Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181215021300/@comment-25936766-20181228212211

ChishioKunrin wrote: It seemed like the obvious conclusion because she was looking AT Blake when she said it. Remember that "obvious" was the same thing people said about Vernal being the Spring Maiden.

MetallicArcher wrote: Tangentially related but, would Yang's reputation remain that bad when the supposedly innocent guy she was accused of assaulting is currently wanted for his involvement in two terrorist attacks? Likely. Merc's involvement in Cinder's plan with Beacon is unknown to the public, the last thing people saw of him before the Grimm arrived was his leg being broken and him being taken away. And after that things would've been very chaotic for anyone to think he had anything to do with it without any real evidence. And even after Haven, there's still the fact that back in the tournament, no one knew Merc was a terrorist, including Yang. "She punched a terrorist so it's fine" is not as effective when she did it without knowing he was a terrorist and not a simple contestant. So overall, even if people became less sympathetic of "Merc's broken leg", they wouldn't exactly forgive entirely the girl who broke his leg while she thought he was just another joe fighting. --- That said, absolutely nothing has come off regarding "Yang's low PR for her leg-breaking shenanigans", neither at Mistral nor at Argus, even though she walked around in plain sight. I feel the writers themselves forgot it happened.