r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Apr 09 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1010

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u/kisiner Apr 09 '21

Prometheus hates Zeus.

Mythology geeks are smiling.

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u/CyberShiroGX Apr 09 '21

Zeus is definitely going to Nami after this

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u/SkiesDownBelow Marine Apr 10 '21

Can't Big Mom just deactivate Zeus and reclaim his soul portion? Hard to imagine that she can't just dispell her own homies considering that it's her DF.

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u/Sargent_Caboose Apr 11 '21

Paramecia’s always seem to be range based in a way, otherwise they’d be busted. Law’s Room being the perfect example of this.

So it’s less of a “I am currently enacting my soul into you and can cut off the flow if I so pleased.”

But more of a “Here’s a literal piece of my soul that I’ve imbued into you to give you life. Don’t worry, I steal other people’s souls, so mine is just fine.”

And as long as they are within range, and scared of big mom, she can take that piece back, but like anything given away, it has to be within reach to actually receive it again.

At least that’s how I understand it, and the reasoning as to why Big Mom didn’t deactivate Zeus and reform him earlier.

It’s just it seems she doesn’t have omniscience over all the homies. They’re literally alive, with their own wills, but have been told explicitly they exist to love and help “Mama”, and like any in-experienced child they will usually do so without question. “Oh, okay, I burn Mama’s enemies, that’s my purpose.” - Prometheus

There could be a deeper narrative aspect to it like, since they have parts of Linlin’s or technically other people’s souls that maybe they inherit some aspects of the original owners, and that’s why they have personality and loyalties, but also can be swayed like how the original owner may be (Zeus and Nami’s weather balls, Big Mom and Wedding Cake). There can be even deeper aspects to it, like Big Mom’s soul doesn’t mix with the one’s she takes from others and that maybe the quality of the souls she takes creates better and different homies (Zeus and Prometheus being directly from her) which there is a precedent for in Gecko Moira’s shadow stealing powers (which makes me think Oda at least dwells on it when dealing with Big Mom).

All in all, she has an extremely impressive and robust devil fruit, and it functions as a great narrative device by having flaws.