Why are people squicked by Franky? Since one anon has claimed that at least three people on this meme are squicked by him, can someone who actually is squicked explain why?
Me too. In one fandom (which is filled with cyborgs) one character who looks more or less like a ball joint doll when he takes off his shirt, has completely white eyes and is literally a walking weapon is happily shipped witt women, men and Mary Sues. I just can't help but wonder what makes Franky so special.
Well, since nobody who's "squicked" answered even after being invited... I'm going to go ahead and suppose that it's just one or two people going "ZOMG, that darn Franky is getting in the way of my OTP and he's gross and I hate him!"
I blame it all on Robin shippers (RoCho shippers on this particular meme).
Yes, I can see why his looks might not agree with some people, but his backstory is so damn painful and emotional, I don't get why people can't look past his chin and man-panties and "Super!"s when then have no problem accepting Brooke and his deadness and skull jokes or Chopper and his reindeerness and "Call a doctor! Agh, I'm the doctor! Oh, candy!"ness.
Most character hate comes from shipping wars. Not in your particular case, obviously, or many other shippers, but it's a pattern I've seen repeated in fandom after fandom. Hate Kairie because she gets in the way of Riku/Sora! Hate Sakura because she (tries to) gets in the way of SasuNaru! Hate Relena because she gets in the way of HeeroDuo! etc. etc. I'm sure you've seen it as well, and since Franky is often (and quite logically) paired with Robin, many Robin/other character shippers will dislike Franky. I'm sure a lot of Zoro/Robin shippers dislike Franky as well, but I haven't seen a single Zoro/Robin request on this meme, so...
Or maybe you have a more logical explanation to the raging "I HATE FRANKY, HE'S SQUICKY!" we've seen here? Other than "he' s old and ugly"?
I don't have an explanation for it because I don't hate Franky. I just find the "blame the RoCho fans" part unnecessary. Especially after all the arguments about shipping wars and kinks etc, placing blame on one part of the fandom does not help things.
:) Sorry, I missed that one (which is strange since I look at all Zoro prompts... it might have something to do with the fact that I often don't register Robin prompts, gonna go check it out... do you have a page number?).
Ah, page 1. So long ago... (happy summer times, more innocent times, before school told me that I'm only a student and not human enough to have time for a personal life or fanfic-writing that doesn't occur late, late on saturday nights... but now I'm rambling.)
Franky's such a sweetheart, too. Somehow I find a big protective guy that cries over sad stories and puppies to be much more awesome than a rude teenager.
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Sorry, but since nobody told me otherwise...
Reply
Reply
I blame it all on Robin shippers (RoCho shippers on this particular meme).
Yes, I can see why his looks might not agree with some people, but his backstory is so damn painful and emotional, I don't get why people can't look past his chin and man-panties and "Super!"s when then have no problem accepting Brooke and his deadness and skull jokes or Chopper and his reindeerness and "Call a doctor! Agh, I'm the doctor! Oh, candy!"ness.
Reply
Okay then. I guess there's no need to tell people I ship Franky/Robin as well...
Reply
Or maybe you have a more logical explanation to the raging "I HATE FRANKY, HE'S SQUICKY!" we've seen here? Other than "he'
s old and ugly"?
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Ah, page 1. So long ago... (happy summer times, more innocent times, before school told me that I'm only a student and not human enough to have time for a personal life or fanfic-writing that doesn't occur late, late on saturday nights... but now I'm rambling.)
Reply
http://op-fanforall.livejournal.com/685.html?thread=477869#t477869
Reply
Also he is too super for pants.
Reply
Leave a comment