Would Doflamingo be stronger than what he presented during Dressrosa if he had better motivation to aim for the top?
Do you think he got too laid back with his road to becoming a great pirate?
Did his "family" held him back by pep talking him?
Bonus question: Was everything above false and Doffy was on his way to becoming a monster in his own right but his meeting with Kaido was the beginning of the down spiral/less strive for the top?
Did Kaido crushed Doflamingo's dreams at one stage to the point where Doflamingo never recovered mentally to push back to the top again and he became content with his position as Kaido's lackey?
@Light D Lamperouge could you tag Doffy bois?
1.- It doesnt seem he lacked motivation to aim for the top, he did have big dreams, dreams on the level of Luffy or Zoro, not being the pirate king or the best swordsman, but taking down the whole World Goverment and the Celestial Dragons and that might be a huge feat. His problem was he viewed everyone under him since he was an ex Celestial Dragon, so his dreams was big but also his Ego, it was his Ego that took away the posibilities to train harder and get stronger.
Seeing how he grew, he had everything on his hands by his family, he didnt even train and became the monster he was, so if he just trained a bit he will be god damn stronger for sure.
2.- The same answer as above.
3.- Yes, his family stopped his potential, but also gave him confort which is also the reason he is what he is as strong as he is.
4.- Yeah, Doflamingo was going on the top by his own terms, his crew had some great abilities that only a mastermind as him coud use to control the whole world. He was the most powerful pirate, even greater than the emperors in terms of control. He was the main reason that the Revos were losing their battles, the reason there was war and many things, his downfall is the reason why there is caos in the sees just as the downfall of Whitebeard and he didnt even have the same raw power.
5.- Kaido did not crush his dreams, it seemed that it was Doflamingo using Kaido for his own benefit, the strongest creature wants to the greatest war and he was giving the smiles. What part does that sounds as Kaido using Doflamingo? Doflamingo was making Kaido's dream real, Kaido in war dying.