User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 980: This Is Where the Fun Begins/@comment-29391896-20200525133213/@comment-108.83.222.210-20200528184936

Their plans have a bad tendency to get derailed anyway. This is not unique to the Strawhats either. In more then one book series I have read the characters have gone forward with their plans with the expectation that something is going to go wrong. When inevitably it did, they managed anyway because while they knew that a lot was riding on the plan they also know that something was going to go wrong. Thus they were able to make adjustments when things in order to ensure that the outcome they sought was still possible. While making a plan is usually a good idea one normally makes plans with the understanding that something will not necessarily go as it should. The Strawhats have had all of their plans derailed for one reason or another and they have adapted accordingly. Law made this plan with the expectation that Luffy and Kid would cause a commotion and thus he has already made preparations for their respective personalities. This means that he will be able to move quickly and adapt whatever comes next. Generally no matter how good one is at planning the real measure of whether or not they will succeed is how good that are at adapting when a plan fails. One could argue that when someone makes a plan they are relying on luck to an extent particularly complex plans because those rely on things going exactly correct in a precise way. Luck has a part even in the most comprehensive plans and luck can just as easily derail the most secure ones. The higher a risk one takes the more likely it is that things will not go ahead precisely as expected. For all we know, Luffy causing trouble could help them in more ways then one especially considering the fact that Kaido will eventually find out they are coming due to Orochi's spy once he finds out where he is going. Since they discussed the plan with Luffy and Kid causing trouble after he left, he can't possibly know about what is coming and therefore he cannot predict it. At Enies Lobby Luffy went ahead on a rampage which divided the marines protecting it. The Strawhats could have stayed and fought their way through ten thousand marines and eventually fought against CP-9, the problem being that if they followed that tactic then they would have been stuck there too long and Robin would have been gone. Their real enemy at that point was time, they had to move forward quickly and if they were stopped then it was possible that they would lose the opportunity to rescue Robin. Likewise with Moriah, the original plan was to let Luffy defeat him and get all their shadows back. They had to adjust the plan when they realized that all of their enemies have fighting styles that revolve around deception and therefore Moriah could simply avoid Luffy until the sun rises and avoid fighting him. One person I once spoke to mentioned this issue of luck to me in a discussion. He mentioned that in one game he played, the characters are trying two things. One, they are trying to survive against beings who consider themselves gods (with the power and longevity to back up their claims) without have any idea why these beings are hunting them. Two, they are attempting to find a place that these beings have been trying and failing to get into for centuries. At one point he laughed when he recalled that one of the characters upon realizing that their plan wouldn't work stated that he has a solution but it is a bit of a long shot. As he noted, their entire journey has been a long shot and much of what they have been doing is adapting to their original plan not going the way it should. At one point when the main character was asked how a part of his plan to get one of the items needed would allow them to get directly to the item he stated that it was apparently not possible. According to the person speaking of this, the plan was to do something that would get past an obstacle, jump down, hope that they don't die and then take the next step. In other words his plan relied on a great deal of luck. The main character observed this and stated that his companions were welcome to suggest a different one. Unfortunately while this was a bad idea it was the best bad idea they had and it eventually ended up working give or take a few unexpected problems which were due to bad luck. I am not saying that they should rely only on luck, but that they should expect that things will not go according to plan by now particularly because they are facing a Yonko and that in and of itself could make plans fall apart without any outside intervention on their part. At this point I have gotten used to the possibility that characters make plans where they have to adapt when they fall apart.