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Laffitte and Shiryu for Anon!

Back in chapter 1079, we saw that one of Blackbeard's ships was approaching Egghead Island. Ever since then, we have been wondering which of his crew members is on the ship, and what role they will play. This theory will aim to answer these questions & more Let's get in to it

This would seem to suggest that Blackbeard's ship had already arrived at Egghead before the Straw Hats and before the Navy fleet, and they have been lurking the shadows this whole time. But who is here?

Let's assume that Lafitte is at least one of the Blackbeard Pirates that have come to Egghead, then the question becomes: Why? What is the motive? It may connect to the fact that Blackbeard witnessed the Seraphim, which he recognised as Pacifistas with Lunarian traits.

It's worth remembering that Oda revealed the hobbies of the Worst Generation in SBS: Vol 82, and Blackbeard hobbies were listed as gambling and studying history This is most likely how he already knew about the Lunarians, and it gives us a potential hint toward his motives.

The most apparent motive for Blackbeard to get involved at Egghead would be for Devil Fruits, but it is also true that Blackbeard would be greatly interested in prices such as the intel from Ohara. Egghead Island is an absolute goldmine of potential treasures and intel.

It seems at least that it was witnessing the Seraphim that inspired Blackbeard to get involved, but how much more does he already know? This raises the question: Do Blackbeard and Vegapunk have a prior connection? I believe that this question is the key to the answers we seek.

Ever since chapter 577, we have been wondering what Marco meant by Blackbeard being 'abnormal;' and then there are the curious details from chapters 134, and 966 about Blackbeard and people from snowy islands never sleeping. But what does it all mean? How does it all connect?

Things start to become even more curious when we realise that Vegapunk's home island, Karakuri, is a winter country, and Egghead Island is also a winter country in it's natural state. Does it not seem that Oda is implying a connection between Vegapunk and Blackbeard?

This may seem like a massive reach, but I feel quite confident in the idea, and it is actually one of my oldest theories. Blackbeard is Vegapunk's biological son! The test subject that led to the discovery of Lineage Factors & the reason Vegapunk abandoned his original lab

If this is true, then it adds a whole new level of depth to Blackbeard becoming involved in the Egghead Incident! But we'll come back to that in the conclusion. Let's get back to what Blackbeard and his crew will actually do when they become involved.

Since chapter 576, we've known that Lafitte's main powers seem to revolve around hypnosis. If he one of the crew that are here, then this seems like the first thing that will be relevant. Lafitte would be able to use this power to gain access to almost anywhere on the island.

It's also widely believed that Devon has come to Egghead with Lafitte. With the combination of these powers, it's near impossible to tell if anyone is truly who they seem to be. This becomes interesting when we consider the parallels to Alabasta, and Vivi's potential return.

For now at least, it seems like Blackbeard's crew are simply there to gather intel, but soon they will make their move, and this will change everything. On that note, it's also worth considering that someone else may be involved in their plots. Gecko Moria!

If Blackbeard has manipulated Moria in to obeying him, then the potential threat they pose at Egghead becomes even scarier. Using Moria's power, they would even be able to revive and control Vegapunk's dead clones. Shaka in particular comes to mind.

I believe that exactly this is happening behind the scenes during the current events, and just when things are looking good, then the Blackbeard Pirates will show themselves.

Now we get to Blackbeard's most inspired and shocking move of all.

Since chapter 1080, we've learned that part of Blackbeard's current scheme is to create his own official country. To this end he tried to use Coby as a bargaining chip, and this is likely also how he will use Garp as leverage.

However, if we go back to chapter 957, we realis that the World Government has actually been looking for an excuse to get rid of Garp. Blackbeard is likely to be shocked when they refuse his bargain. This will inspire him to take the most audacious gamble that we've ever seen.

With Lafitte, Devon and Moria clearling the way fr him, Blackbeard will use Van Augar's warp powers to quickly travel to Egghead Island and steal all of the prizes. Devil Fruits; Green Blood; Ohara intel; Ancient Kingdom tech; and a Gorosei as a hostage!

But the chaos and misfortune caused by Blackbeard's actions still doesn't end there. There is one character in particular who is likely to get caught in the middle and suffer the ultimate price. Even light cannot escape a black hole! The death of Kizaru!

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I always found it weird how Oda gave the name of arguably one of the most well-known and successful pirates to such a minor character, and always seemed to set him apart from the rest in the ways you mentioned. Also, if I had to guess a previous name for Lafitte, I would literally just go for Jean-Pierre, as that's a name in and of itself in French, and it references both the real life Lafittes by combining them together, much the same way the character of One Piece's Lafitte is a combination of the two.Show less

Jango who was also hypnosis, what did he do? He faked kuro's death by hypnotizing morgan! This definitely strengthens your idea.

The fact that he is able to go unnoticed by Hawk-Eye, the dude that is the reason Shanks probably learnt how to block Observation Haki, should terrify everyone honestly

The connections to the real life Lafitte are sick. The two death dates makes it seem like the character’ll be defeated at the fake age of 41/42, when he’s actually 94/95. Also, it’s entirely possible that someone with the Toshi Toshi no Mi used it on Lafitte at God Valley to make him ~3(?) years old, and then he had to grow up again in the West Blue (where God Valley was). Then that Devil Fruit user died before Bonney got the Toshi Toshi no Mi.

This theory actually crosses over with another theory I have jotted down somewhere. Have a look into "Baron Samedi" also known as "Baron La Croix". Laffitte's character design works really well with the Baron. Baron Samedi is also one of the Iwa of Haitian Vodou like "Joyboy".

I especially liked how you included Treble in the theory since I agree 100%. Oda often creates and older parent-like figure who influenced the villain to go down their dark path in the first place (Treble, Streusen, Higurashi and who knows, maybe even Gorosei).

Also, this works for me but I would take it farther than lafite. After seeing his arms, I think he's the model screech owl, screech owls were Hades sacred bird. And Cerberus his guardian. So I think lafite has been grooming black beard so that he can open the gate to Hades, or needs him to resurrect someone.

This would make a future Sanji fight a lot cooler. I've always felt like his opponent in the matchup was never very clear or satisfying, like him fighting Avalo or Burgess felt empty, but him fighting a major, big big deal former Rocks pirate with a bounty in the billions is hype. Also their roles are perfectly matched, as Sanji and Laffite are both the secret weapons, the 'spies' of their respective crew who go under the radar while the rest of the crew charges head on.

Lafitte having an interaction with St. Saturn after he gets downed by Luffy/Kuma/Bonney sounding even more likely now. Saint Saturn recognizing him or saying some shit like "I know who you really are." cause they both would've been at God Valley. I'm betting all my money on Lafitte being the one in that Blackbeard ship at egghead, I wonder how nobody has noticed the ship yet though.Show less

imagine if lafitte was the vice captain of the rocks pirates it would make him teachs rayleigh