I would have at least liked for Jaune, when he was heckling Yang's stand-up routine, to offer her "a hand".
Or Sun. Whichever blond guy that was.
edited 10th Sep '16 6:53:00 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.It's an AU...it's not set anywhere.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Anyone else like Chibi Cinder more than Canon Cinder at this point?
Also, Weiss's wanton flaunting of her cake butlers is just another example of the bourgeoisie lording over the proletariat with their unearned priveleges. Rise up my brothers and sisters! #Occupy Atlas
edited 11th Sep '16 6:41:09 AM by MapleSamurai
Assuming they eventually update Chibi to reflect the post Beacon status quo, which might take a few years, but eventually there will be more post Beacon seasons than not and the school time jokes might come off as outdated, and outright confusing to people who joined past that so they might do that. Then yeah we might get a timeskip Chibi Yang with one arm. But by then she'll likely have accepted it for better or worse by then and it won't come off as mean spirited.
When the episode with him in it ends he says "Hello, my darling" to Blake, then in the next one he switches back between "love", "dear" and "darling" while fighting her iirc
And their relationship wasn't presented as romantic at all. The only thing we got on it was Blake saying Adam changed from what he used to be.
edited 11th Sep '16 8:04:40 PM by BlackSunNocturne
Blake says that somebody "close to her" changed slowly. That may not be a flatout statement that they were in a romantic relationship, but it's hardly a denial that they were either. If people are prepared to ship Yang and Blake on the basis of a friendly partnership and a couple of intense emotional moments, I'm not sure why Blake stating the two of them were "close"—in a conversation wherein she is explicitly comparing he and Yang no less—didn't prepare anyone for him being her ex and/or stalker.
I mean, heck what were people thinking the relationship would be? It's not like we had any information on Adam beforehand outside of one short flashback. He's close to her, and he's not the same kind of Faunus as her, so he's not likely a relative. That leaves what, three options? Friend, mentor, or ex.
edited 11th Sep '16 8:13:29 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
Close to her could be a close friend. The only interaction we were ever shown with them before Volume 3 was a flashback where Blake was essentially cameo-ing, and the Black Trailer. Neither of which hinted at any kind of relationship aside from "both in the White Fang in the same area"
- On a Facebook Q&A, Miles and Kerry broke down the breeding genetics of Faunus:
- If two Faunus of the same phenotype breed (e.g. two Dog Faunus), their child will also be of the same species.
- If a Faunus and a human breed, their child will either be a Faunus or a Human.
- If two Faunus of different types breed (e.g. a Dog Faunus and a Cat Faunus), their child will have a chance of being a random type.
Personally: I feel that Blake and Adam's relationship was a likely Mentor Ship.
Completely platonic.
Cats and bulls would produce interesting hybrid children. Colorblind half-animal children that charge at the color red and pounce on smaller creatures.
But more seriously, though I'm usually not against shipping, I was actually ready to accept that Blake and Adam just had a professional student-mentor relationship until that happened. Now Adam goes from the badass, reckless terrorist to the creepy, obviously abusive boyfriend. It kind of diminishes the character.
edited 11th Sep '16 8:46:44 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Abusive teacher, mentor is also an option to think.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I find it sort of interesting that all of us—including me, don't get me wrong—are more willing to forgive a man for terrorism than we are for domestic abuse. I mean we all knew from Blake's commentary that he had gone completely over the line, and that the White Fang had fallen far from their ideals and become an organization willing to kill gods only know how many people and cooperate with the likes of Roman and Cinder. And yet it wasn't until he went fullbore Domestic Abuser that we all went "he has to die."
You know, I honestly cannot pinpoint what, exactly, made me think it but I'd never believed Adam and Blake's relationship was anything but romantic. Granted, I didn't realize the trailers had plot to them and thus missed the actual departure in Black until after I'd watched the series, but I'd just been assuming that Adam was Blake's scary ex.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Preaching to the choir.
It's like a switch. You don't come up with an emotionally/sexually abusive character unless you really want to explore it.
Adam used to be "that badass with the sword." Now he's "that creepy rapey abusive boyfriend with the sword." And sure Rooster Teeth could try and roll it back and go "Oh but Adam wasn't actually abusive toward Blake when they were together" to make him sympathetic/redeemable, as if that would actually shed anyone's projection of the abusive creepy boyfriend they had in their freshman year of college.
The only path I see for Adam going forward is Card-Carrying Villain or Death Equals Redemption.
edited 11th Sep '16 9:11:18 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!

It probably does.
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!