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Jung talks about this thing called “Enantiodromia” - idea being that “over time, any extreme psychological stance will inevitably turn into its diametrical opposite.” I think in many ways Blaber’s debut was the violent breakthrough of C9’s repressed shadow. The psychic void left behind by Hai, the voice of the organic and democratic hivemind of early C9, bared its starved selfless jaws and gaped out for an individual with an ego that could satiate its pendulums swing. Blaber became that cosmic correction. Where the old guard sacrificed individual glory for the collective machine, Blaber demanded that the machine bend to his volatile, instinctual tempo. He didn’t wait for a system; his raw, unbridled aggression was the system, dragging a historically disciplined franchise into the lawless terrain of the unconscious Jungle. But in filling that vacuum with pure impulse, Cloud9 fell into the ultimate psychological trap: the solution became the new pathology. By over-correcting into this hyper-individualistic, high-variance brilliance, C9 simply traded one form of jungle-centrism for another. The franchise grew fundamentally addicted to the narcotic of Blaber’s early-game miracles. Soaz to say, don’t get high on your own Supp + Vi. And now comes the difficult part. Jack is what Jung calls “The All Devouring Father” By building an institutional ecosystem entirely designed to buffer Blaber's flaws. By surrounding him with specific lane pieces and endless organizational loyalty, Jack protects his "Golden Child" from the harsh, cold earth of structural discipline. But in protecting him, Jack devours him. He denies Blaber the painful, necessary trauma of adaptation, keeping him forever trapped in the cycle of the Puer Aeternus. The same spirit that won them championships, is now creating a psychic blockage. Jack Etienne faces a terrifying Jungian truth: he knows he must be Saturn and devour his Son for real this time. To break the curse and achieve structural rebirth, the Old King cannot simply be coached out of his habits; he must be sacrificially dethroned, and it is father who must swing the sword. Even despite knowing the psychic void it may leave, and the risk of the cycle repeating