Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171229202410/@comment-34633327-20180101210227

73.Anon.52 wrote: I feel like the main issue is this series was beloved because of as yet unmet potential... when a show fails to reach/pay off that potential approximately 1/4th-1/2 through its runtime... people will complain.

This is not to say it is entirely RT's fault, just that through chance this unpolished gem of a series hasn't reach anywhere near the polished RWBY fans could have or were hoping for... they have prettier graphics and the writing is getting somewhat better, but the fights are just either not there or left looking as either they depend on geriatric stuntmen or are divorced from realistic physics and thus are only won or lost as the plot demands rather than because the character is driving their own destiny and we are watching them reach it. So because they saw a diamond in the rough and expected a polished diamond that hasn't shown up yet, their expectations that were set too high fail to meet the actual performance? (Too high expectations?) I can buy that.

Though as much as I loathe to admit it, I think another problem with the show is Monty. Many people say the show's appeal that got them invested was the signature action scenes, all animated by the godlike Monty Oum. After his passing however, many people saw what came after inferior to what Monty created. He set too high a bar. Not helping matters is that at the beginning and ending of the intro's, it says "Created by Monty Oum", despite the fact Miles and Kerry had just as much involvement with the creation as Monty, if only a little less since Monty came up with the basic idea.

Imagine if Monty was still alive, but the show had the same problems it has today. The fans wouldn't say Merry was ruining Monty's vision, they would come up with another excuse, or still solely blame Merry. Because Monty was an animating God and has since passed, and is mistakenly referred to as RWBY's creator, the CRWBY inadvertantly set too high a standard for themselves.