Blackbeard will succeed where Rocks failed.
I don't know what people have to tell themselves to believe different.
*Luffy will succeed were Rocks failed. Luffy is the one gathering disparate pirate captains under himself.
- You already have those acting tsundere like Whitebeard in the form of Kid & Law.
- There’s the kids & clones of the originals working with Luffy (WB, Big Mom, Kaido, Gloriosa, Stussy = Marco/Weevil, Katakuri, Yamato, Hancock, Stussy clone)
- Rocks had multiple conquerors Haki users just as Luffy will have. Bb has none.
The one that several races have been praying for for centuries to deliver them from the WG is Luffy, not BB.
Whether it’s the Lunarians who faced genocide & abuse, the Buccaneers who were told they were born to be slaves, the Giants that idolized Nika, or the Minks living on Zunesha who has waited 800 years.
I really don’t know how anyone could tell themselves to believe different at this point.
What on earth would be the point of BB taking over for a couple of hours after 800 years right before the dawn?