Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27234079-20190413013142/@comment-14909251-20190523200458

0551E80Y wrote:

And what you seem to miss is  that Volume 7 NEEDS irrevarsable consequences like Volume 3 had  that must cement Salem as the force that Raven fears so greatly, and make us understand WHY the Jinn said that she couldn't be defeated.

If this doesn't happen. RWBY loses a powerful element of drama that drives the plot of the series.

Atlas can be destroyed as well. And any future apperaence of it can be about its past such as Weiss' childhood or it appearing in Rwby Chibi. They can have such consequences without giving Salem a canon-breaking level of overpowered ability. Salem could kill one or more major characters, take out an airship or two and still be ridiculously threatening without having to make her seem so truly unstoppable that they paint themselves into a corner and are forced to rely on some Deus ex Machina at the end of the series to explain how she is able to be defeated. Like, if she kils someone important to the story, devastates Atlas, and gets away with at least one Relic either because of her own efforts or that of her subordinates, that will be more than enough to convey the severity of her as a threat. Atlas doesn't need to be completely destroyed, nor does she have to be seen as completely unstoppable.