Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-7607511-20160515001244

Well one thing that I'd personally like to see in Volume 4 is what next for Blake? Blake is my favorite character hands down in the show. I love her outfit, her weapon, her personality, everything. And now that she ran away from her problems yet again seemingly I'm curious to see how the other girls think of her after they meet her again in the future inevitably.

Now as far as her running away goes, I think she was justified in doing so and I'll explain why I think that. When she fought with Adam, he said he'd destroy everything she loved, starting with Yang. If she had any doubt in her mind or that he was maybe bluffing, he immediately maimed one of her closest friends right in front of her with no hesitation. I think it would stand to reason that while knowing how strong Yang is in her Burning Form(Its what I personally call it when she activates her semblance, if it has an official name I apologize.), for her to be cut down so effortlessly by Adam in one hit I think really scared Blake deeply, more for her friends and allies than herself.

After seeing that, I believe that Blake reasoned that if she stuck around the rest of her team mates, she would be putting them in danger if Adam ever showed up again. So I think by running away she wanted to distance herself from them to protect them because she knew that none of them were on Adam's level to take him on.

Another thing I'd like to add is that if we go back and review the previous volumes, I think it wouldn't make sense for Blake to abandon the best and presumably the only real friends who care for her. She ran from the team after her Faunus heritage was disclosed but I think that was understandable because had they rejected her, that would've probably been soul crushing to her. And since then she's shown to have been able to look past Weiss' leniage as well and judge her for her own character, not just because she was a Schnee.

If we go back to Volume 3, I'd like to point something out. When Yang told Ruby that Blake ran, you could tell how distraught she was. I imagine she felt hopelessly abandoned by the friend that she lost an arm attempting to protect, which I'd imagine really really hurts you. But before that, when everyone besides her team turned her back on Yang when she allegedly hit Mercury while he was down, Blake said that she sincerely believed her because she trusted her deeply as a friend. I doubt Blake would knowingly betray Yang's trust and friendship like that. But she probably felt that if she stuck around, she'd cause more pain and suffering for everyone on account of Adam. I hope this is all the case of course in future volumes and Yang will see that and forgive her.

Now what I think Blake will do in the mean time is train. I think she's going to train her butt off in solitude to become stronger to defend herself from Adam should they cross blades again and protect her friends. I think this can come by way of her semblance either evolving or her finding more creative uses for her clones. She could also get a weapon upgrade or a new weapon all together. I just feel like she'll be doing something significant until we see her again and when we do, I think she'll have a really big power increase.

This is of course all my own personal speculation as I am new to the thread, but if this was brought up before then my apologies. But I'd love to hear what you guys think about my reasoning.