Re: TL;DR (2)sara_tanaquilJuly 20 2012, 14:52:15 UTC
And if you see an island on your way to a different island, you can steer yourself to that island.
But it's like having a compass or a sextant or whatever those things they invented in the Renaissance are. You can steer the helm toward port or starboard to move in the direction of your goal, but you have to know what your goal IS. (Unless, like Zoro, you're content to follow that cloud out front.)
Especially on the Grand Line, landmarks are deceiving. In that first sequence after they started out for Whiskey Peak, Nami assumed that they were making progress in a straight line because there was no wind or rough seas, until she checked the log pose and discovered that the currents had caused them to shift 180 degrees opposite their original course.
You can't always see land from where you are on sea (in fact, I have to assume that most of the time you can't), so how do you know you won't just drift endlessly without ever seeing land?
But, as I say, no doubt I'm either over-thinking or missing something obvious.
All the islands of the grand line must be logged, right?
Ooh, you're right, I never thought about this. If an eternal log pose can be created for any available destination (I guess I won't ask how), it would make sense that the Marine HQ would have them all on file.
How Smoker gets away with HALF the crap he does in an authoritarian, corrupt military is a total mystery to me. I think he has friends in high places. And, perhaps, at least some people recognize that his maverick ways have a tendency to get results.
But it's like having a compass or a sextant or whatever those things they invented in the Renaissance are. You can steer the helm toward port or starboard to move in the direction of your goal, but you have to know what your goal IS. (Unless, like Zoro, you're content to follow that cloud out front.)
Especially on the Grand Line, landmarks are deceiving. In that first sequence after they started out for Whiskey Peak, Nami assumed that they were making progress in a straight line because there was no wind or rough seas, until she checked the log pose and discovered that the currents had caused them to shift 180 degrees opposite their original course.
You can't always see land from where you are on sea (in fact, I have to assume that most of the time you can't), so how do you know you won't just drift endlessly without ever seeing land?
But, as I say, no doubt I'm either over-thinking or missing something obvious.
All the islands of the grand line must be logged, right?
Ooh, you're right, I never thought about this. If an eternal log pose can be created for any available destination (I guess I won't ask how), it would make sense that the Marine HQ would have them all on file.
How Smoker gets away with HALF the crap he does in an authoritarian, corrupt military is a total mystery to me. I think he has friends in high places. And, perhaps, at least some people recognize that his maverick ways have a tendency to get results.
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