Ooh, excellent point about Vivi's character and Disney Princesses. How come I've never realised this before, when it's so obvious - esp. with Karoo the faithful animal sidekick?
Really this is a running theme - Sanji's is all about what you owe your parents; and then there's Zoro, who lives entirely for someone else's dream. But I love that the female characters get the same choices as the male chars, that they're allowed to dream as big, and can follow those dreams.
And both those are dreams that have potentially huge repercussions for the whole world, if they get realised, though in (we assume) very different ways.
Only yesterday, I was thinking about the contrasts in Nami's and Zoro's dreams as they started out and what's happened to them later... er, how far are you with the manga, btw?
and just admire Oda's art, how all their stances fit their chars, that you can know something about who they are just by seeing their backs.))
Yeah, that's a big part of why I can just return to that image over and over. There's the huge emotional meaning to it, but part of that is the way they're all so different and individual but have the same bond to each other, and to Vivi.
Odacchi's amazing fractured and blenderized fairy tales
True! This is a recurring theme that rarely gets pointed out.
And yes, I agree totally that while there are particular dynamics that may catch my attention more, the Strawhats are very recombinable. It's always rewarding to see Oda shuffle & re-arrange them in different groups.
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Date: 2011-05-12 09:08 pm (UTC)Really this is a running theme - Sanji's is all about what you owe your parents; and then there's Zoro, who lives entirely for someone else's dream. But I love that the female characters get the same choices as the male chars, that they're allowed to dream as big, and can follow those dreams.
And both those are dreams that have potentially huge repercussions for the whole world, if they get realised, though in (we assume) very different ways.
Only yesterday, I was thinking about the contrasts in Nami's and Zoro's dreams as they started out and what's happened to them later... er, how far are you with the manga, btw?
and just admire Oda's art, how all their stances fit their chars, that you can know something about who they are just by seeing their backs.))
Yeah, that's a big part of why I can just return to that image over and over. There's the huge emotional meaning to it, but part of that is the way they're all so different and individual but have the same bond to each other, and to Vivi.
Odacchi's amazing fractured and blenderized fairy tales
True! This is a recurring theme that rarely gets pointed out.
And yes, I agree totally that while there are particular dynamics that may catch my attention more, the Strawhats are very recombinable. It's always rewarding to see Oda shuffle & re-arrange them in different groups.