User blog comment:Fliu/My Thoughts on the Totto Land Arc So Far/@comment-24850639-20161222221746

I can't say Pudding's sinister side was shocking, in some of my previous anime experiences (Yu Yu Hakusho, DBZ lol) a 3rd eye generally hints at duplicity, or there being much more to a character than meets the eye. That was honestly what made me suspicious of Pudding before we even really got into Totto Land. I figured her hiding it was a subtle hint at her hiding something else, but we never had enough clear cut evidence that she was a bad guy. Just strong hunches based on things not feeling/seeming quite right. I can understand where you're coming from in terms of her trying to just play the bad guy to cause chaos, but here's the thing:

1) She had absolutely no way of knowing that Sanji would overhear that conversation with Reiju, and even referred to her behavior as her "true nature". So knowing that no one else could hear them except maybe homies, to me that solidifies that her sentiments on Sanji and the Straw Hats can be taken at face value. If what she was planning was for his sake as well, then the plan wouldn't have included killing him obviously, but more importantly, she wouldn't have any qualms sharing her discontent at living in Totto Land with him when they were alone so that they could come up with a better way using the firsthand knowledge that she has about the Big Mom Pirates. He's made it very obvious that he cares for her, and she's playing him for a lovestruck fool. That's a straight up heartless thing to do, and even if she were just acting there's no need to go that low.

2.) If she was legitimately trying to help the Straw Hats, then there was no reason to incite their anger with a taunt like that. It really seems like she made that trip just to piss them off, otherwise she would have provided some kind of clue as to how they could escape and get Sanji back. Instead, her trip served no purpose whatsoever other than to rub their crewmates death and their own inability to do anything about it in their faces. She doesn't know Luffy and Nami well enough to have some kind of secret hope that they'd escape on their own, so I'm not gonna buy that as a motive. If there's ANYTHING about that scenario that saves her, its the fact that she's well aware of Luffy having more people with him, and chose not to say anything to anyone about it. She definitely met Chopper, Brook, and Carrot and know what they would be trying to do. But at the same time she could have easily written them off once she saw that the ringleader was captured.

3.) If there were good intentions behind revealing this plan to Reiju, why hurt her? Big Mom's own daughter being willing to admit to treachery being planned against them alone should be enough to inspire confidence in trusting her. She's have nothing to gain and everything to lose by turning against her family. It would allow the Vinsmokes to prepare for some kind of counterattack, maybe even without tipping off Big Mom with what they were doing. Hurting, or even killing Reiju (if that was intention) is guaranteed to start drama, and not in a way that's going to end well for either side. Allowing her to get away is gonna set the Vinsmokes off, and even if she killed her I don't think they would have been able to cover up what happened without causing suspicion and distrust.

I personally think Pudding is going rogue, doing it soley for herself rather than supporting Big Mom, and thats why they alluded to Lola. She mentioned Big Mom pampering her, I can definitely see BM playing favorites when a particular child is supposed to secure something extremely important for her.