User blog comment:Keekian/Will OP be better if Luffy was smarter?/@comment-205.210.223.133-20170419222156

If Luffy wasn't naïve and childish he'd be completely different in terms of personality. And while he might be stupid in many areas I think it's significant that he's very aware of his own shortcomings. For instance he knows he can't navigate to save his life, hence why he acknowledges that he needs Nami. Being able to acknowledge your own shortcomings and to recognize the strengths of others and the fact that you can't do everything yourself is just great life advice. And referencing the whole cooking fiasco on the way to whole cake island, though this can be said for a lot of things that Luffy does, Luffy is like the epitome of a character who lives for the moment. Luffy doesn't generally think ahead, and yeah it creates issues, but it's also an endearing quality. As Hawkeye, among others, has observed, Luffy's greatest power is his ability to win people over. Luffy is all heart and that heart is a heart of gold. Luffy's "stupididty" is what makes him unafraid to stand up for things he thinks/knows are wrong. No one who thought ahead or was moderately smarter would have ever punched the world noble at the slave auction house. It's precisely his stupidity and his inability to really think ahead that gets the crew in trouble but it's also what causes them to take action against ethically and morally reprehensible things where other "smarter" people are willing to turn a blind eye.

Long rant and I could've kept going, but I love Luffy and would never want him to change.