Never said it was Luffy (yes I belive it could be), but it also doesn't imply that his conversation with the Gorosei was about killing or stopping someone either.
And thats the point of narrative misdirect. Oda intentionally left the name unknown, to have one of two things happen. You either guess its Blackbeard, or you question its someone else.
Its actually fundamentally weird that Shanks has yet to ever outwardly state he wants to be PK or wants One Piece. Thats why many people, including myself, do not believe that is his goal. We can assume all we want, but at the end of the day we are left with mysterious clues as to what his motivation is. He's never been to Laugh Tale, which virtually proves he has no idea where it is, nor does he have access to it. Luffy is probably further along that path than any pirate in 20 years, with almost 3 Road Poneglyphs.
Again, I will always bring it back to this moment, meeting the Gorosei. If it was just about Luffy surpassing him, he would not be meeting with men who can orchestrate the mass murder of people on a whm, and who openly discussed "purging" AFTER their meeting with Shanks.
Tbh, im not sure why he's based on Tyr, he has way more connections to the Yakuza i referenced in the OP. All of that is based on the idea that Shanks is fundamentally tied to Elbaf (for some reason which I dont personally understand) and will die by Blackbeards hand there. Thats not to say it can't happen though, I personally just have never truly seen the evidence for it. Id love to hear more tbh
Virtually said it better than I could ever have.
Edit: Anyway, have fun guys/girls, I just wanted to provoke the conversation lol. By no means do I think I'm correct, but there are clear red flags to poke at with Shanks and his character. We clearly just don't know enough yet
And thats the point of narrative misdirect. Oda intentionally left the name unknown, to have one of two things happen. You either guess its Blackbeard, or you question its someone else.
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Its actually fundamentally weird that Shanks has yet to ever outwardly state he wants to be PK or wants One Piece. Thats why many people, including myself, do not believe that is his goal. We can assume all we want, but at the end of the day we are left with mysterious clues as to what his motivation is. He's never been to Laugh Tale, which virtually proves he has no idea where it is, nor does he have access to it. Luffy is probably further along that path than any pirate in 20 years, with almost 3 Road Poneglyphs.
Again, I will always bring it back to this moment, meeting the Gorosei. If it was just about Luffy surpassing him, he would not be meeting with men who can orchestrate the mass murder of people on a whm, and who openly discussed "purging" AFTER their meeting with Shanks.
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Tbh, im not sure why he's based on Tyr, he has way more connections to the Yakuza i referenced in the OP. All of that is based on the idea that Shanks is fundamentally tied to Elbaf (for some reason which I dont personally understand) and will die by Blackbeards hand there. Thats not to say it can't happen though, I personally just have never truly seen the evidence for it. Id love to hear more tbh
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Virtually said it better than I could ever have.
Edit: Anyway, have fun guys/girls, I just wanted to provoke the conversation lol. By no means do I think I'm correct, but there are clear red flags to poke at with Shanks and his character. We clearly just don't know enough yet