User blog comment:Plainblack/Big Bad Beasts!!! Big Mam's Power!!/@comment-3119203-20121121033737

I agree that 689 was a great chapter, just for the whole SAD and Smile thing. It makes you wonder how strong Big Mom and her crew actually are; she became a Yonko and was conquering islands before she had this powerhouse of a crew. Now she has an army of Zoans, and she is on her way to the top.

Pekoms throws a sort of wrench in this entire plan. I don't think he ate two separate fruits, one for a turtle and one for a lion. I think he was one to start off with, and he ate another fruit to augment his strength. I'm guessing he was a lion originally, since that was his "default" form. By this logic, Pekoms has never been a human. He is simply a talking lion with a turtle DF.

Anyone else want to know exactly what kind of favors Doflamingo is receiving in exchange for such power?