Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170224140119/@comment-4010415-20170228034342

KNN005 wrote:

1. @Ark: I've seen character find ways to use scythes well in one on one fights against fast characters and still win. Look at a lot of Soul Eater fights from the anime or manga. It's not impossible.

2. @Spirited: Any excuse not to animate something. We're talking about a character like Qrow who fought Winter so fast her was invisible! GTFO RT!

3. @WC: It often seems like after the Black Trailer they never do a real fight with Adam. They always go whole seasons without him. Then he shows up and it's quick and over and gone. Are they just gonna tease us? Why not have Yang and Blake team up on him and Yang refuse to retreat because Adam killed so many people in the school and THEN have her lose an arm? If he's a badass fighter, show us more of it. It doesn't even have to be against Blake. Just show use more of what he can do.

4. @Lucas: No one has an answer for why no one is using aura moves. Jaune never runs out of aura and he still isn't using anything. And how is a Greatsword that long and heavy better than a scythe. They're both long and heavy and have openings. 1. Maka's scythe is likely a lot lighter-weight, blablablah, but Maka still keeps her distance from the enemy.

2. And what weapon was Qrow using against Winter? A sword.

3. Because there was no time in the writing, whatever he was doing in volumes 1 and 2 wasn't important enough, and he wasn't important until the flashback and the invasion. They couldn't spend too much time focusing on Blake and Yang facing Adam because other shit was going on and they have time constraints.

4. 'I. DO. HAVE. AN EXPLANATION. for the Aura moves. if you would read what I've said twice now.'

It's not that the scythe is too long, it's that the blade is far away from Qrow because it's on the end of a pole. Which means once Tyrian gets close to him, Qrow has to move away and pull the blade toward Tyrian, he has to readjust his positioning and the blade's positioning, and this puts him on the DEFENSIVE and gives Tyrian the power in the fight.