So I had an idea fore the selkie goddess
What if she was originally a slave girl named Caethes who escaped by jumping into the sea. She meet the mermaid king and fell in love. Later she briefly joined joy boy (Nika) although they both had feelings for each other, Caethes refused to act on them since she was already married. (And unknown to her pregnant when she left)
Caethes is such a good name!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!
But she didnt have feelings for Nika because Nika was annoying and apathetic and didn't really change until after she'd died when the other races started capturing torturing and enslaving her people. Nika only became the drums of revolution to protect her legacy, but she never got a chance to see that
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made a chart of the straw hats' skin tones with the colors being screencapped directly from the episodes, to show how much they've lightened.
this is more than just an "artstyle change" or "design evolution" or "just the timeskip" this is blatant racism/colorism. it's fucking ridiculous and i don't understand how toei is continuously getting away with it
please reblog btw, i think this is something people should see
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there is something unique and deeply special about monkey d luffy as a protagonist. he’s overwhelmingly ADORED by the fandom. he’s consistently the most or at least top 3 most popular characters in the whole series. peoples takes about him are gushingly positive. and that’s… really uncommon.
a LOT of fandoms i’ve witnessed or been in have a tendency to favor characters other than the main character. especially in anime. the main characters are often written as a blank slate for readers/watchers to project onto, but that makes them not as interesting and so they don’t get the fan attention.
but luffy is so far from that. and he’s ALWAYS been this way. we love him so much. he’s the heart of the story and the heart of the fandom in every single way. and i think that speaks to how well-written he is as a character. he’s fun and charming and complex and interesting and he makes us laugh and cry and cheer and hope and love. he’s able to inspire so much joy in people, both in his world but also in this one. and i think that’s really special. i feel so grateful to have found this story that means so much to me, and i’m so grateful that luffy exists.
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