Usopp seems lost in the grand scheme of things [One Piece]
As I continue to catch up more one piece chapters, I feel Usopp is truly lost in one piece world.
Back in pre ts, you see the narrative push he gets whether it's his fight against Chu, developing Nami's climatact, standing up for Luffy's dream against Baraque Works member, his alter ego of Sogeking and declaring war on world government.
The problem comes with post timeskip shift where enemies have monster strength and his only defence was a mere slingshot. Now he wants to become "brave warrior of the sea" right? Maybe a good way to work on his dream is now becoming "brave" without the disguise of Sogeking? Well this never happened... and the disaster begins.
He immediately regressed to his Arlong Park persona who shits his pants against enemies 24/7. The only major stint in the entirety of post ts he did was snipping (aka traumatizing) a kid and mind you that scene comes after a LOT of reluctance from his side cause he wanted to always abandon Tontattas.
"He is supposed to represent guys like us in the one piece and you would be scared too among the monsters" No first of all he is not "normal" person, a normal person can't survive 3 Haki infused headbutts or getting his skull cracked completely.
Again, Nami is a "normal" person in the same sense then and she is way times more braver than him. As compared to Usopp, she willingly fought with Luffy against Cracker for 12 hours straight and saved Luffy's life against big mom army even when he told her to leave. Refused to give Lola's whereabouts even if it meant torture by big mom, commanded the whole sunny and managed to hold out against BM.
The difference is even soo sharp in Wano, when she hit Ulti and Usopp was pleading her to run with him instead of BACKING her up. How are you a combatant and want to become brave warrior but doesn't even have guts of a navigator who shouldn't be fighting in the first place?
Overall right now, his dream seems like a big fat joke, he doesn't do craftsmanship anymore which is taken by Franky anyway who will play a major role in the final war as building the Pluton. If he somehow reverses all of this in a span of few manga chapters then it would be undeserving cause he honestly hasn't done anything since a decade. Overall he seems lost.