User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Volume 2: Will the Fan Feedback Pay Off?/@comment-179.155.217.85-20140702134138/@comment-23790511-20140702153418

As for you shakhor, let me beg to differ. I'm fully aware my opinion is mine because it was I who made it therefore I own my opinion. Redundancy, helps a lot. Also as much as people like you want to believe that RWBY is a groundbreaking show that somehow created a new genre, it doesn't change the fact that I've seen what RWBY is trying to do in Soul Eater. Sure Soul Eater and RWBY have different worlds, fight scenes yadda yadda ya but the concept of people going to a school, being put into teams, and fighting monsters is NOT new. And the genre of the show is an "animated, high-fantasy, action-adventure."

OK, so have fun and don't criticize so harshly? Well, do you really want to live in a world where people don't point out the flaws in products and offer pointers in how to improve said product? Nothing is so small and precious that it makes it above criticism. RWBY is not a special snowflake that people should just love and have fun with 100%. It has awkward narrative and inconsistent animation spikes that are noticeable. Also do you think I would really be here if I didn't enjoy the show? I found volume 1 to be an above-average experience that has so much incredible room to grow that I can't WAIT to see volume 2. I anticipate to see what steps RT is taking to knock Volume 1 outta the park.

Set my expectations lower? Ok, should I just applaud the show and throw money at it for making me impressed that it introduced a working character model? Too high? By setting your expectations and standards low, all you do is minimize the chances for wellness and improvement. I've lived with high standards and so far life is looking pretty good.

Write to Monty? I actually laughed at the notion because he's too busy receiving endless compliments. He has better and more stressful things to be doing that just pass on one random guy's critique to his shows other two writers. As for experiencing what they experience that's only impossible physically and mentally. I don't know what they're going for unless they flat out tell us what their intention are. I also can't leap from me body and into theirs to experience their lives either. So I don't see what you meant by that.

But you know, shakhor, when you told me a critic values and doesn't create, I laughed. I created a blog. Too literal? Ok, I created an essay that encompasses my feeling towards a show that I refuse to just ignore. I've been loyal to Rooster Teeth since elementary school, and I'll continue to be faithful to them until they give me a real reason not to. That doesn't mean i won't express what I feel they're doing wrong when I feel it's warranted. And if all we "wasted potential" critics only valued stuff, nobody else would know unless we CREATED a means for our ideas to be seen by other. Doug Walker aka "Nostalgia Critic" made a still moderately successful company and show. Angry Joe, a video game critic, created an entire online community where thousands join up and play games. Anybody who tells me that critics do so and so instead of create is a flat out lier.

I feel that I explained myself well enough now.