Shanks never beat Loki, I’ll die on that hill. Loki is the representative of Oda’s love for vikings, that’s why he’s this fucking strong.

Loki at the start of Elbaf: “No man willingly lets himself get chained”. — The opposite is most likely true for himself, ironic.

Fenrir, harbinger of Ragnarok, was convinced by Tyr to let himself get chained.
there was like 1 single fair Top Tier 1v1 in the whole verse and that was Kuzan vs Akainu which ended in both having scars all over they body. sorry but I find it hard to believe Loki and Shanks was a 1v1 all out war when both have 0 scars or anything like that.
 
Shanks represents virtue, and is the ideal man for him. Loki represents viking code, and strength. One Piece would have never existed if Oda wasn’t obssessed with vikings.
Shanks ship has a Viking theme to it and he’s been tied to Viking mythology for awhile

Shanks is an amalgamation of Oda’s idea of piracy
 

ZenZu

The only one who can beat me is me
Ngl if I was Big Mom I would disown Lola too like wtf all you had to do was pretend to like the guy for a few years and we could’ve eliminated the other Yonko
And she's ugly af too while Loki is a chad. She deserves to get disowned for that.
 
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