Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171229202410/@comment-26018514-20180101190023

I feel like the main issue is this series was beloved because of as yet unmet potential... when a show fails to reach/pay off that potential approximately 1/4th-1/2 through its runtime... people will complain.

This is not to say it is entirely RT's fault, just that through chance this unpolished gem of a series hasn't reach anywhere near the polished RWBY fans could have or were hoping for... they have prettier graphics and the writing is getting somewhat better, but the fights are just either not there or left looking as either they depend on geriatric stuntmen or are divorced from realistic physics and thus are only won or lost as the plot demands rather than because the character is driving their own destiny and we are watching them reach it.