Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161228230634/@comment-27082610-20170105235130

KNN005 wrote: I guess there's always gonna be a disconnect between my views of great characters, character development, and epic storytelling and the rest of the world's views of characters, character development, and epic storytelling. I get that the characters aren't me, but it frustrates me when they fail to grasp that doing nothing doesn't make you more safe. It's the same feeling I get from Raven. If Salem succeeds and everyone is wiped. What's next? Where's your safe life then? Not helping (Raven), not owning up to being a chosen one (Oscar), not becoming more analytical (Ruby), not continuing to repeat mistakes (like Blake running from her past and the WF and Adam)....NONE of that helps you live on. None of that saves the people you care about. The evil witch will still be out there stacking victories to the rooftops until she finally finds you (Raven, Oscar).

I just want males characters to be on par with the females. Ruby and Oscar need to take the initiative and become more tactical and adopt some level of savy (cunning, or maybe detective skills). And I want the someone (please be Oobleck) to solve the Grimm problem for good. Or at least discover a way to eventually solve the problem. Why, oh God why, are you so offended by realistic and human characters? Seriously, you seem to get annoyed any time characters behave as anything other than mindless automatons that function as little more than vehicles to the plot. Hell, Ruby seems like almost your ideal character considering how you seem to view characterization and reactions to trauma.

With Oscar, consider this: He's a 'kid. 'Early to mid teens at the oldest, and he has a freaking voice in his head telling him to pack up and leave what is most likely the only life he's ever known and go somewhere he's completely unframiliar with for extremely vague reasons (because Ozpin's an asshole like that).

Raven has no reason to help at this point. For the last fatherfucking time, her sole concern is the current wellbeing of the tribe. Everything and everyone else can burn for all she cares.

Blake is taking a completely reasonable and rational approach to dealing with extreme emotional trauma. She was abused by and watched her best friend get mutilated right before her eyes by her abusive ex. She's going somewhere she views as safe in order to rest and recover. That's something actual people do, something you seem to be completely ignorant of.

And another thing, only Ruby and Raven on that list have the slightest idea about Salem and her plans. Salem is an outside force at this point, only a handful of people know about her and even fewer have the means to communicate her existence to others. Jaune is here to be the tactical one even if RT still hasn't got over giving him selective competence yet. Ruby also has other friends that can help her with the analytical side of things so not everything gets heaped onto her to do.

And how in the flying fuck would Oobleck discover a way to end the Grimm for good? We don't even know if that's actually physically possible at this point. They' were literally placed on Remmnant by a ''god. ''We don't have any idea about the specifics of their little spawning grounds in Salem's domain or how they work. At this point all the heroes can do is do damage control and try to reestablish the former state of the world.