#pontos morimens

[almost-caviar]

the aequor gods...... the them....... ignore how janky Pontos Looks I made that one on my phone half asleep LMAO

[abyssal-toybox]

who else being normal about Pontos

[beastenraged]

Actually wait. What if. Pontos replace Moria. In everything? Including the Warlord Seat?

In the Florida Triangle, the Shichibukai the Strawhat run into, isn't Gecko Moria. Instead, it's Pontos. It was not Thriller Beck, but Ebwynnos. The people are still trapped. Not like Moria without their shadows. But by their own revelry. Forgetting everything of their life outside. It's still horror. But not zombie horror, but psychological horror. Like with the False Hydra.

One of the Trapped, being Brook.

Brook is here, with his family. With a healthy living body, where he can play music all day long. But he feels like he's missing something. Something important. He has to go somewhere to someone. But he can't remember. He needs to remember.

So the arc could be of Strawhat, helping Brook break out of the fantasy. To face the tragedy of what truly happened in his life. From his kingdom, to his crew, to his own body. Pontos asking, if he really want to face all that. Go back out on that cruel world?

Then, well. Cannon Brook happened. He made a promise to Laboon. So what if they all died? What if he's all bones now? So what if Laboon is not waiting anymore? Wouldn't it be so sad if Laboon was still waiting? A promise is a promise. He's going back.

Oh!!! The key to breaking Brook out of the fantasy, could be that Tone Dial. The one Brook kept in his skull. The final song by his crew. As it recorded even the sounds of them falling down dying. It's sad. But it's still a mark of pride. That they went down singing just like they promised. Now? It's time for him to fulfill his Promise.

Why I made Pontos as the Shichibukai as well? It's just seem so interesting to see how the dynamic would change with him amongst them. Also because that means he could also be in Marine Ford. To question Luffy again. Maybe even Ace. Won't you come to Ebwynnos? Where Dead is not Allowed?

These are some LOVELY thoughts, I like all of this.

Only one problem: I think Pontos is far too strong for where the Strawhats are in power when they hit Thriller Bark. And he's not the type to job when there's something he wants bad enough.

Luffy barely managed Moria and our 'shadow man' was suffering some handicaps at the time.

Pontos would definitely fuck up Brook with his promise of no death and a party forever, holy hell, my god. The Tone Dial is the secret, of course, like the paper cricket was for Pontos' nephew.

Maybe he could be tangentially related somehow? Gaunts could show up or something. Like Kuma was kind of there at the end.

...you know, I think it would be funny if Pontos was a Warlord. It's not like he's any worse than the other guys the Marines have recruited and their attempts to cut him lose would go hella poorly like it did with the Warlords in canon. XD

[beastenraged]

Oh wow. Actually. Pontos vs Strawhat could be such interesting plot line.

Pontos's "Stay with me for eternity. Where revelry is endless and Dead is not permitted".

Luffy's "I will become the Pirate King by my own power. Even if I have to die for it. "

Also, Luffy accepting the death of his loved ones. Pontos denying the death of his loved ones.

Pontos would make a unique villain in One Piece. He's not exactly an Evil Overloard that's trying to hurt the crew. Nor is he ruling by fear and unfairness.

He's in the way of Strawhat, because he *Like* them. Like them enough to invite them to his Abyss. His love is genuine, he has well wishes for his people and ensures their absolute happiness (this is a threat). But he must be defeated because he's in the way of fulfilling their dream.

Pontos' thing with loss is a more compelling version of what was going on in Thriller Bark, where the entire mess happens because Moria refuses to let go of his loss.

Of course, that's harder to see because his flunkies aren't...that compelling. They're recruited to fill in what Moria really wants, which is a force that he never has to be worried about losing again. Emotionally or in, erm, not losing fights sense.

Of course Pontos would like the Strawhats. He likes their big dreams and hopes, that what the kind of thing he loved before he became...well, what he is now. Lord of the Abyss.

But as you said. He has to be defeated. Because joining him in Ebwynnos would mean giving up what they want, and even more importantly, who they are.

[beastenraged]

The real reason I think Pontos decided to age himself up: he/the Lord of the Abyss is trying to figure out why his nephew wanted to leave Ebwynnos after becoming an old man and losing all the benefits of youth.

[beastenraged]

Pontos and Aurita. How will the meeting go?

Pontos. Someone who want to keep his people for all of eternity. In exchange for every memory of outside.

Aurita. Someone who loses her own memory. So she may still play forever with her friends she recreated.

We already see how that would go in the Deep Dive and it seems that Pontos treats Aurita as the child she is and attempts to be kind to her.

And how he chooses to be kind to her is very telling, because he lies about what happened to Jago and Leisha, in that lie says that he lets them go.

Showing that he's aware that what he's done in trapping them is considered bad but also that he doesn't care about that, in his selfishness and in his nature as the Abyss.

He's also allowing the Keeper to have a choice in going to Ebwynnos, but I have no doubt that if the Keeper at any point has any break in strength in being able to keep their will/life, Pontos will take them whether they agree or not.

Like he did to his family.

[eliseliedl]

No need for that look, I know those pitiful, ridiculous little fancies of yours. I understand. You crave a little pain, some punishment to set your blood alight.

[beastenraged]

I can't believe Goliath introduced Pontos to mafia movies.

What the fuck.

I love this game.