User blog comment:The ASL Pirates/Will Doflamingo Die?/@comment-10543621-20150525042844

To be honest, I absolutely hate the idea of Burgess getting the Ito. I'm just afraid this will start a framework where the BB pirates just become a giant mesh of re-hashed abilities stolen from everywhere. So far, each of Luffy's enemies have been unique, and I want them to stay unique. If every good ability ends up with the BB pirates, there would be nothing unique anymore.

If they wanna be collecting powers, I'd rather they collect powers from people the Strawhats haven't faced before.

About Doffy death, I do agree that Doffy should absolutely be the exception to be 'main adversary not dying' syndrome that's highly prevalent. If Oda wants to start killing the Strawhat enemies, Doffy is the perfect one to start with. Among all the enemies that Luffy DID not kill, Doffy has the lowest chance of redemption to be honest, and him being left alive will ALWAYS be a threat. Unlike say Enel, who's in space (Yes i know people think he'll be back, but at least if he does come back, it'd be more interesting).

Of course, I'm sure everyone felt that Croco was evil as fuck and cannot be redeemed during the Alabasta arc, and yet Oda found a way for him to become a situational ally for Luffy.