User blog comment:MmmMeat/Law's Odd Reaction/@comment-3387274-20120415184733

Blackmail is my guess as well. either that or bribary. Law's comment about how they both want to get something back all but confirms it. The room of frzoen people may well be where the crew is, since we never got a look at it

Brownbeard probably got saved somehow by Ceasar (after Basil took him on), and is willingly repaying or something. Certainly he has a crew.

Mone... Well she's not got any loyalty to Caesar. probably being blackmailed somehow, but it's hard to say, since she seems to be perfectly happy with the whole thing

Anyway.. Law. I find it interesting that pre timeskip he smirked all the time. And when Luffy punched the world noble, he outright laughed. So the fact we've seen exactly one grin out of him since he reappeared (which was when the marines were scared of him and discussing all the rumours about him) Suggests somebody is manipulating him somehow.

I also find it interesting that he goes and complains to Caesar right after meeting Luffy again. Could be coincidence, but the first time he met Luffy, he punched out a figure of authority, which would be bad for him and his entire crew, just because the guy mistreated a friend.

Basicly, the guy was a jerk, but folk tolerated it because protesting would be bad for them and those they cared about. Luffy completely ignored the threat and Punched the guy anyway, certain that he'd be able to get it all to work out

So if we assume Caesar threatens Law's crew, Law meets Luffy, and imediately goes and starts complaining to the guy who is threatening him and all he cares about.

I'm begining to think Law may somehow idolise Luffy. In fact, Law is Zoro to Luffy's Mihawk; He wants to surpass him (to the extent he refuses to allow Luffy to fall under any other circumstance, for instance, in a war), and he possibly envies Luffy's ability to just ignore the consequences and rush in. But he's smart, it's his way to think things through, so he takes it slowly and steadily and plans ahead. At first.

So, long story short, He gets caught up with Ceasar, and he doesen't like being manipulated at all, but he knows the sensible decission is to bide his time, even though he hates it. And then Luffy arrives. His rival. Who got into a similar situation two years ago, and didn't even hesitate to punch out the guy threatening him. His way of doing things has left him frustrated, blackmailed, and all, so he takes the Luffy approach, and goes straight to Caesar to make a complaint...

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