Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180315191229/@comment-2001:8A0:D21E:E301:BD7C:6E0F:6DFE:2D14-20180316172534

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 1) Except you missed a few obvious facts in Vol.1: First, Blake was pretending to be a Human. Second, her story is basically that she was a member of a terrorist anti-human organization, which in itself means she was a Faunus.

The very reason she ran away like she did was out of fear, after revealing that she was a Faunus, and an Ex-WF member. She grew up in the WF, she at least thought that if a Human found out she would be stoned or something. That's why she was so reserved back then.

Sun, meanwhile, was a Faunus. Not only would he not give a damn if Blake was also a Faunus, a Faunus would be far more tolerant of an Ex-WF than a Human would be. Hence why Blake was more willing to share her story with him.

2) ...........Ok, how is this awful writing on Blake's part? All you talk about is Sun stalking Blake across a country without showing much respect for her privacy (and doing it while hidden with a cloak and hood, just to make it more creepy).

All that, is bad writing on Sun's part. It has nothing to do with Blake's characterization.

3) Saying "barely knows" is quite the hyperbole. Their relationship was closer than Blake's own relationship with her own team back in Vol.1-3, they've been friends long enough to know each other in terms of character and backstory (at least, Blake's).

It is true that he didn't know why she ran away (granted, no one else knew either) or where she was going, though. He is quite single-minded.

Now, Black Sun is not a disaster. It might not be the most stellarly-written love story ever, but it is one of the better built ships in this show's canon, with multiple scenes supporting it since Sun first appeared.

The problem is that Vol.4 turned Sun into a creepy stalkering moron, though he kind of recovered from that in Vol.5. 1) She is still portrayed as reserved with no reason to tell her story to Sun. Their only interactions until then was she watching still a banana and him winking because he knew right away she was a Faunus. Her being reserved comes again and again. Also, Sun seems to be one of the characters with the lowest opinion of WF of the entire RWBYverse we know, except for Weiss.

2) I explained why it's badly written on Blake's part. She has ex who is obsessed with her. Sun's behavior is a red flag. One with Blake's past should pay attention to those.

3) It's only slightly hyperbolic. He should still be nowhere near as close to her as he should be with his team (and other friends and/or family). And nowhere near close enough to her to get on a boat without knowing where to or for how long - that's the point.

I actually had no problems with Sun until V4, which made me analyze his character of earlier seasons more. And yes, he was eons more tolerable in V5 than in V4. But he still needs a life