Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20140708014442/@comment-24994749-20140718174809

Let me break this down a little because I'm not sure if we just have very different views of the world or you are not reading either of us.

"Blake Belladonna does not actively try to change her life for the better. The below statements proves it."

- Passing by as human, likely falsifying Combat School transcripts and attending a top class hunters academy with the sole purpose of becoming a huntress to help people is not actively trying to become better?

"Her very first contact with Weiss and Ruby was spurred by a Dust bottle rolling to her feet, and overhearing her once 'archenemy' being a bitch over a poor girl. Otherwise I doubt she'll even bother interfering. Deciding that she will enjoy a little 'revenge' and help out poor little girl at the same time, she purposely stroked her ego before striking her down for maximum damage, and just when EVERYONE thinks that Weiss is going to strike back - she holds her mouth and walks away."

- How do you know revenge is a factor? This si literally the only time she attacks Weiss aside form when they argue during The Stray, in both occasions, she is reacting to Weiss being mean first.

"Ruby tries to say hello to Blake - Blake just plains ignore her and walk away herself. I'm not saying that she won't help Ruby if it had been anyone else but Weiss, but clearly Ruby is not top priority here. So, point off for Blake here."

- Blake wasn't interested in making friends, as I have said in previous comments. Weiss is gone, conflict over, nobody is hurt, she didn't really have a reason to stick by Ruby.

"Weiss on the other hand, gains a point. Like seriously, I had not expected her to just walk away after that incredible ranting session (if you read my blog at that time you'll know how sad I am that they reduce Weiss to a, well, bitch) - I was expecting another tantrum, but clearly Weiss realizes either one of these, or all of them: she's making a fool out of herself, that it's not worth it, or that she may have gone too far. So she swallows her anger, kept it cool, and walks away."

- Shame then she jumps of Ruby while she is talking with Yang and proceeds to humiliate her with the Dummies and Inadequate individuals guide. Ruby is studying to be a huntress and has been accepted into a top Academy and she goes and calls her dummy and inadequate to use ammunition, in front of a person who could have been anyone? (because Weiss had no way to know Ruby and Yang were sisters).

"So yes, of course Blake hates it when Yang and Ruby suddenly barges into the show - but had they been Faunus, Blake's normal reaction would be to smile along, chat a few words, then excuse herself to return back to her books. It's exactly because she was at that point feeling biased towards humans, that she cannot reign in her disgust and accidentally went overboard more than she normally would prefer to. That she was unable to stop herself from resorting to provocation, even though the best way to getting what you want is to be amiable, proves that Blake is biased against humans at that point of time.

Hence, Blake was incredibly lucky she met Yang and Ruby at the time. Yang didn't give two shits about her reaction - being a very sociable person, she likely got used to rejections just as much as companionship. Ruby happens to get her attention sidetracked by Blake's love for books, or otherwise she would have found the situation so awkward that she would run like hell. Their current relationship may never have happened at all.

After all, just look at our reality: does being a loner and a grump gathers you a tonne of friend? If you give me a yes, I'll have to call you a huge liar. Blake was definitely a loner and a grump, and that she came to be in Team RWBY was a huge stroke of luck.

Her course of action at that time, normally speaking, would have sent her down an incredibly lonely road without end, and she would have grown so bitter about life that she may even turn 'traitor' and return to the White Fang - the one home she misses the most, even though she ran away from it in the first place.

Due to the fact that Ruby manages to turn the at first super awkward atmosphere into a comfortable one, Blake snaps out of her grumpiness and realizes that she probably should treat these nice people better."

- Again, I explained it in an above comment that Blake was actively seeking to be on her own and the reasons why she would seek this out and why, when she had no choice but to interact, she chose to stay in the background and not get attention. She was actually rather polite about her rejection of Yangs advancements. The fact she accepted to interact with Ruby when she found the girl was into books and they would have common ground for a significant chat is proof she wasn't been hateful because "human".

"This in turn prompts her to team up with Yang when she found her - and even then she took her time because she wasn't sure how to interact with the blonde. Later, you'll see that she went with the way she knew best, the way she learned from the White Fang (or in real life, the way you affirm your status in a gang) - do something great and prove your worth.

She did it by killing an Ursa and helping out Yang, proving her worth as a useful partner. I can say that it's a point up, but Blake was only repeating a method she knew effective and was comfortable about - she didn't step out of her shell to create an actual friendship with Yang.

The fact that she never took the lead in any group situation shows a clear introvert trait: she looks to Yang for direction at the Emerald Forest, and she always plays the supporting role in Team RWBY of Volume 1. Her reason and Yang's reason to stay at the background is not the same. This is consistent with her character."

- Again, she isn't there to make friends. She used a practical tactic to show Yang she was a good fighter that would save her socialization she was looking to avoid.

"Blake does not say anything when Velvet's being bullied, and only voice out her opinions when Pyrrha made her dislike clear. We know she hates the racism towards Faunus - so there are two reasons why she didn't stand up for Velvet. One, she's an introvert and quiet. Two is because of the bystander's behavior, which mind you applies to everyone - not being part of the conflict causes a person to feel less obliged to help out a person in need, because they're not responsible for any part of it.

Had Blake really wants to make her life 'better', she would have taken the brave step to stand up and defend Velvet, but she did not. Even as hotheaded as she was (and Blake is actually more hotheaded and opinionated than even Weiss), she was disinclined to help out her own kind. This means that as long as a matter does not relate personally with Blake, no matter how distasteful she may find a certain event to be, she will not act on it.

You may find that behavior everywhere, especially when we shit talk about politicians and leaders. Oh, that son-of-a-bitch is so useless! Oh, fuck Obama and his policies! But they only talk - they themselves don't do jack shit."

- I said it before, she is trying to pass by as human. She does so by coping human behaviour. The humans around her don't step up for the faunus being bullied, her stepping up would have gained her unwanted attention. Blake had been an faunus rights activist for years.

"Weiss talks shit about Faunu and the White Fang. This time it got personal, because Blake is a member of the White Fang. Almost immediately she began retorting against Weiss and goes so far as to say that wanting the geonocide of all humanity 'is just 'very misguided (which I can understand; it's like a person defending a family even though he/she is a murderer, but seriously? We're talking about geonocide here, Blake).

So Blake immediately proves herself here to be a very defensive person. Anyone who denies it is in denial. While protecting yourself is a necessity, being overly defensive is never a good thing.

Btw, Weiss' shit talking is completely normal even though the topic just happens to be racist. I'm pretty damn sure everyone of you shit talk with your friends about people or things you don't like too. Of course Weiss isn't right, but really, shittalking is technically a bad thing to do no matter who the target is, but we still do it anyway because it's a life necessity."

- Blake jumps on Weiss the first moment Weiss insults Sun, not only when she brings up the White Fang.

And racist speech is racist speech and if you don't call it out on your friends that's you, not me.

"They argue all the way until the night, and when Blake reveals something she thought she shouldn't, she ran away.

This, is fine. What is not fine is to run away for days (or was it a whole week? I don't remember), skipping all of your daily responsibilities, and not contacting anyone about the matter. This time Blake is completely on the wrong, because do you know how worried the others are when you just vanish without a trace?

When kids do that, parents go crazy thinking they've been kidnapped or killed or worse. I don't see why Blake Belladonna is exempted from it. It will always be wrong to disappear for extended periods of time without telling anyone. Team RWBY's reaction is already really mild and accepting - had this happened in real life, people could've easily gone crazy with worry and guilt, thinking that they've driven away their friend and may have indirectly cause them harm or even death.

If you think that it's fine for Blake to inflict such pain and worry on her friends, you need to see a psychiatrist."

- We have already explained before why it was perfectly logical from ehr point of view to run away. As far as she knew, they would be worried about her getting hurt, but rather by her hurting them. Weiss even wanted to give her up to the police.