Was thinking about Oden a bit. Specifically the way he downplayed his own importance, saying that people could forget him for all he cares.
It makes an interesting contrast to Whitebeard and Roger, and was a flawed approach I think. Also interesting is that Oden's mindset was strongly opposite to how Linlin and Kaido tried to force change, though without fostering a legacy that others would be inspired to follow, yet both still wanted to leave a lasting mark on the world/history.
Then Roger and Whitebeard knew that people couldn't just forget and move on from them so easily, and both were very thoughtful with their words during their final moments, and their impacts are still felt in the present, though don't bind those who are still alive. Where Oden perhaps was counting too much on the inevitable change he spoke of, so he didn't seek to offer a guiding hand to so speak, to those who would remain after he was gone.
In wanting people to forget him, Oden unintentionally didn't allow those close to him who survived to find closure in his death. Because how could they just forget the person who gave them a home and a family?
