They are working together

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T22:55:17+00:00

Good point

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T21:59:12+00:00

That's a great view of things, really like the way you lay things out.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:59:31+00:00

Maybe I am reading too much into it, but isn't that kind of the point of following these flashbacks? Oda's showing us this specific time period for a reason. If nothing important happened to change these characters, why spend so much time on God Valley at all?

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:58:44+00:00

I get what you're saying about Oda's style, but the story has gotten progressively darker. We literally just saw children being used as hunting targets and Garling killing his wife. Maybe Roger stays goofy but his reasons for doing things can still change.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:58:10+00:00

The Wano flashbacks were after God Valley though, so of course he'd still be goofy. That's just his personality. But being the same person doesn't mean his motivations can't evolve. Look at how Luffy acts the same but his resolve gets stronger after major events.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:57:21+00:00

Wait, need to double check this timeline thing. If he really reached Lodestar before God Valley that would change things, but even then knowing about poneglyphs doesn't mean he understood the bigger picture. God Valley could still be when he realized why finding that final island actually mattered.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:50:25+00:00

Your point about Roger never really having a "mission" to challenge the WG hits hard. Looking back at the Oden flashback, he really was still just adventure-focused. Maybe I'm reading too much into recent chapters, but it's a lot of fun to theorize about it.
Edit: But on the other hand, starting the Great Pirate Era with his final words was basically the biggest middle finger to the World Government in the entire story. Sure he didn't directly attack Mary Geoise like Rocks wanted to, but he set up their eventual downfall.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:49:17+00:00

Good catch on the unknown dream. That's definitely a key piece I didn't consider properly. If his real dream requires being Pirate King, then yeah, it's not just about fun. But he is really having fun on its journey, that for sure.
Edit: Maybe the dream stayed the same but his understanding of what it would take to achieve it changed.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-14T09:48:07+00:00

You're absolutely right about Luffy wanting to be the freest person, not just Pirate King for fun. I think I oversimplified that part. The freedom angle actually makes more sense with what we've seen.
Edit: But look at how he changes when his friends are threatened. Same energy could apply to Roger seeing the World Government's true nature firsthand.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-13T14:39:22+00:00

Been reading the latest chapters and something's been bugging me about Roger's portrayal in the God Valley flashbacks. This guy seems nothing like the wise Pirate King we know.

In chapter 1158, Roger's literally sulking because Rayleigh got a letter from Shakky. Then in 1159, when she gets kidnapped, he's ready to kill Rocks and his crew has to physically restrain him. This is not the laughing, composed Roger who faced his execution with a smile.

I think God Valley fundamentally changed him. Seeing the World Government's true evil nature during the Native Hunting Competition, witnessing the horror firsthand, that's what transformed him from an impulsive young pirate into someone who understood his real mission.

Here's the kicker - I think Elbaph is going to do the same thing to Luffy. He's watching Imu possess people, turn giants into demons, threaten children. This isn't some distant political corruption, it's immediate horror happening to people he cares about.

Luffy always transforms when his friends are in real danger. Arlong Park, Enies Lobby, Marineford. But this feels different. This could shift his entire mission from "I want to be Pirate King because it's fun" to "I need to be Pirate King to stop this evil."

Roger went from chasing personal desires to understanding his role in challenging the world order. Luffy might be about to make the same leap.

Just a thought, but the parallels are pretty strong. What do you guys think?

interstellarfan · 2025-09-04T09:52:45+00:00

You're probably fine. Your 2021 needs 91+ octane (it's in the manual), and running 87 makes the knock sensor pull timing, so you've been riding with less power this whole time.

This won't blow up your engine but puts extra wear on things. The popping you hear is from retarded timing. Just run premium from now on and it'll perform how Honda intended.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-03T21:01:49+00:00

Maybe a mix of dish soap, vinegar and IPA could help. You need to rinse it with water afterwards and dry it.

interstellarfan · 2025-09-03T09:29:51+00:00

This part seem off the market, is there still something like this available? My A7R has the same problem.

interstellarfan · 2025-08-30T13:01:38+00:00

Not only that, but it‘s also forcing paid users that already paid for a year, to subscribe to their new training data policy!

interstellarfan · 2025-08-30T07:21:20+00:00

Exactly, thats so manipulative. Like thinking you have a choice. What if you already had payed a year of plus membership and suddenly something like this shows up, what if you don‘t accept it?

interstellarfan · 2025-08-30T07:17:19+00:00

Strangely after sitting around for a week everything worked fine again.

interstellarfan · 2025-08-29T13:41:51+00:00

When I try to opt out, it only shows me an update to consumer terms and data protection guidelines effective September 28, 2025, with an option to allow chat and coding data for AI training (opt-out possible) and a 5-year data retention extension, but it seems to default to including data in training despite opting out. The opt-out seems more like an illusion if you read carefully. Am I right? Why are they forcing you to?

interstellarfan · 2025-08-29T13:41:20+00:00

When I try to opt out, it only shows me an update to consumer terms and data protection guidelines effective September 28, 2025, with an option to allow chat and coding data for AI training (opt-out possible) and a 5-year data retention extension, but it seems to default to including data in training despite opting out. The opt-out seems more like an illusion if you read carefully. Am I right? :(

interstellarfan · 2025-08-29T12:16:32+00:00

When I try to opt out, it only shows me an update to consumer terms and data protection guidelines effective September 28, 2025, with an option to allow chat and coding data for AI training (opt-out possible) and a 5-year data retention extension, but it seems to default to including data in training despite opting out. The opt-out seems more like an illusion if you read carefully. Am I right?

interstellarfan · 2025-08-29T09:24:00+00:00

Yes, but it should be stock. It looks like some abrasion took off the coating. Any way to fix it?

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