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Ironwood's Mettle Semblance should have worked like D&D's Mind Blank. It makes his mind immune to any tampering. The Apathy can't affect him, Emerald can't use her Illusions on him, etc.
That would be an actually useful power for a general to have, and it would be fucking ableist.
*wouldn't
I need to proof-read my posts more thoroughly.
Ironwood's Mettle Semblance should have worked like D&D's Mind Blank. It makes his mind immune to any tampering. The Apathy can't affect him, Emerald can't use her Illusions on him, etc.
That would be an actually useful power for a general to have, and it wouldn't be fucking ableist.
Why can some Grimm grow giant while others can't? We see giant and small versions of Grimm like Nevermores and Griffons:
But other Grimm like Beowolves don't get nearly as big.
And it's just.... why? Why don't Beowolves also reach kaiju size?
rwde gripe of the day: do u know how pissed i was when volume 6 premiered with the information of a "sphinx" grimm being included and because i had hope back then i was sooo pumped about the idea of a sphinx grimm - because sphinxes in mythology were, while still hazardous to human health, of human intelligence, and in rwby where it's stated in canon the longer a grimm lives the more intelligent it becomes - of the possibility of having a sapient grimm, even if she was still some kind of dangerous entity! only for it to a be a one-note grimm species like all the others
To make it even more frustrating, they even put the Sphinx on the Volume's post.
Like, why?! It was such a complete non-entity in the show proper. Why would you put a random Grimm that only shows up for one episode on the poster? If you're gonna put it there, actually DO SOMETHING WITH IT!
How is Jaune being Miles' self insert such a point of contention when he deadass says that Jaune is the heightened version of his middle school self?
There is always a damning interview somewhere for every bad writing decision in this show.
The Man With Two Souls is so incredibly frustrating to me. At first, it seems like a cool bit of worldbuilding, here's a fictional book that exists on Remnants. And after learning about Ozpin's reincarnation, it becomes even more fascinating, the book is based off of him, perhaps an actual account of one of his incarnations, or maybe just a story based off the legend of people waking up with two souls (one of them being Ozpin's).
Except, we actually see a page of the book. And it's just Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
And this pisses me off for two reasons. Firstly, it shows that the writers never read the original novella, because it's not about two souls fighting for control of a body. And secondly, because Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is in no way applicable to Ozpin's situation. It wouldn't even make sense for it to be loosely based on legends about Ozpin's reincarnation.
I love some gotchas the fans put out when defending the show that makes it even worse lmao...
"No, no, you see the people are wrong, saying the last shot of RWBY is this pointless JL crossover nobody asked for! It's actually...this still from a low-quality animatic they threw out after getting bankrupt that shows two lead characters sipping tea as all their issues and friction and story potential between them will now be ignored as if the fall of Beacon never happened, and most of the interesting stuff happened off-screen, and V9 is treated as this grand fix to all the trauma. Scene reminiscent of the season in Atlas where half the screen time was wasted on them sipping tea."
Yes, guys, that totally makes it better. Totally.
Also, they're sipping tea right after Ruby tried to commit suicide... by drinking was what essentially poisoned tea.
From Roman Holiday
This is giving me 4kids anime dub vibes. In fact, it's literally a scene from an old Dragon Ball Z dub.
The writer does know that they can let evil characters kill people, right?
The Red Prince's boardgame should have been a Yu-Gi-Oh! esque game with wacky rules and cards. It was so dreadfully boring in the show proper.
The scene were Ruby laughs at Jaune for wearing a Pumpkin Pete hoodie gets mocked for the atrocious animation (trying to do a 2d anime visual gag effect with 3d animation BADLY) so most people overlook just how weird it is for Ruby to be laughing at her friend for having a cute little cereal mascot bunny sweater. This is a girl who has little wolf pajamas and a pet corgi she dotes on and dresses in EGL every day but apparently Jaune wearing a shirt with a bunny on it is ridiculous?
Also it's kind of mean-spirited too because it's during a scene where Jaune is taking off his armor to have it reshaped with Pyrrha's armor melded into it (ignore for a second the issues I have with that but w/e, trying to honor his dead friend), and notably Pyrrha appeared on the Pumpkin Pete's cereal box due to being an accomplished child athlete. So to interrupt what was meant to be this really somber moment with "Haha look at your stupid little bunny sweater it's so cringe!" made it extra weird.
This scene raises so many questions
How exactly does Pietro directly control Penny?
Can Pietro do this because they share a lifeforce? Or is this a purely mechanical thing?
Does Penny have to consent to it? Could Pietro take control of her without her permission?
Does Ironwood know that Pietro can control Penny remotely?
If Ironwood does, why didn't he try to use this to get control of Penny?
If he doesn't, why doesn't he? Was this a secret backdoor or something?
If Watts was aware of this, could he potentially hack Penny and control her directly like this?
This single scene is a disaster of worldbuilding and storytelling, and it's clear that nobody thought through any of its implications.
The writers being too lazy to skim over previous seasons creates some truly awful moments. The first episode of Volume 6 has Qrow saying in response to Dee and Dudley, "Mistral is really scraping the bottom of the barrel," when he's the one who spent all of Volume 5 searching for Huntsmen and finding them all MIA
Like, bro, these two are some of the last Huntsmen left because they're so low-tier. That's not Mistral's fault and you know it
A moment like this that always stood out to me was how the Paladin was introduced in V2 with Ironwood stating that there would always need to be humans on the battlefield, so me made a giant-ass mech to protect soldiers.
And then in V3, we learn that the Paladins from V2 were prototypes and the finished products that appear are all AI-controlled. Which goes against the entire reason the Paladin was created.
Why is Vacuo so tiny?
Just look at it, it's teensy. I'm pretty sure you could fit the entire city inside the Academy grounds.
It's especially odd since the other cities in Remnant are quite large. Just look at Atlas!
Seriously, zoom in and you'll see that most of those buildings are skyscrapers.
And while there aren't a lot of good shots that show off Vale's size, we can still see that it easily eclipses Vacuo.
Look at the 2d shadow buildings that make up the skyline and you see how far the city extends.
Also, it had an entire goddamn freeway within the city walls.
Heck, I'm about 99% sure that even Argus, which isn't even its own kingdom, is bigger than Vacuo
It just makes Vacuo come across as kind of pathetic compared to the other kingdoms. It feels more like an overgrown village than a city.
And why would you pick this tiny place as the location for your last stand against Salem?!
The FNDM has tossed around a lot of ideas for how to take care of Salem despite her immortality. Some are theories for how she'll be stopped, and some are pointing out plot holes. Of the latter, the most common suggestion is "Why not just lock her in one of the vaults?"
Here's a potential patch that plot hole that the show should have taken the time to explain.
First, establish that the interior of a vault can only exist if a Relic is there to power the pocket dimension. This might already be the case in canon, since the Vault portal is just straight up gone when Cinder shows Neo the Vault in V6E7, but it's never actually elaborated on. But, if this were clearly established, that would mean that you'd have to lock Salem in there with a Relic.
Then, explain that Salem could use any of the Relics to escape from a Vault. She could ask Lamp how precisely Ozpin created and locked the Vaults and then use her magic to replicate the process and open the door. She could use Staff to open a portal out. The Sword could have the power to just straight up destroy the Vault door (maybe. We still don't know what the sword fucking does). And the Crown could... uh... Okay, the Crown is basically worthless as it currently is. That Relic sucks and should be changed completely.
But ultimately, it would not be too hard to come up with an explanation for why Ozpin didn't just lock her away in a Vault. The writers just didn't think of it.
The issue with the throw Salem into a vault made for her isn't making the vault or the rules around them. Its getting her into one. You have to remember the only person to ever beat her in a fight that didn't involve a weapon that have the equivalence of a nuclear bomb was Oz at his full strength with all his magic. And that was before she learned the ability to control and summon Grimm. Plus, up to volume 7 at the end, no one but her minions knew where she was.
Don't get me wrong. This is something that should be addressed in the show however its possible going to be the best chance you have of imprisoning her is only after you find her and have an army to deal with the Grimm and all four maidens, oz and an elite team to hold her and throw her into a vault made for her.
The main issue with the "It'd be very hard to stuff Salem in a Vault" explanation is that it would still be possible. And, since killing Salem is impossible, then stuffing her in a Vault would be the obvious goal the heroes would work towards, planning it out and trying to gather the allies and resources needed to do so.
If the show wants to have a storyline about how defeating Salem is seemingly impossible, and having characters driven to despair because of this, then the Vault options needs to be actually impossible, not just incredibly, unfeasibly difficult.
Yeah but you missed the point I was trying to make. Its FINDING Salem and bringing her to it to do that is why is was impossible. The Vaults are stationary and Salem was smart enough to not do everything herself up until it would hard in her favor to do it herself. As I pointed out Salem by herself with the grimm could take down two kingdoms but the other two would probably be enough to take out the grimm and do enough damage for her to retreat or find a way to capture her. and what do you know she crippled two kingdoms before starting attacking herself. Plus, up until volume 7 and 8 the plan was to make sure no one knew about Salem because if the world knows of someone that can control the grimm and make it so they want attack you why wouldn't you join her. You're literally safe from the biggest threat. Remember the great war ran for so long because they literally had to stop from time to time to kill the grimm.
Up until now it HAS been impossible and with the current state of Remnant it is since the staff which was used to make the vault is in Salem's hands.
So yeah, the vault option IS impossible now unless they are going explore this in volume 10 and forward since its really there only option.
The problem is that Ozpin should have thought of the idea at some point during his centuries long war against Salem and started working towards that goal, slowing preparing the world for this trap.
Or hell, the heroes could have thought of the idea and told it to Ironwood and they could have started working towards it in V7. Then, when Salem showed up on her whale, they could have tried to convince Ironwood to shove her in the vault instead of trying to fly away with Atlas. And even if Ironwood refused, they still could have tried to pull it off.
The FNDM has tossed around a lot of ideas for how to take care of Salem despite her immortality. Some are theories for how she'll be stopped, and some are pointing out plot holes. Of the latter, the most common suggestion is "Why not just lock her in one of the vaults?"
Here's a potential patch that plot hole that the show should have taken the time to explain.
First, establish that the interior of a vault can only exist if a Relic is there to power the pocket dimension. This might already be the case in canon, since the Vault portal is just straight up gone when Cinder shows Neo the Vault in V6E7, but it's never actually elaborated on. But, if this were clearly established, that would mean that you'd have to lock Salem in there with a Relic.
Then, explain that Salem could use any of the Relics to escape from a Vault. She could ask Lamp how precisely Ozpin created and locked the Vaults and then use her magic to replicate the process and open the door. She could use Staff to open a portal out. The Sword could have the power to just straight up destroy the Vault door (maybe. We still don't know what the sword fucking does). And the Crown could... uh... Okay, the Crown is basically worthless as it currently is. That Relic sucks and should be changed completely.
But ultimately, it would not be too hard to come up with an explanation for why Ozpin didn't just lock her away in a Vault. The writers just didn't think of it.
The issue with the throw Salem into a vault made for her isn't making the vault or the rules around them. Its getting her into one. You have to remember the only person to ever beat her in a fight that didn't involve a weapon that have the equivalence of a nuclear bomb was Oz at his full strength with all his magic. And that was before she learned the ability to control and summon Grimm. Plus, up to volume 7 at the end, no one but her minions knew where she was.
Don't get me wrong. This is something that should be addressed in the show however its possible going to be the best chance you have of imprisoning her is only after you find her and have an army to deal with the Grimm and all four maidens, oz and an elite team to hold her and throw her into a vault made for her.
The main issue with the "It'd be very hard to stuff Salem in a Vault" explanation is that it would still be possible. And, since killing Salem is impossible, then stuffing her in a Vault would be the obvious goal the heroes would work towards, planning it out and trying to gather the allies and resources needed to do so.
If the show wants to have a storyline about how defeating Salem is seemingly impossible, and having characters driven to despair because of this, then the Vault options needs to be actually impossible, not just incredibly, unfeasibly difficult.
The FNDM has tossed around a lot of ideas for how to take care of Salem despite her immortality. Some are theories for how she'll be stopped, and some are pointing out plot holes. Of the latter, the most common suggestion is "Why not just lock her in one of the vaults?"
Here's a potential patch that plot hole that the show should have taken the time to explain.
First, establish that the interior of a vault can only exist if a Relic is there to power the pocket dimension. This might already be the case in canon, since the Vault portal is just straight up gone when Cinder shows Neo the Vault in V6E7, but it's never actually elaborated on. But, if this were clearly established, that would mean that you'd have to lock Salem in there with a Relic.
Then, explain that Salem could use any of the Relics to escape from a Vault. She could ask Lamp how precisely Ozpin created and locked the Vaults and then use her magic to replicate the process and open the door. She could use Staff to open a portal out. The Sword could have the power to just straight up destroy the Vault door (maybe. We still don't know what the sword fucking does). And the Crown could... uh... Okay, the Crown is basically worthless as it currently is. That Relic sucks and should be changed completely.
But ultimately, it would not be too hard to come up with an explanation for why Ozpin didn't just lock her away in a Vault. The writers just didn't think of it.
It's amazing how RWBY made a character (Tock) who can become completely invulnerable for 60 seconds, and then completely waste this power.
She should run into melee while her lackies rain down hellfire with grenades and rockets. Or, she could just strap a big-ass bomb to herself.
Instead, all she does is fight like a normal huntress. It's actually staggering how much of the fight she spends not attacking Maria.
The real issue with this power is...that's what Aura already is, the general consensus is that you don't care about the fight toll one of both characters aura is down.
The difference with Tock's is a weapon bounces off but for all intensive purposes aura is literally described as a force field in canon, so the real issue is that Miles and Kerry could of given her any powers but are so uncreative her and Ozpin were given some of the worst super powers. Oz having...a shield over his shield (not even indestructible)
It's the equivalent of "everyone has a unique power, that person can summon, that person shoots lasers and you have nice, not perfect teeth."
They're painfully uncreative.
Yeah, Tock's powers are hilariously redundant given how RWBY's power system works. Personally though, I don't think it's as bad as giving Cinder a semblance that is just an inferior version of her Maiden powers (which she's had since Ep1).
But, there are potentially interesting ways to utilize Tock's powers, as I mentioned. If you have 60 seconds of invulnerability were you don't have to worry about your Aura breaking, you'd want to make the most of it. And Tock just... doesn't. At all.
