User blog comment:Plainblack/Blackbeard, the Enigma/@comment-9022101-20130902135815/@comment-1595565-20130902142509

Not to mention broken and absurd beyond belief. It's simple. Metaphysics. From what we've seen with Devil Fruits, we know there is an exchange of energy when the user dies between user and fruit. Blackbeard merely intercepted the exchange. I wrote a blog on how the whole death thing works with fruit users a while ago that pretty much covers what you're wondering. It's called Metaphysical Horticulture if you want to read it.