Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
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Yeah...yeah, there's a lot to unpack in that flashback...

Thought it was pretty lame for a backstory at first till the revealed Caramel was evil. And then...and then...yeah, she totally fucking ate those people...


But I think the most interesting part there is Mom got Caramel's Devil Fruit power by eating Caramel. The question is, is that just a Big Mom thing? Or is that a universal thing about how Devil's Fruits work?

Did Blackbeard steal Whitebeard's fruit power by taking a big old bite out of his body? Devil Fruits themselves work with only a single bite, is it the same with fruit eater's bodies?
I suppose a person with a devil's fruit ability is basically a walking devil's fruit in that regard. Not necessarily what happened with Blackbeard, though. Blackbeard's devil's fruit already allowed him to absorb other devil fruit powers, though we never saw him actually possess the powers he absorbed up until whitebeard, so maybe absorbing to that extent both kills the previous host and transfers the ability to Blackbeard, and he didn't want to try it on Ace because he needed Ace alive.