User blog comment:Scrummy1007/I just hate Usopp/@comment-38216707-20200720015403/@comment-108.83.222.210-20200720190641

Usopp suffers from insecurities which is the main source of his fear. He lies to himself to try and give himself courage and to avoid giving up and running when the time comes. If he admits that he is in fact a coward then there is the possibility that his fear could ultimately get the best of him. situation with the Going Merry happened because he was afraid that the Going Merry being discarded was a representation of what would inevitably happen to him. He was afraid that he would be thrown away as well. This was at a particularly low point for him when his self-esteem was at rock bottom. As far as he was concerned at the time, he was just speeding up something that would happen eventually. If the Strawhats were going to end up getting rid of him eventually then the arguement could be made that there was little point dragging out that process. In the end, he did manage to move past that challenge. As for the idea of him seeking an easy way out, insecurities are not easy to overcome and fear is a persistant problem. It is part of what makes Usopp argueably the most human of the strawhats. When push comes to shove, he manages to fight in spite of his fear and that is the very definition of courage. Regarding Nami, she is aware of how strong the other strawhats are in comparison to her, something he confides in Usopp about. It is why she asked him to help her to be able to fight with the others and why Usopp created her weapon after some degree of trial and error. Her fear comes from her survival instinct.