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To explain:
In the Latin American fandom, Rio 2 was recently reviewed by a popular youtuber who talked about how great Rio one was, but pointed out how Rio 2 was a massive downgrade, and it all hinged on the fact that Jewel is merciless to Blu.

In the first movie, there is a massive theme of Blu not understanding anything about Bird Body language because he grew up with a human and only knows about talking and other human things. Jewel hates him initially because she literally can't understand him.

However, in the I wanna Party song number, Blu re the VERY brief time he spent in the wild as a fledgling. This causes him to start dancing to the music with moves he doesn't understand, but Jewel instantly widens her eyes and gets a massive smile on her face and starts dancing with him. Raphiel (the toucan) tells him that Jewel likes him, but Blu insists that she doesn't and says "haven't you been listening">and his not so subtle hints that he would replace Blu's wife if anything happened to her.

THIS is where things go south.

Blu has another fish out of water situation as he can't get along with the birds, he doesn't have enough instincts to mesh with the flock, and even when he works his butt off to try and prove to Jewel that he will her and the kids, but Jewel lacks any of her previous understanding and actually often berates him for not magically 'meshing" with the flock, as if she has forgotten that MOST of his life was spent with humans and he literally only started learning about bird stuff as an adult.

THAT is where all of this focus is. This is why Jewel is seen as a slut (she'll leave the kids with Blu and go off on adventures and stuff and not care about his feelings), and is why the Latin American fanbase is going "Screw it, new wife for Blu."

EDIT: Cleaned up the explanation and linked the actual scene detailing how Jewel went from hating Blu to understanding him along with details to keep an eye on.

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