Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-17344148-20190123080317

BlizzardDragon wrote: I would just like to point out how everyone, and I mean everyone that wasn't a diehard Adam Fanboy like EruptionFang, was clamouring for Adam to die for being superflous to the narrative and being a waste of a character.

But the minute he shows he has a brand/scar on his face, suddenly people complain about the fact he's been killed.

Honestly, why does he need to be alive to explore the meaning of the scar? Why can't it simply be a gateway, like say, they come across someone in Atlas with a similar scar, and Blake explains to the others just what happened to Adam and why he had that scar and what it means.

He doesn't need to be alive to explore the plot point. I like Adam, but I agree with you.

Because first and foremost, Rooster Teeth could just give Blake the ~flashbacks~ as a way to introduce what she had been through. This includes her interaction with Adam. Making him alive is essentially keeping a useless character. The story is hard to move from there with a deadweight. Also, it adds predictability. I mean, we already have Cinder rising out from the waters, but if Adam were to do that? The nigh similar experience with Cinder? It's a poor move, and it will make the future Volumes of RWBY be predictable.

Second, as previously mentioned, we have Blake there. She can fill the missing links.

Third, let's not forget that they'll be exploring Atlas- where the Schnee Dust Company is. That place is where we can get answers about Adam's past, if not Blake, and I believe she would be too mortified to even tell the tale of her past.