I'm Not Calling You "good Boys" Gang, This Adventure Was Shit

I love the practicality of Luffys crew

Like from a tactical sense; Luffy as captain is immune to blunt attacks and is fairly adept at hand to hand contact being absolutely feral. His biggest (and most obvious) weakness is that he is susceptible to slashing attacks. So he’s got 2 choices, learn how to sword fight OR get a really good swordsman, so he picks up a guy who just happens to WANT to be the greatest swordsman.

Cool, next weakness of Luffys (from a capture/arrest/ damage perspective) is distance attacks. Yes he’s immune to bullets and cannon balls but a sneak attack or a bullet aimed above/near him would be a good choice, so he then picks up a sharpshooter. And not just any, this one is the son of a commander of an emperor of the Sea…who also happens to be the best sharpshooter.

Next Luffy is not the best at specialized hand to hand combat. Sure he’s able to carry his own for a long way but waves of marines means special forces and eventually even Luffy is going to run into someone who could pose a problem due to energy expenditure, so he picks up a cook who happens to be the protege of a captain who sailed the grand line and was renouned for his special fighting techniques (plus bonus long lost family powers)

Then to round it off, he picks a navigator who has fought pirates/marines her whole life, who can read the water and wind in a way that even fish men envy and who can provide you with the best path of escape each and every time. Not to mention she has some hand to hand combat skills + wind/weather powers to create some specialized sneak/power attacks

Just…from a marine/ tactical standpoint, I’d be shitting myself from just East Blue Crew alone. Not to mention a doctor from island of doctors who can speak to animals and turn into a giant monster, an archeologist who can read the secrets your government spent 800 years hiding and who grew up an assassin, a shipwright who not only trained under the man who built the previous pirate kings ship but who also doubles as an armoury whenever needed, an 8ft sword wielding skeleton who can summon attacks from hell and a literal rogue warlord who happens to be the strongest fishman still in universe (thus far) in a world that heavily depends on devil fruit users to keep piece. And that’s not including all Luffys allies over his journey…

Like damn…no wonder people dub him a 5th warlord. Half his crew alone causes a shit ton of damage (dressrosa, WCI) so I’m REALLY excited for Wano to be a game changer in how the world sees this little, goofy, but terrifyingly competent pirate crew

Every now and then I'm catch up by the fact that cartman is canonically a fundashi and reads yaoi

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erm i love kenny and cartmans friendship more than anything else actual y.

'i'm not fat, i'm just shamed for my body in a world where white men decide what's beautiful! ...WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? WHY WOULD I SAY THAT? I DON'T SAY THAT!'

holy shit this came true:

literally one piece

its one of the most emotional deep media we have out there, exploring all the nuances and contradictions of human interactions and dynamics, diving DEEP on connection and relationships

not one of the main relationships explored is romantic. ALL OF THEM ARE EITHER PLATONIC OR FRATERNAL!!! AND IT SHOWS HOW DEEPLY IMPORTANT THIS RELATIONS ARE!!!

(i know in whole cake island we really get to know pudding and sanji but the main thread of the arc is FAMILY so really i can get past that disaster. also it constantly points out how romance IS NOT the ultra form of love, romance is NOT what guide sanji after all and hes the arguably most romantic character. one piece teaches us all kinds of love are as meaningful if not more than romance)

god i just love it when a story treats a completely platonic relationship with the same level of narrative importance as if it were a romantic relationship

LIKE YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! Platonic bonds are just as if not even more important than romantic bonds!!! LIKE YES A FRIENDSHIP CAN BE LOVE STORY AND THAT CAN NOT BE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT TO SAY!!!

yeah, i see where you're coming from. season 5 was a MESS, it was the weakest season in terms of episodic adventures but also horrible to serialization and the storyline. i see what they tried to do but it was so rushed i didn't feel anything at all besides maybe anger? their toxic relationship deserved an actual discussion about it, not some half assed metaphor with crows or something. i think they didn't want to be too sappy but when you're literally discussing the basis of their dynamic you kind of need to assert that it goes both ways and not just Morty being unhealthy clingy to his grandpa.

also, i don't want to judge too fast the fact that Morty lost his assertiveness because the creators did say it's going to be one of the main storylines this season, so I'm hoping the dive more into Morty's character and his codependency. i dislike his characterization in season 5 as well but overall i really like his development. he became smart and clever enough to survive most situations and I've been noticing how recently they try to treat Morty more like a kid than a horny stupid sidekick. most of his actions makes sense once you think that he's 14 and extremely traumatized to the point of no return, he literally have no choice now but to embrace his life of adventures and ocasional murder, but he still feel adolescence emotions and honestly I'm glad. i really disliked Morty in season 1, honestly, because of his passive role, and while his relationship with Rick became more complicated over time, Morty still his own person even if deeply dependent on someone.

youve made very good points about rick's new passive role and i agree, although i dont think they try to make rick redeemable. its never going to be a perfect family and hes always going to intoxicate the people around him with his crazy bullshit, but the message they tried to convey, at least in season 5 and 4 (and keep talking in season 6) is that they choose rick even with his fucked up self. instead of making rick double down to a regular grandfather, they just made the whole family interdimensional fuckers while rick doubled down to be more loving towards them. which its not by any means a good or normal thing, but the word family has been used a lot in the latest seasons and honestly, if i had to pick, the new family dynamics overall was what saved season 5 to me. choosen family, considering they all had their opportunities to walk away but still they decide to stick close to each other. its not a healthy dynamic, they are all horrible people (especially rick) but i think thats kinda the point.

and yeah, they fucked up big in season 5, but s6 seems so refreshing and new that i really do think they are going to fix this stuff that left bitter tastes in our mouths.

your analysis is very good as well!! i tried not to think too hard about the last season's flaws but i guess some things we have to adress, it was a shit show. i remember distinctly thinking "oh season 6 is out? ill watch ironically because rick and morty has becoming so bad recently" and then i was positively surprised. im aware things can go really bad this season but im hopeful

ok but rick prime was conceptually a genious move by the writers, i think. i know jack shit abouy writing but hear me out

our s6 C-137 rick is not the same as season 1 or s2 rick, he has matured, regressed, getting softer, angrier, older. it has been a commom complain by the dudebros that rick is not that badass emotionless characters that he was before, because in the latest seasons the writers are trying to explore how miserable and lonely the smartest man in the universe really is. he’s not a god anymore, hes a pretty fucking sad dude that tries desperately to stay in control, and that has been getting on some fans nerves, apparently

some people really miss nihilistic asshole rick. but instead of regressing his character, they decided to create prime rick.

prime rick is everything C-137 tried to be. he’s funny, unhinged, heartless, brutal, and the list goes on and on. he’s what we thought season 1 rick was. and i think thats genious because now not only we can explore this new contrast between two ricks, but also is a huge opportunity for more badass cool fights

at the same time that we can keep developing c-137 rick as a character, we can also have a heartless, god-like amazing (prime) rick that was what we had in season 1 and 2. it’s a nice throwback, especially because so far this season seems so much similar to the first seasons, except now our perception of the smith family has changed drastically. and now that we got this far, we can finally see them by old lights

it both pleases the character bunnies such as me but also brings in renewed philosophical tropes to the nihilistic tone enjoyers that also made a huge part of the fanbase. the dudebros can have their rick back

in season 4 and 5 the writers seemed confused with what they wanted to do with our beloved rick and morty - are they regressing or evolving? are they serialized? are they episodic? - and while i think s5 suffered more with pacing issues due to this indecision, i think they finally got the tone right. this season is so promising!! we only have 2 episodes so far (another one tonight) but i already have the urge to re-watch them, such a thing i didn’t have every since season 3

not to mention an “evil rick” being our next villain right after “evil morty” is so damn cool, especially because prime rick is evil because he doesn’t gives a damn, while evil morty is evil because he grew up in a system that does not give a damn. evil morty wasn’t the real evil, he was a product of it. and now we are facing the true evil himself, and i cant wait!!

so, overall. good play on the contrast, rick and morty writers, yall rock.

(also, at the same time they obligy our rick to confront his worst, “regressed” version, we also have our morty confronting his regressing version too, hence the second episode A Mort Well Lived. something tells me they are going to really deep dive into their development this season)

((they really seems to be making this parallels to season 1 and 2, ANOTHER EXAMPLE BEING THE WHOLE FAMILY BURING THEIR BODIES IN THE BACKYARD LIKE THAT SCENE WAS SO COOL I LOVE THEIR FOUND FAMILY SO MUCH WHAT IS THIS))

Rule 63 The Big Bang Theory because of this damn post ‘-‘

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i honestly dont get why people dislike yellow. hes my favorite 💪💪 great engineering minds think alike

great analysis! but id like to give my two cents over the "least atletic" part, because its kind of true

i mean, looking at the fights closely, yellow heavily focuses on providing support and quick thinking over logistics. when he does attack its because its too convenient of an opening to not go for it

plus hes the worst at parkour. he literally found out about the command block trap because he kept falling too much XD

i don't think its a bad thing. hes a good fighter, just not extremely focused on it like TSC or red. bro has his own interests. people who call yellow useless are either children who just wants to see sick punches or, as you said, people jealous of yellow's screentime

my baby boy is too overhated

Siciria Analyzes The Most Complex Stick Figures Known To Man (part 3)

ooki, so here's part 1 and part 2 (Blue and Red)

This one is for Yellow :D

Also, I am thinking of ending this after 5 parts (after this we'll have part 4 Green and part 5 TSC)

...depending on factors I might keep going after part 5? Like maybe Purple or something? But uhh anyways...

SPOILERS AHEAD

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Okay, so Yellow is essentially the resident "nerd" of the group. He likes redstone, command blocks, strategy games, and coding. He canonically has glasses as well (when his face is visible), and he is quick to implement his ideas, especially during battle.

Examples:

He was quick to throw his staff at the minimize button because he understood where Greenscreen was getting his power from.

He was quick to begin making a plan to escape the piglins (whereas Blue froze instead - check part 1).

Yellow is someone that can understand what needs to be done and do it efficiently.

But, er, sometimes...

...he can get carried away. His inventions and mind can get away from him sometimes and cause consequences for him and his friends. Prime examples of this are the lucky block episode - (he literally got POSSESSED because he took apart a lucky block and used the glowing magic orb thingy to make gifts for his friends) and the Actual Short: Upgrade, where his invention essentially destroyed their house.

But now I kind of want to talk about more recent occurences with Yellow. As most of us know, there was a comment on one of Green's vids that said that Yellow had lackluster acting, and another one saying he was useless in the skit, both hearted by Green. In my opinion, the "useless" portion is fine (the comment was probably talking about Yellow's role in the skit), but Green could have responded better to the one about lackluster acting.

And this got me thinking - Yellow's probably really insecure about this kind of stuff. He is already the least popular out of the Color Gang (and Purple, Chosen, Dark, King, and Corn Dog Guy) - I'll explain my theory as to why in a second (hehe).

AND...I've also been seeing a few comments and fanfictions saying Yellow is the "worst fighter" or "least athletic" of the group??? These mostly stem from his kind of unconfident fighting stance in this scene...leading to him getting clapped (even tho everybody got clapped without the weapons).

And now my theory as to why Yellow is liked the least.

In my humble opinion, all four of the fighting quad had roughly around the same in the beginning. Of course, Second is the main character, and he lives up to that title, so he'd obviously have way more fans. But each of RGYB have different personalities that appeal to different segments of the audience.

But we obviously don't like it if our favorite character isn't having screen time or any contribution...and we also don't like it if another character that isn't our favorite is getting more screen time. Like Yellow in Animator vs Animation.

He's the one who hacked into Dark's computer and brought Alan's cursor to the Outernet, and kept a level head while everyone else was freezing.

And he's the one being wanted by Rocket Corp, while the other three were cast aside. He has a larger role in AvA than Red or Green or Blue, and I think many of us kind of dislike him for that. Heck, when I first watched the Showdown, I disliked it slightly as well.

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I know this one was less of a character analysis than the other two, but I really wanted to talk about this with Yellow. Feedback and additions are appreciated!

i would argue that stan is the leader since no one listen to cartman (most of the time) and kyle is really impulsive. but the group CAN keep going without stan, so maybe kyle. cartman makes an effort to keep them glued, so he acts as the leader sometimes.

overall. aestheticly is stan. actually is kyle. and cartman sometimes steps in, so he's definitely the vice.

Silly comic about how I never see anyone claim Kenny is the leader of the main 4's little group.