Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-38271940-20190123092536

This episode disappointed me, in terms of the Adam v Blake & Yang. I'll start off saying that I AM an Adam fanboy. He's a piece of shit faunus being, but he's a cool piece of shit faunus being. I share some of EruptionFang's disatisfaction towards the issues in this fight. Yang's PTSD just felt...wasted. You don't give a character severe PTSD and just fix it with the shakes. And the fight between the three just felt...wrong. Not the death, mind you. I expected he would die here and was okay with that.

But the conclusion to the fight itself just felt lame and not thought out, especially compared to the previous episode. So Adam starts fighting a 2v1 and is getting bested - makes sense. He gets Blake out of the fight, fights Yang 1v1, and we see Yang's progress. Then she throws Wilt overboard and Adam gets jumped, tripping over Blake's broken blade. He and Blake and Yang all see it and understand what's about to go down - but this is where the bulk of my disappointment lies. 1) Now I didn't think the girls had it in them to kill another person, and that caught me off guard. It felt out of character, but I don't inherently disagree with the choice. To make it feel more right, however, I think one of them should have bested. Blake shouldn't have beaten Adam to Gambol. Adam should have stabbed her, triggering Yang and dying at her hand alone. Or a similar variation with the girl's reversed. 2) Directing disagreement - don't show Blake and Adam at the same distance from Gambol and then have her stab him with it with no struggle. It's nonsensical. 3) My biggest issue - the one issue that I can't forgive (and correct me if there's a reason why. Please!) - Why did Adam even go for Gambol? He STILL has his sheath! He STILL has his RIFLE! He was in a perfect spot to shoot one, if not both, of the girls (especially the distracted one reaching for the broken blade). Even as panicked as he was, when you fight constantly under pressure with a weapon you don't just forget about it. He even used the rifle earlier in the fight! The only conclusion I have is that they just FORGOT he had it.

It's a wall of text, and I'm the unpopular fan of Adam - I get it. He doesn't need to have an honorable death or a redemption arc. He may be heartless, but he's not brainless. It just felt like a rushed ending not worthy of Adam, Blake, or Yang.