Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.70.92.41-20151228204640/@comment-190.141.31.150-20160222042932

This guy is definitely part of the 'Yang's invincible and unbeatable thanks to her Semblance, no one can and will ever beat her' team. Literally your points bring absolutely nothing, all you're saying is that either ways the audience's response would've been negative, but honestly let's be real here. What would the point of her taking him down would be if he had won and had Aura to defend himself? The whole point was to make Mercury look like a helpless victim in this whole shebang, and what better way to do it than to feigh her injuring him? Your argument consists mostly on 'Ifs' and as much 'Ifs' as you'd like to discuss, it doesn't helps but to reinforce the fact that Mercury through the fight.

If you watch ANY sports, you'll notice the audience automatically reacts negatively when a foul is committed, however the greater and more genuine the foul seemingly is, the worse is their reactions and they see the person who committed such foul in a much more negative light, so if Yang were to attack Mercury while he only seemed to be wanting to be a good sport and was NOT (which he wasnt) trying to attack her, the audience would automatically react in an incredibly negative way towards Yang. If this were to be simply about sportsmanship, then yes then it really wouldn't have mattered, but the matter of the fact is that she was set-up to look like she had fucking kneecapped him, and for a leg-based figher like Mercury, it would've mean basically the end for him-- The whole point was to make it LOOK like Yang had absolutely RUINED someone's life, something which Cinder's group completely planned, because if they hadn't, then please. Logically explain how Cinder acquired not only a medical ambulanc but a nurse outfit and even got Neopolitan as her accomplice in this exploit? Not to mention Mercury had participated in every single match so far, so he would absolutely know that the fight wasn't over since the buzzer hadn't ring-- Not to mention the fact the Aura Bar was literally right above him, it wouldn't have taken him a second glance to look up and realize 'this chick is not out yet.' No matter how stupid as a person you might be, if you're in a combat you absolutely KNOW you should NEVER turn your back on an opponent as long as it's not confirmed they're down for the count.

Keep in mind Yang is a Huntress-in-Training, a warrior who is learning how to fight Creatures of Grimm while Mercury is an asssassin, he was literally trained to kill people, and if Mercury was able to swiftly and with no problems confront two popular and renown second-years, Coco and Yatsuhashi, simultaneously and with ease, do you really think he would lose to a first-year student like Yang? Sure, he was definitely not giving that fight his absolute best and he definitely struggled during that one brief instance in which Yang managged to sneak a couple of hits on him, but once he had composed himself she was absolutely thrown into the defensive, and we KNOW Yang is all about the offensive, so if she weren't having trouble do you really think she would be playing the defensive as hard as she was? Yes, Mercury did seem momentarily surprised by her Semblance, but keep in mind she immediately rushed towards him and if he knew he could easily overpower her fists with his kicks (since, mind you, Yang's Semblance only strengthens her offensive power and NOT any of her defenses or speed or any other attributes) he could've easily used one of his fast kicks or another Dust Hellzone Grenade and finish her over without much of a sweat. His performance at the end is completely sloppy compared to the other fights he's been in. Hell, his kicks during the part Yang assaulted him with a Dempsey Roll are even WORST than the performance he did when fighting against Pyrrha.