The difference between fictional kings and real life kingsis that fictional kings often are cool
that's very true. in real life a princess is almost certainly going to suck, but that doesn't mean people should take that out on sailor moon
I can somewhat relate. I love the chosen one trope despite hating American ultra individualism.
yeah. sometimes stuff that would be reprehensible in real life makes for good fiction. there are a lot of cop movies out there that are good, but are complete copaganda. if in 200 years we've got global communism and no cops, something like police story won't be any more problematic than the lord of the rings.
I enjoyed the hell out of Wheel of Time in no small part because of how they handled the idea of prophecies and destinies.
The idea that we are simultaneously the product of our histories who have been placed on an irrevocable course and also the ultimate dictators of future histories sort of bridges the gap between determinism philosophy and free will. The "Chosen One" as the torch bearer carrying forward the labors of one's ancestors to a conclusion rather than the pivot upon which the world miraculously turns.
I don't get it. Is this about the new chapter? It's fitting for the theme of the story and showed Momo shedding his childhood innocence and being forced to grow up and mature in an environment as chaotic as war. Oda likes to show the monarchies of the One Piece world as being imperfect and not inherently good. Wapol was a contrast to Cobra and Orochi a contrast to Oden. The system itself is acknowledged as flawed to the core with a few "good ones" as outliers.
Luffy being Joyboy fits as well because Luffy is just a spearhead to a global movement to take down and reconstruct the current order.
the tweet is pointing out that despite being bad in real life, monarchies can be cool in fiction. i was using it to express that i liked the chapter, despite monarchy obviously being bad in the real world.
I just realized that after rereading it. Sometimes I read too fast and miss the full context.
