Talk:Semblance/@comment-26160399-20170909191742/@comment-26160399-20170910222108

Chishio, just for reference, when I'm talking about flaws in the show, I am not speaking about the show in-universe, I am speaking about the show in our universe, and it's writing.

Yes, it makes sense for the characters to give out large amounts of exposition, but from a writing aspect, that really leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It feels as if the writers couldn't possibly think of any other way of conveying information other than by having one character give out a lengthy information dump.

The key to exposition is SUBTLETY. Keeping the viewer in the dark, and allowing them to slowly put the pieces together, is a far more effective writing tactic than just forcing it down the viewer's throat.

Think about the maidens. What if Ozpin told Pyrrha what they were offscreen? What if the only thing we knew was that Pyrrha was faced with the choice of the transfer? That would be bad, right? We would have no idea what would be going on, right? Except...we would. From watching Volumes 3 and 4, we would be able to infer these things:

1. The "maidens" wield great power without dust.

2. There are most likely four of them, and they are named after the seasons.

3. Their power seems to be transferred through either some form of arcane magic or with advanced technology (while we wouldn't know how the system works exactly, this isn't pertinent to either volume, so it could be explained later, when we actually see one of them die).

4. They are of immense interest to the villains, and Cinder took part of one's power.

V3E7, V4E1, and the WoR video do wonders to explain how the maidens work, with barely any lengthy dialogue involved. V3E7, in particular, manages to convey a VERY large amount of information without too much dialogue.

So, by removing the Pyrrha scene and letting the audience only know that she's faced with a choice, not only does this allow for more subtle and detailed story telling, but also lets the Volume have more time to focus on other things.

We didn't need the information on the relics to begin with, we already had two other concepts we were trying to grasp (Silver eyes and maidens) a third one just seemed like overkill. If they removed the part with Qrow and the group and let the fanbase theorize on what the relics were, and maybe replaced it with a scene of Weiss and Winter (seriously, why was that NOT in Volume 4), where Weiss grasps the key to her summoning as of a direct result of bonding with Winter, it would have made the Volume far better, and gave us two developed stories, when Blake's was the only one I felt had effort put into it.

Sorry for the text wall, just wanted to express some feelings I have.