@RobZilla:
It'd be nice if they (aside from their captain) could do something individually to make them worthy as final baddies.
Seriously, even one of them.
I won't be holding my breath after what happened to Burgess in this arc though.
Agreed - it really smashed my faith in them. Honestly, I was hoping Burgess would kill Sabo, and hopefully that he'd take the mera mera no mi (however that works). I actually like Sabo, but it would start making the BB more despicable, as Oda tends to do with his villains. It'd at least be good for him to put up a fight before losing…
@firelord111:
black beard vs ace on screen blackbeard was screaming a lot from ace attacks if he didn't have df he was owned by ace so
shanks > ace > blackbeard with no df how did he hit shanks eyes aswell bb lost badly to wb in 1v1 and after Burgess thing I got sure he is not strong enough to be final villian I think final villian is Kidd or some one from wg that we didn't meet yet ( please don't be random goddess like naruto )
I never thought it made any sense to compare DF users without their DFs. Without their DFs, Ace would have no fire which is what made BB scream. It looks like BB can probably take a few punches, but the thing is: who knows? It'd be like saying that Luffy would have lost to Alvida if he wasn't rubber - well… maybe.... but does that matter? Luffy is rubber.
In any case, though, I do agree with the rest of your post. BB tends to be made out as a weakling (though a tough one). That sort of works with his DF (I guess), but what is his crew's excuse? For a long time I've assumed BB would be the final villain (it seems to be set up like that, and I kind of still bet he would be), but right now I don't feel like he deserves it.
@uniaka:
And that's why admirals are so much better then whatever BB's crew can provide as final enemies. The day any of the BB pirates except the captain himself will do what admirals can do, I'll eat my shoes.
I agree, to some extent. I think there are good reasons why BB will be the final baddie - mostly the anti-DF thing, the anticipated war of the best/final war parallel, so many traits in common with Luffy but an inversion of the notions of freedom and he is mostly reactive while Luffy is active…. It makes sense for him to be the final villain...
BUT.... He kinda sucks :P His crew is only ever shown getting owned, so even if he is mighty (which he might be at this point - we haven't seen him in a LONG time), his crew would make awful final villains. And though admirals would be a better fight for the monster trio, it kind of leaves out the rest of the crew (unless final fights aren't 1v1, which would be kinda cool too).
On the other hand, some speculate that Burgess will be Sanji's EOS matchup, and if that is the case, then Burgess would probably have to get pwned by Sabo - I'm pretty sure Sabo would wreck Sanji too. Still a bummer though. I'd like for power levels to be getting kind of close together in the upper tiers, such that taking an enemy lightly is never acceptable, and most anyone who has made it this far can put up some sort of (interesting) fight.