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Kyuubi10 wrote:

Is this an assumption (attempting to reason RT's perspective), or is there actual proof about this, outside Shane's letter? Because not even Monty had things done 100% his way, and if Monty was fine with that the so should Shane right?

Does it really count as an assumption when it is literally what and how Shane talks about in his letter, especially once he starts talking about Vol.3? Hell, read the letter again, especially the parts about Vol.3 and the changes to the plans, alongside his reaction to them.

Monty didn't have things go exactly like he had planned, some of his ideas were shot down for one or another reason, and he may have been fine with most of it. It was the whole point of discussing them with Miles and Kerry. After all, if one only listens to oneself's ideas, one won't be able to tell if it's really good or bad.

But Shane is different. He was annoyed and eventually irritated at how RT kept changing or ignoring Monty's ideas. He wanted them to stay true to the original plans. And even fought for it once or twice after Monty died (to no avail).

Monty may have been level-headed enough to discuss it with the writers and see if they thought it worked, didn't work, or not quite worked. He made the original plan, but was willing to change it. Shane however, was too much of a Monty fanboy, and if X wasn't exactly like Monty planned, it made him mad. So, no. Just because Monty was fine with it it doesn't mean Shane would be.

But the interesting thing is not that however. Shane's letter implied that at some point in Vol.3, RT was less checking Monty's plan to see if an idea would work, and more just plain ignoring it. As if instantly assuming they were all crazy and bad ideas. Which, combined with the lack of input from Sheena, meant that most of what they were doing was more and more different from what Monty had planned.

Assuming that last part was right, then it makes more sense for Shane to have been that mad. On the other hand, he's just an animator, and was hardly, if ever, present during the discussions between the writers, so maybe that's just what he thought.