User blog comment:DancePowderer/The March of...Progress? 845/@comment-24850639-20161102184216/@comment-24850639-20161103134132

I still consider it a load of BS. Why the hell does he feel the need to get Luffy and the crew off the hook? There is no such thing! Every single member of the Straw Hats is there because of their dedication to help Luffy become Pirate King, and their own ambitions just so happen to line up. They know what it means to be Pirate King. It means to face the Grand Line, the worst the WG can throw at you, and of course the New World, so eventually the Yonko. Everyone knew what this was when they signed up. Even if they manage to escape this wedding business without direct confrontation with Big Mom, their path to Pirate King still directly crosses with hers and all the other Yonko. There's no escape from that. Him going through with all this would have bought time, thats it. And they don't have that anymore, because now his captain is insistent on this "deep bond" you mentioned, and is willing to fight whoever Big Mom sends his way because of it. He of all people should know there's no forgiveness for this, no matter what he tries to do or say. Big Mom is a pirate after all, literally one of the best.

Sure it's admirable to an extent that he's just trying to keep everyone safe, but at what point is he going to realize that he's fucked even IF he plays ball? And I still can't forgive him for saying he has no allies he can count on. That was the lowest of the low. Even if his odds are ridiculously low against BM's army, he knows the kind of person that Luffy is, and that Luffy is going to keep trying at getting him back no matter what. So if he knows this ambition could possibly lead to his captain being killed, where's the emotion? The sense of urgency? Luffy's facing the army NOW, you don't have until tomorrow when you're married to try and change Big Mom's mind. He just seems to have completely walled of his concern for them, despite immediate incredible danger coming their way. I don't fault him for being in a fucked up situation between a rock and hard place, his lack of mental fortitude was just the final straw in a constantly declining hope for a good redemption. Even if he comes back from this in some amazingly epic way, which I'm sure he will, I just can't let go of the fact that he said something like that, and is acting like he doesn't have a pair.