It's kind of adorable that Hancock is resting against Rayleigh's leg despite her men despising, extremely proud nature lol
He's definitely the closest thing to her father. She must have insane respect for him.
He did save her from child slavery, extreme abuse/torture and whatever else so its definitely not surprising tbh. Rayleigh had great major grandfather, uncle and father figure vibes throughout the series in different ways ofc.
He's an amazing man but it does bother me why he and the Roger Pirates never tried to help Ace either. But I fear it might be like Marco saying at Wano, that he and the WB pirates dont owe Whitebeard anything anymore, they are free of him or w/e? But even then, their BELOVED former captains son? Really letting going to die like that? Sigh.
But yeah aside from that, Rayleigh is fucking awesome. The ultimate grandfather figure in OP even.