Controversial Do you think Big Mom is Objectively a "Well Written" character?
- Thread starter Dettles
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She's one of the biggest what ifs in One Piece for sure.
Her flashback with Mother Carmel and the orphans was some straight up horror stuff. The initial vibes of Whole Cake Island and her territory, her first appearance during Fishman Island all promised a menacing figure where one mistake costs you your life.
And her dream was as heroic and benevolent as any of the Strawhats' until she started to be influenced and shaped by bad people.
I know she isn't the focus of the story, nor should she be, but Oda really dropped the ball with her like none other.
Her flashback with Mother Carmel and the orphans was some straight up horror stuff. The initial vibes of Whole Cake Island and her territory, her first appearance during Fishman Island all promised a menacing figure where one mistake costs you your life.
And her dream was as heroic and benevolent as any of the Strawhats' until she started to be influenced and shaped by bad people.
I know she isn't the focus of the story, nor should she be, but Oda really dropped the ball with her like none other.
She's such a mixed bag that I end up leaving to no.
I mean, I love to have an evil matriarch who kinda has a good idea at heart (uniting all nations), but does it in horrible ways, her family is some sort of a spin on the Addamses, although without a loving husband as she's simply usurping their powers with her forced marriages. She has depth, kinda, but.... Oda's inconsistent plot-driven writing did her dirty. Mother's mode towards Tama? Hunger cravings mysteriously appearing and disappearing as the plot requires? She seemed really terrifying in her first appearances, just to be reduced to the laughing stock and Big Meme status.
I mean, I love to have an evil matriarch who kinda has a good idea at heart (uniting all nations), but does it in horrible ways, her family is some sort of a spin on the Addamses, although without a loving husband as she's simply usurping their powers with her forced marriages. She has depth, kinda, but.... Oda's inconsistent plot-driven writing did her dirty. Mother's mode towards Tama? Hunger cravings mysteriously appearing and disappearing as the plot requires? She seemed really terrifying in her first appearances, just to be reduced to the laughing stock and Big Meme status.
I kinda ruined this for myself back on Oro Jackson when I made a joke during the start of the flashback about "Hey, what if the fat dumb broad was so fat and so dumb that she actually accidentally ate her friends? Lmao lol!".
So when that actually happened I didn't feel shock, I felt "Oh FFS, the one time I correctly predict something and it's a dumb arse joke of mine that comes true.".
So yeah, turns out unintentionally correct predictions can actually ruin an experience. Who would have thought?
So when that actually happened I didn't feel shock, I felt "Oh FFS, the one time I correctly predict something and it's a dumb arse joke of mine that comes true.".
So yeah, turns out unintentionally correct predictions can actually ruin an experience. Who would have thought?
