Honestly it feels like the writing is going around in circles now, they just came out of Wano as supposed big shots but now they're back to square one as the underdog rookies who are in over their heads
I hope Kidd gets some good stuff with the Elbaf arc if that's ever happening but Oda fumbled so hard on him, I wish he could get at least something cool
Yeah the worf effect is going completely crazy. Honestly they took down BM and Kaido too soon imo.
The power creep is out of control and Oda had to forcefully dumb down Zoro especially but Luffy too vs the Seraphims to make his nonsensical mess work.
We've got stuff like Admirals are way above Yonkos now, Admiral = 3 Yonkos even more now, Seraphims (not even fully grown/ready) > Yonkos and so on lol.
As my friend suggested to me elsewhere earlier, Elbaf is an amazing opportunity for Kidd to be humbled, to realise his own arrogance, flaws, helplessness, lack of refinement, haki usage/mastery, willingness to cooperate more and trust others etc.
The Giants or even Shanks himself could make amazing mentors for him. They were looking for the man marked by flames and its probably Saul too who is there ofc. With their ship being destroyed, this is the perfect chance for Kidd to train, grow and maybe even settle there, maybe taking a new direction/goal in life lol.
Kidd could even end up getting a new ship made at Elbaf potentially? Whilst he dwells on his losses and either becomes another Moria and pre TS Crocodile OR he gets reborn, better, stronger and especially wiser and more careful and humble than before.
If Luffy ends up being captured by the WG ultimately and a rescue Luffy arc happens (unlikely now especially imo but still) I could see him rocking up with Law (if he's still alive and any other alive Supernovas, Grand Fleet etc) and being like Shiki when he attacked Marineford after what happened to Roger.
Hell I NEED to see Kidd and Franky interact and bond over their shared love of mechanisms/robotics/engineering whatever and their similarities.
Kidd uses attacks with Punk in them and isn't even relevant with anything Vegapunk yet SMH lol. But maybe Franky can bridge that connection too.
I know it's extremely wishful thinking but I'd really love to see it.