The "its something created by Oda" kinda fucks it up for you then?
Oda created a plot where Sanji had no choice.
But you keep insisting in this "he had a choice" thing.
Whats it going to be?
Do we look at the character as a non free willed being, to act accordingly to the desires of an omniscient author, or do we analyze the character's mindset, based on what the author "thinks" should be the best course of action?
The thing about creating a character, is that the author must always think "what would THIS CHARACTER DO?", and not "what do I WANT the character to do?".
GOOD authors do not make their characters do stuff at random. They imagine the values and moral concepts a character has, and try to make him act accordingly to these values he created in the first place.
Oda created a plot where Sanji had no choice.
But you keep insisting in this "he had a choice" thing.
Whats it going to be?
Do we look at the character as a non free willed being, to act accordingly to the desires of an omniscient author, or do we analyze the character's mindset, based on what the author "thinks" should be the best course of action?
The thing about creating a character, is that the author must always think "what would THIS CHARACTER DO?", and not "what do I WANT the character to do?".
GOOD authors do not make their characters do stuff at random. They imagine the values and moral concepts a character has, and try to make him act accordingly to these values he created in the first place.