mfw people are upset at this episode
Some tumblrites are full of rage right now and i'm delighted
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Samurai Jack Season 5 |OT| But Yeah, Im Thinking Im Back.
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Some tumblrites are full of rage right now and i'm delighted
Taco_Human
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I still wonder why they didn't continue drawing Aku with red teeth outlines, they look weird in black.
Should I ask why, or is it better if I don't know?
Admiral Woofington
Member
If I had to get in a Tumblr mindset it'd be that they transformed Ashi from the strong independent assassin woman (who don't need no manz~~) in the early episodes, to this super sexy waifu with a pleasing to the eye outfit/look, to Jack's official waifu.
I don't HATE the decision, but I would have vastly preferred Jack to stay as the sensei/teacher relationship and leave the future for her to take care of as he went back to the past. Maybe this will still happen though. Maybe it'll be a tragic romance where they decide the future still needs somebody to guide it to prosperity.
Mister Wolf
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Haha he was never that to begin with. When his inner self told him "What did you expect a kiss and a hug?" that made it clear how he viewed her from the very beginning.
Mostly because a lot didn't want Ashi to be engaged in a relationship, either because of the age difference (which I find silly since both are adults anyway and Jack, while older in mind as also as socially inept as Ashi when it comes to a lot of things anyway), or because it removes er agency which I find debatable as I don't think relationship = ruined character.
I'm just ambivalent towards it myself. I would've been good with either
Mostly my personal glee is just that it comes from certain communities who forced the shit out of certain ships and had no problems with them and I get to have dumb fanbase salt
Chained Prometheus
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Yup. Between that and the whole Doe-Buck scene with Ashi and her sisters in Ep 3, it was pretty clear where the show was going to take this.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I agree with the post saying this is mostly to cause Jack pain at the prospect of undoing the future. In hindsight it was constructed this way from the start. Jack could go back to the past believing that a lot of the people he's met might still exist, living better lives without Aku.
Ashi though only exists because of the cult. There's no way to save her.
Although, her mother might exist in a world without Aku, and might be a good person without Aku to twist her. Perhaps something is planned there.
Ashi though only exists because of the cult. There's no way to save her.
Although, her mother might exist in a world without Aku, and might be a good person without Aku to twist her. Perhaps something is planned there.
GringoSuave89
Banned
The age difference thing makes no sense to me. Where was the outrage in TLA with Aang and Kitara?
Yeah I suppose Aang being 112 year old and Katara being 14 is quite a huge difference.
The age thing isn't an issue for me but I think there wasn't any outrage with Aang and Katara because Aang was still a child mentally.
Weren't they only two years apart plus both under 18?
People don't think it counts because Aang was frozen in time, so he never really lived or matured those 100 years.
In the case of Jack and Ashi and
Trunks and Mai
Personally, I don't agree as the people involved are adults.
Yeah, suspended animation usually gets a pass. Meanwhile, Jack was a grizzled bearded veteran who looked like that lifer at your local seedy bar with a literal lifetime of regrets worn on his face, whereas Ashi was some sheltered teenager who didn't even know what deer were.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I suppose, but like Fj said, they're both adults even if you don't account for the 50 year mental difference. Idk, I just find it funny.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
To be fair her sister would kill her in an instant too, and unlike them she was the least sociopathic
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Deleted member 231381
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Dreadful episode. First three episodes of this comeback were great and everything I wanted. Everything since? Blargh.
Mister Wolf
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People who are immortal or have extremely long life spans compared to others around them generally don't view themselves as elders or worry about age gap when seeking companionship. The Highlander franchise is a perfect example of this.
Admiral Woofington
Member
it gets better when they enter the jail. But yeah cheesy romantic shit like this is my kryptonite, I cringe so hard.
Miles Quaritch
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Fantastic episode, even my wife laughed at this scene...
How could you not. That look...
How could you not. That look...
I just remembered reading some posts in this thread about how Jack would be a father-like figure towards Ashi. I really don't care either way lol. People online getting way to angry at this.
Fancyarcher
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Saw the latest episode & it basically felt like filler. Probably one of my least favorite of the revival so far. Not bad though, the Jack / Ashi sudden relationship felt shoe-horned in and handled clumsily, even if it did made some such, I guess, but there was a lot of great animation, and the opening with Jack's head turning into a fish was hilarious. Plus Jack's reaction to Ashi being naked was also hysterical.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Quite a bunch of the fandom there convinced themselves that Jack's relationship with Ashi would only be paternal. So it essentially boils down to "the series went against my headcanon, therefore it's a betrayal."
Or all the people that choose Liara as their love interest in Mass Effect lol
Admiral Woofington
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I need a gif of Jack doing water beetle with "swiggity swooty jack coming for Dat booty"
It was a fun episode and the cheesy romantic stuff was played for laughs. They basically went "how many romcom tropes can we fit in a single episode, let's find out!" and did it.
The episode obviously wasn't up to par with the first three, but then again that's the sort of stuff you send on a demo reel to the Academy to win an award.
I feel like the rage is because it went against people's head cannon. It wasn't a horrible episode by any means, not enough to engender this much outrage anyway.
The episode obviously wasn't up to par with the first three, but then again that's the sort of stuff you send on a demo reel to the Academy to win an award.
I feel like the rage is because it went against people's head cannon. It wasn't a horrible episode by any means, not enough to engender this much outrage anyway.
Speedydonut
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Here is a collection of some of those tumblr responses
BrutishMrFish
Member
Waste of an episode. There's been way too much filler for such a short season. This episode could have been cut, and the one with the kids and the one with all of the people from Jack's past could have been compressed into one so the more important plot points could have been given more time to breath.
You say that while having no idea as to whether or not this is going to be an important plot point going forward.
Them some dumbass responses.
Admiral Woofington
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where the fuck is the homophobia coming from in the shipping?
PixelatedBookake
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The JackXAku shippers aren't getting their cut
Admiral Woofington
Member
that can't possibly be it. Are they so inside their own fan fiction head canon they seriously thought that could happen?
Pfff. This is child's play compared to the Naruto meltdowns we even lost a fine thread here.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
"There's no need to be upset."
PixelatedBookake
Junior Member
Nah tbh it prolly JackXScotsman shippers who forgot he was married
Admiral Woofington
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oh shit
i know what they meant by homophobia
MY SHIP
i know what they meant by homophobia
MY SHIP
OricWindstar
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I was fine with it, but man was I excited to jump online and see how not-fine with it everyone else was.
Jack basically has been on the same mental plane since losing his sword and being in loop of cynicism and rage. And, as far as we know, he's never even been with anyone before this. It feels totally natural that this would happen, especially with someone who essentially grew up under the same, though much darker, circumstances that he did.
Jack basically has been on the same mental plane since losing his sword and being in loop of cynicism and rage. And, as far as we know, he's never even been with anyone before this. It feels totally natural that this would happen, especially with someone who essentially grew up under the same, though much darker, circumstances that he did.
4 is a cutie
Banned
If you see that other websites are mad
She's basically the closest thing to an equal he's ever going to find. I honestly wasn't sure if I wanted this or not, I probably didn't, but after the episode I'm OK with it. Everybody needs somebody.
OricWindstar
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Agreed, I was actually leaning towards not wanting it. But it works.
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