Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14138255-20131019173146/@comment-70.26.24.245-20141022065810

I'll admit you made some good points in your rant, and a few I agree upon. However, I will serve as the defense of this tribunal to a slight extent.

1) Yes, as we are aware, the trailers drew us in and we would like more of this. However, any sho needs to build a present story before turning into the backstory. That's just standardiized literature basics applied to the series. Yes, I admit, it's annoying, but if you pop into the backstory too soon, you will mess up the progression. I've seen it done a few times.

2) While Ruby is as you say similar to Maka in soul eater and Beacon is like the DWMA (I watched that series too. Kinda enjoyed it) please bear in mind that Soul Eater took place in the DWMA for a good portion as well. Every story needs a focus area where the cast can go and the RWBY isn't 30 min, so it probably just seems like it's taking longer. Watching the RWBY and sould eater series' in conjunction, RWBY only takes the equivalent of roughly 5-7 episodes of Soul Eater for season one. There's still time to explore. Another note, after the season one conclusion, once the credits were done, a cutscene played that showed a nice little carrot that could lead up to exploring the world rather than simply the school. Nothing gets a plot rolling like people lurking in the shadows and making references that something big is in the works.

Lastly, 3) We want the fights in the trailer, yes. We want to know more about Blake. Darned straight. However, we only saw the white fang bear it's teeth at the end of season one. Set a snare with bait and Wait a little longer, you can expect the wolves will show themselves. Alright, maybe my backwater heritage is showing itself in that one and I was vague, but essentially, like hunting, you see your prey, but you don't go right at it. you wait for it to get close as you can. The white fang just showed itself, so soon... Very soon, they will need to fill in the blanks about Blake and Ada, as well as a great deal more so as to not confuse everyone. Simple building of the plot stuff, and you can bet there will be fighting. Naturally, we know at this Blake was once White fang. Knew that since the trailer honestly, even though they were a nameless faction at that time. Now that she revealed her past, there is no question that future encounters will lead us to learn more about this lone orchid in the city.

That's my ten cents, take it for what you will or hate me as you like. Both come with adding input and I did say I would open the can of worms in defense, did I not? At this point, n one knows what will happen with the story other Mr. Oum. We'll just need to trust he knows what he's doing and watch at least 2 more complete seasons before we can honestly say if this series has truly declined. I will end this here, because I am sure someone by now is upset by my rambling at this point and while I may not know when to stop talking, I certainly know when to get the heck out of dodge.