Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25247233-20160513080632/@comment-14909251-20160524234246

66.66.143.112 wrote: There comes a point when people have to realize that maybe fulfilling Monty's full dream isn't realistic. Having Sheena's input isn't necessary for them, they had no obligation to keep Sheena on as any type of consultant. She was not the only one who knew of the original storyline, I'm sure Monty told her things he thought would be stellar but even then there's no guarantee they would've made it into final production. Monty was a creative genius whose ideas went a mile a minute. The maidens weren't even thought of until after season 2 so that dramatically changed the storyline already to something that wasn't originally planned. Even if they had consulted the original, (which I'm almost positive they did) there are things that just would not fit into the narrative regardless if Monty was alive or not. From every description of future plans we've heard it sounded like Monty had ideas leading up to 20 seasons, not fully planned out narratives. In every form of entertainment, things just have to be cut or else you lose a coherent story you're trying to build. Monty's direction seemed to be a story with the basis being action with various developments fit around that which wouldn't work out after 10 plus years of production. Just because something has incredible choreography does not mean the story is good and that would in turn make people lose interest because as much as we love the fights, RWBY needs to be a story driven show to survive for the great lengths they wish it to. Bottom line is that just because the story doesn't strictly adhere to Monty's original thoughts and they didn't consult Sheena on the things Monty, Kerry, and Gray may or may not know does not mean they're tarnishing Monty's dream because alive or not, things wouldn't go exactly the way he wanted anyway. I think the issue many of us are concerned about is that it doesn't seem they are even really considering whether there might be a reason for certain things. Perhaps Monty had big plans for Raven and only certain people, now forced out of involvement, would know about it. At the same time they cut out those scenes so there is not even a chance of building towards that story. For the viewer certain scenes may appear to lack significance, but later on you realize they were incredibly important. True we can never really know all Monty had in store for the series, but I am concerned about the apparent reaction of "well I don't know why this is important and I'm not gonna bother asking anyone who might know so it is cut."