Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-30038925-20180824183853

I personally don't like this short, not because it wasn't great, but because it can be so much better on storytelling point of view.

We do know that Adam Taurus has layers liked onion, which is the reason why this short needed to unveil some of them. However, the short didn't interpreted well enough of his character evolution.

First, we saw Adam started the Grimm mask idea in the clan. The purpose was to create fear among human race so they will understand what kind of monster a Faunus can become. So why not gave us a contrast between before and after wearing the mask? Don't give me a stupid answer like "because we don't want to show his face". Camera angle can solve the problem.

Second, why only Adam had red marks on his Grimm mask? Because he was a higher ranked officer? That's way too superficial. Can the team came out with something like: "those marks represent that he is a man-slaughter", and the more he kills, more marks on the mask as remembrance. The very first man he had killed could be the one who wanted to attack Ghira. In order to save his girlfriend's father, he accidentally killed that man because his semblance was too powerful for him to control. That could be an interesting idea. The more he wanted to save his kind, the more he ended up killing more human. So the scene with Blake would made much more senses.

Adding fight scene of Sienna was good for catching eyeballs, but it also sacrifices more storytelling time. If I'm the writer, I would said such a waste of time. Those time could be used in telling why Adam desired to be a hign leader of White Fang? Because Sienna was getting weak? Because he was a tool before now he wanted to seek his own lust? Again, no storytelling.

The only thing I think that was great is the final scene, where Adam dropped his Grimm mask, which was the outward layer he had been putted on for many years. What will he become now? A real Adam without a "monster mask"? or A real monster no longer need an organization? The story arc can be very profound.

Overall, I really think it could be a better character short....