User blog comment:CROAgent/Out of proportion/@comment-71.204.95.178-20140715040147

I get the feeling people truly don't understand why the Fang is an issue. True they are populated primarily by people with limited training, the top dogs are good, don't get me wrong, but the grunts kinda suck, they have to keep on the run, there are more better trained people on the other side and all that crap. But the Fang is a guriella fighting force and that gives them a few inherent advantages. Firstly, those undertrained grunts are all likely firm believers in the cause of the Fang, which is hard to argue against no matter what you think of the methods; they want equality, kinda like the African-Americans only a few generations back (a generation is about 20 years to me), but where Martin Luther King Jr. was following Gandhi's example, the Fang is following Malcom X's; equality at any cost (or superiority, depending how you look at it). The Fang also is fairly good at keeping to the shadows and keeping their bases and storage facilities hidden and they strick at anything they rate as a target, and they think about psychological impact as well as tactical advantage (translation: they think about what is most likely to get their point across instead of what would be a "military target"). Furthermore, they got a home field advantage. Admittedly so do the police and huntmen/huntresses but i'm willing to bet the average Fang grunt has spent more time on the streets and in the back alleys than an equivalent office or huntsmen. To add to this they got pretty powerful allies. Now i'm not going to debate Cinder vs. Glynda but i will say at the very least, Cinder gave Glynda pause, an achievement in itself if Glynda is as good as we think. And finally their enemies (huntsmen, huntresses, police, Schnee Corp.) have been living in a "unprecidented era of peace" (V1, C1, Glynda) and peace does funny things to people: the swords rust, the warriors grow old and weak, the people grow complacent. Evidence of this is shown in the fact Mr. White (personally think he's Mr. Schnee but i digress) and Professor Ozpin disagree on methods, Ozpin because he wants to keep his students safe (power to him) and Mr. White because he wants to crack down fast and reassure people. White's idea is exactly how you don't fight a guriella force (see Vietnam war) because a overwhelming force aimed at a guriella army with a cause is about as effective as trying to destroy an ant colony with a hammer; looks good, and you're definantly getting some, maybe even get the colony, but ultimately, the ants mostly get away, set up again, and come back in greater numbers. Furthermore, a people at peace for too long often are unwilling to resort to the methods necessary to crush such a force, methods that i support from a military view, but condemn from an ethical and moral stance. In short, sure the people of Vale (and Remnant) got serious advantages, but the Fang has a cause they believe in, and people willing to die for it. And they probably got power mad leaders with power mad allies (who are poweful) who use the cause to get em whipped up but i digress.

That and this is a bleeding Anime/ web series; if there isn't a real sense of suspense and danger wheres the fun in that? The heroes need a powerful enemy to fight and the Fang, with their shadowy backers, fit well enough to make for a good show.

On another note to end my seriousness, COME JULY 25TH, I MUST SEE VOLUME 2 :)