hmmm about the upcoming new member of strawhat crew

[Freija]

i thought alittle and came up with this.

since all 3 groups (strawhats, galley-la and Franky Family) are currently crushing enies lobby, prob everyone of them will be wanted by the marines, no one of them will really be able to return to water 7, so here's what i thought.

since the above is the case, maybe all of them joins the strawhats, or maybe 1 of the groups atleast, i doubt they'd separate at all(the groups) when they're all wanted....(like, Franky splitting up with franky family and so)


what do you think ?

sorry if there's already a thread like this -_-''

edit: and excuse my really poor grammar, im really tired -_-''

[raziu]

Naahh I think that only Franky will join...and the goverment thinks the franky family are also straw hats so they can return to normal when the hole thing is over since all the blame will go on the SH (damn i can't seem to explain it better i hope you get what i'm trying to say;p). And besides that I can't imagine SH being a large group of pirates....

[Chi]

It would be fun with all of the Franky Family on board, but I REALLY doubt it..
Franky will join them as a carpenter..
And then they'll probably find a musician and then someone else, so there will be 10 of SH. Just like Luffy said in the very beginning..

It can be also possible if Franky will build them a BIG ship where 8 of them just won't be enough.. But I think Going Merry will somehow come back to life :P

[SGLP]

I think it will just be Franky as well. I was hoping for Paulie until we got the Tom flashback. Then I knew that it would end up being Franky. Since Luffy doesn't want a big crew, I just don't see him letting the Franky Family join his crew.

[Freija]

It would be fun with all of the Franky Family on board, but I REALLY doubt it..
Franky will join them as a carpenter..
And then they'll probably find a musician and then someone else, so there will be 10 of SH. Just like Luffy said in the very beginning..

It can be also possible if Franky will build them a BIG ship where 8 of them just won't be enough.. But I think Going Merry will somehow come back to life :P
yeah, i think so too.


just that i thought if everyone was wanted, why split up ? but maybe everyone won't get wanted ^_^

[Raptor]

It would be fun with all of the Franky Family on board, but I REALLY doubt it..
Franky will join them as a carpenter..
And then they'll probably find a musician and then someone else, so there will be 10 of SH. Just like Luffy said in the very beginning..

It can be also possible if Franky will build them a BIG ship where 8 of them just won't be enough.. But I think Going Merry will somehow come back to life :P

I don't really believe Merry will make a comeback. Franky is perhaps the best carpenter out there along with Iceburg and he said that it couldn't be saved. Personally I would like the Franky family to join, and I don't think it would be a bad thing. Until now, on all the pirate crews we've seen so far there are like 5 importan members (sometimes more sometimes less, u get the idea) and the rest are no named gruts. On the Franky family we only have Zanbai, Mozu and Kiwi (those were their names I think) and the rest are no named grunts.

I don't think Franky or anyone else can give them another Going Merry. Franky once said that he wanted to build the greatest ship in the world, and I think he might have done it already. if it's a big ship they would need a big tripulation. Heck i wouldn't be surprised if Yokozuna and the Galley La join too, but at least the galley la sounds a bit hard, but who knows?

Besides all of them were labeled as strawhats by... more than 10,000 marines. So there's no escape now. They are pirates now. And they need to defeat the buster call if it's made. so yeah.

For the other 2 straw hats, I have a feeling that Tashigi or Smoker will turn to the Straw side. maybe both :amuse

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I think both Franky and Paulie will join, and the others have a decent chance of all joining up as well. I can't see Paulie not joining at this point really, and personally I think the whole group will join up.

[Chi]

Well..
I also thought for some time, that Vivi will remain with SH, but it turned out otherwise :cry

Of course.. Since SH actually attacked the goverment, they will become highly wanted and everyone involved with them will have a hard time.
But "Franky Family" is Franky's Family. Not Luffy's.. I think Franky will have more influence on them, than Luffy, or Zoro, or etc..
And Luffy is all about equal importance of each member of his crew. So I don't really think SH will have large crew of nonamers..

It would be cool though.. With high new bounties, on a new ship with a big crew.. Just like the real pirates :P

[Baby Raptor]

i dont think Merry will return becasue Merry already hit his limit from damage or ride in rough sea


back to topic
i dont think Pauiles will join Luffy Crew but it is possible Frankyjoin them but how is work Franky will join them with family franky>??

we have to wait to next chapter reveal

[dragonofraven]

Obviously, I agree with the idea of just Franky. For one thing, all attention will be pinned on the Straw Hats, so the rest of the people won't be paid that much attention to. Plus, as for galley-la, only three of their people(paulie and his friends) are actually fighting, so the whole company won't be blamed, plus there's the fact that if their chased it might be discovered by the people what the government was actually doing. As for Franky's family, they'll most likely be protected by Water 7, as they have been in the past, and it just doesn't seem likely that all those people will join, since Luffy will most likely only want Franky, since he's got carpenting skills and they, well, don't(or at least not as much as Franky, not that sure). That's my opinion.

[Kaku]

i think only the big deals will get searched
otherwise there would be around 100 people with a new or increased bounty :amuse

but i think they will return to w7

[Rice Ball]

I'd rather Paulie join them... but he isn't strong enough to be a straw hat.

Franky on the otherhand is strong enough to take on a CP9

The Franky Family will be protected by W7, remember half the shipwrights are also attacking, so they are all breaking the law together.

I hate to think what Strawhats Bounty will be after this CP9 Arc, guessing over 500 million in total.

[jaks5555]

I think franky will join for two reasons. One i want him to join.

the other is that whenever you see someone flashback of thier childhood they end up joining the SH. i mean look at zoro, him as a kid in the dojo, chopper, him with dr hukiu (can't spell name), nami and her mum and sister, robin and her past, sanji and his past with his cooking crew. so i think that franky is the next crew member

[Freija]

I hate to think what Strawhats Bounty will be after this CP9 Arc, guessing over 500 million in total.
luffy's will most likely be about 250, since I think that Luffy will gain more in his bounty by beating those Shichibukai that were shown, 1 was 293, and one was 350(i think it was 350)

[SeruraRenge]

I think franky will join for two reasons. One i want him to join.

the other is that whenever you see someone flashback of thier childhood they end up joining the SH. i mean look at zoro, him as a kid in the dojo, chopper, him with dr hukiu (can't spell name), nami and her mum and sister, robin and her past, sanji and his past with his cooking crew. so i think that franky is the next crew member
true. the only exception to that was Wiper. Oh man, he would SO kick ass on their team!

Lucci: You cannot defeat the World Government.
Wiper: BURN BAZOOKA!
Lucci: *pwned*

[Mindless]

I think it's quite obvious that Franky will be the one to join their crew.

The cover of chapter 377 suggests it. On it we have (in the following order):

Robin, Sogeking (Usopp), Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, Chopper, Nami, Franky.

I think Franky being there hints alot towards that he will be the new member. :P

[Freija]

I think it's quite obvious that Franky will be the one to join their crew.

The cover of chapter 377 suggests it. On it we have (in the following order):

Robin, Sogeking (Usopp), Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, Chopper, Nami, Franky.

I think Franky being there hints alot towards that he will be the new member. :P
yeah, i know that too, but my Q was will his "family" follow too?:wink

[Wrath]

I still don't buy Franky joining. Yes, yes, he was on that cover. But that could simply be because he's getting a high profile fight. Vivi was on colour covers in her time. Spandam was on the cover as a "member" of CP9, and Franky is there as his opponent.

I don't buy it, because after this arc Franky will have nothing left to prove. He'll have achieved his two dreams - to make a ship for the pirate king and to get his revenge for Tom's death. That's it. Unless he develops a new and completely different dream, he won't work as a Straw Hat. Paulie, on the other hand, is much more like the rest of the Straw Hats - he's young, relatively unskilled and will have to work his way up to being the best in the world.

[Raptor]

I still don't buy Franky joining. Yes, yes, he was on that cover. But that could simply be because he's getting a high profile fight. Vivi was on colour covers in her time. Spandam was on the cover as a "member" of CP9, and Franky is there as his opponent.

I don't buy it, because after this arc Franky will have nothing left to prove. He'll have achieved his two dreams - to make a ship for the pirate king and to get his revenge for Tom's death. That's it. Unless he develops a new and completely different dream, he won't work as a Straw Hat. Paulie, on the other hand, is much more like the rest of the Straw Hats - he's young, relatively unskilled and will have to work his way up to being the best in the world.

Well one piece works like this: if there's a flashback he or she will be a straw-hat. it fits :amuse

[O-ushi]

I was wondering, how many people in the goverment actually know that Franky is Cutty Flam. Is it just CP9?

[TenshiOni]

I'm pretty certain Franky will join them, but I do agree with Wrath in that he may not because his character development will essentially be done with this arc. But we'll see. I would be sad if he didn't, honestly. Like the guy.

I would love to see Paulie join, but I strongly doubt that. Just can't imagine him on the crew...but then again, I always thought the same about Robin (totally different opinion now).

But heh, I'm sure the Strawhats really will be 10 strong in the end, because Luffy said that's what he wanted and Oda's a god like that.

So...

1. Luffy
2. Zoro
3. Nami
4. Usopp
5. Going Merry/New Ship Now
6. Sanji
7. Chopper
8. Robin
9. Franky or Paulie
10. Musician.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Well one piece works like this: if there's a flashback he or she will be a straw-hat. it fits :amuse
*cough* Wiper*cough*
He even took on one of the Priests, too.

[Freija]

I still don't buy Franky joining. Yes, yes, he was on that cover. But that could simply be because he's getting a high profile fight. Vivi was on colour covers in her time. Spandam was on the cover as a "member" of CP9, and Franky is there as his opponent.

I don't buy it, because after this arc Franky will have nothing left to prove. He'll have achieved his two dreams - to make a ship for the pirate king and to get his revenge for Tom's death. That's it. Unless he develops a new and completely different dream, he won't work as a Straw Hat. Paulie, on the other hand, is much more like the rest of the Straw Hats - he's young, relatively unskilled and will have to work his way up to being the best in the world.
well, i would like both paulie and Franky to join, since i like em both ^_^ but you can't take both(i think?) and it's actually hinting towards Franky.

would be cool though if Oda did a 180 and picks Paulie instead in the end of the arc ^_^

[Schwarzwald]

"The world will be astounded by something that nobody has done in the past hundreds of years....When this battle is over...that Straw hat brat's name...will be known throughout the world"
Kokoro Ch 388

If this current arc says anything, it's what I just quoted; Luffy isn't going to be smalltime anymore after this. He has invaded the impenetrable fortress of Enies Lobby, killed and wounded thousands of soldiers and is in the process of eliminating the Marine’s top assassination squad. Luffy is going to have a bounty of at least 500 million beli after this arc, more than most of the Shichibukai’s former bounties. I’ve heard the reasoning “But there’s no way that Oda would put Luffy’s bounty over a Shichibukai until he defeats him.” I disagree with this as if any of the six remaining Shichibukai were crazy enough to pull an attack on the gateway of the world government, they wouldn’t be in the position they would be right now, or at least I sincerely doubt they would.

Oda I believe is signaling a changing point in the series, a point where Luffy has to grow up so to speak, become a real pirate with the kind of numbers needed to take on any threat the world government can throw at him. A large ship with the capabilities to contain a nice little army of his own to fight back with, maybe even more than one ship to sail with. The current force he’s assaulting Enies Lobby with is a good start to being able to defend himself against the massive bounty that’s about to be leveled onto his head.

As far as the new crew members go, I see both Franky and Paulie joining with the Straw Hat’s. Paulie’s case I believe is the easiest. In every theory I’ve seen, one this has always been forgotten, Baskerville. Someone has to take him out, and it simply wouldn’t make much sense for simply a few no name Franky family members to do the job, why bother with a name and as much dialog as Baskerville has had if that’s the case. The Straw Hat’s are busy with CP 9 and Franky will be chasing down Spandam for most of the fighting.

That leaves the only other name character that’s gotten much face time, Paulie. I definitely see a Baskerville vs. Paulie match upcoming, maybe with his other two buddies from Galley-La, maybe three on one with just Paulie. Either way…there isn’t any way I see Paulie avoiding a bounty after that battle, the judge of Enies Lobby might be one to report exactly who attacked and defeated him to the Marines. CP9 isn’t stupid, they will figure out exactly who attacked them after the fight, heck they already know the Franky Family is there and that’s not even considering that Lucci might have smelled everyone else out on the island. This all point’s to Paulie not being able to return to Water 7 after the arc.

The other character, Franky is a bit more difficult. It’s very true, that with the plans to Pluton gone, other than building Luffy a new ship his primary purpose is gone. The other hurdle is that unlike every other member of Luffy’s crew barring Zoro, Franky has no one above him in rank, the Franky Family is Franky. Normally I would think that this would make him joining unlikely, but if the entire Franky Family were to join the Straw Hats, then Franky makes all the sense in the world, serving as both Shipwright as well as the general of the troops behind the Captain.

This though I believe is not only the turning point for the way Luffy takes on the role of a true pirate captain, I believe the story much like Naruto is about to start taking on a darker turn, namely the Marine’s disregard of human life concerning even the smallest threat to their power in the world. Ohara was blown off the face of the earth by the Buster Call and I believe served as heavy foreshadowing for the future. Think about it, every character that Oda has introduced in this entire arc is fighting against the Marines at Enies Lobby albeit one Iceberg and I don’t think this is a coincidence. If indeed the theory that Luffy is about to gather himself a pirate army as other pirates have, if indeed the world government is after Luffy as much as I suspect and CP9 knows who there attackers are, if indeed Robin’s back story was the foreshadowing I think it might have been…this tells me one thing:



Water 7 is about to be Buster Called off the face of the earth.

What better way does the government have of telling all the other countries to not support this pirate age, what better way to unify the army fighting at Enies Lobby under the Straw Hats, what better way to give Franky a new purpose in life after it seems like his character is about to run out of steam; what better way to grow Luffy up. The government can easily spin it, the only shipbuilders on earth who have the ability to build the weapon Pluton and were planning on doing so until they stepped in and destroyed Water 7 and their shipwright guild. It’s certainly not any less of the reason it had to destroy Ohara and would definitely give all the pirates of the Straw Hats a new purpose in their quest to become Pirate King. This also would pave the way for Smoker and Tashigi to abandon the Marines as if they ever found out what really happened at Enies Lobby and Water 7, they would side with the Straw Hats without a 2nd thought.

Whew…that was a lot of writing but worth it, give me some input on all this if you don’t mind as all of this would definitely bring One Piece into an even more legendary status than it already is.

[jaks5555]

I prefer if franky joins then paulie. however i dont want to many odd charaters to just join the group which will then get so big (like when foxy group joined the strawhats) as it would just be to stupid. i think there will be other groups like the SH fighting for the same cause

[Locksmith]

I think Franky will join. After this Franky will be a marked man. He was in custody long enough for him to be identified by some of the marines who will survive Luffy's attack. His name may even have been passed along to Marine Headquarters. For Franky, safety will be in constantly moving. Which will be something he will do if he joins the crew.

The Franky family and the Galley-la foreman may be able to escape the attack with their relative anonymity intact. The marines believe they are being attacked by the strawhat pirates (which they are even if not all the attackers are strawhats.) Luffy and his crew will take the full blame. Franky will probably tearfully send the family back to Water7, maybe to join Galley-la.

Finally, Luffy said he was going to get a carpenter, so he is going to get a carpenter. Franky is the best choice. Paulie seems too loyal to Iceburg to take the slot. Several people have pointed out that Vivi didn't join the crew. The reason for that is that she didn't do anything on the ship other than provide moral support. Franky will be able to perform duties none of the rest of the crew can do.

[Dark Travis]

Made this for my sig at Arlong Park forums, it applies to the topic quite well:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/darktravis/obviousfranky.jpg

[Molekage]

don't know about the whole army thing. luffy did say that he wanted very few members in his crew. in any case, his crew is good enough to take on any number of marine lackeys, and like any manga, there will be only 1 on 1 fights against the big guns.

[jaks5555]

i think cp9 would have told some of the high people in the goverment so that they got hold of this information. also who is the highest person in the goverment, so would they be at enise lobby as well???

[Raptor]

"The world will be astounded by something that nobody has done in the past hundreds of years....When this battle is over...that Straw hat brat's name...will be known throughout the world"
Kokoro Ch 388

If this current arc says anything, it's what I just quoted; Luffy isn't going to be smalltime anymore after this. He has invaded the impenetrable fortress of Enies Lobby, killed and wounded thousands of soldiers and is in the process of eliminating the Marine’s top assassination squad. Luffy is going to have a bounty of at least 500 million beli after this arc, more than most of the Shichibukai’s former bounties. I’ve heard the reasoning “But there’s no way that Oda would put Luffy’s bounty over a Shichibukai until he defeats him.” I disagree with this as if any of the six remaining Shichibukai were crazy enough to pull an attack on the gateway of the world government, they wouldn’t be in the position they would be right now, or at least I sincerely doubt they would.

Well bounties are in regard of the danger he or she is to the WG. The old geezers (gorousei I think) said that even Shanks the Red Hair is not a man who would make the world his enemy.

And this is the thing. Luffy just did that without even caring. I wouldn't be surprised if after this arc he's considered the most dangerous man alive.

Oda I believe is signaling a changing point in the series, a point where Luffy has to grow up so to speak, become a real pirate with the kind of numbers needed to take on any threat the world government can throw at him. A large ship with the capabilities to contain a nice little army of his own to fight back with, maybe even more than one ship to sail with. The current force he’s assaulting Enies Lobby with is a good start to being able to defend himself against the massive bounty that’s about to be leveled onto his head.

As far as the new crew members go, I see both Franky and Paulie joining with the Straw Hat’s. Paulie’s case I believe is the easiest. In every theory I’ve seen, one this has always been forgotten, Baskerville. Someone has to take him out, and it simply wouldn’t make much sense for simply a few no name Franky family members to do the job, why bother with a name and as much dialog as Baskerville has had if that’s the case. The Straw Hat’s are busy with CP 9 and Franky will be chasing down Spandam for most of the fighting.

That leaves the only other name character that’s gotten much face time, Paulie. I definitely see a Baskerville vs. Paulie match upcoming, maybe with his other two buddies from Galley-La, maybe three on one with just Paulie. Either way…there isn’t any way I see Paulie avoiding a bounty after that battle, the judge of Enies Lobby might be one to report exactly who attacked and defeated him to the Marines. CP9 isn’t stupid, they will figure out exactly who attacked them after the fight, heck they already know the Franky Family is there and that’s not even considering that Lucci might have smelled everyone else out on the island. This all point’s to Paulie not being able to return to Water 7 after the arc.

The other character, Franky is a bit more difficult. It’s very true, that with the plans to Pluton gone, other than building Luffy a new ship his primary purpose is gone. The other hurdle is that unlike every other member of Luffy’s crew barring Zoro, Franky has no one above him in rank, the Franky Family is Franky. Normally I would think that this would make him joining unlikely, but if the entire Franky Family were to join the Straw Hats, then Franky makes all the sense in the world, serving as both Shipwright as well as the general of the troops behind the Captain.

About the army... hmmm, well i wouldn't go as far as to say he'd have as many as... Don Krieg (who has 5000 members) or Whitebeard who even had divisions. More than that I think there will be 10 or 11 main ones with a lot of no name grunts. (sounds like Franky family to me) Paulie... i still don't know. he's a marked man now same as the other 2 galley la, so it's possible.

And Zanbai also said they were straw hats. let's wait and see for this one.

This though I believe is not only the turning point for the way Luffy takes on the role of a true pirate captain, I believe the story much like Naruto is about to start taking on a darker turn, namely the Marine’s disregard of human life concerning even the smallest threat to their power in the world. Ohara was blown off the face of the earth by the Buster Call and I believe served as heavy foreshadowing for the future. Think about it, every character that Oda has introduced in this entire arc is fighting against the Marines at Enies Lobby albeit one Iceberg and I don’t think this is a coincidence. If indeed the theory that Luffy is about to gather himself a pirate army as other pirates have, if indeed the world government is after Luffy as much as I suspect and CP9 knows who there attackers are, if indeed Robin’s back story was the foreshadowing I think it might have been…this tells me one thing:

Water 7 is about to be Buster Called off the face of the earth.

What better way does the government have of telling all the other countries to not support this pirate age, what better way to unify the army fighting at Enies Lobby under the Straw Hats, what better way to give Franky a new purpose in life after it seems like his character is about to run out of steam; what better way to grow Luffy up. The government can easily spin it, the only shipbuilders on earth who have the ability to build the weapon Pluton and were planning on doing so until they stepped in and destroyed Water 7 and their shipwright guild. It’s certainly not any less of the reason it had to destroy Ohara and would definitely give all the pirates of the Straw Hats a new purpose in their quest to become Pirate King. This also would pave the way for Smoker and Tashigi to abandon the Marines as if they ever found out what really happened at Enies Lobby and Water 7, they would side with the Straw Hats without a 2nd thought.

Whew…that was a lot of writing but worth it, give me some input on all this if you don’t mind as all of this would definitely bring One Piece into an even more legendary status than it already is.


Well i was having the same thoughts... with one little difference. Franky desire was to build the greatest ship in the world. what if he already had? when he got the 200 million he said something about buying what they always wanted. there are clues scattered here and there.

And what better way to oppose the buster call than to use the best ship, one of the best carpenters of the world produced?? Sure Iceburg is good but I recall Tom saying that Franky was surprising since he could even make cannons with garbage. So my two cents goes to the new straw hats ship against the Buster Call to defeat Water 7... who knows we might even see Cobi there :amuse

About Smoker and Tashigi... I see one, the other or both joining. I agree with you. they have their own sense of justice and Smoker doesn't seem to be the type to obey orders when he knows they are wrong.

[Molekage]

i think cp9 would have told some of the high people in the goverment so that they got hold of this information. also who is the highest person in the goverment, so would they be at enise lobby as well???

doubtful. i mean, the arc has been going on for long enough, and also, cp9 is supposed to be all mysterious like. they don't think the straw hats can win anyway, so there is no reason to tell the government that CP9 semi screwed everything up.

[Vaizard]

You need to have a shipwright on the crew to help maintain the ship. This was pointed out several times when people were shocked that the Strawhats didn't have a shipwright with them. I can't see Franky building his dreamship and then just sending it off with nobody to maintain it. He's also a friggin' cyborg, people. You know Luffy is going to want him to join just for that fact alone.

[Chrno]

Ever since the Elephant sword thing, I been wonderng if its possible Merry can eat a devilsfruit itself and come back to life? @@; I dunno what are the chances of the area it fell to a fruit pops by? lol on topic tho it would be so crazy if all the teams joined..then straw hats is really a pirate crew to fear but I doubt it Franky is probably it..I still prefer Paulie tho @@;

[Freija]

Made this for my sig at Arlong Park forums, it applies to the topic quite well:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/darktravis/obviousfranky.jpg
actually if you read my post you would see that i asked if any more would join and not who you think would join.:notrust

[Moridin]

I'm hoping a musician joins and that his instrument has eaten a df, I think that'd be badass, it still seems to be something unusual, having objects eat a df so it'd be another unusual thing in the straw hat crew. Also it'd give the musician a really strong fighting style (you'd hope) which does involve his 'profession'. I can't really see another normal DF user joining but I don;t think an object that has df powers is out of the question.

[Raptor]

Franky can sing, remember his guitar??? :amuse

[Moridin]

he might play the guitar but I wouldn;t consider him a full blown musician, if he's to join the straw hats it'll be as a shipwright/mechanic

[Baby Raptor]

Luffy and crew make fun of him (Franky 's song)

[Wrath]

I would be very happy if Franky joins as the musician and Paulie as the shipwright. Franky would have to reveal that, having accomplished his old dreams, his new one is to be the world's best musician, then he could actually join and it would make sense... even if his music does suck.

Plus then we get a fun dynamic of the musician actually being a better carpenter than the carpenter, which could make for some good scenes.

A DF instrument would be awesome. Speaking of objects eating fruits, I wonder if they can only eat Zoan types or not...

[smurfx]

But heh, I'm sure the Strawhats really will be 10 strong in the end, because Luffy said that's what he wanted and Oda's a god like that.

So...

1. Luffy
2. Zoro
3. Nami
4. Usopp
5. Going Merry/New Ship Now
6. Sanji
7. Chopper
8. Robin
9. Franky or Paulie
10. Musician. i don't think luffy was thinking of the ship as a crew member when he said he wanted 10 crewmembers. here is what he has up until now...

1. Luffy (captain)
2. Zoro (1st mate)
3. Nami (navigator)
4. Usopp (sharpshooter)
5. chopper (doctor)
6. robin (archeologist/assasin)
7. sanji (cook)
8. franky (shipwright if he joins)
9.
10.

now oda can throw a curve ball and have both franky and paulie join. i doubt they both would join but you never know with oda. since luffy is nutty he might ask franky to join as the musician and ask paulie to join as the shipwright. with out counting paulie they now have 8 people in the crew which means luffy needs two more crewmates. as for the positions left to be filled you have musician, helmsman. i think luffy will definely will have all his crew member's by he time he reaches the halfway point of the grandline. i think it's been said that fisherman's island is the closest island to the halfway point of the grandline and i think luffy might pick up his last crewmate there and he will probably fill up the helmsman position. since mermen are very strong he is perfect for that position. i personally don't think there will be a musician in luffy group since that's kinda dumb. franky is good enough for that so that spot is already filled. in the end i think there will only be 9 member's to the strawhat's since they will already have pretty much what they need.

[Raptor]

he might play the guitar but I wouldn;t consider him a full blown musician, if he's to join the straw hats it'll be as a shipwright/mechanic

I know, I meant it as a joke... i think i need more practice for it. :nod