Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.23.148.194-20140118015155/@comment-14138255-20140308160849

I've had my clashes with the writing (and a lot more) before, but I don't think it's that bad. It is not the best thing in the world is all. Going in, I sort of knew it wasn't going to be original (they are named after fairy tale characters), and I could say I was caught off guard by how many Soul Eater, Sailor Moon, and other anime clichés he put in...but that would imply I actually saw those (perks ears to hear people booing). But I was actually a little peeved that he followed it this much, it does seem very unoriginal how similar a lot of things are, but he DOES have originality.

It's like Glass Golem said, Jaune started off as the idiot hero, and for a while that's what we got, but then he turned to both Pyrrha and the audience and told them how he felt being that, and that DOES get a reaction. It's one thing for a character to follow a trope, it's another for the character to realize he's in a trope and absolutely hate it.

As for the pacing, I realize we are just being impatient, but we should. They only released 16 episodes, some of which are two part companion episodes, totaling about 10 regular paced episodes (which are essential to character development) [see the Velvet Costume reveal thread for my full rant], and are expecting to release it exclusively for RTX. But again we are just impatient, it's like waking a tired dog up and demanding it run a marathon (a marathon it promised to run, not knowing if can or not).

I am one for criticizing, but we still need to give it time.

and as for assuming he is just a weeaboo, why are you even watching an anime in the first place?