Okay, inspired by that last ask, I'm going to ramble about Carlos.
I love this guy. Easily one of my favorite characters in both the anime and manga. I love the growth we see in him and how he is one of the stronger beybladers without a bitbeast. Dude can hold his own. And honestly, as much as I love Kai, it was kind of cool to watch someone NOT love him. Sure, he admired him and looked to him as a leader in the beginning, but one the old Kai showed that he really didn't give a shit about any of them, he was kind of heartbroken and just became bitter towards Kai. Honestly, considering how much the fandom loves Kai, I like it when the actual characters don't.
Also Carlos should have been in V-Force. Like, seriously. The entire season takes place in Tyson’s home town. I would have loved to see him at school, interacting with Tyson and Kenny on a casual level. And you know he and Hilary would bicker like crazy. It would also have been interesting to have him and Kai dealing with their issues now that they’re both very different people. Also just…having a blader around who DOESN’T have a bitbeast. Especially with all the artificial beasts in this season, it would have been cool to see him take one of those bladers down with pure skill, enhancing the idea that it’s not just having a bitbeast that makes you a good blader.
And then come G-Revolution, he could become a backup player similar to Kenny. We've already seen that he's quite intelligent when it comes to Beyblade mechanics from the way he customizes his own beyblade, so he could have been helping out behind the scenes. And maybe we could have had some context to his fight with Rick in the special ending of G-Revolution. Is Carlos in America? Is Rick in Japan? What is the context here? The only thing that we know they remotely have in common is their back-alley blading, but that’s it. I want to know more!
(I may also ship it because of this single screen, don’t judge me)
More probably coming at some point, but that's all there is for now!
