Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181116204649/@comment-5430952-20181122023006

Gemmaniac wrote:Yeah, see? This is exactly what I mean when I say I dont like Yangs character. Even from the very beginning out of the main girls she has irked me to no end. All her character does is think about herself and complain once the attentions not om her. Considering she all but raised Ruby by herself after Summer died, and goes out of her to support Ruby in whatever she does, not to mention spent 12 hours searching for Blake when she went missing, then gave her a much needed talk when her obsession with Roman and the WF was getting to her in Volume 2, how can you say she thinks only of herself?

Gemmaniac wrote:And not to mention, loves to blame others. She blamed Blake for running away not because she ran from her problems because of what she feared but because she wasnt there to comfort her. Yang was at her lowest ebb ever after the Fall of Beacon. She was disgraced before a worldwide audience, saw Pyrrha disgraced and watched Penny die, saw Vale and Beacon overrun with Grimm, nearly died trying to defend Blake from Adam and then learned Pyrrha had also perished. Then she learns later that Blake ditched everyone once they reached Vale, and this after she hesitated to believe Yang was innocent of "dismembering" Mercury in the tournament. And that hurt her far worse than losing her arm, because she felt she'd done it all for nothing. As for Blake's "problems," Weiss and Yang discussed that sufficiently enough in "Alone Together".

Yang: She doesn't have to be alone though. I was here for her. We all were! She chose to leave us.

Weiss: Why do you think she did that?

Yang: Hm?

Weiss: The entire time Blake was at Beacon, she was afraid to open up to people. She tried to keep her past separated from us. She tried to protect us. Eventually, those walls she put up came down. And the moment they did, the one thing she was afraid of actually happened. The universe proved her right.

Yang: No one blamed her for anything! If she had just talked to us, she would've known that! How could I be there for her if she doesn't let me? What if I needed her here for me?

So there's no way Yang could've known about Adam's threats to Blake, certainly Blake never told her so how can you condemn her for not understand Blake?

Gemmaniac wrote:She drove Ruby to run away from home after she made her feel like shit by not assuring her that she still loves her sister making Ruby feel as if its partially her fault for turning Yang this way. Now THAT is completely untrue. If anything, it was Qrow who motivated Ruby to go to Haven to track down Cinder and her minions, Yang had nothing to do with that. And she waited several months before heading out, so it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment- decision. And you really think Yang never apologized for the hurtful words she spoke that day? She'd been completely deconstructed, and didn't know how to pull herself back together, it's the kind of depression Tai suffered after Summer died, and it took him years to regain his bearings. And ironically, it was Ruby who helped her get back into the game, after learning she was holding Tai back from seeking her sister out.

Gemmaniac wrote:If she had at least assured Ruby that that wasnt the case they couldve went to Mistral together along with Team JNR. But no she just had to be a selfish whiney asshole. There was nothing she could've done for Ruby at that moment, she'd lost the will to fight after the Fall of Beacon. So she would've been a burden had she gone with Ruby, heck she would've been targeted first by the Grimm due to her despondent state. And Qrow assured Yang that he'd protect her on her journey, so Yang didn't need to worry. He also knew she couldn't help, so he didn't force her to start moving forward again, not when she wasn't even close to being ready again.

Gemmaniac wrote: And to think that I was expecting Yang to get some character development. No, all she got was PTSD and not to mention, more annoying. PTSD is a lifeong battle, it won't be overcome in an episode or teo, heck she may never fully recover, so expecting her to simply bounce back after the Fall of Beacon seems quite unrealistic to me.

Gemmaniac wrote:She doesnt really have a right to be mad at Ozpin and yet tell him to trust them after only knowing them for what? 2 years? No right, you say? After he withheled information on the Relic that put a whole train full of passengers in danger? And this is after he promised no more lies and half-truths. So I applaud Yang for holding him accountable for going back on his word.

Gemmaniac wrote:Meanwhile hes known lionheart for much longer and yet his fear of Leo turning on him came true. He rightfully has the reason to not trust RWBY and co. And yet he expects other to follow him on blind faith, and now even Qrow won't do it anymore, not what with he learned in the last episode. Ozpin can't command people to trust him if he's not willing to give them the same trust. And his dire need for secrecy has backfired on him more than once, giving off the impression that he can't be trusted.

Gemmaniac wrote:Yang just wants everything to go her way and I cant even begin to tell you guys how much i just want them to change this particular bit about Yang. Hell,even her reason for becoming a huntress was quite childlish. She said it herself, '''shes only doing it for fun. '''Saving and helping people comes second. Meanwhile the others who take their job seriouTsly as huntresses in training have their own inspirational reasons and stuff as to why they joined in the first place. That was back in Volume Two, do you really believe she hasn't changed since then? She told Raven in "Lighting the Fire" what she's fighting for: Yang: You can spout off whatever you want, but nothing is going to keep me from my sister. And she reaffirms this in "Rest and Resolutions": Yang: If Ruby sticks around, then I will too. If there's one thing I know about her, it's that she somehow always knows the right thing to do. (she smiles at Ruby after saying that) She wants to make sure her little sister gets home alive, that's her priority right now. Saying she's still doing it for kicks is completely unfair and untrue.

Gemmaniac wrote:Yangs character is ultimately useless apart from being eye candy for the fans. Her quick to anger attitude doesnt help any pf that either. Shes the worst RWBY girl and thats final. On the contrary, she did what she could to help keep the team together during the Beacon Arc, essentially being the mother figure of the family. Without her the team might've been torn apart before they even got through the Beacon Arc. So saying she's the worst and ultimately useless is completely unfounded, sorry to say but it sounds like you're not even trying to view her objectively, you're just picking out things you don't like about her and ignoring everything else. And if this post seems a bit lengthy, it's because I prefer giving an intelligent rebuttal and not resorting to "UR A H8R" because you strongly disagree with whom I deem my favorite character of the four main girls.