User blog comment:Tatmtn/Character Appreciation: Yang/@comment-9464517-20150113182421

The thing that confused me about Yang's speech to Blake in "Burning The Candle" was that her argument totally sucked. She told Blake that she had been searching for her mother for years, and that although Blake's quest to stop the White Fang was important, she should take it easy and not focus so much on it.

However, that doesn't make any sense. Sure, Yang's journey to find her mother is important, but it could last many years. On the other hand, the White Fang presented an immediate, deadly terrorist threat to Vale (as demonstrated by the information Team RWBY gathered). A search for a mother and a last-ditch counter-terrorism plan are two completely disproportionate struggles. Blake couldn't afford to waste time on her search for answers, something that was later proven when Cinder invaded the CCT during the school dance. Hell, instead of planning the aforementioned dance and then chastising Blake for working so hard on uncovering the White Fang's plot (though I guess we're never completely told how she's able to do this while remaining inside the school walls), the rest of the team should have been working alongside her.

That being said, another thing I never understood about the plot of this season is why Team RWBY decided that they were the only ones who could do it. Why didn't they just inform the teachers of their suspicions? Or the police? Why did they see it necessary to take a dumbass attitude of "let's work together and save the world" instead of "let's inform a figure of authority of our fears and see how we can help out"?

I see I went off on a bit of a tangent here. Sorry.