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hylianane · 1 year ago

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Still not over Oda deciding to have every single male character peep on the girls’ bath in Alabasta- including Luffy, Chopper, (disgustingly) King Cobra, and the fucking camel- EXCEPT for Zoro. In fact I’m pretty sure he’s the only main guy to have never been included in any of the many pervert gags. We talk about Luffy’s sexuality and very deliberate aroace coding a lot, but I think Zoro’s disinterest in women’s bodies is just as important to how he’s portrayed, and just as intentional on Oda’s part. Like, when we talk about the extremely (and justifiably!) popular mlm Zoro HC, it’s usually just our personal readings of his relationships with men like Luffy or Sanji, or (cough) strangely sexy one-liners, nothing we actually believe was intentional on Oda’s part. But this, I do believe is on purpose.

#is it necessarily queer coding? I wanna say yes bc even though queer themes have only very recently started being included TASTEFULLY #they’ve always been present in the narrative. some subtle and others more like the Horm Horm no Mi #still. Even though arospec Zoro owns my ass he just like me fr #I think in this case it’s just trying to convey that Zoro’s upbringing did leave Zoro in an awkward spot with women. in general #he tends to recoil from their romantic advancements and is the first to scoff Sanji’s ‘devotion’ to them #he can’t bring himself to objectify them or comment on their bodies at all. BUT ALSO #he can’t seriously to fight them. responds strongly when someone else does. He told Enel he was scum for hitting a /woman/ specificall #he recoils and flusters and stresses. overall doesnt know how to act around Tashigi and Hiyori #for all his talk about not being scared to fight a woman he was too afraid to actually cut Monet #He’s always holding himself back and there’s a narrative reason behind it. I wish I could pin it down better #roronoa zoro #one piece #my post

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