Anonymous asked:
What made you dislike Bucci Gang aside from them killing La Squadra, mostly your fave Illuso?
Didn't they also kill people to reach their goal, but the Bucci Gang doing it for the greater good, and the La Squadra doing it to overthrow the Boss and continue the drug trade by themselves.
sisterkosho answered:
To be honest, I think the fandom contributed pretty heavily to my dislike of the Bucci gang. I actually didn’t mind them all that much when I first watched part 5, but the way a lot of their fans (mostly on Twitter) tend to behave towards criticism or even just any slightly negative opinion of the characters is just… yikes. I feel like a lot of people tend to forget that even though the Bucci gang were the protagonists, they were still in the mafia and did just as many bad things as everyone else regardless of their reasoning behind it. No one in Passione had the moral high ground. There were no good guys and bad guys. Just a bunch of messed up people in unfortunate circumstances who all had their own reasoning for doing what they did. Some were worse than others, yes. But they were all criminals at the end of the day.
It’s easy to see La Squadra as the villains because they’re presented as such in the series, but their motives had very little to do with the drug trade. Yes, they were severely underpaid and jealous of the money that the drug peddlers were making, and it’s possible that this was the reason that Sorbet and Gelato attempted to find out Diavolo’s identity in the first place. But the reason that Risotto and the rest of La Squadra ended up going after him was ultimately more about revenge and getting their team the respect they deserved. This is mainly why I don’t like referring to them as villains. Because to me, their reasoning was just as valid as the Bucci gang’s.
Despite this though, their fans really like to try and villainize La Squadra, while making it seem as though the Bucci gang could do no wrong. When again, neither one was worse than the other. And they take this to the absolute extreme. Personally, I only have experience with the Fugo fans going after me. But I’ve seen and heard about similar things happening time and time again, and it’s just kind of ruined the characters and any enjoyment I might’ve had of them imo. I’m aware that not ALL Bucci gang fans are like this, and it’s mostly just on jojotwt which is a special kind of hell, but it’s definitely made me a little bitter.
The plot armor they were given in the series also drives me absolutely insane. It didn’t bother me too much the first time around, but rewatching part 5 really made me realize how stupid a majority of the fights were. There were SO MANY instances where La Squadra could’ve and should’ve won, but didn’t for the absolute dumbest reasons. This is admittedly a bit more of a petty reason for disliking the Bucci gang, but it’s just so frustrating to me watching those fights back- I also just kinda find some of them annoying but if I talk about that too much I fear I’ll be obliterated,
