Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-24994749-20140830003418

ChishioKunrin wrote: I think scythes are considered the most dangerous for a number of reasons:

1. Apparently, they may be harder to learn how to wield properly.

2. They don't seem quite as easy to use in a group without risking collateral damage to your teammates. This is something Ruby should look out for and a reason she is having to hold back when she's near her teammates.

1. It's true the scythe has the characteristic of the blade alternating between a more spear like mode (the actual war scythe position) and a decapitation mode (the farm scythe form). It would be funny, thought, if the reason Ruby originally had trouble with the scythe was because she didn't know about farming and Qrow's training included taking part in the harvest.

2. Yeah, but you could think something similar of other long ranged mele weapons. Looking at Pyrrha's fight against CDLR, she too would have to be careful when fighting alongside her team mates when she does all that mode switching to shoot the spear or the rifle.