Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25247233-20160513080632/@comment-27087508-20160521192341

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: I'm not gonna suggest that Monty was infallible, but when it comes down to it RWBY would not exist if it were not for him and he had spent more time working on the universe of RWBY than anyone else. His loss means some things he wanted were never going to happen simply because he was only one who knew about it or he simply hadn't conceived of it yet. That said, when I feel a creator's wishes for a work are not being honored it annoys me.

A number of people here talk about it from an impersonal business perspective, but to me it is fundamentally about the artistry of it all. Maybe the creator isn't going to make the best work, but sometimes a work will only be its best when the creator calls the shots. If that can't happen then you want the closest thing. Business seems to be taking priority over the art going off Shane's letter and that saddens me. At the end of the day, this IS a buisiness. Roosterteeth is a business. There is a full team working on this, this has a commercial backing, international expansion, everything. This is not a recreational hobby someone's doing for an art project. There are expectations. You cannot run business by playing to emotion when the emotion becomes illogical and detrimental to the work. (This is why I'm mad at Shane because he's refusing to see the forest for the trees, as the saying goes)

Yet it is also a work of art. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive. Some can be beautiful and meaningful and inspired and artistic and STILL be directed and guided in such a way that is practical and benefincial for its survival as a piece of media, and in situations like this where the creator has passed it is perfectly capable of surviving as its original art form by way of the decisions of others.

Monty's wishes ARE being honoured, the show is continuing and it is mostly following the plan he had. At this point in time, the closest thing to Monty calling the shots is Miles/Kerry/Gray calling the shots, as they have been the writers/producer from the beginning.