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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#38651: Sep 10th 2016 at 6:39:09 PM

It probably does.

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#38652: Sep 10th 2016 at 6:52:40 PM

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

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FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
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#38653: Sep 10th 2016 at 7:00:05 PM

Maybe in a second season of Chibi, assuming there is such a thing.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#38654: Sep 10th 2016 at 7:04:37 PM

Is this really the time of show that would do seasons though; these are really more like vignettes than episodic in nature.

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#38655: Sep 10th 2016 at 7:06:47 PM

It still appears to be set before Season 3, at the very least, seeing as almost all action happens in Beacon proper.

Of course, timetables aren't exactly a thing here, but it's worth considering.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#38656: Sep 10th 2016 at 7:14:35 PM

It's an AU...it's not set anywhere.

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MapleSamurai Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#38657: Sep 10th 2016 at 10:13:38 PM

Anyone else like Chibi Cinder more than Canon Cinder at this point? [lol]

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

AJSthe2nd Since: Jan, 2015
#38658: Sep 10th 2016 at 11:06:01 PM

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a few years, but eventually there will be more post Beacon seasons than not and the school time jokes might come off as outdated, and outright confusing to people who joined past that so they might do that.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.

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#38659: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:40:42 AM

New Chibi is out.

Zwei really is a savior of the universe.

VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#38660: Sep 11th 2016 at 1:38:51 PM

And that's why he's a good boy.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#38661: Sep 11th 2016 at 4:36:26 PM

#Occupy Atlas

No. We need to make Vale great again! Repair the damage Ironwood and his Atlas robots have wrought! Build a wall around Vale, you know, to keep the Grimm out.

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#38662: Sep 11th 2016 at 4:52:33 PM

Rise up my brothers and sisters! #Occupy Atlas

It could be worse. The main show is currently dealing with #OccupyBeacon.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38663: Sep 11th 2016 at 6:41:07 PM

Hey, did anyone find Adam calling Blake "My love" and being into her like that unexpected and a bit weird? I never got the impression their relationship was ever even supposed to be one-sidedly romantic until then.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#38664: Sep 11th 2016 at 6:48:35 PM

Wasn't it "my darling"? It could be both, just seeing if I'm remembering it correctly.

As for their relationship. We don't learn much about Adam beforehand, but I don't think it was ever presented as one-sided.

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38665: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:03:40 PM

[up]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

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#38666: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:11:21 PM

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.

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

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38667: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:42:29 PM

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"

he's not the same kind of Faunus as her, so he's not likely a relative.
Just gonna point this out:
  • 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.

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#38668: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:43:32 PM

Very serious crossover suggestion: How would the Angry Video Game Nerd react in Remnant? What if the Nerd became a Hunter?

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#38669: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:44:24 PM

I mean, heck what were people thinking the relationship would be?

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

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38670: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:46:58 PM

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 from what I was expecting.
Actually, he's still the badass, reckless terrorist and also the creepy, obviously abusive boyfriend. Which means he at the least has more character personality than most of the other villains do.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#38671: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:48:41 PM

Abusive teacher, mentor is also an option to think.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#38672: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:55:06 PM

Actually, I thought the Volume 3 commentary confirmed that Adam and Blake were in a romantic relationship together.

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#38673: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:58:25 PM

Now Adam goes from the badass, reckless terrorist to the creepy, obviously abusive boyfriend. It kind of diminishes the character.

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."

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#38674: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:59:32 PM

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.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#38675: Sep 11th 2016 at 9:09:57 PM

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 ... And yet it wasn't until he went fullbore Domestic Abuser that we all went "he has to die."

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

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