#tbh we still don't know ANYTHING about his backstory besides that one flashback

[vtori73]

So JJK has ended, I did like the ending but I do feel like Gege wanted to ended a bit sooner than later. Maybe for health or for personal creative reasons (since JJK wasn't exactly the story he wanted to tell originally when he pitched it) but regardless I did still enjoy the overall story. I do think it could have done with a few extra chapters but even when I say that I don't really know what I would do differently, tbh. Besides having some interaction with all the students near the end (outside of lecturing Yuta), some fight scenes between Hakari & Uraume (I also can't decide if this was a personal choice of his or was something editors felt wasn't needed or something idk, probably the former since I could see Gege seeing it as useless to depict since the fight doesn't go anywhere, they are stalling each other basically so the main characters can fight so it makes sense but still would have been nice to see a glimpse of).

I like the overall theme and to me especially the ending kind of reinforces the tragedy element it had despite it being all happy and positive it was due to a lot bloodshed, pain, death and sacrifice specifically from the older generation who actually were looking out for the younger generation, who were so negatively impacted by it and their classmates/colleagues themselves, basically cursed to their faith wanting to break the cycle so kids like them can actually be happy. None of their deaths ultimately were in vain because things have changed and are better (besides maybe Yuki who wanted to make even bigger changes, she is also someone who I think needed some more screentime and a better reason for dying, I don't mind her dying but her reason/writing of it wasn't great).

Hakari and Kiara I would have liked to have seen a tad bit more as well, maybe some backstory or some extra info, they are interesting characters who deserved a tad bit more spotlight, just a tad bit more but I do get that it would be hard to do going by how Gege wanted to tell things. In my opinion an easy way to add a chapter would be to have a brief look at Hakari and Uraume fighting then go to Kiara maybe voicing worry or something in her head about him and then go into a flashback about them.

Other than that, I don't think I have much else to say. Again it would be cool if the JJK universe continued because I do believe it still has a lot more to offer story wise BUT that's up to Gege and I respect whatever decision he decides make on what he wants to do next. Whatever it is I will give it a shot, not saying I'll unconditionally like it but I will be open to whatever it might be (I'm really hoping for something more horror focused though if it isn't JJK related).

I'm looking forward to the day the anime gets to the end, I very much want to see how it is handled and if they expand upon anything because they have shown to do that a tad and Gege seems to have some say/influence so I can't wait.

Anyway, thank you Gege for the years of entertainment, JJK became a big part of my life, I loved the story and anime and so many of the characters who despite being fictional will live on through the pages of manga and memories of us fans. This really was a special story for me and it is always sad when things come to an end but that's life for you, everything must come to an end one day we just have to move on, it's bittersweet but sweet still nonetheless.

[maldonadonco]

Canon: gives no information on a character except for a name and sparse backstory

Me: mine now

[landonkirbyappreciation]

Hi so I'm back with more thoughts/theories about Landon Kirby.

So this kinda bugged me a little bit idk if it bugged anyone else or not. But you know how we got a tiny bit of a backstory for Finch and a whole backstory for Cleo. Yet we still don't know anything about any other character in show(excluding Hope and the twins). We don't know how Jeb actived his wolf side. We don't know how Kaleb and MG became vampires. I mean they teased us about finding out how Kaleb became a vampire. But what bugged me a bit is the fact that we know more about Cleos past(a character who just showed up) than we do about Landons past(a main character who's been there since s1). The only things we know about his past is that he was in terrible foster homes and we only know two things that happened to him, that he was locked in a closet, probably more than once. And that he was burned with cigarettes. And that he was bullied. Other than that we know nothing about his past. We don't know where he was born, hell we don't even know when his birthday is. We don't know how he got his last name. Was it the last name of whoever found him? Was it just a random last name the government pick for him? We don't know how he got into music and sy/fy etc. I mean we're almost on s4 and still don't know anything about Landons past. And I think now would be the perfect time to give us more info on his past.

Which lead me to this theory/wish they'll do something like this. So you know how in s4 of TO when Hayley went into Elijahs mind. I'm think(and wish) they'll do something like that with Hope and Landon. Like Hope does a head dive into Landons mind to make sure he's still in there or maybe to see if he's in pain or something like that. Anyways she goes into his mind and she ends up in hallway filled with doors. Each door leads to a different memory. And that's how we'll learn more about his past and we can also see what Landon went through in s3.

But I also thought it would be fun if they did a twist on that. Like when Hope dives into Landons mind, she also ends up in malivores as well. Like one side of the hallway is Landons memories and the other side is malivores memories. So not only will we be learning more about Landon, we can also learn a little bit more about malivore as well.

Any thoughts???

Hi! Yeah, that bugs me as well. Like it’s great that we got to learn about Finch’s and Cleo’s backstories and see flashbacks of them, but why on earth have they not done anything for the rest of the characters??

Exactly, Finch and Cleo just got here and yet we know more about their pasts than we do about the main male characters after 3 seasons! They’ve had that long to show their backstories, so many opportunities, and they’ve done nothing. To the point that if they get into it now, at least with MG and Kaleb and Jed, it’s gonna be awkward because why did it take so long to find out? Although yeah, they did tease about it this last season, but still didn’t do anything. They literally had perfect opportunities too. Ethan and MG were talking about vampire stuff, and I seriously thought we were about to finally have MG explain how he became a vampire, and then they cut off the scene. It’s like a joke at this point. Same with Kaleb saying whatever vague thing he said (can’t exactly remember) about whoever turned him. Again, perfect opportunity to explain that, but no. And Jed is just there, with even less of a storyline than MG and Kaleb, despite also being a main, and of course we still know nothing about his past either or who he killed and how he triggered his werewolf curse. And so true, we still barely know anything about Landon’s past, just the basics, as well as Raf (I know he’s not on the show anymore, but still). All they’ve done for them is mention some stuff, just general ideas about how they were treated and abused. We got like a 5 second flashback of Landon in a closet, and we briefly saw Raf having that dream about his abusive foster parent. That’s it. And yet we didn’t have to wait long at all for an episode focusing on Finch’s backstory and another episode focusing on Cleo’s backstory, flashbacks included. I just... why?? I really don’t understand. I feel like season 1 should’ve been more about exploring and developing the characters and their backstories when they were first being introduced. But they got into all the monsters and the Malivore plotline so quickly and that became the priority, and it still is after all this time. They’ll put more effort into a monster that’ll be dead by the end of an episode than they have with characters that have been here for years. And that’s one of the reasons why the writing feels so weak at times imo.

And sorry to go off about that, but anyways, yes, there’s seriously so much about Landon we still don’t know! I wanna know the details of what his life was like growing up, and the extent of the abuse he went through because they’ve never gone into that much, like you said, besides him being locked in closets and burned with cigarettes. But ugh, yeah they can’t even tell us his birthday or where he was born. That was one of the questions Hope asked him in 1x05 and we still never found out, not even in the episode with Seylah. And I’ve wondered about his last name as well, though I’m guessing it was just random, but I still wanna know. And yes! I’ve thought about those things too! How did Landon get into all the movies and things that he loves while in foster care? How did he learn to play the guitar? And ikr! Like he’s the male lead! And we still know hardly anything about his past.

And I completely agree about now being the best time to show more about Landon’s past. They now have the perfect reason to go into his mind and show his memories. Oh yes, that same hallway of doors idea was talked about in a Handon Weekly episode too, and it’s crossed my mind as well, I’d love to see that. I’ve always thought that was such a cool way to show someone’s mind and all the different memories, so if they did that with Landon it would be so good! Though I do wonder if that was more specific to Elijah’s mind. And if Esther creating the red door maybe led to other doors within his mind being created to hold other memories? Idk, but either way, I’d absolutely love something like that with Landon. And for Hope to be going through his different memories, from his childhood, and also seeing what happened to him in the prison world, how he got possessed, what all has been happening since he got possessed, etc. But ooh that’s a cool idea about Hope being able to reach part of Malivore’s mind as well, it would make sense if she could. And yes, it would be a great way to learn more about Malivore, so that would be really interesting. Hopefully they do something like this, because Hope going into Landon’s mind to make sure he’s still there and to see what state he’s in and try to help him would be the obvious next step that she would take. And it would be such a natural way for them to show Landon’s memories, it would all make so much sense for the story at this point. But I can just see them wasting this opportunity tbh. It’s one of the things I’m most worried about in the coming episodes. And what also sucks is that it’s already been done, and we’ve still gotta wait like 2 more months to find out.

[azirafels]

same about silver tbh. max, anne, flint, jack, madi and even eleanor to an extent have all been fantastic this season, i honestly don't get wtf they're doing with silver? i legit don't understand if they want to make us dislike him or what

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basically yeah i dont know that the hell they’re trying to do besides mislead us, delibrately making us dislike him so that we are proved wrong during the 409 reveal. like we as an audience are feeling more sympathetic to flint than silver at the moment and silver is the one that lost someone close to him not flint. even though silver is the one crying in like every episode idk about you but i just feel emotionally detached. and if that wasnt bad enough they’re now making silver the villain all of a sudden. i just dont buy it. i mean he has literally lost all sense like even madi’s mother is agreeing with flint and still silver just decides to have a go at him because billy put that idea in his head that he is gonna be what kills madi

idk its just so annoying hes literally lost all rational thought at this point. and im just confused as to /why/ they’re doing that unless to misguide us because its certainly not making the audience sympathetic towards him. like it worked with flint not just because toby’s acting is off the chart but because we KNEW his backstory and we saw who thomas was to him whereas we haven’t had that with silver and madi. so i just dont… feel anything for him. when hes talking about her in 407 im just.. as much as i would like to sympathise with you in this moment i just /cant/ because i didn’t get the relationship development that gives the pairing emotional depth.

and at this point there isnt enough time for silver/madi flashbacks so yeah i don’t think we’ll get anything that will help on that part. what we are promised though is the backstory. which we know has nothing to do with her. also luke saying that this his favourite written episode has got me so [eye emoji] since him and madi arent together in that ep at all. so yeah best guess is that this will just be about flint and silver. everything /should/ be made clear. they did say it would explain who flint was to silver and that it wont be what we expect. so yeah this is why i dont buy any of the shit thats going on at the moment because we’re all gonna get this big reveal that will change it all

but in the meantime idk im just gonna wrap myself in a blanket and be salty about him until im proved wrong lmao