the uhh “discourse” about him is super fucked. Japanese pronouns aren’t gendered so the translations are inconsistent. the anime, on the other hand, is extremely consistent. so you have a bunch of sweaty nerds trying to argue that the translations are Very Important so misgendering him is fine.
Weebs suddenly getting very scholarly about translations when its time to argue against a character being trans (the creator’s statement is ofc usually something like “this character is trans”)
I’ve got 7.327 references in the text to this character being trans
aaand I’ve got one piece of merchandise not produced or overseen by oda wherein there’s one reference that misgenders him I knew she was a chick, Oda would never make a trans character
bon clay is at least categorizable as like a funny drag queen that we’re meant to laugh at and think is ridiculous, because that’s what we’re meant to think
that’s the first impression, yeah. but they turn out to be an incredible person. they gave so much just because they enjoyed laughing with the strawhats. they’re the friend we all dream of having, the person we all wish we could be.
completely fair. I think the character is well loved but enough people think the story is apolitical that I must recognize that people will stare straight at a dog and call it a cat.
wait till they find out what Ivankov’s powers are.
how did they get past bonclay lmao
Kaidos son (I forget his name) will melt their brains
the uhh “discourse” about him is super fucked. Japanese pronouns aren’t gendered so the translations are inconsistent. the anime, on the other hand, is extremely consistent. so you have a bunch of sweaty nerds trying to argue that the translations are Very Important so misgendering him is fine.
Weebs suddenly getting very scholarly about translations when its time to argue against a character being trans (the creator’s statement is ofc usually something like “this character is trans”)
I’ve got 7.327 references in the text to this character being trans
aaand I’ve got one piece of merchandise not produced or overseen by oda wherein there’s one reference that misgenders him
I knew she was a chick, Oda would never make a trans character
bon clay is at least categorizable as like a funny drag queen that we’re meant to laugh at and think is ridiculous, because that’s what we’re meant to think
that’s the first impression, yeah. but they turn out to be an incredible person. they gave so much just because they enjoyed laughing with the strawhats. they’re the friend we all dream of having, the person we all wish we could be.
yeah but like, if you’re a chud reading it you go “ah, even the funny ridiculous drag queen becomes a sympathetic character! oda kino goated!”
i’m not saying i AGREE i’m just saying it isn’t actually that hard to fit into the worldview
completely fair. I think the character is well loved but enough people think the story is apolitical that I must recognize that people will stare straight at a dog and call it a cat.
a scary trans person forcefemming people isn’t hard to fit into their worldviews, that’s what they already think we all are