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[disingenuous]

still devastated by his death 10 years later

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[selfimmolation]

No one would try something like that just for the reputation. Everyone knows Pops would come after anyone who dared try anything with his crew, and he'd bring the entire fleet with him.

[disingenuous]

Pops? Your captain?

[selfimmolation]

Right. He thinks of his crew as family, so... we call him Pops.

[disingenuous]

What a warm and welcoming crew. That must foster closeness, if he prioritizes that kind of connection over rank.

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. Well, not that he doesn't help us get stronger too, if that's what we want. But it's not what matters.

[disingenuous]

He sounds like the ideal father figure.

[selfimmolation]

I don't think any person's ever ideal. But he's as close as anyone could get to me.

[disingenuous]

You don't have to be perfect to be ideal, but if he's given you happiness and protection, isn't that better than most?

[selfimmolation]

[ certainly better than HERS ]

If that's the criteria, then yeah, I'd say he's ideal.

[disingenuous]

[ unquestionably better than hers ]

It's good that you found him, then. Or he found you.

[selfimmolation]

[ thinks about how he was basically a feral animal destroying whitebeard's bushes ]

Eh, kinda both.

[disingenuous]

[ he really got domesticated. ]

Fated, if you believe in that kind of thing.

[selfimmolation]

[ he is a feral cat being picked up and tamed at all times ]

Hm... No, not really. Fate, destiny, I've never liked that junk.

[disingenuous]

No? I do think choice has more meaning. Choice has more intention.

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. [ intention is important!! ] Choices are better. If everything's already been predetermined by fate or destiny or whatever... no one's really free. They're just following a script.