Theory Blackbeard Theories

[Hrathgrath]

Thought I’d open this thread for all theories Blackbeard related.


I got to thinking/researching stuff on devil fruit, and then got to thinking about how Blackbeard seems to be able to take just about any hit and keep going. Matter of fact, the only times he has seemed to be truly afraid is when he runs into someone or a situation where he could be completely annihilated. It’s gotten me to thinking, and this is kinda far out there, what if he somehow has a supreme regenerative ability? Like he still feels pain and everything, but will regenerate from any damage that doesn’t kill him outright, or overwhelm his ability to heal. Would explain his knowledge about devil fruits, the fact that he hasn’t seemed to age, and his ability to host more than one devil fruit ability. It IS tearing his body apart, but he’s healing just as fast. This would also mean that, as I hinted at, he doesn’t age. Also would explain his patience to run with Whitebeard for so long as a lackey, when he’s so strong. He could be from the void century, or before, and has some kind of super high tech healing nano machines. Him being so old would also explain his unique knowledge of devil fruit, and how they can be transferred. Whacha think?

 

[Sachsenhesse]

He could be from the void century, or before, and has some kind of super high tech healing nano machines.

But... we saw him as Kid in the odenflashbacks...or was that anime only? Dunno honestly i kinda speedrun throw the entire odenstuff.

My favorite to this date is, that he ate the inu-inu-fruit model cerberus and has now 3 bodies/heads which allow him to absorb 2 more devilfruits.

 

[Fox666]

But... we saw him as Kid in the odenflashbacks...or was that anime only? Dunno honestly i kinda speedrun throw the entire odenstuff.

My favorite to this date is, that he ate the inu-inu-fruit model cerberus and has now 3 bodies/heads which allow him to absorb 2 more devilfruits.

Yes, we saw a younger Blackbeard in Oden's flashback.

 

[Hrathgrath]

But... we saw him as Kid in the odenflashbacks...or was that anime only? Dunno honestly i kinda speedrun throw the entire odenstuff.

My favorite to this date is, that he ate the inu-inu-fruit model cerberus and has now 3 bodies/heads which allow him to absorb 2 more devilfruits.

Yes, we saw a younger Blackbeard in Oden's flashback.

Ok, my theory shot to hell then! Thanks guys!
Edit: Have we seen his back? Half Lunarian maybe? (I’m reaching..I know )

 

[Fox666]

Blackbeard has a parasitic twin attached to the back of his head, which takes control of his body when he sleeps

 

[Vanshrimp]

What if teach is cursed like the pirates of the carribean ? a curse that puts his body in a state between death and life. Marco said something about hs body being special: because of the curse: he cannot sleep, his body is not alive to be in need of sleep, and if he eats several DFs. he does not die (also body is not alive, so no life to take), I think he knew, if he exposes himself to that curse, he would end in this state.

 

[Mopopolis]

Things we know about Blackbeard:

• He is a D
• Has something strange with his body according to Marco
• Is able to have at least two Devil Fruits at the same time
• Does not sleep

The theory I think about is his relation to Rocks, he was born 2 years before the God Valley Incident where Rocks D. Xebec died, Blackbeards ship is called "Saber of Xebec"

Teach was orphaned on the grand line until he met with Whitebeard and joined the crew as a child so I think maybe he could be Rocks son and inherited his "will"

 

[Organizized]

But... we saw him as Kid in the odenflashbacks...or was that anime only? Dunno honestly i kinda speedrun throw the entire odenstuff.

My favorite to this date is, that he ate the inu-inu-fruit model cerberus and has now 3 bodies/heads which allow him to absorb 2 more devilfruits.

Yeah this is the most popular theory for some time now I think.

Another one I saw proposed was that he ate some type of Octopus fruit (Legendary Zoan type, Kraken?) or sth. Octopi have three hearts, and it has been strongly speculated that DF powers are stored in the heart; the "eating the heart of a DF user to steal their ability" theory is quite popular after Big Mom/Caramel situation and Blackbeard stealing Whitebeard's fruit at MF. Octopi also sleep in very short intervals of seconds, and Buggy said Blackbeard has never been seen sleeping.

But obviously BB's Jolly Roger is much more symbolic of a three-headed creature rather than a three-hearted one.

 

[grey matter]

What about Luffy and Zoro saying "they. It's definitely them"
Or something like that.

Kinda hints at there being multiple BBs within his body?
Each with different personalities.

One is the Luffy type. Fearless, believes in dreams and fate etc. Ready to die for his dreams.
One is a plotting and scheming. He's also a coward. This is the one who faced BB.
One loves to fight (prediction).
Maybe there are more as well. Let's see

 

[Hrathgrath]

Things we know about Blackbeard:

• He is a D
• Has something strange with his body according to Marco
• Is able to have at least two Devil Fruits at the same time
• Does not sleep

The theory I think about is his relation to Rocks, he was born 2 years before the God Valley Incident where Rocks D. Xebec died, Blackbeards ship is called "Saber of Xebec"

Teach was orphaned on the grand line until he met with Whitebeard and joined the crew as a child so I think maybe he could be Rocks son and inherited his "will"

I think you’re dead on with him being a son of Rocks. They also said that the D. initial runs in families!

What about Luffy and Zoro saying "they. It's definitely them"
Or something like that.

Kinda hints at there being multiple BBs within his body?
Each with different personalities.

One is the Luffy type. Fearless, believes in dreams and fate etc. Ready to die for his dreams.
One is a plotting and scheming. He's also a coward. This is the one who faced BB.
One loves to fight (prediction).
Maybe there are more as well. Let's see

I think he was referring to the others in his crew that were in the city. I’ll admit that it’s possible that he has some sort of parasitic twin type thing, but occam’s razor. The crew thing seems more likely.

 

[grey matter]

I think you’re dead on with him being a son of Rocks. They also said that the D. initial runs in families!


I think he was referring to the others in his crew that were in the city. I’ll admit that it’s possible that he has some sort of parasitic twin type thing, but occam’s razor. The crew thing seems more likely.

Why would Luffy and Zoro refer to Blackbeard as "they".

Seems like a weird way to refer to a person as his crew.

It's like someone referring to Luffy as "they" cause his crew is roaming around somewhere

 

[Hrathgrath]

Why would Luffy and Zoro refer to Blackbeard as "they".

Seems like a weird way to refer to a person as his crew.

It's like someone referring to Luffy as "they" cause his crew is roaming around somewhere

It’s a translation thing. (I’ll try to find the raw to see if I can find out how it was worded in Japanese)One of the translations, the viz one, says, “It’s more than one guy”. And Nami says “There’s more of them? Where??” They had already encountered the doctor offering Luffy a poison apple (which he ended up eating [probably] the only non poisoned one in the bunch lol), in the very least. I think they just recognized that they were part of a crew.

Having said that, there is still wiggle room for the Cerberus idea.

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What if Blackbeard IS Rocks?? Like he was made a child by Bonney’s age-age fruit?

Edit: turns out I’m not the first to suggest this lol

Rocks D. Xebec is Blackbeard!? | Fandom

They said he died but they werent sure His ship’s…

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[McNuss]

Blackbeard is kind of the biggest riddle remaining for me. My current thought is, to be honest, that Blackbeard is Joyboy, but I cannot explain you why as that easily blows up all of the remaining story.

But multiple personalities are found on the "Pirate Prince" Cavendish, whose drama mask theme is also featured on another Pirate Prince, Ace, whereas the actual "crazy eyes" Schizophrenia is found on the Sun, Prometheus...I guess that's as far as I can go...

The octopus theory is quite interesting...

What I have digged out so far is:

Two of the three heads of Blackbeard seem to be sick, as their teeth are missing despite teeth regrowth upon milk consumption.

The Hippopotamus, his animal motif

And.. Aliens. Don't ask why, I am not allowed to explain this.

Anyways, the three items combined, Sickness, Hippopotamus, and Aliens points at...


Parasites!

Remember the Aliens from this story? Domo-kun and Nnke? The latter being an octopus like creature? With a name that sounds an awful lot like Nika? A black hole is a fallen star, the remains of a sun...

But Blackbeard is very difficult to decipher. Maybe it is even outright impossible right now, after all we haven't had the Blackbeard feature arc. You wouldn't have been able to tie Doflamingo to Franco either, prior to Dressrosa arc, as there is no visual similarity so maybe we just have to wait.

 

[Fox666]

What if Blackbeard IS Rocks?? Like he was made a child by Bonney’s age-age fruit?

Blackbeard is supposed to be only 40 years old

Also, wouldn't Whitebeard and the others recognize him after some time? Even if he gains some weight

 

[Hrathgrath]

Blackbeard is supposed to be only 40 years old

Also, wouldn't Whitebeard and the others recognize him after some time? Even if he gains some weight

Right, but his age could have been manipulated physically at least. As for Whitebeard keeping him around, I could think of a few reasons. If he was reduced to a baby, they may have assumed he no longer had his memories, and Blackbeard just let them believe it. Also Whitebeard may have just been loyal to Rocks and kept him with him out of loyalty.

 

[Hannibal Psyche]

This would also mean that, as I hinted at, he doesn’t age.

He doesn't age? Gotcha.

Also would explain his patience to run with Whitebeard for so long as a lackey, when he’s so strong. He could be from the void century, or before, and has some kind of super high tech healing nano machines. Him being so old would also explain his unique knowledge of devil fruit, and how they can be transferred. Whacha think?

Explains his patience... If anything. someone who doesn't sleep would have less patience because they've essentially lived twice the life of a normal person. Life is longer for someone who can't sleep. 1 day for the normal person is essentially 2 days for Blackbeard.

From the Void Century? At age 38, got it.

Super tech healing Nano machines...

So Old - but just 38 years old.

Maybe the fact he's knowledgeable is because... when people are sleeping, he's reading books and researching when he has no ability to sleep?

I really have no idea how you make these conclusions.

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• Nami's asks if Teach knows anything about Sky Island since he said it exists⁽ 225 ⁾.
• Oddly, Luffy say Teach is not a him; he then goes on to say Teach is a "them" meaning he's multiple people⁽ 225 ⁾.
• Just like us readers, Nami is doesn't believe that 2 or more people can exist in 1 person. Nami then asks the logical question that are they referring to his crew mates⁽ 225 ⁾?

It's impossible for Luffy and Zoro to be referring to Blackbeard's crew because:

• They don't know his crew. Nor are they even aware of who his crew is. They don't even know his name is Blackbeard. They have no idea who he is.

Them therefore refers to Blackbeard.

Marco's first remark on Blackbeard is that the make up of his body is different to normal humans and questions if that's why he's able to take in multiple Devil Fruits; that scene also goes on to confirms to the readers that it's impossible for normal humans to handle more than 1 fruit as an absolute fact.

How Marco immediately suggest that Blackbeard's body is why he can take in multiple fruits complements the statement by Luffy when he refers to Blackbeard as "them or more than 1 person".

What we can also learn from Marco's use of words is, prior to Blackbeard eating any fruits, Blackbeard's body has always been different.

I believe Marco's statements here are credible and should be taken seriously. It's telling how he immediately opts to determine his body responsible for this phenomenon than an ability which for me refutes the possibility that this is a devil-fruit related happening.

Oda in the Databooks said we can guess the mystery of Blackbeard from reading what Ace said to Blackbeard. Stephen is the current translator of the official VIZ for One Piece, and this was his translation concerning what Ace said to Blackbeard. The twice is emphasised because it implies Blackbeard can be narrowed down to being 2 people.

I've come to conclude that Blackbeard is at least, 2 people and I mean genetically and potentially more than 2, but in light of the entirety of the information available, 2 seems to be the accurate figure. Blackbeard shouldn't be acquiring a 3rd, otherwise, Burgess shouldn't have been the one going for the Mera Mera no Mi, Blackbeard should have been getting Burgess to get it for him.

 

[Hrathgrath]

He doesn't age? Gotcha.

Explains his patience... If anything. someone who doesn't sleep would have less patience because they've essentially lived twice the life of a normal person. Life is longer for someone who can't sleep. 1 day for the normal person is essentially 2 days for Blackbeard.

From the Void Century? At age 38, got it.

Super tech healing Nano machines...

So Old - but just 38 years old.

Maybe the fact he's knowledgeable is because... when people are sleeping, he's reading books and researching when he has no ability to sleep?

I really have no idea how you make these conclusions.

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 16, 2022, Original Post Date: Jan 16, 2022 ---

• Nami's asks if Teach knows anything about Sky Island since he said it exists⁽ 225 ⁾.
• Oddly, Luffy say Teach is not a him; he then goes on to say Teach is a "them" meaning he's multiple people⁽ 225 ⁾.
• Just like us readers, Nami is doesn't believe that 2 or more people can exist in 1 person. Nami then asks the logical question that are they referring to his crew mates⁽ 225 ⁾?

It's impossible for Luffy and Zoro to be referring to Blackbeard's crew because:

• They don't know his crew. Nor are they even aware of who his crew is. They don't even know his name is Blackbeard. They have no idea who he is.

Them therefore refers to Blackbeard.

Marco's first remark on Blackbeard is that the make up of his body is different to normal humans and questions if that's why he's able to take in multiple Devil Fruits; that scene also goes on to confirms to the readers that it's impossible for normal humans to handle more than 1 fruit as an absolute fact.

How Marco immediately suggest that Blackbeard's body is why he can take in multiple fruits complements the statement by Luffy when he refers to Blackbeard as "them or more than 1 person".

What we can also learn from Marco's use of words is, prior to Blackbeard eating any fruits, Blackbeard's body has always been different.

I believe Marco's statements here are credible and should be taken seriously. It's telling how he immediately opts to determine his body responsible for this phenomenon than an ability which for me refutes the possibility that this is a devil-fruit related happening.

Oda in the Databooks said we can guess the mystery of Blackbeard from reading what Ace said to Blackbeard. Stephen is the current translator of the official VIZ for One Piece, and this was his translation concerning what Ace said to Blackbeard. The twice is emphasised because it implies Blackbeard can be narrowed down to being 2 people.

I've come to conclude that Blackbeard is at least, 2 people and I mean genetically and potentially more than 2, but in light of the entirety of the information available, 2 seems to be the accurate figure. Blackbeard shouldn't be acquiring a 3rd, otherwise, Burgess shouldn't have been the one going for the Mera Mera no Mi, Blackbeard should have been getting Burgess to get it for him.

Guess you didn’t read my other posts. It was already pointed out that he aged and I admitted my theory was shot to hell. Sorry you spent the time making a few pages to ague against something I already admitted was wrong.

 

[Riku]

The theory I think about is his relation to Rocks, he was born 2 years before the God Valley Incident where Rocks D. Xebec died, Blackbeards ship is called "Saber of Xebec"

This seems to be given. A little detail that strengthens the idea that the connection is more than just admiration of Rocks the Legendary Pirate, is the fact that Roger seemingly named his son after his sword. Not directly related, but sort of an thing to establish that people name dear objects and relatives after each other in this universe.

I think the Cerberus theory is still one of the more solid ones. It's been around for decades, and still carries, even if the theory has been diminished by some revelations. (Like the fact that young Teach did use claw weapons, as back in the day people theorized Shanks' scar came from literal claws)

The Octopus theory is also a very cool one, but indeed the three skulls point more towards Cerberos than a Kraken.

Spoiler

This SBS drawing of Blackbeard as a child existed also long before the Oden flash, so I think it is clear that Oda has had his background planned for a very long-time.

BB is definitely one of the most fascinating mysteries within the series for sure.

 

[kkck]

Here is a crackpot theory I have: BB's actions are based on a misunderstanding. Near roger's end we know he met with WB at wano. I think there is a chance that BB as a member of the WB pirates was close to that and he chose to eavesdrop on their conversation. Probably not all of it. And he heard of laugh tale and the secrets of the world... partially. Which led him on his greedy rampage towards one piece.

 

[Hrathgrath]

Here is a crackpot theory I have: BB's actions are based on a misunderstanding. Near roger's end we know he met with WB at wano. I think there is a chance that BB as a member of the WB pirates was close to that and he chose to eavesdrop on their conversation. Probably not all of it. And he heard of laugh tale and the secrets of the world... partially. Which led him on his greedy rampage towards one piece.

I like this theory! It would explain how he knows so much (since Roger gave Whitebeard the “deets” on the void history. It’s within reason to think they may have discussed the origin of devil fruits. I’ve had this running theory, ever since we learned that devil fruits could be made, that they were originally made by the ancient kingdom. If that was the case, some info on them may have been carved into the phoneglyphs. Having said that, @Hannibal Psyche made a very good suggestion that Blackbeard spent a lot of his time, while not sleeping, studying. Personally he (Blackbeard) doesn’t seem like the bookish type, but I could totally see it!