Loki will join THAT MAN'S crew..
DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT IF YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT UP IN THE MANGA.
Loki is 100% joining Blackbeard’s crew.
I think Oda has made it painfully obvious that Loki represents the path Harald SHOULD have taken but didn’t. Harald chose diplomacy. He aligned Elbaf with the WG. He tried to modernize, compromise, play nice with the world government. Loki hates all of that.
If Loki was of age during the Rocks era, he absolutely would’ve sided with Rocks. Not even a question.
And what was Rocks after?
The legendary fruit.
The SAME fruit Loki now has.
Now look at the board Oda is setting up:
• Blackbeard is one of the only pirates actively chasing powerful bloodlines, ancient lineage, mythical fruits, etc.
• Blackbeard is currently VERY close to Elbaf
• Loki has been built up as a monster that doesn’t fit Elbaf’s current ideology at all
• Oda keeps dangling the obvious misdirection in our faces: “Will Loki join the Straw Hats?”No. That’s too clean. Too expected.
Loki isn’t going to follow Harald’s path. He’s going to attempt to correct what he probably sees as Harald’s greatest mistake. Harald bent the knee to the World Government when he should’ve stood beside monsters like Rocks and now Loki has the chance to do exactly that… just through Blackbeard instead.
People keep looking at Loki like he’s gonna become some goofy ally for Luffy because we’re in Elbaf. But narratively? He fits Blackbeard WAY more than the Straw Hats IMO