Fascinating that all three of these characters are characters that are explicitly traumatized and abused in canon as well as being women. A gritty intersection between misogyny and fundamental misunderstanding of abuse narratives.
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Like, I've always interpreted Boa and Luffy as Boa latching onto the first man who doesn't lust after her as a safe outlet for a crush, and I was surprised when that wasn't the commonly spoken about interpretation. Same with Pudding crushing on a literal prince charming.
A teen girl with an overbearing mother getting a crush on a slightly older man who treats her kindly and is the first person to call her "deformity" beautiful? Like, it's super understandable to me. And Robin... she's just got friends now. She's having a great time. Love that for her.
Rofl whoops i just thought you.meant all traumatized people get a free pass for an ill-advised crush and i was nodding along like sure they do let them live
Never occurred to me but you are right I think there is a slight overlap with that considering these three women get it the most, people literally cannot handle traumatised folk at all if they are not perfect
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