Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.235.191.26-20140721085214/@comment-25206410-20140723152750

Sgt D Griff

I'll be honest, I was a little scared when I saw that you posted on this, I was half expecting a warning of thread deletion or something like that. I don't know why, call me paranoid, I just know the people tend to cencor thing's they don't agree with. So, I really do thank you guys for not doing anything about this, and I hope this tolerance/acceptance of differing views is a representation of the RWBY fandom here on the wiki.

That being said, I do still have a problem with the trailers. Since I'm dealing with the real deal here, I suppose I should freshen up a bit.

-Puts on suit, slicks back hair, gets mint-

The comparision to the TF2 shorts doesn't seem very viable, even those were representative of the game mechanics from crits to rocket jumping. However, I might give you the point that they don't necessarily have to be inside the show itself. Might, I'm not entirely sure why they shouldn't be in the series, as they were the scenes that made RWBY as famous as it is and set up the expectation of there being extended fights. There are only two, maybe three if I count Jaune's, major fight sequences. Sometimes the trailers are longer than an "episode" of RWBY itself.

I realize that this looks to be fixed in Volume Two, and many will call me a hypocite for saying this, but the main fights I see advertised I'm not entirely pleased with. I do love the fact that the show runtime has been GREATLY extended, and this should really allow for RWBY to really live up to it's potential, but I see possible misteps in how it's being undertaken.

Again, I wouldn't mind the dance if RWBY could afford to have filler like that, but from my perspective RWBY has a ton to make up for in this season or most of the arguments made against me in this thread will be made null. This is the end of season one, and while I realize that there is a ton more content this time round, I still don't think it's going to fix most of the things I've brought up.

Honestly, I don't want to have my expecations met per se, I want them to be shattered and myself suprised, but right now I just don't see it happening. Some may see this expecation about expectations as too high of an expectation (still following there? XD) but really, everyone has it. In the realm of fiction readers want to be suprised, not have their predictions and expecations completly met.

However, you touch on a point that I've only ever tentivly touched on. I don't know who you are, as I'm 100000% new to wiki and who's who here, but is it safe to assume you're part of RT? If not, disregaurd the improper tense I'm about to use.

I think you guys really messed up in how you initally marketed RWBY. From the naming of the "trailers" trailers to the content of those trailers. I know that this media form is unusual, and this comes with some VERY difficult challenges to overcome, but you kinda asked for the response you got as the show progressed.

Despite what many will say, the content of the self-proclaimed trailers has nothing to really do with the content of the entire first half of a season, which I have my own reservations on pretaining to the split season deal, but am willing to just ignore it. This problem, as well as the shifty info we were given on certain subjects, really does make it feel like you hyped up RWBY to be something it's not.

At least, not at the writing of this post.

I've said it before, I wouldn't have even written this thread had RWBY been advertised as a show on teenagers being in a melodrama with the backdrop being combat, I wouldn't be as angry or frustrated as I am right now. This Volume Two could very well decimate this post, and If it does I'll be the first to take this thread down and post an apology to the creators as well as the RWBY fandom for my possibly 'jumping the gun' post.

That being said, as it stands, I think you marketed RWBY incorrectly, and I think it cost you a bit. Mistakes are quite alright, and from the actual trailer we've gotten this time the problem looks to be fixed, but first impressions are everything.