Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-6533159-20170512233823/@comment-4010415-20170517004101

Basically, Monty was used to using Poser and had all of the keyboard commands and shortcuts memorized, so one problem he had with animating in Maya was that he would have to learn new keyboard commands and shortcuts and learn Maya's interface. He didn't like that. He was all about efficiency, getting things done with as few steps as possible. It's been said that he even ripped keys he never used off his keyboard.

Monty was self-taught, had his own workflow, his own way of animating things, and he was stuck in his ways. He got away with it because he was the creator and part-owner of RWBY and the head of animating fight scenes, the head of the actual animation part of the show.

I feel like, since Shane was a student of his and like-minded with him, Shane got the illusion of being on the same rank as Monty, as he wanted the same things Monty did, and Monty could get those things to happen. Once Monty was gone, Shane got a view of what his true rank as an employee was. He didn't have power to get things to happen. Monty did, and his views aligned with Monty's.