Q&A: So I wanna see what y’all would think if the roles were reversed at marineford? Swap Luffy and Ace tell me who you all think would show up? Also how do you think Garp would react given it’s Luffy and not Ace?*


The scenario: During Luffy’s infiltration instead of Luffy being beaten by Magellan in this scenario he never encounters him due to Blackbeard arriving early and hitting Impel Down around the same time Luffy hits the 4th floor.* 


Story: Magellan upon being notified about the double invasion leaves Shiryu to Luffy and takes on what he perceives to be the more important threat, Blackbeard. In doing so shiryu still goes bloodthirsty this time around and starts mercilessly killing prisoners and guards without any discretion missing his chance to intercept Luffy. In wake of his new found freedom Shiryu’s overwhelming bloodlust completely overtakes and he slaughters his way up the floors leaving nothing but senseless bloodshed behind.


Luffy still having the keys that Mr. 3 made gets to level 6 frees Ace and Jimbei who formulate the most impromptu plan of escape ever; just wing it. They start to make their way back up. At this point Magellan has just confronted Captain Teach and was assured of his own victory. What he didn’t know though was his intended backup was heading his way and wasn’t set on helping. What he thought to be an easy confrontation quickly turned sour upon seeing Shiryu. How was he here? He was supposed to be handling Luffy on level 4 which could only mean one thing; Shiryu has betrayed Magellan. 


Bewildered and lost Magellan’s face contorted into a state of rage and panic before deciding to go all out as an attempt to end things before he lost control of the situation. Assuming that he could use Shiryu’s presence as an opening to attack he sent Hydras screaming towards teach, but gravely miscalculated. Shiryu using his ACoA not only saves Teach but dealt a blow that would’ve been fatal had it not been for his own ACoA. Magellan while realizing his mistake too late begins to weather the onslaught of blows coming from what seemed to be every direction. Being only one man there was nothing to do but survive. He did the best he could holding on for dear life but ultimately succumbing to the vicious flurry of blows and falling in defeat. 

  
Meanwhile on level level five Luffy and his allies have been coasting their way back to freedom. They find the lack of resistance strange but continue to move forward knowing that stalling could ruin their chances of escape. As they reach the stairs on the 5th floor Jimbei and Ace begin to raise alarms thinking a trap might lay ahead. Luffy however disregards them completely, charging head first into the troop of guards on the stairs pelting them with a Gum Gum Gattling. As Luffy breaks through the soldiers Jimbei manages to subdue him right as they hit the 4th floor with Jimbei screaming at Luffy to think before acting. He alongside Ace express their concerns to Luffy and point out the lack of manpower in their path. It makes no sense and they stress the need for caution instead of urgency. After a moment of realization a very reluctant Luffy agrees to listen to Jimbei’s advice and move as a group. While Luffy’s response offers the group some semblance of comfort none of them can shake this nagging feeling of  dread.


Shortly after hitting the 4th floor, Luffy, Ace, and Jimbei find the answer to their current problem. Hannyabal with his contingent of guards, Teach, his crew, and Shiryu all arrive on the 4th floor at the same time. Before words can be exchanged a fight ensues. Luffy and Ace charge full steam ahead towards Blackbeard’s crew only to be greeted with heavy resistance. It quickly turns into a mess of a free for all with no clear victor in sight until Ace is seen on the cusp of defeat in his fight with Blackbeard. Luffy seeing this is sidetracked just long enough for Hannyabal to land a crushing blow on Luffy. As their situation begins to look bleak the escapees begin to lose hope. Surely there is no way to escape this hell hole now seeing as the strongest of them are moments away from losing. The prisoners start trying to run, hide, or do whatever they can to escape their hopeless predicament when a huge head BURSTS through the stairs with what seemed to be an army. 


The revolutionary Emperio Ivankov has shown up with the KB Queendom out of nowhere. Confused but grateful Luffy’s group is able to use the confusion to recollect themselves. The fight now reaching a virtual stand still causes the Blackbeard pirates to change tactics. They begin to target Ace eventually backing him into a corner. As Blackbeard sneers he raises his hand to finally annihilate Ace and begins to pull him in with his vortex.  Seeing Ace moments away from death enrages Luffy and spurs him into action. Luffy engages second gear and is all over BlackBeard in seconds. They exchange blows for only moments but with each blow dealing massive amounts of damage until Teach finally catches Luffy as his 2nd gear hits its limit. Blackbeard slams a black vortex into Luffy’s face completely knocking him out. While this fight is going down  Ivankov sees a chance to escape with Ace and jimbei. Ace refusing to leave Luffy behind is knocked out by Jimbei who sees that the only option left for them is to run. It’s better to win something rather than lose everything. 


As the escapees make a break for it BB moves down to level 6 absolutely destroying what was left of Hannyabal’s men. BB seeing Luffy unconscious gets a wonderfully morbid idea for a cruel joke. Teach reaches level 6, he recruits his new allies, throws Luffy into a cell, and latches sea prism cuffs onto Luffy all the while cackling at the irony of the situation. 


Afterwards Blackbeards escape is done with relative ease due to the prisons tarnished state. He leaves mocking what’s left of Impel Down while occasionally killing people for amusement along the way. Upon receiving word of the events that unfolded at ID Sengoku makes a swift decision on what to do about Ace and Luffy. The Fleet Admiral Sengoku sends word to ID that due to their recent failure and current state of condition that Luffy is better off elsewhere and should be transferred immediately to Navy HQ. One of the few guards left at the ID communications room receiving the signal races down to deliver the news to any of the high ranking ID staff members left. Luckily he doesn’t have to travel far upon arriving at the second level of ID and finding Magellan finally waking. 

The guard breaks the news to the warden and Magellan wearily “spurs” into action. He makes progress ever so slowly and very much hilariously tries not to diarrhea on himself on the way down. After finally arriving on level 6 Magellan and his small contingent of guards are able to remove Luffy from his cell and begin their ascent. At this point in time Magellan and his small contingent are the only ones operational and this allowed for chaos to spread throughout the upper floors. An absurdly large amount of prisoners crowded floors 3 and up. So while Magellan and Luffy make their way they run into waves of angry and or terrified pirates. Magellan deciding to go full power releases his Kinjite and begins to fly through the rooms with alarming speed. Eventually and without much resistance Magellan reaches the hand off point and successfully hands Luffy to the marines. As Magellan walks back inside the doors shut and he begins to pass out under the assumption that the fight is finally over. As he falls out of consciousness the gate to the stairs blows open and once again Ace, jimbei, and ivankov with his queendom come rolling in. This surprise turn of events was an attempt to get Luffy back but at no point in Magellans frantic trek was there any opening to save him.  


For the second time today Magellan was left speechless. For the first time today he was beaten, bruised, and defeated. Despite his sorry state he digs as deep as he can to muster up the strength for even one more attack, but he has nothing. His only option left was calling in help last minute on a transponder snail as he finally gave out. Believing this to be worst case scenario the escapees begin to panic but then ivankov realizes it’s a blessing in disguise. Capitalizing on the moment he springs into action and blasts away toward the only ship left in port with jimbei and Ace in toe. They take the ship by the harbor pick everyone up and sail towards the ominous gates of justice. As they approach the gates the timing of Magellans cry for help opens the gates right as Ivankov’s group arrives. The previously squandered hope now reignited with an unwavering passion throughout them.


Ivankov preps the escapees for a surprise counter attack ultimately crushing the advancement of marine ships that blocked their path. Due to the quick wit of ivankov and the strength of the escapees they were able to make a clean getaway to a nearby island somewhere in the calm belt. After a couple of days go by the WG announces luffy’s capture and execution date. They put out a bogus story flexing their plan at using Aces “fake capture” to lure in Straw Hat. The news of Luffy’s execution and the WG’s fake plan enrages Ace and it begins to burn questions in Ivankovs mind. Who is straw hat, and why is he so important that the WG would treat him with the same scrutiny as Ace? Finally after dying to get some answers Ivankov asks Ace for the deets on Straw Boy which once answered only leaves Ivankov in an even bigger state of confusion. He’s dragons son? Ivankov couldn’t believe it at first but after getting in contact with the Rev leader he realizes just how badly he messed up leaving straw boy behind. Him and Jimbei left with an overwhelming sense of guilt agree to aid Ace in getting Luffy back. 


With that being said not everyone in the group had the same sentiment so only one option was left… splitting up. The escapees decide to go their separate ways. Ace, ivankov, KB Queendom, and Jimbei all formulate a group to go ask WhiteBeard for help and the other escapees are dropped off on an island outside the calm belt. In a days time using aces DF and a makeshift fire boat they reach whitebeard using a vivre card Ace had.

-So imo I think the straw hats would show for sure. Red haired, WB, Ace, Jimbei, The Revs, and boa all show up. That’s who I think for sure. Lmk what you think though and list who you think would show up given this scenario.

Part #2) Here’s the big question I have for yall. Do you think in this situation where it’s Luffy on the stand and not Ace do you think Garp would intervene? I think Garp would and I think it would be different than how it was with Ace. What do you think and why. No wrong answers.

Luffy To be Executed at Marineford (What if)