Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14909251-20180818222758/@comment-5430952-20180831181720

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: Well... there is an old theory that she strayed a little into the dark side, which was sparked from how she took Roman hostage almost like it was second nature. The way she held Gambol Shroud to his throat, she had the second edge and the spike positioned to slit his throat while also aiming the gun at the White Fang members. She snapped right into that quickly and easily, almost as if she had done it before. I know since I am one who advocated that. Nothing they have done has specifically refuted that and I daresay those earlier interactions in Volumes 1 and 2 would be weird if they canonically establish she was only engaged in property damage and theft. My question is if this scene with Blake was a year or two before she left and if she was already familiar with Adam's tendencies, perhaps the reason she is particularly upset and he felt the need to apologize to her is because this scene is after she somehow was made culpable in it.

Perhaps there was a part of a plan Blake implemented and that action directly caused the death of one or more people, presumably not good people so as to assuage her conscience. Honestly, the idea of Adam sort of sucking Blake into his own lethal tendencies makes their relationship that much more interesting and the potential implications even greater. I really want a scene where Adam "gets back" at Blake by revealing she was "just like him" to the other members of RWBY. Maybe that is all just still too dark for them.

Honestly, it is the only way I think I can get over Blake being revealed as such a spoiled brat in the most recent volumes. The idea of an idealistic youth who abandoned her doting well-off parents to fight a cause becoming slowly more corrupted and vicious only to later depart in fear of what she might be allowing herself to become if she stayed then wallowing in shame and guilt afterwards is far more interesting than her just being a spoiled goodie two-shoes who couldn't confront her mistakes.

Wow, if she actually did have some blood on her hands, that would definitely show how far she'd fallen from her parents' teachings in the pursuit of her ideals, and explain why she was always running for the first three volumes. And wouldn't Ghira be shocked, for that would refute what he said in "A Much Needed Talk" about how Blake didn't fall into the darkness like most of the White Fang after he left. But, as you did, it might be too dark for RT, as they seem reluctant to paint the main heroes in that sort of light. Maybe we'll find out for sure later on, especially if Blake went on any missions in Atlas, hoboy she won't be the only one chagrined at returning to Atlas.