Being kidnap or having a bomb collar does not make for a development. In a story, you can face hardship and being completely passive about it. That's Camie's case here. There is no development with a story, no internal hardship, no need to overcome. Camie was a fun background but she was just a catalysis in order for Oda to tell his story, nothing more. Carrot is completely different.
Evolution and development may be synonym, those do not describe the same thing. An evolution is a change of status for a character regarding his characterization for example it's Koby becoming Captain, this as nothing to do with development character which involve the crafting of an internal evolution in the character psyche and needs.
Carrot is being developped, Camie just had a nice evolution.
I don't care enough about this to keep debating it mostly since you seem confused on what character development actually is, it was just to prove your double standards.
We don't care about the reason, in fact if Carrot was really selfish (which she was not, Perospero being a real threat for the alliance) it would be all the more interestesting for her character.
She was already a part of the raid deep inside the castle itself, then abandoned it in order to fight Perospero for her own reasons. She absolutely did not leave because she thought it would help the raid.
The next step of the developped as indeed not been shown yet, but it was implied by Perospero's word. Sometimes you don't have to look for the character to know that there will be a development, you just have to listen to the antagonist.
You do understand that implications =/= actual development, right?
Remember : What am I talking about here ? Am I talking about focus in term of action and paneling ? No. I was talking about emotionnal relevancy of the fight. And Carrot was the one to react.
Literally, all Carrot did on-panel was shout out Nekomamushi's name. There was no reaction beyond being surprised to see Nekomamushi showing up. After his defeat, the panel focus was still on Nekomamushi telling the others to watch out for the moon. Emotionally, Carrot was dropped immediately when Nekomamushi was informed about Perospero. The focus turned to Nekomamushi who was avenging his friend and subordinate.
I suggest you read whole cake again, you missed the part where Carrot two half of chapters dedicated to her and her action which doesn't happen often if we talk about paneling utilization.
This is all you can use to point to Carrot joining. I suggest you read Zou and Wano and actually acknowledge how little she has done and compare it to how Jinbe was treated in the arcs he was present for before he joined. And no, doing nothing is not subtle character development.
Wrong. It does develop her character as it opens the door for a self questionning for her role as a pirate. Again you look at the lack of Carrot dialogue when you miss the whole point of Perospero's words.
See point above how this is not actual development.
Talking about Brook, remember that until the very end of Thriller bark, Brook was almost nowhere to be seen. In fact Carrot had a lot more development during her time in her story that Brook had during Thriller bark, minus the very end, where Brook's character is really developped. So you can wait for the end of the arc to say that Carrot has something missing.
Brooke was constantly popping up to help the Straw Hats and was the key to figuring out the zombies' salt weakness. We also got his backstory, his dream, his isolation for 50 years and what the Straw Hats accepting him means to him, his shame at losing to Ryuma despite knowing all his moves and his resolve to take him down in their rematch, his gratitude to Franky and Zoro for helping him, his willingness in defending Luffy from Kuma, and his understanding in keeping Zoro's secret from Luffy. Brooke had more character in his introduction arc than Carrot got in her three arcs of existence.
You are making assumption on nothing here.
Pot, meet kettle.
I proved it already in my blog but I intend to make a post about that in the future showing why Carrot's character is unlike anyone you have ever seen already.
I remember you saying this months ago, and yet you still haven't produced said post.
The anime proves you that it is implied by the story that she is indeed interested in the Dawn.
Anime filler is not canon.
It's not a "criteria" it's a fact.
Remember, in all the story, only 2 people helped as real crewmates on a real (an tangible) post on the Sunny:
This is your biggest problem. You decided that this is somehow the goalpost that a character has to meet and that this is the only way despite it not being backed up at all in the story. No other character besides arguably Jinbe performed their role on the ship before they joined. Yet somehow you've decided that this is necessary now. You need to accept that if your supposed criterion does not match the usual standard for a crew member joining, it's probably not the keystone you think it is.
Are you saying that Oda made a point to highlight all the post but, the lookout post is not a real post ?
Considering Oda hasn't had anyone in the entire series listed as an official lookout, and has said being a lookout is a 4 person job, I think it's fairly safe to say that no one person is going to be recruited solely on being a lookout.
Nothing here relates to an actual and tangible post on the Sunny. I did not see ANY of those characters of the Sunny on a specific post.
See point above that you deciding something means nothing. It's also just showing that multiple characters have been used as a scout or lookout because it is the easiest way to make side characters be useful for the crew.
Where is Brook mentionning that he is specialized in being a scout ?
Volume 83, Chapter 831.
So you are saying that if another strawhat can do the job, therefore it can't be Carrot's ? You are forgetting the fact that a lot of strawhat can do the job of multiple other strawhats.
You are also forgetting the fact that the Job in question becomes only really specific to the character in a very specific situation (minus some (Cook/doctor etc.)
The point that you seem to consistently ignore is that the Straw Hats are comprised of people who are either working towards being the best at their job (Zoro, Chopper, Franky) or are already highly specialized in their job (everyone else). Carrot falls into neither of these since we've had other characters, both in the crew and out, who have shown just as much or even more aptitude in being a lookout than Carrot has. Carrot's best hope for joining is as an apprentice, and I'm surprised more haven't taken up that position yet.
This is a pretty common trick in the Yamato fanbase, trying to undermine the role of lookout.. and when it can't be done, saying that other character can be look-outs to..
Oda has done that more than enough already.
The thing is, none of those characters have wonders in there eyes.. and a look out on the Sunny MUST have enjoy their discoveries to the maximum.
See point above that you deciding something means nothing.
That is minus the Sulong which is the pinnacle for a Scout.
A) What? B) Something that can only be used once a month under certain conditions for only a few minutes is hardly the pinnacle for someone who would be needed outside during the full moon, like say, during the day.
Unless..
You are saying that Oda is drawing things .. for no reason ?
Yes, Oda does things because he feels like it or thinks it might be fun or cool.[/QUOTE]