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Mercen-X wrote: @Guy: Perhaps not, but what I'm saying is that even the few characters we know to be against this kind of treatment, RWBY and JNPR, didn't stand up for Velvet although they could clearly see this was not some playful display. They KNEW she was being mistreated but refused to do anything about it. Words are empty. Actions speak volumes. Blake has her reasons for not doing anything. She doesn't want to draw attention to herself or what she is. Pyrrha, meanwhile, comes off as a holier-than-thou hypocrite. The point is, and always shall be, Velvet sees no proof of support anywhere. Her own teammates are not even present in the cafeteria. Those are the only ones she knows to have her back if only because they have to. There are no viable witnesses here if Velvet throws the first punch, no matter what she says or does to warn CRDL beforehand. Have you seen 42? Do you remember the manager telling Jackie Robinson not to fight back because the racists will always deny he was provoked? There's no point to having witnesses if the person being bullied believes people will just turn a blind eye. Velvet is not weak. In her mind, she's being sensible. She can't risk expulsion based on a bunch of noobs mistreating her. The situation likely would have been different if her team had been there, just like a few moments when Jackie's team wanted to fight back FOR him. Interesting... The whole thing still screams continuity error to me, and I certainly think they would have handled the scene differently if they had planned for Velvet to be a member of a high-tier team, but you make convincing points. I have never seen 42, but your mention of it has highlighted my interest to see more of the discrimination faced by the Faunus in Volume 3.