Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-114.142.221.203-20150819060941/@comment-4010415-20150828044838

Oh yeah, speaking of Buffy, I started watching it from the beginning (though, I put it on hold), and I've finally realized how great the writing is (I was really young when I watched episodes with my mom).

When Whedon wanted something to happen but needed the characters to make it happen, he found a way to put them in a situation where the characters would react in a believable way that would lead them to what he wanted to happen. He sometimes did this through dialogue, and it's beautiful how naturally and believably that dialogue flows.

You know how so many movies and shows have a moment where they need a character to realize something or have an epiphany, and it seems so forced? Whedon was able to make those situations not feel so forced.

Back to the discussion of Miles' writing in RvB vs RWBY...

RvB is a show where anything can happen, and crazy things do happen. It's only somewhat grounded in some sort of reality. I mean, how did Grif hide in a snowman when there was no snow in the capital city's base?! RvB is a show where writing something "because it'd be funny" is less likely to turn out disastrous.

RWBY, on the other hand, is pretty firmly grounded in its own reality. If they're gonna write something, it has to make sense within the world of Remnant. Writing something "because it'd be funny" has a pretty good chance to damage the quality of the writing. This is not a wacky show where all kinds of crazy things can happen, unless you're talking about the off-the-wall, physics-breaking, Rule of Cool-driven fight scenes.