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if i can be a little candid and crazy here i never got the whole... âusopp didnât respect luffy as the captainâ take. like... is making jokes about being in charge/calling luffy dumb disrespect... bc if thatâs the case wheres the flogging of literally every other crew member
never rly put this into words before but like it always rubbed me the wrong way bc usopp thinking his captain is wrong and being willing to argue rather than passively going Yes sir isnât the same as not respecting the captain.. or if it is maybe im confused cuz itâs out of tone
like yeah they were all going on about being a Proper Crew and how real captains donât take that from their subordinates but also like. since when has luffy or any of them cared about being proper pirates or having a hierarchy.. you canât pick and choose when 2 have boundaries
also usopp did respect luffyâs authority and said merry was his ship which was the reason for a duel being necessary in the first place? prior to w7 usopp never made any attempt to usurp luffy or seriously challenge any major decision of his
i see ppl saying shit like âhe was trying to mutinyâ like no tf he wasnât... he didnât want them to lose merry cuz he felt merry was alive and skypeia gave him reason to believe that. he never tried to rally the others against luffy or say luffy shouldnât be captain
like he acted like they were on equal terms which is normal and healthy for a close friendship... but luffy was still always in charge and he complained or clashed with a lot of luffys decisions bc he was scared but never actually fought them
but with merry he felt he had to take a stand because it wasnât just about his own personal discomfort any more it was about him feeling like they were abandoning a member of the crew. and that argument was derailed anyway bc they both lost their temper and luffy told him to go
like the strawhats literally never acted like a typical pirate crew or showed much outward respect for their captain (which they even talked about in alabasta) and it was part of what made them unique and was why they truly believed in luffy!! the only exception was that argument
idk man I think you can act like equals and close friends or you can act like a superior and his subordinates but you really canât have both esp not at a bunch of teenagersâ maturity level
like obviously you can have boundaries in a relationship but if youâve never asserted those boundaries before or pick and choose when they matter then itâs going to unquestionably result in conflict esp when youâre dealing with someone whoâs already insecure and unstable
idk man if usopp hadnât argued and had sucked it up and taken luffyâs decision lying down theyâd all be dead in enies lobby plus heâd doubt his (correct) intuitions even more... but still every1 acts like he was wrong about everything and had to grovel
ive seen SO many people say shit like âluffys too kindâ âluffy shouldâve killed him/shouldnât have let him come backâ like every w7 comment section i guarantee at least one and i just cannot imagine having that poor a grasp of a situation
donât get me wrong itâs good that usopp apologised for being stubborn and projecting his own insecurities but i still think he was owed an apology too for how they all treated him given he was right about merry being alive and had literally just been through hell 
like i pretend things went down different bc i hate suffering but realistically i think the aftermath of w7 wouldâve just left usopp even more uncertain about his standing with them and walking on eggshells around them which is a recipe for another spiral and breakdown
like bc a power structure has been enforced but not consistently what youâre left with is like. Better not risk that happening again and behave myself / not challenge them or speak out any more bc i am scared of being left behind
and when you consider how the fight started bc usopp was scared about being left behind.. all the development over that arc showing he was crucial to the crew... and the ending note on it was... âwe are fully prepared to leave you behind, and will literally do so unless you begâ
in what world does that translate to âwell this issue is resolved and I feel happy and comfortable with you all now. My insecurities are addressed and we can all move on as a strong united frontâ
