I Literally Did Not Understand The Term Comfort Character Before I Was Introduced To Monkey D. Luffy

I literally did not understand the term “comfort character” before I was introduced to monkey d. luffy but damned if that straw hat doesn’t bring me inner peace and joy

what do you mean incorrect?! It’s canon.

strawhat crew (+ ace and garp) as tweets part 15

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rewatching and the way luffy has no concept of personal space within his friendships is so endearing to me. the way he'll lay his head on nami's and straddle zoro and squeeze-hug koby without a single thought that it might be too much too fast. he loves like a little kid, and he sees the world like one too - just a massive playground where anything can happen. it's easy to see why his crew are drawn to him, especially nihilists like nami and zoro who have seen the worst of people. he represents the hopeful little kids inside them 😭

Captain Holt was the first time I ever saw a powerful queer person on my TV whose queerness mattered without it being their only defining quality. Powerful, smart, funny, queer, a lil autistic. He was the ultimate comfort character.

rest in peace Andre.

“you should be at the club” Brother I should literally be sent to the seaside for my health

Ayo Edebiri, Rachel Sennott and Emma Seligman

Photographed by Bobby Doherty for New York Magazine (2023)