#Hororbi doesn't need to change an 'voluntarily' break free

[firebirdsdaughter]

Don't worry, I'm glad you answered me, although personally I don't think Jin and Horobi's relationship is a lie, if they did, it would be like spitting on viewers' faces, because I don't know if I'm wrong, but what increased Jin and Horobi's popularity was their relationship, maybe this will have some effect on Horobi in the future so that he can voluntarily free himself from Ark, maybe there is mind control or something like what Ark did to Horobi.

Oh, I’m hoping it’s not, exactly bc of that, but I’m also just in a very down mood right now bc of… A lot of things. And I really don’t trust the writers.

Also, even if they do try to act like their relationship is still the same… The events of this ep cast some very weird implications, namely that it very much still comes across as Jin throwing Horobi under the bus, and very nonchalantly, too. And I really don’t see how that could lead to Horobi breaking free of the Ark any easier. In fact, if anything, seems the Ark literally body jacking him would make that harder. Like, I refuse to consider Horobi responsible for the fact that he was hacked by a powerful, homicidal satellite made to control HumaGear and has no concept of free will. I don’t think we’ve seen a single HumaGear reach that kind of breakthrough on their own, even when they didn’t have all that working against him. He shouldn’t have to, nor is it reasonable to expect him to, do this on his own. Sorry, but saying ‘Horobi needs to break free on his own’ really upsets me. He is being kept in a place where he is incapable of doing that. He needs someone to reach out and help him and talk him through it. I was hoping that was part of Jin’s goal, but this implies that he’s not particularly bothered w/ that, and bc of how much I love Horobi and what he has come to mean to me, that really upsets me.

One of the less unpleasant ways I can see it going is that Jin is just… Very not good at subterfuge, and is trying to rise the Ark to destroy it and just, did not think his words through on all levels? Like, I’m cool w/ Horobi not being Jin’s ‘central’ singularity point, esp for Jin, singularity seems to be triggered by a bunch of things together, Horobi can still be important to him and still be a part of who he is w/out necessarily being the ‘central’ thing. I can see Jin trying to outwit the Ark by not telling the whole truth or something. But the choice to have him say Horobi, esp when he must know the Ark is already suspicious and testy w/ him… Is just… A terrible decision. I think I said it before, but it’s like painting a target on Horobi’s back for a homicidal satellite, and doesn’t feel like something Jin would do if he genuinely cared about Horobi. Like… It’s esp jarring after the way he rushed to get Horobi away when Aruto faltered in ep 35, and who had that fond smile when Horobi was working through his thoughts. I think I made a whole post about how I think they should have used another ‘trick’ if that were the case. Bc this either makes it look like Jin doesn’t much care about Horobi, or that he’s just really, really, really terrible at judging personalities and foreseeing consequences. Like… It just feels really ridiculous. There was many a way he could have answered that wouldn’t paint a target on Horobi’s back, to which the Ark could still have reacted this way, and it wouldn’t feel like Jin pointed her right at Horobi.

I’m honestly hoping that he gets a ‘what have I done?’ realisation in the next episode, and I really hope that having the Ark take possession of Horobi was not the intention (even though if it wasn’t, then someone needs to have a long talk w/ Jin about consequences and being a horrible judge of the dangers of homicidal satellites).

But one thing I have realised, after all that ranting, is that we would never have seen this had COVID not happened and they had to stop production and the slowly fill in. So it’s entirely possible that this was a poor call on the part of the writers throwing this ep together in a bit of a hurry. I mean, presumably they had planned for what happens next ep to happen anyway, even w/out this, and the game plan was merely ‘the Ark steals everyone else’s data and then possesses Horobi and Jin is upset’ (he’d better be upset); maybe that was going to be th intention of that still I posted before. Like, him plotting against the Ark is cool, even working w/ someone, and I can see the Ark going after Horobi to get at Jin even w/out that. So hopefully things and their relationship will steady out next ep (well… As in, Jin will actually be upset that the Ark has body jacked Horobi and will want to save him). Like… They write eps long in advance… Presumably 36 was written well before 35 aired. I don’t know the exact time table, but they have to write them long enough before for the actors to learn their lines and for them to film, and they’re usually filming about five or so eps ahead… So I’m wondering if some of the implications I’m looking at were ever meant to come up, and whether this really going to be a big ‘thing’ down the line… I dunno.

And I went off again. ^^; But basically, I hope they’re not doing that, bc it would be stomping on the fans, but I also really draw the line at implying Horobi needs to just ‘break free’ on his own. It’s not like he’ll just be able to think about it one day and be like ‘today I have decided to not be hacked anymore.’ There’s nothing ‘voluntary’ about anything in Horobi’s life except the one time he protected Jin completely on his own. He’s literally under mind control, and soon he’s going to be essentially possessed. That’s not something you can just ‘voluntarily break free of.’ We have not seen anyone break free of the Ark w/out help… Actually, we haven’t seen anyone break free of the ark w/out dying somehow. Naki was disconnected after being shutdown somehow during Daybreak, Horobi and Jin were both disconnected after dying once. Some would likely have gone for Raiden had he not be revived by the Ark herself. It’s just not that easy, and it’s not his fault that it’s not.