I totally expect some nasty shit coming off the BBPs so what you described about preserving heads totally fit with their theme
But yeah Nami vs Ulti was so disappointing, sadly I'd even go as far as saying Nami's been a disappointment all around in Wano. We came off strong WCI then Oda gave us Wano Nami where she's one of the characters with the most panels in the arc and she really did nothing of note except saving everyone from Orochi (BUT THAT WAS STILL IN ACT 2!!!! ODA WHAT ARE YOU DOING LOL)
I've been imagining this horrific scene of Nami discovering or being forcibly shown Devon's collection by Devon herself ofc and Devon proudly declaring Nami will join it too. I've even toyed with the idea that she killed Nami's biological mother before by chance and she's preserved there and that's how we'll find out about Nami's mother too.
Just Oda showing all these severed women's heads in rows where Devon keeps them would be so brutally dark and horrific, a real character and story defining moment. Would really encompass/embody how deranged and evil Devon is too ofc.
Yeah WCI was honestly amazing for Nami imo, I really loved how she helped vs Cracker especially, called out Sanji for his behaviour blatantly and "punished" him and such, how assertive she was and especially her using the Zeus tempo on Big Mom, one of the most underrated and hype moments in OP, my jaw DROPPED when I saw in the manga and then again in the anime! Also her manipulating the homies was good too including Zeus ofc.
Right? Oda also offscreened her attacking Orochi too which really bothered me, Toei barely showed it too I think. Oda just gave us more horny fanservice in Wano for Nami and especially Toei did it too as typical. We waited years for Usopp after Dressrosa and this is what we get too!? What happened to his Observation haki gain? What happened to him becoming so much stronger now? Sigh...How is this Usopp meant to face his father soon at Elbaf or whichever arc soon inevitably?
Its crazy how Nami had some of the most panels and barely did anything as you said. Usopps frog got 82 panels thanks to being connected to Usopp too, SMH!
I used to think Nami would be connected to Elbaf or at least Big Mom and WCI but since Oda revealed her to be from Okyot, I've given up on it but Oykot sounds like a Wano sort of region as its Tokyo backwards ofc lol. But its in the East Blue or so? Catarina is South Blue so I doubt she would be active in East Blue unless Namis parents were in South Blue? But Nami was found at a battlefield of a ruined town by Marine retaliation against a pirate invasion so idk anymore hahaha. Oda said Nami would be Swedish hence I connected her to Big Mom who is seemingly French or Belgian or something? Charlotte is French but Linlin is Chinese ironically, she does seem based on that female famous Chinese pirate empress potentially although I think that might be more Boa Hancock too ofc.
Elbaf is Scandinavian or and Nordic or whatever, I know very little about these cultures, history, geography and such but I figured somehow it would tie into for Nami. Charlotte Nami (maybe even a D) sounds pretty nice imo and Nami was an orphan like those kids at Punk Hazard who were orphans and are also similar to Big Mom andthe same kids Nami took a real liking to, caring for and showing her constant motherly qualities as she has done for a long time now. I've suspected Big Mom was experimented on like the kids, attempted gigantification and her addiction to sweet stuff and hunger pangs is similar to those kids and may be caused by similar experiments. Makes Caesar working for her all the more ironic and also Big Mom was abandoned by her parents and ended up with a woman trafficking orphans to the WG lol.
Fucking layers of depth here, real mindfuckery stuff. I feel this all has to tie together somehow. I think Emerald City that was mentioned by Bellamy at Jaya or something will be at Elbaf, its Vegapunk's location and he is the Wizard of Oz (or Oars even hahaha) as I mentioned earlier. Nami is the Dorothy in this situation, the lost girl trying to return home. But the Oykot reveal threw a huge spanner into those works ofc too.
Apologies for the essay, once I get into my tangents and the passion and ideas emerge, thats it hahaha!