The Ending of Jibaro Explained | Love, Death & Robots Volume 3 Explained

I dunno if I would say the siren pursued romantically because she couldn’t get him. I believe she pursued him because he wasn’t affected by her scream. She didn’t know he was deaf. So she misinterpreted his unaffected state as being pure of heart

I was under the impression that all her gold and jewelry was her actual body! Because her very lips were sequins, she severely bled from when he ripped a gold scale off her, and then she was a horrific bloody corpse from him stripping off her jewelry. When she was revived, her skin was tattered like it had been picked to shreds. I highly doubt she gathered all that from the knights.

There is one more you missed , the pond is in the shape of a heart. The video is about listening to your heart will get you killed. The reason Jibaro didnt get killed initially was because he wasnt listening.

IMO the siren is a very primal character; she is acting innocently in a rather childlike way. But we know that innocence and cruelty can often be two sides of the same coin. Children can be little psychopaths precisely for the reason of them not knowing better and because they're not burdened by the social mores that they learn later.... and the siren acts on her whims much the same way.

I loved this episode, but I can’t help but notice a powerful imperialism concept in it; for example, the nights are dressed like Spanish conquistadors in the siren, showing a degree of innocence attributed to a native population before being stripped of their land and wealth. Even those of us who played civilization in the past know that the robe the so-called priest was wearing looked more like an inquisitor's uniform in the Spanish inquisition.

Jibaro taking the Golden Woman’s golf was a heart wrenching scene that evoked SA and rape. She took a moment to trust him and he violated her, violating her body and dumping her into the river. Yeah, she had the corpses of others in the lake, but that doesn’t make the scene any less horrifying

I absolutely love the sound design of the episode. The siren's screams are very terrifying due to the high-end pitch and way it breaks off at the end scene because of her pain. Also, when the knight regains his hearing and listens to the birds and water, his confusion and fear is really realistic .

This episode left me staring at the screen not paying attention to the next episode, all in my head and wishing Jibaro was a whole movie...I think I'm going to rewatch just because of how beautiful and symbolic it was.

I spent the entire short wondering if this truly was animated. it is incredible just how far we have come with computer generated movies. after it was over I just sat awestruck at how incredible the experience was. bravo L D & R

In the end, all my sympathy was with the Golden Woman as she expressed the pain of her violation. It was heartbreaking and sorrowful to watch. I wanted her revenge for her and was happy when she got it. Pretty amazing acting for some animation.

The siren represented GREED and the fact that the qr code leads you to the NFT of the siren is probably well thought out 😂😂😂

I find it interesting that the tiny female carries all the gold and jewels, dancing and floating on the water but when the soldier pulls it all off her, he has trouble carrying it all in his cape...

My interpretation is that this was heavily inspired by the Spanish conquistadors in Central/South America and their obsessive search for the city of gold and El Dorado - this was a legendary native king who was plated in gold. There are a bunch of parallels between this animation and the history of the conquistadors, including the location, and the costumes worn by the soldiers and the gold plating on the woman. Also the fact that the jungle was deadly to many conquistadors, but ultimately the Spanish did way more damage destroying and pillaging the environment and the native people because they were obsessed with the gold and other resources they found - terribly bloody and tragic story. For anyone interested: There's a fascinating history about conquistadors basically going gold crazy and disappearing on mad quests in the jungles in search of fabulous treasure. Francisco Orellana led a huge army on a fool's journey through the jungle to track new sources of wealth. They were wearing armor (very similar to the animation) and ridiculously overdressed and underprepared, and most of them got lost and died except for a few who completed a heroic trek of hundreds of miles to the coast.

Jibaro is easily one of my favorite episodes of this volume. I still can't believe this is all CGI. I'm living for that bow tie right now, by the way.

“The term Jibaro comes from two root words JIBA and RO in the Taino language. It has the meaning or thought of Men of the Forest. 1. Jiba = Monte or Forest 2. Iro = Hombre or man or men In Boriken (Puerto Rico) the term Jibaro also is directly relates to the Taino mestizo Indian of the hill country better known as El Campesino or the humble country folk.”

Jíbaro is a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people who farm the land in a traditional way. The jíbaro is a self-subsistence farmer, and an iconic reflection of the Puerto Rican people. Looks like this people taking the gold were Spaniards that invaded and killed our Tainos, she could be like a siren Taina or some sort As ANIMATIONworld explains, “Jibaro” tells the story of a knight who awakens a gilded and bejeweled siren as he and his fellow soldiers look for riches along a river in Puerto Rico. The siren lures the other soldiers to their deaths with her irresistible song, but because the knight is deaf, he survives

I just realized the river is the shape of a heart. Not a cartoonish heart but the shape of a realistic heart, one without a pointy end.

This was art. I loved every bit. It kind of reminded me of when the prince took Maleficent’s wings in her sleep, however this storyline was way darker. I love the effects. I love the creativity put into this.

I don't think the tattoo on his neck is an M-shape. It's a flower - more specifically - a narcissus. Very fitting.

At the end, I felt the siren was conflicted. She wanted revenge, but at the same time she didn’t want to hurt him because she cared for him, even her crying/dancing looked different.