Speculations A Door..

[yoyoyotony]

Sky Island Story was about Shandia landing in Skypiea, which Triggered War between Shandians & Skypieans,
Both were Right, cuz Shandia is indeed Shandians Home but at same time it's inside Skypieans Home, so They also have a say in it now,

I always believed that Ancient War was about similar Conflict, meaning both Sides were Right,
You can see this in every Kingdom visited by SHs, always Two Sides Fighting, but Real Villains are those who are Outsiders (Like Birkans),

But what if that War wasn't about "This Land belongs to me", and instead about "This Timeline belongs to me",
Imagine if there was a Main Timeline & then suddenly a Piece of another Timeline appeared in it, replacing a Segment of it,

It's like in Sky Island, you can walk in Clouds & then suddenly you can reach Vearth & then it's Clouds again,
Instead in this WG Story, it's about History following it's normal timeline & chain of events & then suddenly the Story is changed out of nowhere & it remains like that for a certain Period and then goes back to normal

This Period is clearly none other than "Void Century" & both Sides are Correct, because One Side will say "This Era belongs to our Timeline" while Second Side will say "This Era is now Part of our Main Timeline Continuity", both have a Claim for it, it's also why WG desperately wanna hide Truth about it, because it's not about a War or Crimes or Place ... etc but what can really make People go crazy is learning that They actually have a Second Scenario in their Life, that's something Priceless for them

But just like Upper Yard or Onigashima, that New Piece is claimed by Main Villain, hence why that Period became known as Void Century, because it was taken by Final Villain, and just like Enel's Dream was to instead Conquer "Endless Vearth", this Final Villain's Dream doesn't just want Void Century, He wants entire 2nd Timeline, We can call it Endless Void (This is why Oda in SBS showed us Two Timelines for Future SHs)

This also matches with how Villains were made, if you look closely you can notice that Luffy became Water Luffy against Villain who stole Water (Jinbe), and became Afro Luffy against Villain who stole Nakama (Brook), and became Golden Luffy against Villain who stole Gold (Nami), and Nightmare Luffy resembles Chopper, and Champion Luffy resembles Franky & Samurai Luffy resembles Zoro ... etc

Two Remaining are a Villain who Steals Plants (Usopp) + Villain who Steals History (Robin),
We already seen this Villain who lives in Kingdom where there is Sunlight Tree Eve, their Arc is connected to Kingdom with Adam Tree, and their Personal Room is full of Plants & Flowers, that's clearly Imu

Then it's time for Villain who stole History itself, He is literally the Narrator himself!
And in Current "Bad" Timeline, Blackbeard is the actual Main Character, Luffy must Defeat FV + BB & Reverse that,
In other words, Luffy will fix the Ending of this Story, but this entire Adventure won't be part of Timeline anymore,
People will debate on whether it was a Dream or Lies or Fake Tale ... etc
Or as Zoro summarized it "Nothing Happened"!

This is why Roger described entire Journey as "Let's turn the World upside down",
Meaning it's Same Coin (Same World) but Two Different Sides (Two Stories), hence the Title "One Piece".

Maybe Toki leaving then fucked up the timeline and started it all.

Also your theory made me think of a "dragon break" in the Elder Scrolls lore, are you familiar with it ? It's great lol
Time is a dragon and sometimes it breaks for a time but pulls itself together and every shard happened at the same time and is cannon, deal with it.

 

[Salah WG]

Maybe Toki leaving then fucked up the timeline and started it all.

Also your theory made me think of a "dragon break" in the Elder Scrolls lore, are you familiar with it ? It's great lol
Time is a dragon and sometimes it breaks for a time but pulls itself together and every shard happened at the same time and is cannon, deal with it.

I'm not familiar with Elder Scrolls Lore but it sounds very interesting, i will check it later,
I don't think it's Toki, because whatever moved that piece of Timeline decided how long it will last from the start, so Joy Boy was on a timer,

I know where Oda inspired this Idea from though, it's from same Movie that inspired BB Pirates & Celestial Dragons & Laugh Tale ... etc
It's Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where there are clearly Two Timelines, however it's a Single Story where it's debatable whether the entire Adventure can be considered Real or Fake

Oda is already experimenting with Portals as seen with Gorosei & Holy Knights, however i believe there are Timeline Portals & They are Whirlpools, that's why Luffy started his Journey by entering one, it basically changed the Timeline, and it was changed again when He entered Wano

There are lot of Hints for this, for example a Barrel on the Sea is said to be an Offering for Sea God, so if FV is indeed someone who stole History then it makes sense that the MC was sent through this Timeline Portal as an Offering to him

This Sea God was mentioned in Vander Decken's Lore, and interesting part is that it was said He threw his entire Crew off the ship, why would He do that? Especially if They were all Fishmen like him, unless He was actually throwing them to a Whirlpool!

And biggest Hint was before They reached Skypiea, a Conversation between Usopp & Luffy about Whirlpools ended up with Luffy saying that the Whirlpool in front of them is like "a Dream inside a Dream", foreshadowing that the First Whirlpool was like Entrance of Dream.
This also matches with that Movie i mentioned above, as the World & their Story was turned upside down when They entered a Whirlpool near the End

So yes, i think there are clearly Two Timelines here & they work similarly to how u described Elder Scrolls Lore,
I also won't be surprised if a Dragon is involved for sure

Now with this mindset, when you look at Yonko, you realized why Oda chose those Four specifically, Luffy, Buggy, BB, Shanks,
Who all share that Ability that Mihawk mentioned to be able to Attract & Influence People, in other words, those Yonko aren't just competing for Empty Throne or Pirate King, They are actually competing for who becomes "The Narrator", They are competing for Oda's Throne!

I don't think Void Century will be Discovered, i believe it will be Re-Written,
Just like i don't believe All Blue will be Discovered, it will be Created,
Just like i believe World Map won't be Copied, it's Nami who will shape the World however She wants,
... etc