I'm still praying for them to pull it off though. I don't wanna be delusional my hopes aren't high at all but i also don't want to watch this series write itself into the wall.
Hopefully they're pulling it of somehow.
I have full confidence in Oda. As long as he's allowed to execute his vision, it will be good. We need to wait for 1053 and 1054. If they're both really mid, and feel rushed and confusing, then I understand people's problems.
But, honestly? I feel like, right now, we're all getting freaked out over promotional material and our own assumptions about what's going to happen. I really think Zoro is going to kill Kaido, but if Oda doesn't think that's good for the story, I trust him to change it. I just want him to go by his own desires, and not change the story for the sake of others. I'm a writer (need to get a lot better), and it pisses me off when people want to change other people's stories just for their own headcanons. Editors should change HOW the story is presented, and remove parts that are unnecessary, not change the overall meaning of the story.
If One Piece plot points were determined by polls on WorstGen, the series would be way worse than it is now. Act 3 isn't over. I think it might end in 1053, though. I just want some ZEHAHAHAHAHA, man.