Because being a rational adult all the time is overrated

[geuna.livejournal.com]

Title: Young and Foolish
Pairing: Nakamashipping, hints of Sanji x Everyone, because I want there to be. ^__~
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Topic: Youth

Mucho thanks to vampire_otaku for editing this for me!

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When he works on the Orbit, the other cooks call him young and foolish. Only young fools believe in imaginary seas. It was lonely.

When Sanji becomes sous-chef they still call him young and foolish. He hates it, but knows better. He isn’t alone with his dream, and one day they will prove them wrong.

When Sanji joins the Strawhats, he cries. Men don’t cry, but since the others cry too, he can let it slide.

When Sanji’s crewmates ask him to play a game he calls them immature. Inside he is secretly happy they had asked at all.

When Luffy says embarrassing things Sanji calls him an idiot, but no matter how immature Luffy can be, Sanji respects him above all others.

When he showers the girls with his loving attentions he is not being foolish, he is showing proper respect… really.

When Zoro needles him for his behavior Sanji isn’t being immature when he needles back. And if one of them starts a fight it’s not a child’s squabble. So what if it’s kind of fun…

When they fight an enemy, Sanji says he will only protect the women, because that’s what men do. When Ussop is in danger, Sanji risks neck and limb for him, because that’s what nakama do.

When the battle is over, it isn’t foolish to sit Chopper on his shoulders as he shouts their victory out to the sea. It feels good to hear everyone else shout with him.

When the enemy calls them “young and foolish” it doesn’t bother Sanji much anymore, because he knows they will prove them wrong.

When his crewmates play another game, Sanji joins them and he is welcome. Besides, being a man was easy enough, but maybe being a young fool now and then was important, too.

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This is loosely based on an idea I am writing about in a fanfic where Sanji ends up possessing the mind of his 11-year-old self. Like most of the Strawhats, Sanji didn’t have a proper childhood. Yes, he probably got a lot of special treatment from Zeff, but in that environment Sanji hated that people considered him young and weak, even though he tried walking the walk and talking the talk like men do. For someone so young, I think it's sad that he wanted to grow up so quickly. At the same time Sanji can be just as childish as the rest of the Strawhats, even if he wants to seem like the mature one. And I do find it sooo cool when an enemy calls him too weak to protect anyone, because that means Sanji's going to drop kick their asses! WHOOT!

Comments

[the-shy-wolf.livejournal.com]

LOVE ♥

[geuna.livejournal.com]

Thank you much! ^__^

[lacquerdragon.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWW. ILY SANJI. ♥

[geuna.livejournal.com]

Don't we all! ^__^ He talks trash, but he's such a sweetie at heart!

[geuna.livejournal.com]

(laughs) That's actually my favorite part in the whole thing. I love the fact that Sanji is always telling people "tough luck, I only protect women," and “save your damn selves,” and even, “on order to save Nami-san I would gladly risk your life”, but then he goes and does something unexpected and contradictory. He’s deadly protective of his nakama sometimes, be you girl or boy. I notice that he tends to protect and support Ussop a lot, especially in recent chapters. T__T It's so SWEET!!!

Thank you so much for the review!

[yuki-kokoro.livejournal.com]

oh. em. gee. More tantalizing hints of this epic child-in-adult's-body!Sanji fic! *gleefully squeels as she is proudly a fangirl of a fic that she hasn't even read yet*

And on a more related-to-the-real-content-of-the-post note...

Being a man was easy enough, but maybe being a young fool now and then was important, too. Happy Sigh. I love this part of Sanji's character and the way it isn't really contradictory, even when it seems like it should be. He is both suave and silly, powerful and spineless, self-possessed and totally freaked out by turns... sometimes even at the same time. It's awesome and I love him for it.

I don't know of that was necessarily what you were going for with this drabble; but that last line had a lot of connections to Sanji's character for me. ^_^

[geuna.livejournal.com]

(laughs) Actually, that's basically what I WAS going for with this drabble. Looking at the little bits that make up Sanji from when he was a kid to how he is now. I think it's both amusing and sad that he concerned himself with being a grown-up then, but now that he IS a grown up he is just as childish as the rest of them. Like how he, Luffy and Ussop will fight/wrestle over good while Zoro and Nami roll their eyes, or how wide eyed he gets when talking about All Blue. I also think he's still in the teen stage of his life (like the other Strawhats minus Robin), where everything turns him on just as easily as everything pisses him off. ^__~

[der_jemand]

That is just so... right. Good. ...I'll blame the lack of words on the fact that school is far away now. But it's just Sanji as we all know him. =D Much love.^^

When they fight an enemy, Sanji says he will only protect the women, because that’s what men do. When Ussop is in danger, Sanji risks neck and limb for him, because that’s what nakama do.
And this... just kills me. Or something along those lines. ♥

[geuna.livejournal.com]

(smiles) Thank you! I am glad I did him justice. And yeah, that's my fav part, too. T__T Because Sanji is just a good nakama, because actions speak so much louder than words.

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

:D Here it is! Turned out wonderful, <3

Can't wait to read this other fanfic of yours as well!

[geuna.livejournal.com]

Heeh, I hope to get it done EVENTUALLY. It's being worked on slowly but surely!

[mishagirl.livejournal.com]

I really liked this!! Please let me know if you do end up doing that fic you mentioned...sounds awesome and I agree with your Sanji idiology.