The Thing About Mihawk, The Thing That Really Obsesses Me, Is That He Looks Like A Schemer, The Kind

The thing about Mihawk, the thing that really obsesses me, is that he looks like a schemer, the kind of guy who bides his time and then strikes. He looks like a planner . But the thing is…

I don’t think he’s ever made a plan in his life.

Like you look at him and you’re like this is obviously a man playing chess but he’s not! At best he’s playing some really f*cked up game of Uno where he has all the action cards.

It’s not a coincidence that every single time we see him he is making a truly consequential decision…on a whim. The first time we ever see dude is because he chased a pirate armada all the way across the grand line into the East blue because they woke I’m from a nap! He then went on to accept a challenge from another truly ridiculous man and then decided actually I want him to be the one to defeat and surpass me soooooo actually I’m going to let him live, on little else except vibed and the spirit of “I like the cut of his jib”

That is some garp ass logic right there. This is not a serious man! 😭

Shanks & Ace

a modern AU Shanks’ family dynamics are really fucking funny because he’s the 30 year old man who knows nothing about and has barely met his angsty 15 year old brother and has no idea what to talk to him about except for the son that Shanks has adopted that is also Ace’s little brother and the grandson of their fathers biggest rival (who is actively trying to put him in prison), and oh no one here is actually blood related (except ace and his parents) and Shanks was maybe (definitely) accidentally kidnapped happily as a baby, but that’s is the least confusing aspect of their whole dynamic.

#Mihawk#I completely agree with this#But also you said //anybody//#Anybody being //terrorized// by Mihawk's potential ability for rizzing ppl up#So now I'm picturing Garp drilling into a new recruit how they must NOT flirt with Mihawk#Why would I even think about it the guy is a serial killer#YOU WILL BE TEMPTED. DO NOT DO IT. I'VE LOST SO MANY MARINES THIS WAY GOOD LORD#🤣🤣🤣🤣 You are objectively correct and this is exactly what I meant. It is Sengoku's ultimate weapon against pirates but he's lost a lot of good men that way as well.

Mihawk is a man that knows, if he even showed the slightest bit of interest he could pull anybody he wanted. And that is something Shanks, crocodile, buggy and anybody he has ever even mildly been in the presence of, fear deeply

Was watching a YouTube video about the theory that Mihawk was initially the first mate of the red hair pirates, called “The greatest Mihawk Theory Ever Made” by the Hidden Island.

And it’s a great video and a pretty solid theory with fun and solid evidence. But what’s pertinent here is that the creator suggests his own take on how Shanks and Mihawk’s story could be resolved or explored more and that’s by having Shanks win Mihawk in a straw hat, red hair pirates, cross guild wide Davy Back fight. and hit him with a “Welcome back Hawkeyes”

Ahhhhrectruuundwdgb

I can’t tell you how unwell this scenario makes me I think about it once a day and I might die if I never get to see this but will actually die if it does happen.

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My own personal favorite headcannon is that Mihawk was just completely rabid in his youth. Like I’m talking when he was still young enough to have something to prove.

I know the seas were a MESS when Mihawk was still hunting down challengers to prove he was the best.

Because I also head canon that a title like World’s strongest swordsman didn’t exist till Mihawk through sheer force of Will and a truly horrifying amount of singular dogmatic pursuit clawed it together by simply proving to the world, one challenger at a time, that no one could beat him.

The mess he must have made, the carnage he must have left in his wake. Right at the beginning of the golden age of piracy too. I know the marines were STRESSED.