Speculations Which is the more likely scenario from here on?

[ako]

The Imu vs Blackbeard FV debate all comes down to this now. One of these 2 scenarions should happen.

1. Blackbeard replaces Imu as the King of the World and becomes the FV. He either overthrows the WG and Imu by himself via ancient weapons and some underhanded tactics or he waits for the right moment when WG and Imu are defeated by Luffy and then he intervenes to declare himself the King of the World.
In this case the final battle should be like a God Valley 2.0 incident where Straw Hats and the "good" Marines fight against the BB pirates.

2. Luffy defeats Blackbeard before all of that can happen and stop Blackbeard from achieving his ultimate goal. Pretty much like Xebec also went down before he could achieve his goal. In this case we should get the expected route. Luffy defeats BB to become PK and after that the final war begins with Imu as the FV.

So either Blackbeard is a Xebec 2.0 who goes down before he becomes King of the World or he will end up as the successful version of Xebec who achieves his goal.


What do you expect?

 

[Salah WG]

Imu is just a Teaser of what WG is trying to achieve, He isn't Final Villain, not even Close
Imu Nerona is One of 20 WG Founders, They all have Equal Authority
Current CDs are who They are today only because They are Descendants of those Rulers
So if One of those OG Kings returns, what do CDs do? They Obey

These OG Kings aren't Dead, They are living inside Human Hosts, waiting to be Awakened
Hakuba who is living inside Cavendish is Name of another WG Founder
Mihawk is also a Host to another Founder (But according to Crocodile, He was Betrayed)

Nerona Imu is simply among First to Awaken & his Goal is to either Awaken the Rest or to make sure They don't Awaken so that He remains Sole Ruler & doesn't have to share Throne with them. But regardless of his Goal, He neither represents WG's Supreme Villain nor WG's Supreme Nemesis/Fear

Imu won't actually be a Villain at all, He is a Child trying to Protect his Home
Blackbeard on other hand is far more Important than these CDs, and He is Main Secondary Villain of entire Story

Imagine Morgan's Arc, Buggy's Arc & Kuro's Arc as Mini-Version of One Piece Ending, with Kaidou being it's Morgan
Imu is basically Chouchou of One Piece Ending (Meaning He is gonna be the Next Momo-Like Character)
And Blackbeard is Jango of One Piece Ending, meaning He will be Defeated Simultaneously with Final Villain

So in ranking of Last Villains to Fall (Not Counting Secondary Villains like Orochi & Doffy)
It goes like this

1. Final Villain
2. Blackbeard
3. Non-Introduced Villain 1
4. Non-Introduced Villain 2
5. Kaidou
6. Big Mom

 

[Brush D. Teeth]

BB pirates playing a trick on Saturn may indicate that they are the final villains but it could go either way. To be honest it's annoying that BB can just send fodder to other islands and get shit done even in the face of top tiers.

 

[Herrera95]

I'd say the scenario 2 is more likely but to be honest we can't expect something so predictable by Oda.

Somehow Buggy will be Pirate King first. Luffy will only be Pirate King at the really end of story and I believe Laugh Tale will be reached before Final War.

So many scenarios are possible. Luffy going into war against WG and then Teach taking advantage of the situation. Teach killing Shanks and Luffy going for revenge. Teach and Luffy fighting for the last Poneglyph or for One Piece.

The problem with those scenarios are... Where do we put all the other players? Revolutionaires? Cross Guild. Holy Knights...

 

[nik87]

Blackbeard is the final villain but he is not the last opponent Luffy will fight.
Imu and WG are just a stepping stone. I have been saying for quite a while now that WG is not the final war.