ONE PIECE GOLDThere had been a lot of mystery surrounding Crocodile, the former leader of Baroque Works who tried to over Alabasta.
And even though Luffy beat him, it’s almost as if, the story is implying that Crocodile got a bigger role than what he played as the main villain of Alabasta.
Crocodile was first introduced as a Shichibukai, who had the powers of the Suna-Suna No Mi or the Sand Fruit, during Nico Robin’s teenage years, Crocodile sheltered her and took her under his wing in order to uncover the location of a certain weapon:
The Ancient Weapon, Pluton.
Now, this raises a question:
Where exactly did Crocodile learned about the Ancient Weapon Pluton, and more importantly, the knowledge of Nico Robin?
We could assume Nico Robin and Pluton are well known, but the answer Sir Crocodile gave to Nefertari Cobra is damn suspicious on what he would do with such weapon:
Unfortunately, Crocodile failed in his goal in Alabasta, in which resulted in him being captured by the marines and detained in the level 6 of the infamous government prison, Impel Down.
Until he found a reason to bust out: to go to Marineford War and get his revenge from Whitebeard.
Also, do you guys remember what Crocodile said to Luffy while Luffy is unconscious after failing to save Ace?
I think this is a big hint that Crocodile lost a loved one in which he, like Luffy, failed to protect that person.
Another point: Why the hell does Emporio Ivankov knew Crocodile? and what secret does he know about Crocodile?
With this, our guessing game will start:
I believe that Crocodile, in his early years, was one of the members of the Revolutionary Army, and the secret he and Ivankov shares is that, he actually had an affair with Ivankov for quite a while, because Ivankov posing as a female reminded him of his partneras a rookie partner who he secretly had affection for.
This is also the reason why Baroque Works work in pairs, because Crocodile had a partner he trusted back when he was a rookie.
Crocodile, in his rookie days, was just a normal kid who dreamt of being the Pirate King, like Luffy, by going on adventure and having the most freedom along with his most trusted people.
One of Crocodile’s goal was to beat the world’s strongest man, Whitebeard, in which he did tried many times and failed, (Whitebeard gave the facial scar of Crocodile) and eventhough Crocodile’s men is losing trust in him, his partner, always encourages him to fulfill his dreams.
With this, Crocodile promised to himself that he would reveal his hidden feelings to his partner after he beats Whitebeard, making him the man worthy of her praises.
But unfortunately, while her partner had been trusting her to the end, his other crewmates started to turn against him in which resulted to him and her partner being set-up for a World Government ambush.
This resulted in Crocodile losing his hand and his partner, along with his promises and unrequited love.
Filled with scars, Crocodile’s perspective on the world completely changed, he wants to create his own world where his partner would want, and his drive to beat Whitebeard was changed into a thirst for vengeance.
Crocodile joined the Revolutionary Army with a skewed view of world change.
Crocodile and Dragon went separate ways sometime after the execution of Gol D. Roger.
Because while Dragon was a patient, calculating man who wants to acquire the Ancient Weapon to end the world government and the government itself, Crocodile was the impatient one that wants the Ancient Weapon to create his own ideal world.
*Theory by beck26
