Trans Sabo Au:
Trans Sabo au Where he’s FtM but he transitions AFTER dragon saves him.
Everything with his brothers is more or less the same. When ace pronounces them brother with the sake, that’s a TITLE.
Brotherhood Yk?
And it’s not like the boys are the most… thoughtful kids..
(as in they literally do not think about the fact sabo should be called sister. They just role with calling him brother.)
And really nothing changes between them canon wise. Ace is a little more protective of sabo when fighting people in the grey terminal but really, ace IS a protective person. He’s protective of luffy because he’s younger than them, so could you blame him for being protective of sabo.
Sabo and Ace are still luffy’s protective older brothers. None of that changes!
Even in canon sabo is seen to be more gentle with luffy than ace. That transfer over here too. Being born FtM doesn’t give sabo any of that ‘needing to be tough because he’s a man!’ mindset when they’re kids. Sabo does what he wants when he wants. If he wants to (begrudgingly) kiss luffy on the head because that’s just what he does, he does it. If he wants to beat luffy up because luffy is being annoying?
Well he’ll do that too.
It’s not like Ace DOESN’T realize sabo is a girl. Really! He just doesn’t care? Sabo goes toe to toe with him, why would ace care sabo’s a girl? All that doesn’t matter to him anyways.
Normally while in the forest Sabo just wears whatever he can find. And if he found what he always wanted to wear but his parents always forbid him from wearing? Well, that’s between him and his outfit.
Sabo being a noble being forced to dress ‘feminine’ with all of those frilly skirts, who always found more enjoyment in pants and getting dirty in the courtyard.
When Makino Comes around to give them clothes She gives sabo some dresses and skirts. And sabo pouts a bit a that. Why would makino give him dresses when pants were much more convenient where they lived.
Luffy not exactly knowing why Sabo seems uncomfortable with the clothes but knows that Sabo seems sad, loudly says “why does sabo get dresses when me and ace get shirts” With a large pout.
After all they were the same weren’t they?
Ace noticing sabo’s strained smile then jumps in, and is like yeah! how come makino is playing favorites!
Sabo taken aback that they’re defending his right to dress the way he wants, startles. He has been pleading to dress the way he wants all his life. Never has someone stood up for him. Really it shocks him to the core that that’s something someone could and would do.
Makino try’s explaining that Sabo is a girl, and sometimes girls like feeling pretty in dresses and and skirts.
Both luffy and ace tilt their heads to the side seeming confused at that concept.
Makino sweat drops. They do know sabo is a girl right?
Both Luffy and Ace just turn to eachother and then back at Sabo whos watching quietly.
‘As if that matters!’
They both say at the same time.
Once again it completely floors Sabo that his brothers could think that.
When Sabo has been searching all his life for SOMEONE to just forget his gender and judge him based off himself.
He found that accidentally with his brothers.
Makino just smiles and shakes her head and the next time they come to visit makino has shirts and shorts for sabo.
When sabo’s father finds him and brings him home. It’s to marry him off. After all, noble women are married off at a young age to help further their families wealth.
That makes sabo even more desperate to be free. Finally free. And that’s when sabo sets sail.
And then the accident happens.
And sabo forgets EVERYTHING.
Including his teachings as a noble.
And then he meets Ivankov.
And his world suddenly makes sense.
When sabo gets his memories back, he has some anxiety about seeing luffy again. Because other than being ‘dead’ some other stuff has changed about him.
He doubts luffy cares about this type of stuff. But the what ifs might actually kill him.
And when seeing luffy again his fears are found unfounded? Well he only cry’s a little bit.