@Logiko needs to teach you about toxic masculinity
You're not supposed to say "toxic masculinity" because that implies that some masculinity is not toxic. The politically correct talking point is "all masculinity is toxic."
Tbh, Oda just isn't particularly good at writing mastermind type of characters. Both Crocodile and Doffy had extremely simplistic (and very similar) strategies to achieve their goals. Trick the people of Dressrosa into thinking the king was a bad guy by parasiting him on one hand and trick the people of Alabasta into thinking the king was a bad guy by having Mr. 2 pose as him on the other.
Difference between the two is that Croc ran into the protagonist before his plans came to fruition while Doffy had already been set for years before the plot caught up to him. Add to that the much more involved world building we had by then and the web of connections and influence Doffy carved up for himself within it and Crocodile ends up looking like the low budget version.
Well you can't write a character that is smarter than yourself. This is why all the characters in OP are dumb.
I am still wondering how on Earth Oda managed to screw up so completely and disastrously with Kaido and Big Mom.
One thing is sure I would have not included Yamato, or at least not that way, and certainly not made the Scabbards and secondary Supernovas to be able of injuring Kaido in the first place, as well as explored Kaido's past and relations with his crew far more that Oda did.
Because Dragonball ended it's original run in 1995 and, in the early days, Oda tried to capture some of that dragonball energy, but now we're decades past DB and Oda isn't influenced by DB anymore and so he feels free to write the story that he wants and he wants goody protagonist that clowns his enemies.
For context, Toriyama was influenced by Kurumada and Buroson and their popularity forced Toriyama to change DB into a more serious story. Toriyama also wanted to be goody and you can see that at the start of dragonball in the poop gag and at the end of dragonball in buu turning people into candy.
A 50 chapter Dressrosa would have been such a great arc. If this arc was preskip it would be a lot closer to that mark...Oda became a professional time waster post timeskip, I guess money was the motivation here. Extending the manga's lifespan.
Post TS? Oda started stalling hard as soon as the Straw Hats entered the Grand Line, if not even before that.