Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-30530552-20170524212915

I understand that...although my philosophy on this type of work suggests that some screentime, especially for one who was previously established to be a major character, is pertinent to the happiness of fans. One way or another, people weren't going to be happy, but Weiss' amount of time varied a lot this season. I myself like seeing Weiss, since she's always been an intriguing character at worst to me, and one I liked in Volumes 2-4.

Blake might've been an active arc, but she hogged the screen for too long and essentially pissed off many people about her overexcessive Grumpycat-ness. 2 episodes, she got a majority of. A 3rd episode where she was one of only two focuses...and then two other episodes where she played another pretty equivalent part to the others in it. I might be speaking on bias though, since I've taken a disliking towards her this most recent volume.

Weiss and Yang got shafted a great deal...Weiss in the first half, and Yang through the majority of the story. I mean, Weiss only ever got up to half an episode for herself, but she appeared in more episodes than Yang and Blake. Yang, on the [robotic] hand, literally played a minor part in the episode we expected to focus on her, and only got a decent chunk towards the later end.

Oscar...I don't know. Maybe he should've been introduced next season so that the important stuff could be delegated elsewhere, and extra...minor bu important details could've been added. Sure, it's not a lot of time, but that time could've been spent easiy on our protagonists and developing their arcs. In Volume 5, they could've put a major focus on him and actually worked better with his character, instead of having him change his opinion without any explanation, remorse, or seeming regrets to his decision in the seeming blink of an eye.