User blog comment:DarkSkullPirates/A Final Farewell/@comment-4754162-20120619052253/@comment-4889755-20120625170649

The funeral takes place years after the end of the series, so I thought Garp would be dead. Rayleigh ws an exception, because hes just too awesome to die. Sanji meant that brook told him that crocodile was never invited to the funeral. Sorry for the confusion. I wasnt trying to imply Luffy x Hancock, I also didnt want to imply that Luffy prefered one strawhat over the others if i gave the coffin to one of them. I figured Hancock was the best bet.