Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-28099668-20171116205811/@comment-25936766-20171118191830

Well, obviously it needs writing to be a story. But that's not what "the writing demands" means at all. What Ark means is that the only reason Ruby is even wasting time learning CQC is because the plot demands that she learns it, even if it's unnecesary.

"The writing demands" = "When something was not necesary, or even downright stupid, but it is done anyway because the writers demand that it happens".

For example, when Tyrian got hit in the face by Qrow, who was literally standing 1 feet away from him, right in his face. After spending basically the entire fight showing off excellent reflexes and agility, he still gets hit in the face with a very slow punch from someone right in front of him. Even though it makes no sense. Why? Because the writing demanded that he got punched in the face.