User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../Law's Plan & The Shichibukai/@comment-4754162-20130204061211/@comment-4899461-20130204135023

Excellent response(s).

I think that being chased by the Marines is still an awful fate. When Jinbe left, he chose to work under a Yonko so that the Marines wouldn't want to piss off Big Mom by capturing him. Doflamingo could try and do this by working under Kaido directly, but then he will keep his life, but lose many other things (money from selling SAD, and other things from his underground empire). And let's not forget Doflamingo's conversation with Crocodile while they fought during the war: Both men swore they would never work under anyone but themselves. And also, right at the beginning of the timeskip, the Marines have probably been the weakest they've ever been in a long time, due to the losses and damage done at Marineford, and the retirement of Garp and Sengoku. I'm sure Akainu has more than made up for that stuff now though. I also believe that after the War, Blackbeard and his crew were truly on Yonko level and would have had a much easier time fighting off the Marines than Doflamingo can.