Blackbeards magic trick: theories? (recent anime)

[paintman]

So now that even anime fans can;t cover their ears and go "lalalalalala"

anyone care to theories how black beard managed to pull that old geezers powers out of his corpse?

[❰ Misha ❱]

Most likely it was the work of the Yami-Yami no Mi, but its open to debate. It's been said by Marco that Blackbeard has an "Atypical Body structure" that allows him to retain 2 Devil Fruits. What troubles me of course is this: Could Blackbeard have just eaten another Devil Fruit and gotten the same results

There are many possible answers to this question at the moment:
- The reason could be because he's a D. Carrier but thats unlikely to be a solution at the moment.
- Blackbeard could be unique among everybody.
- The Yami-Yami no Mi might as Blackbeard stated "hosts the very essence of the Devil himself" and allows him to hold 2 Devil Fruit powers, it is a unique Logia anyway.

These are my speculations anyway.

[jmooring250]

I believe that it is only because of his dark fruit that he was able to steal Whitebeards powers, but I'm sure everyone assumes that. But my personal theory is that the entire reason that Blackbeard wanted the dark fruit in the first place was because that would be the only way to ever gain Whitebeards power. I don't think he ever cared about the dark fruit in general, it was just a means to an end, which was to gain the most powerful ability, Whitebeards.

[pablostudioz]

I have my own theory, using context clues, I believe that when a df user dies, the fruits power will gradually disperse into the air, kind of like pollen. It eventually finds a new spot for the fruit to grow. Now, I think black beard's body structure allows him to house more than one df as well the gravity controlling properties will allow him to way down and absorb said "pollen." This would thus give him the ability of the fruit. Now, I believe it will be use once more. Ever notice that his jolly roger consists of three skulls? I believe his next fruit power to steal will perhaps by a cerberus mythical zoan, or atleast some sort of zoan. This can be because of 3 skulls, and because he already has paramecia and logia. What else could make him even more BAMF? Well, of course a zoan.

[❰ Misha ❱]

@ Peterson: I disagree with your observation that Blackbeard never cared about the Yami-Yami no Mi. He was willing to kill Thatch for it and when fighting Ace he remarked that the power had "chosen" him. It was the only fruit he wanted, enough to spend decades of his life searching for it. Gaining the Gura Gura fruit might have been a far-off goal though. Teach could've never been able to be clairvoyant enough to anticipate that he'd have a chance at absorbing Whitebeards power. It might've formed somewhere when the war was imminent but not while he was waiting to gain the Yami-Yami no Mi.

@ pablostudios: Very observational. Its a possibility but I don't think that Oda is going to go that route. 3 DFs would be overkilling it. A Unique Logia and the most powerful Paramecia in the class is definitely more than enough. Teach already has developed a severe superiority mindset (complex) as a result of his absorbing whitebeard's power. I don't think they'll be giving him a Zoan also. 3 Skulls could be a hint, but it could also be a fake hint. I agree with your "pollen" theory though, that could be the reason for the black shround Teach threw around Whitebeard when he absorbed his power. To keep the pollen from escaping Whitebeard's body after his death.