Oda always likes for people to look down on Blackbeard first, remember pre timeskip when he failed to catch Luffy first, was trying to make him look weak vs Ace by screaming after his attacks, was screaming after a G2 punch, got bodied by magellan, but ended up recruiting a crew of level 6 prisoners, is the only person in the world to have obtained a 2nd df (typical big bad trope breaking rules in verse).
People are not used to this tho, I think BB as a villain is made to be underestimated, think of him as villain Luffy who has plot armor.
People are not used to this tho, I think BB as a villain is made to be underestimated, think of him as villain Luffy who has plot armor.
WB was dying and Garp/Sengoku are nowhere near their peak.
Akainu is in his prime now. Blackbeard with Shiryu at that point preferred to peace the fuck out.
Now the shit with Rayleigh.
Magellan thing is tricky because of Magellan's DF. BB's Yami couldn't do shit and it was Shiryu's knowledge about Magellan that saved their asses in last moment.
I'm not looking down on him as some fodder. Nah nah nah. I just prefer Shanks to be anti villain for Luffy rather than BB be final villain.
I feel like Xebec is Blackbeard's Shanks.
Tho I still like the idea with Xebec inside or just someone else. The theory about Blackbeard sharing body for more than one soul is pretty good in my opinion.
Maybe Blackbeard is actually the guy who sailed with WB and etc but the BB who betrayed WB is actually Xebec who took over when the chance presented itself?