What Vegapunk described sounds like he's describing people's dreams turned to reality. It would make sense if they were actually Dream fruits. Vegapunk's quote sounds almost exactly like Blackbeard's quote about dreams.
"As long as people's desires persist such a thing will never cease to be"
"People's dreams never end"
Some more evidence is that devil fruits have an ability called awakening which if they were called Dream fruits would make even more sense. Awakening would make sense after having a dream. A zoan's fruit awakens when the user is knocked out/unconscious to then "dream".
Dream fruits might be a reference to the Sandman folklore. The sandman is a mythical entity that basically controls people's sleep and dreams. In the Marvel comics, the Sandman controls the world of dreams that coincide in a different plane from the waking world.
This would explain why Devil fruits are unnatural and why Mother nature/sea water weakens a Devil fruit user. The waking world rejects the dream world existing in the waking world plane. This also would make 100% sense if Crocodile who was the first"sand man" introduced in the series was weak to water and similarly, Sandman's powers/dream fruits are weak to the waking world's water.
According to the wiki for Sandman in a Marvel Mystery comics, "Those who grabbed a dream from the dream tree would have a dream based on whatever they grabbed from the tree and awaken again when the Sandman removed the blanket over his land. Anyone who did not grab a dream would end up in an eternal, dreamless sleep "
This explanation coincides with 2 details in the One Piece world. The dream tree is similar in concept to the adam and Eve's story of being tempted to eat the Forbidden fruit by the devil. Instead of a devil tree, it is a dream fruit from a dream tree perhaps? The dream fruits would manifest inside the user. When the user awakens, they can control their dreams/the devil fruit's full power and warp reality with Paramecia/Logia users permanently changing parts of the real world like aokiji,Akainu warping Punk Hazard or Luffy touching the ground and turning it into rubber
The next detail also happens in other stories/mythos about Sandman where he can take away a person's ability to Dream/sleep permanently. Blackbeard was stated to never sleep by Buggy during Oden's flashback. If the Will of D stands for Will of Dreams or the Dream clan, it would make sense with Whitebeard's statement about Teach during Marineford. Even though Blackbeard is technically part of the D clan, he is unable to dream/sleep unlike our heroes or the other D clan members. Blackbeard not being able to sleep might be a curse brought to him by the Sandman or his lineage losing their abiltiy to sleep in order to be awake forever. The D clan members might be people who come from the Land of Dreams/the Dream world.
Whether or not the D stands for Desire or Dream, I think it's very possible now that Devil fruits origin might be heavily inspired by the lore of Sandman.
TL;DR : Devil Fruits are actually Dream fruits and are largely inspired by the Sandman mythos which could explain alot of lore in the series.
All the examples:
-Why Devil fruits are so unnatural and how they could represent the infinite possibilities of humanity. They are the infinite dreams humans can think of.
-Why Mother Nature hates them and has a similar weakness to Crocodile's Sand weakness. Dreams are unnatural and Sandman's powers do not naturally coincide with the dream world. Crocodile's weakness to water is similar to how Devil fruits(Dream fruits)/Sandman's powers are weak to mother nature's sea water because it normally exists in dreams, not reality. Sand is naturally weak to water according to Crocodile's Df powers so Sandman's powers are weak to Mother Nature's water(sea water)
-That would also explain why Devil fruits have an awakening ability which allows the paramecia/logia users to warp reality into the properties of their dream fruit.
-Zoan users fall asleep/are unconscious when they first awaken and tap into the dream fruit's full potential.
-Blackbeard's imsomnia being based on Sandman's ability to take away people's abilities to Dream/sleep
-Why Blackbeard can be a D member but not be one of the men Roger was waiting for because he lost his ability to dream/sleep even though he came from the Dream clan.
This part is unclear, but the D clan might be people who sided with the Dream world or people who came from the Dream world.
"As long as people's desires persist such a thing will never cease to be"
"People's dreams never end"
Some more evidence is that devil fruits have an ability called awakening which if they were called Dream fruits would make even more sense. Awakening would make sense after having a dream. A zoan's fruit awakens when the user is knocked out/unconscious to then "dream".
Dream fruits might be a reference to the Sandman folklore. The sandman is a mythical entity that basically controls people's sleep and dreams. In the Marvel comics, the Sandman controls the world of dreams that coincide in a different plane from the waking world.
This would explain why Devil fruits are unnatural and why Mother nature/sea water weakens a Devil fruit user. The waking world rejects the dream world existing in the waking world plane. This also would make 100% sense if Crocodile who was the first"sand man" introduced in the series was weak to water and similarly, Sandman's powers/dream fruits are weak to the waking world's water.
According to the wiki for Sandman in a Marvel Mystery comics, "Those who grabbed a dream from the dream tree would have a dream based on whatever they grabbed from the tree and awaken again when the Sandman removed the blanket over his land. Anyone who did not grab a dream would end up in an eternal, dreamless sleep "
This explanation coincides with 2 details in the One Piece world. The dream tree is similar in concept to the adam and Eve's story of being tempted to eat the Forbidden fruit by the devil. Instead of a devil tree, it is a dream fruit from a dream tree perhaps? The dream fruits would manifest inside the user. When the user awakens, they can control their dreams/the devil fruit's full power and warp reality with Paramecia/Logia users permanently changing parts of the real world like aokiji,Akainu warping Punk Hazard or Luffy touching the ground and turning it into rubber
The next detail also happens in other stories/mythos about Sandman where he can take away a person's ability to Dream/sleep permanently. Blackbeard was stated to never sleep by Buggy during Oden's flashback. If the Will of D stands for Will of Dreams or the Dream clan, it would make sense with Whitebeard's statement about Teach during Marineford. Even though Blackbeard is technically part of the D clan, he is unable to dream/sleep unlike our heroes or the other D clan members. Blackbeard not being able to sleep might be a curse brought to him by the Sandman or his lineage losing their abiltiy to sleep in order to be awake forever. The D clan members might be people who come from the Land of Dreams/the Dream world.
Whether or not the D stands for Desire or Dream, I think it's very possible now that Devil fruits origin might be heavily inspired by the lore of Sandman.
TL;DR : Devil Fruits are actually Dream fruits and are largely inspired by the Sandman mythos which could explain alot of lore in the series.
All the examples:
-Why Devil fruits are so unnatural and how they could represent the infinite possibilities of humanity. They are the infinite dreams humans can think of.
-Why Mother Nature hates them and has a similar weakness to Crocodile's Sand weakness. Dreams are unnatural and Sandman's powers do not naturally coincide with the dream world. Crocodile's weakness to water is similar to how Devil fruits(Dream fruits)/Sandman's powers are weak to mother nature's sea water because it normally exists in dreams, not reality. Sand is naturally weak to water according to Crocodile's Df powers so Sandman's powers are weak to Mother Nature's water(sea water)
-That would also explain why Devil fruits have an awakening ability which allows the paramecia/logia users to warp reality into the properties of their dream fruit.
-Zoan users fall asleep/are unconscious when they first awaken and tap into the dream fruit's full potential.
-Blackbeard's imsomnia being based on Sandman's ability to take away people's abilities to Dream/sleep
-Why Blackbeard can be a D member but not be one of the men Roger was waiting for because he lost his ability to dream/sleep even though he came from the Dream clan.
This part is unclear, but the D clan might be people who sided with the Dream world or people who came from the Dream world.
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