The Fact That He's So Caught Up In His Past That He Can Hardly Move On From It - Tumblr Posts
saw people hating on Senor Pink and i just-
i don't really care if people don't like him, whether it just be because of the wrong vibes or they just didn't care much about him
but these people were going on about how his backstory was just 'boo hoo, the consequences of my own actions (ﾉД`)' and they didn't find it 'manly' at all
as if that wasn't the whole POINT!
the whole point of his backstory was that he brought it upon himself, that he didn't truly realise what he had until he lost it, that it's because of him that Gimlet is dead and Russian lost everything before her own death. it is his fault, nobody is denying that
if he had been honest with her, maybe Russian would not have left. maybe they would have been happy together, and maybe he'd have been able to leave Doflamingo. if he was able to put her above his life of piracy, if, if, if
his entire backstory is the consequences of his own actions, which is why i was so pressed about people complaining about it. it's perfectly fine to just not like a character, even if you don't have a reason. but to say the reason is because you believe nobody else understood that his backstory was him facing the fact that he brought his tragedy upon himself is-
it's just not it.
we find him manly and admirable because of what he did after. how he made a fool of himself just to see Russian smile, and continued to dress as a baby even after she was gone, because he truly did love her. he's manly because he's working on himself, not because he speaks tough
again, if you don't like him just 'cause, or you didn't care much about him, or you think his design is weird, (although, why the hell are you still watching One Piece if you think his design is weird?), or you just didn't like him, that's fine. that is your opinion.
but hating him because of what his backstory means? because you think Oda meant to portray him as a victim? he was never a victim, and nobody claimed he was. his tragic backstory was his own doing, and that is the point