Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170217011737/@comment-25266931-20170227035945

On thing that does stick with Joker and I'm sure this ideal is likely in Tyrian and Salem, is that "life's a joke, and you have to laugh it off even in death." I think that's the basis behind all his comedy gags sense the 80s at least. Kefka wanted power, it drove him mad when he tried a fast-track way of getting it, couldn't get enough, got more power, and then he finally turned himself into a charicature of a Dark Court Jester God. And killed those who worshiped him until he was killed (why haven't they remade FF6 yet, again? LOL). I see a lot of influence of that level of "nothing matters not even sanity" in some characters in RWBY.

One could argue even all the people who work for Salem are insane in a lot of ways. Tyrian is just obvious about it. But Cinder questing for power. Trying to level grind her way up to Salem's level via the (again) fast-track of using Maiden powers eventually backfired. Who's to say they weren't drawing parallels with her and Tyrian in that seen when she saw him freak out on that Grimm? I got chills looking at that. Gone are the days this was just seen as poorman's moe Saturday morning anime for kids. And I love it. For better or worse, never forget I'm a die hard fan of the show. I just won't cosplay or gush if I met the voice actors.

Hell, if Salem's endgame is "total ruin" to the world. Turning it into a hellscape of riots and death and rape and the villains know that, and they might, then they are all very much insane. Even if they think "well I'll still flourish even if it's the end of the free world".

Why do people always say Jon Snow doesn't know anything? He's been in the show from jump.

I'm no saint. And I've been selfish before. Usually out of revenge against people who wronged me. But that's also the reason I care. The stuff people tortured me with growing up, I've seen most people become cynical assholes over. But I decided instead of doing that I was going to strive to make sure no one else went thru that. And try to get thru to the world via my art and writing. So that one day my name would inspire people to be compassionate and understanding and maybe even heroic.