Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-25936766-20190125132805

Well, this thread got quite active while I slept. Now let's see...

HotSwappableGaming wrote: 1) You're right, let me clarify. Characters shouldn't make stupid out-of-character mistakes....like Weiss fighting some guy, Myrtenaster full of dust, and dying because she can't out sword fight him.

2) As I've said, Adam is a trained fighter - one of, if not THE best, fighters in the whole show. 1) The thing is, that would not be out of character for her. She has a thrusting-oriented weapon and her main strength is in casting Dust with her Semblance, yet she often insists on going hack-and-slash on the enemy instead of sitting back and throwing Dust stuff. She hasn't even used the Dust Channeling function of her rapier since Volume 1.

We saw that with the Knight, Boarbatusk, WF Lieutenant, multiple minor Grimm, Flynt Coal, and Vernal. Most of the time, if she uses Dust like the mage she is, she does it because she can't/shouldn't get close to begin with....and most of the time she does it after she got her ass kicked up-close-and-personal earlier.

And before you say anything, yes, the WF lieutenant counts. She gave Blake a magazine, but that's full of Dust bullets, not the Dust vials Myrtenaster uses, and in the next ep she did use Dust, so she did have Dust to use in that fight with him.

2) While I agree that it's stupid he didn't use his rifle when everyone's Auras were down, I do agree with Blizzard that there's no indication that Adam was the best fighter in the show.

He showed great skill and strength, before he became a jobber, but even then, at most I'd say he's around Qrow's level....which doesn't mean much considering the beatdown and yeeting he got back in Haven from JonTron.

Jyzuru wrote: alright, so the 3 guesses I'm gonna leave for how they deal with the threat

1) we see Ozma return and either take control, or guide Oscar on how to use magic

2) surprise maiden happened to be living in the town

3) Oscar magically unlocks his semblence in a fashion similar to houw Jaune did 1) This would be fine. Have Ozpin be useful for something instead of sitting in the dark corners of the mind of a 14 year old. 2) Ugh, no. 3) This would be fine.....if it's not how they deal with the threat, since that would just be kind of a Deus Ex Machina with how conveniently it saves the day out of nowhere. Even Jaune's Semblance didn't do any massive difference when he unlocked it at Haven.