I was thinking about or boi Zoro and his strength and I realized that both Luffy and Sanji stans downplay him and that they tend to forget what doesn't fit their headcanon. Let's start with Luffy stans:
-They usually disagree with Zoro being comparable to Luffy because "they weren't comprable ever". Which is both funny af and easy to debunk. The databook pre TS which didn't make them comparable, but equals twice. (Crew stats with Luffy and Zoro having 6) And Zoro's databook where it was stated that he is as strong as Luffy (can't remember the exact words). And don't forget that at their fight at Whiskey Peak, neither of them knew which one was stronger and Oda didn't even dare to show the winner as it was a draw.
-Now that I proved that Luffy≈Zoro isn't a headcanon, we can get to the next point: Why aren't they equal now? What changed? Well, the answer is nothing. Nothing changed. They are both destined to achieve the same things Pirate King for Luffy and World's Strongest Swordsman for Zoro. Both achieved peak haki so far (ACoC) with the only argument being that Luffy awakened his fruit and that's going to expire because Zoro is basically going to "awaken" his sword(s) aka Black Blades which is harder and rarer than a DF awakening mind you.
And thus, Luffy and Zoro were ≈ before and thus, they can be ≈ rn too.
Now for the Sanji stans. It's as clear as water that Zoro is leagues above him by both portrayal and feats but it looks like some Sanji fins cling to the past ,despite despising the same past, to show that Sanji is close to Zoro. I mostly see them using the 6.0 and 5.0 in Strength as something to prove that they were equal/comparable. But they usually forget that between 5 and 6, there's an infinite amount of numbers. It doesn't matter how many numbers you add after the 5. it will never become a 6, doesn't it matter how many decimals you add, the number will always be closer to 5 than to 6.
What do you think fellow Zoro fans, is all of this thread worthy?
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