How ONE PIECE Took Over My Life -- Tom H. Jordan
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How ONE PIECE Took Over My Life -- Tom H. Jordan
All my homies hate celestial dragon
Daddy Imu came back to pick up his gang of spoiled brats—
I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I FUCKING KNEW IT I SWEAR TO ALL THE GODS ABOVE I AM GOING INSANE TODAY WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK IIM GOING ATUALLY ISNANE.
MONKEY D DRAGON MY DARLING BOY I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU THE ONLY APPROPRIATE REACTION TO CELESTIAL DRAGONS IS TO SHOOT THEM IDGAF
brooo quit googling shit omg we're in the middle of a raid
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What's in a design - The Celestial Dragons
In this post, I will analyze the outfits worn by the Celestial Dragons. I'll give a list of Oda's possible inspirations and the narrative implications of it all.
I'll begin by the most obvious one, who was pointed out in multiple reddit posts :
Part 1 : The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Yes ! It's Robin Williams !
It's a 1988 fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliams narrating the life of German nobleman Baron of Munchausen. At one point, the baron flies away to the Moon and meets the King and Queen of the Moon (see the picture above).
Their costumes are eerily reminiscent of the Celestial Dragons, especially their strange hairdo and the barroque spacesuit. Their hairstyle looks like a violin's Peg-Box (the handle part).
Both of their clothing are odd and over-the-top. It shows their arrogance and their separation from regular people.
Instead of making them look noble or respectable, these fashion choices look ridiculous and impractical, despite their power over everyone else.
Oh, the subtle brilliance of how Luffy being elated at having a wanted poster after Arlong Park in turn distracts us from how he's getting a bounty for liberating a village.
Why the World Nobles fear Zaza.
It's fitting that the World Nobles are terrified of the rain god Zaza as the sky is the one thing not below them.
They see themselves as gods in the summit of the world, so the idea of a force being above them is a constant disproof of their divinity.
Back to what Killingham said, those born "above the clouds" will be terrified of factors they cannot control.
Same can be said for Nika, the 'sun god,' another deity associated with the sky.
What god fears Heaven?