In retrospect with this new context, it changes absolutely nothing with how crappy and absolute bums both Mao and Jack still are personality-wise lmao. I still enjoy being antagonistic against them whenever I get the chance.
Y'all really think that following the law and hyping a person up makes them a good person that a player would want to become friends and buddies with? Are we supposed to always be friends with them like?
Does Cultivator-Anon literally expect everyone to be just kumbaya and shaking hands with them all happy like?
Who said anything about Good? Most people are average selfish and look for their own first.
Also hyping it isn't just hyping Mao will save your *** too and has more belief in you than your allies on the ally path he will also teach you thunderfall and people who are mido, fire and storm combo will get the real potent version of it if mao was such a hater he wouldn't be giving that lol he will teach his technique to the mc who can use it better than jack can knowing mc can use it to beat his son.
Anon doesn't expect anything it's you who is thinking too much lol.
Mao's only real fault was sending jack instead of upper disciple to beat you up when jin and mc was around the gate that would be fair too
Jack was a bum indeed but idk about you but I like to see the whole context of things and also understand what the mc or his siblings are doing no warrior Cycles shards as all of them train to get their auras it created bitterness in all warriors there is a reason mao doesn't believe you are all that at the start too because of Shard cycling because anyone can do that it's after when mc shows he really is different mao accepts it just fine.
So yeah anon doesn't expect anything there is a reason you can go independent but don't expect it to give something while ally to thunderfall will get protection, advice and even future support from mao once he leaves to wild lands.
It's just mc having the choice you can keep being antagonist tho.
Like I said if jack almost didn't die then mao wouldnt care like he didn't for the first time when jack got beat up do people want everyone to be emotionless dolls? Mao losing his **** over his son almost dying is pretty good characterization.
I would ally with mao even if he hadn't saved our Village from getting enslaved lol since I am fine with being the bigger man and letting it go when Mao does the same thing himself.