I thought it was more an interesting contrast to his willingness to let the decision to take Wednesday-Vivi and 8 to Whisky Beach determine which electromagnetic line they would follow. And, again, accepting the Alabasta Eternal Log Pose from Igaram…which changes their route, right?
Actually, I think it's not so much a contrast as a consistent world view. Luffy believes in a combination of instinct and luck. Having decided to cast his lot with the course that began with Whiskey Peak as the first stop (because instinct told him it was the right thing to do?), the rest is for fate/luck to decide.
I remember thinking this was a bit unclear when I read it, but they don't take the Eternal Log Pose pointing to Alabasta from Igaram; Igaram takes that, because he calculates (correctly) that BW's agents will follow the ship that heads straight for Alabasta. He tells Luffy and the others to just follow the normal magnetic course continuing on from Whiskey Peak, which will bring them to Alabasta a few stops further along.
Miss A-S, by contrast, is suggesting that they depart from the magnetic course by taking a shortcut that will get them to Alabasta faster (assuming she was telling the truth about the destination she wanted to send them to, which remains an open question). If you think of One Piece as a video game, she is suggesting that they cheat and skip a level. Luffy wants no part of it.
Later they do find an Eternal Log Pose pointing to Alabasta, but that's arguably a different kind of situation, so I'll leave that discussion for later.
(Sorry, that's a silly-long answer to your comment, but I do think this issue of luck, fate and the journey is more important to the story than you'd think.)
Sometimes Usopp's self-delusion is a little adorable.
You misspelled "always" there. ^_~
(Actually, I'm kidding -- Usopp's self-delusion is more than a little adorable, but it also masks some pretty serious self-esteem issues.)
I love everything about this conversation.
Me too! One of the things I'm enjoying about the re-read is that there are so many small exchanges that get funnier the longer I look at them. Especially when it comes to the most trivial interactions among the crew.
So far, no slash vibe for these two.
After reading far more fanfic than is good for me (why do I do this to myself?), I can see it up to a point (especially if you like rival slash), but... no. The way these two are portrayed in canon, it would never happen. A fanfic writer has to skew one or the other of their characters ever-so-slightly to make it work. (Unlike, say, SGA John-Rodney, which is just plain canon that never made it into the actual script of the show, and you will NEVER convince me otherwise.)
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Actually, I think it's not so much a contrast as a consistent world view. Luffy believes in a combination of instinct and luck. Having decided to cast his lot with the course that began with Whiskey Peak as the first stop (because instinct told him it was the right thing to do?), the rest is for fate/luck to decide.
I remember thinking this was a bit unclear when I read it, but they don't take the Eternal Log Pose pointing to Alabasta from Igaram; Igaram takes that, because he calculates (correctly) that BW's agents will follow the ship that heads straight for Alabasta. He tells Luffy and the others to just follow the normal magnetic course continuing on from Whiskey Peak, which will bring them to Alabasta a few stops further along.
Miss A-S, by contrast, is suggesting that they depart from the magnetic course by taking a shortcut that will get them to Alabasta faster (assuming she was telling the truth about the destination she wanted to send them to, which remains an open question). If you think of One Piece as a video game, she is suggesting that they cheat and skip a level. Luffy wants no part of it.
Later they do find an Eternal Log Pose pointing to Alabasta, but that's arguably a different kind of situation, so I'll leave that discussion for later.
(Sorry, that's a silly-long answer to your comment, but I do think this issue of luck, fate and the journey is more important to the story than you'd think.)
Sometimes Usopp's self-delusion is a little adorable.
You misspelled "always" there. ^_~
(Actually, I'm kidding -- Usopp's self-delusion is more than a little adorable, but it also masks some pretty serious self-esteem issues.)
I love everything about this conversation.
Me too! One of the things I'm enjoying about the re-read is that there are so many small exchanges that get funnier the longer I look at them. Especially when it comes to the most trivial interactions among the crew.
So far, no slash vibe for these two.
After reading far more fanfic than is good for me (why do I do this to myself?), I can see it up to a point (especially if you like rival slash), but... no. The way these two are portrayed in canon, it would never happen. A fanfic writer has to skew one or the other of their characters ever-so-slightly to make it work. (Unlike, say, SGA John-Rodney, which is just plain canon that never made it into the actual script of the show, and you will NEVER convince me otherwise.)
(flyting = flirting + fighting?)
Eeek, I'm late for karate! More later.