i assume that he is much older than he looks and i even start wondering if he even might be older than oyaji was. at the very begining i actually guessed him just slightly older than ace but seeing him with shanks made me change my mind.
ace’ing a field and moving on to the next huh…
hc that marco has a graduation cap wall now.
and about the immortality.. i don’t know. that would be a really sad side effect of his powers and i wouldn’t want him to keep seeing his friends getting older and die. then i would prefer if he just aged slower than others. although that’s also kinda shitty for the same reasons. i hope he’s just smart then and studied both fields.
but since he has phoenix powers, there’s also a possibility that he gets reborn in some way. and maybe not in a immortal way. although, it would still be immortal but different. he could maybe get reborn when he dies of age (and of age only, because getting reborn after dying in fight seems way too overpowered). and maybe he could remember some of the skills he’s learnt before, and to make it angsty, NOT the people from his previous lives. like that he could also move on without the loss of his friends? idk
So being a college student, I have to read my textbooks for my classes and some of you may know that I am studying Classical Archeology, cause I want to be an archaeologist. Anyways…I was going through my textbook (Greek Art and Archeology) and I found some damning evidence that Oda is quite the scholar.
Do you recognize a name? Right it’s Nefertiti, an Eygptian Queen! Who a certian princess named Vivi is named after!!!! So let me give you a quick summary of why Egyptians are showing up in Greek archeology; the Egyptians are like the smart, strong, influential, artistic senpais to the Greek. The Greek would often trade with Egypt, which lead to huge cultural exchange… Basically, the Greeks were like fangirls. Anyways lets move on; I’m getting deeper into the chapter, reading about figurines, frescoes, and pottery of the period I was reading about and I found this:
Alabastra seems familiar doesn’t it? So basically from what i’m connecting the fictional country of Alabasta is named after ointment containers in Ancient Greece.
So Alabasta and Vivi are a huge reference to the kinship that the ancient Greeks and Eygptians had during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1550 – 1100 BC), and this knowledge isn’t really common so Oda spends alot of time researching and incorporates alot of characteristics of a historal figure or thing (personality, what its for…etc) into characters and even countries!
Oda likes to sprinkle a lot of real-world references into his work! That’s one thing I love about One Piece, the little bits of reality he tosses in. He even uses real, actual ocean science from time to time :3
thanks so much for the kind words! i actually drink veeery rarely too, i just thought it was a funny bio. let’s both have some juice instead, like luffy! ✌️✌️💪
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