@Light:
I'm sure nobody would care, since she was forced.
Akainu definitely would.
Hell, most Marines would.
Next Strawhat Crewmate (Vol. 6)
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@RobbyBevard:
Lips are one. What are two other unique features?
When have she and Robin been side by side to compare? Any difference there is minimal, she's about the same height as any of the first 5.
They don't have to be side by side to compare. Just like Rebecca doesn't have to be next to Nami to compare.
I am not saying that Violet is going to join but her 3 unique features would be.
Lips
Different hair style now and 10 years ago.
Different eyes..well they aren't the same as Robin or Nami.Well if we look at Vivi I think she barely 3 just like Violet.
Vivi just had different hair than Nami..her eyes looked like Nami. She was about the same height as Nami…but she did have Carue around her most of the time. lol Most females tend to have very similar body types in One Piece.I am kind of hoping to see a female join who isn't human. Since the non-human females are generally more diverse in comparison. lol well at least they have more unique features on average.
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I am not saying that Violet is going to join but her 3 unique features would be.
Lips
Different hair style now and 10 years ago.
Different eyes..well they aren't the same as Robin or Nami.You missed the easiest one dude.
She is a Dancer and a Musician needs a Dancer - She and Brooke could team up at all times, having arguments with Brooke being all pervy and her beating him up senseless - oh the situations are endless.
Yes I am being facisious deliberately.
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Anyone that wants Rebecca or Viola is really cutting themselves short here. Oda could come up with more interesting characters easily. Why are you settling with such big blands of boring?
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Anyone that wants Rebecca or Viola is really cutting themselves short here. Oda could come up with more interesting characters easily. Why are you settling with such big blands of boring?
The answer is inevitably these people themselves are bland.
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When Robin first joined majority of her past was unknown..even though she was a nakama her character's history was shrouded in ambiguity. Violet/Rebecca not only are lacking in diversity but they are lacking in an overarching goal that would allow them to travel with Luffy.
Rebecca perfectly follows the ideology that the previous kingdom followed. Her entire fighting style has been a reflection of the royal family and how they do. lol
Once upon a time common people looked at kings and queens for models of character and manners. For example, the brits still do apparently. Rebecca has been given good character by staying with the toy solider. He raised her with the goal of wanting her to stay in DR happily and peacefully. He also taught her to defend herself without directly hurting her opponent. Rebecca and her stand in the tournament itself is a symbolic struggle against what DD stands for…unnecessary bloodshed and violence.
When you have the proper values the rest isn't hard to learn. Rebecca has lived a defensive life..she stuck to social support where she found it..in her case it was the TS. The build up that she is getting isn't suggesting that she will leave the country…its the opposite of that..she vocalized her wish to stay with the TS a couple of times.
As far as Violet goes…We know for sure that she wants someone dead..and by this point in the story that person is probably DD. After everything is said and done.. She could stay in DR and IMHO wouldn't have a problem explaining what happened. She has an ability that can share visions...lol its too convenient..she could probably let the country know what she went through by using her words or via her df ability. She hasn't shown any desire to travel with Luffy.
There are plenty of reasons why Violet/Rebecca are more likely to not join. At this point it isn't even necessary to say they won't join because of the way they look..that type of reasoning would have been more appropriate for a brand new character.
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Anyone that wants Rebecca or Viola is really cutting themselves short here. Oda could come up with more interesting characters easily. Why are you settling with such big blands of boring?
Because they like the character in question and think they would be good as crewmember. They rather enjoy the character now than wait for an other for a possibly more interesting one later on the manga.
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We haven't had much time with Viola but its considerably likely that Oda will explore her character more towards the climax of the arc. Its pretty much guaranteed, especially with King Riku being held captive. He'll definitely threaten his life against her.
I think there are a lot of reasons why someone should join now instead of later. Dressrosa is really the first major story arc in the New World and its really setting up the tone for the remainder of the series. From a storytelling perspective its probably better that someone joins at the very start of the New World. At the very least I think we'll get someone new during this "Kaido saga". Jinbe will join during the Big Mom saga.
There's also some of Oda's early crew designs to consider and speculate. Oda did at one point have a dwarf in the crew that was a plant lover. I think some of those ideas shifted to other characters like Chopper being small and gullible (which are similar personality traits as the dwarves). The plant lover may have become a history lover (Robin). Maybe Oda still made considerations for someone joining around this point in the story.
Right now the most likely IMO is Viola. I think its more worthwhile to look at a potential member from their placement in the story and arc events then speculating about dreams and stuff.
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Akainu definitely would.
Hell, most Marines would.
Yes he would… if he knew. Either way I don't see her becoming wanted, since that would be quite depressing ending for the arc. Besides, Vergo could have made sure to keep some of DPs' status secret.
Besides Fujitora is still in this arc. Maybe he can cook her up a pardon or something.
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Either her or maybe Manshelly. She's supposed to be mean and rude which might separate her from the naive dwarves. The dwarves described her as nakama though so I don't know if that makes her less likely to leave. At least she'd have being a slave/kidnapped by Doflamingo as a tragic backstory. Those are really the only two characters I have in mind. Tragic back stories and grudges against the arc antagonist have been consistent among all the Straw Hats that joined. Sure that doesn't guarantee they'll join but its easy to cross-off people like Barto, Kinemon, Momonosuke, etc. Doing this would only leave the dwarf slaves and surviving members of the Riku family.
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Lol Rebecca and Violet have just as much a chance of joining as Franky or Brook did! Oda is random! You cant predict One Piece! I dare you, go on and try. What's that? Goda doesn't play by your rules? He plays by his own? Well who would have thunk it? You can't preduct Goda so sitting around and berating those who come in with serious discussions about characters - like Becca and viola - you're just silly.
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@The:
Lol Rebecca and Violet have just as much a chance of joining as Franky or Brook did! Oda is random! You cant predict One Piece! I dare you, go on and try. What's that? Goda doesn't play by your rules? He plays by his own? Well who would have thunk it? You can't preduct Goda so sitting around and berating those who come in with serious discussions about characters - like Becca and viola - you're just silly.
Did you purposely try to make the dumbest post possible? This seems almost like a parody post it's so comically wrong.
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That was its purpose, yes. I read a great thread over on the One Piece subreddit which was pretty much that (though serious), and thought that it fit with most of the recent "theories" of the thread.
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@The:
Lol Rebecca and Violet have just as much a chance of joining as Franky or Brook did! Oda is random! You cant predict One Piece! I dare you, go on and try. What's that? Goda doesn't play by your rules? He plays by his own? Well who would have thunk it? You can't preduct Goda so sitting around and berating those who come in with serious discussions about characters - like Becca and viola - you're just silly.
The problem with your blatant sarcasm is far too many people have used that argument in dead seriousness.
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@RobbyBevard:
The problem with your blatant sarcasm is far too many people have used that argument in dead seriousness.
Isn't that what makes it so funny? :happy:
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Maybe if it were in a different thread or had a sarcasm smiley at the end of it.
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@The:
That was its purpose, yes. I read a great thread over on the One Piece subreddit which was pretty much that (though serious), and thought that it fit with most of the recent "theories" of the thread.
Phew. Alright then.
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Zephos practicaly put on the bandana, cracked his knuckles and was ready to battle.
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Here's a post from where i had to argue that Bellamy was relevant and not fodder, it could double as a new nakama theory as well I guess:
Let's start at chapter 706 shall we? That chapter was if I'm not mistaken "I Won't Laugh At You" or "I Won't Mock You" Now why am I referring to this chapter? I'm mentioning it because it was a very important chapter in this arc. The reintroduction of Bellamy and the exploration of his development and Oda basically saying "This guy will be important! He won't be one shotted again! His relationship with Luffy will affect this arc!"Now as you know even after that chapter the majority of people refused to accept that he had changed and still believed that he would be one shotted again or irrelevant after his block (which was stupid) but that wasn't the case So here we have it! Bellamy has gone to Skypeia, his whole crew died, he pledges to serve Doflamingo and brings a golden pillar down from the sky, he has a sense of honor, the people love him, and he's given one final shot at becoming a member of the family! All useless information right? No Oda did all of that for a reason, he did all of that to set up his character, if Bellamy was not important to the arc as a whole he wouldn't have bothered putting that shit in, he wouldn't have bothered having Bellamy go to Skypeia, he wouldn't have bothered mentioning his crew dying , he wouldn't have bothered leaving what Bellamy did on Skypeia on a cliffhanger.
Were even given more insight into Bellamy's character when he's in his block and he has the conversation with Tank Lepanto about money and what does this show? It shows that he's grown as a man away from his former greedy self and at least has some semblance of honor and strength as he handily get's rid of Tank without breaking a sweat. So then the block continues, he takes care of fodder, get's rid of Abdullah and Jeet, fights some more, And then he's pitted against Bartolomeo the man who Dressrosa pretty much hates and how does that turn out? We see Bellamy struggling to stay up after repeatedly attacking Bartolomeo's barrier which is commented on by Bartolomeo who acknowledges his strength and leads Luffy to cheer him on (definitely not an important detail at all, Oda just threw that in there for no reason at all because Bellamy's relationship with Luffy will not be some sort of focal point this arc) . Bellamy then proceeds to get around his barrier and get a grip on him which shocks Bartolomeo (for the last fucking time it was not a troll face Bartolomeo could legit not get Bellamy off of him) and as Bellamy prepares to attack he is struck with the King's Punch. He's knocked out and out of the ring and his dreams are crushed.
We skip ahead some and OH GOLLY GEE! Bellamy is having a conversation with Luffy and says that his Haki could never dream of reaching Luffy's level and that he's the same he was back in Jaya which Luffy disagrees with and he comforts Bellamy ( obviously not important at all). So let's skip ahead after that. Oh would you look at this Bellamy is being asked to kill Luffy! Why is this irrelevant character getting this much focus this arc?!? Why would Oda even dare waste his time giving this character a role like this because it's completely obvious at this point in time that his relationship with Luffy will play no role in how this arc plays out!
So let's skip ahead again. Oh look Bellamy has found Luffy and he's about to kill him. Oh shit it's Dellinger! Oh Shit Doflamingo betrayed him! Oh shit he won't even fight back! Oh shit why is he crying! Oh shit he has no more will to live! Oh shit he was so happy when Doffy asked him to join the tournament T - T Oh what's this? You still won't betray Doflamingo? You respect him from the bottom of your heart? You have your "Own principles"? Well that was definitely not flashback bait. Not at all. So there we have it he "leads" Luffy out of the colloseum and he disappears off to do something that we don't know and that the majority of the fanbase does not care about.
When Bartolomeo came to save Bellamy Bellamy stated that he had no will to live which meant that he wasn't attempting to get away or fight back. So the most logical conclusion is that Bellamy did not try to beat Dellinger though we don't know Bellamy's true strength yet. We know that he managed to get to the end of his block without breaking a sweat. We know that he managed to sustain a lot of damage from Bart's barrier and keep founding, we know he was able to get around Bart's barrier and make Bart incapable of shaking him off and we know that he has Haki. I'm sure he'll get a fight as well.
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When was it stated Bellamy's crew died? I don't remember that.
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@RobbyBevard:
When was it stated Bellamy's crew died? I don't remember that.
Actually I think that was ambiguous so I may fix it. He stated that he lost his crew so I would assume he took the dangerous route to Skypeia and that's how they died.
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I'd assume that he lost it when Doflamingo showed up and publicly shamed him and said he was a disgrace and beat up his minions.
Oda tends to make a bigger deal about death when there actually is death involved.
Anyway, Bellamy's role in the arc is for a variety of story elements related to Doflamingo and the Island, giving a particular perspective on that we wouldn't get otherwise… not as the next crewmate. (His power is too similar to Luffy's, among other things.)
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@RobbyBevard:
I'd assume that he lost it when Doflamingo showed up and publicly shamed him and said he was a disgrace and beat up his minions.
Oda tends to make a bigger deal about death when there actually is death involved.
Anyway, Bellamy's role in the arc is for a variety of story elements related to Doflamingo and the Island, giving a particular perspective on that we wouldn't get otherwise… not as the next crewmate. (His power is too similar to Luffy's, among other things.)
Yah I know that there are a variety of things for Bellamy to do after this arc but since he won't be able to stay on Dressrosa post Doflamingo's rule I just believe it to be a possibility not matter how slim to join The Strawhats among other things like joining Bartolomeo's crew. I think when we find out his history with Doflamingo that we'll have a more clear view on where he'll go.
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Bellamy's role after the fact will probably be to pull together the rag-tag remnants of Dofla's organization and run them more nicely… (Becoming his own man instead of following another) and be an end-series ally to Luffy for the great war.
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@RobbyBevard:
I'd assume that he lost it when Doflamingo showed up and publicly shamed him and said he was a disgrace and beat up his minions.
But how could he go to Sky Island without crew?
Either way I don't believe Bellamy's gonna become SH. Not that I minded him to if Oda took that route. He certainly has his own personality and with a little more characterization and tragic backstory including mentor dying his violent tendencies could bring an interesting dynamic to the crew. But the reason why he'll never be an SH is simply his Devil Fruit. It's just too similar to Luffy. Besides, he might be a little too vicious even for a Strawhat. :ermm:
I definitely wouldn't be surprised if he ended up being an ally for a while tough.
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This was mostly in retaliation to all the people that I talk One Piece with on a certain facebook page with that claim that Bellamy is irrelevant fodder with no role in this arc and disregard every single panel with him but with anything else besides him are open for some reason.
They also say that he wasn't important in Jaya and when I try to argue that Bellamy was an anti luffy and helped portray some of the major themes of the series, provided us with two great moments and that depending on you ask he could have made the arc for them depending on how much they hated him and enjoyed his crazy personality and that the one shot could be a top ten moment for some people they just say he's fodder and that it's not a top ten moment for anyone and maybe it's how much they dislike him to see any of the other points.–- Update From New Post Merge ---
@RobbyBevard:
Bellamy's role after the fact will probably be to pull together the rag-tag remnants of Dofla's organization and run them more nicely… (Becoming his own man instead of following another) and be an end-series ally to Luffy for the great war.
I actually had another theory of luffy denying him a request to join his crew so that he could be his own man or something of that sort. But I believed that it may be to late in the new world for him to put together a successful crew but I didn't factor in the remnants of the Doflamingo Pirates/
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He's almost certainly cover story fodder… if not one of the random new arena combatants introduced this arc. Much like the Baroque Works post-story or CP9's... where the left over pieces get together and... become something else closer to their actual secret dreams.
(Monet will be back for sure.)
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@RobbyBevard:
Bellamy's role after the fact will probably be to pull together the rag-tag remnants of Dofla's organization and run them more nicely… (Becoming his own man instead of following another) and be an end-series ally to Luffy for the great war.
I dunno. They seem too loyal to Doula to follow anybody else, especially somebody like Bellamy.
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I dunno. They seem too loyal to Doula to follow anybody else, especially somebody like Bellamy.
And Enel's goons were loyal to God. And CP9 were loyal to the military.
Villains get a chance at redemption once their boss is gone. Loyal or not, they'll move onto new dreams once he's deposed.
And Bellamy is going to step up and be impressive in his own right before this is done, or else what's the point?
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@RobbyBevard:
And Enel's goons were loyal to God. And CP9 were loyal to the military.
Villains get a chance at redemption once their boss is gone. Loyal or not, they'll move onto new dreams once he's deposed.
And Bellamy is going to step up and be impressive in his own right before this is done, or else what's the point?
The Priests and CP9 aren't good examples because we didn't see the aftermath of 3/4 of the Priests (Gedatsu is an idiot anyway) and CP9 were betrayed by their boss.
About Bellamy, it's less about being impressive and more about the crew having more logical people to lead them like the suits or even Vergo.
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The Priests and CP9 aren't good examples because we didn't see the aftermath of 3/4 of the Priests (Gedatsu is an idiot anyway) and CP9 were betrayed by their boss.
And Dofla, for all the loyalty he gets, is betraying his people left and right. He's left decade long minions to die, and ordered Bellamy assassinated.
About Bellamy, it's less about being impressive and more about the crew having more logical people to lead them like the suits or even Vergo.
Charisma, ambition and dream go a long way in this series. And Bellamy is going to have all three in spades once he gets over Dofla. (It'd be fitting if he got the final hit in, rather than Luffy, for a change. Parallel to his OHKO back in the day.)
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It's so weird to see someone supporting Bellamy.
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@RobbyBevard:
And Dofla, for all the loyalty he gets, is betraying his people left and right. He's left decade long minions to die, and ordered Bellamy assassinated.
Charisma, ambition and dream go a long way in this series. And Bellamy is going to have all three in spades once he gets over Dofla. (It'd be fitting if he got the final hit in, rather than Luffy, for a change. Parallel to his OHKO back in the day.)
Saying he's betraying his underlings is rather harsh. Bellamy isn't even a part of his crew and asking Monet to sacrifice herself for his sake doesn't mean he doesn't care about them at all, just that he cares more about himself than them.
We really need to learn more about Bellamy and why he idolizes Doflamingo so much
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@RobbyBevard:
And Dofla, for all the loyalty he gets, is betraying his people left and right. He's left decade long minions to die, and ordered Bellamy assassinated.
Doula is not like Croc, though. We've been shown several times already that he does care for his crew (the officers at least) and they are all ready to give their life for him.
He probably doesn't care for the grunts, though.
@RobbyBevard:
Charisma, ambition and dream go a long way in this series. And Bellamy is going to have all three in spades once he gets over Dofla. (It'd be fitting if he got the final hit in, rather than Luffy, for a change. Parallel to his OHKO back in the day.)
Isn't Bellamy's dream to be part of Doula's officer crew?
It might happen in this arc, but I don't see why they would follow him.
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Get's me every time http://www.manga2u.me/One_Piece/731/06/ ; - ;
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Isn't Bellamy's dream to be part of Doula's officer crew?
To be respected and a high ranking member of it, to be personally trusted and respected by Dofla. He's been within the ranks, just at peon level. And that dream is very clearly dying as this arc goes on.
It might happen in this arc, but I don't see why they would follow him.
Because he's going to be charismatic and amazing at the end of all this. If he just goes off on his own to have his own adventures that's fine… but he's already been down the "separated from crew and wandered the land to have a religious experience and change of heart"... so him doing the same thing again at the end wouldn't be very fullfilling in terms of character arc.
Plus... what and where are the potential redemption for all the rest of the minions?
It makes most sense narratively for the lot of them (the more sympathetic redeemable ones anyway) to end up with a new guiding force in their life. I'm not saying for sure Bellamy is going to be that, (they might all just end up working under the royal family... .... but Oda doesn't often go that route. Something drastically different totally unlike their old jobs, like opening a pet shop is more Oda's speed. )
He's definitely being groomed for something bigger and better than he's been in... and that will include getting respect and presumably, being something roughly equivalent to the rank of his former dream. He can't become one of Dofla's top officers anymore... but what if he becomes the new Dofla? It'd be more than he ever dreamed, and an easy path to help redeem him, and the rest of them.
(There's also going to be a HUGE underworld shakeup when Dofla falls. Someone needs to fill that place... better that one guy does it quickly and decisively... than dozens of smaller factions fighting it out.)
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@RobbyBevard:
Yes he is. He's been using his name and reputtion and been with him for years. He's just not part of the higher up "family/royal seat" part of the organization.
Okay, let me rephrase my point then. Doflamingo at least cares about the members of his family even if he doesn't care about lesser subordinates like Bellamy or those nameless goons he scolded for not being violent enough in the colisseum even if they are a part of his crew.
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He cares enough about Bellamy to screw with him mentally. There's obviously something special there.
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@RobbyBevard:
Because he's going to be charismatic and amazing at the end of all this. If he just goes off on his own to have his own adventures that's fine… but he's already been down the "separated from crew and wandered the land to have a religious experience and change of heart"... so him doing the same thing again at the end wouldn't be very fullfilling in terms of character arc.
Plus... what and where are the potential redemption for all the rest of the minions?
I'm assuming they won't get over Doula, if only because I believe their bonds are much deeper than most people here think. Either they will fall with him (unlikely) or simply wait for his return (even if it doesn't have a chance of happening. More of a faith thing), but still remain united (more likely). Vergo could become their leader in the meanwhile.
@RobbyBevard:
It makes most sense narratively for the lot of them (the more sympathetic redeemable ones anyway) to end up with a new guiding force in their life. I'm not saying for sure Bellamy is going to be that, (they might all just end up working under the royal family… .... but Oda doesn't often go that route. Something drastically different totally unlike their old jobs, like opening a pet shop is more Oda's speed. )
He's definitely being groomed for something bigger and better than he's been in... and that will include getting respect and presumably, being something roughly equivalent to the rank of his former dream. He can't become one of Dofla's top officers anymore... but what if he becomes the new Dofla? It'd be more than he ever dreamed, and an easy path to help redeem him, and the rest of them.
While that could happen, I don't see why Doula's crew would see Bellamy as the new Doula. It's not like they will immediatelly start following a guy Doula has been rejecting for a long time already.
@RobbyBevard:
(There's also going to be a HUGE underworld shakeup when Dofla falls. Someone needs to fill that place… better that one guy does it quickly and decisively... than dozens of smaller factions fighting it out.)
Why does somebody need to fill Joker's place? It's not like a stable underworld would be a good thing.
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While that could happen, I don't see why Doula's crew would see Bellamy as the new Doula. It's not like they will immediatelly start following a guy Doula has been rejecting for a long time already.
Bellamy's been following an old shallow dream. Once he finds a new one, he's going to man up and be a better person. It's kind of a recurring thing with Oda. He's going to do one super impressive thing before this is all said and done. I have no idea what… but it will be something that shatters his old dream and puts him in place to achieve a better one. (Again, my best guess is him making a decisive attack on Dofla... crucial distraction or final hit, either way.)
Again, I'm not saying that he's going to take over the organization... it just seems thats A path Oda could take that would easily deal with the dozens of underlings he's introducing here. Otherwise you have all these loyal minions just... left loose?
Oda's not likely to just throw them all in jail again like he did with Arlong (who as one of the only on-screen murderers was unforgivable), Baroque (who were being set up for a later story) or Hody's crew (who were punished beyond just the prison stay and taken out of influencing their surroundings.) Oda prefers to give second chances to be happy and flourish away from their old bad surroundings. Even Ceaser seems unlikely to be jailed at this point since he's become a gag character.
Why does somebody need to fill Joker's place? It's not like a stable underworld would be a good thing.
Because the royalty is going to take over the island as they are supposed to… but the massive slavery ring, the huge ammounts of organized crime? It's not something Oda is going to spend the time dealing with (especially not with toppling Emporers and then the world government down the line)... but as a storytelling shorthand, knowing there's one really good guy in there influencing things, making sure the nastier parts don't happen anymore? That's a good quick, easy and clean wya to help reform and fix everything... even if just as an eventuality.
Same way Shirahoshi taking her proper place as guardian and leader will help the Fishman population move on past their current position.
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@RobbyBevard:
Bellamy's been following an old shallow dream. Once he finds a new one, he's going to man up and be a better person. It's kind of a recurring thing with Oda. He's going to do one super impressive thing before this is all said and done. I have no idea what… but it will be something that shatters his old dream and puts him in place to achieve a better one. (Again, my best guess is him making a decisive attack on Dofla... crucial distraction or final hit, either way.)
Again, I'm not saying that he's going to take over the organization... it just seems thats A path Oda could take that would easily deal with the dozens of underlings he's introducing here. Otherwise you have all these loyal minions just... left loose?
Oda's not likely to just throw them all in jail again like he did with Arlong (who as one of the only on-screen murderers was unforgivable), Baroque (who were being set up for a later story) or Hody's crew (who were punished beyond just the prison stay and taken out of influencing their surroundings.) Oda prefers to give second chances to be happy and flourish away from their old bad surroundings. Even Ceaser seems unlikely to be jailed at this point since he's become a gag character.
I just think that it would be shallow of the executive's part if they just started following Bellamy as a new guiding force. Their willingness to die for Doula Mongo just screams that their relationship is more of a personal thing than simply "look at his ambition/strength/charisma, I'm totally following him".
Like how Luffy is the one thing that ties the Straw Hats together, I believe Doula Mongo is the same for his crew.
But, if they started following Bellamy because he would be the most faithful in regards to Doula Mongo's return, I could totally get behind that idea.
@RobbyBevard:
Because the royalty is going to take over the island as they are supposed to… but the massive slavery ring, the huge ammounts of organized crime? It's not something Oda is going to spend the time dealing with (especially not with toppling Emporers and then the world government down the line)... but as a storytelling shorthand, knowing there's one really good guy in there influencing things, making sure the nastier parts don't happen anymore? That's a good quick, easy and clean wya to help reform and fix everything... even if just as an eventuality.
Same way Shirahoshi taking her proper place as guardian and leader will help the Fishman population move on past their current position.
I doubt Bellamy will be able to do anything about the underworld. I think Doula's empire will just crumble altogether (that alone will heavily weaken the underworld) instead of being inherited by somebody nicer.
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We haven't had much time with Viola but its considerably likely that Oda will explore her character more towards the climax of the arc. Its pretty much guaranteed, especially with King Riku being held captive. He'll definitely threaten his life against her.
I think there are a lot of reasons why someone should join now instead of later. Dressrosa is really the first major story arc in the New World and its really setting up the tone for the remainder of the series. From a storytelling perspective its probably better that someone joins at the very start of the New World. At the very least I think we'll get someone new during this "Kaido saga". Jinbe will join during the Big Mom saga.
There's also some of Oda's early crew designs to consider and speculate. Oda did at one point have a dwarf in the crew that was a plant lover. I think some of those ideas shifted to other characters like Chopper being small and gullible (which are similar personality traits as the dwarves). The plant lover may have become a history lover (Robin). Maybe Oda still made considerations for someone joining around this point in the story.
Right now the most likely IMO is Viola. I think its more worthwhile to look at a potential member from their placement in the story and arc events then speculating about dreams and stuff.Thats actually pretty interesting, maybe the new female will be the the princess of the tonttata when they actually rescue her :P
Best wild prediction EU.
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Thats actually pretty interesting, maybe the new female will be the the princess of the tonttata when they actually rescue her :P
Best wild prediction EU.
I would really like that(boobs!), but most likely if a dwarf is really going to join it will be Leo, seeing as he fits most of the nakama patterns and all missing is the flashback and the dream.
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There's also some of Oda's early crew designs to consider and speculate. Oda did at one point have a dwarf in the crew that was a plant lover. I think some of those ideas shifted to other characters like Chopper being small and gullible (which are similar personality traits as the dwarves). The plant lover may have become a history lover (Robin). Maybe Oda still made considerations for someone joining around this point in the story.
Where the hell didya hear that?
But I agree, if completely new character is gonna join the crew, it would make sense to have from the first New World arcs. It's just that no one from Dressrosa is a good candidate.
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Where the hell didya hear that?
But I agree, if completely new character is gonna join the crew, it would make sense to have from the first New World arcs. It's just that no one from Dressrosa is a good candidate.
Implying that Bellamy isn't an amazing candidate.
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There's also some of Oda's early crew designs to consider and speculate. Oda did at one point have a dwarf in the crew that was a plant lover. I think some of those ideas shifted to other characters like Chopper being small and gullible (which are similar personality traits as the dwarves). The plant lover may have become a history lover (Robin). Maybe Oda still made considerations for someone joining around this point in the story.
The Dwarf was a Shipwright (prototype Franky). The plant lover was an ex-criminal who eventually became Robin.
