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Crocodad Theory: The not-so-Crack-pot Theory.

Making this post in order to replace my old Crocodad thesis since I think I can do better now. Plus I was still using the old theory name then and I dislike seeing it pinned on my tumblr now. You can find that older post HERE if you desire to!

Crocodad theory, chances are you have heard about this theory if you are even slightly invested in the One Piece fandom. But despite its infamy, and outside its stanch believers like myself, it's mostly considered a crack theory and used for a laugh.

Now let's be clear, Crocodad theory is not a crack theory. A crack or crack-pot theory is more of a headcanon built on vibes, it's a fun idea made up out of thin air and isn't really serious. If the Crocodad theory was a crack theory it would have evaporated into the nether by now. It's over a decade old, after all, and yet it persists to this day! That is because the Crocodad theory has real evidence from the canon, the One Piece offshoots, and maybe even Oda himself.

If you weren't aware of the Crocodad theory, sometimes lovingly called Dadodile, let me summarize it very succinctly. The theory is that Crocodile is a transgender man and gave birth to Luffy. Crocodile is Luffy's other father and his birthing parent. If you think that sounds ridiculous or even hilarious, let me walk you through it because I assure you- that is intentional.

Let us begin where the theory began... Impel Down.

The possibility for this theory was born in 2009 with these panels:

The simple fact that Ivankov exists and that he knows Crocodile, from "when he was just starting out" mind you, makes this not only possible but probable.

What other "secret" could Ivakov be speaking of here? It's definitely not his weakness to water, that would just be bad storytelling. It could be that Crocodile is the child of Rocks which is possible considering we now know Ivankov was at the Gods Valley incident. But if I could speak as a writer for a moment, it would really be a waste for an author to introduce a character that can change genders and then bring back one of the first big villains like Crocodile, AND THEN connect the two with the mention of weakness but not make that secret that Crocodile had once been a woman. Or even at least a part of the reason.

But if that reasoning falls through for you, here is some in-canon evidence for the idea that Crocodile is transgender:

First of all, the agents' code names are so gendered: Every single digit agent is Mr with a Mrs, or Ms partner.

Crocodile’s name. His moniker is different from almost every other powerful pirate the story introduces to us. He isn’t just Desert King Crocodile, he is Desert King Sir Crocodile. Again it is oddly pronoun-centered. As if he is trying to remind people that he’s a guy.

The introduction of Bon Clay. Bon Clay is our first canon queer character in One Piece. He makes mention of being a girl many times and feels like a joke character when we first meet him. But as we know in One Piece, a pirate crew is a reflection of the Captain. Crocodile isn’t prejudiced to queer people like Bon Clay alludes to others being a few times. Crocodile even allowed Bon Clay to be both the male and female of his team!

Next up was the reveal of Baby Crocodile and how it’s deliberating ambiguous what gender Crocodile is. In every other Warlord's childhood look reveal, their gender is obvious, so why was Crocodile left out of that?

Then of course we have Gold Roger's execution, and how almost everyone got a reaction panel. But not Crocodile. No, we only see the back of his head. Oda has shown that he loves to get every single character's reaction to major events, sometimes to a fault. So why is he trying so hard to hide Crocodile from us? It just isn’t Oda’s style to leave someone out unless there is some kind of secret he wants to build up too. Now be sure to keep this in mind for later.

Last but certainly not least is just how much of an absolute troll Oda is. This will not be the last time I bring this up, Oda is a HUGE troll. He loves to play to his favorite fan theories and he decides most everything on how funny it is. And wouldn't it be funny if the first antagonist in the Grandline was secretly the birth parent of Luffy?

I mean just look at this! Oda, you absolute troll.

Bottom line: Trans Crocodile is more likely than not.

But this is where a lot of people decide the rest of this theory is crack, they take Trans!Crocodile and leave Crocodad out for reasons I honestly can't understand. Despite that, Cracodad has just as much if not more evidence than the Transgender part of this theory.

Before I begin I would like everyone reading to keep a few things in mind. All throughout the Impel down arc and the journey to Marineford, and even the first few chapters into Marineford, Crocodile could not have given a shit about Luffy, Ace, or the war at all. He did not care who won the war or if everyone involved died. He came to the battlefield for the sole purpose of killing Whitebeard. PERIOD. He was never once shown reacting with any concern when Luffy began facing down anyone strong. Not even Magellan. Crocodile had been around Luffy, seeing him do inspiring things for a massive amount of chapters by the time we get to Marineford, and yet Crocodile literally didn't care if Luffy lived or died, he just wanted to fight Whitebeard.

With that clear let's move on to what happened after Luffy's father was revealed to the world in Marineford. This moment is where the most obvious evidence first came about:

When Sengoku announces Luffy's father to the world we get many reaction shots, but once again Crocodile is conveniently missing from the lineup. He even disappears for a whole chapter! The young man who took down his decade-long plan to take over Alabasta just got announced to be the most wanted man in the world son, and we get no reaction from Crocodile... its suspicious.

Crocodile stopped Ace’s execution: Now Crocodile explains this by saying he ‘didn’t want to let Sengoku have the pleasure of victory’ but seriously? What kind of petty ass BS reasoning is that?! Crocodile has dreams and ambitions, and yet he gives up trying to be the one to take down Whitebeard to randomly save someone he canonly mocks in Impel Down? Someone he doesn’t care about. Some people will tell you it’s because Luffy inspired him like Luffy does many others, but what exactly is Luffy doing in Marineford that he didn’t in Impel Down or even Alabasta? Nothing. That means Crocodile has an entire about-face for no believable reason while completely off-screen. Which we've already said isn't Oda's style.

Daz and Crocodile face Mihawk to help Luffy: When Daz blocks Mihawk’s strike, Luffy questions it. Daz answers: It’s an order from above! That means Crocodile ordered Daz to specifically protect Luffy. Again, why? What reason did he have to do that? If this was some latent Crocodile has been inspired™️ moment, why wouldn’t Oda show it? Oda loves to hype up those moments, and loves to detail it all to the smallest piece. But Crocodile just randomly decided to have his main man Daz look out for this person that he COULDN’T HAVE GIVEN A CRAP ABOUT JUST TEN EPISODES BEFORE does not fit within the story. Then, right after Daz blocks Mihawk, Crocodile appears out of the woodwork to block another attack.

When Mihawk questions why he’d protect Luffy, Crocodile’s only response is “I’m not in the best mood now, Mihawk, you better watch yourself.” It’s interesting that he has no reason, none, he just comments that he’s in a shit mood. Maybe because he just found out he once stabbed his own child in the gut and left him to die?!

Crocodile vs Akainu: The brother killing Lava Man™️ is probably the most dangerous person in the war. He has no mercy, no morals, no restraint. So the fact that as Luffy is lying comatose and weak, with Jimbe slumped over him, Akainu about to deliver the final blow, Crocodile coming out of nowhere once again is so telling.

The fact is: Crocodile went above and beyond to save Luffy. That final stand against Akainu is so powerful. Crocodile doesn’t just save Luffy, he rushes to Luffy's aid, slicing through Akainu and reassembles to stand protectively between them. He did not need to do this at all. Oda didn’t need to have him do this either!

There were plenty of other characters that could have essentially done the same exact thing, but Oda chose to have Crocodile, someone who shouldn’t have been on Luffy’s side at all, save his life in the final moment.

Lastly, without a word, Crocodile uses Sables to get Luffy to Law’s ship. He risked his life, faced down the one person who could kill him without a second thought, and sweeps Luffy away to safety without any stated reason at all. In fact, everything he says is deliberately vague. Crocodile doesn’t believe in loyalty, he dumps people if they are weak (see; Alabasta Crocodile vs Luffy desert fight) so his line of “you gotta protect the one you wanna protect! Don’t let them have their way!” Feels so out of character. Crocodile has to have a reason for this odd behavior. And no, it doesn’t end there! In the defense of Luffy, Crocodile has an awesome and powerful moment where he stands in unity with all the Whitebeard commanders. HIS ENEMIES. Crocodile stands in unity with the people, he himself stated he hated more than anything, for Luffy!

These are the moments that alerted people to what would soon be called the Crocomom theory, now called Crocodad. But just because it began there doesn't mean there wasn't foreshadowing from before Marineford.

Let's go over all of that now:

First to talk about is once again Crocodile's crew. Miss Father's Day debuted in episode 124 of the anime and chapter 205 of the manga. She has a green amphibian theme to her, which is interesting because she is a woman with the moniker Father's Day while also having a theme of an animal that is famous for being able to change its gender. Her debut episode even has her introduced along with the reveal that Luffy's using his blood to fight Crocodile.

The next point is something Oda has never explained. Crocodile has strange relationships with children. From hiring a sixteen-year-old Miss Goldenweek, leaving her out of the Mr. 3 assassination order, and her history of actually sinking Crocodile's ships before getting hired, all the way to how Crocodile lectured Luffy in their fight. It just had the cadence of a parent. Not even Luffy's parent, just a parent. He lectures like someone who has experience with children.

Next, Luffy does not look like Dragon. That is a direct quote from Luffy in the manga. But you know who he does look like?

That's right! Luffy looks a lot like Crocodile. If you need more convincing on this, there is a great post by Dashevacotton that puts together many of the best canon pictures of Luffy dressed up like Crocodile. That post is here!

Crocodile and Luffy are incredibly similar. Not just in looks, but in personality, and in their general life.

These two have so much in common. From having a way with animals, to the amount of unadulterated loyalty they've inspired in their crews, all the way to the cadence of their speech.

Crocodile and Luffy even have a similarly goofy reaction to seeing the underground passage to the Alabasta Poneglyph.

Episode 123, episode time 13:16 Crocodile spots the entrance and laughs, "Ha, now I see secret stairs." Also in episode 123, episode time 20:47 Luffy looks around and spots the secret stairs. "That hole... it looks gator-ish."

Even what we know of Crocodile's backstory is that he had a rapid rise to fame just like Luffy by being a rookie who came in and beat down non-canon characters like Douglas Bullet to the shock of the world.

Next, let's bring up an earlier point: Oda-sensei is a mega troll.

This isn't exactly new information, Oda once deflected to bringing up a dick fight instead of answering if Zoro or Sanji was stronger. He is a Troll. He loves wordplay, and he likes to hint hint nudge nudge us all day long. Just look at Oda having Sanji call himself a prince in Alabasta as a joke, only to realize years later that he actually was a prince.

It's because of Oda's tendency to play around and make knowing jokes we've gotten some pretty compelling evidence for the Crocodad theory.

First would be the wordplay!

-Crocodile is closely linked to a Bananawani-> Monkeys like Banana -> Monkey D. Dragon is a reptilian Monkey attracted to Banana reptile. Fight me - A 'crocodile smile' is a term most often used to mean a fake or ingenuine smile. Crocodile's scar has been liked to look like a 'crocodile smile', which would mean Crocodile is the only character that always has a smile on his face. What a fun bit of wordplay to foreshadow the birth parent of Joyboy!

Then there is this SBS alongside the One Piece School spin-off manga by Sohei Koj.

What a great way to get out of revealing Luffy's parentage without actually revealing it!

And of course, we have the One Piece Mafia Theatre episode of the anime.

Oda would certainly make this canon just because of his troll tendencies. This is a hilarious theory because the story supports it yet only a fringe group believes in it. It's hilarious and therefore it's probably true.

Lastly, the symbolism makes this theory truly great.

I've already mentioned how Crocodile's scar being a 'crocodile smile' and thus giving him a permanent smile on his face would make him the most meaningful candidate for Luffy's birth parent. Joyboy, our Sun God Nika, was born from a man with a permanent fake smile; who is also named after an animal with the world's biggest smile.

It's just such a perfect setup, it makes my writer's heart swell.

Since Oda has stated a mother in One Piece would stop the adventure, it would fit that the first major villain in the Grandline to try and stop Luffy's adventure ended up being the man who gave birth to Luffy.

If we are going to speak of symbolism, I'd be remiss not to mention what a crocodile spiritually symbolizes. I really don't think I need to explain why adaptability, creation, ambiguity, and duality mean so much to this theory.

This theory could die or be confirmed any day now that we've entered a God's Valley flashback. I will love it either way but truly, honestly, I believe this. I hope I convinced a few of you to. If you are interested in the succinct list of Crocodad evidence that post is Here!

So in conclusion...

Crocodad is canon!

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Arthur: (not verbally) *SCREAMING* I want to spend time with you!!!!

Merlin: can you say that like a normal person, fuck!

arthur is truly a ridiculous guy, but my favourite little bit must be the "need to train? ah, must put merlin to work" he does. like?? tell me, mr princeling, exactly how much are you learning from the manservant-shaped target, when said manservant won't even put his back into it? arthur will bitch and moan about it too, but does anything change? not really. he could get anyone to train with him and yet. i'm convinced it's something equivalent to pet play dates for him. it's nothing too serious, they're having fun together (merlin doesn't know) (i'm sure he figures it out one day, though)

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one day, when arthur grabs a fistful of merlin's shirt, the fabric rips with a sharp sound and they both freeze, like any additional movement would somehow be the thing to confirm what had just happened. it's really not that big of a deal, it's only a small hole, an easy fix, but arthur looks like he's been betrayed and merlin looks about as offended as one can get in such a situation.

before he knows it, words start spilling from merlin's mouth accompanied by huffs and sighs, something along the lines of "well, that's just great" and "why'd you do that anyways" and "you do this all the time you know, and i really don't get why, you could just tell me where to go or to move quicker". and arthur doesn't say anything, just blinks, but merlin rambles on and on. suddenly, it's not just about the shirt anymore, it's about the shoves and the pulls at his arm or waist, the face touches. it's clear as day once it hits him, how it's all unnecessary and kind of just what arthur does, how the sheer amount of such touches has only grown over the years, even with merlin understanding better and better what arthur wants and when.

arthur doesn't give in, doesn't confirm or deny, so merlin makes it his mission to tease every time it happens again. he knows that if he does it enough, teasing will turn into provoking and arthur will have no choice but to retaliate. merlin's like a kid at the fair, aiming for a prize and he's set his eyes on a proper hug. baby steps.

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You know what? This is the last straw (hat). I'm on board. Whatever the fuck this is, I love it.

if u see me supporting croco-dad no u don't

yes u do

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Merlin, caught up in conversations:

Person A: uh....

Merlin: what's wrong?

Person A: is the king always doing that?

*Arthur looming over Merlin's shoulders, eyes wide and threatening.*

Merlin turns around.

*Arthur wears a polite smile*

Merlin: yeah I dunno. I feel like he's my pet now

Arthur: *Happy wiggling noises* wait, I'm not your pet! *Whacks him on the head and leaves*

Merlin:

I LOVE jealous Arthur

Actually… no scratch that

I love jealous AND oblivious Arthur

Like he’s so confused why he doesn’t like other people looking at Merlin (or touching him or even TALKING to him) and he just thinks it’s because Merlin is HIS manservant

He starts following Merlin around and interrupting conversations he has with others

And disciplining people who flirt with him

And Merlin is completely oblivious to all this

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I believe it's a multitude of interconnected reasons.

1. Arthur is his King. As a knight who knows what he's going to do, it's Lance's duty to sacrifice himself.

2. He promised it to Gwen, his Queen and only love, so of course he has to.

3. If Merlin dies, they are all fucking dead within a week.

In my opinion, Lancelot was the only one who had all the information and the only one with an actual choice. Because if Merlin had sacrificed himself, He'd kept Arthur save and also kept his promise. 1+2, done, no regrets whatsoever.

Arthur was duty bound due to his position as King. Merlin was honor bound due to destiny. Although both can be admired, none of them actually weighted their options.

Lancelot made a free choice. And I think that's what made him the "most noble" of them all. Lancelot didn't do it for anyone. He did it for Camelot and what was best for it and also for himself.

I've made a post before on Arthur's relationship with Gwen and how it differs from his relationship with Merlin. And Gwen's love always relating to Camelot's future plays a huge part here. THIS is why she had loved Lance. Because Lancelot cared about Camelot. That man wanted to die for his home and he'd chosen the best timing.

Lance died for his home, his king, his love and his friend.

Honestly, I think Lancelot would have been great at gambling.

Question: in Merlin, do you think that Lancelot sacrificed himself because he promised Gwen he’d look after Arthur or because he knew Merlin was planning to sacrifice himself?

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This was a wild ride

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Merlin has Gold Eyes: Prompt/Idea

Magic turns eyes gold. Merlin is magic. Therefore his should be gold.

They start off blue, but the longer he’s in Camelot, the more his magic grows, the more in tune with the magic inside him he is, they slowly start to turn gold even when not casting spells.

It starts slowly, almost unnoticeable at first. Just little flecks of gold in his irises that could just be a trick of the light. But then there’s more and more. The blue is turning to gold and staying that way. There’s nothing he can do to stop it.

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Feels like everyone in One Piece is living their own anime/ cartoon trope.

I mean, this is probably obvious but I still think I wanna connect characers to other shows now. Correct me or add on, as you wish

Luffy - Looney tunes

Zoro - any Samurai anime/Shogun maybe/ possibly Inyasha if you want to be funny about it

Sanjo - cooking shows/shojo at times/ Naruto (I dunno, he feels like a Naruto character to me) you could, technically, go into Isekai with him and make it a "I had a traumatic childhood and somehow landed in my dream world" kind of thing.

Chopper - children anime. Dunno the names but there definitely are some where all characters are childish and cute

Robin - straight up Death Note... Maybe Detective Conan

Brook - I want to say horror/comedy. So, Jujutsu No kaisen

Franky - Mecha/Gundam probably

Usopp - Scooby doo

Nami - Fairy tail, I'd guess. Or slice of life anime

Jimbei - that man is Iroh from Avatar legend of Aang coded. No? Just me?

#one piece #anime #cartoon

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Omg ... It's happening. I'm drifting off into the One Piece fandom... Again.

I've been working on the second Zosan fic in 3 days and I literally passed out for the majority of yesterday and with the time I was awake, I went to the cinema with my brother to watch spy x family.

I am so sorry, Merlin fandom, and to the people reading my vld fanfiction...

My mind is going on a tangent for no reason, I have to work through this.

#delete later

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Arthur: what's your type

Merlin: A-

Arthur: no, I mean in a guy

Merlin: Arthur, I seriously need a new liver

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It's so funny to listen to some German shows sometimes because nearly everything is voice acted by the same fucking person because we have so little and we have no regards for literal personalities like, the only rule is that actors get certain voice actors but you still get the weirdest character combinations.

Like Zack Efron has the same voice actor

As this guy

And this one

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Schlauch

Imagine someone is watching Baywatch and you're like: you're watching one piece?

(The voice actor for arthur and merlin are btw the same as for sheldon and lennart in big bang theory and I think Sheldon has the same voice as Jack from Titanic.)

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The following consists of spy x family movie: code white spoilers

My dear Yor...

what the fuck do you mean lip balm is 50% oil and that's why it's FLAMMABLE?! It's not THAT kind of oil!!!! What are you putting on your lips? Kerosin????

(I watched the movie with my brother yesterday and let me tell you, we had a blast. There was a lot of stuff going on in the movie and considering Endo had not been working on it himself, I can excuse some of the inaccuracies and the unnecessary plot lines. But the thing with the lip balm took the cake. It was hilarious. Since Spy x family is set in a fictional recreation of the German East West conflict and I am German, here is one thing about German culture you'd probably like to know: 1. If something is flammable, there will be a safety sign on the product. There are no safety signs on lip stick except maybe: not safe for under 3 y/o (cause they might put it in their mouth and choke on it)

I and my brother actually tested Yor's idea because we couldn't find anything about it online and I wanted to be sure. After all, cooking oil (meaning edible, yor!) can sometimes burn in a pan if you've had it too long on the stove. HOWEVER, it has to reach very high temperatures. (It was a very fun experiment, not gonna lie) Before a lip balm BURNS, it'll have to MELT first. Put a flame to your lip balm, lip stick, whatever, it'll melt. I tested it on the one lip stick I own and don't ever use because it doesn't suit me. Anyways... it's not that kind of flammable. )

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I see you as more of a head louse. Right. Useless. Irritating.

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Insane take actually that BBC Merlin, instead of making Arthur a revolutionary or a commoner who betters the kingdom by taking it over, he simply conforms to the system and shows that even the legendary king himself doesn't lead a perfect world.

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Onions part 2

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