Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170918133425/@comment-14909251-20171004234158

Nikoli the rebel wrote: Blake's character short was a flashback. So was Weiss' short, Kuroyuri, and "Beginning of the End."

V1: No flashbacks

V2: ditto

V3: 1 flashback

V4: 1 flashback

V5: 2 flashbacks so far.

I see the exact opposite trend as you. I did forget about Kuroyuri. Don't recall what it was Monty said about flashbacks, but I do think the instances mentioned aren't the usual kind of flashback and may not have been the kind that bothered him. Usually in a show or movie a flashback involves someone beginning to explain or remember something and then it just diverts away from that to just showing you the story from the past.

Beginning of the End started off before the series and Kuroyuri just sort of dropped into it. With Weiss it was a dream and presumably a memory of a single event. Blake's was her actively remembering something. Then again, you may have a point about the trend. Not gonna call it a coincidence that the Volumes with flashbacks are basically post-Monty and the first Volume you could say is entirely post-Monty is this one coming up and they already did two flashbacks of a sort.

They still aren't really the kind of flashbacks you get in most shows or movies, but the ones in the shorts have been much closer to traditional flashbacks. It may only be a matter of time before they use flashbacks in the same way they are used in most works.