Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.235.191.26-20140721085214/@comment-28792888-20140721205629

189.197.72.80 wrote: I didn't want to sound rude, I apologize for that. But my point is, RWBY merchandising has been very misleading, and I particularly dislike creators giving false information to create hype, and Monty has done this many times, If he does not want to give information to give a surprise, he should not give information at all regarding those topics, taking the sisters topic as an example again, he said they were not related at all, then he confirmed that they are blod related and are indeed sisters(probably half sisters), but by this point in the series the topic should have been at least addressed once, because it makes no sense it has not. One single line like: "why do you have diffferent last names and are sister?" with a simple answer. It is not complicated, and would build up the characters, no need to build all the details, just give a simple fact to build interest in it. As I said before, at least one of the characters would ask that, Jaune with his awkwardness, or Nora since she is all outgoing. Yet looks like no one else cares, like no one else is interested in knowing other characters background stories, and they are suposed to be friends? are friends supposed to care for their friends backgrounds? Therefore it makes sense... Bad writing there if you ask me. There is a huge difference between saving some plot points for later on and create intrigue, and not building characters background to create hype out of simple doubts, they are only using it as a cheap trick to keep people interested in the series, and that is fine, but I don't like it, because it makes RWBY a mediocre series, when it could be far more than that with the potential it has. Still on the topic of Ruby's and Yang's last names, I don't really think it's a big deal. I mean, I have a friend who doesn't share a last name with her parents, and I don't ask for two reasons: 1. It's really not too important, and 2. It just doesn't come up in conversation. Think of it this way: when introducing themselves, none of the characters really say their last names because there's no point. Jaune first introduced himself as Jaune, as did Ruby; the only reason he said "Jaune Arc" to Weiss was because it's "short, sweet, rolls of the tongue: ladies love it." Blake called Weiss "Weiss Schnee" because her last name is a big part of her identity as an heiress. I don't even think the other characters knew each others' last names until the initiation ceremony, and, at that point, they would have more important things to focus on rather than "Hey, those sisters have different last names.  How intriguing; I should ask them about it."

About the Monty thing: I seriously, seriously doubt that it was intentional. If Monty had meant for them to be related, he would have said so from the beginning. As it is, it's likely they weren't meant to be sisters at that point--keep in mind that, as far as I'm aware, this was before any episodes, or at least many episodes, were released. This could be called sloppy writing, but it isn't really. All writers change things as they go along, especially when they realize that something-or-other could make this-or-that become a plot hole.