#of such explored compassionatley & with understanding. she gets to be flawed she gets to be morally gray. she gets to be mean & negativel

[fiapple]

literally, i love nami so much, you do not even understand. you cannot begin to fathom.

#like yes she does fall into *some* misogynistic tropes especially insofar as character design. as much as i wholeheartedly adore arlong #park you could argue that on a doylist level that- when contextualized with a lack of women on the main crew who are actively fighters in #the way male characters get to be- that the fact of(though YES IT IS WELL-WRITTEN ITSELF) the authorial choice to have her empowerment be #gained through asking for help plays into misogynistic tropes regardless of it's technical quality. these criticism are worthwhile. #that said- she is such an interesting & consideratley written character when oda does not fall into those more flawed mindests. #she is amongst very few characters who i have seen genuinely approach wealth as a means of security & stability learned through the absence #of such explored compassionatley & with understanding. she gets to be flawed she gets to be morally gray. she gets to be mean & negativel #-y informed by her trauma & inconsiderate & selfish & at times unkind while also being depicted as human & sympathetic & multi-dimensional #just exist as a fucked up human being doing her best within the context of her universe in a way we rarely get to see with female character #especially in male dominated & male targetted fields like shounen & western comic books. like she is such a salient individual & humana ch #-racter with a holistic & reasoned examination of class-politics & the emotional dependency that can result from the trauma that can #manifest as a result of surviving poverty without condoning it's attitudes OR blaming the victim on a narrative-level is very masterfully #& like something in particular that i enjoy about nami is that she isn't necessarily a good person. she admits as much. but she is living #for herself & what she cares about & that goes DIRECTLY back to a major informing event for her character (bellemere's death & last words) #how she contextualizes her ultimate right to life & consumption. like she is approached as a fully dimensional human beings who- irregardl #-ss of the morality of her conclusions- has context informing her worldview to the extent she is UNDERSTANDABLE without condoning any misgu #-ded views OR (& this is where many writers fuck up) taking them to a severe enough extent that sympathetic framing feels like the impositi #-n of forgivability. & like- the way that itself is done on a techincal level is something i would like to commend oda for in particular. #grey's one piece tag #nami