Re: Sanji | One Piece | 2/? Personality contd.dandywonderousApril 24 2011, 05:29:24 UTC
Sometimes (but very rarely), Sanji comes to accept a person as something close to family, as he has Zeff and the other chefs. Women in this position get treated more or less the same, but they hold more priority over women he does not know, and will be treated with a little more respect in regards to their own abilities. Men in this position usually get treated harsher, but it is a strange, fond sort of harsh. This is because of the way Sanji was raised; taught that real men don’t show each other affection the way you show a woman affection, Sanji subconsciously associates constant fighting and insults as the male equivalent of brotherly or familial love. Of course, this is only in cases where he actually likes the person.
Outside of his interactions with other people, Sanji has some other interesting quirks to his personality.
Being a coworker to men three times his age and five times his size, Sanji was desperate to grow up, and fast. He started to do things he thought that only real men did, such as cussing and smoking (he started when he was ten and still does to this day), and these things are now hardwired into his system. He also worked his butt off to be respected as the sous chef of the Baratie, and now values hard work and perseverance. This shows in his amazing cooking and in the way he keeps his kitchen.
Because of his starvation experience when he was young, Sanji has a strong respect for food. He abhors the wasting of it; if you don’t eat it, it should be eaten by someone else or stored as leftovers for later. He also won’t stand for tampering with food in any way; nothing will earn a student a kick in the head faster than slipping things in the food as a prank. And finally, Sanji will never, ever, ever allow someone to starve. No matter what they’ve done, he will always feed someone who’s hungry. They could point a gun at his best friend and pull the trigger, and he would still feed them.
It doesn’t mean he won’t kill them himself after, though.
After learning what Zeff did for him, Sanji developed a sort of complex about people saving his life. If someone sacrifices any part of their person for his sake, Sanji will be wracked with guilt over it until he feels he has paid back his debt. In Zeff’s case, Sanji vowed to stay with the old man and help him achieve the dream Sanji felt he had taken from him. He felt so indebted that he stayed for ten years, despite Zeff’s repeated attempts to kick him out. He may have finally left Zeff, but he will still treat his debts in the same way; he won’t leave until they have been repaid. He also has a low sense of self worth in that he would rather someone help themselves before helping him, as he doesn’t see himself as important enough to save. If his friends are in danger, he will be the first to try a hero move or even a heroic sacrifice to save them, often recklessly, as he doesn’t care what happens to himself as long as they are saved.
That said, Sanji cares more for his hands than he does for his life. While he wouldn’t mind dying so much (depending on the reason), if he lost his hands he could no longer cook, and, in his mind, that would make him useless. He can’t stand feeling useless.
Sanji enjoys romantic things like fairy tales, and would love to be the hero one day and swoop in to save a princess. He also likes cool things like stories about secret agents and pirates. He doesn’t talk about these interests to people because he thinks they’re childish.
While he doesn’t seem it in the harsh ways he deals with men and the goofy way he deals with women, Sanji is actually very intelligent. Not necessarily book smart (he did not have a lot of formal schooling and knows only basic math and how to read and write both English and French fluently, and smatterings of Italian, Greek, and Spanish), but he picks up on things fast, is very witty, and generally knows a lot about how the world works. He sometimes muses with the idea of going to college one day and studying marine biology or something, but he knows that as a cook it wouldn’t be a very practical thing to do.
Outside of his interactions with other people, Sanji has some other interesting quirks to his personality.
Being a coworker to men three times his age and five times his size, Sanji was desperate to grow up, and fast. He started to do things he thought that only real men did, such as cussing and smoking (he started when he was ten and still does to this day), and these things are now hardwired into his system. He also worked his butt off to be respected as the sous chef of the Baratie, and now values hard work and perseverance. This shows in his amazing cooking and in the way he keeps his kitchen.
Because of his starvation experience when he was young, Sanji has a strong respect for food. He abhors the wasting of it; if you don’t eat it, it should be eaten by someone else or stored as leftovers for later. He also won’t stand for tampering with food in any way; nothing will earn a student a kick in the head faster than slipping things in the food as a prank. And finally, Sanji will never, ever, ever allow someone to starve. No matter what they’ve done, he will always feed someone who’s hungry. They could point a gun at his best friend and pull the trigger, and he would still feed them.
It doesn’t mean he won’t kill them himself after, though.
After learning what Zeff did for him, Sanji developed a sort of complex about people saving his life. If someone sacrifices any part of their person for his sake, Sanji will be wracked with guilt over it until he feels he has paid back his debt. In Zeff’s case, Sanji vowed to stay with the old man and help him achieve the dream Sanji felt he had taken from him. He felt so indebted that he stayed for ten years, despite Zeff’s repeated attempts to kick him out. He may have finally left Zeff, but he will still treat his debts in the same way; he won’t leave until they have been repaid. He also has a low sense of self worth in that he would rather someone help themselves before helping him, as he doesn’t see himself as important enough to save. If his friends are in danger, he will be the first to try a hero move or even a heroic sacrifice to save them, often recklessly, as he doesn’t care what happens to himself as long as they are saved.
That said, Sanji cares more for his hands than he does for his life. While he wouldn’t mind dying so much (depending on the reason), if he lost his hands he could no longer cook, and, in his mind, that would make him useless. He can’t stand feeling useless.
Sanji enjoys romantic things like fairy tales, and would love to be the hero one day and swoop in to save a princess. He also likes cool things like stories about secret agents and pirates. He doesn’t talk about these interests to people because he thinks they’re childish.
While he doesn’t seem it in the harsh ways he deals with men and the goofy way he deals with women, Sanji is actually very intelligent. Not necessarily book smart (he did not have a lot of formal schooling and knows only basic math and how to read and write both English and French fluently, and smatterings of Italian, Greek, and Spanish), but he picks up on things fast, is very witty, and generally knows a lot about how the world works. He sometimes muses with the idea of going to college one day and studying marine biology or something, but he knows that as a cook it wouldn’t be a very practical thing to do.
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