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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38951: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:29:22 PM

Well, she was a vigilante before the start of the series so...

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38952: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:30:18 PM

[up][up][up]Don't even bother: unknowing butchers the English language and doesn't care.

Also: I think he means that Weiss was "too shy" to stand up to her father. You know, the man who is possibly the single most powerful man, money and political power-wise, on Remnant?

[down]During the undisclosed amount of time between the Black trailer and Volume 1, Episode 1, obviously.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:31:43 PM by BlackSunNocturne

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#38953: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:30:20 PM

When was Blake a vigilante?

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#38954: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:34:17 PM

[up]x2 I'm pretty sure saying she's too scared is more accurate than saying she's too shy.

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#38955: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:36:17 PM

Ah, that little interview between her and Ozpin.

When she said she came from a place where people had to fend of for themselves and only the strongest survived, I thought: "If someone like Blake survived there, it probably wasn't that bad." evil grin

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#38956: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:37:33 PM

[up][up]She's not confident enough...

[up]It wasn't "kill or be killed" it was "kill or be ignored"...only threats are killed.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:39:28 PM by randomness4

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38957: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:39:15 PM

[up][up]Serious question, don't you ever think making the same joke over and over again gets kind of annoying?

edited 16th Sep '16 9:39:34 PM by LSBK

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#38958: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:39:16 PM

[up][up][up]Haha, lol, you're hilarious.

I'm of the camp that Blake, in an ill-thought attempt to distance herself from her past, has taken to changing her tactics and is playing against her strengths.

She keeps playing like a barbarian as a rogue.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:39:40 PM by God_of_Awesome

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#38959: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:46:37 PM

[up][up] Seeing how it's not against the forum policy or anything, it's frankly none of my concern.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:48:09 PM by dRoy

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38960: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:48:00 PM

[up][up][up]Sadly, most of the people in here can't come up with new material, and as such, stick with the "Blake is useless" jokes ad nauseam.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:48:13 PM by BlackSunNocturne

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#38961: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:48:15 PM

boy, I'll tell you what's more annoying that repetitive jokes.

Thrice that volume in complaints.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38962: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:49:51 PM

It's not even the joke itself, it's that it's all he seems to do. And if you don't care if it's funny or not I don't see why bother. But that's a general peeve of mine.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:51:24 PM by LSBK

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#38963: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:51:02 PM

Too much complaining about other tropers going on in this thread.

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#38964: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:51:23 PM

It's not even the joke itself, it's that it's all he seems to do. And if you don't care if it's funny or not I don't see why bother.

It amuses me. That's all the reason I need.

And you have no rights to tell someone what they can say or not in a thread unless it's irrelevant, NSFW, aggressive towards another person, etc.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:52:54 PM by dRoy

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38965: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:53:44 PM
Thumped: for switching the discussion from the topic to a person. Doesn't take many of this kind of thump to bring a suspension. Stay on the topic, not the people in the discussion.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38966: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:55:20 PM

[up][up]When did I say you couldn't say anything, I just asked why? Honestly going "It's not technically against the rules so I don't care if it annoys anyone" comes off as rude to me, but I was going to leave it alone.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:56:02 PM by LSBK

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#38967: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:55:57 PM

Like, fuck, at least people let Jaune have his character development in peace.
The big difference between Jaune and Blake is that Jaune has an excuse for being incompetent while Blake does not.

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#38968: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:55:58 PM

I'm going to keep on making that joke until it stops amusing me. tongue

The big difference between Jaune and Blake is that Jaune has an excuse for being incompetent while Blake does not.

Yup, pretty much. [lol]

And also, nearing the end of Season 2, Jaune already became good enough to solo an Ursa by himself, which speaks far better than whatever Blake can. evil grin

edited 16th Sep '16 9:59:00 PM by dRoy

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38969: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:58:26 PM

Arguably Jaune doesn't actually have an excuse since he made the stupid decision to go to Beacon before he was ready on his own.

And "incompetent" seems like the wrong word but I feel like this is well treaded ground and I haven't even been here that long.

edited 16th Sep '16 9:59:04 PM by LSBK

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#38970: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:59:21 PM

Normally I relish the chance to mock Blake's incompetence, but while initially I only saw Blake running to save herself/keep her friends safe from Adam - the crack about her becoming a vigilante makes some deal of sense.

Have Blake become the terror that meows in the night? Her character arc was about her doubting herself and going into overdrive to stop Torchwick right? Then Oobleck called her on her shit because "ooh Ms I'm an ex-terrorist with a mysterious and bloody past, well Blake what are you actually doing about it?"

So now that she's on her own, leaping across rooftops, her moonlighting as a cat-eared avenger preying on the superstitious and cowardly would kind of make sense. They've already established the WF meet at random warehouses in the city and that few actually seem to recognize Blake, so she could easily infiltrate and sabotage their meetings.

Not sure how effective that would be toward actually stopping them at this point but it'd be a start.

Then again a lot of drama could be milked from Blake spending a season without her friends and having no place to call home.

"Blake is usless"

I mean, so are Sun and Neptune. :/ They're just less marketable.

edited 16th Sep '16 10:03:31 PM by Soble

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#38971: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:00:37 PM

" unknowing butchers the English language and doesn't care."

I do, in fact, care, it just happen when I write to fast...but hey, tell me what I think about something I do, please

Anyway, when I said Weiss was to shy is that the narrative set her to confront her father, winter talk to it, build confidence and in the end....she return to him, that it, is not a bad think consider what happen to others but it still happen

And no, the whole "Blake is usless" is not going away because it just happen again in Voume 3 as Blake did nothing against Adam, and before you said "he is strong!" I dont refer to that, I mean the whole thing looks silly: she shoot him, he block and them he give her a bitch slap and...that it.

In fact is probably a good thing Yang was one shot because otherwise it look Blake was damisel in distress so Yang can save her

to be honest, most of this complain is because we dont really have any new material aside of chibi episode who are non-canon to being with, we like a bunch of people staring at each other waiting to RT to deliver the next volume.

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#38972: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:01:36 PM

For all the mockery I make towards Blake's incompetence as a warrior, I do genuinely like her character arc the most out of Team RWBY. I do feel that it wasn't explored to its full potential, but that's within an understandable scope.

And no, the whole "Blake is usless" is not going away because it just happen again in Voume 3 as Blake did nothing against Adam, and before you said "he is strong!" I dont refer to that, I mean the whole thing looks silly: she shoot him, he block and them he give her a bitch slap and...that it.

Personally? I actually feel that Blake deserves kudos for her action in that scene. I mean, let's face it, Yang didn't stand a chance, so what does Blake? Nothing. She did the wise thing and used her ability to get away from the scene, rather than trying to fight him.

edited 16th Sep '16 10:03:32 PM by dRoy

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#38973: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:02:18 PM

I highly doubt Blake ran to save her own skin. If anything, she ran to save everyone else's skin. It's pretty much Superhero Logic 101. "My archnemesis has sworn bloody horror upon everyone I love, so if I run away from everybody and never love anyone, no one else will have to suffer."

Vigilante is an interesting theory but whether or not she's become one, I'm pretty sure her distancing herself is simply so that no one else gets hurt like Yang.

edited 16th Sep '16 10:02:55 PM by TobiasDrake

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#38974: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:05:01 PM

[up]We have a winner. Especially since Adam proceeds to prove his point by maiming Yang.

Unfortunately, no one else in the thread seems to believe (or understand) that.

Personally? I actually feel that Blake deserves kudos for her action in that scene. I mean, let's face it, Yang didn't stand a chance, so what does Blake? Nothing. She did the wise thing and used her ability to get away from the scene, rather than trying to fight him.
Also: I feel that Blake was also in shock at seeing Adam there. When she first saw him she legit froze up with a "deer in the headlights" look.

... Which, now that I think of it, also reinforces the "Adam was abusive to Blake in the past" thing. If your abuser suddenly shows up out of nowhere, that's not something you're prepared for.

edited 16th Sep '16 10:07:30 PM by BlackSunNocturne

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#38975: Sep 16th 2016 at 10:05:16 PM

Adam doesn't really know of anyone else Black has been involved with...I feel like if he's gonna keep true to his promise, he should constantly hunt down Yang.

Until the team title drop regroups.

edited 16th Sep '16 10:06:24 PM by randomness4

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