I don't ignore Wano, I'm just saying that it doesn't negates what was written in Whole Cake, Carrot is still the same character, still loves the sea, still a look out etc.
Yeah, but she doesn't get main character treatment, and every other SH, including Jinbe, had some highlights in Wano, yes, even Brook who didn't get a proper 1vs1 fight helped out Robin a lot. Carrot reunited with her people. So yeah, it's still possible for her to sneak on Sunny to parallel the dukes, but... she should've had more focus for a future SH imo.
I'm not really defending Carrot, I'm defending the theory that she will join. But in general I like Carrot because she reminds me of the early Luffy.
I overall like Carrot because I enjoy tomboyish characters, and yeah, indeed, she's kinda like Luffy at the beginning of his journey (only suffering from Oda's handling females worse than males which is something you'd often see in shounen). But I enjoy her more as a supporting character, like Camie or Conis, and I'd expect more from her if she is to become a SH.
People are not chill at all with Carrot, just look at this thread.
It's worstgen, people are hating everything and everyone, characters or even users. Yamato gets quite a lot of hate from a handful of people there. I've been accused of being an alt because I said in Sanji's thread that I like Sanji and dislike how Oda handles him post-TS (because damn, I want more of Enies Lobby and Mr.Prince greatness from him, and less nosebleeds, please and thank you).
But while there are a lot of haters, there are also a lot of people who are pretty chill, unless provoked into the trolling mode.