Talk:Ilia Amitola/@comment-1446360-20190325184844/@comment-2604:2D80:9085:2600:3CFD:A033:107B:1181-20200121021108

I kinda agree with you. Adam somehow ended up a stalker boyfriend character out of nowhere during Volume 3 Chapter 11. He was alluded to as "a mentor" by Blake in volume 2, and we were never hinted at a romantic relationship between them until that episode specifically. I feel that his character was changed in order to meet the fandom's wants for Bumblebee to happen. Tbh Bumblebee still could've happened if Adam was like Ilia, but without the romance. We could've gotten anti-hero Adam and still had Bumblebee, it's just that the fandom was so riled up with the headcannon that Adam was an abuser that CRWBY just made it so in fear of backlash. Adam's storyline is a perfect example of why writers shouldn't let fans influence the show. Don't believe me? Then why did Adam kill Sienna? If it were Adam before Volume 3 Chapter 11, it would have been strictly against his code to murder a faunus, and one of power at that, when he clearly had enough power on his own to influence his own branch of White Fang Members. This was a power move, that was ultimately made in order to get back at Blake instead of the humans. They made him so focused on Blake that they forgot that his character was supposed to hate humans, and support the faunus at any cost. I'm not excusing any of his behavior, I'm saying that they could've done better with his character.