There is a line or 2 in the Tragedy and a couple when he is with the Mayor that prove to me that the Boba we are seeing now is the same skilled, ferocious Boba on Mando...atleast ideologically. The dreams/flashbacks have just been given to us to set us up for the spike and yes, Boba is getting his tail kicked around but notice he's fine afterwards like nothing happened. When i went back and watched the episodes with Boba, i just focused on the lines themselves, not the theatrics. The Vespas, ( i hate) but I'm not gonna allow that distraction to ruin the story of Boba...Tem also addressed the fan backlash over the Vespas already and what he said about that was pretty revealing to me as well. The Clint Eastwood movie Unforgiven has not left my mind from the start. In my opinion, Boba is going to confirm in everyones mind that yes...he is exactly who we thought he was all along...a tough guy....a really really tough guy with a supreme set of skills...just like Eastwoods character in Unforgiven...he's not Mando...just because Mando showed emotion for Grogu, doesn't mean they are turning Boba into a softy. I'm not saying another word about any reveal or whatever til episode 4 airs...i believe it will begin to be quite obvious. Thanks for staying optimistic yourself. This all hinges on will they stay true to the writing of The Tragedy...Both Favreau and Rodriguez paired for that episode and they are for this series so I've detected the consistency in Boba's lines...that's what has me pumped. If he's bluffing, we'll be bummed but if not...we are in for a wild finish and Boba's legend remaining intact as ever it could be.