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Hot Girl Productions: Boa Thee Stallion

#boa thee stallion #megan thee stallion #one piece #anime #manga #music #hip hop #boa hancock

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gave up along the way so don't focus too much on the details🫧⋆｡ °✩

inspired by the op characters with black hairstyles tweet! ^^

#so cute #princess shirahoshi #one piece #manga

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She was so valid for that bc Jinbei is indeed handsome

#yet another reason she is my fav #nico robin #jinbe #jimbei #fishman island #💜 #🩵

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One Piece Does Anti-Racism Surprisingly Well: Fishman Island (ft. My Hero Academia and Black Panther 2018)

So, this is not the usual posts I make, but I really wanted to get these thoughts out of my head. I could write a huge essay about it but I will try to keep it short here. (This is in reaction to chapters 370-372 of MHA.)

TL;DR: The way One Piece deals with anti-racism is surprisingly good (despite the series not being perfectly leftist (indicated by the big presence of fairytale monarchies) when using chapters 370 to 372 of My Hero Academia and Black Panther (2018) as comparison, two other mainstream pieces of media that discuss racism and it consequences within the oppressed group.

The messaging of Fishman Island Arc can be interpreted as: we shouldn't let our intergenerational trauma fester into hate against our oppressors. If we pass this hate to our children, they will grow up hateful and hurt their own people in the end, which makes community healing very difficult (a similar conclusion to Black Panther 2018, which is *the* bar for talking about racism and intergenerational trauma in mainstream media). This is much better than: we shouldn't let our intergenerational trauma turn into hate against our oppressors, because our oppressors will now have legitimate reasons to oppress us.

To elaborate:

• One Piece and Black Panther (2018) frame violence and hate caused by intergenerational trauma as a community problem. The opinions of outsiders are pushed aside, if not entirely absent from the discussion. This is a good way to present anti-racist action, because it puts the spotlight to the marginalized group and avoids the white saviour trope (though the Joyboy thing can be seen as a white saviour trope? Again, Fishman Island is not perfect, it's just surprisingly good compared to the rest of mainstream media. Especially the scene where the Strawhats explicitly say that they will let the fishman decide if these pirates are villains or good guys).

• MHA (chapters 370 to 372) falls flat on its face when it comes to anti-racism. Basically, it tries to say that the oppressed shouldn't express their grievances and frustrations through violence, because their children will suffer the now "justified" anger of the oppressor. This COMPLETLY ignores the fact that the oppressed were still being mistreated when they were peaceful. The messaging is simply maintaining the status quo of violent systemic discrimination. Oppressive peace is not true social justice.

• Furthermore, MHA uses the "one of the good ones" trope heavy-handidly (using the supporting "good guys"), which is an extremely racist concept. You can argue that Fishman Island arc uses that trope (Queen Otohime and Shirahoshi as examples), but it's much less obvious and doesn't have the explicit message of: actually, we shouldn't riot because it'll make us look bad in front of humans. Again, it's a lot more: we shouldn't let hate grow because our fishmen children will become hateful people too, and that doesn't create a healthy community.

• Stopping hate against racist oppressors is not about being liked by the oppressors, it's about putting that energy into loving and healing our own community. Black Panther (2018) tackles that topic through Killmonger: he is a tragic figure so blinded by hate against his oppressors that he forgets to love his own community and black heritage. Hody Jones is also somewhat tragic: his hate against humans is the consequences of anger turned into hate. He has no pride or love for his fellow fishmen. Because of that, Hody Jones divides his own community and endangers them all. This is especially important for anti-racism, since internalized racism is a huge obstacle to anti-racism and community healing.

On the topic of violent reactions to systemic racism and other forms of oppression:

• Violence and riots are a natural reaction to the systemic violence marginalized groups live everyday (yet mainstream media always tries to frame riots as completely unjustifiable and use them to discredit civil rights movements). Marginalized groups (like black children) have been known to show signs of PTSD. There's no denying that systemic oppression is very violent yet we are brainwashed into thinking that it's not true violence.

Conclusions: It's nice to see a hugely popular manga tackle racism in a way that isn't complete liberal/centrist messaging

#i've been pleasantly surprised myself #didn't get to this point in mha but that seems on brand lol #hordy jones #queen otohime #princess shirahoshi #fishman island #one piece #mha #one piece meta #mha meta #black panther #racism

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i thought fisher tiger was already a great character but hordy is even more interesting. and putting them together is even more so.

fisher tiger was a hero, not only to fishmen, but also to humans. he blatantly stood up against the most powerful people in the world and angered them terribly by freeing many slaves, fishmen and humans and other species alike.

fisher tiger was brave and kind and selfless. he understood the suffering of the slaves well, because he had been in their shoes. he himself had been a victim of slavery. and even after he freed himself, he couldn't stop thinking about his fellow victims and went back to save them.

given what he had experienced, he would be justified to hold a grudge against humans, for his slavers were humans. but he was able to see reason and realised that his hatred shouldn't be extended to all humans. yes, he had seen horrible humans, but there were also humans who were victims. and he empathised with the second type of humans and freed them from slavery even though he really didn't have to.

however, he had suffered some really terrible traumas related to humans, and there were still some parts of him who couldn't stop holding grudges towards humans, even though his rational brain knew he shouldn't. eventually, his resentment against humans didn't allow him to receive blood transfusions from humans which led to his death.

however, his rejection of human blood wasn't really a sign of bigotry or intolerance. it's the opposite. it showed how traumatised he was by his experiences as a slave to humans, to the point that he chose death over being indebted to humans. his rational mind could see that it was illogical to hold any sort of resentment towards humans as a species, but his traumas ran deep and couldn't heal so easily. so the fact that he was still advocating for equality between humans and fishmen, and how he saved human slaves and stopped his crewmates from killing humans, despite his traumas, showed how much inner strength and heart he had. only the greatest person can be hurt so bad and not let it corrupt their heart.

now hordy jones is a foil to fisher tiger. while fisher tiger had every reason to hate humans, hordy had nothing. and yet, fisher tiger valued human lives just as much as he valued fishman lives, whereas hordy hated humans so much that he even hated fishmen who were human sympathisers.

at this point, it might seem like hordy jones was just a total psychopathic jerk who was nothing but pure evil. but oda managed to explain his character without making him seem like just a horrible villain.

the thing is, hordy wasn't born evil, but he grew up surrounded by human-hating fishmen. most fishmen hated humans, but hordy didn't inherit his hatred from just any fishman, but from one who was fanatical about it: arlong.

arlong hated humans so much. he thought that humans were a weaker species and that their lives didn't matter. arlong was the kind of person who would kill a human just for being human. his ideal was to rule over humans and to show them the fishmen's supremacy.

but arlong was also kind towards fellow fishmen. he saved fellow residents of the fishman district from human kidnappers. and child hordy saw this side of arlong and idolised him.

and that's where things went wrong. hordy not only idolised arlong, he also adopted arlong's ideologies even as a child. he grew up believing that humans were bad and that fishmen should hate humans and shouldn't sympathise with them. arlong's words about hating human stuck with hordy even after he grew up.

the thing with ideologies is that they can grow even without any evidence. as he grew older, hordy started believing that it was their duties as fishmen to save fishmankind from humans. he first thought that fisher tiger was the appointed hero that was supposed to save fishmen. but upon fisher tiger's death, he realised he was wrong, and that he himself was the real appointed hero.

hordy basically called himself a messiah of fishmankind. he believed he was born with the destiny to save fishmen from humans. he then proceeded to do that by killing queen otohime, the main proponent of equality between fishmen and humans. his subsequent actions were all based on his belief that he was the appointed hero of fishmankind. these included enslaving humans, killing fishmen who were human sympethisers, and even killing his own underlings who were not willing to fight for their ideals. he believed his actions were not only justified, but mandated by the higher power.

to use prince fukaboshi's words, hordy was a monster born from their environment, that is, a human-hating environment. he grew up around fishmen who hated humans, and so he grew up hating humans. he didn't need evidence that humans were bad, because it was his belief. people believe things all the time without needing evidence. and when it was something he learned as a child and left unchecked, his belief grew to become a full-blown ideology.

yes, he met hachi who liked rayleigh, a human. but there were more fishmen who hated humans. and so fishmen like hachi were seen as the odd ones, or more extremely, the wrong ones.

so really, the stories of fisher tiger and hordy jones were stories about experiences versus beliefs. fisher tiger based his values on his experiences, while hordy formed his values around his beliefs.

it might seem like experiences should leave a stronger impact because they are tangible and definite. but these stories showed that beliefs can be more powerful.

the thing is that precisely because experiences are tangible and definite, they are fixed. fisher tiger saw how cruel humans could be, but hordy could imagine how cruel humans could have been. experiences are fixed while imaginations are infinite. fisher tiger's pain and suffering from slavery could only diminish with passing time, but hordy's hatred and human-hating ideology could grow to be all-consuming with time.

these stories showed that sometimes, a baseless ideology could grow to be more powerful than factual evidence.

#absolutely love fisher tiger #and the social commentary in fishman-human relations is fascinating to me #fisher tiger #arlong #hordy jones #fishman island #one piece meta #one piece #anime #slavery #racism

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no mercy 😭

#the spitting image of him in my opinion #black leg sanji #straw hat pirates #one piece #manga #😂😂

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never lose hope

#loml #nico robin #one piece #manga

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Let’s do the Time Warp again !!

#luffy #monkey d. luffy #bon clay #mr. 2 #emporio ivankov #buggy #inazuma #crocodile #daz bones #mr. 1 #one piece #manga #impel down

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idk if fishmen being metaphors for opressed black people is a new thing cause opla is my only exposure to one piece, but arlong leading a fishman hotep pirate cult is the funniest shit i’ve ever seen

#fishman hoteps is killing me #😂😂😂 #arlong #fishmen #one piece #opla

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even tho the name "demon pirate hunter roronoa zoro" piqued luffy's interest & he thought someone with three swords was SO cool, he wouldn't have asked him to be on his crew if he didn't let himself be tied to a post to protect a little girl and eat her sugar rice balls ground into the dirt. even though nami wasa skilled and intelligent navigator, luffy wouldn't have given her a second thought unless she'd risked her life to protect him. usopp was entertaining and yasopp's son, but the real reason luffy wanted him on his crew was because when it came down to it, he showed real bravery to protect his village and kaya. of course sanji was a talented cook, but luffy knew he was HIS cook when he gave gin a plate of food because no one should go hungry. every person luffy collects like stubborn pokemon has a bright, sharp goodness about them.

#absolutely #monkey d. luffy #luffy #roronoa zoro #zoro #nami #usopp #one piece #anime

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#so true #fighting for his life every waking moment lol #usopp #one piece #anime #manga

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mother and daughter 2024

mother and daughter 2020

#one piece #black leg sanji #emporio ivankov #anime #manga

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dadan is the realest mom out there. she literally ran into a fire for her sons, two of which she had only known for less than a year. when she found 2/3 of her sons she IMMEDIATELY asked where the third was, and when ace was stubborn and said he wouldn’t leave without a fight, she backed him up and fought alongside him. someone get this woman a gold medal.

#she is top tier #dadan #one piece #anime #manga #asl

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shakuyaku………………………..

[image ID: a digital drawing of shakky from one piece as an empress of amazon lily. she is sitting relaxed in a pile of pink peonies that continue a little bit up the left side of the drawing. she has a white snake around her arm and a cigarette in her hand. she is wearing a bright pink halter wrap top with black spots and a black skirt with a gold hexagon pattern. she is covered in various gold body jewelry. she is blowing out smoke that fades into the background, which is also smoke. she is winking. her head is haloed by the kuja pirates’ jolly roger. the drawing is formatted like the tarot card for the empress. /end ID.]

#💖💖💖 #shakky #the empress #one piece #anime #tarot

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Usopp: it's me Dad. I'm your son

Yasopp: ...........................who's goddamn white baby is that?

Please somebody give Usopp his melanin back 🙏🏻

#😂😂😂 #usopp #one piece #anime #colorism #yasopp

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ace as a christ-like figure in one piece

SPOILERS FOR MARINEFORD AHEAD!

So, I finished Marineford today, and I wanted to share some similarities I noticed Ace has with Christ-like figures in fiction. These are just my own thoughts (from a very American perspective) as someone who loves to overthink about media. Not trying to evangelize or anything, lol.

He was a miracle child the government tried to kill: Besides being the son of the King of the Pirates, Ace was a bit of a miracle because his mother Portgas D. Rouge held him in for 20 months so that he had a chance of surviving. The Marines terrorized (and likely killed) many expectant parents and their babies in their efforts to kill Ace because he was a symbol of resistance and a threat to the tenuous power they held.

He was betrayed by a former follower: Blackbeard acted as a bit of a Judas in this case because he handed Ace over to the Marines. Since he was in the Second Division, he served directly under Ace and was even like a brother in some ways when you consider the very strong familial component of the Whitebeard pirates.

He has a literal cross on his back: The Whitebeard pirates’ jolly roger is different from most other crews I’ve encountered so far. When a jolly roger has a skull and crossbones, it usually forms an X. In their case, it forms a cross. This is especially apparent in Ace’s tattoo following the fatal wound he receives from Akainu.

To take things further, this could even represent how being the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard pirates (and one of Whitebeard’s adopted sons) is a cross for Ace to bear. Not necessarily in a bad way; it’s just that Ace takes those titles very seriously. He makes it his mission to hunt down Blackbeard, even when Whitebeard himself warns against it, because Blackbeard disgraced Whitebeard’s name by killing a fellow crew member and fleeing. And even worse, he did it as someone Ace considered to be his responsibility. Ace turns back in the middle of escaping Marineford because Akainu insults Whitebeard and mocks his name. And Ace, understandably, cannot let that slide. I would even go as far as to say that his paternity as a whole is a cross to bear, exemplified by the question he has asked himself since childhood: “Did I deserve to be born?”

There's probably also a point to be made about Ace being resurrected through Luffy in a way and Whitebeard kinda hinting at some kind of apocalypse down the line before he dies, but that's for another day.

His death was a sacrifice and symbol of a new era: When Blackbeard was looking for someone to trade for Warlord status and when Akainu decided to take out one of the two brothers, it is made clear that Luffy was the original target. So, Ace's life was sacrificed for his little brother’s. And similar to his biological father’s execution, Ace’s death was meant to snuff out the old guard as well as new, up-and-coming pirates. I can’t speak much to the long-term effects of this because I just finished the arc, but I’m fairly certain all it did was fan the flames of resistance and further motivate them to oppose the World Government and usher in this new era.

#one piece spoilers #marineford spoilers #op spoilers #portgas d ace #monkey d. luffy #luffy #blackbeard #whitebeard pirates #one piece #anime #manga #op meta #marineford

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every single time israel fires on people picking up food or humanitarian aid it truly cuts me to the core. obviously it's equally horrible to fire on civilians escaping the invasion or to bomb hospitals or refugee camps or people just living in their own homes. but there's something so brutal about hitting people right when they have gathered for life-saving aid. by firing on them there the IOF have set up an impossible dilemma where starving people have to choose between death by bullet or death by hunger. they have left no room for palestinians to choose life. i do not know how my government or any other government can just sit by and watch while innocent people continue to be gunned down for the crime of existing in israel's eyeline.

#palestine will be free