Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't think that the Obito reveal was a hack-job at all. Obito wasn't gonna be some nobody you never heard of because that doesn't make any sense. But as an adult reading it, yeah, its a bit obvious. People just played themselves. There's a similar Song of Ice and Fire theory that I think will play out the exact same way and people will still get mad that it was too obvious.
I have a documented record of saying it was Obito from the first thread to the point it happened. /flex
Because it was obviously Obito. I mean, I don't think its fair to claim it was a hack-job because you got worked. It always seemed plausible that it would be Obito given the design, powers, etc. The fact that Kishi tricked people into thinking it wasn't Obito even though all of the hints were there that it was always intended to be Obito isn't bad writing, its good writing.
Yeah, pretty much. Although the second time, it stopped being a case of "people assumed he's not Obito" and became "the manga has shown Tobi to be Madara". There was so little to doubt because he's been shown to know things and act like he was Madara, so the theories about Tobi=Obito were put to rest at the time because everyone thought it was a misdirection.
Then 3-4 years pass, Kabuto shows up, hints about Tobi not actually being Madara, and people were just confused about what the fuck that means then. I seen some plausible theories about him being Izuna (which at least would've made sense timeline wise more so than Obito) and maybe Shisui, but most Tobi=Obito theories weren't even considered because it didn't seem like it made sense for a supporting character of Kakashi's to become the chief antagonist of the entire manga.
Until the revel happened. Then it turned out that Kishimoto took the most obvious twist in the universe and made it complicated for no good reason.
I have a documented record of saying it was Obito from the first thread to the point it happened. /flex
Because it was obviously Obito. I mean, I don't think its fair to claim it was a hack-job because you got worked. It always seemed plausible that it would be Obito given the design, powers, etc. The fact that Kishi tricked people into thinking it wasn't Obito even though all of the hints were there that it was always intended to be Obito isn't bad writing, its good writing.