Talk:Harbinger/@comment-34633327-20180112162828

I can't help but think the Scythe part of the weapon was an afterthought. He's only ever deployed it twice, and one was against a random Griffon, the other against Hazel, but then it just went back to being a sword. What purpose was there in making it a Scythe besides giving the excuse that Qrow taught Ruby?

Yes, I know that the Scythe had little practical use in a lot of his on screen fights, but again then, what purpose was there in making it turn into a Scythe, if they were never gonna have him use it? Couldn't they just have easily made the one who taught Ruby be Tai? We haven't seen his weapon afterall, he could've been a Scythe Wielder with good CQC skills. Or couldn't they have had it be Qrow is proficient with multiple weapon types/can use any weapon, but prefers being a swordsman?

It just seems tacked on to me.