Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-190.218.41.34-20151214164206/@comment-190.218.41.34-20151215134414

This is really sad because honestly? Yang was perhaps one of my most well-liked characters, but I think it's been really ridiculous how Yang's OPness is not a set and constant type of OPness, you know. It's like her strength is fluctuating and stupidly inconsistent throughout the show and there's only one factor that affects Yang's strength, convenience. Depending on the situation RT throws her in, she'll be either stronger or weaker, so it's always hard to determine just how strong she really is. She's basically used as an excuse for Team RWBY to defeat things or people they would normally be unable to defeat, like Flynt and Neon, and now Mercury.

Plus, the most obvious factor here is that Mercury is a smart individual, we have canon and factual proof that Mercury is very observant and intellectual, so I can't wrap my head how in the hell he was unable to notice that after his last combo of the fight, he stopped fighting when he hadn't heard the buzzer ring. He had competed in every round of the tournament of his team and he even watched some other fights as a member of the audience, so why would he stop fighting when fully-knowing Yang was not yet defeated if there was no buzzer? He's cocky, sure, but he's not an idiot.