User blog comment:Neowitch/Of Swamps, Curses and Turtles/@comment-1595565-20130518193904

Some of the unimpressive ones really just seem to be put in as a deus ex machina of sorts. Baby 5 needed a way to get to PH so suddenly a co-worker can become a helicopter and it turns out that it has some combat uses too, super. Same with Kin'emon and Decken. Decken needs a way to stalk from a distance. Boom, shit he throws has homing powers. The kids are too cold. Boom, Kin'emon is useful for the first time. Some of them seem to be more plot convenience than anything. As for the Yuki Yuki no Mi, I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. It actually has a lot of potential, Monet just didn't use it that well, except when she became the abominable snow bitch. It could be used in tandem with a gun or something that shoots. Form a blizzard around your target, and then shoot them from virtually anywhere. I had played with the idea of a snow fruit long before Monet showed up. Hopefully, now that she's dead, it'll go to someone who can use it better.