Character Discussion Why do people downplay Blackbeard?

I feel like BB is definitely always compared to Madara and Aizen, FV or not just in terms of relevance.

He is just as a successful as them, but he don't bring half the gravitas. Or badass.

While I donwplay, he is very in the One Pieces essence, just as Luffy is very non sense, BB unlike Aizen and Madara is also goofy, the way Oda want his manga
 
since apparently he is a man with ambitions, willing to do whatever and say whatever is necessary to achieve them
I personally think Blackbeard is a great character from a written and powerscaling perspective. He laid out a plan and executed it step by step.

He wanted a fruit and killed his crew mate for it. Once he got it he started his own crew and defeated Ace who was able to defeat Warlords. He scarred Shanks with no fruit while Shanks was on guard.

Then he used Ace to become a warlord, killed WB and took his fruit, defeated the remnants of the WB pirates in a war and became a Yonko. He’s the only pirate with two crazy fruits one nullifies all Devil fruit abilities while the other one has the power to destroy the world.

But he gets disrespected as if he’s not going to be top 3 all time with Luffy Imu and Roger.

He got clowned by characters like Magellan but that doesn’t matter because his Ws outweigh that. So what is it that people don’t like about BB? I think he’s a great villan.
lol just wait until oda confirms the adv coc :steef:
 
Blackbeard’s flashback is going to be interesting.

He is literally the Palpatine of One Piece because of how he manage to mask his identity and stayed under Whitebeard who should’ve sense something was off about him with his top tier Haki (unless WB knew and was keeping eye on him).

On top of that, Haki mentions in Jaya and scaring Shanks LONG before eating TWO devil fruits which means he is already strong before and was faking being weak.
 
Blackbeard’s flashback is going to be interesting.

He is literally the Palpatine of One Piece because of how he manage to mask his identity and stayed under Whitebeard who should’ve sense something was off about him with his top tier Haki (unless WB knew and was keeping eye on him).

On top of that, Haki mentions in Jaya and scaring Shanks LONG before eating TWO devil fruits which means he is already strong before and was faking being weak.
I think you’re thinking of Imu… Blackbeard having top tier haki? That’s a new one…
 
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