Just a heads up. I thinkit would be much more efficiant if you were working with the quoiting system.. because I need to cut your text to reply to each point here.. and I don't know the context.. just fyi
A fast change yes, like being suddenly afraid of the sea why not.. (it would have made sence at the time) but not a radical switch of personnality for no reason, the change has to be logical. Carrot wanting to get back to zou would have made sence just after Pedro's death, but Oda was clear that this death didn't affect Carrot's enjoyement for the world in anyway.. he even managed to increase it.:
A change from that point to "I'm going back to Zou" now, would make no sence OR, would be a false flag and a subversion dialogue
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Well I dot not agree, I think for that to be cleared, we would need a third traduction. Either way, the point of this match wasnot to beat Perospero, but to be defeated so it doesn't not matter too much. If carrot were to encounter Perospero again, it would be a clear win, I could bet my house on that. That's would be logical.
lol I know how change works
i also explained that change might happen rapidely BUT the "counter force" must be proportionnal. For Carrot to be wanting to go back to Zou at this point.. her only post there (as a musketteer) would not be sufficiant Why ? Because that post didn't kept her from leaving the first time. Now, she knows the danger of the sea and she is still excited about it. Plus, the situation hasn't changed on ZOu, noone really need her, and now that the Duke are reunited, her position as Kingbird will be meaningless so she has even less reason to go back. so the "counter force" is not enough. to retake the metaphor of the ship I made on my blog: Carrot is crashing directely toward the planet "i'm gonna take the sea with my new friends" and there is nothing at this point that can stop her from a character standpoint.
About her mindset, in fact I don't know. i'm hesitant. Either she will have a change of mindset in Wano and she will go with the strawhats with a strong mindset (she would need to be brieffed about the dawn or something about the mink for that)
or..
Her mindset will not change during Wano. She will keep her naive side and she will stowaway again for the same reasons than before, only to get slapped later on by someone or a situation (and THEN she will change her mindset to be less naive about the world)
The thing is that we don't know yet in what stage Carrot is in.
She could be near the stage of acceptation where she understand the danger and will be faced with a last choice: to stay or to leave
Or she is still the second act of her character development being : making more and more mistakes until that mistakes hurt someone she loves
I'm personnally leaning toward the second, mostly because it's the most interesting one. But in both case, it would still end up in a choice to leave with the strawhat. That's the whole point of One Piece. Carrot represent a "new Luffy" for the new readers, someone with a strong sence of adventure. Making her go back to Zou for no reason would make no sence and would go against the principles of the story.
To go back, Carrot would need to be litterally at the same point of Vivi. And even then remember how close it was ? The only thing that could kept Carrot from leaving Zou is if we suddenly discover that she is the "futur of the mink", "the heir to the Mink throne" or something with that much responsibilities.. and even that.. Carrot is just not the character fit to take such responsibilities.. like she is constructed now.. she would be like "nope, I don't want that, see ya" lmao
She is just 15 !! reponsibilities is not what she will need to understand.. yet. Carrot needs to learn, but the only way she can really learn is through fire, that's how all the character did that. She does not need a training, she just needs to grow a little.
uh no. Carrot is far from rock bottom, she could also hurt someone she loves because of her naivety, this would actually be very good storytelling...and that would be something to see. That could indeed make people dislike her, (for bad reasons) but remember that Oda follows his characters first.. even if what they do might choc the audience. Remember Sanji and his choice to call for help to Robin ? People HATED that. still, not only it was the best choice, but it was necessary to make sanji grow.. and how boi did he grew.. and people finally accepted that.
Every story leads to a change of mindset. It doesn't mean that the mindset will be completely different. Sometime (in flat character arcs mostly) the mindset of the character is not changed too much : it get's strongered(?). but in most story, the mindset must change.. yamato is not heading toward something similar, everything points to a complete 180°
Its not about being right, or wrong. It's about being faced with a choice at the end of a character arc. You know.. Yamato could very well be invited to the crew by Luffy (it would be strange if we look at the narration, but possible) but this would only put her in front of a choice:
Do I go and abandon Wano and Momo but live the life on sea
Or
Do I abandon my wish to go at sea, but I stay to help Momo and this way.. i'm finally accepted and saluted by people.
That's what a good choice is all about. PErsonnally, I lean moretoward the second. As far as we are, the story is pointing toward that choice.
Her mindset will stay the same (I want freedom and being accepted) but it would not be in the same situation.
Remember (i'm anticipating your next question) her dream will stays the same, in Wano, she will still have adventures and freedom, it will just be different that what she thought.
I think the change in Yamato's mindset will be similar to the impact Luffy had on Katakuri. It will not directely impact the story right now, but it might become very significant later with the fall of the two emperors and the great war. This is hypothesis territory so I can't go too far.
you are the only one not dismissing my arguments with laugher, when the others will do the same, I might change my mind.
Of course, back stories have multiple purpose. But you have to understand that the purpose of the backstory of Oden or Kyros or Law is not the same as the purpose of the backstory of Chopper or Nami. The end result is not the same. backstories are just tools. SOmetimes they are used to add lore, sometimes to explain a situation, sometimes to give us elements important to understand a character, sometimes they are also here just to hype up the entrance of a character (999/1000 for example) .. there are many usages for the backstories.
No. Check Truby's "anatomy of the story" or even "Story" by mc Kee, and go to the section of the antagonist. You will see that the antagonist is the one character that will challenge the most the protagonist on
his values.
The main villains (Arlong / Crocodile / Moria / Enel etc..) are NOT ALL that. At least for thestrawhat in question (Brook for Moria, Krieg for sanji etc.) BUT.. they are ALL the antagonist of the character of Luffy
If ARlong was indeed connected to Nami, Krieg was NOT connected to sanji, Gin was. For a pure value standpoint.
If Crocodile was indeed connected to Vivi, Moria was NOT connected to brook, Ryuma was.
It's all about the values put on the battlefield.. Sometime (in the case of Brook for example) this is not the strawhat that will deal with the antagonist, but another. This doesn't change the fact that Brook was deeply challenged mentally by Ryuma. It was a fight against himself mostly.
There is a big difference between the antagonists of the strawhats and the antagonist of Luffy, because let's not forget that Luffy is still the main charater.
Carrot IS an outcast because she is first a mink. Like Jinbe as a fishman is an outcast, Carrot as a mink is part of a outcasted tribe. So as a strawhat member, Carrot would therefore be "the mink girl" (in fact you can see that during chapter 888, the opposite look-out calls Carrot "the mink girl in the ennemy crew".
Also there is that meta thing about the rabbits on boat and I'm 100% that Oda knows about it.
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