User blog comment:AYET/The Mera Mera no Mi and Doflamingo/@comment-4605926-20130303210239/@comment-4754162-20130304081043

Perhaps I'm of a greedy mind. I think if I found the Mera Mera no Mi, I will exploit its ability for myself (or my nakama) rather than exploiting its value of it as a logia DF in itself. You have made a sense in Doflamingo being a "business-minded" person, therefore its possible he could have seen a higher value in the fruit itself rather than utilising its ability.

And yeah, if it turns out that he just acquired the fruit recently, then that would have answered my question there.

True, the StrawHats are in deeper trouble than anyone realized, having upset Doflamingo as well as a potential powerful marine (admiral?) Fujitora on their tails. Still no one yet knows about Doflamingo being setup by Law~Luffy alliance (at least it was not mentioned in the papers), so that will not happen yet. As for BM, I think they (BM pirates and allies) will be more passive rather than active in dealing with StrawHats, confidently waiting for StrawHats to bring the game to them, so I think BM will not be going after the StrawHats (at least not actively).

Nice lengthy comment with lots of thoughts, appreciated the effort.