2010-05-25, 15:12 | Link #102 |
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^Actually, his rampant devotion to his nakama acts as a very good foreshadowing of a person who has actually lost a loved one. I've always wondered just why Luffy was so dedicated to his friends, but I generally just wrote of his behaviour as being a token Shounen quality. But, if it turns out that Sabo did die, then Luffy's desires to constantly protect his friends seems all the more reasonable (or at least more understandable).
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2010-05-25, 15:24 | Link #103 | |
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Sabo can be Alive or death, but if he is dead, this flashback would had made more sense before the marinford incident.
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2010-05-25, 15:38 | Link #104 |
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^Sabo's possible death only reinforces the actions that Shanks took (i.e. a person allowing themselves to be harmed so as to prevent harm befalling a friend)...the tragedy would also match some of the other tragic pasts (Robin, Nami, etc), something that is not really possible without Sabo's death (though a betrayal would also be interesting - though that might be too similar to Robin on Water 7 or Nami way back during the Arlong Arc...in fact Sabo betraying Luffy but meaning it, or betraying and then dying could act as good parallels to the aforementioned nakama arcs).
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2010-05-25, 16:43 | Link #105 | |
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Either way, Before Ace death, people were claiming Luffy needed some tragedy in his life to connect to the other characters, , reason why people wanted Ace death, (I really didn’t like the idea) now You are telling me that In top of that, He has to have had another tragedy? I'm sorry, it just that the whole tragedy bonding never clicked on me. Only with the Shanks parts is serves to explain Luffy’s behavior, outside the fact that he is playing the common Shonen here role, Sabo could serve to reinforced it, I just don’t see it as necessary. And if the point of the author is that Sabo’s alleged death triggered both Ace and Luffy’s behavior to protect Nakamas, I still think it would had made more sense to the story to put these flashback before and not after Ace's death. In this case The reader would had felt more connected to Luffy stress over saving Ace, and at the same time leaving the reader more awe struck with Ace death. Not to mention Luffy was way to carefree for someone to have lost a brother...but We will see...
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2010-05-25, 19:10 | Link #106 | |
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I'm pretty sure this flashback is meant to help Luffy get over Ace's death. If not, there's really no point for it starting when it did. How is he supposed to act? Is he supposed to lament his brother's death every waking moment for the rest of his life? That seems to be what he's doing with Ace's death, and it doesn't seem to be working out too well. |
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2010-05-25, 23:08 | Link #108 | ||
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Yami Yami no Mi- He would negate Boa Hancock's powers. Gura Gura no Mi- More than enough power to destroy Amazon Lily. Crewmates- With San Juan Wolf on the side of Blackbeard, the natives would most surely lose. |
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2010-05-26, 02:04 | Link #113 |
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New chapter thread's up. guys. Looks like some familiar faces show up in this one.....
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2010-05-26, 03:04 | Link #114 | |
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Boa only falls for Luffy after he shows selflessness, heroism, and offers himself as a sacrifice at her feet in exchange for the life of someone else. She didn't like him when they meet, she was indifferent to him, and intended to kill him. Anyhow, she acts very proper in his presence and tries to maintain composed. She fantasizes about him, that's about it. Anyhow, she's also Kallen Stadfeldt devoted to him 'cause she admitted she'd would have traded her life in exchange for not seeing him in his defeated and mangled condition. Whoa! Man! That's like the real deal. |
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2010-05-26, 08:41 | Link #115 | ||
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2010-05-26, 22:51 | Link #118 |
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Exactly. Which is why I'm worried for at least Nami's well being. Her well being is connected to my inspirations. I happen to keep a list (Top Secret for now) of the characters who damage her well being. And when that list is complete (within the One Piece story), those characters will face a punishment the media will come to know.
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