Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14138255-20131019173146/@comment-23876095-20131020124120

I don't think you had to put a warning at the begining of your post cuz I've yet to see even die-hard RWBY fans who think that it's perfect. We all pretty much know that it has its flaws so you I doubt that anyone's gonna flame you for speaking your opinion. Anyway heres my opinion of your points:

1. Yes I have to agree that the trailers do inaccurately describe the tone of the show. They gave us such a beautiful depiction of a colorful, mysterious, immersive neo-fantasy universe that gave most of us a love-at-first-sight moment. I understand your disappointment at finding out this wasn't gonna be a fast-paced intense action-adventure series but personally I think it's better being story driven instead of constant fight scenes. Also Monty never outright said that the trailers were non-canon. He just said that Ruby's personality was OOC from the actual series cuz he didn't give her one yet. I also agree with ImposterParrotGrass' first post about the opening. There is absolutely no way they put the settings of the trailers in the opening for no reason. There's also that scene where team RWBY is in the Snowy Forest fighting against a 'Getsuga Tensho' looking thing (The same as Ruby's muzzle flare from her trailer) so Monty definitely isn't ignoring the trailers. I'm also still hanging onto my theory that the trailers take place sometime in the future.

2. I'm also quite disappoited that after giving us a description of the kind of world the characters live in they restrict us to only seeing the school for now. I was hoping this would've been something similar to an anime vesion of Final Fantasy where we discover the lore of the world through a journey of epic proportions. Instead we learn these through classes and lectures. I can see that Monty is trying to mix it up from other anime with this way of storytelling by giving us things like history lessons instead of flashbacks (which Monty says he personally doesn't like using) which I'm okay with but it is still an admittedly less interesting approach. Hopefully we won't be seeing them in school too much ad have them going out on missions and such to get some world-building going to answer some of our questions, like why the moon is literally BROKEN.

3. I personally hate whenever the topic of originality comes up. Not for RWBY, but for every medium that has similarities to another. As you can probably tell from my pic, I'm a Soul Eater fan, and while I can see the similarities I wouldn't call it a rip-off. Inspiration is more like it, but therein lies the problem with inspiration, the fact that it comes from something else means that it will always be seen as a rip-off by at least one fan of the former, no matter how far it differs from the source material, even moreso when said source material is popular and praised for its 'originality'. This is why I hate Shingeki No Kyojin fanboys who say RWBY is ripping it off because they share a similar 'world under constant threat of monsters' plot. What you have to understand is that, at this point in human history, everything's pretty much been done already and everything else is just a revamp of something else. With shows such as SNK and Soul Eater just taking inspiration from less-known things, people go off thinking they're the firs of its kind. This was more of a rant than anything but my jimmys just get rustled very badly whenever the topic is about originality.

4. This is my main gripe with the series and something I believe is holding it back very much. This series could have the most interesting and engaging story ever, But it's nearly impossible to get immersed into something when it's over before you know it. What you said about RvB is true, but RWBY intends to tell us an immersive story about a lovable cast of characters and the dangerous, magical, sci-fi world they live in. But, as I said, it's hard to keep me on the edge of my metaphorical seat, like some other shows, when I've barely gotten comfortable in said seat. The only positive thing about the episode length is that, admittedly, it does make it all the more satisfying whenever an 'Episode 8' comes. Hopefully, as the series' popularity increases, more independent animators will be willing to join Monty's crew and decent 13-15 minute episodes will be commonplace.

5. If team JNPR is appearing to be main characters to you, then good. That's the intention, they want to make it clear they're just as important as the MAIN main characters (which isn't really working out so well since people still think think of them as 'side' characters) I guess that fact wasn't really conveyed well because JNPR didn't get trailers for themselves. The shifting focus thing is kinda annoying though, but I imaging it being similar to Red vs Blue where they would constantly switch focus between the two teams, with the blue team (or in this case team RWBY) being the fan-favourites. Unlke with RvB though, doing this on a 5 min/week schedule is bound to cause irritation. Also the Jaune 'arc' (still love saying that btw) didn't seem like it was a 'bullying is wrong' commercial to me and I think it's gonna play out in the long term plot. How exactly that's gonna happen is just speculation for now, but I trust that Monty(in his wisdom) will make use of the painfully short episode length and make everything as relevant as possible, so I doubt the Jaune 'arc' (still love saying that) will turn up to be just filler. Finally about Blake.*sighs* Blake, how you made me fall in love with you, I'll never know. Just like your personality, how managed to worm your way into our hearts and become a fan-favourite is a mystery (The faunus theory could've played a big role in this though) It HURTS to see my favourite character getting little to no screen time, but I also know how important it is to be patient, for her time will come, and we all know, whether or not she's a faunus her role in the story is gonna be HUGE.

Wow this is a lot longer than I thought it'd be, but I'll end with this: It's still far too early to say the show is declining, so RWBY fans, don't give up, keep the faith. The motto of our fandom should be taken to heart now more than ever!