Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-4141313-20180305143639

Arkantos95 wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: Arkantos95 wrote: I really don't see how they can stretch this out that long. 1. There were no real stakes at this point. 2. They injured someone we knew they weren't going to kill off for cheap points from the dumber side of the fanbase (because seriously if you actually thought Weiss was in any danger you are a fucking idiot), 3. didn't give us any reason to care about Mistral because we saw like 1% of it, and half the people we actually met were assholes.

4. No thought went into the city itself either. This famed city of culture was just Not-Japan. Not even Not-Asia, just Not-Japan.

5. This has to be one of those cases of M&K thinking they did much more than they actually did, like the fact that they think they handled Ilia well this season. 1. The real stakes weren't Mistral, rather the Relic of Knowledge. Were the Villains gonna get it even if they failed in taking down Haven? That was the real stakes. But yes, you are correct in that Mistral itself had very little stakes.

2. That's Protagonist Powers, but there were plenty of people still worried for a good reason, considering plenty of Anime (Which RWBY is supposed to be, an Anime) kill off leading characters even before the half way mark. Just look at (Spoilers btw) Gurren Lagann (Kamina), Akame Ga Kill (Sheele, Bulat, Lubbock), Blood+ (Riku), Code Geass (Shirley), and Jojo (Anyone with the name Zeppeli, Kakyoin, Avdol). They were worried it would be one of those situations. Clearly it wasn't gonna be one considering she is in the Title, but that had a reasonable concern.

3. Not half the People. ABRN seemed "nice" for their limited screen time, as did the villagers RNJR came across. Leo was a coward but generally cordial, and the Ship Captain was a pretty cool guy. Even Vernal seemed to be one of the more "nicer" bandits. The only real assholes were Raven and the mainly unnamed Bandits.

4. To be fair, we knew this long before thanks to the WOR on Mistral, where they pretty much showed us it was gonna be mainly Not-Japan.

5. Their handling of Ilia is up for Debate. You say they handled her horribly, they think they did a good job, I like to think they did so-so, they did an ok job but could have also done better.