Thanks for the time update, Jango and Vilda. I knew they had not spent a long time in W7 at this point.
I agree that my idea is odd, minhawk, but it's my little theory and I am sticking with it. I think Franky would be happy as a Klabautermann because he would get to inhabit his very own pirate ship. Paulie is a little more suspect. I think he would be happy to lay his life on the line for Iceburg though. It could be that his happiness would be derived from a noble death.
The ship, in my opinion, is more likely to be a Battle Franky because it is a ship type that Franky has been building for quite a while (especially if he has kept up with building them since his accident) and Tom has no blueprints that we know of for the Oro Jackson (unless Oro Jackson and Pluton share some relationship).
As for the derogatory term for homosexual, it's not as bad as using a racial slur, but it's getting there, especially with the apparent rise in homophobia in America today. Just choose your words a little more carefully. Heck, use "fucking stupid" to describe my idea. I would take it better than if you called it "gay". Either way, I'm not incredibly offended, but I felt I should make it known that the term is not really in good standing by me (or Jacobo apparently).
Heh, but if you insist on using such terms, you can at least use some of the synonyms found here.