User blog comment:Ranger94/Does Shanks want to be the pirate king ?/@comment-24850639-20150823141321

I think people are making too many assumptions about the relationship between Shanks & Blackbeard. When I take a step back and look at all the facts (that is, what we ACTUALLY know about the history between these 2) I'm not seeing anything that would cause Shanks to want BB dead. We don't know what this scuffle was about between them, but if you substituted say, Mihawk as the person who gave Shanks those scars, that alone wouldn't be reason enough for them to have beef with each other. As you can actually see with Shanks-Mihawk, Garp-Roger, WB-Roger, Shanks-WB, a bitter rivalry does not equate to you being bitter enemies.

- WB was a respected rival and somewhat friend, but by no means were him and Shanks best pals

- Losing Ace did unspeakable torment to Luffy's mind, and even though BB got him there, you can't blame BB for how Ace died. Even SABO admitted he doensn't hold a grudge against the BB pirates for it, so its hard to imagine that Shanks would.

So if we're addressing why Shanks did nothing else at Marineford: aside from your theories on being kinda tired from Kaido, not wanting to continue the war, etc, .............why? What reasons do we KNOW Shanks might want to pick a fight with BB, other than payback for the scar? Payback for a scar hardly seems worth it to continue a war of that scale.

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As far as the Pirate King concern goes, I agree in that I think he's just trying to have fun and go on adventures. I think that was the plan all along, and along the way he just so happened to become strong enough to be a Yonko. When you think about the world of One Piece, there really is no lifestyle aside from a Pirate that grants you the freedom to shape your destiny as you see fit, day by day with no restrictions. That's something that I believe would be attractive to anyone, so not every Pirate becomes one to rule the world. The thing thats eating away at me, is that it seems One Piece, being Pirate King, The Will of D, The Void Century, and this great world-encompassing war are all connected somehow. How did Roger become Pirate King without all the war and chaos? Based on what we've seen so far it seems like Roger actually enjoyed an era as Pirate King for a while before he decided to disband everyone, so what gives? We know too little about him, and Shanks history with him for me to feel comfortable going much further. Shanks knows SOMETHING, and Roger passed that hat onto him for a reason.