#chapter 1084

-Vivi is slay queening in this one yaaaaas we Stan a queen who stands up for herself and the others

-any Pell and Chaka fans... RIP, i know how it feels 😔

-Alabasta Lore, INTERESTING lore ngl

-Oda trying to make sense out of the "Nami sameface" thingy

-king Cobra is doomed

-Fatass Charloss tries to kidnap Shirahoshi, gets folded by Sai and Leo (the actual true GS of the reverie) and reprimanded by rebecca (my cute smol gladiator pwincess 😳)

-The Revos save Kuma and Morley takes him underground. A pissed of Bonney (my poor bon bon 🥺) is mad at the revolutionaries since she thinks they dragged him into this

-Morley makes some stupid ass comment about Boney cooperating blah blah blah like? The girl wants her dad so bad? Tf?

fuck Morley all my homies hate Morley okay I take back what I said about Morley, we Stan a queen who FLOORED aramaki yesss

-the dressrosa committee suspects that something is wrong and leave immediately (they know not to screw around with those filthy celestial dragons, they already had Doffy wreck shit up)

I liked the Arabasta arc back when it ended and hoped we’d see Vivi in the future, but I didn’t think she’d become an important character again. 

...

I stand corrected. Maybe I should’ve realized that back when the Nefertaris were revealed to be one of the 20, meaning Vivi could’ve been born as a celestial dragon... 

...Anyway, so, what happened to queen Lili? When Cobra says that she isn’t mentioned in any historical documents after the founding of Arabasta, we see a question mark (along with an exclamation point) from the elders. Does that mean they didn’t know about this? Or are they just baffled about why would Cobra ask about something so long since past? 

At first, I thought this was what got Cobra killed; after all, “D” is a taboo name. One must not talk about “D”, it’s dangerous. But-

...I was wrong, again. This is obviously the real reason; Cobra shouldn’t have seen that. Now the question is who killed him? Someone from the government, obviously, but we have three choices: Imu, the elders and a third party. Imu would be an obvious choice since he seems to have some personal grudge against the Nefertari family, not to mention it was him whose secret got out, but the reason I think it might’ve been someone else was how Cobra was killed. When we see Sabo standing over his body, it doesn’t seem badly beaten up; it’s more like he got stabbed or shot once, and that is something I think might not be Imu’s style, considering what happened at Lulucia.

Back to the grudge that I think Imu has for the Nefertari family. Has a bitterness of Lili not becoming one of the 20 been passed down from generation to generation, ruler to ruler? Possible, but I think it’s more likely that Imu knew Lili personally, that he is over 800 years old. I’ve seen people discuss this before, and I feel like the way he says Lili’s name strengthens this theory. 

How could he be that old? I see three possibilities:

1. He’s eaten some kind of long life/immortality devil fruit

2. He gained immortality from the power of the Ope Ope no Mi

3. He’s of some race that has a very long lifespan 

Of course, it could be something else, but these three possibilities are what I came up with.

Now, about Vivi: What will she do? She’s in hiding, safe for now, but for how long? What will she do in the long run, now that the WG is obviously probably after her head, even if not publicly? Well, I have an idea, occurring due to one of the most iconic scenes in the series:

I gave up on any true hopes of seeing Vivi go on an adventure with the crew again years ago, but now, those hopes are reawakening. Perhaps, Vivi will go to the crew in search for safety, either intentionally or by coincidence. Perhaps, she will search them out in order to receive help in exposing the secrets of the World Government (Dream Team Vivi and Robin, go!), or perhaps fate will bring them together while she’s at it. Either way, I’m starting to believe that Vivi will get on board once more.

Lastly, very random theory that’s probably complete BS: perhaps Imu is Nefertari Lili. Just an idea that occurred to me, but probably not... but c’mon, wouldn’t that be kinda awesome? First she declines from the honor of becoming one of the Celestial Dragons, leaving behind an exceptional reputation, and then goes and becomes even more than them in secret?

The highlight of the chapter this week is this one panel

Ahh! I love 1084! It’s such a fun, and funky chapter. We’re continuing this trend of staying away from Egghead, long enough now that yeah I doubt we’re cutting back to immediately after we left off. The suspense is palpable. Here though, we advance things in a big way. Bending these parallel stories into intersecting. Already saw it with Blackbeard as we left Egghead but now we’re getting into Sabo & Bonney. I will say that with how Bonney’s role has separated I’m more inclined to believe her role is more with the Revolutionary plot. She had the potential to pick up what Kiku introduced through Wano but Stussy’s done the better job just out of people there. Still have room to see more about Vivi, and that’s who you need to acknowledge here.

Obviously we’re getting some big Nefertari lore. There had to be something behind their family not moving to Mariejois, it came up in Dressrosa. We know Vivi is off in the skies with Morgans and Wapol, but haven’t gotten any details. She’s a total wild card and I’ve always said this long thread could be for her. That said, could just be more of the same song and dance. A flashy diversion. This chapter’s got a lot of people talking about Toki. We like talking about Toki here. Intersecting stories. Bonney’s been propping up the Revolutionary plot on Egghead, is this a way of doing the opposite with this flashback? Especially since my actual favorite part does the same in a big, big way.

Fujitora is amazing with his meteors. I mean his powers are so strong and destructive in the same time. But he can't use it like he wants. He might destroy many lives around.

He uses his Observation Haki to detect people around him. He can't put the difference between humans except when they got a special power like Sabo.

I also believe because there isn't any difference in strength between "average" humans and Celestials, he can't detect their presences clearly.

Yet, I guess he really doesn't care because he doesn't seem to like rotten individuals. That's why he's so fine with crushing the Revolutionaries with a meteor.

He might tell Akainu because the Commanders were so strong he had no other choice in the matter. A meteor was the only way. And yet I also believe this would also end the reign of Celestials as well.

He's the only one who can use the excuse such a power was needed to destroy those people. He can also claim killing Celestials was an accident because he can't put the difference between his soldiers and Celestials.

In 1084, we also got wonderful people.

Sai and Leo, I can say how much I love you both!

Leo is of course there for the cuteness. He somehow got the same role as Chopper in this case. He's cute but he also can be very dangerous when needed. People should think before attacking him, just like Chopper.

Sai is there as a guard of course and a representant of his own family. He does perform a good job at keeping people safe and alive there. He doesn't hesitate to assault people when needed whoever they are.

I admit I just wanted Leo to destroy Charlos. He's someone from another specie. He's not a human you see. But I guess a special task force was needed to crush Charlos for once.

The combination of their strengths was amazing. It's a good display of team work! Luffy, keep looking at people like this! We need more of them in the world!

Of course Charlos was crushed by two powerful individuals. I'm just disappointed he wasn't sent into a deeper hole than Big Mom and Kaido, but that just me. I guess he's to weak for the effort.

Last but not least in my list...

Bonney...

She is cute and awesome in the same time. She knows everyone in the Revolutionary Army. She even kees tabs about them. She seemed like a fangirl who gathers lots of intel about her favorite people.

My personal silly thought was she collects all the goodies sold by the Revolutionary Army in a similar fashion from Barto. But I guess they aren't the type to do such an advertisment.

She does trust Sabo directly because of that. She knows how dangerous he can be. She even calls him a radicalised revolutionary. I feel she's going to tell Luffy how much he resembles Sabo.

For a dangerous pirate, Luffy is indeed very cheerful and doesn't seem to mind what's happening to him. It's so nice to see Sabo giving intel to people he trusts. He knows the difference between people.