Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3391158-20170904153455/@comment-34633327-20170907143150

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: KingFubuki92 wrote:Blake's memories from when she was in the WF and witnessed discrimination? What relevance would that have to Blake's goal in V5? ...................You're kidding, right?

1) She wants to stop, if not reform, the WF, which went from peaceful protesters to a Cult full of Terrorists, because apparently they weren't achieving anything before.

2) "Faunus Discrimination" is the base of nearly her entire character.

Both things are relevant to her goal in V5. Her goal for V5 is the reclamation of the WF, correct, and her character is based on Discrimination, correct, but there in lies the problem. Her memories itself would prove discrimination, yes, but they have no bearing on the present itself. We know already she has a bad past, what would revisiting it in more in depth HELP her goal? The other WF members more than likely all have just as bad pasts as she did. Visiting her past wouldn't help her ACHIEVE her goal. Say we did see her past in depth more. How would that hint at her actions in V5? Would she use her past to empathize with the members? Maybe, but would it work? No. Many of them have faced just as bad pasts, but unlike Blake, they prefer force and intimidation to rectify it rather than attempt at peace. Her telling them her past wouldn't help anything, rather it would make the other members go "Then why are you helping the humans?! You should be with us!" The WF won't listen to reason. Adam is a zealot, but it is clear his beliefs aren't his alone, just his working with Salem. The only problem Ilia has with the WF is facing Blake, but there is nothing to suggest she doesn't share Adam's philosophy, for even the song at the end of the short, most likely an Ilia song, takes about smiling while taking revenge. She can be reasoned with because unlike most WF members not named Adam, she has a past with Blake and could listen to reason because of their connection. The others though don't have that connection, so they can't be convinced, they need to be forced. As such, Blake is going after those on Ilia's scroll to stop them, then presumably going after either Adam or Khan to topple their leadership in a display of force. If we were to see her past, it would need immediate bearing on what her actions are. "Beginning of the End" detailed Cinder's attack on Amber, but also revealed the nature of Emerald's Semblance and Mercury's protheses, both having bearing in the immediate present with Yang's fight. "Kuroyuri" detailed the attack on the titular village by the Knucklavee, because they were going to be fighting it. Blake's past would show what? Someone from it is making an apperance? The experience itself she'd use to try to convince other members to stop? Further explain why she feels so strongly about the WF? None of that would help her goal though. It's been made clear the WF (barring Ilia) won't listen to reason, if that were the case then Blake wouldn't have had to chase the guy, she could have talked with him. So her goal, stopping the WF, relies on Force. How would showing her past relate to her needing to use force? The only way I could see a flashback of Blake's past work was if it was in Ghira's rule of the WF to show exactly what Blake wants the WF to be again, but we already have a good enough idea of that, so doing so would waste the short.

Yes, there are things that need to be known like the full extent of the discrimination, and things that need to be shown in order further the plot. But unless they can be blended well together, one must be sacrificed in favor of the other. Blake's past and discrimination are key aspects of her character, but they don't help further the plot, as the name of the game for Blake's plot right now is FORCE. Her past wouldn't help her goal, it would be good insight to her character but not help in furthering her actual goal. Blake's past had to be sacrificed in order to further the present. Keep in mind again this is a SHORT, and a longer one at that, but for true satisfactory insight to Blake's past, we would need a full length episode, much like Kuroyuri did for Ren and Beginning of the End did for Emerald and Mercury.