Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-92.232.230.34-20130719223612/@comment-3387274-20140125150056

1) Like I said, Ruby isn't used to fighting things that somebody else is already trying to skewer and burn to a crisp. Watching her movements she opens with almost exactly the same suprise tactic, only in reverse; dropping out of her semblance into a close strike with no delay or warning. the Beowolf didn't have time to react to that, and may not even have realised what was happening. we know how quickly Ruby can usually transition into a rapid chain of attacks after that, so it's safe to assume she would have her guard back up before the others attacked her. Her only miscalculation in that move was Weiss, who is very different to a Grimm. She's clearly never worked with a partner before, and that gets her into trouble

2) hey, if it works for Beowolves? That was stupid, but the Red Trailer doesen't show that she wouldn't do that. She did literally charge an entire swarm of beowolves head on with the cross clip, and the merest mistake then would have got her killed as well.

3) Roman's firework launcher sort of came out of nowhere the first time, and she still dodged it. On the roof, she had nowhere to dodge to without falling to her death (we're pretty sure that Roman threw the crystal just to ensure that the explosion was that big). Admitedly, she may well have had chance to do something if she'd tried, but explosions are not exactly something you have to deal with when fighting Beowolves. The third time in episode 16 was a silly mistake again, but for a girl who's opponents don't usually have guns, an understandable one.

The overall point here is that in the trailer we only saw Ruby in very select circumstances; small enemies that don't use tactics, no range capabilities, and also nothing Ruby needed to protect or watch out for besides the wolves. If we controlled things that much we could make almost anyone look good. Doesen't meen they're always perfect.