Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-71.200.208.218-20160219212133/@comment-9464517-20160223190238

LegionZero wrote: 6) Blake is suffering from "I failed to protect you" syndrome and "this is all my fault" syndrome. And by the time Ruby found out about the injury Yang was in stable condition.

8) what im saying is she is mad everything that has gone down the drain. She is not bitter about Blake and ok with everything else. Its not displaced/disproportionate anger. Its another thing on the list things shes mad about. Maybe if it were an acquaintance like Neptune or a casual friend like Nora then something would seem kinda off. But this is one of the people who is suppose to have her back when all else fails. Also Yang is depressed. Shes normally more optimistic about things. Blake did this before and Yang was focused on finding her. Yang is depressed, so atm, nothing for her can be fixed and is the worst case scenario. She even ignored Ruby saying she loves her. Losing her arm has taken away the hope she would have had in any situation.

6) Yes, Blake's guilt is definitely a huge factor in affecting her actions in this section, but I can't shake the feeling that there's something more driving her remorse beyond compassion for an injured friend. Like I say, her focus is important to consider in this section. Also, sure, Ruby saw Yang when she was in a slightly better state than earlier, but holy shit, this is her sister and she's had her arm cut off. Don't get me wrong, she's clearly deeply shocked by the fate of her sibling, but compared to Blake she's practically emotionless.

8) Except that she does not mention harbouring any contempt for Weiss' father for forcing Weiss to return to Atlas (presumably against her will), thus preventing her from supporting her teammates in their time of difficulty. Nor any for Adam for literally cutting her arm off. Not even Cinder, Emerald and Mercury for deceiving everyone, killing Pyrrha and letting Grimm infest Beacon. She is generally almost apathetic-sounding about all the events she describes to Ruby, as a result of her depression, but when she mentions Blake we see a flash of the old Yang - full of rage and grit. The loss of her teammate awakens powerful feelings of betrayal that had been buried before. There's a lot of raw emotion in Yang's lines. When she states that she doesn't care where Blake has gone, you can tell that she's lying through her teeth. She does still care. She's worried about Blake, whether she wants to admit it or not, but at the same time she's hurt and confused and feeling alone and, yes, angry. This goes beyond a teammate leaving the group behind. This is something much more personal. I think.