User blog comment:Jjripper/RWBY Volume 1 Episode 1 Critique/@comment-25555436-20150605004009/@comment-26464836-20150605030549

It's unfortunate that you didn't enjoy my review, but I am very glad you took the time to criticize my criticism. I want to point out a few things to give you a bit of insight into some what I was writing, seeing as a lot what was intended to be hyperbolic and humorous was taken seriously, so I want you to understand where I'm coming from. Anyways, I'd like to point out that I said from the beginning that my review wasn't going to be fair or unbiased. These are my thoughts and my feelings on the series's introduction, I do not intend to be objective with my reviews.

1 - She doesn't use the word "human" once during the introduction. She generally refers to inhabitants of Remnant as mankind or simply man, whether or not she says "human" in Volume 2 or WoR is entirely irrelevant to Volume 1 and consequently my critique. I'm not reviewing Volume 2 or WoR, after all. It doesn't matter if her language is flowery or not if what she is saying is ultimately pointless. When you get down to brass tacks, all she tells us is that "man discovered dust, fought off the Grimm, and built civilizations". This could've been summed up in a sentence, and the rest of the time of that introduction could've been spent establishing important elements of the lore, like Aura, Semblance, and Faunus so we could know what the hell is actually going on with these people when they're fighting each other.

2 - Do you even realize how obscure "man was born from Dust" is? Your interpretation is just one of many that could be made. For example, if she was being literal and the mankind was conceived through the power of Dust, that would explain why humans and faunus alike can use Dust for warfare and the likes. That's the problem though, we aren't clarified on whether I'm wrong or you're right, we're just told that "man was born from Dust" and nobody ever elaborates any further on that point throughout volume 1.

3 - Considering the fact that the shadow people in background were cowering in fear at the sight of them, I'd like to think that they're supposed to appear intimidating. I never said they were good fighters, so I don't even know what the point of that comment was in the first place.

4 - You're right, that was a poor choice of words on my part, but that doesn't change the fact that Roman is emphasized to be a credible threat, and his apathy and faux-business like demeanor when robbing the old man is clearly meant to make him appear cold and villainous. Which was the whole point of the scene, and which is why I said the scene was so good.

5 - You're missing the point and the joke, at the same time. Roman watches as a single mook gets tossed across the shop effortlessly, then immediately sends another lone mook to take care of business, just to witness the goon go flying out the window. He is, by definition, insane, because he repeated an action expecting different results, and is dumb because he thought it'd work a second time.

6 - I... don't even know what the point of this is. You essentially just gave my point about her weapon affirmation, and listed it as a criticism. I even said that " it displays Ruby's fighting style to us in a way that shows not just the effectiveness of the weapon, but the skill of the wielder as well." Which you know, implies that Ruby is skilled enough to use such an effective weapon. Also your point about aura is irrelevant seeing as it hasn't even been established yet in the continuity at this point, but I'll bite, if having Aura increases ones physical potential, why is Jaune as much of weakling as he is uncoordinated? Pyrrha even tells him that he has an enormous amount of Aura, so why is he still so easily overpowered and bested by the most trivial shit after it's unlocked?

7 - Now this is where it just starts to sound like you're spouting nonsense. When has Ruby shown to be as dumb as she was in that scene any time prior to the arrival of Torchwick? Not once. Ruby was ruthlessly efficient in the "Red" trailer, and was quick witted and sharp minded enough to respond accordingly to the mobster's gunfire. The only reason she didn't dash forward and scoop up Torchwick is because they wanted Torchwick to be a recurring villain in the series and so they attempted to seamlessly transition to the helicopter escape scene by making Ruby go full retard for longer than she should have. She watched him talk, crush his cigar, and aim his cane at her and didn't even act until the last second, just to watch him climb a conveniently nearby ladder. There is no justification for that shit, it was plot armor and nothing else, if they wanted to make Ruby do idiot shit, they should've established her as an idiot from the beginning.

8 - Again, Aura and Semblance have not been established as of yet and the variety of dust crystals there are in the world hasn't been fully established either, so everything Glynda does ends up looking like magical bullshit to first time viewers. This, like I said, is a problem with the introduction scene. Instead of establishing these important elements, it prattled on about shit that could be summed up in a single sentence, and as a result makes scenes like Glynda vs Cinder look absurd.

9 - " Because that's how Dust works when being used via one's Aura ." Again, Aura has not even been established as of yet. If Monty wanted to side step the issue of using magic in his new IP, he should have established these elements of the world from the beginning, perhaps in a introduction narration. But eh, let's just introduce these extremely important concepts to the every day lives of Huntsmen/Huntresses to the viewer without explaining whats even happening in the first place.

10 - I can't believe you actually took that seriously. Do I have to add /s to everything that's supposed to be hyperbolic?

11 - If Ruby wasn't there, Glynda would have inevitably caught Roman in the act and the entire situation would have been moot. If Ruby had acted when she should've, she could've at least stopped Roman there and then instead of let him shoot his cane gun. What does ruining his plan for that dad matter when every alternative that could've been taken is an inherently better solution to the problem? The only thing that would've been worse is if Roman got away with it somehow, but Glynda was already there apparently and would've stopped him, so the likelihood of that happening is low. Ruby deserved the reprimanding she got from Glynda, to say the very least.

12 - Again, I can't believe you took that seriously. I don't think you're new to the internet, so I won't insult your intelligence, but I dearly hope you're taking the piss. You can't be this new.

13 - I was being hyperbolic for the sake of humor. I don't actually think Yang is being propositioned in Beacon. The joke is that she is dressed in a much more risque fashion than the rest of the crew. Why you took that seriously, again, is beyond me.

14 - Again, you're taking what is supposed to be humor and turning it into something that it isn't. I was even criticizing the intentions of the White Fang there, I was making a joke about how Faunus weren't explained at all up to that point. I know what a furry is, and your definition is wrong. No one describes an anthro character as a "furry", that'd be like calling a character from some anime a weaboo because that character is in the anime. A furry is someone who is a part of the "furry fandom". For someone who seems to enjoy insulting my intelligence, you don't seem to have a clue of half the things you're talking about or attempting to criticize.

15 - Are you kidding me? " no revolution at the moment"? The White Fang have been shown fighting their revolution since the "Black" Trailer, with the intent to overthrow human rule and secure dominance. I'm pretty sure that's why Adam had no problem with murdering a train full of human passengers through the use of explosives. Even outside of the context of this episode, that makes no sense. The White Fang are constantly painted to be a radical organization that terrorizes the inhabitants of Vale, we're even told by Weiss that they do this shit all the time. The world of Remnant had to function before the story begins, thats the point of fucking lore. Do you really think the White Fang were just sitting around until the "Black" Trailer?

16 - It's stupid because it makes no sense. What, were the cameras around that specifically recorded the sequence shot for shot in the exact way we saw it? The angles and the way in which it shifts from one screen to another make it seem like we're watching the actual fucking show, and not supposed security footage. I wouldn't even have a problem with it if it was non-diagetic, but Ozpin explicitly refers to it when he questions Ruby about her skill. It's fucking stupid because it's impossible, unless you want to explain it away as Glynda using her aura to get those exact angles and shots. It was lazy and unecessary. In regards to the weapon comment, why didn't he just say "the most powerful weapon variant or type"? Weapons are not like semblance, they're not entirely unique, so why refer to her weapon in particular as if it were actually the "deadliest weapon ever made"? She doesn't even point at that Signal Academy students make their own weapons until the next episode, so what are we supposed to assume in the context of the continuity?

Of course my critique of RWBY is opinionated, it is my opinion, after all. I don't mind you disagreeing with it or even insulting me for it, but acting like I claimed my opinion was anything but just that is disingenuous. Like I said, I explicitly stated what this review was going to be from the start, don't be a prick.