You are missing the point of my post then and have set your expectations in a completely different direction than what is being set by the author.
Has the author made just Luffy the joke? or the villains too?
Did Oda make Lucci also turn into a child after Gear 3? no
DId Oda make Kuma turn into a Blue Hulk with Shadows? no
Did Oda make the Admirals and Sengoku send Death Winks? no
Oda makes gag / goofy characters do goofy shit, and serious characters still be serious
the contrast between these characters when they fight has always been funny
but Luffy now turning even serious characters into goofy enemies? sounds shit to me
We already have no fear from the villains, all we had from them is that they had cool designs and powers
and now Luffy also turns them into jokes while fighting them