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alliumnoblade · 2 years

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If Sanji ever hits a woman, his character is ruined forever

How I, as a woman, came to enjoy Sanji's chivalry trait even if I dislike it.

Now, notice how I said "chivalry" and not "pervet", because I actually quite enjoy his morals, but i fucking loathe his gags with the nose blood and all. This perverted size I do my best to ignore and at the very least tolerate, because I honestly believe Sanji's good character traits surpass this goddamn bad bits.

(This is going to be a long long essay, because I’ve been thinking about that Black Maria fight again and I wanted to give my two cents to his character development in detriment of my calculus exam tomorrow which I haven’t studied one bit. Also there’s going to be no images because I don’t fucking know how Tumblr works I’m new)

So, about his chivalry and the whole "won't hit a woman thing".

At first, I was very pissed about it. If it was in any other piece of media, not hitting a woman (as much as its a double standart) it's not exactly bad per se. It's not something I would applaud but rather think it's a failed flex of the writers to show themselves Oh So Manly and So Full of Outdated Morals. Regardless, not all that much of a bother. In real life, not hitting a woman is a thing and its not a bad one, since not every woman is able to GG combo a 6 foot tall jerk. And depending on how close your fictional world is to real life, this chivalry becomes more and more justified.

But One Piece is not your everyday fantastical fictional world. It's a whole ass big planet that keeps on moving with its own rules, physics and culture. A world a lot bigger than our own that expends to metaphysical standards. In One Piece, even if regular woman are shown to be a tad weaker than most regular man, its not by a lot when these randoms could die to an actual strong character to the same swing of a sword.

However, when Oda shows strong, powerful characters, they are so regardless of their gender. And One Piece has some STRONG female characters. I mean painfully strong. In a planet so big as theirs, its not a surprise woman has taken some Big Girl Pills. I don’t think it's up to discussion that woman can be seen as deadly powerful in this world as man.

But as refreshing as it is, this gender roles in One Piece come crumbling down once you add this chivalry shit.

Because when you have big women villains that can eat a whole island in two seconds, or women that can murder a whole army with one move, having a character refusing to fight feels demeaning. It’s like you are underestimating these powerful lads that can literally kill your nakama. What, you don’t think they can actually do damage to you, you fucking prick?

And it’s contradictory, to show these woman so strong and yet be seen so weakly by characters you were supposed to like. It feels demeaning to them, and it feels demeaning to you, a 12yo that was starting to really like see these woman achieving so many big things.

And Sanji is one of those characters you were supposed to like. Because he’s funny, strong, kind, a good cook, a good friend, a person you would love to know in real life. But still, he has this flaws that ick you so fucking much, flaws that get more and more evident as the story progresses.

Don’t get me wrong, I love OP, I have a tattoo of One Piece, Sanji is one of my favorite characters. However, I stopped reading for a while before WCI because, even though the story is amazing, I was getting really bothered with this whole woman situation. At some point, a trait that was exclusively Sanji’s that I was willing to ignore seemed to take this whole world by storm

Because the story portrays Sanji as dumb for not fighting woman, but at the same time, quite noble. And it pissed me off so much it took me four years to read One Piece again. Mainly because I wanted to catch the Wano arc finished, but also because I was so done that I could only pray this sexism situation got better over time and it was only a weird phase of Oda.

AND OH BOY HOW IT WAS

Recently reading WCI, I remembered everything I loved about Sanji, why I enjoyed his smile and his brains so much, and why he was one of my favorite characters ever. It wasn’t just uneducated 12yo me that was overlooking issues, Sanji is genuiely a good guy. Believe me, I’m 20, a woman in STEM that deals with sexism every single day, I’m plenty educated now.

Speaking of which, this is already very long and I really should study for that calculus exam but now I’m getting heated up.

Because WCI touches and highlights the best parts of Sanji, and fuck you if you disagree (... /j)

It called for my attention how Oda kept talking and hitting themes surrounding “humanity” in Whole Cake Island, and finally some things fell in place for me.

This chivalry of Sanji is a character trait, that even if annoying sometimes, is still a character trait meant to be seen perhaps as a flaw, but also as a product of his humanity and kindness.

Because the world in One Piece doesn’t think the same way as Sanji. Luffy would kick a woman, he won’t give a single damn fuck, and we are supposed to like Luffy plenty! Even if Oda has his lows in how he deals with the perception of woman in One Piece, this double standard morality is exclusively a Sanji thing.

Not only is a Sanji thing, but also a Zeff thing.

That scene particularly stuck with me, where Zeff says that if Sanji would ever hit a woman, he would kick Sanji’s ass and then kill himself. When Sanji asked why on his good mind would he do that, Zeff responds “It’s the price a parent has to pay. Don’t become something I hate.”

And oh, OH, what a line. Because after hearing from his biological father he would be embarassed if the world ever discovered a failure was his son, it must have meant a lot for Sanji to hear Black Leg Zeff (the best person he has ever encountered besides maybe his mother) declaring so proudly he was Sanji’s parent.

It gives not only a reason for Sanji be one of the only characters with this mentality, but also justify why he is so strongly convict with this morality. He doesn’t want to be a failure again. Not to Zeff. And he doesn’t want to live in a world where he’s too ashamed to look his father in the eye.

And, in a vacuum, this scene must have felt like a cheap excuse of Oda to not change the character. But combining with the whole Whole Cake Island (ha, whole whole), this shows exactly what type of person Sanji is.

Because, as I said before, his chivalry is a product of his kindness and humanity (such a thing his brothers doesn’t have), but also is a mark Zeff left for him. Screaming without actually screaming that Vinsmoke Judge is not Sanji’s real father, because his actual dad made sure to raise well. To make him become a good person by his own ideals. Sanji has Zeff’s ideals because Zeff is his dad, and in result, everything about Sanji is a direct contrast of his biological siblings.

Also, uniting everything together, knowing damn well where his chivalry came from, it’s safe to assume that if Sanji ever loses that sense of morality, it would be a big bad thing. As in bad, bad thing.

Rather we like it or not, his morality is strong and tied directly with his humanity. If Sanji ever hits a woman, if he loses this sense of right and wrong, it means we lost Sanji as we knew him - a kind hearted boy, a strong chef, a strawhat that would die for his friends.

So in Wano, when this “happens”, it feels like Oda warning us.

If Sanji ever hits a woman, you all better be shock in terror.

I don’t know if I misjudged Oda when I was 16, or if he was indeed telling a bad story before realizing and fixing it, but Wano feels like a redemption arc. Because above all that, we also have good LGBTQ representation that felt almost surreal, and one of the best One Piece arcs ever told in terms of story, but also, good Sanji moments, reminding us all of the person he is and who he became after WCI.

And for those who says this means Sanji won’t get character development ever, I present to you: Black Maria incident.

I see a lot of people disliking strongly how Sanji screamed for Robin’s help. But to me, it felt amazing to see Sanji actually trusting his friends. Because he won’t hit a woman, but he doesn’t need to die because of that. He has plenty of strong friends that can watch his back and do what he can’t do while he does what they can’t.

Not only that, but him screaming for Robin specifically shows that he acknowledges the women on his crew are strong. Strong enough to fight for him, strong enough to handle themselves. And also shows how he trusts them. Trusts that they won’t die, trusts their power, trusts that he won’t need to save them because it’s his time to be saved.

Not to mention the whole sacrificing thing he has going on, but that one was plently adressed on WCI.

And you have all the right to dislike this character trait as long as you realize it’s, you know, a character trait. And one that holds a lot of simbolism. I eventually came to enjoy the weight this chivalry holds, but it’s up to you.

That’s it. Thanks for reading. I’ll definitely go study for that calculus exam now

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catamaurrr-star · 1 month

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i think hsr is a horror game just for this fucking trailer alone

#the snake eating a bird in the background of red acheron and black swan “dancing”#and how directly afterwards it shows that birds skeleton. hmm #and of course the predator and prey imagery in black and white. with that Damn art style like holy shit #also black swan falling in that weird red and black swirling abyss. as someone who is scared of heights Thats pretty scary #also can i just say. that scene at the very end with all the people falling down from the sky while ahceron is just walking (in the pic)#was the most horrifying part to me. like holy shit man. who used a potion of slow falling on those guys #its just so ominous to me. gives me the creeps #fucking great music choice as well btw #maurposting #i have many thoughts. as you can tell #honkai mumb rail #this trailer really feels like. abstract horror? i dont really know the right word for it #in the best way possible: this feels like something 9 year old me wouldve spaced out thinking about in the middle of class

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vaugarde · 6 days

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terribly sorry for progressively getting more and more annoyed and tired with jn. this show kinda gets a lot more exhausting on a rewatch when you know its not going to get better

#i think what happened when it was airing was that like. it was the direct successor to sun and moon right?#and that was a show EVERYONE shat on when it got revealed. the setting the art change the shift to a goofier style etc etc #but then it aired and aside from some hiccups while adjusting the first few eps- sm turned out to be a joy of a show #not just for a casual watch- you can tune on most episodes without context and just have a pleasant time bc its a cozy show #but also if youre more into the battle scene bc this series kinda goes hard on them #and while the episodes had a goofier tone to them the episodes never felt like they were talking down to its audience #everyone brings up the deaths and how maturely they were handled but seriously- they didnt need to go that hard on the minior episode #and yet- it took fans a long time to really come around to it and stop giving it bad faith criticism #the most popular youtubers were finding every excuse to shit on it and mock the fans #so i think when jn was announced with another slight art shift and a different format- i think we all got a little defensive over it #like hey sm had hiccups too! jn just needs some time to grow into itself and find its footing #and we had no reason to think it wouldn’t. like there were some red flags like how mimey was handled and some clickbait episodes #but we got genuinely nice episodes back then too! the scorbunny eps were neat and ash and gohs intro eps are great #the pichu opening is REALLY strong and i thought it showed a ton of promise for the show #the leon and eternatus stuff was being set up #so i waited for jn to pick up and waved off a lot of criticism as bad faith bc hey. ppl were ruthless to sm and forgetting that we do have t #to work with the limit that its a childrens series. which is fine.#but well…… suddenly we’re in the final arc and its not better. its worse. holy shit did it get worse #episodes like the drizzile one were now the exception. not the rule.#most episodes that are pleasant on a first watch became an absolute slog on a rewatch #the ‘’fanservice’’ feels more like a marketing ploy than an attempt to respect the characters. the production value was a goddamn mess.#entire arcs went unresolved #so it gave me rose tinted glasses until it all fell apart at once for me at the end #but now i have the joyful experience of watching the whole thing through knowing damn good and well it gets worse. yay #echoed voice #jn lb

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sleep-deprived-person · 19 days

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Wait, why is Undertale having a resurgence I don't think it's an anniversary of it or something?

#undertale #also Fallout is in 8th!?#holy shit that show was great for it if its doing numbers on tumblr :D

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ebonytails · 2 years

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I’m not sure if we ever posted this? This is a cover we did back in November 2020! It was a whole system collaboration that took a while to finish.

Who sang what + notes below

Left (Yellow) = Kris T

Middle (White) = Sal

Right (Blue) = Chara

Spinel = Spinel! (sob)

I think we never posted this because Tumblr kept flagging it as us just reposting the original? help.. It’s a cover girl BAHAHA

It’s really neat doing system cover collabs like this because you can hear everyone’s differences a little bit. When we sing it’s not THAT obvious but Chara really sings like they have a weight in them.

Spinel had to do her own part of course! I remember when we first coverd Drift Away and we didn’t even know she was blurring with Jamie lol

Sal doesn’t front as much anymore, but he was always very involved in the song collabs we would do at the time. PREETTY sure there’s more we never got to post due to tumblr thinking the whole “this is not a cover” thing. WHEN IT IS.

#ebby sings #let us adore you #steven universe #singing #cover #HOLY SHIT IT POSTED?? WELL DAMN. maybe illpost our other system collab songs #its always the fucking sys collab songs!!! they always got flagged for copyright or something #maybe we can finally show you guys No Matter What and Peace and Love or whatever the title was #sorry but Steven Universe songs make for GREAT Duets because. its a group song and its cute what can I say

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stuck-in-the-ghost-zone · 11 months

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MAC MAC. SORRY I GOTTA RANT IN UR INBOX I’M HAVING MAD AT GENLOSS THOUGHTS. BUT THAT POST ABT THE BACKROOMS/POOLROOMS AND UR TAGS ABT WHAT YOUTUBERS DID TO IT GOT ME THINKIN. THIS IS THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH GENLOSS. ranboo took an already potentially scary concept—the deterioration of something when it’s been recorded over and over again until it’s incomprehensible, which could have been really cool if he had done it as an analog horror and made it so reality itself was deteriorating around them—and just fuckin. put Ooh Spooky Scary things in it and completely botched the concept. the fuckinggg. hey heres a big scary corporation CLEARLY WATCHING THE CHARACTERS!! ISN’T THAT SOOO SCARY AAAA!!!1! and the wire monster. and the “twist” villain hetch. the deaths. like. do u know brian david gilbert’s video Teaching Jake About The Camcorder??? that’s similar to what i wanted from genloss. if genloss was like some old video or show LIKE A SITCOM!! OR A GAME SHOW!! OR A HOME VIDEO!!! and the first season was was like almost completely normal and the second one was like a replay of the same episodes but Just Slightly To The Left and it progressed until it turned into something horribly irreparably distorted THAT WOULD BE COOL. THAT’S WHAT I WANTED. AUGH. PAIN. backrooms 🤝 genloss: oooh spooky scary monster makes things scary right??? ok sry i’m done i just HADDD 2 RANT. OK BYE

GODDDDD NO WHISKEY COME BACK UR SO SO SO SO RIGHT. I THOUGHT ABOUT GENLOSS AS I WAS WRITI G THOSE TAGS. actualy i was really thinking about the charlie/tommy/ranboo youtube vids where they just say "we're in the backrooms!11!1!" over and over again. like. aughghghhhg. god. genloss rlly is just ooooo let me shove this spooky scary thing in your face with 0 subtlety. there u go i have made horror. like thats NOT HOW IT FUCKING WORKS.

#will NEVER be over asters reaction to the big red button. we were on call and we both fucking SCREAMED over it #HE PUT A BIG RED BUTTON . IN THE HORROR SHOW #like that same exact scene would have been improved just by making it like. a big handle flip switch or something.#even that would have been more subtle than. big red fucking button #aster has this whole genloss rewrite that lives in my brain now. like. we couldve had it all.#theres so much that could have been just like. minor tweaks that would have improved it so much #theres no subtlety. theres no buildup. it's just BAM SHOCK VALUE. wow wasnt that scary #no it wasnt.#i haaaated the fucking monster at the end so kuch. i hated it . it made me so angry #like yes on its own it was really cool. in a different series it wouldve been great #but it was just SO fucking out of nowhere no buildup whatsoever . and i was there fir like 2 goddamn seconds.#oh whiskey jm so mad about genloss again . holy shit. that shit fucking sucked. 0 redeemable qualities im an enormous hater.#everything he could have done wrong HE DID WRONG.#there are a lot of the concepts that are so cool on their own and could have been cool if they were made by someone competent #HE EVEN WASTED THE GODDAMN NAME #like the meaning behind the fucking name is so cool. and he did NOTHING with it. fuck im so angry #asks #friends!!!#anachronistic-falsehood

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frog-does-dumb-stuff · 1 year

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dead end has great trans guy rep. he's a mess. he likes dinosaurs. he SUCKS ASS AT BOWLING!!!!!!!!! he has a messy relationship with his family. hes queer. he likes wrestling. he'd rather go to a Demon Gym for Demons than a normal people gym because at the normal people gym people will ask questions/be weird about his binder. He's Really Fucking Awkward. he ran away from home to live in a theme park. 10/10 he just like me forreal

#dead end #dead end barney #like genuinely i look at him and im like. oh no thats me #like theres a few differences #but especially in the comics im like HEY NOW. HEY. WHAT #and its fucking great i genuinely feel so seen. holy shit #thanks hamish steele #and fuck you netflix for cancelling this show #de:pp #frog says shit #transgender

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wabbitears · 7 months

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feddy movie

#EUAGH #SO FUN #okay im gonna ramble abouts spoilers in the tags heads up #dont read further if you havent seen the fnaf movie #bro when springbonnie showed up i was going nuts Its ITS FUCKCING WILLYYYYY #AND TEHENE THE I CANT BELIEVE THEY HAD THE FNAF 1 LIVING TOMBSTONE SONG AT THE END LIKE HOLY SHIT?????#it was a very fun movie. not a great one but boy its good food for longtime fnaf fans like me #i really liked how they handled the dead kids. got a lot of time with them as just. kids!!!!!!#the fact i didn’t recognize matpat right away was fucking with me. i knew his voice and fcukdibg face very well how did i miss him???#it took him saying thats just a theory and my friend pointing it out for me to notice #it was the clothes im sure #i cant beleive the cupcake was so relevant #more screentime than willy #witch i mean. sad to not see much afton but hes stinky #shoutout to the scene where he gets springlocked OUHGH #also also the animatronics looked so good???? the sound effects the way they moved!!!! the practical effevts were awesome!!!#fort scene was weird not sure what thats about but its silly :]#i cant believe they referenced dream theory chicas magic rainbow and fucking sparky the dog #uhhauhhhh i think thats it yeah #look ive been following this franchise for years i cant be normal about thts movie #its a fun movie watch in theaters to be autistic with the rest of the crowd #wabbit speaks #fnaf #fnaf movie

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weenieliker · 5 months

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#making another bullshit post because i dont have anyone to talk to and talking in the tags is comforting as fuck for some reason #so here we go. hi gang dave here how are we doing tonight #sparkle off its thurday forget who you are yk how it goes #im so tired man ive had such a long week its been good but so fucking long you know like holy shit stuff just all the time #had a choir performance which was pretty badass #ive gotten further in rereading homestuck just watched me and my bro hug it out which was great #stridercest nation rise up #went to the dentist showed him my sick ass wisdom tooth necklace and he loved it and he took a billion pictures #gonna go to a new therapy support group thing try it out see how it goes maybe ill like it maybe i wont #these are just kind of life updates cause idk its weird to have shit happen and then just never talk about it to anyone really #been drawing a lot lately its nothing super cool but im having fun with it #i watched trolls 3 again tonight what a fucking fantastic movie cinema is alive and well #branch reminds me of karkat so much and its hilarious like thats just the same guy #i tried making hummus tonight but fucked it up it was too sour but no big ill try again another time #idk i think thats all ive got to say. thanks for tuning in see you next time

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marinsawakening · 2 years

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NATSUME YUUJINCHOU DUB REAL??????????????

#I AM SO OUT OF THE LOOP HOLY SHIT #From the short clips i've seen its not great but to be fair. I hate dubs anyway usually #The vast majority sound awful to me #That said. Touko's voice actor sure made some choices on the line delivery #But im still very happy they're dubbing it bc it means the show becomes available to a wider audience #As not everyone can handle subtitles #Plus it might show that there's more interest in marketing the show to a western audience #Which might mean i might be able to get my hands on it legally #If this dub gets me an affordable dvd boxset it'll be worth it #I might screw around and watch the dub despite not liking dubs tho #Bc i've always used natsuyu as an example of a show unsuited for dubs due to being so deeply entrenched in japanese culture #So I'm very curious how they handle that #So far I've heard that they translated nyanko-sensei to 'master kitty cat'#Which is perfect. Amazing. No notes thats the best possible translation you could've gone with #My posts #Natsume yuujinchou

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polyglottishthings · 2 years

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Why TF do people act like Korra's trauma arc comes out of nowhere???? Like, season one is entirely about her learning how to cope with and even process fear. She is not used to being afraid and doesn't know how to handle it. She has recurring memories and nightmares about Amon within the first few episodes of the show and people wanna act like her post traumatic stress was bad writing or random??? Like umm. To ignore that part of her character would actually make less sense.

In fact I think the main reason trauma wasn't heavily addressed with Aang after he woke up in the iceberg is because 1. He was always characteristically in touch with his emotions for the most part, as much as a 12 y/o can be (and his friends mention his unusual maturity/wisdom more than once); 2. He had seen the world and experienced much more than Korra ever had bc she was essentially locked up in the South Pole, giving him a wider emotional bandwidth than Korra (imo) and 3. It was clearly directed toward an audience of younger children whereas TLOK seems to be directed toward older children/teens, meaning it's more appropriate to address some darker themes in greater depth than they could in ATLA

ALSO... The obstacles that Aang faces are mostly the same through the show too, where he has to find someone to teach him, he's being chased by the royal family, and ultimately he has to fight the Fire Lord. This isn't to say he's not afraid, but the villains in TLOK, particularly in season 3, were much more intense than the ones in ATLA. Aang never had someone even threaten to take his bending away, let alone display to him that they could do it whenever they wanted, when it would suit them best. He wasn't betrayed by a trusted family member like in season 2 of TLOK (of course due to the nature of his situation this wasn't even really possible but the point stands). He wasn't chased by literal supervillains who had been locked away for years. It's the elements of fear and manipulation that makes Korra's story more intense to me. These were grown ass adults trying to terrorize, kidnap, and/or kill a 17 y/o. To me, in ATLA it was children beating each other up in a rather straightforward way, until the very end of the show.

All of this is to say that Korra faced a barrage of terrifying opponents and situations, back to back, after of lifetime of being sheltered that understandably left her traumatized. I think people just get so used to seeing shows/movies/video games where the main character doesn't even blink about traumatizing stuff that they think it's cheap writing when the writers actually decide to address that the protagonist has in fact not suffered happily lol.

#also. i just have to add to this:#i love aang. i love korra. they are both great characters #i just think comparing their situations somewhat brings to light why Aang didnt end up with ptsd in canon #though imo anyone who went thru what he did at that age would definitely have some type of post traumatic stress #i think the biggest factor really is the target audience of atla #also. irl two people could go through the EXACT same thing #and one could walk out completely fine while the other ends up permanently traumatized #everyone experiences trauma but not everyone ends up with post traumatic stress due to its nature #one's personality past and previous mental state among other things all play into the development of posttraumatic stress #as someone who has ptsd i was so glad that tlok addressed the traumatic nature of what korra went thru.#because any time i watch i show im thinking 'holy shit how are they even functioning after that'#and tlok was one of the first stories I've seen that was like 'maybe our protagonist would be like. affected by this for a while'#the only others i can think of off the top of my head that do that are SU Future and the Inheritance Cycle

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