Love or hate Blackbeard

[Vetinari clone]

Personally I love Blackbeard, he won me over with his talk about pirates dreams, however I see a lot of posts from people who don't like him so I'm wondering what the ratio is.

Edit: With the new chapters I'm gonna have to say I'm unsure whether I like him any more the way he has behaved in these last few chapters... Well, it isn't to my taste.

[Smit]

I cant seem to hate him eventhough i want to sometimes. He's a man who is following his dreams and is willing to do anything to achieve it. Most people dont have that kind of conviction and sometimes that is a good trait.

[Schabrak]

I can't understand how people who voted "to like him"... your are DISTURBED! Betraying his family, spitting on loyality, taking his "brother" to people to kill him later on. For example: Ryo Narushima from Shamo, he is an interesting person, his fights are awesome, but would anybody like like him, like him to be a friend? Never.

[Organizized]

He is the most pirate-like pirate in One Piece and yes, he does have some very interesting feats. He follows and believes in his dreams just like Luffy, but he is willing to do the most terrible things to achieve them, not very Luffy-like. He betrayed his family/nakama which is the one absolute thing Luffy would never do.. He really is like an evil Luffy, and he is an awesome character to have as a villain.

HOWEVER, the point with the villain is that you aren't supposed to like him. I sure as hell do not like this cold-hearted, betraying son of a bitch, but I find him awesome as a villain. I guess this is why people said they like him.

[Fox666]

He is the most pirate-like pirate in One Piece

That's a good point!

I have heard that the real pirate Blackbeard took all money from his crew and left them stuck somewhere, I don't remember very well the history.

[Vetinari clone]

That's a good point!

I have heard that the real pirate Blackbeard took all money from his crew and left them stuck somewhere, I don't remember very well the history.

nah he got hung (or at least his head did) so it would've been kinda hard to do . but yeah both blackbeards were/are awe inspiring

[redred]

I can't seem to dislike BB. He won me over with the luffy parallel scenes back in Jaya. After that i never really thought of him as awful regardless of his actions :P

[bittman]

I loved him when I thought he was seriously one of the few remaining badasses in One Piece given Kuma the "tyrants" tactical behaviour and the last two unrevealed Shichibukai becoming Luffy's allies.

...and then we got introduced to Doflamingo and Akainu.

I think BB will be the final boss, but he's just not....well not evil enough anymore. Maybe he'll rectify this soon.

So anyway, on the fence with him.

[Poneglyph420]

I can't understand how people who voted "to like him"... your are DISTURBED!

Thank you.

While I won't contest that, BB is not someone I'd make friends with. But I like him, I like that he embodies much of what "classical" pirates did..
I also like that he has been dedicated to his goal for decades, and through patience and evil handed cunning succeeded. But I might not have him over for beers....


In the context of OP world morality he's actually not off from the norm.
I think few people would really like to meet a pissed BB coming our way.
However often dark "shady" people make good allies especially in a place where the WG and it's forces are as willing to use any means as willingly the forces they combat.

[Bugzee]

How can you hate BB???

I think his a super character! Zehahahaha << BB's laugh is legendary lol xD!

[BlackHair]

BB seems to be the final villain of the story. Since he represent that value in OP, I dislike his way to do things. I mean all the decades hiding behind WB's shadow to gain a fruit and later he sticks his ass with the WG (as a member of the 7 Warlords). Yes that was a smart move, however not reckless as Luffy would do things. I like BB as a villain but as THE final villain he is quite disappointing.

However there is one thing I rly like about BB. That he is still not the strongest, that he is still in power growing pirate. I mean Luffy was able to send him flying bleeding and he was beaten by Magallen in two seconds. Unlike in other stories we get to see our antagonist growing in a similar way like Luffy. Oda did rly a good job here to not make him godlike ala Aizen.

[DARK]

We haven't seen much of Blackbeard to give a full-bodied judgment, but Oda seems to be developing him as the "final villain" of the storyline.
Blackbeard is such a controversial character to love or hate. While he is a very wacky yet badass character and his DF abilities are exceptional, Blackbeard did cause Ace's death and basically screwed over the WB pirates.
Right now, I'm more near the "love" end of the spectrum in regards to Blackbeard. Hopefully now that Blackbeard is on the battlefield along with Whitebeard, he can finally exemplify his qualities.

[Organizized]

How can you hate BB???

I think his a super character! Zehahahaha << BB's laugh is legendary lol xD!

He's a good character in the sense that you want to punch him in the face but are too afraid of getting your ass kicked to do so. In other words, he's a good character because he's a villain that you don't like. At least that's how I feel.

People say they love him so much, but when he's up against Luffy they're gonna feel deep hatred towards him every time he so much as slaps Luffy.

[frontaLobotomy]

Before you decide whether you like Blackbeard or not you should ask yourself; Are you a fan of The Joker? Compelling villains are always the ones that walk the road with no finite views on what is good or evil. They just do things, and that's that. Even if what they do is deplorable, we as fans can relate to it in terms of wanting to just do as we please. Teach and Luffy are one and the same, they just go about things in a different way.

[Franckie]

BB is a unique antagonist you don't see everyday. There's not much of a philosophical conflict you see between him and Luffy as you would, for example, see between Doflamingo and Luffy. He also has a fatalistic, happy-go attitude with things. Nevertheless, his demeanor obscures the fact that BB is intelligent, patient, and calculating. He has no qualms about taking advantage when opportunity presents itself, and now BB has personally shattered One Piece's "Balance of Power". BB also doesn't have the appearance of what people normally expect for a final villain (bishounen, though that could change with BB).

On a side note, he has a very interesting power. I find BB's DF power to be one of the most interesting, entertaining abilities out of all the Shichibukai.