I want Imu to not be immortal.
Not in a I don't want them to not die by the end. Rather like I hope it's not them during the void century.
In the same way I firmly believe that Luffy and Joy Boy are separated people (and if you push me that Nika isn't a person, just an idea). Because that will be sad otherwise. The fact that only a specific person can liberate the world. Not just someone who can embody the ideas of freedom, and so Nika.
And the same way, I want Imu to not be the one being the centuries of WG. Don't believe it, but, you know, hope.
Because, it came from the idea that behind the bad thing there is a big bad guy that control everything. Like for capitalism. And racism, sexism, validism and so on. There is not only one person. It is a system. Yeah, some people perpetuate it more than others, but we all participate. There isn't some big brain that control everything. There is just some guy that oppress people more than others, and those will die, then there will be new one, if we don't do anything. If we continue to live in fiction and not to take real actions.
I have dig into the idea, but apparently Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher touched on that. The fact that anti-capitalist fiction could possibly make us clung even more about capitalism, because we satisfy ourselves with only identify with the protagonist, and never take action in the real world, just living in our fantasy. But you know, first just a theory, second, I didn't even search more into that so, who knows? And that open another can of worms. Like, how to end a distopic or revolutionary work? With frustration, to push us to action? Even though it could just depress us, that even ourhero couldn't save the world, how could we? Or the same way we do, with a satisfactory end, and a cautious tale that people will never act upon since they lived it thought the work? I have no idea, just putting shit out of my head.Anyway, I'm going off the rail here. Not the point.
And so, I am afraid that people take the wrong idea about it, even unconsciously, because fiction shapes our reality. And yes. Oda doesn't have to make it political. But first it is, no matter what that side of booktok think. Second Oda himself makes it very political. And yes, our comprehension of his work is not his responsibility. Or something. I don't know. I'm yet to have a satisfactory (for me) answer about the duty of a artist to the society. But it just. It happened before with people using Tenryuubito as a slur to call the Jewish people. You know with this antisemitic stereotype that Jewish people secretly control the world. And just. I will be fucking sad if that happens again. But also, Oda is free to do whatever he wants. Duh.
In the same vein, I hope that Imu is fucking weak. Because we have this idea of people that control the world as being strong and determined and so one. And as Rebecca Show brilliantly say it for the Guardian, I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down - I just didn't expect them to be such losers (give that woman a Pulitzer and whatever she wants, she probably deserves it). And yeah. I just want Imu to be a pathetic and weak character, that hides behind strong ones. Someone with unequivocal views and a shaky ego. Someone that fools a lot of people and isn't even competent. They were just here at the right time, and they are opportunist and devoid of code of ethics, someone cruel that surround themselves with powerful people and give them the idea that they are a great person (a great man, I just realize that as much I would like them to be a woman, because there is not enough female antagonist in one piece, I just want them to be a pathetic white guy, I would settle for a pathetic white woman, except not really the right angle for the critic of white feminism, I would say).
And like, I think Oda could do that. Because at this point, a popular theory is that Imu is granting the five elders their power, and even given them the mark to teleport, along with the god's knight. Btw I don't know if I want Shanks to have the mark in the past, on his missing arms. Because that would be interesting that it is given automatically, not based on worth. Just because as a descendant of the Figarland he is worth it. But also, not every celestial dragon should have it. So. Idk man.
So yeah. I hope that Imu is just a succession of unworthy shitty people suffocating in their delusion of grandeur and shutting themselves in an echo chamber. That they are weak. And that the real final fight is with BlackBeard, who will just try to take the throne of Imu, and obviously that the Straw Hat win. That the revolutionary Army, and Vivi, will dismantle the world government. That Shanks fight and loose against Buggy. That Buggy, this gigantic fraud, become the new pirate king. Because there will always be people "unworthy" in position of power. But also because being weak doesn't mean he doesn't deserve this tittle. And Luffy could revealed his true dream, something about freedom. Also, he isn't the type to want to have a strict position, he didn't want to have a fleet under him, he doesn't want to be see as a hero. Like I don't know. That would work for me.
So yeah. I don't think that will happen. And if it is, maybe it could be good because it could frustrate some of us and push us to action (damn I really have to read that book). Because all of that build up for a pathetic antagonist. And frankly that will be brillant, like for real life powerful men (Musk I'm looking at you right now). A bit like with Hody. but yeah, people weren't ready for that masterclass of antagonist.