User blog comment:Fliu/Has Bege Gone Soft?/@comment-24850639-20180427204432

You have to remember that this fearsome reputation Jinbe spoke of was acquired before he became a husband and a father. When his progress into the New World was halted by sailing into Big Mom's territory, that's when he got married and had a kid. You've seen how good of a husband and father he is, so yeah, those things definitely made him "soft" per se. Whether or not his protectiveness of his crew was there before his marriage is a matter of opinion.

However that has nothing to do with his failed assasination attempts. Bege had no way to account for Big Mom's Haoshoku Haki being strong enough to literally disintegrate rockets. In the one occurence where had observed her weakness, he just saw a scraped knee. No one in that instance was trying to hurl anything at Big Mom. As far as the cake goes, you saw how effective that was at making her "faint". Bege would have gotten SLAUGHTERED. Being unable to kill her is moreso a reflection of Bege not currently being strong enough, not necessarily a matter of a softened personality due to his new family.