User blog comment:Tatmtn/Character Appreciation: Blake/@comment-3257939-20150107060620

The part about her obsession can be seen in a good way but I find it more interesting when you think of it in a bad way. Her obsession reminds me of the classic characters that normally go rogue because they're so obsessed with their goals that it even changes their personalities and ideals completely in order to suit their own goals. It can also be seen in how Blake is in conflict with herself. Despite she claims that she wants to change the world and make Humans and Faunus trust each other and live peacefully, her bow is the greatest proof that she doesn't practice what she preaches and is lying to herself everyday. Even how she says she cares about humans is something that needs to be explained. She even claimed to have done terrible things in the past but now she wants to help them all the sudden? Something interesting must have happened while she was in the White Fang, not to mention that the chances that it comes to bite her in the tail when it's revealed that she's former White Fang member would make a great arc for Blake. That's what makes me love her so much. She's the most interesting character and the one who will need more development of all the members of Team RWBY. It's no wonder why the writers say that it's hard to write for a character like Blake.

I agree with the part where his defeat was planned. He didn't move as fast as one would expect after the first time you watch him fight. Also, Neo escaped and wasn't captured plus Roman has escaped from prison in the past so that was probably Neo's doing. But that's off-topic. I'm glad that they decided to use Blake as a "how dust and semblance work together" explanation. It's also very satisfying it because we saw with Jaune when he overcame his problems with Cardin but didn't actually beat the guy. But Blake did. It's the classic and very loved trope where the bad guy leave the good girl leave only to get his butt kicked the next time they fought.