#shuggy is so crazy sometimes wow

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I know this will never happen in OP but can you imagine if shanks was ever forced to actually stop buggy? And had to attack him for real? Maybe kill him? The new era is everything to shanks, he sacrificed so much, and wants to help luffy the most. How could this play out? Am I weird to think that?

You're not weird to think that; I'm curious myself as to how Shanks will handle his inevitable clash with Buggy in the future. I'm not sure who knows currently that Buggy is making his move for the One Piece -- 1082 was a spur of the moment decision. I think the news will spread soon enough, but the window is still potentially open for Buggy to take some enemies off guard simply because they don't know he's gunning for Laughtale yet. Will Shanks find out before then? Does he even have a contingency plan for Buggy? We don't know.

Personally, I hope he doesn't find out until they are face-to-face, because I think that heightens Shanks' internal conflict in the midst of an external one (what he wants for himself alone vs what he knows he must do for the sake of the world). Remember what he said in the very first chapter of One Piece?

How funny, to think that he might be forced into a position where he will have to hurt a friend. And not just any friend -- his oldest friend. Likely the very first and very best friend he had. Think of THE DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!

The good news is that Buggy doesn't seem to want to fight anybody, let alone Shanks. But I doubt that his idealistic version of events will come true -- these two will probably be forced to clash soon enough. And the best part about it is that neither of them really want to be at odds with each other. That is the best kind of fight, in my opinion. There's so much at stake for them. If they both want to accomplish their goals, they have no choice but to confront each other. What a cruel twist of fate!!!!!