Right lemme be clear here. Zoro isn't the point. I was talking about shanks/mihawk, and their FEATS. And anyway bro, Shanks doesn't appear to me as someone who's after the WSS title, or ever was. It's meaningless.
Zoro's end game portrayal is Mihawk.
Shanks has zero interactions or portrayal with Zoro, outside of a Vivre Card statement cementing that Zoro will be stronger than Shanks to become Mihawk's opponent- or so that's what Mihawk wants him to be.
So, the point is, that Zoro's dream is shit and hollow if he becomes WSS without defeating the actual WSS. Title is irrelevant- what matters is reality.