Theories That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread v.2

[King of the Bandits]

Spoiler:

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Here this one was not located by the bell.

Poneglyphs are indestructible, that rock has cracks in it

[GiantGuy]

I've posted this on a few other forums:

Otohime was sedated before she got shot. That would explain why she acted strangely calm during the whole incident, and why she didn't seem affected of being shot (remember, she yelled out in pain when she broke a hand). And it is also the answer to why she didn't saw it coming with her CoO - simply because she was too groggy to use Haki.
So I guess it's some sort of conspiracy. Some guy, maybe a spy in the army, made his way into the castle earlier that day and gave Otohime a sedative without her noticing. Meanwhile they stationed some assassins on the plaza to snipe her when she was unattentive.
And the group behind that conspiracy might be the same as the mysterious "shadow" behind Fishman Island.

[Ryuksgelus]

Bullets travel faster than pain. You can die without even realizing you were shot.

[GiantGuy]

In real life, yes. But in One Piece, when people are shot, they usually cramp together in pain or die/faint immediately. We haven't seen another like Otohime who slowly died without really expressing pain.

[Aaronrules380]

Actually, most fatal gunshot wounds in real life would give you a minute or two to live before they killed you. Very few areas on the body can be shot for an instant kill, and those that can are extremely difficult to hit on a moving target.

[Cymelion]

In real life, yes. But in One Piece, when people are shot, they usually cramp together in pain or die/faint immediately. We haven't seen another like Otohime who slowly died without really expressing pain.

The 2 that spring to mind are Belamaire and Random Mountain Bandit - Both were shot to the head(iirc)
Fisher Tiger and Whitebeard took a lot of punishment before dying.
So Otohime isn't all that unique.

[Mugiwara_no_Ice]

OK here's a theory I'd like to get this off my chest: I think Buggy is a shishibukai now.
Why? Because Oda has become rather unimaginative with his forshadowing or let's say more straightforward (examples are Luffy's tattoo message and Sabo), so yeah I'm afraid that the bat meant he was being recruited as a shishibuki.

[Reyairia]

And you JUST figured that out?

[IgorGB]

Poneglyphs are indestructible, that rock has cracks in it

That is not the poneglyph, it's just ancient text. The poneglyph was under the bell.

[RomanceDawn]

That is not the poneglyph, it's just ancient text. The poneglyph was under the bell.

That is exactly what he said.

[nefra]

Poneglyphs are indestructible, that rock has cracks in it

If they are indestructible how do you write on them?

[Cymelion]

If they are indestructible how do you write on them?

That whole ancient advanced civilization with their advance technology and stuff >.>
And you know a whole century of information wiped away - which would include technology knowledge.

[Urouge]

If they are indestructible how do you write on them?

That's easy, the writing could have been done before it was "hardened" so to speak. Like cooking clay after it's shaped. At least, that's my impression.

[I survived the buster call]

That's easy, the writing could have been done before it was "hardened" so to speak. Like cooking clay after it's shaped. At least, that's my impression.

Pun intended. . .

[Urouge]

What can I say, I like puns.

[IgorGB]

That is exactly what he said.

Whoops, should've read better. Sorry.

[Coruscation]

It could also be that the AK possessed great enough technology to carve into the Poneglyphs (though I'll admit that this is a kind of baseless and mostly an extension of my personal favorite theory of their kingdom and the world back then being something like WoT's Age of Legends. Still, if they could make weapons great enough that just one of them could bring about armageddon...).

[KaizokuOLuffy]

Dragon is a Noble or a World Noble.

[Strawhat Chan]

Dragon is a Noble or a World Noble.

How could he be a Tenryuubito?

[Ryuksgelus]

We'll see the King of Goa Kingdom at Reverie when the Fishman Isle arc is finished.