Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-43719117-20190910220946/@comment-4010415-20190911041359

I think another part of the issue is that, from the beginning, they have barely done anything to adequately portray Faunus discrimination in a Show Don't Tell fashion, and on top of that, they haven't really done much with the narrative of Faunus discrimination beyond "This is one of Blake's motivations" and "The White Fang are bad guys".

Adam could have easily been part of a fix for that. In all honesty, in Volume 3, I thought he was going to be both - a character helping to represent a part of the "Faunus are discriminated against" narrative as someone who has been blinded by his frustration and pain, as well as Blake's angry psycho ex who contributes to Blake and Yang's development and relationship.

After all, the scene with him in the Beacon cafeteria was not just him being angry about Blake leaving and then cutting off Yang's arm, it was also him arguing with Blake about their ideals for Faunus revolution. Prior to that, in Beginning of the End, we have him talking to Cinder about the Faunus revolution. After Blake runs away, the White Fang Lieutenant vows to get her back, but Adam tells him to forget it and says that he must return to Mistral, showing he is more focused on White Fang business at that moment.

After Volume 3, they steadily dropped the whole White Fang Faunus revolution part of Adam into the garbage, as his character shifts more and more into literally just being Blake's psycho ex. The reveal of the "SDC" scar on his eye barely even registered with most of the fandom. Why would they give him that scar, unless they were going to give him some backstory about how Faunus discrimination has badly hurt him, leading him to become who he is?