Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3146930-20140620224808/@comment-3146930-20140620235036

As far as the Nevermore goes, the Nevemore is clearly the larger Grimm. Also I do agree that the Death Stalker had armor that covers its entire body, but Blake did manage to land on the Nevermore and took several swings at it, not even hurting it at all. Based on this, I would consider the Nevermore stronger in all aspects, as it wasn't even phased by any of their attacks when they fired at it together. I'm also not saying that the others didn't play a part in Ruby's plan, just that Weiss did about 56% of the work by herself (she froze it in place, then flew back and fired Ruby, made the long line of Glyphs up the cliff which allowed Ruby to run up and chop its head off. Yang got it in place, but then just held the slingshot with Blake. Ruby did come up with the plan, but had a smaller part in it when compared to Weiss).

As far as Weiss and the Semblance thing, I just find it very strange. She claims to have trained and studied for years in the hopes of becoming the team leader, thinking herself to be almost perfect in all areas; yet during all that time she never picked up a book on Semblance? What did she think her Glyphs were? I could maybe understand her being surprised by Ruby's speed at first, but if everyone has a Semblance and I see someone do something extra-ordinary (which is saying a lot considering the world RWBY takes place in), I would contribute it to a Semblance of some kind and maybe try to confirm it later. Yet she seems surprised by both Ruby and Pyrrha's abilities.

And as I said, Pyrrha always seems like the person with the answers while Weiss seems to be put in more combat related roles; which is a reverse of what you would think they would be considering how their backgrounds are described. I mean that Semblance part could have been easily fixed by having Ruby question how Pyrrha did that, then have Weiss answer Ruby instead of Pyrrha:

Weiss: "That is her Semblance you dunce. Haven't you ever wondered how you can move so fast or where my Glyphs come from?"

Ruby: "Nope."