@JERK:
I'm this close to making a thread about literary techniques.
By all means, go ahead.
@Vanessa:
Hasn't led to anything just yet, but the different poneglyphs that were shown scattered around Impel Down might end up alluding to something. One of those poneglyphs might even have information on an ancient weapon, and because Robin's the only one left who can decipher them, they're pretty much useless since she's not there. It'd be pretty funny to know that the World Government had the location of an equivalent to Pluton and Poseidon right under their noses yet can't do a thing to get them.
At first it didn't really seem important to me since I figured attention would have been paid when they were shown but it didn't happen. Frankly it still does look to be that way too. Still might as well throw it out there since another view into Impel Down doesn't seem too unfeasible. Also not my idea, only reason I even remember this is because this was brought back into a discussion like two weeks ago.
Impel Down and Eines Loby (the fortress and the island) MUST have a conection with the ancient civilization, or the hidden name of the world goverment. I mean, one is a fortress older than Vengapunk's technology, built underwater, in the most dangerous waters of the world, the other is a place that is always daylight and has a practicaly bottomless hole.
Well, reading about incredible buildings underwater, they could have dropped brick by brick (or whole, or lvl by lvl) and then pump the water out, used merfolk to build, it was an island and they hollowed it out, but if the phonegliphs are genuine, then it was built in the forgotten century.
And IF they are genuine, then those are the true reason of Blackbeard going into impell down, the crew was just a nice bonus. That or the secret of how the Darkness fruit can steal powers, or the writen text IS about secrets of the devil fruits.
Eh, it could be anything.