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Blackbeard, much like how [[spoiler:Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit is actually the Human-Human Fruit for Nika]], possesses a special Mythical Zoan fruit that parallels [[spoiler:Nika]]. This would probably explain not only why the Darkness Darkness Fruit doesn't actually grant intangibility like any other Logias, but would also explain the StoryBreakerPower it seemingly grants which allows the user to use the powers of more than one Devil Fruit, much like how [[spoiler:Luffy's awakened state gives him ToonPhysics.]]

* Alternatively, the Dark-Dark fruit isn't ''any'' of the three types of Devil Fruit, and in fact has no type. It's true power is not darkness, it is [[PowerOfTheVoid nothingness]]. Is the hypothetical zero of the Devil Fruit powers, turning the user themselves into living a void (which is exactly how it seems to functionwith Blackbeard). This paradox ether occured naturally and is related to thr fruits true nature, or was the result of Vegapunk's work.

* Jossed - chapter 1 of the series states that they took it from an enemy ship.

[[WMG: Crocodile is a revolutionary...but he isn't working with Dragon.]]

** Heads up - [[spoiler: Luffy and Blackbeard have just encountered each other in Impel Down, and Luffy knows he was the one who captured Ace. Naturally, they're gonna fight, and who knows how it'll end,]] because Oda loves blasting expectations out of the water.
** It's quite possible that Blackbeard will be Luffy's final opponent. After all, Blackbeard currently has a total of 10 crew members (including himself) [[spoiler:and the power of two Devil Fruits]] to invoke terror into the whole world; meanwhile, Luffy is making a serious name for himself with currently the highest known bounty in the series - all he needs now is one final crew member to round off the number of Straw Hats (he did say [[{{Callback}} at the beginning]] that he wanted to get a total of 10 crew members before entering the Grand Line) and then it'll be a case of each Blackbeard Pirate being an EvilCounterpart of sorts to each Straw Hat.

** Jossed by Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0274), which confirms he has Armament and Observation Haki.

[[WMG:Blackbeard is a test tube baby engineered by Vegapunk]]

** Jossed by Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0274). He has Armament and Observation Haki.

** Jossed. Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0274) says he has Armament and Observation Haki.

* Trafalgar Law- somewhere after the Kaido or Reveir arc Doc Q will kill Law ( but not before he monologues one of his “fate” speeches) and take his Ope Ope no Mi,using its advance medical properties to cure his ( and his horse) illness, and alter his crewmates bodies so they can contain more than one devil fruit.
* Mansherry and Viola- When the Blackbeard Pirates invade the Reveir meeting.Dueing the chaos, Van Augur assassinates Queen Viola and Princess Mansherry from afar, with their devil fruits transferring into one of Doc Q’s apples
* Ivankov- While Ivankov and his Okamas were on their way to the Revultiany Army Meeting, they were attack by Doc Q and his Crew while the rest of the BB pirates attack the RA’s base. Ivankov and Doc Q duke it for hours until Doc sense that Cipher Pol were coming, so he scythes off Ivan’s head and flees along with the BB crew. With the Okama King slain in battle, the Horu Horu no Mi no resids in one of Doc Q’s red apples.
* Big Mom- When The Straw Hats and the Tank Pirates deafeats Linlin and her crew, Capone when make an attempt to claim her head. Only to be beaten by Catarina, who beheads Big Mom and claims her Soru Soru no Mi. Devon then proceeds to do the same the rest of the Charlotte Family.
* Boa Hancock-Devon and her crew raids Amazon Lily causing a massive war between the Amazons and the Yonko crew, with Devon battling the Snake Empress, Boa Hancock. During the intense fight, Hancock tries to petrifie Devon with her Love Love Beam, only to be ineffective. Catarina decapitates Hancock, shows the empress’s head for all of Amazon Lilly to see, then toss it over the balcony, symbolizing the Pirates victory over the Amazons.
* Kaido(assuming he has one)-After the Ninja-Mink-Pirate-Samurai Alliance have defeated Kaido and the Beast Pirates, Pizzaro came out of nowhere and kills Kaido and takes his devil fruit. After witnessing Pizzaro taking out Kaido, the remaining Beast Pirates decides to follow the “Corrupt King” and be recruited into the BB pirates.
* Baby 5- While Baby 5 and Sai saying there vows at their wedding, Pizzaro drops by the ceremony with his pirate army with the intent of making Kano Country into of the BB Piates territories. ,Boo, Chinjao, and the newly wed couple battle Pizzaro with all their might only to be overpowered. Avalo kills Baby 5 and takes her Buki Buki abilities.
* Jozu- During the Payback War the remaining Whitebeard Pirates battle Blackbeard Pirates, in which Jozu fought Shiryu.Sadly, Shiryu manages to slay Jozu in the battlefield’s life, claim his head as a trophy, , and the diamond diamond fruit devil fruit.
* Aokiji/Kuzan- at one point in the story Kuzan will attempt to leak information to the Marines on Blackbeard’s whereabouts only to be caught by Laffite and Shiryu. The former admiral will make an attempt to escape, and freeze the two pirates only to be slice in half.
* Vanden Decken XIII-The BB Pirates will go to Fishman Island restock their supplies, in which Augur visits the prison that holds Decken, as well as the Hody Crew. The Sniper headshots the lovesick fishmen and claim the powers of the Mark-Mark Fruit
* Roscinate- During the timeskip the BB crew visits the a winter island in which Laffite discovers the Nagi Nagi fruit buried in snow.He devours the fruit and gains its abilities
* Marco- Weeks after Kaido’s defeat, Marco decides to visit Whitebeard and Ace’s gravesite, thinking about the adventures he had with his father and brother. Suddenly a unknown force pulls him in which reveals to be Blackbeard, who states his wishes to take the Phoenix Fruit as replacement for the Mera Mere no Mi that they failed to obtain thanks to Sabo .Teach then kills his former crewmate, which his Mythical Zoan fruit now in Burgess hands
* Kizaru and Akainu-During The Yonko War, Luffy,Sabo(Devil fruits awakened),Dragon,Jinbei , Weevil, Inurashi,Shanks and Garp battle Sakazuki, while Sanji( with his SuperSoldier genes awakened), Bartholomew ,Koala,Hack, Benn Beckman,Nekomurashi, and Rayleigh take on Borsalino. After half a day of ongoing fights, Garp, Shanks,Dragorn and the other veterans are down for the count, but manage to weaken Akainu enough for Luffy and Sabo to send the government dog a powerful Haki-infused blow to the chest, sending him flying toward G-1 Headquarters . Borsalino manage to curb-stomp everyone until Bartholomew traps Kizaru by using Barrier Ball, which causes the admiral to ricochet inside the sphere. Bartholomew tries out do to hours of battle causing the barrier ball to vanish .In a rage, Kizaru then proceeds to deliver a kick toward to pirate until Sanji speed blitzes toward Borsalino, delving him the hellish Diable Jambe; Flaming Shot, in which it send him flying toward G-1 Headquarters along with Akainu, causing the entire building to collapse. After our heroes leave the battlefield, Blackbeard and Burgess appears before the two fallen admirals, kills them and takes their Logia Fruits.Teach takes Akainu’s magma fruit while Burgess takes Kizaru’s light fruit.
* Caribou- When Caribou was held prisoner in one of Kaido’s vessels, captained by X.Drake,they were suddenly attack by Vasco Shot, one of the Ten Titanic Captains of the Yonko, Blackbeard. X.Drake,Scotch and the others escape, but left Caribou behind.Vasco discovers Caribou, kills him, and steals his Logia powers. With the Numa Numa fruit’s abailites,Vasco can stow many sakes as he wants with his body.
* Bartholomew Kuma- When the Revolution Army manage to escape from the BB Pirates, Kuma was capture by Teach and had his DF taken. With the powers of the Paw-Paw Fruit, Teach now can shoot Quack Bubbles from the palm of his hands to destroy islands from across the seas.
* Brook- The Straw Hats will fight with everything and then some to keep Blackbeard away, but he is ''not'' going to pass up on a get out of death free card in the form of the Revive-Revive fruit.

* A variation: The training that made Zoro one-eyed will make Zoro unable to ever beat Mihawk because of his superior sight. But Zoro doesn't care - he's now strong enough to protect his true companions, and it's becoming the most important thing for him. In a way, Zoro will have succeeded with what Mihawk seems to have failed with - having a family and a happy life.

** On a more serious note, just like Whitebeard ment for Ace to become the King of Pirates, Mihawk is realizing that he's too old for this [poo] and starts raising his most talented challenger to take his place. The old guys are preparing for something - whatever it is, it will probably be an EPIC WAR.

Mihawk being trained by samurai,who are more powerful than the Marines would explain how he became the World's Greatest Swordsman.

* Jossed - we've seen him, and he's still his old self.

Related to earlier [=WMGs=] and the fact that Oda never seems to waste any detail, the Bartholomew Kuma that we know and are completely confused by is dead. However, somehow Kuma's loyalty programming will be disabled - he'll push it out of his own head, he whispered a disable code to Silvers Rayleigh on Sabody, Luffy kicks him in ''just'' the right spot.

His eye lenses will fall out. He'll take off his NiceHat. What we will have is a fully cybernetic, incredibly pissed off Kuma.

It's clear that the Pacifista program was HIGHLY top-secret until their reveal at Sabaody, and getting moles into Vegapunk's laboratory to sneak information out would have been extremely risky and nigh-impossible due to how important his work is to the World Government. By volunteering to undergo the process (which was shown to be step-by-step) and as a Shichibukai to begin with, Kuma would naturally have the freedom to come and go as he pleased between operations. This allowed him to pass on direct knowledge of the transformation process to Dragon, allowing him to gain the ability to eventually create his own version of Pacifistas while knowing the weaknesses that plague the World Government's versions. It also has the added possibility of potentially bringing Kuma's personality and consciousness back - if the Revolutionaries have a chance they might be able to override Vegapunk's programming and bring Kuma back at some point.

They have a common goal: defeating Blackbeard. Though their reasons for doing so are different (Weevil wants revenge for his supposed father's death; Luffy hates Blackbeard for causing the death of Ace and attacking the Revolutionaries, including Sabo and Dragon), they might well wind up joining forces to take down the Shichibukai-turned-Yonko. Besides, Weevil's not exactly the brightest bulb in the box - Luffy may be able to turn him to his side just by talking.

Blackbeard - He's the closest thing we got to the series' antagonist Luffy and/or the Whitebeard Pirates will probably defeat him over his implications in the Whitebeard War.

Hancock - Her fatal flaw is that her crush on Luffy borders on obsessive at times. This may cost Hancock her life, most likely in a {{Heroic Sacrifice}} to make sure Luffy's dreams come true.

[[spoiler: Law]] - He's already pissed off many people, including Casesar Clown [[spoiler: Law]] is seriously {{Tempting Fate}} at this point, and I wouldn't be surprised that he dies [[spoiler: during the current arc]].
** He didn't.

[[spoiler: Doflamingo - He suffered a staggering amount of injuries throughout the fight with Luffy and Law which consist of the following]]

** Confirmed - the Shichibukai system was abolished at the Reverie.

* Jossed - we know all 85 of her kids now, and he isn't one (and she doesn't have any giants in the family anyway).

Charlotte Lin Lin was an [[TheIdealist idealistic]] [[IWasQuiteALooker pretty girl]] who believed in the PowerOfLove (Some traits retained in her daughter Purin) and thus she went off to the great seas (or even eloped) in search of her TrueLove. Unfortunately, her partner/husband came to be a total {{Jerkass}} and either went off with another woman and left her alone with many children or did other bad things to her. This made poor Linlin turn into a woman we see today - a controlling mafia matron who won't accept any refusals without bloody revenge ([[TruthinTelevision it's not unheard of women from past violent relationships to turn controlling and domineering in order to mask their insecurities]])
** Chapter 829 also shows that she's got an eating disorder - while obviously exaggerated here, it's something that sadly exists in reality, and some tragedy in Big Mom's past may have caused it.

From The Library of Ohara website: it's because she inherited Carmel's soul along with her powers. Carmel is the one really responsible for her increased cruelty (and Streusen's raising her didn't help) - she may have gone somewhat mad as a child from hunger, but she was never deliberately cruel, just ignorant and insensitive. Her recent amnesia is because Carmel's finally gone (thanks to her falling in the water), and she really doesn't remember anything of her time under the influence of Carmel's soul.

* Jossed - he's a dragon.

** Looking close to confirmed - he can turn into a dragon.

[[WMG: Kaido's Devil Fruit is a Mythological Zoan - Western Dragon model]]

** Jossed - he's an Eastern Dragon.

** Looking unlikely - he's been shown turning into an eastern dragon.

From the earliest mentions of Kaido, he's always been referred to as "that monster," that "thing," the strongest "creature," etc. and never once been referred to as a man. With the most recent chapter, we see him as an absolutely enormous Eastern style dragon and everyone's instant assumption is that he is a giant (or giant of a man) who ate the dragon mythic zoan fruit. But what if it's the total opposite? Kaido is a natural born dragon who ate some model of the human fruit. He could even be related to the dragon killed by the samurai Ryuuma in Oda's one shot "Monsters," which is why he has such beef with Wano in general and has installed his rulership over it.

Going by the title Ryuuma once held (without him knowing it), "King" is what's said to be the best warrior in the country. This matches perfectly with his current name - as well as with him being the Emperor's second-in-command, which would bring him to a clash with Zoro...

* Diamond is just crystallized Carbon which has a density of 3,500, fairly middle of the road density (Osmium and Iridium are the most dense). Diamond is the HARDEST substance, but it is not the TOUGHEST (a regular hammer can smash Diamond.) Also, it melts at 4200K (meaning a Cyanogen fire can melt it) and is a good conducter. Basically, a character with Fire powers or lightning powers can screw him up.

** Confirmed - they ''were'' part of the Rocks Pirates back in the day. And Big Mom still thinks Kaido owes her a favor from those days.

* Dude, he carries around a bible and has a [[CreepyCoolCrosses giant cross]] on his jacket.

This could be Ability user, of course (and it wouldn't even have to be Blackbeard doing the depowering), but if I remember right, Buggy is the only user confirmed to have been a great swimmer beforehand. Sure, he might be a couple decades out of practice, but it probably wouldn't be hard to put him in a group where he's ''still'' got the most experience.

(For extra points, [[ButtMonkey have his powers return RIGHT when he realizes "Hey! I can finally get that treasure on the seafloor!"]].)

From being a virtual unknown to [[spoiler: his ascent to the Shichibukai]], Marshall D. Teach "Blackbeard" could well be Luffy's Main/EvilCounterpart in their attempt to gain fame and acquire One Piece. Both men seem to be determined to become Pirate King and, given their interaction at Mock Town, seemed to be sprinkled with enough fuel for a decent Main/NotSoDifferent moment between the two when they finally meet. The RealLife Blackbeard is also Oda's favorite historical pirate, and so Teach should play a big role in the future.

[[WMG: Dracule Mihawk Will Die, but Not by Zoro's Hand]]

[[WMG: Blackbeards original devil fruit was the Fruit Fruit Fruit]]

[[WMG: Shanks maybe is both a Carrier of D ''and'' a Celestial Dragon]]

[[WMG: Shanks maybe is one-half Carrier of D and one half Celestial Dragon]]

[[WMG: Shanks is one-half Carrier of D and one half Celestial Dragon]]

* Jossed by the narration's own declaration that Kaido is actually the strongest creature alive. Besides, I think a giant or any other really strong character would have been able to lift that iceberg. I mean, this is One Piece and science only goes so far to explain the things in the series- if the muscles of mid-tier characters like the pre-timeskip CP9 in this universe can be tightened to be stronger than steel, there's no reason to assume that the top tiers would have any troubles with muscle durability. I mean, do any of us REALLY believe that Kaido wouldn't be able to lift that iceberg?

To spite Luffy

Given Kaidou's [[KillEmAll past actions]] and the news that he was planning to stab Whitebeard in the back, it's not too out of the ordinary to assume that he will assume an antagonistic role. Maybe we'll get a [[MonsterSobStory tragic]] {{flashback}} to the day Moriah's crew died, right before the Straw Hats (or Straw Hat) escape(s) from the fight.

*** Though it must be reiterated that Dofy is at the absolute kindest definition a JerkassWoobie and even then he's still very munch a Jerkass.

* Jossed - we know all 85 of her kids now.