#black beard

when we meet moria he is a depressed man, a coward, a schemer, a guy that has been so traumatized by the death of his crew that he not only hides himself in the fog of the triangle, only surrounding himself with toys and zombies but he openly rejects the idea of a crew because all crews are destined to die. oz looks so much like kaido, i don't think it's a coincidence: every action moria undertake is driven by his defeat.

when he belittles luffy, saying he will be crushed by the new world it's clearly projection. BUT also he is right the strawhats weren't ready, and Sabaody is the next arc. luffy loses his crew too. luffy breaks down while being separated from his friends but moria saw his crew get butchered.

we also know that moria even though he is a terrible human being is clearly a caring person. he adopted perona, he goes to pirate island to face blackbeard to save absalom and is clearly distraught when he learns of his death. so moria wasn't simply disappointed by his loss, his ego wasn't simply crushed, he also lost friends.

SO NOW THE KOZUKI REVEAL ! moria was at Roger's execution he was part of the wave of pirates inspired by his speech, he was young and hungry. what we can guess now is that his encounter with kaido wasn't simply two pirates facing each other for the top of the food chain. he went there to save /his country. just like all those broken samurais we met in wano, moria got crushed by kaido trying to save it. HE LOST HIS CREW BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY. SO THAT MEANS IT'S HIS FAULT. can you imagine the guilt ? it wasn't to follow the dream birthed by roger's words but because they followed him to the land of his ancestors.