Hello, I'm AGOG… and this is a post made by AGOG.
Warning: there are speculations within this whole entire post.
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Process of Joining:
According to the following:
Now, "dreams" were omitted on account of the differences between each situation and what the point of them actually is. Usually, a dream is given prior to joining, and that's only prior to officially joining. But, the entire truth of this whole entire story is that joining requires the following:
- Being in a position to be asked to join, or ask to join, in the middle of a hectic rush, or some event that takes higher priority over someone. A sudden conflict is more reasonable.
This is true for all of the characters:
- Zoro accepted during a fight, and his life was on the line at that time.
- Nami accepted right after the party, however, she accepted while departing at haste.
- Usopp accepted as he was embarking on a journey.
- Sanji accepted after he knew of the conflict at Arlong Park.
- Chopper accepted as they were all rushing to head towards Alabasta.
- Robin was accepted after they had left Alabasta and were in the middle of the ocean. She, however, had few choices and picked the Strawhats due to a forced reason.
- Franky accepted to join during Garp's case and attack; he was unable to think and was rushed.
- Brook accepted due to him having a similar path as them, and the rush.
So, the way it works is that this "rush" prevents the character to basically rethink their choice and leave the crew; take Vivi and Gaimon as an example of this.
When Luffy asks characters, they often reject him during normal times and such, however, when a conflict is happening and they suddenly have to accept and then cannot go back on their word due to it being far too late. In other words, they get stuck at the position they end up in.
So, the next crew member will be a position where they are given a calm moment to have an invitation presented, and directly after a sudden conflict develops to insure that the character cannot escape from their previous commitment. Therefore, the character must be physically present to accept that invite and needs nothing else to join, except the presentation of the invite; Luffy's compulsive attitude makes it "random" at how characters can get these magically invites.
Perona:
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A sad past is something that can exist in the future.
- We know of what she's been doing since she first joined Thriller Bark.
- We know nothing at all of what happened before then… The sad past stuff can happen during that time.
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A flashback can still happen in the future:
- Due to Robin and Nami having these things happen, Perona can too "temporarily" join or officially join and then have a rescue arc to have her flashback told. There is nothing to suggest that she, herself, is unable to attain a flashback in the near future.
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A position exists, however, it has yet to earn a name, but she did hold some "position" during her stay at Thriller Bark. Whether that one is important or not, it seems to be something that Vivi never had.
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Potential: due to her having practically anything as a backstory, it could connect her to a world of plot importance similar to how Robin's character was worked.
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Significance: her joining would be spontaneous, and quick. I believe that it could open up a few things like the uncertainty that would come from the final crew member, the possibility of an important introduction to the future islands; events, and even something that might help Luffy get closer to attaining the One Piece. However, at this current time, Perona has nothing provided, and nothing stating she cannot have anything provided, either.
In order for Perona to join, she'd have to basically travel with Zoro and reach the next destination. Thankfully, she has a reasonable argument to "allow" her a pass on this requirement: Zoro's difficulties with directions.
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Now, the idea of how he returns is unknown… It has some problems though.
First off, he is on an island that has basically one character there that's confirmed alive, however, that character has no idea of what's going on with that island, nor does that character have any clue of where she is. This says that he cannot ask for help and quickly find his way towards a desirable location, therefore, he must have a lot of time wasted to find resources and other things needed to make a trip.
The second is his own inability to basically follow directions [[U]A/N: if you don't believe that this is what happens in the manga, I encourage you to actually reference the stuff and do try to expand… I refuse to keep spoonfeeding all that read this, you ought to know how to find things with relative ease, don't be afraid of referencing and minor details. So, if you don't accept this, then get your lazy *** to look it up and then after -finding it true-, try again. You'll realize that I am indeed correct, and please don't BS me with that "It's just a gag!!" crap, cause it's being used in a literal sense here, and that's pretty impressive...]:
- When Zoro was basically introduced, Oda had enough sense to foreshadow that Zoro officially got lost, and has been wandering around… He basically cannot get back to his home island because he literally does not know how. This is the standard concerning Zoro, when dealing with directions on his very own, he fails. Remember this.
- During the Kuro arc, Oda showed that Zoro couldn't figure from common compass direction, and therefore had to have help to find certain vicinities… Usopp helped him.
- After wards, during Arlong Park arc, Zoro was shown to have been guided by others the whole time, where his entire way of traveling around was by means of referencing people around him and asking them how to head towards certain destinations.
- During Little Garden arc, Zoro was shown lost within the jungle and had to ask Nami for help on directions.
- I think when Nami was sick, Zoro basically failed at following a logpose, and ended up having to be corrected by some other character.
- During Drum Kingdom arc, Zoro got lost twice and had to have help by Usopp and Vivi, surprisingly, he seriously got lost…
- In Alabasta, he got lost once again, and had to have hear advice from Marines just to help him find someplace… Surprisingly, he couldn't even figure out anything concerning formal directions.
- Come Skypiea arc, Zoro got lost and ended up heading back towards the starting point during the whole journey to find Shondria, the City of Gold… If it wasn't for the South Bird carrying him towards the beanstalk, Zoro would probably be wandering all over the place returning to the starting point for the rest of the manga...
- When Water 7 arc was introduced, Zoro got lost once again, and randomly bumped into others because of "assistance" from exterior circumstances.
- During Enies Lobby, Zoro couldn't find the stairs and have help from Nami.
- Again, after wandering in circles, Zoro basically remembered that Luffy was "north" and started heading "up" because of that… Furthermore, he had basically been told about this several times.
- Many many pages later, Zoro is shown on the beach of Water 7 watching Marine ships, and then trying to head towards where Luffy was to warn them, however, much to his dismay, he somehow ended up returning to his starting point. There after, he was helped by two pickpockets that showed him the way.
- Zoro's zombie got lost…
- When SA was introduced, Zoro basically knew enough to take note of the "numbers" and such, however, he still had to ask for directions or Oda drew that he had to ask for them as he was heading towards Grove One.
- And, now he is on some strange island… With a method of transportation available for his benefit, only if he could manage to use it...
So, all of this is truthful, in every sense… Zoro has had this happen every time the following has happened:
- The first part is that Oda shows Zoro acting cocky in some way and saying that he knows how to do it… [concerning direction].
- The second part is that irony kicks in and he basically fails and doesn't know how to get towards a place… Sadly, he basically gets lost.
- The third is that Zoro remains lost.
- In order to bring Zoro back into the plot line, Oda introduces -something- to help him find his way, otherwise, he would remain lost…
- The fourth thing is that Oda has Zoro being helped.
- The fifth is that Zoro ends up where he has to be, therefore, making the gag always work…
Those are the steps to this very 'gag,' as some people put it. I like to basically look at this and examine it for further reference… It's not a 'gag' and cannot be one because in literature, authors tend to make a set condition that foreshadows certain events to come, after a very prolonged series has enough characterization to have this involvement happen. In order to continually use this, they transform this into a "characterization" rather than a one-time quickly used gag of some sorts. Therefore, when you see it happen, you aren't bored of it, but instead you are assured that this character has a unique trait and quality that happens to exist. So, to you, having a character that's lost is natural and expected... Therefore, the idea that it'll entertain you is dependent on how it happens. Which is the important thing. Oda changes the experience by actually showing a new insight in the means of how Zoro is lost, which changes the comedy involved within that unique personality quirk.
So, according to this 'quirk' of Zoro's personality, he is doomed to be lost... Here's why:
- Zoro has stated that he knows how to use the vivre card.
- Zoro is illustrated being lost, in some way or form… In addition, Oda emphasizes this by using a personal phrase that depicts confirmation towards Zoro being lost.
This is foreshadowing of a future event to come, the event is that Zoro will need help from an exterior -thing- that will help him find his way towards SA. He, alone, is destined to fail; therefore, with some help, he will actually find his way back.
This is the literature in play, and we can assume that Oda is foreshadowing some character to assist Zoro in the end to help him return.
The problem is who will help him… We have very little information shown:
- Perona
- A mysterious figure of a silhouette
- An unknown, unrevealed variable
From the five pages that have any insight towards the current plot-line concerning Zoro, we are only shown three possible scenarios. The last, something completely not pictured yet… This means that it'll just happen all of a sudden and is totally random. Of course, this is the least likely candidate. The second is a newly revealed thing that doesn't even seem to do anything… It's completely absurd to assume this object of some sorts is introduced to help solve the problem, which is basically not even confirmed to be solved from this object… And the last, and best solution is Perona. She has been shown being able to follow a flashing signal from miles and miles away, and successfully find the vessel that set it off, some odd time ago.
Of all of the shown/ revealed details, Perona is a confirmed character towards the problem. She can follow a one-directional piece of paper. Everything else is basically unknown concerning that direction and Zoro is doomed to fail. So, we are introduced further foreshadowing that Perona has some future importance towards the plot, even though she's probable to just being a plot device thus far…
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So, this is the significance of her existence on the island to this point. She is to act as a plot device that helps Zoro reach his needed destination, safely and on time.
With this, we are assured that Perona is able to head to just this place. Furthermore, all the other crew members are expected to head to that place and will be forced to appear in the same place on account of the need to travel to fishman island.
SA is a place that holds danger, and possible conflicts. For that, there may be a situation where a character has to move to escape pursuit as they suddenly arrive, forcing them to rush and possibly perform something uncharacteristic, or whatever…
With this, the location allows the "rush" situation to exist in the surrounding and setting up well for Perona to have a shot at joining during this chaos.
Given that Perona placed her "belongings" on the ship, and the idea that she obviously has no other known directions to head off to besides following Zoro towards her "personal belongings" that are on the ship. Therefore, she's presented with limited options, that may even decrease if Moria is confirmed deceased. During that instance at which all of this is going to happen, depending on the pace, Perona has a shot at being in front of Luffy and randomly getting an invitation, or being presented with the desire to ask him to join in order to avoid loneliness. Luffy accepting or her accepting is merely up to the situation and the choice of the author, however, she is presented with that chance to have all of this happen, then.
If this happens, she would then be stuck with the crew heading towards fishman island, and would then have her adventure start. Whether she joins officially as how the other characters do, it all depends on the potential that Oda uses her character as an introduction towards the NW, by exercising the unknown details of her character.
Therefore, her chances of joining are quite high due to the fact that the author has placed her within the situation she's currently in, and changed her "mental" state to the frenzied state she's probable to being in; lonely.
Unlike all the other characters, though, Perona is probably the only character that seems able to "freely" join and accept at this time without having to first handle some business that takes priority and would characteristically force priority. Furthermore, due to the revealed detail of her character being so vague and light, it provides her with an unlimited array of potential that can fill in any blanks that seem needy in order for her to join.
Chances are, Oda is probable to using her as a Vivi character that has a future role like which Vivi presented, however, to counter the unfortunate, but great, end that Vivi reached, Perona offers a foreshadowing of being able to "hold" a position– something that Vivi, herself, never ever brought to the table.
Given that, if Perona is able to become a temporary member, then she'd be able to follow what Nami had done and eventually become the "position" that she foreshadows.
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So, that's the Perona argument in a nutshell... It reeks nothing of those other points that try to argue "foreshadowing" because of A and B…
Once again, I'm AGOG and this is my post....