Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20140708014442/@comment-11188061-20140718171923

Blake Belladonna does not actively try to change her life for the better. The below statements proves it.

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Her very first contact with Weiss and Ruby was spurred by a Dust bottle rolling to her feet, and overhearing her once 'archenemy' being a bitch over a poor girl. Otherwise I doubt she'll even bother interfering. Deciding that she will enjoy a little 'revenge' and help out poor little girl at the same time, she purposely stroked her ego before striking her down for maximum damage, and just when EVERYONE thinks that Weiss is going to strike back - she holds her mouth and walks away.

Ruby tries to say hello to Blake - Blake just plains ignore her and walk away herself. I'm not saying that she won't help Ruby if it had been anyone else but Weiss, but clearly Ruby is not top priority here. So, point off for Blake here.

Weiss on the other hand, gains a point. Like seriously, I had not expected her to just walk away after that incredible ranting session (if you read my blog at that time you'll know how sad I am that they reduce Weiss to a, well, bitch) - I was expecting another tantrum, but clearly Weiss realizes either one of these, or all of them: she's making a fool out of herself, that it's not worth it, or that she may have gone too far. So she swallows her anger, kept it cool, and walks away.

How many of you has managed to do that? And no, I'm not referring to 'running away' from the conversation, we know she's not that type. Even now there are few teenagers of her age that can actually reign in their emotions leave during a heated argument, knowing that it'll be seen as conceding and defeat. Bloody adults have punched each other senseless on screen because they cannot accept being shown as weak. Weiss here has shown better sense than most people at her age.

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Let me tell you something. I'm introverted (that should be obvious), I read a lot, and of course I get grumpy when someone disturbs me reading (especially gaming). However:

1) I only make my disgust obvious when the one interrupting me is family or very close friends - I expect them to know my habits, and I also expect them to forgive me for the slight because I've always been like this. I reveal negative emotions because I had insurance.

Therefore I do not show strangers the bad mood face when they interrupt me. Introvert craves contact (within their threshold) - we do not like rejecting people even when they're unwanted, and we try our best to be amiable, move the conversation along, and continue doing whatever we want to do.

So yes, of course Blake hates it when Yang and Ruby suddenly barges into the show - but had they been Faunus, Blake's normal reaction would be to smile along, chat a few words, then excuse herself to return back to her books. It's exactly because she was at that point feeling biased towards humans, that she cannot reign in her disgust and accidentally went overboard more than she normally would prefer to. That she was unable to stop herself from resorting to provocation, even though the best way to getting what you want is to be amiable, proves that Blake is biased against humans at that point of time.

Hence, Blake was incredibly lucky she met Yang and Ruby at the time. Yang didn't give two shits about her reaction - being a very sociable person, she likely got used to rejections just as much as companionship. Ruby happens to get her attention sidetracked by Blake's love for books, or otherwise she would have found the situation so awkward that she would run like hell. Their current relationship may never have happened at all.

After all, just look at our reality: does being a loner and a grump gathers you a tonne of friend? If you give me a yes, I'll have to call you a huge liar. Blake was definitely a loner and a grump, and that she came to be in Team RWBY was a huge stroke of luck.

Her course of action at that time, normally speaking, would have sent her down an incredibly lonely road without end, and she would have grown so bitter about life that she may even turn 'traitor' and return to the White Fang - the one home she misses the most, even though she ran away from it in the first place.

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Due to the fact that Ruby manages to turn the at first super awkward atmosphere into a comfortable one, Blake snaps out of her grumpiness and realizes that she probably should treat these nice people better.

This in turn prompts her to team up with Yang when she found her - and even then she took her time because she wasn't sure how to interact with the blonde. Later, you'll see that she went with the way she knew best, the way she learned from the White Fang (or in real life, the way you affirm your status in a gang) - do something great and prove your worth.

She did it by killing an Ursa and helping out Yang, proving her worth as a useful partner. I can say that it's a point up, but Blake was only repeating a method she knew effective and was comfortable about - she didn't step out of her shell to create an actual friendship with Yang.

The fact that she never took the lead in any group situation shows a clear introvert trait: she looks to Yang for direction at the Emerald Forest, and she always plays the supporting role in Team RWBY of Volume 1. Her reason and Yang's reason to stay at the background is not the same. This is consistent with her character.

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Blake does not say anything when Velvet's being bullied, and only voice out her opinions when Pyrrha made her dislike clear. We know she hates the racism towards Faunus - so there are two reasons why she didn't stand up for Velvet. One, she's an introvert and quiet. Two is because of the bystander's behavior, which mind you applies to everyone - not being part of the conflict causes a person to feel less obliged to help out a person in need, because they're not responsible for any part of it.

Had Blake really wants to make her life 'better', she would have taken the brave step to stand up and defend Velvet, but she did not. Even as hotheaded as she was (and Blake is actually more hotheaded and opinionated than even Weiss), she was disinclined to help out her own kind. This means that as long as a matter does not relate personally with Blake, no matter how distasteful she may find a certain event to be, she will not act on it.

You may find that behavior everywhere, especially when we shit talk about politicians and leaders. Oh, that son-of-a-bitch is so useless! Oh, fuck Obama and his policies! But they only talk - they themselves don't do jack shit.

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Weiss talks shit about Faunu and the White Fang. This time it got personal, because Blake is a member of the White Fang. Almost immediately she began retorting against Weiss and goes so far as to say that wanting the geonocide of all humanity 'is just 'very misguided (which I can understand; it's like a person defending a family even though he/she is a murderer, but seriously? ''We're talking about geonocide here, Blake).

So Blake immediately proves herself here to be a very defensive person. Anyone who denies it is in denial. While protecting yourself is a necessity, being overly defensive is never a good thing.

Btw, Weiss' shit talking is completely normal even though the topic just happens to be racist. I'm pretty damn sure everyone of you shit talk with your friends about people or things you don't like too. Of course Weiss isn't right, but really, shittalking is technically a bad thing to do no matter who the target is, but we still do it anyway because it's a life necessity.

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They argue all the way until the night, and when Blake reveals something she thought she shouldn't, she ran away.

This, is fine. What is not fine is to run away for days (or was it a whole week? I don't remember), skipping all of your daily responsibilities, and not contacting anyone about the matter. This time Blake is completely on the wrong, because ''do you know how worried the others are when you just vanish without a trace? ''

When kids do that, parents go crazy thinking they've been kidnapped or killed or worse. I don't see why Blake Belladonna is exempted from it. It will always be wrong to disappear for extended periods of time without telling anyone. Team RWBY's reaction is already really mild and accepting - had this happened in real life, people could've easily gone crazy with worry and guilt, thinking that they've driven away their friend and may have indirectly cause them harm or even death.

If you think that it's fine for Blake to inflict such pain and worry on her friends, you need to see a psychiatrist.