Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20171024153942/@comment-26397825-20171029061436

I realised something today. I would have liked for Sienna to actually do some arguing instead of simply yelling for the guards to take Adam and Hazel away. Just doing that made it look like she had no comeback and Adam was right to onlookers, which only solidified their alignment to Adam. If she'd argued, pointed out a few things, then even if she was still killed she could have made her guards and fellow Faunus maybe just a little bit unsure of Adam in the long run.

Even something as simple as this exchange:

Adam : We  can  win a war against the humans. Not only because we have the support of Hazel’s master, but because the Faunus are the dominant species of this planet. We’re better than humans. We have everything humans have and more. Humans shouldn’t just fear the Faunus, they should  serve  the Faunus.

Sienna: Yes, we are physycially superior. But we are npt mentally superior, we are equal. We are not numerically superior, we are a minority. Even the strongest can be brought down by overwhelming numbers - which is what the humans are.

And maybe gone on to point out that humans have developed goggles that grant them nightvision, have access to more resources and weapons, and one Kingdom has even created a robot army. While the Faunus could win a few battles of comparitive numbers, in the long run they would be fighting a losing war simply because there are too many humans for a full on assault on their Kingdoms like Adam wants.

How many White Fang members died to bring down Beacon? And yet Vale is still a Human-dominated Kingdom, protected by a Human-dominated profession. The White Fang didn't move into Beacon and occupy it like a successful campaign would have allowed them to. Instead they retreated as well, because the humans are too numerous and the Grimm are too numerous for the White Fang to fight both of them at the same time.

Faunus would face even worse times afterwards, because the Humans would have reason to hate and fear and subjucate them - the Faunus tried to start a second world war, and tried enslave or exterminate them.

Physical superiority doesn't mean much when you are outnumbered by such a large degree. It just means it takes longer to bring you done, and prolongs the battle and the pain.

I just wish Sienna had made arguments like these instead of simply getting angry and dying. She's supposed to have been the leader of the White Fang for 5 years now; that should have taught her how to make impromptu speeches by now.