But the connections could be more with the Beast Pirates in general than with Queen especifically, Judge worked with Vegapunk, then we have King and his unique race with unknown abilities to generate fire (Sanjino?), CP-0 mentioning "lineage factor" thing is also interesting, Judge and Vegapunk worked together in the "bloodline elements" thing mentioned during WCI
You know, just to mention with King (and how Sanji clashed with him before funnily enough and King who both uses flames and kicks fought another guy who uses flames and kicks too), I get a sort of "Man In The Iron Mask" vibe from him. Sanji already had the Man In the Iron Mask vibes with the Duval reveal (I suspected it too vaguely at least when he called himself Mr Prince and I may have had other reasons but I can't remember) and then with Sanji's backstory, Sanji turned out to be that Iron Masked Man ofc! (Even Iron Man funnily enough as Tony Stark is a handsome, genius philanthropist playboy and so is Sanji although his philanthropy mainly concerns not letting others starve and just being chivalrous to beautiful women ofc. Both even use a form of technological combat suit to fight too and I think Tony got his from his father too maybe?)
I might just be spouting nonsense here and King seems to be wearing leather as opposed to iron ofc, but I kinda get a similar vibe from him as I do with Sanji. He reminds me of Zoro and Sanji for different reasons, although kind of similar ones too?
On another note too, I would LOVE dual battle of Zoro and Sanji vs King and Queen tbh, I think King and Queen having a similar relationship to Zoro and Sanji is hilarious and fitting, much like Jyabura and Kaku for example too (I also think they are the New World/Yonko equivalent of Kaku and Jyabura and thus more Enies Lobby paralells), but I also remember Zoro and Sanji having some funny moments with their zombies interacting with each other too I think?
Zoro has fought some very unconvential and weird opponents and Queens personality really fits for Sanji as an opponent too, I think both King and Queen could work as indivdiual opponents for Zoro and Sanji for their own reasons as well.
BUT the point I keep meaning to get to, is that I'd love to see Zoro and Sanji fight together in a serious way especially, the left and right hands of Luffy, his 2 main guys, his brothers in his crew etc having to work together and overcome their differences at least temporarily to defeat their opponents who are also fighting together against them.
Given King and Queen's relationship, this could work to Zoro and Sanji's relationship as they can be the bigger men and work together whereas King and Queen will probably end up arguing and fighting with each other, giving Zoro and Sanji the advantage over them and thus their chance to win.
It could be quite a tactical battle in that sense but also a lot of comedy potential too imo. We could see some awesome combo attacks by Zoro and Sanji and also by King and Queen together and they can work to nullify each other's weaknesses through their partners.
It would be a really concept imo, btu I really don't know if it will happen, sadly.
Weird tangent/essay over now anyway haha.
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