>>The fact that Jack wavered ONCE is a big deal, given how unflinching he was in the first four seasons [...] Do you not understand how big a change in his character that is?
It isn't. Know why? Because he got up and did what he had to, as usual.
Navel gazing and second-guessing mean jack shit if, in the end, you get up and get to work.
It's straw-clutching to say he's a changed man because he hesitated, especially when his goodness quickly won out. More on that in a second.
>the entire point of him driving away from the burning village has shown that he's changed and no longer the hero. How can you not comprehend this?
Because it's bunk. His actions throughout the show have been unambigously noble.
>saves those ugly dog girls like clockwork
>spurred by his conscience (because that's really what his hallucinations are. his guilt-warped, overdeveloped sense of honor) into Scaramouch's obvious trap.
>spares the life of a woman who tried to kill him, and keeps her safe even as she continues. And Jack sure as shit wasn't in love with Ashi when they first met.
And you say he's NOT the hero he once was? It doesn't wash, user.
>>This wasn't about telling a rookie to not get herself killed. Jack literally said "there is no way to defeat him. There is no hope. There is no way out." Like, holy shit. How can you miss that Ashi's purpose in the narrative was undeniably restoring Jack's hope when he was literally saying there is none?
Fair enough, he did say that exactly. Well, his actions and words failed to align because he was still going around thwarting that black and green fruitcake's machinations like he never skipped a beat.
And that leads me to the Genndy issue. Show, don't tell. Whatever his intentions were in interviews, he has shown Jack as a good man driven to his breaking point. To say otherwise is splitting hairs.