Which is precisely the problem.
The clownery is that BB was supposed to be the one receiving hype.
But he got scared from an old dude who's retired and admits he would lose, and now he gets a hard time by a single-member carried crew.
Oda deciding to do a "ace vs blackbeard 2.0" is "neutral" for BB, but terrible for his crew. Which devalues the hype from when the SH's face them, IMO.
It's the whole "shanks and aramaki" situation all over again. hyping a character by artificially shitting on the other.
The clownery is that BB was supposed to be the one receiving hype.
But he got scared from an old dude who's retired and admits he would lose, and now he gets a hard time by a single-member carried crew.
Oda deciding to do a "ace vs blackbeard 2.0" is "neutral" for BB, but terrible for his crew. Which devalues the hype from when the SH's face them, IMO.
It's the whole "shanks and aramaki" situation all over again. hyping a character by artificially shitting on the other.