When it comes to the monster trio vs the god knights I think it could even lead to them feeling like there’s nothing they can do to win
- Luffy fighting against Imu Gunko who he might not even be able to even hurt. With it getting even worse if Loki is defeated. Looking how bad a state he’s in makes it even more likely. Maybe he learns of joyboy too and how he failed too
- Sanji fighting against Killingham who as far as we know he can’t damage either. Made even worse by the fact he won’t be able to stop the nightmare monsters. Never mind the one that’s specifically going to be made for him. Which will likely be based on his fear of being like his brothers. So him fighting “Vinsmoke Sanji” would be badass
- Zoro at the moment seemingly has it the easiest with Sommers momentarily down but that obviously changes when he’s back. With Sommers interfering + the Domi Reversi giants it might very well lead to them overwhelming them a potentially killing Jarul. Which could call back to his feelings towards vegapunk and egghead
I made a thread on it before but Usopp like the monster trio has the same fear and insecurity of being themselves being weak. So Usopp being the one to motivate them to keep fighting would be pretty symbolic. Despite not being the strongest in a fight he’s going to do whatever he can to figure out how to succeed. Maybe they figure out win contingencies that require more than just beating them up
All 4 have the same insecurity
The insecurity of being a burden to the crew and not being good enough
Luffy honestly is rarely insecure about his strength the main times he was when he was a child, sabaody, post marineford were all moments where he didn’t feel like he was good enough. The ones later in life making him question if he’s worthy of his crew and becoming pirate king His childhood being a big reason he’s so tough on character like shirahoshi and momonosuke since they remind him of himself back then
At this point I’d say he’s fine and pretty much over it
Usopp while obviously not the strongest strawhat is also pretty much grown for the better. It being very much highlighted pre timeskip that for a lot of it Usopp started to feel unworthy and not good enough to be with the crew. That coming to the forefront during enies lobby
Now he’s excepted him not being as strong as zoro or sanji he can still contribute in ways they can’t and be just as valuable. Also realizing that luffy doesn’t pick members just because they’re strong but because he likes them. So while he’s not usually going to be in front of all the action that doesn’t mean he’s not willing to do whatever he can to help and sup
Sanji is/was an extremely self sacrificing character. Always ready to put the wants and needs of the people he cares about above his own. Because of that he so willing to give up just about anything even his life away easily if he believes it helps them. Even the thought of disappointing the people he cares about weighs heavily on him
And sanji himself realizes he has a lot of “flaws” and “weaknesses” that he himself is willing to carry his own plus more he was very much ashamed to get help for the things he can’t do. Him never wanting to feel like a burden on anyone else
All that getting very much highlighted during zou/wci. With him showing growth for the better since
It’s the same with zoro. While confident in his strength he constantly dogs on himself about being to weak and how every failure is because he’s not good enough. Even when the situation isn’t even really his fault
With Zoro always trying to come off as strong even when he doesn’t need to. To the point he can come off as extremely cold despite not actually meaning what he says. Zou being a clear example of him saying 1 thing but deep down meaning the other. Punk hazard being another example of him being extremely hard on himself that he projects it out.
The comment about Vegapunks death could also be a scenario of while there might be a bit of truth in what he says a lot of it could just be him projecting his insecurity of the situation and everything that happened in egghead
Say what you want about egghead zoro even if you think he did the best and was the mvp you still gotta admit man was getting shit on verbally. Just about every character friend and foe taking a turn basically calling him incompetent. Not saying I agree but it’s just what happened.
With zoro being hard on himself as is with no help needed I imagine he feels way fucking worse. So hopefully oda can delve more into that aspect of his character. I know people don’t expect much meaningful character moments and growth for zoro anymore but I still do so eh.
