Future of the Whitebeard Pirates

[kkck]

They probably could take on BB right now, but BB won't let that happen. I'm sure after BB has amassed even more support and popularity he may decide to take on the WB pirates. But hes not dumb enough to enter into a battle where he could end up loosing.

True.... if he runs into one of the commaders he is bound to make a run for it as he did with akainu. Wonder if BB has any interest in gathering territory. He technically wants to reach OP and become the PK so he really doesn't need to conquer land or anything of the sort. He just needs to figure out how to sail the overly dangerous seas that follow.

 

[Bowser]

Has he not previously sailed around the New World when he was with the WB Pirates? I think he's probably familiar with some parts of the NW no?

 

[kkck]

It depends on how far he has gotten into the NW. No one has made it to raftel other than gold roger so it stands to logic that there are parts of it that are unknown to him. Even then, we have seen but a tiny bit of the NW and we have seen how dangerous it is. The very first pirate hawkins found had a bounty of no less than 80 mil. A pirate of a bounty like that is not normal in the first half of the grand line, very few pirates get there. I don't think such a bounty would be that big of a deal in the new world.... Uruoge got to an island where every square inch of it was covered in lightning... can you imagine how dangerous the second half of the NW is? I'd expect the NW to not just be made of the yonkou and their allies, there probably are several other pirates who have the caliber to be a yonkou but are simply waiting for their chance to take over. And what about further than that? The very water on which pirates would have to sail could be dangerous even for a extremely powerful crew. Seriously, just the first half had things like spontaneous storms, flying mystical water and whatnot and a bunch of other crap. The new world could be something so dangerous to sail that even a yonkou could get killed at any time just due to the weather.

 

[MihawkAce]

i believe and it probably isnt going to happen but i imagine all the commander on a duel and the last one standing will be the captain! or maybe wich is more porbably every commander will seperate into new smaller pirates crews

 

[WickedNeko]

Not sure on whether the WB don't have the manpower to keep their territory together. WB was old, he was even said to not have done much in a while. In that sense, the military power behind WB's territory has been mostly the commanders and other strong division members. At least for quite some time they were the ones doing most of the job. In turn, perhaps the reason there were not many disturbances in the territory was because of WB himself. People would not attack WB's territory out of fear of WB but now that WB is gone a lot of his territory is going to be in dispute due to it being attacked by many people at the same time. In that sense, perhaps the WB pirates and their allies perhaps do have the military might to deal with perhaps any NW crew but if they are attacked by multiple enemies in multiple places then they are not gonna manage very well.

Ultimately, the main thing the WB pirates lack is a strong name behind them. They need the strong name to stay together as a crew (a WB replacement) and also a strong name to keep problems away from their territory.

White Beard was basically a nuclear weapon, though, in our world's term. Sure, he may not have done much, but that's because no one messed with White Beard pirates for the fear of White Beard actually getting off his butt and going to war. Now that threat of White Beard is gone... military strength of the remaining crew is decreased substantially. Once again, comparing it to our world... it's like one of the major power suddenly keeping conventional military but losing nuclear weapons. It will make huge difference.

On the topic... I see WB pirates staying together in respect for WB's memories. They were, after all, "family"... and I don't see them abandoning each other simply because "father" died. As the head sibling (probably not the oldest, but... meh), Marco is probably going to take over the role of head of the family for the short term.

 

[molecularpepsi]

some of the WB pirates have been together for at least 20 years, that's a long time.
i don't think there is anything to be gained from a split up.
why would they want to roam the new world in lesser numbers and risk being crushed by one of the other yonkous?

i like the idea of them pursuing BB for revenge but shouldn't they try to kill akainu too for killing Ace?

we saw that brown beard immediately took over one of WB territories upon his death, so some WB pirates might go around regaining/protecting WB's turf.

so the WB may split up, put only to achieve specific goals such as:

-hunt down BB
-defeat Akanu (somehow)
-regain/defend WB territories

however they will remain as one crew, but will only split their focuses and not disintegrate into various crews.

if they split up then they will cease to exist, that's why i don't see that happening, i don't want to see the Marco pirates or the Jozu pirates. they all have WB tattoos, which tells me they will all be WB pirates for life.

however, Marco will have to do something big to gain the respect required to step in WB shoes and spark fear in the hearts of pirates and marines alike.

 

[Kaiser Will]

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[MaiSiaoSiao]

Im thinking that they will join Shanks.Or form a tight alliance with him having Marco as the captain.Naturally cause hes the 1st division commander and maybe the strongest in the crew after WB

 

[Lord.Strife]

I think that the WB pirate will wait until the strawhats start moving again. Since the last wish of ace was to look after luffy and marco was told directly to protect luffy. I believe they will protect the strawhats until the strawhats are stronger them then they will become allies. Can't wait till luffy if as strong or stronger then WB. The future pirate kings crew being backed by the WB pirates will be pretty fkn epic.