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Let me tell you my problem with the Samadhi Fire.
So we're given a toddler who understandably throws tantrums and is emotional a lot.
Much like any other toddler.
But this really fucking strong fire is thrown into the mix.
Instead of trying to find ways to teach him how to be calm and control his fire better, they try to control him(as said by PIF, even their combined might could not control him) eventually they decide that they should take it away from him
Now remember what Red Son told Mei in the final battle? That she doesn't wield the fire, she IS the fire
Probably talking from experience.
So basically, they locked parts of this kid into rings.
Also the amazing parenting of DBK makes an appearance: he kept one of the rings.
Since he got a mountain on top of him he wasn't around that much, but he didn't know that would happen, so he fully intended to keep a part of his son on his person at all times, as a constant reminder to the kid that yeah that was ripped from him.
And he didn't even get it back???
I love Mei and i fully support her girbossing around, but it would have been such an amazing move towards Red Son's inevitable redemption arc if he was the one to use the Samadhi Fire in the final battle.
(His whole significance in JTTW was because of the Samadhi Fire, so it feels to me like this way of dealing with it was just an excuse to hint toward dragonfruit(which i feel is forced, but i explained that a bit more in another post))
(For some reason, I feel strongly for characters who got things taken from them, or got replaced, or any combination of the two)
(Dunno why)