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Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

Just got to "Sniper King"... fucking Usopp. =/

I'm so sorry...

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

Pfffft, so they were gonna BUSTER CALL the Straw Hats?

I have a question about Buster Calls. If they are that powerful, why not use it against White Beard? Kaido? Big Mom?

It seems like if they were willing to pull that out for the Straw Hats, why not any of the other major threats?

Actually the Buster call was because Spandam is an idiot and used the wrong snail. It's just that a buster call has no way to stand down. Once it's issued, the Navy destroys the island. Arguably it's because they don't want to admit they unleashed the apocalypse on an island by mistake. I've read their official excuse was it was to make sure Robin died because she survived the last one.

As to the Yonko, there's something about a balance of power that hasn't been made totally clear in the series. You have the Marines/Navy, the Seven Warlords, and the Yonko. There's a lot of fretting later in the series before the Whitebeard War about not having the Seven Warlords actually have seven members. But it's all wonky to me because the Warlords are in theory supposed to heed a Summons by the World Government to help the Navy, yet it seems like none of them actually have any loyalty to them. Mihawk apparently does whatever he wants, which is destroy uppity East Blue pirate warlords for waking him up, and then Crocodile was planning to take over the world. There's more but I'm trying not to spoil anything but the arc you're on.

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

Robin thinking the government won't turn on her (I'm gonna assume she thinks working for the government will save herself or the Straw Hats), she stupid. Iceberg basically being a hypocrit about Frankie making "weapons"? Stupid past Iceberg.

"You are bad for making weapons because all weapons are bad! I guess that means there is no use for good people to have weapons to defend others against bad people!!!!"

Robin's deal as I recall was she turns herself in for execution in return for sparing the Straw Hats. So yeah, she's stupid here. Ignoring the fact she should have known they'd never honor such a deal in the long run, she should have known they'd come after her to save her.

And it may just be the dub that did it, but I recall Iceberg was more pissed about Frankie leaving the weapons laying around on Scrap Island for anyone to steal and use than he was about Frankie making them in the first place. And well, it does end up being a justified concern.

Null_Gain posted...

As for the Emperors, being super strong individually is only the begining. They'll command an entire army, a fleet of ships, have tons of weapons and control large territories.

That's even just counting them alone, Whitebeard has ten ships each loaded with guys who would make strong captains on their own, and has an absolutely huge number of pirate captains that swear loyalty to him on top of it. And it's fair to assume the others have that as well given that it's said you either swear loyalty to an Emperor, or you thumb your nose at them at every turn if you want to survive.

Actually, the balance of power I mentioned earlier seems to hinge on all four Emperors refusing to work with each other. As TC will see in the Whitebeard War arc, the idea of Shanks and Whitebeard teaming up terrifies the Navy.