User blog comment:Admiral Sugar/Thoughts on Devil Fruits/@comment-2226235-20140215191408/@comment-24551071-20140215194733

I was thinking that they could be like gifts from the sea to those who choose the life of a pirate or marine and If you ate It you were tricked and wouldn't be able to swim, a bit like when the devil tricked Eve and her punishment was death so maybe It could be like that