Caught the new episode. What annoyed me to no end was that it took Blake, like, over a minute to get Illya's scroll after she dropped it. Seriously, Sun tackles Illya, holds her in place for a while, then gets kicked off and Blake hasn't moved at all.
I know some people are tired of the "Blake is useless" joke but she continues to be as worthless as possible without actively being detrimental.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!I think everyone's going to die in the next 60-70 years or so.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!I do feel like this is leading to a situation where Blake has to learn not to run away from her problems and face them. Now whether it's handled well or not is up to the watcher so I won't comment on that.
That said, I do understand what they were going for with Sun in this season, even if it's a bit mishandled. Like someone said, Sun is Blake's Foil in this whole thing; Blake is an introvert who doesn't like to talk about her problems and prefers to run away from because she's too afraid of what might happen if she faces them. In that regard, Sun is literally the perfect character to get through to her and realize that's not the way of handling things, similar to how Yang did the same for her back in Season 2.
People say "oh Sun should have asked her" or "He should respect her space" when that's literally the last thing Blake needs. Blake doesn't talk about her problems and they will only persist unless somebody else gets through to her. Now yea, Sun was pretty wrong for following her without her permission, but it's not like Blake would have asked him to come along and she basically left without a trace. It's pretty in-character for him to look out for his friends, so what was he supposed to do, just let go about her business and ignore the blatant problems that she's facing? He'd be a shitty friend if he didn't follow her because that's what friends do, they butt into your problems because they care about you.
I already said that the forced comic relief with him was pretty grating, but that's not enough to justify the attitudes towards him I've seen here. And I get it, he "gets in the way" the series most popular homosexual ship. But that's ignoring the fact that Blake and Yang aren't even a thing to begin with, no matter how much people wish that was the case and the clear intent they had with Sun's character in this particular season.
Could it have been handled better? Yea, definitely. Does that justify the amount of times we've had to go back and forth on Sun being some creepy stalker who Blake should have thrown over board on the ship? Hell no and it annoys me to no end that people are willing to hold Episode 3 over his head entirely and the fact that it's getting to a point where we have to actually avoid talking about as to not go on for another 10 pages on "was Sun a creepy stalker or not"
x7: That really bothered me too; I'm literally screaming at the screen "GET THE FUCKING SCROLL"
edited 8th Jan '17 1:05:35 PM by BlackYakuzu94
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.So, episode.
- Yang is doing unreasonably well. Something is bound to happen. (Neo?)
- Wheatley has some points, but he is also a confirmed kissass for dad. Also, neither of them have the glyph Semblance which I guess makes sense for Jacques, but not really for his kid. Are Schnee Women special? Does Mama Schnee summon monstrosities when she drinks too much?
- Klein best butler.
- Sun keeps getting the narrative shaft, though he had some degree of competency in the fight. Illia's an interesting little bugger. Shame the chase didn't go further and it's just going to be Blake ferrying Sun back home.
- Speaking of, I guess he's not too injured after all (Aura Break is serious business nevertheless), but it's nice to see that Blake cares still even if their relationship is a little rocky these days.
- RNJR splits up. Nothing wrong can come out of this. Nope. -lights a candle for Renora-
- The hug between Jaune and Ren felt a little strange. Maybe it's just me.
- Also, that... kinda looks like a Goliath's footprint.
Purple could be gravity.
(3) We've already had a "hunter/prey" arc, but I guess there's room for another. But I have to ask... why the Avatar reference?
I mean just because there's a group of mystical entities spoken of in legend who control elemental powers beyond anyone else's understanding, and because said powers are transferred to a random host after death, and because there are several different nations each with their own distinct ideaological/geological theme, and because our hero is a plucky, inexperienced pre-teen teenager in way over their head, and because the second season's main villain is a dark-haired, fire manipulating woman in the service of a greater evil, and because we've seen a fleet of airships attack the main character's homeland, and because we've witnessed the development of a mechanical army doesn't mea...
...oh my god this is totally Avatar The Last Airbender.
edited 8th Jan '17 2:25:49 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Not even that, there's just nothing there that justifies all the attention it gets. Yang's only had one focus episode and a part of episode 9, which is all a character in her position needs. Weiss' family was made a big deal from the goddamn pilot, but the only impact they have on season 4 is keeping Weiss out of the action.

Purple dust gives the target an uncontrollable urge to sing.
Some day there will be a Musical Episode because Weiss accidentally spills a bunch of purple dust on the gang while she's trying to reload her sword.