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Nunu. She/Her. This is an anime blog, and I'm horny on main. You have been warned. Absolutely obsessed with Usopp. Find me as dontsaycrazy on A03.
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Usopp canonically doing all the Strawhat’s hair is so dear to me because I can picture it perfectly, from all the way back in the East Blue. It started as fake bravado when one day Luffy complained about his hair in the eyes and Usopp started bragging about how he’s one of the most acclaimed stylists in his village. Got put on the spot by Sanji, Nami and Zoro and handed the scissors before he could back out. But it ended up being a genuine hidden talent, as easy as drawing and painting and shooting a marble through the center of a weathervane seven blocks away. Just another use for his sniper’s trained eye.

It starts with a trim on Sanji here and one for Nami there before he starts getting bolder. He invests in different products and tools, a fancy buzzer, a pack of bobby pins, headbands and scrunchies. Most of them are for Nami, who would be the only one who’d let him really experiment with styles and braids and buns. And for the two of them, those early-but-not-too-early morning hours in during which Usopp places hairpins here and there- it’s their quality time, to laugh and quip and gossip just a tiny, little bit.

The others are less likely to linger- Sanji well-kept but averse to coming off as ‘feminine’, Luffy too excitable to sit still while Usopp pulls at strands of hair, Zoro’s hair too short and trimmed to do much of anything with. Usopp finds that he rlly likes to play the part of the sage, well-traveled barber with handy advise and a life well-lived- at least, with them. Though most of what he spouts is nonesense, the three of them listen, in their own way. Sanji plays off of his stories with a good hearted laugh, asking about any fair ladies he’s impressed with his looks. Luffy eats it all up, enough that he’s willing to hold his head still under the threat that Usopp’ll cut the story off if he doesn’t behave. Zoro dips his chin and closes his eyes, humming softly to show he’s awake and listening when Usopp trails off uncertainly.

Later, when Robin joins and he finds out she fancies herself a stylist as well, the two of them happily bond over it. Franky’s arrival has him filing through magazines trying to figure out how a pompadour even happens. Brook quickly joins Nami in being his second best client, letting him get creative with his occasional stylings even if they take a little (much) longer. And of course, when Jinbe is the one sitting in front of the mirror for the very first time, that’s when Usopp cracks his knuckles and really tries to make an impression.

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