he /she was "Pushed to"/"forced to" just stop...
People seriously need to stop, people always keep saying dumb shit, but with the Gaban chapter and the leaks fiasco people are just humilliating themselves.
Just because Zoro and Luffy went to attack Gaban together doesn't mean they had to do so
the same way: Zoro, Sanji and Luffy didn't have to attack the cat together
Gaban didn't push Luffy to work together with Zoro, Luffy didn't have to face him, Luffy didn't have to be protected by Zoro, etc. Sometimes characters just do stuff they don't have to do, sometimes they just do it.
Zoro didn't protect Luffy because he needed to protect Luffy, he did it because he decided to help his captain. And that's that.
Luffy didn't ask Zoro to fight Gaban with him because "He couldn't beat Gaban alone", he did it because he is having fun and enjoying like he always does.
If Luffy was taking it seriously, Luffy would probably tell Zoro to stand back, since Luffy when serious prefers 1 vs 1 battles, like he did with Kaido. Telling Zoro and Law to leave when he unlocked acoc. Or when he got to the rooftop again after Momo helped him.
The same for many other moments were characters just do things and people assume "they had to do it or else" when sometimes characters just do stuff.
Similar to here... where Luffy gets mad at a beast pirate for wasting food... and Luffy goes Elephant Gun on his head, doesn't mean Luffy had to use Elephant Gun
Luffy also didn't have to use gear 5th agains the Snake or against Lucci... Big Mom didn't have to use acoc against Page One... and so on and on and on.