Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171208180706/@comment-92.112.3.98-20171211085815

RaijinRising wrote: I do have to admit, there will be spots of riot in the fanbase if less than half of the next episode is spent in Menagerie. They used the last two episodes to tease fights in Blake's home, and sure, there might be a conversation between Raven and Qrow, maybe some Ozcar. But if there is no catharsis for Menagerie, that's just negligence or apathy on the writing part.

I do want to add that these cliffhanger things wouldn't be so bad on the part of watching the volume as a whole, whether as a movie completely or in a few large chunks. If you're able to do that, you're not being constantly teased, and CRWBY was looking at the whole more than the parts. I'm not excusing that - I'm just giving things for what they're worth. Cliffhangers are fine for making the audience all hyped and interested. They've done well with 5x8 - but the last episode completely ruined it. Blake is my favourite character - and even I don't care about Blake vs Ilia anymore. I'm just irritated.

Well, if Merry realise that they have that kind of problem, they can at least push the idea of showing the whole volume in a one long episode. I could be fine with it, at least it's fair. But they will never do that - and you know, why? Because they get money for that "sponsorship" that gives sponsors the privilege to watch episodes earlier.

So as far as they are not going to change format, they would better do smth with pacing and general structure of the volume. For now it's horrible. They need a good editor and the person who will stop Merry everytime and just - "why do characters do what they do here  again ?" And, by the gods, stop telling. Sometimes it worked OK in 1st season - though delivering information through conversations happened only when it really needed to, and sometimes some 2D backgrounds worked well to illustrate the things characters were talking about. Like Yang, talking to Blake abut her mother and past, or Blake during her conversation with Sun. Even Qrow, in that humoristic speech about girls in skirts.

These two things could fix a lot of problems. But they don't look like theay are going to change smth. Was it Kerry who went with "don't-like-don't-watch" twit? It was so dumb, really. You are making a product, you earn money for that - why don't you bother getting better?