@piratisrex​ says ...

✍ + where they see themselves in ten years (tell me ur headcanons about the 5 years later verse Right Now 🔫 -signed, lacie)

15.  where they see themselves in ten years.

he isn’t the type to look so far into the future, letting the present carry him throughout his journey rather than fretting about what he needs to really complete ... the basics of what zoro undoubtedly knows though is that he’s going to be the world’s greatest swordsman within ten years, the goal being definitive to reach and he doesn’t have any doubts that the title is meant for him to claim. he has high expectations that the straw hats will all reach their desire ambitions by the time as well. 

the swordsman intends to stay with his crew, the idea of them separating never even hitting him and thought it’d be obvious they’d be unanimous in travelling together ... though he does have intentions on visiting his first teacher within the dojo, the town he grew up in, but besides a short stop to do that, he intends to stay with the rest of them, even if they were to disband for some reason ...

( 5 years later au ) now older, his perspective hasn’t changed much in regards to the future, still properly and more so focused on the present, but with their goals achieved and being stronger than they were before, he has more time to think, contemplate as the future drifts on. he intends to uphold his title as the world’s greatest swordsman and whatever he ends up doing in 10 years time, he knows his crew mates has to be there for it. there’s been a lot of suggestions passed on between the crew mates in regards to potential things for each and one of their ideas, some being more invested in the future than others. ultimately, zoro’s only intentions are to stick by their side until the time to part comes and maybe go on a little adventure of his own throughout the seas.

headcanons prompt / accepting !!