Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6500074-20130829103240/@comment-209421-20140109042040

You highlighted the main reason why Monty and the writers are doing so many timeskips, which as an author I can understand - budget and time constraints. Remember, we aren't talking about a multi-million dollar studio here, and the reason why I feel that the slice of life stuff won't be coming through.

I understand about the "everyday is boring" comment rebuttal, and the slice of life character building. But, again, it comes back to time and resources. Would you rather them produce the story as a whole, or the characters? While slice of life could do both, it would also likely be resource and time extensive. Monty is a big reuser of poses and sequences, as he said in Melbourne. He has sequences dating back to Haloid that he can still use with the RWBY cast. Funnily enough, all of these are combat based. So, if we get any actual slice of life or character-based scenes, they will most likely be sparring, since those have the resources already constructed, especially in the case of Yang, since she could basically be used with almost any hand-to-hand animation set. Yes, the mocap suits are the other way they would work it. But really, give them time to settle into a pace that works for them.

Personally, I want them to keep going the way they are. Unlike other comments, I'm fine with the way the series is going, timeskips and all. Mostly because, as a writer who has worked with animators before (granted, flash animators working with sprites, but animators nonetheless), I understand how much effort it takes to write and animate realistically and fluidly to work within the universe you've created.

Volume 2 may actually include more classes, though. We have Professor Peach still to appear, after all, and I think they were supposed to be a biology teacher, judging by the class task.