That's interesting. But, why would Oda bother to show them at all?
Probably to introduce them. Expect them to re-appear in some future arc, with a more important role.
That's interesting. But, why would Oda bother to show them at all?
Probably to introduce them. Expect them to re-appear in some future arc, with a more important role.
@God:
It still doesn't explain how Luffy can dodge the Pacifista's laser unless those weren't moving at the speed of light.
Observation haki is a limited form of precognition. You actually know what people will do before they do it, so it actually becomes possible to 'react' to things happening at the speed of light.
I find it kinda classist that you consider a king kneeling to its people a shameful and disgraceful act.
Remember, One Piece is written for a Japanese audience, and Japan has a comparatively rigid social structure with specific expectations for the members of each group. There is a social protocol to be followed when it comes to bowing, specifically, and part of that is that the person of higher social class is not, in general, supposed to bow deeply to others. There's an element of decorum, where the members of other social classes expect the leader to act in a specific, dignified fashion (he's basically the embodiment of their country, after all…), and in Japanese culture, having the leader prostrate himself like that is considered shameful.
Is it classist? Well, kinda (it's a bit more complicated than simply class; it's about the entire social structure and expectations), but it's an issue of Japan being classist (and us understanding the context in which in-story events should be understood), rather than a specific poster being classist themselves.
oh i thought you were just going to make a uranus joke
Having read my posts in this thread, that's not too implausible, but I've tried to avoid going for jokes that low.
Enel will find Uranus, and bring it down to the blue sea… where he will run into Blackbeard, who will kill him, give the goro goro no mi to a crew member, and take the ancient weapon for himself.
Whichever crew member gets the goro goro no mi will fight Nami.
@Commander:
I was wondering is the "staff officer" the first mate in a pirate crew?
Probably not. More likely, it works akin to how a chief of staff works. They have a lot of power in choosing who gets accepted, and they're a trusted aide to the leader, but they aren't the immediate successor.
@Anr:
I digress I'm under the same interpretation as you, however, based on the other species presented Giants/Fishman/Long arms/Tall island(though this is filler), actually support that formula. But this only back's up an "origin", not the current integration. To be honest there hasn't been enough species presented to maket his fact, but enough to also create a reasonable hypothesis in my opinion.
Elbaf is the home of one group of giants. That doesn't mean it's the home island of giants in general, and it says nothing about how long giants have inhabited it. We know there is at least one other group of giants - the group Jaguar D. Saul was a member of. The only non-human race we really know much about in this regard are fishmen/mermen… and even then, the history gets pretty murky beyond a couple hundred years back.
Wouldn't it have been better to say "Hey guys, how about we pay you large amounts of money and greatly improve your working conditions, since you are so much stronger than the average human?" That way the country keeps being (slightly less) rich and the Dwarves get to have their freedom along with a homeland that would consider them incredibly valuable to have around, as opposed to one they have to hide from and steal from to survive.
Given the history of being exploited by the residents of Dressrosa, and the fact that being gullible seems to be a species-wide trait of the Dwarves, it's easy to foresee that a naive integration would likely result in similar abuses in the future. I can definitely see why a wise and benevolent king might not go for such a solution. The solution he went with might have merely been what he saw as the best of a set of not-particularly-attractive options. It pretty much guarantees people can't just take advantage of the Dwarves, and the Dwarves are small and (seemingly) good natured (and gullible), so the impact of their 'theft' is likely to be pretty trivial (especially as the human population seems to me to be much larger in number than the Dwarven population).
Hate to say this, but wow, in this chapter Oda surely outdid himself with the stupid Marxism. So, because the Tontatta 'people' (who probably are not alive anymore) were slaves, their descendants now are legally allowed to STEAL from people who do not have anything to do with it? And on top of that, we should understand this to be a good,righteous thing?
That's not Marxism, it barely even resembles Marxism.
Additionally, it's a weird system of redistribution, but the people live in a monarchy: the king makes the rules about who owns what. Given that the wealth and prosperity everyone was enjoying was created by the enslavement of the Tontatta, it's not unreasonable for their descendants (who were unjustly deprived of their rightful inheritance) to enjoy the fruits of their labor. It's not exactly what I'd call "optimal", but it's not really that different from kings granting landed titles by decree.
Fire doesn't make rockets move. Propulsion is done by pushing shit out of the rocket and using conservation of momentum to make things go faster. The fire is just excess energy that wasn't useful for the actual propulsion
The flame itself is a bunch of atoms which have been heated - which means they have high kinetic energy (the visible/IR/uv component is wasted energy, as you say, but I'm dubious about the idea that the fruit can only produce the photons) If you direct a flame, there are high-KE atoms all moving in mostly-the-same direction, and by conservation of momentum, you get thrust.
Devil Fruits powers are effectively magical, and seem to allow you to blatantly violate conservation of energy as they can produce nearly unlimited energy (usually in the form of matter) appropriate to the particular fruit. The user of the mera mera no mi can easily produce enough fire to make an effective thruster, and certainly could have the ability to control the flame to make the flames function as though in an expansion nozzle.
Moreover, even if the fruit only produces the photons, the user can control them, so they could either use them to heat the air to a plasma to use as reaction mass, or simply make a photon rocket by fine control of their fire.
That's not to say that Sanji will get the mera mera, you're just making a bad argument regarding rockets.
Are you saying that he had the right type of fruit for the Gura 2x and after the essence of the fruit transferred he ate it?
It's the simplest explanation I can think of which accounts for all the evidence we have at present.
also something i thought about: why didint blackbeard take mangellans fruit?
It makes perfect sense if you assume that Blackbeard is just letting the DF respawn in a fruit in his possession: either he didn't have the right type of fruit for the doku doku no mi, or he didn't know what the correct type of fruit for it is.
@Monkey:
a young Law goes…
"Soon we'll be free of Doflamingo....eh BEPO?" Bepo walks out from behind the corner[…] A tragic story for the shonen annals, alongside Don Chinjao, Gaimon, and that Werewolf from Dragonball who was angry at Roshi for blowing up the moon.
You know, I was on your side up until you described this.
Now I'm totally rooting for Law's revenge to be about Bepo, though. :ninja:
That would be hilarious.
@Monkey:
lollll, Jimbei can't join because doors!!!
His tragic backstory involves a loved one being killed by a door, leaving him too traumatized to use them.
He got his lightning bolt scar trying to stop that door. :ninja:
! Next weeks perdictions
! Doflamingo: what happened 13 years ago?!
! Law: Friendship
! Doflamingo: What?
! Law: You don't know the meaning of it!
! Doflamingo: Are you implying I'm a self conceited, Overbearing, morally corrupted, asshole Tyrant who could never know the true meaning of friendship?
! Law: No! I mean the literal definition in the websters dictionary! I asked you 13 years ago and you had no idea what it was!
! Doflamingo: Are you saying you have invested the last 13 years of your life to treachery, treason, piracy, and the murder of countless individuals in order to hatch a plan that will rob me of everything I've worked for, my kingdom, my people, my organization so that I will meet a terrible demise even if it means the untimley death of you, your crew and everyone and anyone you hold dear because I didn't know the definition to the word friendship of the top off my head?
! Law: Yup! :')
! akward silence ensued by rolling tumble weed
! Doflamingo: Yeah I'm going to kill you now
Law's tragic backstory is that he actually has an obsessive disorder regarding people using words they don't know the meaning of.
Being around Luffy will be like putting an insane self-aware computer with Captain Kirk, and eventually, he'll become desensitized to it, cementing his friendship with Luffy.
Wait, this isn't dumb predictions :ninja:
you think law would have surprised by doffy being a CD if doffy had branded him
He just thought Dofla was a sadistic jerk, which is part of why Law hates him :ninja:
Kaido collects Zoan users because he runs a huge circus, and acts as the ringmaster. Back in Buggy's days as an apprentice, Kaido's crew clashed with Roger's, and young Buggy was impressed by the style.
I meant that Dofla's plan was to split the alliance by putting the Mera Mera up as a prize, he knew it would draw Luffy away from their original objective, meaning he could deal with them systematically. So I think the flaw in dofla's plan is that given the choice between saving Law or gaining the Mera Mera, he would choose to save law.
So, Dofla's plan is to put Luffy in a lose-lose situation. This is a shonen manga; you know what happens when a clever antagonist uses this on the determinator protagonist? The protagonist pulls a captain Kirk, and takes some unforeseen third choice which allows them to get both.
The alternative is that Luffy fails (which, as I previously said, is bad for the narrative at this time IMO). Whether the odds seemed impossible is irrelevant; this is a shonen manga, and is all about beating impossible odds.
@dead:
Its the same because this a shonen we are talking about.luffy will defeat or at least play a big role in the fall of all seven of them
It's certainly likely that he will play a big role in the fall of most of them (excepting Shanks, of course), but in some cases, it's not guaranteed. We could easily see one or more of the admirals go undefeated until after Luffy is PK - hell, it's possible that one or two of the admirals will not be defeated in the series (for whatever reason, they don't get in a late story head-to-head fight vs the strawhats) by the strawhats or their allies at all (I doubt we'd see 2 go undefeated, but one could defect, or be off dealing with some crucial issue which factors into the endgame of the series).
…he also stated over and over again that he would definitely save Ace.
Saying this makes it seem like like you're missing the entire point being made. Just before the timeskip, he said that, and he (well, initially succeeded, but…) failed miserably.
That was a large part of the impetus for the 2 years of training: so that he could get strong enough that he wouldn't fail at protecting the things that matter to him. In fact, if you'll notice, Sabaody was the first time he completely failed at this.
He comes back after 2 years of training under one of the strongest people in the world, and the first time he encounters some serious opposition, he promptly again fails at protecting something he specifically declared his intent to protect?
That sounds pretty shitty. I mean, if that's where Oda plans to take things, well, I'm confident he'd find some way to make it not suck, but this really isn't the right point in the story for a failure like this: this is the point for them to encounter great difficulty which they have to improve in order to overcome.
I predict Kaido to have consumed a zoan type DF, Model: Godzilla.
It's the Kaiju Kaiju no mi, model: Godzilla
@NER:
its just that Sanji is the strongest and the better stratigest out of them.
I think there's more to the explanation than just "strongest should lead" or "best strategist should lead".
In the golden age of piracy, many pirate ships operated under a pirate code - a charter for the ship, which delegated powers and responsibilities. In most cases, the Captain had relatively little authority in the day-to-day operation of the ship; much of the authority was divided among the quartermaster, boatswain, gunner, and sailing master. The one time when the captain reigned supreme was in battle.
The captain of the ship is responsible for the safety of the crew. Since the ship's mates take the responsibilities of the captain when the captain (and those above them in the chain of command) are indisposed, those who are more capable of protecting the others ought to be the ship's senior mates. It should be obvious, then, that with neither Luffy nor Zoro around, the senior mate would be Sanji (although much of the actual authority lies with the navigator/quartermaster/sailing master, Nami).
Despite this position of authority, I would hesitate to use the word 'leader'; I'd describe the role as 'protector of the crew' rather than 'leader of the crew'.
There are two very suspicious panels here. In one, we are looking up at the Strawhats from the starboard side of the ship. No Redline behind them. Next, we are looking off the Starboard side with the Strawhats at the fish school arrow. Still no Redline. Weren't they just floating next to it?
The change takes place in an odd fashion. On page 7 of that chapter, we see the TS with the Red Line off to port. Then, a page later, while Camie is still on the den den mushi, there's a panel mid-page with a shot of the deck of the TS, looking at everyone from the starboard side, and there's no Red Line to port - just clouds and ocean. The TS is not under sail, so it ought to still be within sight of the Red Line, but it's nowhere to be seen, and indeed, we never see it again. I'm guessing it's an art error, but who knows.
Just a quick note, it's not the angling: during the Flying Fish Riders miniplot, we had several shots where we saw the TS from the front. It was, allegedly, heading straight from the Red Line to there, so if the Red Line were visible at all from there, we would have seen it then.
Hakified gear third gatling isn't casual.
Er, I think you misunderstood something, because they didn't say it was. You're connecting two completely different thoughts: they said that Luffy and Zoro can casually take out a ship (We've seen Zoro cut ships for fun, and Elephant Gun is probably the attack of Luffy's they were thinking of), and then later, talked about Elephant Gatling when talking about Luffy and Sanji's respective use of fire.
Yeah but Kizaru uses his fruit to speed up his kicks, then reverts it to back to a normal leg at the last second to strike the opponent, effectively kicking them at the speed of light. Sanji would gain no such advantage from the Mera Mera, it would COMPLETELY change his fighting style, which isn't going to happen.
I don't want to seem like I'm saying Sanji will get the mera mera (it's possible, but I think it's pretty unlikely), but this is a weak argument. Even Mashima was able to come up with the idea of a fire mage who used fire to enhance his physical abilities rather than just burning everything. As the mera mera user, Sanji (or, well, anyone else, I suppose) could use fire to accelerate (like a rocket engine, or possibly by reducing his mass by turning into fire), hit harder and burn people on contact (as per diable jambe), and counter-attack (burning those who attack him). There's no requirement that two users of the same DF fight the same way, and in fact, that seems pretty unlikely given what we know about DFs (they're all about creativity in their use).
Still, it is the case that Marineford and Shabondy are very close to each other, and Mariejois is, too… judging from literally every map that Oda gave us of that area, and every comment being made in that regard.
It's definitely implied that they're close in relative terms, but we got diagrams that were not stated nor implied to be close to scale. If Sabaody is 200km from Mariejois, but the next closest island (barring Marineford) is 500km, it would still be right next door in comparison.
It also remains a fact that if it were 10km high, than my other points about the distance still stand and you would HAVE to be able to see it not only from these 2 locations, but also Enies Lobby and presumably Impel Down, too, as it's depicted as closer to it than Enies Lobby is.
Barring unusual atmospheric conditions, yes, given the distances you describe (an argument I see no point in getting into one way or the other).
Tbh, for me, I still believe it is 10km high or at least around that, since it's a good juxtaposition to FI being the same distance down, and the Celestial Dragons being on top, while the Fishman are at the very bottom.
We already had the juxtaposition with Fishman Island made, though; Zoro even commented on it in the aforementioned panel. Fishman Island is 10,000m below sea level, and the opposite is Skypiea, 10,000m in the sky.
Still think I'm on the winning side
As you've acknowledged, your entire argument is premised on the 10km height of the Red Line. I've been unable to find any mention of the Red Line being 10km above sea level: when they entered the Grand Line, nothing to this effect was stated, and I couldn't find any statement to that effect from the second encounter with the Red Line, either. As best I can tell, it's a misinterpretation of the one panel where they say that Fishman Island is 10km down (below the Red Line) and Zoro comments something about Sky Island having been 10km up. If I'm wrong about that, I hope someone finds a source I missed (although even then, it would make more sense to say that number was in error than to assume a mistake in dozens of panels spread out over years of real-world publication).
We see that the Red Line goes above the lowest level of clouds, so we can guess that it's at least 2km above sea level, which is quite a tall coast in its own right: that's the kind of elevation difference you see in significant mountains like Mount Washington (prominence: 6148 feet, about 9.9 km). If we presume Mariejois is at an elevation of 2.25km (giving it significant elevation into the cloud layer), that's only a best-case horizon distance of 169.4km. Even at 5km, it's only a little more than half of the number you gave.
And that's assuming pretty standard atmospheric conditions, which are unlikely in the Grand Line (especially near a continuous mountain of rock that bisects the entire planet from the ocean floor 10km deep to a few km into the atmosphere). Even at 5 km tall, the Red Line could easily be invisible at 150km away, or little more than 100km at 2.25km in height.
I'm feeling a little disappointed by Sanji's performance here. Don't get me wrong, I knew there was zero chance Sanji would beat Doflamingo in this fight, and I don't want the strawhats to have an easy time in the New World. And of course, this is strawhat round 1 vs the arc boss - in other arcs, we've seen Sanji and Zoro lose badly to people they would soon be nearly on par with. But we've been told by Oda that Sanji specializes in observation haki, an ability which would seem to be optimally suited to spotting and avoiding Doflamingo's strings (and he's extremely fast and mobile, so this should be right up his alley). Yet he was caught completely off guard by the ability, even having seen Doflamingo 'flying' just before. It doesn't mean Sanji is a pushover or anything, it just seems a little disappointing to be seeing Sanji's "wall" so soon (for the second consecutive arc, without Sanji having any redemption in combat), especially since we haven't seen any signs of such for Zoro and Luffy.
I'm sure it's just an issue of perspective (we've only seen one of the trio face off against the real heavy hitters like Vergo and Doflamingo so far, and so they're just encountering the 'wall' they have to break through to improve further), and in 30 chapters I'll probably look back on this feeling of disappointment and laugh.
And even despite my misgivings about how the fight went, it was a good chapter, overall. However, I feel as though this chapter was really just whetting our appetites: we got the definitive revelation of Doflamingo's fruit; the tease of Law speaking of the events 13 years before; sending half the crew off to Zou; and Law claiming the alliance was over, but half of these are obviously setups for more to come. The only standalone bit was Dofla's DF, but I'll admit it has me looking forward to the next several chapters. I expect we'll see D block next, then catch up with Franky, Usopp, Robin, and the toys + dwarves, before we get back to the flashback, but I'm fine with that.
The Red Line, being 10km high
Where is it stated that it extends 10km above sea level? That would put it at the same height as Skypiea. We've seen Mariejois, and there were (fluffy) clouds in the sky above it, which means it cannot be the same altitude as Skypiea (where the altitude was stated as putting them above the weather). If the height of the Red Line was given as 10 km above sea level, that must have been a mistake.
My main point is that it would seem to be way too convenient if every WG pirate learned haki over the timeskip, considering you need a competent teacher according to Rayleigh.
Some of them may have already known haki (X Drake would be a good candidate for this position), or been close to figuring it out on their own (some of them are significantly older than most of the Strawhats). Haki can also be unlocked by a traumatic experience (like Coby), and it's likely that as such prominent rookies, they would have some of those.
Sanji will use Parage Shoot to rearrange Doflamingo's face.
Alternatively, Doflamingo will use a version of Parage Shoot to make Sanji look like Duval used to.
Sanji will become a quadruple amputee in his fight with Doflamingo.
Still if they dont no laws controlled and gets sliced to pieces same concept
But it can be ruined just by Law warning them as he approaches, "Hey guys, Doflamingo is controlling my body and will use it to attack you!"
And since Killer has a bounty of 200Mil then that means his feats, strength and overall level of threat is only at the level of 200Mil.
And when you consider the 2 years that have passed by it would suggest that he has an extremely low amount of potential. His Captain is a special case though.
Man, Zoro and his bounty of 120 million must really suck, then.
Late in the story, an enemy will appear who dresses like a bro. His unique laugh will be "yo lo lo lo".
Let's see…
Luffy: Too much of an idiot. Seems to have a knack for surrounding himself with the right people for the job, but he has a tendency to not listen to them. He should be a chief of staff, though.
Zoro: Not interested enough to make a good leader. He'd completely neglect it, and just cut members of the opposition party when they got in his way.
Nami: Would probably make an excellent politician, but would rob everyone blind in the process.
Usopp: Probably a decent decision-maker, but prone to lying.
Sanji: Certainly smart enough to run shit, if he could be convinced to do the job, but he'd just kick the shit out of the opposition party when they got in his way.
Chopper: Too easily manipulated. Smart enough to do the job, but simply not cut out for politics.
Robin: Perfect for the job. Intelligent, values preservation and expansion of knowledge, a historian and archaeologist, and naturally suspicious.
Franky: If he could be convinced to do the job, he'd probably make decent decisions, but he'd probably spend most of his time screwing around or inventing weapons. Ineffective, but highly entertaining.
Brook: Has decent judgment and a lot of experience, but I question his sanity and ability to actually focus long enough to get administrative work done. He'd probably spend most of his time screwing around and asking to see panties.
Just be glad that they are providing something for you. They don't have to do it. And if you want to call them scum, don't EVER visit their page to read what they post ever again, although I doubt you will do as I say.
First, they aren't doing it out of the goodness of their heart, or because of a community. They are taking advantage of someone else's work to make money, much like how people sell bootleg DVDs. When people work to provide fan translations out of a love for the series, I respect that because they're a part of a community. When people recognize a community as something they can take advantage of to make a quick buck, it's a completely different situation. Mangapanda doesn't give a fuck about One Piece (as evidenced by their inability to get even basic details right); it's purely a financial endeavour. They're even known to steal (and watermark) other fan translations to have a copy up to get their revenue.
Second, how is it hypocritical to criticize them? Whether or not people are perfect, you're clearly playing a semantic game by suggesting that other peoples' use of the word "scum" means only what you want it to mean. Furthermore, if I'm correctly understanding you, your argument would require that no one use the word "scum", ever, which is just silly.
So, the first mate is the first guy to join the crew? Not a term for the Right-Hand-Man, a.k.a Vice Captain?
The ship's officers are ranked according to their seniority. Below the captain is the "first mate", who takes over if the captain is unavailable. Following them are the "second mate", "third mate", and so on.
So the "first mate" (aka first officer) would be synonymous with the "vice captain".
Mr 5 explosions are weak, they barely do damage to Usopp. His biggest move didn't take Usopp out. Luffy didn't even feel them.
That's because Mr. 5 is weak, not because of a limitation of the fruit. If you gave him the mera mera no mi, he'd still manage to suck.
@Medical:
The Mera Mera no Mi will not go as a prize to the winner of the tournament or be stolen/confiscated by someone else. Gatz will get hungry and eat it.
And then join the Strawhats.
The real, ultimate villains at the end of the series will be revealed to be Kuina, Sabo, and Ace, who are executing a plan they conceived of long before the story started (and in fact, they each faked their deaths).
I'm not doubting Jesus' strength but he doesn't have to be defeated. He can still be pushed out of the ring and maintain credibility as a dangerous foe.
True enough. I had actually considered the possibility of him losing by ring out.
Although it's less about Burgess and more about Cavendish having unique dynamics with both Luffy and Bart
I don't think that's a huge issue: that conflict could easily take place outside the ring, much as it has up until now.
But don't forget that after this Luffy has still to face Diamante and DoFla most likely… Dunno I think it is a bit too much for Luffy in one arc... Maybe someone will stop Jesus somehow as Fujitora
I could be misreading the situation, but I actually suspect Jesus might be the strongest of the three. Having Luffy get the help of Barto and Rebecca in the fight (and having this fight come first) allows the subsequent fights to be progressively more challenging even though the strongest enemy gets dealt with first and pushes Luffy to his limits.
I'd rather see Luffy struggle through this because it's been pretty easy so far.
Jesus Burgess is the first fleet captain of the yonkou who is effectively the Big Bad of the series; it's not unlikely that he's strong enough to present a serious challenge even with the help of Rebecca and Bartolomeo. Also, having it take all this help and still be a major struggle means Jesus is still a legitimate threat later in the series. It would allow Luffy to struggle, accumulate new allies, and succeed at getting the mera mera no mi without undermining Jesus' credibility as a major foe later.
Brook will eat the mera mera no mi.
Eating a second DF would kill him, but he's already dead!
yohohohohohohohoho
@Monkey:
Yeah, if it's a battle royale than it would work better to use Cavendish.
If it's one on one matches it makes more sense for it to be Rebecca.
Actually, I could see Rebecca in a battle royale: then we end up with Rebecca + Luffy + Bartolomeo vs Jesus vs Doflamingo's men. That way, it's reasonable for Jesus to lose the tournament without it 'ruining' him for the rest of the series. We get the first hint of how strong Jesus really is (setting up the strength of the Blackbeard pirates later), while giving Luffy an opportunity to partially atone for his failure to rescue Ace. Depending on how exactly things play out, it could even help build up enmity between Luffy and Blackbeard.
Not a bad overall chapter. Definitely seems to point towards my suspicion that Ricky is the ex-king and the toy soldier is Kyros (and Rebecca's father).
Still, after the last couple chapters, it felt like a bit of a letdown to me.
Doflamingo will be the next Strawhat crew member.
Caesar Clown will become a division commander of the Strawhats.
Are you guys seriously justifying Bart cutting thay guys tongue up, he wasn't even a criminal like Ussopp is.
Bart is definitely a violent thug; I don't think anyone is saying that's not the case. However, the person he attacked was in the fighter's section of the Colosseum, so they are at least a fighter, not some random civilian. Furthermore, attacking someone for laughing at their idol (who is present at the time) over something personally painful for that idol is certainly a sympathetic reason for attacking them. Luffy, as a child, attacked Higuma for making fun of Shanks over something Shanks himself laughed off. Zoro was also a notorious violent thug (and bounty hunter), who would cut anyone who picked a fight with him. For that matter, all of the cooks at Baratie were pretty violent, and Sanji beat the shit out of a marine lieutenant - a customer - just for being rude to him and trying to make him look bad. Franky was a mob boss, too, who ran a gang that attacked, robbed, and/or bounty hunted pirates, including ones like the Strawhats. I don't think what Bart is doing is that far out of line compared to the Strawhats.
That isn't to say I think he'll join; I think he'll end up an ally rather than a crew member.