why uta is a well-written character
reposted from twitter since i saw uta get a lot of hate on there. a lot of people seem to not get her character so i am writing this post in hopes of getting people to see the light. anyways here we go,
1. her motivations are well supported by her backstory. it all began in the tragedy in elegia years prior where shanks took the blame for the destruction of the city and left uta in the care of gordon. this led uta to being forced into a life of loneliness and isolation for the rest of her growing up years.
these feelings accumulate while she studies music until she eventually finds a den den mushi to livestream her performance. here she learns of the harshness of pirates in the outside world and coupled with her resentment towards the red haired pirates for leaving her motivates her to revisit her old dream of starting a new genesis. this is a solid way of story cohesion between uta's backstory and her actions in the present. everything ties in very nicely & its easy to understand & empathize with.
2) i've seen some complain about how uta saying that she knew all along that she had caused the destruction of elegia & called it bad writing. this was actually her way of coping with the years of isolation but also her grief in shanks leaving her.
i speculate that uta realized she caused the destruction of elegia when she learned about tot musica and when faced with this, she chooses to find someone else to blame because guilt ate away at her so she chose to continue believing the lie that shanks did it. so it isnt bad writing because we are given more context on her mental state at the time and it is meant to be a gateway for viewers to empathize with her more but i guess people missed that.
3. she is not entirely evil. yes she is a villain because she believes she is doing whats right in order to achieve her goal however she still has goodness in her heart. she could've easily kept people trapped in the song world after tot musica was defeated.
but she didnt because she realized that what she did was wrong and she changed for the better. yes there's moments in the film where she does upsetting things like tearing shanks's hat but these were done in her mentally unstable state so it is unfair to entirely fault her for her actions. she is merely a misguided and misunderstood lonely girl with a dream so dont be so hard on her. she is good deep down.
4. her character is unique. already a given since we dont have that many music centric characters except maybe brook but even brook's powers aren't linked to music so uta is really special. also her songs carry so much meaning and not only does it set the mood for most scenes but it also adds to the story. i highly recommend checking out the lyrics of each uta song because they really tie in to the events of the story and you might just enjoy her character more.
5. her canonity adds more flare to the story. oda recently confirmed uta to be canon and this means a lot to both shanks and luffy's backstory. it does not detract from their backstories but rather it gives more context like how we understand a lot more about luffy's dream and why he wants a musician in his crew thanks to uta.
as for shanks, he now has more reason of being and we also got some clues to his lineage in the movie. this is really nice since most shoe horned characters have issues when they're added to canon.
alright so thats all. its been quite the long thread but i love uta and i want more people to appreciate her instead of hating or mischaracterizing her. if i missed anything do let me know. thanks and have a nice day <3
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Based off of this post righ here
the subsequent dialogue coming after the phone call is something along the lines of
"How the hell do you have UTAS PHONE NUMBER??!?!??!?!"
"well, she gave it to me, of course~"
"thats, ,, THATS NOT WHAT WE MEANT?"
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papa croccy and baby luffy...
it's a work in progress ignore the uta bunny
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update: i drew more
don't ask me where his cigar is i always forget to draw it before i finish the mouth just pretend that this is the, uh, 4kids version or something. the cigar got censored and edited out
also please pay absolutely zero attention to how i somehow keep getting worse at drawing luffy
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update 2:
oh my god. you're so right
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So a year ago when I was feral about Porter's song he made with his own Vocaloid, I thought about how cool it would be if Po-uta had different outfits like how Miku does with her trillion and one outfits. And at the time the Porter community wanted to make a zine for Po-uta, and I suggested that idea.
Unfortunately didn't pan out, so I'm just posting these now. Was really enraptured by the accidental sunflower theme I found in Po-uta that I took it and ran. Happy one year anniversary, Po-uta!
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today's depressive episode is brought to you by whats shanks look like? and uta is there. because i believe in her. she's real.
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Reaction meme redraw for @/AssaultGodzilla on twitter!
Commission info: cadhla182.tumblr.com/Commissions
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Hear me out.
I'm envisioning... a video much like the one attached to this very post...
The video takes place and a viewer of the performance posts the posted 2 years before current events in my au and a year before Uta gets her feet on the ground for being a ✨Pop Star 🤩.
A year after Uta's fame blows up, this video is found and circulated around her fan forums, and everyone's like
"Who's these other guys performing with you?"
"ay This man really busted out the kazoo and absolutely killed it"
"Guy's i found one of them, he's a felon. [posts Sabo's mug shot]"
i think that would be funny...
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