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also to make this about zolu (cause its consuming my entire being), luffy would 100% be the only person zoro lets mess with his tail because it's so sensitive and such an important part of his balance when hunting/fighting. tigers are also super solitary and territorial, but luffy just looks at zoro's personal space and says "that's mine now", and zoro just goes with it cause his pets are kind of soothing and he's never had someone treat him gentle like this. he say's he'll put a stop to it early on but that was a lie. sometimes he'll let other crew members join them in a cuddle pile, but usually only after a rough battle so he knows his "territory" (i.e. family) is safe. of course chopper is always welcome though. just thinkin thoughts.
also important to me, comparing zoro to a cat, especially a tiger. it's just so cute and accurate and I love it dearly. naps in the sun? hundred percent. very picky about who he let's touch him? obviously. ferociously protects his own? duh. there's probably a bunch more comparisons but I can't think of them rn, but all I know is zoro is so tiger coded it pains me.