I know of the consequences. [Growls, though it's still more cute than intimidating.]

There's a reason I hate him, and I do not take it lightly, but to fight him would mean losing the marines entirely. We'd be swarmed over! We can barely hold our own, even with his lot in our ranks. I'd still rather see his idea of the future come true than Blackbeard's. Akainu might decide to demolish an island for housing pirates -- might -- but Blackbeard could accidentally while trying to take another one half an ocean away. Big Mam sees people as candy. Either they produce it for her, or she'll kill them. Other pirates see islands as slaves waiting to happen. You think that world is better than Akainu's twisted justice?