@ultimateclima:

Davy Jones is a merman who ate a DF and is now the laughing stock of the merman race. For revenge he uses his crew to bring down people into his depths. He'll be in the Furian Triangle arc.

I can spectulate too.

if that wasn't posted in such a sarcastic tone i'd say it was a reasonable theory. 100 of ships disappear in the area, and reappear without their crews.
if we maintain the theory that DJ is at the bottom of the sea, then there are 2 basic possibilities:
1. he ate a DF that somehow, via some exception, allows him to live at the bottom of the sea.
2. he's a merman, or half a merman.

I like FFA because he makes logical speculations with a lot of good stuff to go along with it. sinking to the bottom of the ocean, where Davy Jones presumably lies? that makes a ton of sense to me. eating a devil fruit would be like cursing yourself to the same fate as Davy Jones in exchange for the powers. he might've eaten the very first DF too. "the one fruit..to rule them all". lol just kidding, but something along those lines might happen.

to anyone who was/will talk down to or make fun of FFA/his theory/this thread:
don't even post because i'm 99% confident (if you haven't posted already) that you're a lot dumber than FFA in terms of reasoning, speaking, and intelligent thinking. those who have posted in such a manner have proved this already. he's one of the most intelligent posters i've seen on these forums. too bad finding stupidity on the internet is like finding hay in a hay stack–you guys aren't lauded for that.

well it gets a bit hard to imagine how BB can not get owned by this if he keeps trying to suck luffy in. he'd just be adding seasoning to one giant plate of ownage that' would be served to him.
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not to mention pulling in Shank's heavens-shattering sword strength. i have no doubt BB won't be fighting like this in the future. it's just too hard to accept that he could survive all these. unlike with ace, these physical attacks don't allow him a chance to counter attack, and he can't trade blows if he continues fighting this way. so i'm pretty sure the darkness fruit will be put to use another way.

if BB sucks you in, but instead of resisting you jump forward and thrust out your sword (the thrust will then gain momentum and power resulting from pull of gravity as well), then wouldn't you own BB? he can't bypass attacks like normal logia's. if shanks does this I don't see how BB can dodge it.

in fact, if he sucks luffy in and luffy jumps in and uses his most powerful gear3 technique, wouldn't BB be owned?

thanks for the excellent scanlation.

@Final:

I know OP borrows from Reality, I never did say it didnt…. All i'm saying is some people on this forum (not saying any names) base to much that goes on in OP to our reality, they try to explain the impossible with our understanding.
Which is why i say OP world is totally different from ours....

hm you know that wasn't directed at you. that part was directed at people like SteveRessel. that part of what i posted actually adopts a malicious tone so I'm sorry if i offended you, but you just misinterperted my words.

and to SteveRessel, why don't you get the fuck out then if you just came in to insult those who actually have solid things to say? no one asked you to come in, and in fact it's better you never fuckin participated since you find it enjoyable to contribute nothing and insult the rest of us instead.

@Final:

I agree with you on some points however, heres something in OP that really doesnt make since in our world….
1. Electricity cant melt rubber..... (which it can in our world)
2. Blood has no limit (Just watch the Croc versus Luffy fight)
3. The Moon has air (Enel breathing on the moon)
4. You live after getting frozen to death. ( As you can see in the AOkiji and SH pirate fight)
5. Smoke cant smoother fire (which in our world can)

there's a paragraph in the middle of my thorough and infallible argument which says that certain aspects of reality have to be slightly changed for the sake of the shounen manga. if you can't understand that paragraph well i'll summarize it.

that stuff was exaggerated, but exaggeration is different from fabrication. it's based on our reality but if luffy melted and if smoker killed ace, well then OP would be a lot duller. that's an understatement.

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for everyone who just came in here to say "LOL OBVIOUSLY IT BORROWS FROM REALITY. DUH." i'm really sick of that since there are like 9 of those and there's no need to keep restating stupid shit. at least provide a found argument or what's the point of this thread or discussion in general?

@ONEinchPUNCH:

The quick and easy answer is Oda bends the rules here and there.

that's assuming you hold the belief that OP has a very strong tie to the real world. arguing with these people who hold just the opposite belief, there is no quick and easy solution unless you do a decisive statement with examples.

why is this even discussed? at LEAST the very basic of reality must be included. the question is to what extent beyond the basic the manga writer includes it. i'm a firm believer that if Croc fought Eneru, fulgurite or some form of rock would result from the energy clashing with teh sand. i already made an argument for that, and i'll say it again. Oda borrows from reality, as other shounen writers do, quite a lot. a few examples:
1. it's almost common sense that rubber insulates electricity
2. friction does induce heat and energy (sanji's devil leg)
3. metal objects held in high areas would ground lightning (buggy at loguetown)

there's more but you get the picture. anyone who says "OP is it's own world! it doesn't relate to ours, and I don't care about that reality crap!" is a moron, excuse the rudeness.
if Croc fought Eneru, do you think Oda will say "well..lightning clashes with sand, but I don't know what really happens when that happens so I'll just make shit up. i'll make mountains form, volcanoes erupt, and raccoons being born out of the sludge that's a byproduct of the eruptions." you believe that? you believe he wouldn't look up what would happen if he didn't already know, but instead just make shit up?

now before anyone scream, "yea well in real life rubbert would melt from the lightning and you can't jump 50 feet into the air or cut buildings in half with your nose", think a little. it's obvious rubber would melt, it's obvious friction doesn't provide sufficient heat to maintain Sanji's technique. but it's a manga, this is the fictitious side of it. there are also limits to how close he can get to reality before he can't get any closer (or manga wouldn't work). instead of a shounen it'd be a shoujo or something in that case.

1 more thing, there must be limits and rules in a world, and what better limits than ones we already know and can relate to? that's why what i stated as numbered examples works. here's more stuff that are limits
1. blood/wounds; wounds also require time to heal and impairs fighting ability
2. stamina & pain
3. gravity
4. emotions
5. water behaving the way it does, land, sky, sun, moon
6. ships -> ie, can sink, float,requires sails, etc
these are SOME to list. these are the OP realities that are identical (almost) to real reality. if they are sufficiently wounded, they will either faint or die. if the ships have a hole in them, they will sink. get the picture? it does relate to the real world, a huge amount.

SUMMARY:
i don't agree with what you said at all. the 2 worlds are tied together and relate quite closely in a certain light.

not to mention the Hokage in naruto. now you won't see any old man bouncing off more walls than he did.

but i think those 5 are just politically powerful, not physically. they're called "the top 5 political powers" or something. the "elder stars". elders are usually respected for their wisdom, and not renowned for their fighting prowess. at least that's my view of elders.

they definitely don't HAVE to be strong, like some people are suggesting. katanas are also worn sometimes as decorations or for ceremonious reasons.