Talk:Kun Kua Yaerou/@comment-4080028-20161024221138/@comment-4080028-20161024232356

Sorry if it seems I caused more troubl than help here, since my honest to goodness intent was to help guide things in the right direction whenever it comes to how canon works or what One Piece logic usually follows, even if that entails how its political system functions.

I appreciate working with me here and for your patience and understanding all the same, though I do still feel like a bit of a kill joy now. On another note though, I'm glad to see your thought process regarding Vlad's relationships with the Marines and so on, since it sounds very reasonable to me and also makes quite a bit of sense. As I said earlier, if someone has enough influence, be it through power, money, reputation or what have you, they could have a better shot of swaying the rules or working around them to get what they'd want. Also helps that the politicians and even some of the Marines of One Piece are pretty corrupt at times, and so bending the rules in their favor isn't entirely unheard of.

So basically, while I still believe it's weird a monstrous looking being would just be rewarded with a respectable rank for showing up and all, I can at least understand how some shady Marines may look the other way regarding formalities and such, so long as Vlad, a notable and influential Marine with a somewhat decent track record, gets a potentially reliable and useful subordinate to help uphold justice, since in the end, the Marines are veru driven by their ideal of justice, and some like Akainu may be willing to do the wrong thing to keep things "just." Albeit you are right that someone like Vlad who now has his family name associated with two acocunts of piracy, and who is known for not always thinking clearly may have trouble getting what he wants, even if the rules are bent in his favor. Ultimately, I suppose it comes down to who Vlad made a deal with and just how the dealings went through. Politics for you I suppose.