Talk:RWBY: The Official Manga/@comment-37664166-20190228210750/@comment-4141313-20190311030417

I just tried to sit through it, but couldn't finish it. Mainly one reason, Fang's hypocrisy.

Fang has been a major advocate for the "Show Don't Tell" rule, much like a large portion of the fanbase. Except by the point I had stopped watching, about five minutes in, most of the things he said he liked were because they told rather than showed anything.

Take the scene where he says they made Roman a bigger threat. Most of his praise is for the fact that other characters were hyping him up, making him out to be a vicious criminal. Except none of Roman's actions seemed to suggest that. Hell, he admits that Roman lost his charm in the manga, but it was his charm that contributed to his appeal, being a charming sociopath and legitimate threat through his actions.

Or his scene where Yang says she is proud of Ruby. He claims the manga scene is better because Yang outlines specifically why she is proud of Ruby, for taking on Torchwick. Except that isn't needed. It was already clear the reason Yang was proud of Ruby was for getting into Beacon two years early, something made possible by her going after Roman.

It reeks of hypocrisy to me to constantly ask them to "Show Don't Tell" but then praise an adaptation for telling and not showing.

It doesn't help that he praises it for omitting certain things like Cinder and Qrow, both of which seem to be bad decisions imo.

To omit Qrow removes one of the reasons for Ruby's skill and one of the reasons Ozpin took an interest in her, and to instead change the family connection to "My parents went to Beacon" makes it come across as her just wanting to follow in their footsteps.

To omit Cinder makes Glynda look incompetent. The reason she couldn't apprehend Roman was because Cinder was with him, and fought Ruby and Glynda off allowing Roman to escape. Here however, Glynda shows up and Roman just gets away. Why didn't Glynda attack Roman's ship here?