Hell yeah man, Colon despite the awful name is very underrated in his extreme bravery like Momo and he's doing immensely well. He's gonna shine amazingly in future, I see Luffy being his sort of Shanks figure as they get older. Aside from Shanks also being there and knowing Colon ofc lmao. But some people think he might inspired Colon to go on to be a great or even legendary pirate some day when he's much older and I'd really like that. Like Shanks did to Luffy naturally.
Seeing Gunko almost pierce his neck fucked me up, yet people slander Gaban shamelessly not understanding what it feels like for a man to witness his own child almost being impaled to death like that. And through one of the most painful and fatal places to be impaled ofc! Gaban said the birth of Colon was the happiest/most important time of his life and yet they slander him for being vulnerable to almost losing his son permanently to Gunko and him almost dying in the process too, with Luffy and Chopper only just saving his life. Or at least Chopper or w/e?
For all of my slander and hate for Dragon, he was completely wise and right here and we finally know and understand why he said that now too: