@makaveli80:

The Gates of Justice are MASSIVE, it would take hundreds of Giganto Gatlings to budge it even an inch

Look at it http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/548/06/

once Luffy gets to Marine HQ, he will have laid waste to two of the main 3 places Marine's control….EL was demolished by the buster call, ID is in pieces with hundreds of prisoners escaping, and now he's heading to marine HQ....the trend continues and Marine HQ will be in ruins

And with WB and crew heading there as well, it's pretty much certain that it will.

@The:

I'd like to think that his plan will somehow bring him to one of the ancient warships like Pluton and Poseidon.

THAT would cement his status as a world threat.

That's actually quite an interesting thought. Impel Down is underwater so it has the water connection to Poseidon. Plus BB seemed to know that Skypeia existed, so maybe he visited there once and knew of the Poneglyph.
I guess the question is whether or not ID was built by the people who had the ancient weapons, so they could hide Poseidon there without the WG knowing.
The other possibility is that the WG knows about Poseidon, but are hiding its existence from the rest of the world, and somehow BB found out about it. Which could explain his reason for wanting to become a Shichibukai, so it would be easier for him to gain access to ID.

Just to add to this jet gatling discussion, I think something to keep in mind is that Lucci was basically dead in the water when he was hit with the jet gatling. It's not like he was at full strength. He had already taken the full damage from the gigant pistol, and had been fighting Luffy for a while.

@Ero_Sennin:

Is it too late to have them animate the whole Baroque Works cover story and maybe do Enel's cover story while we are at it?

I think there might be a pretty good chance this happens. I remember the Coby cover story happening while the strawhats were between islands in the Grand Line. Timing for the BW cover story might be good too, considering Impel Down.
In any case, I seriously doubt the anime will ever fully catch up to the manga. I remember a couple times in the past when it got close, but they always delayed the anime, whether that meant adding 10-20 episodes of filler, or taking 1-2 week breaks between episode airings.

@dwo:

What I did never understand is this poison thing. In their fight Crocodile touched Luffy with poison. Is Luffy immune against poison?

Luffy is definitely not immune to poison. He was clearly feeling the effects of Croc's poison, and was almost killed by it. Luckily Robin had the antidote to the poison and saved Luffy.

It seems significant that Chopper and Robin are in the Blues, and not the Grand Line. How are they going to get back and join the crew? How will Robin escape being a slave, etc.

IIRC, Robin hasn't had her "The Xth member" chapter yet, and neither has Chopper. Maybe there will be some grand arc about the two rejoining the crew, and they'll get the "Xth" chapter when they eventually do.

I think it was Doflamingo's symbol.

I never said they were the same, just similar. Both have a large circle in the middle and 4 satellites connected via lines. It's shown quite clearly in this Ch. when he flips off kid. I just thought it might be interesting if he had a connection to the WG.

I haven't really been following the boards so closely so I'm not sure, but has it been discussed that Law's tattoo on his hand resembles the WG symbol? I'm kind of curious if he has a link to them, like he was a former CP agent or something.

@dwo:

So you say Brooke will

1 follow Luffy to the end of GL
2 cross the calm belt and then pass reverse mountain again

Tell me, why did the SH drive the grand line the false direction? Why did they not just used the other way on reverse mountain, then they would have been "at the end of grand" line at once.

So, something logical is missing here. Can anyone help me?

There is only 1 way down Reverse Mountain. That which leads to the Twin Peaks. The real question is why the Marines, who have those special seastone boats haven't reached Raftel yet. If they don't need to worry about the sea kings, all they need to do is row.