The dark elements present in the first few episodes (beyond things that only start looking more sinister in the context of the later episodes) were mostly in the form of meta-foreshadowing IIRC; ie the outro showing an image of Madoka in the eye of the mask of Mephistopheles (and a quote from Paradise lost showing up on a wall in a background), and RWBY has plenty of that; the lyrics of pretty much every song are quite bleak, the setting itself is, on paper, quite bleak (and totally not inspired by Attack On Titan), and the visuals of the intros/outros got quite bleak starting with season 2.
edited 13th Apr '16 2:53:02 PM by CaptainCapsase
If RWBY ran like a regular anime, nonstop, then it would probably be less jarring.
The problem is it doesn't, it gets out a Vol of about 2 hours worth of material a year, with half a year or more of downtime, and it took them 3 and half years to get to the dark. Granted that's just the limits of the medium they're working with, and once it's done (or at least at Vol 10 or so) it will probably flow better having all that material to watch.
Instead they hit the seriousness for 3 episodes, and then we got a hiatus.
I will say this about Pyrrha. No matter what the underlying message was supposed to be about her death, the biggest one I got was "She's loses because she's not the main character." If it was Ruby fighting her the plot would have gone her way, but she wasn't, so it didn't. Which is not really that good. That's Dragonball tier writing honestly.
Mmmh, looks like the story didn't hit it in the right post with what they were aiming for
I mean, looks like RWBY doesn't have a strong story or at least is looking like they will struggle a lot in trying to tell it in the near future. We can only hope the fight scenes stay awesome, at least IMO
Yeah, i fear the show may possibly have a decrease in quality, but i will reserve my judgement until much later into the series
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Like One Piece?
And Flashback in the middle of it that spans 3-5 episodes
@Epic Bleye There are stories where the Fandom wants their MC to die. ![]()
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But yeah, killing your MC too early can usually ruin a lot of things. Unless he is a Decoy Protagonist
@Sion Nah too much. I say 15 would be enough
edited 13th Apr '16 3:08:31 PM by fasoman1996
Uni catThe entire plan has been to throw everything at Beacon Tower from the beginning (we had signs of that from Roman's map in Volume 1), and to attack Vale to split up the experienced hunters, so that Beacon was under-defended. This is only my theory but given what Cinder said to Ozpin, it sounds to me like Salem told Cinder where she thought Ozpin would be keeping Amber on the basis of how well she understands Ozpin (and I do have another theory as well). Cinder was spying on Ozpin and Pyrrha, followed them down to the vault, which confirmed what Salem had told her. That's why Cinder told Ozpin that 'she' is right about him being arrogant (the comment came on the back of her observing where Amber had been kept all this time); it sounds like Salem told Cinder that Ozpin's hubris would make him keep Amber close to him, so that she would probably be holed up somewhere in Beacon Tower.
edited 13th Apr '16 3:11:58 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.The creators confirmed that in the livestream several weeks ago. Monty had created the overall plot, so the team knew everything (which meant there was at least 20 volumes worth of storyline, although the actual amount of volumes will inevitably depend on how Miles and Kerry structure the content of each volume), and that Monty had even planned for storylines into the girls' adulthood if there was appetite to continue the show after the main storyline had finished.
By the way, the way the creators talked about Pyrrha and Roman during that livestream. I was updating this thread during the livestream and, at the time, I said that the way they talked about the pair was a little suspicious. I said that would expect most people to automatically interpret what was said as the two characters definitely being dead (which has been the case). However, it was actually worded in such a way as to give them the opportunity to bring them (and probably be labelled as trolling creators in the process).
I don't actually want Roman and Pyrrha to still be alive or to come back, but they were not as unambigious in declaring them 'forever dead and never coming back' as is sometimes said.
edited 13th Apr '16 3:18:41 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.To the point where characters drink blood to survive.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
x4: As edgy as it needs to be to tell the story. Monty had a story, he planned it, so I think the writers should just tell it and the fans can make up their own minds over whether or not they like it.
edited 13th Apr '16 3:20:47 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.If RWBY goes the Madoka route, then I'm going to stop watching it for the same reason I never started Madoka in the first place. That's just not what I'm interested in.
edited 13th Apr '16 3:22:20 PM by NativeJovian
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.![]()
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If it lands on its edge then we'll know magic in Remnant is both real and powerful.
If Cinder came upon the vault by accident because she just happened to be spying on the entrance to the tower to see Pyrrha make the decision to run over to Ozpin, then her words to Ozpin wouldn't make any sense - her words to Ozpin made it sound like Cinder had been told Ozpin would hide Amber there because his arrogance would lead him to make that decision. Upon seeing Amber in the vault, Cinder concluded Salem was completely right and told Ozpin as much.
That's how it sounded to me, anyway. Besides, Cinder was already spying on the entrance to the tower when Jaune's team got there. She met Mercury and Emerald on the roof to conference, then turned away to watch the tower. Then Jaune's group arrive, Pyrrha spots Ozpin, and runs to him and we see Cinder still on the roof top watching them. After that, all she needed to do was watch the lift to confirm it was travelling downwards, to know they were going to the vault.
She knew about the tower all along.
edited 13th Apr '16 3:29:13 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.

I don't think comparing them is entirely accurate.
edited 13th Apr '16 2:57:44 PM by EpicBleye
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