I think something abt luffy that makes him so enchanting is that he's introduced as being very silly and goofy, and you kind of expect him to be humbled or experience the harsh reality of what being a pirate actually means (cruelty, theft, actually being a bad person etc.) and have to adjust his world view, but then fucked up things start happening and he's still silly and goofy about it and you find that he actually wasn't sheltered at all and he is just a little fucked up himself, but still happy and loving
and then its Everyone Else who has to adjust to what his idea of a pirate is bc he keeps winning and they're just like "yeah okay. whatever. I guess thats what this is in now."
it is so important to me that laws crew isn't particularly powerful. yeah the surgeon of death could probably operate and fight on his own but he'd be SO sad you guys. he needs his 20-man hype squad so he doesn't get too depressed and forget to take his medication. If there's no silly people nearby he cant do his straight man bit and he'll die