The unresolved dilemma is a parallel-structure setup the arc — and Luffy — will be asked to answer: petition-from-below vs. liberation-by-force, with the question left deliberately open at the moment it is posed.
Why this matters
A textbook parallel-arc-structure tell: Oda voices the arc’s thesis as an explicit either/or through a trusted narrator (Jinbei), then withholds the answer — the surest sign the protagonist’s action will supply a synthesizing third term. The fairy-tale-overlay (the Ryūgū / dragon-palace register around Otohime) frames it as a parable. Routes to Sun God Identity and the Divine Pattern and pairs with Otohimes Portrait Fumi-e Loyalty Test.