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rainsometimesJust posted this on Plurk and felt like posting this here as well, though I suspect I'm just stating something really obvious that everyone else has already seen.
Spoilers for Impel Down/Marineford and Luffy's childhood flashback arc behind the cut.
I keep coming back to that moment after Sabo's been blackmailed into returning to his parents and his old life, and li'l Luffy's crying and saying they should go back and get him, but Ace says maybe it's better for Sabo that they don't. Now, realistically I'm not sure if they could have done much at that point - for one thing, Sabo's father is a very influential man and those two are in effect hostages to make Sabo stay with him. And also, there might simply not have been enough time for it.
Thing is, though, whether they felt there were good reasons for it or not (and I certainly think so - they're just kids after all), they still didn't try to get Sabo back, not with all their might. If they had, they might have failed, but they'd know they did try as hard as they could.
Or at least, I get the feeling that's how it would seem to Ace and Luffy afterwards, when Sabo had apparently sailed to his death.
And that when Luffy says - was it on Kuja Island or on Impel Down? Man, I fail canon, though I want to say the former - that if he doesn't go after Ace and tries with all he has to save him, he knows he'll regret it for the rest of his life, then he isn't just speaking impulsively from a very strong brotherly bond. He's also speaking from experience. ;_;
Spoilers for Impel Down/Marineford and Luffy's childhood flashback arc behind the cut.
I keep coming back to that moment after Sabo's been blackmailed into returning to his parents and his old life, and li'l Luffy's crying and saying they should go back and get him, but Ace says maybe it's better for Sabo that they don't. Now, realistically I'm not sure if they could have done much at that point - for one thing, Sabo's father is a very influential man and those two are in effect hostages to make Sabo stay with him. And also, there might simply not have been enough time for it.
Thing is, though, whether they felt there were good reasons for it or not (and I certainly think so - they're just kids after all), they still didn't try to get Sabo back, not with all their might. If they had, they might have failed, but they'd know they did try as hard as they could.
Or at least, I get the feeling that's how it would seem to Ace and Luffy afterwards, when Sabo had apparently sailed to his death.
And that when Luffy says - was it on Kuja Island or on Impel Down? Man, I fail canon, though I want to say the former - that if he doesn't go after Ace and tries with all he has to save him, he knows he'll regret it for the rest of his life, then he isn't just speaking impulsively from a very strong brotherly bond. He's also speaking from experience. ;_;
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Date: 2011-11-11 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-11 10:28 am (UTC)I think it played into how he reacted both to Nami's and Robin's leaving, but not Usopp's. With Usopp he could see how and why it happened after the fact, and he knew there was no outside force (like Sabo's father) pushing him to leave and stay away. But with Nami and Robin, things weren't so clear and in fact implied otherwise (which indeed turned out to be true). And when Nojiko told them they should just give up and go because them being there was a problem for Nami - I think (personal headcanon though!) that didn't sit well with him at all because the last time he followed a similar line of argument, the one he cared for died. As far as Luffy knows, anyway.
- Sorry if I've said this before, it just sticks with me still!