User blog comment:Fliu/One Piece Fan Short: Bartolomeo meets Shanks/@comment-24850639-20170822171724

Bartolomeo's decision to do that really makes me question what kind of path he was on before he met Luffy. To have made it as far as Dressrosa into the New World, there would have to be at least some knowledge of the Yonko. It's also not like he knew he would meet Luffy on Dressrosa, so what was his ultimate goal, knowing that he would cross paths with at least one of the Yonko at some point? He's pretty decently strong himself, but it doesn't look like you can really say that for the rest of his crew. He would get obliterated by a Yonko, and I'm sure some part of him has to know that. He couldn't have known in advance that he would walk away from Dressrosa working for his senpai. He had to have known that he couldn't make it as a pirate by simply just idolizing Luffy. What brought him to Dressrosa? What makes him think he can act so reckless in Luffy's name in the territory of a Yonko? I was hoping his cover story would explore his background just a tad more like Cavendish, but this is still good stuff. Can't wait to see what Shanks does about it. If I know Shanks like I think I do, he's not gonna just let Luffy slide for this. He taught Luffy most of what he knows about being a pirate, so Luffy knows this as well as anyone. I don't think it has to be serious, but I do want to see an actual battle between the Straw Hats and Red Hair Pirates at some point.

On another note, the lack of association between Shanks and the Straw Hat really puzzles me. It was definitely a big part of his wardrobe when he visited Foosha Village, and Whitebeard's comment that people were wondering how he lost an arm out there highlights that he was definitely a pretty infamous pirate by then. Maybe a Yonko by then, maybe not, but either way I would expect it to have more of a reputation than it does.