User blog comment:Videogamep/Why is Sabo Such a Big Deal?/@comment-972068-20131213072410/@comment-25485316-20131213223726

Yeah, except it was concluded, so yeah. Not being able to pick up on the obvious clues that Oda layed out does not mean that they aren't there.

Purpose is not lost from him being alive. The characters still built their motivations on the idea that Sabo was dead. Him being alive does not change that.

Though, since you called Oda an idiot on Sabo's talk page, maybe I shouldn't take this conversation seriously at all!