Speculations The secret boss of Mariejois

[D. Plant]

While I don't exactly agree with the notion that he will be the be all end all (for me that always has been, and will be Blackbeard) I can get behind Garling playing a much more prominent role in the story than most people think, and can even help bolster your theory a bit.

So those of you who know me from the old days, know I used to do a series of theories that connect One Piece to Final Fantasy. And while I've long since done one of those, there is one that popped into my head ever since the revelation of Garling. One in which connected Shanks having a twin brother long before it was ever revealed.

I'm Final Fantasy 6, you get two party members who turn out to be twin brothers. Their names are Edgar and Sabin. The kicker? The name of the country they come from, and that Edgar ruies over is called Figaro. When their father grew sick, and it was time to name a successor, they flipped a coin, which Edgar won the toss, and Sabin decided to leave the Kingdom afterwards.

That in and of itself is a huge parallel to Shanks and Shamrock. Two nobles of former royalty, with one deciding to leave the Ki gdom, while the other stays behind. They share the last name of Figarland, which is eerily similar to the country Figaro of FF6.

It gets deeper though, as how does Garling play into all of this? Well, it just so happens that the main villain in Final Fantasy 1 (Chaos) happens to go by another name as well. Garland. If you take the name of the main villain of Final Fantasy one, and put it together with the name of the country in Final Fantasy 6, where the two twins were born, you get "Figarland". The Garling/Garland parallel speaks for itself.

This is all from coming from memory of when I played the games, but I'm sure there is more connections I could make if I did some research, but I just don't have the time at the moment.

Do with this information as you will @nik87

The time Garling name pops up, the first thing came to my mind is Garland the villain appeared in almost all the FF series. As a FF fan myself, I thought there is might be some connection but couldn't make any sense at that moment. The town name and the characters similarities are a good catch, I personally forgot all the all the town names already.

There is another thing I find similarity is probably the appearance of final villain. FF's FV are usually a charming man with some feminine features. A traditional way of FV design to display their mentally twisted personality. Well only in some series, sometimes the FVs are hidden. For example Kefka from VI, Sephiroth from VII, Kuja from IX, and Seymour from X. So I think Imu is a man with feminine looks. Also based on Gunko being the closest assistant and vessel who doesn't wear pants, and Killingham goes pantless when Imu arrived at Elbaph, I think Imu has a fetish of legs, he might not be wearing any pants too just like Franky and Ivankov lmao.

 

[nik87]

While I don't exactly agree with the notion that he will be the be all end all (for me that always has been, and will be Blackbeard) I can get behind Garling playing a much more prominent role in the story than most people think, and can even help bolster your theory a bit.

So those of you who know me from the old days, know I used to do a series of theories that connect One Piece to Final Fantasy. And while I've long since done one of those, there is one that popped into my head ever since the revelation of Garling. One in which connected Shanks having a twin brother long before it was ever revealed.

I'm Final Fantasy 6, you get two party members who turn out to be twin brothers. Their names are Edgar and Sabin. The kicker? The name of the country they come from, and that Edgar ruies over is called Figaro. When their father grew sick, and it was time to name a successor, they flipped a coin, which Edgar won the toss, and Sabin decided to leave the Kingdom afterwards.

That in and of itself is a huge parallel to Shanks and Shamrock. Two nobles of former royalty, with one deciding to leave the Ki gdom, while the other stays behind. They share the last name of Figarland, which is eerily similar to the country Figaro of FF6.

It gets deeper though, as how does Garling play into all of this? Well, it just so happens that the main villain in Final Fantasy 1 (Chaos) happens to go by another name as well. Garland. If you take the name of the main villain of Final Fantasy one, and put it together with the name of the country in Final Fantasy 6, where the two twins were born, you get "Figarland". The Garling/Garland parallel speaks for itself.

This is all from coming from memory of when I played the games, but I'm sure there is more connections I could make if I did some research, but I just don't have the time at the moment.

Do with this information as you will @nik87

Sounds like Oda definitely took the inspiration from there for the Figarland family.
Also, I didnt say he would be the be all end all, just that he might have his own plans that dont align with Imu's.
I think Blackbeard will outlast both Imu and Garling, if this plot twist happens.