User blog comment:DancePowderer/The March of...Progress? 845/@comment-24850639-20161102184216/@comment-24850639-20161103153117

Since when has someone being supposedly "impossible" to beat ever been a deterrant to the Straw Hats and Luffy? It clearly isn't deterring Luffy now, which is why I keep harping about this whole faith thing. He couldn't say anything to Luffy about going up against BM on the spot, fine, I get that. But if we're playing out this scenario where he TRULY believes that he has to ask her pardon to get Luffy and the others off the hook, what stopped him from saying something when he was face to face to her? It's highly unlikely he'll be alone with her anytime soon, so it's not like he's just waiting until his family isn't around. She's sent her army to kill Luffy NOW, and he saw how close they already were to the location he was waiting at, so again, sense of urgency. I'd assume he'd be asking for Zeff to be let off the hook in the same vein, since it would seem the threat to Zeff comes from her and not the Vinsmokes.