User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Strange Behavior/@comment-24850639-20140521204243

Its still pretty short-sighted in my opinion, especially in Pica's case. My thing is, Doflamingo himself has commented on how many people have failed because they underestimated the Straw Hats. They supposedly made every precaution to not do the same, but still failed at every turn. Doflamingo got his head sliced, and Birdcage was activated because they got backed into a corner. They have been forced into a position where they have to be reactionary. I'd think the switch would go off that it's time to stop the bullshit lol.

My thing is, regardless of confidence, you'd think that people would know better than to underestimate their opponents. Especially in a world where there's so many different types of Devil Fruits that you NEVER know what someone can be capable of.