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Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

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i just can't believe that oda fucking create sanji, a stereotypical ladies man who simps to an embarrassing degree for women while having his hackles comically raised around everyone he perceives as a man - and most notably butting heads with the more obvious ~manly man~ of the crew. haha, classic anime running gag, the kind that gets obnoxious at times but still makes you laugh.

AND THEN, like a billion chapters later, motherfucker steeples his fingers and goes "soooooooo... what makes a person Like That?"

and the answer is that he grew up in fucking Toxic Masculinity, The Kingdom. the answer is that he was always Different, in a way other guys instinctively perceived as weak, and that made him the target of visceral scorn and violence. the answer is that he was sensitive, sweet, caring, nurturing - feminine-coded traits which are only valued by patriarchy insofar that they're performed by women in service of men. the answer is that in a kingdom comprised almost entirely by violent men, the only ones who were ever kind to him, the only safety he ever had, were a girl and a woman.

so cooking is for women and servants, it makes you less of a man. only women will ever really value you for your passions and dreams. women are also actively hurt by the way the world works, they are unsafe unless they comply with men's violence, and you have to protect them.

(men will always know what you are, and they will hurt you if you let them.)

and even after he leaves... at baratie he is cherished and respected, but even that is an extremely masculine environment. we don't talk about our feelings, we don't let our guard down, the only love is tough love. when he tries to express his artistry and express himself through his cooking, rather than just filling orders and making money, he gets mocked.

so here is a man who will not raise a hand to a woman, because he rejects the masculinity he was raised with and refuses to become yet another man subjecting women to violence. he is desperate for women's attention and affection because it's SAFE, it's the only kind he can trust. other men are potential threats and must be treated as such. he must at all times be snarky, tough, Not Feminine, because to be perceived otherwise is to be powerless, to be hurt.

like y'all. the queer coding of it all? the overtly feminist themes? the active rejection of toxic masculinity and the way it's shown to be directly tied to imperialism? what the fuck.

#i fucking love one piece #it is so incredibly good l

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Roronoa zoro or whatever

#smitten i believe

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not an author’s note but it made me stop scrolling and laugh so hard I cried

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every time I fumble w my phone’s charger cable I think about emailing steven moffat a pipe bomb

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Nasty little bugs I found under a rock

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🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

#hes the best

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tall dad.

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#this is amazing

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anime "was tied up to the post at the marine yard for three weeks" zoro could beat up opla zoro but all opla zoro (more emotionally well adjusted) would have to do is ask him why he gets a tummy ache when luffy calls other guys strong

#one piece #zolu #yes😍

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#the last one screams luffy #but I'm sure he will get us out again #the one after the luffy pic would have been zoro #i think he wouldn't even find his way to the courtroom

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"It's just a TV show" maybe to you. I absorbed it into my soul though.

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"It's just a TV show" maybe to you. I absorbed it into my soul though.

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I feel like words aren't enough to convey how unwell it makes me feel to know zoro went from "next to my life, those swords are my dearest treasures" "all I have left is my destiny" "if I have to abandon my dream for any reason, then I'm going to make you commit harakiri!" to leaving his swords aside and "take my head instead! please settle for that!" then "what good is ambition if I can't even save the life of my own captain?" because strength, pride, ambitions, dreams - none of it matters if zoro can't protect the person he cares most about. if he can't protect luffy. no wonder this is such a fandom favorite moment that even dudebros fawn over. man singlehandedly reinvented love, loyalty, devotion, everything.

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someone realized he was in love

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his chiropractor

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These two have some peak sibling behavior