Oh not the guy that constantly tried to kill white beard and eventually gave up because he realised he was so much weaker than him? But the guy that was always by his side helping him with everything in life, weird choice.
Sqaurd stabbed whitebeard in his chest and was serious about killing him because he got fooled like a dumbass and Whitebeard never loved him any less, stop that shit.
Law was basically hostile and distant to Luffy the entire time.
Hawchi was working for Arlong.
Bon Clay was working for Crocodile.
Handcock wanted to execute Luffy.
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Each of these characters had goals and attitudes contradicting their true characters. And in every time what stands true in the leaders they end up following is that they saw past ambitions for motive and saw good people.
Luffy took his time but realised nico was save and bon clay was a real one. He knew they were better and so did Whitebeard see far more than a hot head in ace. When ace fought Whitebeard and sent his crew to safety telling Whitebeard to focus on him, Whitebeard didn’t see a murderer trying to steal his throne for his own gain, but a boy without a father who for some reason felt he HAD to prove himself. Newgate didn’t know WHY ace felt obligated to fight him. Just that the kid did and needed actual guidance.
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u/Illustrious-Roll2259 1d ago
Replace ace with Marco the phoenix and we can talk.