Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-5430952-20190110231556/@comment-5430952-20190111113936

Gundam Legilis wrote: Deep down, I want to see the exact reason as to why he hates humans so much. And I want that reason to shake Blake and Yang right at the very core and change their perceptions - so that they fully understand what must be done before proving him wrong a third time and finishing him off then. Hopefully Saturday will provide him with another chance to get away before finally settling the score in a third encounter.

Throughout this entire series, I really want them to show just how dark the Faunophobia goes THROUGH whatever happened to Adam. This is because for all this talk about how the WF struggle was supposed to be about this grey area about race relations, there has been not a single point that has been levied in their favor as the whole organization has been portrayed as generic punching bag obstacles to be taken down by the heroes, Adam included.

The Albains are power-hungry cultists. Ilia was thirsting for the Bellabooty and proved the Atlas clique's point by breaking their teeth AFTER they were scared in the presence of Ilia, who they had mocked. Sienna was smart in calling out Ghira's naivete, but given that every rank and file member of the Fang was armed and wearing the scary Grimm masks, it is possible that the convoy had an arms cache in the back, which would add fuel to the fire.

I am not opposed to Complete Monsters as a whole, nor their inclusion into the Fang, but given how there has been no single WF character (sympathetic or otherwise) still opposed to the heroes that can get the heroes to admit that they have a point worries me. I mean, deep down, I just wanted a Magneto or Killmonger archetype within the Fang, but I'm left with the impression that the WF have become strawmen, all out of the possible fear that the audience would misunderstand the grey area of race relations and attempt to imitate terrorism instead. The problem arose because CRWBY chose to tell of Faunus discrimination rather than show it. And they did it for five whole volumes before we saw actual discrimination. And now that the White Fang is all but inconsequential, it may be a moot point to actually show it now. They missed their chance to make the White Fang look more sympathetic, and now it's probably too late. Even if Adam does make a good case, who's gonna take him seriously at this point? So I'd call it a missed opportunity on CRWBY's part, and it's not the first either.