OK every now and then I have a little phase where I start having rather silly theories. Not that I lay much weight on them, but since I´ve thought of them I don´t see why I shouldn´t share them with everyone. :)
This is just another stupid theory, this time it involves Luffy´s Straw Hat. Now we all know that he did get it from Shanks, but where did Shanks get the Straw Hat from??? So before anyone answers that question I´ll bring in my stupid theory…
I´d say Shanks got the Straw Hat from Luffy´s Grandfather!
The reasons are simple. In Romance Dawn I Luffy received the SW from Shanks, in Romance Dawn II he did get it from his grandfather. Since both are pre-One Piece stories they don´t count much BUT,... even in the early days Luffy was looking as he does now, Shanks looked the exact same and both girls Luffy met locked exactly like Nami. So Oda already had a plan. And Oda even gave that villain pirate from the first Romance Down even the pleasure of a cameo filler appearance in Loguetown.
So if Oda that much loves his early work, maybe he could manage it that the Romance Dawn II history of the Straw Hat becomes indirectly true...by having the grandfather giving Shanks the Strawhat, that later becomes Luffy´s treasure. After all it would still be his grandfather´s hat only that Luffy´s has absolutely zero idea about it. :blink:
So what does everybody else think about this "brilliant" idea? :D