"male celebrities/fictional characters are completely unobtainable crushes and thus it allows the lesbian in question to distance themselves from men.
Because it's impossible to ever be with that person, they get to avoid the romance and intimacy, which is usually something that girls can recognize that they don't want with men but can't exactly place why or what it means." - 'am i a lesbian' masterdoc
boa hancock doesnt love him, this is the one truth that luffy can count on. she doesnt love him, not truly, not in the way she thinks she does.
he thinks, and he rarely thinks but he knows for certain, that she has latched onto the first man who has not leered at her. who does not look at her with wicked eyes.
so he let's her be, let's her do what she likes because it's not real. and no matter who and how much they tell her, she refuses to see reality.
but thats fine, cause it's hancock and she'll always be forgiven. shes an empress who will always put her people before her needs, and she is strong, stronger than even he is. so she will survive.
[sanji is a big believer in 'the heart wants what the heart wants', so when he sees the pirate empress swooning over his captain, he's sick.
because luffy does not flinch, does not make his usual face of disinterest nor does he react in any form.
he just smiles like its one of his crew's antics. as if it's the most normal thing in the world.
and he's a hypocrite, he knows he is for all the twirling and theatrics he does for the two ladies that make up their crew. he knows it, but somehow he knows this is not like his adoration for his nakama.
this is something else. and its clear that luffy knows it too.
so even when he'd rather kick her off his captain, take him far away from the empress.
he smokes a cigarette and lets his captain handle it, he trusts that if it ever does become a real problem, luffy will call on them for help.]
boa hancock is and always will be forgiven for her mistakes. because she is beautiful. and terrifying. and far stronger than the opponents and men that face her.
but she has yet to acknowledge the monster in the corner. because she is never wrong. and she will never admit such a grievance.
so she will laugh and remain tall. because she is the pirate empress that looks down on everyone and everything.
this has been in my head for awhile since ive read the masterdoc.