Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14407885-20140122040630/@comment-14909251-20140518074353

72.49.131.154 wrote: A couple of observations:

On Velvet's team not helping her when Cardin was bullying her, we actually DO know the reason. The production staff mentioned elsewhere that the character's role was originally to show the discrimination against the Faunus and that the fan response to her appearance is what has led to her becoming a full reoccuring secondary character. So the reason her team wasn't there is simply that Monty and Co. hadn't invented them at the time. (Though they may write in an explanation for the second season since so many fans are wondering about it.)= I would hope that the writers would at least establish the reasoning for why they did nothing to help her. Even if they never planned on introducing her team, they should have at least been ready to explain why she was alone and not protected by her own team. They could always make it a "tough love"-type situation, if they don't want to go the "pragmatically accepted for her abilities, personally neglected for her heritage" route with the team.