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name and pronouns: Crystal (she/her)
age: 35
contact: discord (clickreload) and plurk (likeredgold)
⏵ character information
name: Monkey D. Luffy
canon: One Piece (Animanga)
age: 19
canon point: Mid-Whole Cake Arc
history: Main Character Energy is having multiple links within your history page. Being Mid-Whole Cake Arc, Luffy is being taken from roughly the start of the bloody wedding as he's asleep inside Capone Bege's castle body.
abilities:
personality:
On the surface, Luffy can be said to lack common sense, but that is mostly due to his childish nature which often causes him to respond to situations without much nuance. However, Luffy is often able to see through to the heart of the matter and his blunt approach often causes people to reveal their underlying feelings (such as Robin trying to sacrifice herself for the crew at Enies Lobby). His biggest reliance is on the idea of dreams--one must be free to pursue them, particularly if they are for personal realization (Usopp wanting to be a brave warrior of the Sea) or pure in nature (Vivi wanting to save Alabasta).
Luffy often takes things to an extreme, both to his benefit and detriment. He can be extremely greedy and bullheaded, particularly when it comes to his crew and who's part of it. However, he can also show the opposite by being extraordinarily selfless when to comes to these same people, as he has often nearly sacrificed himself to avenge, protect, or rescue his friends. Due to the actions he takes and the fact that those are ultimately selfless in nature, many people he has encountered and helped do consider him heroic, even though that's not his intent.
Luffy's primarily dislikes weak people, not physically but in character. He hates Kuro, not for the crimes he committed as a pirate but for trying to avoid the consequences of the pirate life. This extends to a near hatred for anyone that has contempt for the physically weak and for those that use their power to put other people underfoot--which is often what causes him to get involved in conflicts or to stray from otherwise straightforward plans. This is seen rather acutely in the conflict with Doflamingo. He argues with Law that ultimately they can't just take down the machinations of his rule and criminal enterprises, but they have a duty to help the people of Dressrosa reclaim their lives and freedom from Doflamingo's tyranny.
Luffy has a passion and zeal for all aspects of life in general, though this is emphasized by this love for the thrill of adventure with being a pirate. He particularly loves monsters and cool tech, often asking weird creatures to join him crew or fawning over the latest upgrades Franky has made to either himself or the Thousand Sunny. He will often get distracted and overexcited by new things that he finds cool, and he is weirdly entertained by hermit crabs and bugs (particularly beetles). Many of his additions to his crew are a combination of valuing their skills and finding them particularly interesting.
Luffy is not often irritated, letting people play with his stretching ability without complaint (unless he is trying to eat). He lets Nami boss the crew around the ship a lot, finding it amusing when others irritate her or get in trouble. However, he does become annoyed when people say things are impossible, and those that betray their friends and ideals often outright disgust him (as is seen with Caesar Clown and his willingness to sacrifice his subordinates and those loyal to him). He also gets angry and upset with people who lie about their desires, particularly those he considers friends or his crew. This is seen with Sanji in the Whole Cake Island conflict, as Sanji lies about not wanting to return to the crew in an attempt to protect Luffy and the others--only for Luffy to call him out and actually punch him for not being true to himself and what he wants.
Luffy's biggest flaw is needing to push the boundaries and being unwilling to back down. This caused him to be separated from his crew at Sabaody Archipelago, and to meet his greatest regret in being unable to save Ace at Marineford. That loss in particular has affected Luffy more than any other, as witnessing Ace's death caused him to go into a catatonic state and later fly into a destructive rampage that would otherwise be deeply uncharacteristic of him. The loss of Ace pushed him to realize he had been deeply naive in regards to how far his strength and determination could get him, and ultimately is what pushed him to push himself in training--he refuses to be too weak to save the people that matter to him again.
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name and pronouns: Crystal (she/her)
age: 35
contact: discord (clickreload) and plurk (likeredgold)
⏵ character information
name: Monkey D. Luffy
canon: One Piece (Animanga)
age: 19
canon point: Mid-Whole Cake Arc
history: Main Character Energy is having multiple links within your history page. Being Mid-Whole Cake Arc, Luffy is being taken from roughly the start of the bloody wedding as he's asleep inside Capone Bege's castle body.
abilities:
Physical Abilities
Luffy is, first and foremost, someone with incredible physical strength. Due to the unusual training methods of his grandfather Garp, Luffy has shown that he can overcome physical limitations that many normal humans would balk at. In Skypeia, he's able to move in his fight against Enel despite having a large golden ball molded around his hand. In Enies Lobby he took out thousands of Marines on his own. It's only gotten worse since his training in the two years since Marineford, to the point he's able to defeat a Pacifista with a single punch (when previously it took him and his crew to their limit to defeat just one).
Outside of mere physical strength, Luffy also has heightened agility and speed. Prior to the time skip, he was able to dodge attacks from the greatest swordsman Dracule Mihawk, including a strike the cleaved an entire glacier. Following the time skip he's able to dodge shots and bullets with ease and a mere sidestep.
Lastly, is Luffy's durability and endurance. He's often shown being beaten bloody in fights, only to continually stand up again and again to keep fighting. In his fight with Sweet General Cracker at the start of Whole Cake, he fought for eleven hours before finally managing to defeat him. In Impel Down, he suffered a lethal dose of poison but withstood treatment, recovered in 20 hours instead of the forecasted two days, and developed a resistance to most poisons as a result. His ability to exceed normal human endurance was also seen in Thriller Bark when he was able to take on 100 souls for more power while a normal human would only be able to manage two or three.
Psychological
Outside of his physical powerless, Luffy would not be able to be a pirate captain, let alone of of the notorious members of the worst generation without having skills set in intuition and charisma. All leaders have to be able to, well, lead after all.
Luffy's intuition is best on display in a fight. He can often make stupid decisions outside of them, but in a fight he can be relied on to take creative (if risky) approach to achieve victory. To overcome Enel's ability to foresee his moves, he ricochetted his punches off walls randomly to be unpredictable. He overtaxed Cracker's ability by eating his generated biscuit soldiers. In his fight with Crocodile, he realized that liquid negated his ability to disperse into sand and, outside of initially using water, eventually used his own blood to make Crocodile remain a solid tangible form.
Others rarely have to do much for Luffy to consider them friends, and his genuine acceptance of them and the fierceness with which he defends them makes it easy to have that loyalty returned. While some, including his crew, have called these quick friendships into question, Luffy's ability to read people has led to him earning truly strong and capable allies. Not only has it allowed him to retain members of his crew, but it's allowed him to form beneficial alliances with other pirate groups as well (such as the alliance with Law's Heart Pirates, uniting several groups for the Pirate-Mink-Samurai-Ninja Alliance, and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet). His willingness to go to any lengths for his friends, including invading Marine bases, declaring war on the world government, and taking on warlords and emperors without question have made Luffy and his crew capable of (in the words of Law) creating miracles.
Devil Fruit Abilities
Luffy ate the devil fruit labeled as the Gomu Gomu no Mi at the age of seven in a fit of defiance against his idol Shanks. While not known to him until later in canon, this fruit is actually the mythical Hito Hito no Mi Model:Nika. All Devil Fruits grant their eaters superhuman abilities at the cost of being able to swim--Luffy will sink like a rock in saltwater, which sometimes makes being a pirate on the open seas difficult. Luffy's abilities, in particular, are extremely diverse and adaptive.
First and foremost, Luffy's abilities are centered around the fact that his is now made of rubber. He can, essentially stretch as much as he likes, with any limb he chooses (yes Oda has already confirmed the obvious question that comes with that statement). In Whole Cake it was shown that this may have some limitations has Luffy's arms started ripping as he tried to stretch them to get out of a prison. Being made of rubber, Luffy is immune to lightning and can bounce back most blunt force attacks such as bullets and cannon shots. He can also suck in large amounts of air to inflate himself like a balloon to help lessen damage from falls and take on larger scale attacks.
Throughout his journey in the Grand line (and unwittingly moving towards awakening his fruits full strength), Luffy has unlocked "gears" which allows him to enhance his abilities to various degrees. Canonically, there are currently five gears though from the point Luffy is being pulled from he can currently only use up to Gear 4.
Gear 2 is the most basic of enhancements. Luffy forces an increase in blood flow through all or select parts of his body, which in turn gives more oxygen and nutrients. In doing so, Luffy increases his speed and power behind his strikes. He emphasizes this by adding the word "jet" to his normally attack names (Jet Gatling, Jet Pistol, etc). Due to the severe increase in his body's metabolic rate, Luffy's sweat actually evaporates, causing him to look like he's steaming. The downside to this and all subsequent gears is the toll it has on Luffy's body with prolonged use, often leading to fatigue and extreme hunger.
Gear 3 is initiated by Luffy blowing air into his thumb and literally inflating his own bones. Due to the enlargement of his body parts, blows often come with devastating force with an increased range of impact. His attack names now include "elephant" when he announced them in this gear (Elephant Gatling, Elephant Bazooka, etc).
Gear 4 is,at his current canon point, Luffy's most advanced form of his devil fruit. Much like Gear 3, this involves inflating his body only it utilizes his muscular structure through his Armament Haki coated arm, thus fusing Haki with his gear transformation. However, by using his Haki in this way it actually compresses the muscular structure, sacrificing the range Luffy usually has for power. While Luffy has shown that this form can be manifested in several ways, it comes with one of the more severe drawbacks out of his abilities: there is an unknown limit to the duration he can hold Gear 4 and, once depleted, he is unable to use Haki at all for 10 minutes, leaving him extremely vulnerable.
Haki Abilities
Haki is the ability to harness and manifest one's own spiritual energy and will to allow them to achieve superhuman fears of strength and durability. While all living things theoretically possess the ability to do this, one must first realize it is possible and then train in the use of that ability, so it ultimately isn't able to be used by everyone. There are three types of Haki and Luffy is proficient in each, and is one of only two people currently confirmed as being able to do so in canon.
Supreme King Haki, also known as Conqueror's Haki, is an extremely rare type of Haki where users are said to have the qualities of a king. It is also Luffy's particular area of expertise. Having trained in it's use for over two years, Luffy can focus it on particular targets and this can knock said targets out without harming bystanders. In Fishman Island, he was able to use it to take down 50,000 fishmen at once. While there are advanced manifestations of this Haki, Luffy has yet to realize them by his particular pull-point in canon.
Observation Haki give Luffy the ability to sense the presence, emotion, and intent of others. Raleigh noted that Luffy is particularly attuned to sensing the emotions of living things. Luffy is often shown utilizing this ability in battle to dodge attacks. While he has yet to realize the advanced manifestation of this Haki at his current canon point, he is aware that some (particularly Charlotte Katakuri) can use the ability to essentially see a few seconds into the future.
Armament Haki is the form of Haki Luffy actively uses most in battle as it's utilization is more conscious and active than latent and subs conscious like the previous two. It allows a user to manifest their spiritual energy into a mailable, living armor--essentially hardening parts of their body at will. Luffy has shown to be exceptionally skilled at use of this Haki, being able to direct it to guard small part of him like his forehead to whole sections of his body. He has also adapted use of his Haki to further enhance the use of his gear forms, particularly in the manifestations of Gear 3 and the development of Gear 4 which requires Haki in its use at all times.
Voice of All Things
Currently, Luffy is not aware he has this ability, or at least has not realized what it is or how to use it. However, it is a latent ability that has been shown through his ability to hear the voices of the Sea Kings in Fishman Island, and be one of only two people able to hear the pleas of Zunesha. The Voice of All Things is the ability to communicate with people, animals, and objects without having to possess the ability to speak or write to them physically--essentially it can be considered akin to telepathy.
Luffy is, first and foremost, someone with incredible physical strength. Due to the unusual training methods of his grandfather Garp, Luffy has shown that he can overcome physical limitations that many normal humans would balk at. In Skypeia, he's able to move in his fight against Enel despite having a large golden ball molded around his hand. In Enies Lobby he took out thousands of Marines on his own. It's only gotten worse since his training in the two years since Marineford, to the point he's able to defeat a Pacifista with a single punch (when previously it took him and his crew to their limit to defeat just one).
Outside of mere physical strength, Luffy also has heightened agility and speed. Prior to the time skip, he was able to dodge attacks from the greatest swordsman Dracule Mihawk, including a strike the cleaved an entire glacier. Following the time skip he's able to dodge shots and bullets with ease and a mere sidestep.
Lastly, is Luffy's durability and endurance. He's often shown being beaten bloody in fights, only to continually stand up again and again to keep fighting. In his fight with Sweet General Cracker at the start of Whole Cake, he fought for eleven hours before finally managing to defeat him. In Impel Down, he suffered a lethal dose of poison but withstood treatment, recovered in 20 hours instead of the forecasted two days, and developed a resistance to most poisons as a result. His ability to exceed normal human endurance was also seen in Thriller Bark when he was able to take on 100 souls for more power while a normal human would only be able to manage two or three.
Psychological
Outside of his physical powerless, Luffy would not be able to be a pirate captain, let alone of of the notorious members of the worst generation without having skills set in intuition and charisma. All leaders have to be able to, well, lead after all.
Luffy's intuition is best on display in a fight. He can often make stupid decisions outside of them, but in a fight he can be relied on to take creative (if risky) approach to achieve victory. To overcome Enel's ability to foresee his moves, he ricochetted his punches off walls randomly to be unpredictable. He overtaxed Cracker's ability by eating his generated biscuit soldiers. In his fight with Crocodile, he realized that liquid negated his ability to disperse into sand and, outside of initially using water, eventually used his own blood to make Crocodile remain a solid tangible form.
Others rarely have to do much for Luffy to consider them friends, and his genuine acceptance of them and the fierceness with which he defends them makes it easy to have that loyalty returned. While some, including his crew, have called these quick friendships into question, Luffy's ability to read people has led to him earning truly strong and capable allies. Not only has it allowed him to retain members of his crew, but it's allowed him to form beneficial alliances with other pirate groups as well (such as the alliance with Law's Heart Pirates, uniting several groups for the Pirate-Mink-Samurai-Ninja Alliance, and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet). His willingness to go to any lengths for his friends, including invading Marine bases, declaring war on the world government, and taking on warlords and emperors without question have made Luffy and his crew capable of (in the words of Law) creating miracles.
Devil Fruit Abilities
Luffy ate the devil fruit labeled as the Gomu Gomu no Mi at the age of seven in a fit of defiance against his idol Shanks. While not known to him until later in canon, this fruit is actually the mythical Hito Hito no Mi Model:Nika. All Devil Fruits grant their eaters superhuman abilities at the cost of being able to swim--Luffy will sink like a rock in saltwater, which sometimes makes being a pirate on the open seas difficult. Luffy's abilities, in particular, are extremely diverse and adaptive.
First and foremost, Luffy's abilities are centered around the fact that his is now made of rubber. He can, essentially stretch as much as he likes, with any limb he chooses (yes Oda has already confirmed the obvious question that comes with that statement). In Whole Cake it was shown that this may have some limitations has Luffy's arms started ripping as he tried to stretch them to get out of a prison. Being made of rubber, Luffy is immune to lightning and can bounce back most blunt force attacks such as bullets and cannon shots. He can also suck in large amounts of air to inflate himself like a balloon to help lessen damage from falls and take on larger scale attacks.
Throughout his journey in the Grand line (and unwittingly moving towards awakening his fruits full strength), Luffy has unlocked "gears" which allows him to enhance his abilities to various degrees. Canonically, there are currently five gears though from the point Luffy is being pulled from he can currently only use up to Gear 4.
Gear 2 is the most basic of enhancements. Luffy forces an increase in blood flow through all or select parts of his body, which in turn gives more oxygen and nutrients. In doing so, Luffy increases his speed and power behind his strikes. He emphasizes this by adding the word "jet" to his normally attack names (Jet Gatling, Jet Pistol, etc). Due to the severe increase in his body's metabolic rate, Luffy's sweat actually evaporates, causing him to look like he's steaming. The downside to this and all subsequent gears is the toll it has on Luffy's body with prolonged use, often leading to fatigue and extreme hunger.
Gear 3 is initiated by Luffy blowing air into his thumb and literally inflating his own bones. Due to the enlargement of his body parts, blows often come with devastating force with an increased range of impact. His attack names now include "elephant" when he announced them in this gear (Elephant Gatling, Elephant Bazooka, etc).
Gear 4 is,at his current canon point, Luffy's most advanced form of his devil fruit. Much like Gear 3, this involves inflating his body only it utilizes his muscular structure through his Armament Haki coated arm, thus fusing Haki with his gear transformation. However, by using his Haki in this way it actually compresses the muscular structure, sacrificing the range Luffy usually has for power. While Luffy has shown that this form can be manifested in several ways, it comes with one of the more severe drawbacks out of his abilities: there is an unknown limit to the duration he can hold Gear 4 and, once depleted, he is unable to use Haki at all for 10 minutes, leaving him extremely vulnerable.
Haki Abilities
Haki is the ability to harness and manifest one's own spiritual energy and will to allow them to achieve superhuman fears of strength and durability. While all living things theoretically possess the ability to do this, one must first realize it is possible and then train in the use of that ability, so it ultimately isn't able to be used by everyone. There are three types of Haki and Luffy is proficient in each, and is one of only two people currently confirmed as being able to do so in canon.
Supreme King Haki, also known as Conqueror's Haki, is an extremely rare type of Haki where users are said to have the qualities of a king. It is also Luffy's particular area of expertise. Having trained in it's use for over two years, Luffy can focus it on particular targets and this can knock said targets out without harming bystanders. In Fishman Island, he was able to use it to take down 50,000 fishmen at once. While there are advanced manifestations of this Haki, Luffy has yet to realize them by his particular pull-point in canon.
Observation Haki give Luffy the ability to sense the presence, emotion, and intent of others. Raleigh noted that Luffy is particularly attuned to sensing the emotions of living things. Luffy is often shown utilizing this ability in battle to dodge attacks. While he has yet to realize the advanced manifestation of this Haki at his current canon point, he is aware that some (particularly Charlotte Katakuri) can use the ability to essentially see a few seconds into the future.
Armament Haki is the form of Haki Luffy actively uses most in battle as it's utilization is more conscious and active than latent and subs conscious like the previous two. It allows a user to manifest their spiritual energy into a mailable, living armor--essentially hardening parts of their body at will. Luffy has shown to be exceptionally skilled at use of this Haki, being able to direct it to guard small part of him like his forehead to whole sections of his body. He has also adapted use of his Haki to further enhance the use of his gear forms, particularly in the manifestations of Gear 3 and the development of Gear 4 which requires Haki in its use at all times.
Voice of All Things
Currently, Luffy is not aware he has this ability, or at least has not realized what it is or how to use it. However, it is a latent ability that has been shown through his ability to hear the voices of the Sea Kings in Fishman Island, and be one of only two people able to hear the pleas of Zunesha. The Voice of All Things is the ability to communicate with people, animals, and objects without having to possess the ability to speak or write to them physically--essentially it can be considered akin to telepathy.
personality:
On the surface, Luffy can be said to lack common sense, but that is mostly due to his childish nature which often causes him to respond to situations without much nuance. However, Luffy is often able to see through to the heart of the matter and his blunt approach often causes people to reveal their underlying feelings (such as Robin trying to sacrifice herself for the crew at Enies Lobby). His biggest reliance is on the idea of dreams--one must be free to pursue them, particularly if they are for personal realization (Usopp wanting to be a brave warrior of the Sea) or pure in nature (Vivi wanting to save Alabasta).
Luffy often takes things to an extreme, both to his benefit and detriment. He can be extremely greedy and bullheaded, particularly when it comes to his crew and who's part of it. However, he can also show the opposite by being extraordinarily selfless when to comes to these same people, as he has often nearly sacrificed himself to avenge, protect, or rescue his friends. Due to the actions he takes and the fact that those are ultimately selfless in nature, many people he has encountered and helped do consider him heroic, even though that's not his intent.
Luffy's primarily dislikes weak people, not physically but in character. He hates Kuro, not for the crimes he committed as a pirate but for trying to avoid the consequences of the pirate life. This extends to a near hatred for anyone that has contempt for the physically weak and for those that use their power to put other people underfoot--which is often what causes him to get involved in conflicts or to stray from otherwise straightforward plans. This is seen rather acutely in the conflict with Doflamingo. He argues with Law that ultimately they can't just take down the machinations of his rule and criminal enterprises, but they have a duty to help the people of Dressrosa reclaim their lives and freedom from Doflamingo's tyranny.
Luffy has a passion and zeal for all aspects of life in general, though this is emphasized by this love for the thrill of adventure with being a pirate. He particularly loves monsters and cool tech, often asking weird creatures to join him crew or fawning over the latest upgrades Franky has made to either himself or the Thousand Sunny. He will often get distracted and overexcited by new things that he finds cool, and he is weirdly entertained by hermit crabs and bugs (particularly beetles). Many of his additions to his crew are a combination of valuing their skills and finding them particularly interesting.
Luffy is not often irritated, letting people play with his stretching ability without complaint (unless he is trying to eat). He lets Nami boss the crew around the ship a lot, finding it amusing when others irritate her or get in trouble. However, he does become annoyed when people say things are impossible, and those that betray their friends and ideals often outright disgust him (as is seen with Caesar Clown and his willingness to sacrifice his subordinates and those loyal to him). He also gets angry and upset with people who lie about their desires, particularly those he considers friends or his crew. This is seen with Sanji in the Whole Cake Island conflict, as Sanji lies about not wanting to return to the crew in an attempt to protect Luffy and the others--only for Luffy to call him out and actually punch him for not being true to himself and what he wants.
Luffy's biggest flaw is needing to push the boundaries and being unwilling to back down. This caused him to be separated from his crew at Sabaody Archipelago, and to meet his greatest regret in being unable to save Ace at Marineford. That loss in particular has affected Luffy more than any other, as witnessing Ace's death caused him to go into a catatonic state and later fly into a destructive rampage that would otherwise be deeply uncharacteristic of him. The loss of Ace pushed him to realize he had been deeply naive in regards to how far his strength and determination could get him, and ultimately is what pushed him to push himself in training--he refuses to be too weak to save the people that matter to him again.
samples:
1, and because of length 2+3
