User blog comment:Fliu/New Thoughts on the Whole Cake Island Arc/@comment-53539-20171122004806/@comment-2602:306:CFE2:F510:C94D:C2D7:7706:28EB-20171122063012

My thought with Shanks vs Luffy was always that near the end before Blackbeard, Luffy and Shanks would meet up, party and fight to test Luffy to earn the hat. Also Yasopp and Usopp would have a snipe off.

My thinking of how Barto's actions affect Shanks is simple. Shanks lands, Barto boasts something about Luffy-senpai, and Shanks tells them he knows Luffy and the Yasopp is Usopp's father where to Barto does his whole not worthy bowing thing. Barto rebuilds the stuff and they feast.