Talk:Volume 5 Blake Character Short/@comment-4010415-20170904161348/@comment-4010415-20170905040342

You're right about that, but what people are complaining about is the fact that it feels like Blake keeps having to share her spotlight, while other characters get to mostly have their spotlight to themselves whenever something about their past or development is focused on. The fact that the Blake Character Short is 99% Ilia's backstory doesn't help.

And while we have learned a lot about Blake and her past, we're still waiting to see her grow as a person and stop running away. We got only a little bitty bit of that in this short from the reveal that she's hunting down Ilia's associates, and we've been waiting for her to grow since Volume 2, where, as Weiss pointed out, she was having trouble keeping her promise that she would go to her teammates instead of running away. And then, in Volume 3, what did she do again? Run away instead of talking to her teammates. Volume 4? Push Sun away through outbursts of frustration because she couldn't physically put distance between herself and him.

Now she says that she's done running, and we're eager to see it. We were wanting to see this new attitude that Blake is taking on, in the short... but instead got Ilia's backstory and a little chase scene. Don't get me wrong, getting Ilia's backstory is great! And I love-- no, adore her backstory! Though, like I said earlier in this comment thread, I kinda wish it would've been saved for an episode in Volume 5, since it's something that's awfully important to her character and her and Blake's relationship, and not everyone watches these shorts.