Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161228230634/@comment-4010415-20170102203924

KNN005 wrote:

1. but even the more calm fans of RWBY were calling Silver Eyes an ass-pull. I dont think its a bad idea but the only hint we had was a comment by Oz in season one and an upclose shot of Rubys eyes in Season 1's intro song.

2. I cant stress enough that im not bringing this stuff up to be "that guy". Im bringing it up because i feel like show is good but could be even better if theyd stop and focus on solving mysteries instead of stacking more enigmas on more unknown-unknowns.

3. @ Phanthomlink: so whats the best policy then? Question what happens in the show but dont expect answers to mysteries until seasons later? If not until the end of the series. 1. Because it was barely foreshadowed or hinted to, not because "But Monty said magic doesn't exist in Remnant!" They've been having a lot of issues properly foreshadowing things. Like, it really would've helped if they had made more mentions of religion and fairy tales in the previous volumes, maybe have Yang say that Summer used to read her and Ruby fairy tales and brought magic into their childhoods by saying fairy tales are real. We would've taken it as one of those "Santa is real!" things that parents do, not actual literal truth, and then we would've been like "Oh wow, Summer was actually preparing Ruby for the discovery that the SEWs story is real."

Also, it was volume 2's intro, not volume 1's. Ruby's eyes open, and the whole environment turns white.

2. RNJR set out to find Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald and bring them to justice, not to play a game of Scooby Doo. They didn't even know there were mysteries to be solved until Tyrian attacked them and started confusing them with his talk about Salem and Qrow mentioning Salem's name! Meanwhile, Ozpin's group was just focused on trying to gather intel on Salem's lackeys and stop whatever they were planning. Blake just wants to keep her friends safe from Adam, figure out what she should do next, and spend time with her parents and make up with them. Weiss got taken away back to Atlas and wants to escape from her father. All she knows is that Beacon fell because of Cinder and then her father showed up and swooped her away to Atlas.

The story has to progress in a way that makes sense.

3. Yes, because stories are actually much better if they don't solve all the mysteries in a short time frame and then continue on with everything explained. Mystery is part of the intrigue.