User blog comment:HazelQuill7445/Awesome fan art/@comment-27144409-20170720024007/@comment-4010415-20170721012315

I think the reason the weapon is an issue is that its weirdness and how impractical it is make it kind of distracting for some people. If it wasn't there, we wouldn't be so distracted from the character herself. Besides, the Blake/Yang fusion doesn't have a mix of their weapons, so the Ruby/Weiss fusion would've matched with it even more if it also lacked a weapon.