There’s no point in a Luffy vs Blackbeard fight for Pirate King anymore.
We already know Luffy is Joy Boy. Not in the way we knew before- Luffy is the protagonist so he will be Joy Boy in the future. No, now it’s completely confirmed, no wiggle room.
A “fight with Blackbeard for the Pirate King” is pointless and redundant. That’s grounds the fight with Kaido has completely covered. We’d be going into it knowing no matter what Blackbeard says or does, he will not be the Pirate King, because he is not Joy Boy.
We’ve also already seen the Strawhats, for the most part, beat the Beast Pirates. If the Blackbeard Pirates are just another Yonko crew, then what’s so special about that? We don’t need another fight against a Yonko crew just to give Nami, Usopp, Chopper and Brook a fair victory.
The fight between the Strawhats and the Blackbeard Pirates has to happen. And the only way it can is if Blackbeard has a completely different goal from all the other pirates and wanna be Pirate Kings.
Enter Rocks, who wanted to be King of the World instead. That’ll be his aim.
Also, I don’t know what to tell you if you think Oda’s got more than one big fighting arc left in his locker. Admire your optimism if anything.
No, I’ve been certain it’s Blackbeard for final villain for years now, how the Beast Pirates fights have went only confirms that.
From this stage on it’s building up Blackbeard as final villain. The way Crocodile and Kaido were built up for villains of their saga.
Imu’s a glorified Spandam/Orochi, or a princess.