Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25100062-20140701222923/@comment-24938412-20140705072328

I would love to see Orochimaru pull a final act. He was so big and intimidating in the beginning of Part I and now he's a play toy. He's intelligent and sneaky nonetheless and can probably carry out some nefarious plan. I'd do anything to see that well-developed creepy villain complex raise another challenge. And that organ theme in the anime, oh man was that chilling. (Pain was the only comparable villain in terms of development and presentation imo, and maybe sage Kabuto)

Buuuut it probably won't happen. What I fear is that Kishi will give him some catharsis and he becomes good. I feel like this was foreshadowed when Sasuke questioned him recently on his motive to attack Konoha, and Oro was just silent and reflective as if he wasn't sure what his place was in the world. To add to this possibility, I'll speculate on the IT. Now that Oro is trapped in the genjutsu, he is now experiencing his happiest possible life. (and no, he's not dissecting little kids for fun, he's not that one-dimensional and evil). Either, 1) he has attained his dream of being truly immortal and knowing all jutsu, but when he gets pulled back into reality, he'll realize just how pointless it all was, or 2) his true dream is being accepted by the village he felt alienated by, his parents are alive, and his peers enjoy him just the way he is, a cathartic experience for obvious reasons. So yeah, just an idea.