User blog comment:Cmreed21410/Shanks/@comment-38580380-20200823222916

Definetly agree with you on Shanks recognising Roger's will in Luffy.

I think he might also be related to Im, in part because Shanks can apparently just stroll to the Elder Stars in Mariejois, and the group offer him their time "because it's you" (forgot their words exactly). Im watches over history from the shadows and tries to actively regulate it, whereas Shanks participates in its developments. One wants individuals removed from history, and the other tries to get individuals shaping it. Im gets others to do the work, whereas Shanks himself steps in.

Have others speculated if the strawhat in Mariejois belongs to Joyboy? Because I wonder if Im and Shanks are the son of him, with both growing up to go in radically different ends of the spectrum.