@Noqanky:
Wouldn't count on Raijin, since the Straw Hats seem to have skipped that to go to Punk Hazard instead.
Nah, not being crazy. When the picture was first released this was one of the most popular theories going around, the whole thing with Killer potentially having left the Kidd Pirates.
There was also the theory that the Kidd pirates had an encounter with Akainu, which is why they both seem to have suffered massive burns, and in Kidd's case even lost an arm.
I think I posted that one… anyways I am still against the whole Kid and Killer having a falling out since Oda likes to draw Jolly rogers for almost every character. He also still seems to have the Kid Pirates heavy metal theme and I don't really want to see two crews with the same theme. Not to mention that there wasn't any signs of aggression between the two.
As for the whole akainu thing, look at the coloration of Kid's scars, you will notice that they are very close to luffy's. They sure to not look like either of Zoro's blade scars. People are always saying that one of the crews had to fall during the skip, I disagree and say they all fell. Every single one of them, Luffy included was too week to make it in the NW so they all probably had to find some way to learn haki once they faced a challenge that they could not overcome. Now, however, Oda has pretty much confirmed the well-being of every single SN. Why would he bother drawing a dead character?
Oh and I feel like Hawkins is a paramecia, his power seems to have a lasting effect even while in human form.
@Leon, check out the globe in the Ohara flashback and you will see that one of the moons(there are like four in the OP world) crosses the red line right where the start of the new world should be. There is a fairly solid chance that a moon was what sucked Bege up. I would like to see him turn that into his main base or even ship post-skip.