User blog:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Overpoweredness and the Tension: Should we Care?

One thing that came into many conversations in the comments sections about RWBY episode 4 is something that we may or may not care about. So let's talk about it anyways!

So Yangs semblance is the ability to take hits and hit harder in return. Before we learned that, Team RWBY wasn't having all that much difficulty taking on a mech. Granted, it was probably a prototype being controlled by an angry egomaniac, but it was a freaking MECH. Why do we ever need to worry about those things when we have teenagers that powerful!? First impressions mean a lot, and I think Ironwood should go back to the lab guys about the durability of their MILITARY ANDROIDS.

Come to think of it. Are we ever going to see ACTUAL vulnerability? And no, I'm not talking about the kind you see from supporting villains, Grimm, and goons. I'm talking the kind from our main team. A scenario where it actually looks like they may not get out without a broken bone or serious injury. Every time we saw Ruby, Blake, Weiss, or Yang get hit, they immediately get back up and fight some more, and win. Sure Weiss has a scar and bled from the head lightly, but that hardly seemed to be a dehabilitating injury. And Yang got hit through a ceiling several kilometers into the sky, but just laughed it off(I know it was a comedic fight scene, but not even a limp?)

So what's say we have anything to worry about? None of them are going to die seeing as these are our 4 heroines and I can understand that. But to never really see them struggle, get forced to retreat, get absolutely overwhelmed? Well, that's a bit boring.

While these are really insignificant gripes to many, some would agree that team RWBY really seems a tad bit overpowered this early on. Hopefully, the amazing songs the Williams' have been dishing out foreshadow some über powerful evil that poses a REAL threat to our protagonists.

Do you think team RWBY is a little too overpowered and comfortable in battle this early on? Or are the fights scenes so flashy that you just don't care? If it's the latter, then I bet Hollywood loves thou dearly.