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AriaOfBolo posted...

I really wanted her to either become a great swordswoman anyway, or turn out trans. Heck I would've taken cw suicide over what we got

Two of those are common theories actually. A very early theory was that falling down the stairs was a cover story to hide the fact that she killed herself (supposedly that was a common cover story in Japan at one time) and many fans still believe that is the case. And after we learned that people could change their physical gender in the One Piece world that become a super popular theory as well.

The other main one is that she ran away and/or lost her memory and will show up later going by a different name.

I for one think she is dead and it's just a simple tragedy. Even more so because there were multiple ways she could have achieved her dream had she lived.