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moongothic · 5 months

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I see some people often wonder out loud if Luffy might get a weapon or something to wield eventually, for no other reason than Roger and Shanks (and even Kaidou) also use(d) weapons, and it'd give Luffy some "extra strenght" in combat so he wouldn't have to rely on his Devil Fruit so much (and the Awakening especially, since it drains him so badly)

And the thing is, as most would probably agree, most weapons and blades especially just would not fit into Luffy's combat style. He, much like his grandpappy, fights with his fists, so it's hard to imagine him using any kind of weapons to fight

But that just made me wonder... Like...

Okay so people have been speculating for ages that Luffy might die at the end of the story or something, right. I do not buy that for a second, but it is true that Luffy is willing to throw himself into a lot of danger and has sacrificed literal years off his lifespan to protect those around him. And that has been escalating. It'd be natural for Luffy's self-endangerment to escalate to a point where there'd be actual, severe and tangible concequences for it. Aside from death.

And you know.

There's been some allusions to Luffy losing his hands, right

And you might wonder

How would Luffy losing a hand translate to him gaining a weapon

Well

You know

And the funny thing is

Luffy might not be one to use a HOOK, per se

But we have seen him wield a giant ball of gold to smash Enel's face in. So a metal mace/morning star/etc could actually work

(Also since his Awakening can mess with the fabric of reality itself, even if one of Luffy's fists was replaced with a solid ORB of metal, he could probably/totally reshape it during combat to fit his needs, into an axe or a morning star or knife etc)

Also.

There would be something poetic about Luffy sacrificing a hand to protect someone dear to him, much like how Shanks sacrificed his entire arm to protect Luffy in Chapter 1.

Like you'd get the pay-off/concequences to the escalation of Luffy's constant self-sacrificing, but nobody dies. Luffy gets a weapon to add to his arsenal, but it fits into his pre-existing fighting style and character. And we could get that poetic full-circle.

That all said, if Luffy did somehow lose a hand.

I'm sure Franky would HAPPILY give Luffy a prosthetic hand with a ✨BEAM✨ Can not imagine Luffy turning such an offer down lmao

#Moon posting #OP Meta #OP Spoilers #This isn't meant to be Crocodad Propaganda I swear #But also this is Crocodad Propaganda. Like Father Like Son.#Just to re-iterate. I don't think Luffy needs or will get a weapon. But if he had to this is where I'd put my money in #Especially because of Shanks and the narrative themes #Not to mention like. OP hasn't actually dwelled too deep into the idea of what it's like to become disabled/an amputee #Like. Kind of the most we get is Crocodile wearing cravats and shoes with buckles and using a lighter etc #And having to punch his hook through his newspapers because. Dude only has one hand.#But all of that is very subtle. It's good visual storytelling but it's subtle #And while I'm sure Luffy *understands* what Shanks sacrificed to save him and all #If Luffy become an amputee too it would force him to essentially live in Shanks shoes to some degree #I just think there's some great storytelling potential there #(Also hey if Croc lost his hand to Whitebeard it'd also maybe reframe why Croc wanted revenge on WB in Luffy's mind)#ALSO FOR THE RECORD I fully realize the Golden Rifle was foreshadowing for Gear Third and nothing else #I UNDERSTAND THAT

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