Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-26018514-20180305153044

Arkantos95 wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: Arkantos95 wrote: I really don't see how they can stretch this out that long. I do, hell just look at V5, then compare it to V2-V3... 1.What should  have been done is not a compelling argument for how they can stretch something out when it's clear they didn't give a fuck about Mistral on any level. It's part of the reason the finale was almost on the level of Breach. There were no real stakes at this point.

2.They injured someone we knew they weren't going to kill off for cheap points from the dumber side of the fanbase (because seriously if you actually thought Weiss was in any danger you are a fucking idiot), didn't give us any reason to care about Mistral because we saw like 1% of it, and half the people we actually met were assholes.

3.No thought went into the city itself either. This famed city of culture was just Not-Japan. Not even Not-Asia, just Not-Japan. This has to be one of those cases of M&K thinking they did much more than they actually did, like the fact that they think they handled Ilia well this season. 1. I see it as "what they would have done had they not received such backlash for Breach. They made a pretty decent call in V2 the FNDM really gave more shit than was warranted to.

2. Agreed, they dropped the ball because they were trying too hard to squeeze things into V5 they should have held till V6 so they could build them up properly.

3. Tbf, with how nervous they must have been about writing Ilia, this is probably at least the second best result they could have hoped for... just look at the bullet they dodged with Pilot Boi, though there is no argument they did Mistral(and even Haven) dirty.... it feels about as badly shown as the V1 Shadow people.