I will first remind everyone what the idea the "New Era" actually is. The "New Era" is the age of pirates that proceeds the "Age of Dreams". The "New Era" in reality means the ending of the dreams of pirates. This idea was first shown when the straw hats docked at Jaya and tried to look for information on how to get to the sky islands. Luffy was confronted by Bellamy who first gave us a glimpse at this ideal. It was later shown that this idea first belonged to Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo.
"The time is almost here. Go and lay the groundwork. A world, where only true pirates can survive will soon be upon us. Those without power, flee while you can. The tide will bring those of unmatched power and the New Era will begin!"
-Doflamingo's view on the coming of the "New Era".
My theory is that since Doflamingo believes in this "New Era" he will try to help bring it into fruition. I think that Doflamingo will try to crush the ultimate dream that started the great age of piracy, i think that he will try to destroy one piece in order to break down the "Age of Dreams". I have multiple reasons why i think this:
- One Piece was shown to be the goal of many of the major pirates introduced in the series:
Monkey D. Luffy
Marshall D. Teach
Crocodile (before he was corrupted by the grand line)
Gekko Moria
Eustass Kidd
Trafalgar Law (presumably)
Edward Newgate (to make ace into the next pirate king)
I think Doflamingo knows that by destroying one piece then he will be able to bring about the downfall of the dreams of many pirates and ultimately the end of the "Age of Dreams"
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The idea of treasure has been debated through out one piece as treasure being either a special item (Luffy's hat or Zoro's sword) or just material wealth like gold and silver. It was shown that Bellamy, a firm believer in the "New Era" regarded treasure as riches and it was later revealed that Doflamingo taught Bellamy everything he knows about the "New Era" is its highly likely that Doflamingo considers treasure as such. I think He believes that one piece is such just treasure that roger left behind so i think he wants to destroy it and show to the rest of the world that dreams will get someone no where.
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It was shown that many of the Shichibukai have that title for a reason or to accomplish a specific goal, other than the reason of being given sovereignty by the world government:
-Gekko Moria-build a zombie army to conquer the new world and become the pirate king, government stationed him in the Florian triangle to stop incoming pirates which also works towards his goal
-Boa Hancock-to protect her home amazon lily despite her hatred of the world government
-Blackbeard- To gain easy access to Impel Down to break out the various level 6 criminals to end the age of Whitebeard and gain his devil fruit power
-Bartholomew Kuma- to gain power by becoming a pasifista. He apparently struck a deal with the WG to gain this power but his reasons or the deal are currently unknown.
-Mihawk- unknown
-Jinbei- presumably to protect fishman island
Without the Shichibukai title these pirates would still be wanted and it would be a lot harder to carry out their wishes. That's why i think doflamingo accepted the title to make it easier for him to find and destroy one piece. The other reason pertaining to the Shichibukai status is his participation in the WB/WG war. I think that he wants to kill Whitebeard(the man closest to one piece) in order to effectively carry out his plan without fail.
4)It seems to me that Doflamingo has many connections in the world and i think that all those connections are symbolized by the "smile" jolly roger. While the meaning of the smile is still unknown i think that anything with the smile has some kind of connection with Doflamingo. He basically owned the Bellamy pirates and i think hes affiliated somehow with Trafalagar Law. He also owned the auction house in the Shabody Archipelago. I think he has many pirate crews all over the grand line looking for one piece so he can destroy it. We haven't seen Laws views yet so that purely speculation.
5)It seems to me that Doflamingo is already settled in the new world. When the Shichibukai were called by the WG to discuss the matters of crocodile's defeat, Doflamingo said this to Sengoku:
Doflamingo:"I wasnt going to come either, but business is going so well on the island that i was getting bored. So here i am."
Sengoku:"I see. That is troublesome to hear. Nothing is more unsettling to us than hearing the pirating business is doing well."
If Doflamingo was talking about the auction house, then why would he give that up to disco on a whim. Also the auction house isnt a "pirate" industry per say, its run by various kidnappers such as the flying fish riders and the hound pets. If he gave such a booming business up then he must have money coming in from somewhere else. Also if his farthest reach of business is the Shabondy Archipeligo, then why would he just give it up for seemingly no reason. His influence on business has to expand into the new world since he is obviously a new world caliber pirate (by cutting off oars leg with no problem and effortlessly controlling one of Whitebeards division commanders). I think hes using this mass of money that he is making to forward his quest to destroy one piece since i already think that when he's not meeting with the WG or punishing subordinates, he spends his time mostly in the new world.
6)During the war with Whitebeard, Doflamingo laughs at the notion of "justice" that the marines and pirates justify:
"Pirates are evil!!? The Marines are righteous!!? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history…!!! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values!!! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground!!! Justice will prevail, you say!? But of course it will!!! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!!!"-Doflamingo on the idea of "justice"
Akin to Doflamingo's sadistic character also comes his beliefs and views of the world. From what has been observed so far in the war, Doflamingo has shown extremely minimal effort to even attempt to win. This shows me (maybe i'm crazy idk lol) that Doflamingo has a very lazy habit of just "going with the flow", so to speak. He seems to ride on the success of the organization that he deems most powerful, as he is seem either attacking the pirates or just chilling on top of a pile of dead marines. This personality trait is also taken in by his powers to "control" people to do his bidding without contributing much effort on his part. This is also connected to point #5 because when he contacts disco he is seen relaxing on what seems to be a summer island. I think he's trying to ride the World Government's power wave to eventually reach Raftel and destroy one piece. His part in the war is to help eliminate Whitebeard but since he has been seen doing little fighting he must find no need to fight because of a possible "ace in the hole" Sengoku has. His explanation of Kuma becoming PX-0 shows that he has contacts or connections to the highest branches in the marines or the world government. This further proves his lazy nature but it isn't absolute unfortunately.
- During the WB war, Doflamingo stated something that might have been overlooked by some casual readers but it took me until after the war to take this quote into consideration. While Doflamingo started to fight with Atmos, he said this:
"Whats so funny you ask? Being in the core of this era cracks me up!!" - doflamingo about the current era at the war
How some may believe that the "New Era" has begun in the form of the "Rampaging Era" that is currently enveloping the world after the death of Whitebeard. But when Doflamingo stated this as the CORE of this era, it made me think what he meant by it. There would certainly be change and chaos after the war due to the absence of WB in the world. This has already been seen when islands all around the world began to fall despite being former WB territory. Its more than likely that Doflamingo knew the consequences of killing WB since Doflamingo is no fool. But he still stated this as being the CORE of this era. With WBs last words being that one piece exists proves that the current "Era of Dreams" hasn't ended since there was many pirates setting sail to find one piece. It seems nothing will end the "Era of Dreams" anytime soon since it seems to have started all over again. The only thing that would bring it to a halt would be to crush the dream of one piece, which is what i think Doflamingo wants to do. Being in the CORE of the era means that there is still alot more of it to come. When the war finally reached it's climax, we saw that Doflamingo was ordered by the "higher ups" to kill Gekko Moria because of being too weak. After putting two and two together after seeing Sengoku's face when WB was explaining what one piece might actually be, I see now that it is a threat to the World Government. Since Doflamingo is now seen taking orders from the WG, wouldn't it be plausible to think that they want one piece destroyed because of the threat it might cause? I believe that Doflamingo sees a common goal in the WG which would possibly be to destroy one piece, which might explain why the WG might want Doflamingo to be a Shichibukai, other than the fact that he is incredibly powerful.
well thats my theory tell me wht u think =))))