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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
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#10576: Sep 22nd 2014 at 7:34:40 PM

Smilodon, Megaterium, those evil boar things... yeah, megafauna needs a resurgence.

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#10577: Sep 22nd 2014 at 7:36:44 PM

The Survey Corps would have a hell of an easier time, I think, while Team RWBY would be able to take care of the Titans easily enough.

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#10578: Sep 23rd 2014 at 3:14:31 AM

[up]Pretty much this, actually.

I'd mention RWBY speed, but I don't think I'm supposed to any more.

Also, more megafauna sounds great. I'm far more in favour of that than humanoid Grimm. I think that Grimm need to remain bestial and animalistic.

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#10579: Sep 23rd 2014 at 3:19:34 AM

I still insist that a Titan Grimm should be the Knave of Hearts. Or Nightmare.

edited 23rd Sep '14 3:19:51 AM by Emperordaein

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#10580: Sep 23rd 2014 at 3:22:02 AM

I'm sorry, but does this look like a Grimm to you?

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#10581: Sep 23rd 2014 at 3:29:28 AM

Yes it does. A Slug or Snail Grimm to be exact.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#10582: Sep 23rd 2014 at 7:19:27 AM

@Sereg: I think, with humanoid Grimm, you just can't be trying to make Arrancar and, while elite mook tough, make their real strength intelligence. They use guile and trickery, strategy and organization, as much as their brute strength.

But also giant Grimm. Giant Grimm are nice.

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#10583: Sep 23rd 2014 at 7:21:24 AM

[up][up][up][up][up]Like I said, megafauna are underrepresented as fantasy monsters. There's Skyrim's mammoths, Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger has a smilodon as the final boss, and I've seen fanart of Lord of the Rings that imagines the Nazgul's airsteeds as pterasaurs, and I think the oliphaunts are based on mammoths or other elephant ancestors.

[up]Giant Grimm, or Giant Grimm? As in, supersized, or based off of giants? Because they're a pretty ubiquitous fairy tale monster as well. Giants, trolls, ogres, whatever you want to call them.

edited 23rd Sep '14 7:28:29 AM by maxwellelvis

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Vespa Since: Feb, 2013
#10585: Sep 23rd 2014 at 8:05:39 AM

So I've been watching a Bayonetta 2 walkthrough.

I'm not saying reskin the angels and demons to look like grimm, but some of those enemies really look like they could qualify as high-class grimm if they had a different color scheme

edited 23rd Sep '14 8:05:58 AM by Vespa

Prany Since: Apr, 2013
#10586: Sep 23rd 2014 at 8:51:27 AM

I have doubts about Survey Corps vs Grimm. Not because Grimm are stronger than Titans (most of them are definitely not) but because Corps are not trained fighting enemies their size. Their gear also is designed for fighting (and evading) large, lumbering monsters, not small and agile. Larger Grimm like nevermore and Deathstalker have very thick hide = bad for Corps brittle swords. And althought numerous Titans don't show traits of pack hunters. Grimm do providing yet another "not trained for this".

It's also hard to judge streinght of Grimm compared to normal humans because this far we've seen them fighting (and failing) against superpowered characters. Titans kill normal humans.

Bit off topic: finally watched Attack on Titan (all hail Annie's magnificent nose!). At which chapter I should pick up manga?

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#10587: Sep 23rd 2014 at 8:59:58 AM

Chapter 32 would be a good start.

Also, the Colossal Titan would give the Hunters hard time, not only because of its height, but it's ability to shoot out massively hot steam from its body, which, given Hunters' tendency for melee attack, can kind of ruin their days.

In addition, the Armored Titan. It can shrug off canons, but given RWBY's technology level, I think there's plenty of weapons that are stronger (Penny's Blade Beam, for once). But when he starts RUNNING...

And then there is the Female Titan. She's fast, agile, and worst of all, intelligent. Compared to the Colossal and Armored Titans, though, this one would be easier. I mean, I'm pretty sure Ruby can pull of something like this:

Blake would probably be the first one in Team RWBY to go down. Blake can't fight, yo.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#10588: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:07:38 AM

I think the Colossal Titan would be cake. Nearly all their weapons have long ranged applications, and the CT kinda sucks at actual fighting.

Also "hasn't gotten a stand out moment"=/="can't fight".

edited 23rd Sep '14 9:08:18 AM by Moth13

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#10589: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:09:10 AM

When you think about it, Blake's style is probably the closest to how the Survey Corps fight Titans....

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#10590: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:13:30 AM

[up][up] Actually, due to its sheer height, all it needs is just move around by bits and he can pretty much dodge most of the distanced attacks.

It's not that Blake "hasn't gotten a stand out moment". She had her moments to fight...in none of which she showed capacity to fight. Slicing up mooks and kill-stealing, I wouldn't really count that a proof of your combat skill, at least not in this series. Now, if she was never in any fight, I wouldn't say that she can't fight. We never really saw Ozpin, Emerald, the rest of Team SSSN and CFVY, etc fighting either, and it would be really rash to say that they can't fight.

But Blake. She has been given moments to fight, where she proved...less than useful, really.

In the Nevermore fight, all she was good for was her weapon. Also, there was utter beatdown she received from Roman, and compared that to Sun's fight with him; he was actually driving him back.

edited 23rd Sep '14 9:18:42 AM by dRoy

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Prany Since: Apr, 2013
#10591: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:18:21 AM

As far as I see it, regular titans would become cannon fodder when crossed over with many, many settings with superpowered heroes. But "special" titans... yeah, I can see them as threat even against powerfull enemies.

But seriously, Annie's nose is great. It's rare to see anime character with such a big ass snorter who stil looks nice. And it even makes her look taller. (Or it's just in my head?)

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#10592: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:20:49 AM

Speaking of height, I have no problem with Yatsuhashi, the member of Team CFVY, being around 7 feet/210cm.

But Neo being 149cm? For some reason, I have a real hard time accepting that.

Also, Ozpin being 200cm and Jaune actually being 185cm, while the members of Team RWBY has more reasonable heights? Hmm....

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#10593: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:48:56 AM

Well, it's established that they live on a Death World; maybe people are just taller in the RWBY-verse?

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#10594: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:52:12 AM

Like I said, Team RWBY has reasonable (at least, to our 21st century developed nations' standards) heights, but the other character, especially the males, seem to have absurdly tall height.

.....Not that it helps them any. [lol]

Oh, and people from Australia, a real life Death World, aren't any taller than people from the rest of the worlds.

edited 23rd Sep '14 9:53:46 AM by dRoy

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FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#10595: Sep 23rd 2014 at 9:57:55 AM

Hmm.

So the guys are taller than the girls.

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#10596: Sep 23rd 2014 at 10:02:02 AM

Much taller.

Also, Glynda is really tall. I mean, 190cm +? Even if you take out the heels, that's still around 180cm, which is huge for women. But then again, look at me, trying to apply our standards to Remnant. That's not going to cut it.

Anyhow, we will finally get a new episode this week.

Now, I think wild mass guessit will be about new characters.wild mass guess We will either see the rest of Team CFVY or SSSN, or we will get to see more of Emerald (I think Mercury got relatively descent amount of screentime by now) or Neo.

We will have to see Team CFVY at some point of this volume, what with being part of the opening at all. Then again, Adam was in the last volume's opening, but he didn't show up in that volume. Then again, it was only in a silhouette.

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#10597: Sep 23rd 2014 at 10:46:54 AM

Yatsuhashi could just pick up Neo and put her in his purse.

...new ship

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#10598: Sep 23rd 2014 at 11:03:10 AM

People from Australia haven't had a lot of time to evolve to suit their environment, with the exception of Australian Aborigines.

Plus, the optimum adaptations for a Death World depend on the nature of the Death World in question. Now, tall people have the advantage of longer legs ie. running away from monsters more easily. Smaller size means more options for hiding places though. Real World humans are built for endurance (human endurance is insane compared to other animals) rather than speed, but RWBY characters are fast and Pyrrha was able to keep away from the deathstalker.

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#10599: Sep 23rd 2014 at 11:06:42 AM

@Ninety - I'd ship that.

Neo...I'm really curious about her, but less about her abilities, more about her character. Would she be quiet or talkative (if it's the latter, her not talking nuch in her appearance can he just chalked up to her not having much time to talk or they haven't found the suitable voice actress just yet)? Jerkish or kind (well, as in Affably Evil way)?

Damn it, don't leave us hanging, Monty!

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#10600: Sep 23rd 2014 at 11:45:14 AM

I'm still going to go with my Neo = Ruby but evil theory.

Her smirk just reminded me too much of Ruby dealing with Torchwick's goons in episode 1.

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