User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E12 - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN - Impressions/Recap/@comment-34633327-20180110233849/@comment-25936766-20180111012046

.............You need to use the Enter button more. Take this rule of thumb: If the paragraph is 7+ lines long, it's too long.

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1) It's very hard to say Beacon's teaching sucks, since we didn't get to see much of it. That said...

>Blake learned how to fight in the WF. Same as Ilia. And since she called Adam her mentor, chances are he taught her.

>Ruby herself was taught by Qrow, and Yang got some extra training from Tai (who, interestingly, did the same as Vernal, attacking Yang when she stopped to praise her arm).

>Sun likely has experience since young, considering everything we learned about Vacuo in it's WoR like how the people are freaking nomads in a land with few remaining resources.

And also, remember that Qrow and Raven both went to Beacon to git gud. If you wanna say Beacon's teaching sucks, remember these 2.

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As for the rookie mistakes you mentioned at the end....fair regarding Weiss. But not with Ruby, Yang and Jaune there.

>Ruby asking a bad guy - particularly the one that she at least spoke to before the FoB - their motivations for doing what they're doing, is reasonable for someone with her personality to do at least once. And it's not like she dropped her weapon and depended on words while at it.

>Yang, yes, she got the lesson that she doesn't need to answer every problem by exploding and punching it. And in case you didn't notice, it's been a long while since she last used her Semblance in a fight.

But it would be bad writing if she inmediately stopped getting at least irritated after getting beaten up. Especially after V5E1-4 showed us that she hasn't gotten 100% better.

>Jaune, I think you're forgetting one thing. Aside from the fact that they're newbies, not pros, THEY ARE FUCKING TEENAGERS. Do you seriously expect someone like Jaune to not rage at Cinder, knowing everything she's done, after she practically laughs about it to his face?

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As for the villains having experience instead of being taught in an Academy or at least a Combat School....you're jumping to conclusions hard.

It's true Em was picked up on the street and Merc had an assassin dad. But we don't know jack-shit about Adam's past, nor Cinder's nor Tyrian's nor Hazel's nor Vernal's.

So let's not assume the skills of all of them are completely self-taught.

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As for the Grimm, brainless or no, they are monsters, and they can be dangerous or at least tought to fight. Even if they're mindless, sometimes teamwork and tactics are needed to deal with them. Case in point, the Nevermore fight, an enemy tough enough to shrug off shots while being impossible to reach and always moving.

Cue RWBY using actual teamwork to pin it down long enough for Ruby to decapitate it with a Glyph-boosted speed-boosted slice.

So saying that fighting Grimm isn't/can't be a real fight, is very ignorant, if you ask me. Not all Grimm are 1-HP wonders that can't do shit.

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As for the Academies not treating it like a job........yes they do. The thing you apparently ignore is that the Academies are fundamentally special Colleges.

I don't know if you've entered College already (or even want to), but no matter what career you're going for, you don't just get Field Experience, you're also taught multiple subjects, a bunch of which may not seem relevant to the career, like Culture or History.

And because it is, at it's core, a COLLEGE, there are special events like a Dance. As for the tree sap, IIRC that was something Prof. Peach requested that was turned into a class of sorts.

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2) You say "with no remorse". And I say 2 things: First, he was telling it in a "as a matter of fact" way, which is not necesarily "without remorse". And second, Ozpin has absolutely nothing to feel remorse about.

Gretchen knew the risks, went to Beacon anyway. Went on a training mission, died while at it. Why would Ozpin feel remorse? Why should he feel remorse?

Let's say your friend commits a crime, and is arrested. Should the police officer who did it feel remorse about it? Hell no.

As for Gretchen "being a child", like Hazel said, I already explained the problems with that idea. And in any case, Ozpin still has nothing to be guilty of. Like Oscar said, she knew the risks. The only person responsible for your decisions, and their consequences, is you.

As for Ozpin acting like Hazel could not be reasoned with, let's consider the level of rage Hazel showed the moment Leo said the kid was Ozpin. And how he literally says he's gonna kill him over-and-over again before doping with 8 Dust crystals.

That's not really the kind of person that you can change their mind while they're trying to kill you. It's no real exageration to say that Hazel rivals, if not outright beats V1-3 Yang in terms of anger in battle.

Best case scenario, Ren would need to calm him down with his Semblance first. And he was focused at the moment with Jaune, making sure Weiss isn't dead yet. And then he remains busy preventing someone from shooting the medic, like Ruby told him.

Also, here's the thing: 'OSCAR HAS ACCESS TO OZPIN'S MEMORIES. Ozpin cannot bullshit Oscar, because Oscar can know.' So the idea that Ozpin said bullshit already has holes.

Ozpin can tell half-truths and keep secrets all he wants. But not to the guy that shares memories and emotions with him.