It feels so long since my last thread and I feel the need to flex my future sight again...
We have been in Wanokuni for more than 3 years already, yes, 3 long years and the end is still not in sight.
We know that the events happening in Wano will end up shocking the world but what news will shock us and the Strawhats?
I am here to bring you a possible future and events that might be revealed to us once Wano is finished.
Strawhats will probably leave Wano as the mighties pirate organization in all the seas, credited for taking down an alliance of two Emperors.
Now, the issue is that it is not yet time for Strawhats to be the undisputed stars of the show since the era will end up belonging to someone else.
The shift is supposed to go from Kaido the strongest and LinLin as greatest of the current era to Mihawk as strongest and Shanks as greatest.
The two central figures that are linked to Zoro and Luffy will take over the era coming after the ex-Rocks members that will fall down in Wanokuni.
We already have hints towards the wind blowing in that direction - Oda said that Shanks will be making a move and Mihawk is facing 10 warships.
Now, how will Shanks steal the show from the Strawhats? Taking down Kaido&BM alliance isnt easily overshadowed, close to impossible.
The credit for taking down both of them might not go to Luffy if Kidd and Law take down Big Mom so the job gets easier for Shanks.
I think Red-Hair pirates will crush the Blackbeard pirates in a flawless victory, without casualties and that way establish themselves as the crew they were hyped up to be - crew without weak targets. That is exactly what was hyped up during the reveal of Shanks' bounty. You might think Oda wouldnt do that to Blackbeard pirates? He would, he already did it once. There will be a lot of parallels involving RHPs and BBPs in the future of One Piece, if my future sight is on spot.
Their history begins a long time ago when Shanks was an apprentice on Roger's ship while Blackbeard was an apprentice on Whitebeard's ship.
Shanks was always connected to Blackbeard since that is his ultimate purpose in the story. Blackbeard is also the one who gave Shanks his signature scar.
Shanks came specifically to meet Whitebeard in order to ask him to stay away from Blackbeard since he knew how cunning and strong he was firsthand. He knew Ace would be in trouble for going after Teach and he warned Whitebeard who ultimately didnt listen to Shanks' advice and everything went downhill from that point onward.
Almost any time we see Shanks, he is concerned with what Blackbeard is doing.
The certain pirate about who he wants to talk and why he bothered to go all the way up to Mariejois is for sure none other than Marshall D Teach.
You might wonder why would he go there and talk about Blackbeard? It is probably because Shanks knows that Blackbeard is creating a powerful crew and that he cannot take him out without big sacrifices and thus he is probably talking to Gorosei to convince them that sooner or later, Blackbeard will come after them too and they should lend him help to crush him before it is too late.
I dont know if the World Government will ultimately lend Shanks some help or not but he will end up having help which will make the victory easy for him and he wont have any losses on his side. The last time we saw Blackbeard, he was going after something that was connected to the Navy... What could have that been? An ancient weapon? Unlikely for Blackbeard to obtain something like that at this point. What he could be after might actually be Shichibukai who are getting abandoned by the WG and hunted by the Navy. He is looking to absorb them into his crew and grow stronger.
What if they are after Mihawk who ends up joining hands with Shanks to crush the Blackbeard Pirates? That way both Shanks and Mihawk let the world know that the era belongs to them. Mihawk is just one man but he is enough to tilt the scales in the favor of RHPs and ensure a victory.
Now, let's get back to Blackbeard pirates being crushed and the parallels - it already happened in Impel Down when Magellan crushed BBPs and just like in ID, the Blackbeard pirates will get their revenge which means they will end up crushing Shanks and his crew eventually.
You might ask how will Blackbeard pirates go from being crushed to crushing RHPs? Thanks to Moriah's and Shiryu's powers, they will probably escape death or being imprisoned and will return with another parallel - at the end of a great war, just like in Marineford, just this time it will be at the end of the war with WG. That is probably when Blackbeard will kill Shanks paralleling Blackbeard killing Whitebeard. They will continue to secretly hunt for powerful Devil Fruits and make themselves stronger, many of them still have not eaten a devil fruit and some might obtain a second one by feeding their weapons to it, Funkfreed was one big foreshadowing.
Shanks will probably join hands with Luffy to take down the World Government after he learns about the Void Century.
Meanwhile, Blackbeard still has to reveal who his 10th titanic captain is and it is probably a big name.
A name worth keeping in secret. I have entertained the idea that it could be Weevil since he is another connection to Rocks which Blackbeard has too through the name of his ship and probably the same ambition of becoming King of the World while Weevil is connected through his mother who was on Rocks' ship...
However, Weevil could appear at the end of Wano or in Elbaf as well and in that case, the 10th titanic captain would have to be someone else.
Anyway, Shanks and Blackbeard are two opposites, a day and night. Shanks will grab an incomplete victory for now and ultimately end up killed by Blackbeard during the WG war and that way, it will be Luffy who brings the dawn again and frees the world of the night that Blackbeard will try to engulf the world in.
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