#on one hand maybe i Should rewatch g-rev but also.. no i'm not doing that. but anyway this post isn't about my terrible memory

[meowstix]

today on "rat will not shut the fuck up about the bega arc"! i need to hit volkov with a steel chair

ok so i've been thinking about this scene for a while. because well look at it like oh my GODDD this guy. bro dropped an entire monologue about how sorry he is (which as we find out is bullshit) on this kid.. i hate this guy so much this scene is great.

and like. the other day. i had a realization. because like, when yuriy shows up, volkov is a LOT more outwardly antagonistic towards him. while obviously from an out of universe perspective this is the point where it's made clear that he still sucks ass, i think there's a couple ways you can view it (though i mean, it's probably a mix of the two), both of which i think are really interesting.

the first is the fact that if there's anyone who could see through volkov's bullshit, it's yuriy. there's no need to bother with the facade here. the second is the fact that like.. yuriy, bryan, and sergey tried to take on bega by themselves and well, look at how that turned out. the world champion is one thing, but yuriy can't do shit. he's nowhere near the level of the justice 5, and he doesn't really have the presence needed to damage bega's reputation.

i've talked about the theme of public perception and how it can be manipulated in g-rev, and that's what makes volkov such a great villain here. bsb's villains as a whole very much Not bladers but with g-rev volkov i feel like it's a step beyond that. it's about social power, it's about influence, it's about turning the world to his side.

then they totally ditched that angle but shhhhh i'm pretending i don't see that rn