Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-210.10.133.231-20150916050317/@comment-4010415-20150917204446

210.10.133.231 wrote: If you think about it he has been reluctant to to hurt anyone. He was polite to the shop owner when stealing the dust and had an opportunity to hurt Ruby but ran instead, he didnt want to "take care" of Tukson, and an agrument could be made that he was just chasing Blake and Sun from the White Fang rally so they wouldnt get caught by someone else. So... A list of what's wrong with that:


 * In volume 1 episode 1, it's most likely that he ran away from Ruby simply because he noticed that she's a very skilled huntress in training who made quick and easy work of his hired henchmen with a giant fucking scythe. When she chased him, he threw a Dust crystal at her feet and proceeded to blow it up, then celebrated ("Woohoohoohoo!!") when he thought she got caught in the explosion. Link to the exact time


 * In Black and White (V1E16), he laughed when he started landing hits on Blake. Basically, he punches her in the face (though, she makes a clone at the last second, so she flips over while the clone goes flying backwards), blocks her attacks, hits her with his cane a twice (the second hit was on her in the chin, knocking her head back), laughs, and then slams his cane directly across her face, actually causing her to turn around 180 degrees. Then, while she's stumbling, he slams his cane down on her to knock her to the ground. That's when Sun jumps in. Link


 * In Black and White (V1E16), he shot Ruby and laughed when she got hit. Link


 * As has been mentioned here already, in Painting the Town (V2E4), Roman used the mech to hit and throw people's cars! Innocent people who had nothing to do with Team RWBY, Sun, and Neptune! Look at this mayhem


 * Don't forget, in Painting the Town (V2E4), he shot Weiss and punched Yang through a pillar after already slamming her through two other pillars!


 * In the beginning of No Brakes (V2E11), he was having fun hitting Ruby around. Do I even need to give you a link for this one?


 * Not to mention, in No Brakes (V2E11), he outright said "Somebody kill her!" and started shooting at Ruby along with the White Fang members, then looked pissed when she got away. Link

As for being polite to the shopkeeper, Roman has a personality and attitude more reminiscent of a mobster than a modern-day "gangsta." Y'know... the people who sent bouquets of flowers to the funerals of the people they just murdered? Now, Roman isn't quite that classy, but he's definitely not the kind of guy to go "Yo, gimme all the Dust or i'ma blow your brains out!"