed a bit of a rivalry with her over cooking (he’s a master chef but she has more experience with making the okamas’ signature attack cuisine, so nobody can agree whose is better). needless to say he wasn’t exactly jumping with joy when “another woman” got on board the sunny and he saw it was her.

CHOPPER would probably at first be upset w/ dali for working with caesar clown on his inhumane experiments (which is fair tbh) but once he learns that it was more that she just didn’t rly have anywhere else to go in the new world he’d probably understand. i can also see him being interested in her transition from a medical perspective, but i don’t think she’d be too happy letting him explore that? aside from these bits of friction tho dali and chopper would get along fine

FRANKY... goddamn franky and dali would be an absolute delight together. i can totally imagine her joining him in yelling SUPER and doing the pose with him. just being weirdos together. i don’t rly have anything to add here other than it’d probably make robin smile a lot

BROOK is probably one of dali’s favorite straw hats honestly. like it goes robin, then franky, then a tie between nami and luffy, and then brook. she loves his musical stylings and honestly enjoys his skull jokes. their initial meeting was definitely surprising for brook though because he asked to see dali’s panties (as usual with him and women) and she told him she wasn’t wearing any (which is true cause she wears briefs lmao). so he was definitely taken aback there

i don’t know enough about jinbe yet to comment on him accurately