Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26986589-20161029210635/@comment-14138255-20161031002747

Nikoli the rebel wrote: The reason you don't like these characters is because they aren't written well. What they show us about the characters doesn't match what we see. We are lead to believe that Blake always runs away but she stood her ground while arguing with Wiess, fighting Roman (twice), and fought Adam up until she was literally stabbed in the stomach.

Wiess is totally unlikeable in volume 1 and 2 because she is a whinny bitch. She acts like a child and therefore it is hard to relate to. She threw a tantrum went she didn't get team leader and was part of the whole Juane-Wiess-Neptune love triangle arc which was horribly excecuted. It also seems they just rewrite this character every volume. I like Volume 3+4 Wiess although they aren't the same person.

Yang is pretty cringy. They make her character so over the top that it is hard to take her seriously. Also, o nly a literal slut would act the way she does. They say she is a thrillseeker but we never see her do anything thrill seeking. We never see the writers push her character beyond being happy at killing Grimm. One of the writers probably suggested giving her a mother quest but he was kicked out for suggesting the characters do anything other than swing weapons, look nice, and give exposition.

Ruby is fine and I don't see any glaring faults in her character.

Jaune has been a punchline since day 1 so the fact that they are trying to develop him makes us wonder if they are just setting up for another joke.

Pyrrha got basically no screentime compared to the other characters and everything we know about her had to be told to us. star student blah blah blah.

A meme had more character depth than Penny. enough said. Daaaamn someone's grumpy about the characters. Why didn't you make this thread Nikoli? Allow me to break the ice:

Blake her self doesn't run away as common as you'd think, but she does run away a lot. Her semblance and fighting style rely on hit and run tactics, and not tanking attacks of any kind, leaving behind a shadow while she retreats. While she stood up to Weiss when arguing about how to proceed, that was only because Weiss cornered her and put her on the spot. Had she not done that, Blake would have just kept to herself about worrying about Torchwick.

Weiss was a whiny bitch, but she is the exact same character in V1-2 as she was in V3-4. It's called character development Nicoli, she changed. She was whiny because she was a rich, spoiled heiress who had everything handed to her in life, and now has to face life in a crowded dorm after being snubbed the leadership role in favor of an underaged student who spent her first day as leader sleeping and drawing in class. After accepting her role in the new team and drivig herself to be a good supporter, she grew nicer and more patient.

Yang: "Only a literal slut would act the way she does," Nicoli want to tell us something aboout your personal life that seems to make you so judgemental :P? Yang isn't a slut (well not completely, but it's mild and we shouldn't think less of her anyway), she's just a confident, hot headed girl who tries to live life to the fullest. When she was flying through the air during the initiation (the initiation that was warned to us could kill people) how did she react? She used her gauntlets to fly farther, because she was having the time of her life (the aeformentioned "thrill-seeker" quality you missed. She wants an adventure). And she did get a mother quest, it's happening (it was introduced as early as mid volume 2), it's just it didn't happen yet. It's a big part of her character.

Ruby is not fine. She has had barely any screentime. That said, her scenes at the end of Volume 3 and Volume 4 now have been one of the best in the show.

Jaune is a punchline...but what you forgot was that he hates being the punchline, the stupid butt monkey that the universe shits on. He's a deconstruction of the plucky comic relief. He wants to be one of the heroes, not just put off to the sidelines waiting to get his ass saved again and waste the heroes time.