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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#44101: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:13:35 PM

I understood your point, it's just not something I can agree with.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#44102: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:20:48 PM

I concur with Jovian and Very Melon. There's been a lot this season that's felt superfluous. There's enough things that I do like that I'm still willing to watch, but I still can't shake the feeling that we're treading water.

That even includes some things I genuinely found fun. I liked the opening fight in Episode 1, but it doesn't really advance the plot. I liked the fight with the Sea Serpent in Episode 3 (despite the nonsense surrounding it) but it didn't really advance the plot. In fact, until Tyrian showed up, none of the fights had advanced the plot, which is a bit of an issue.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#44103: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:20:55 PM

Now that we have finished gnawing on this pile of bones of a topic, let's discuss something fun. Like, I dunno, a hypothetical RWBY fighting game? Specifically, who would be playable?

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#44104: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:21:57 PM

[up]Everyone we've seen in action to date presumably.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#44105: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:22:40 PM

[up] (5) I mean, it's this or endless talk about shipping.

I kind of loathed back in Volume 2 when we talked more about shipping than the plot or the action.

edited 10th Jan '17 7:23:31 PM by Soble

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#44106: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:26:53 PM

[up]Not being a shipper I am glad that I wasn't here for that.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#44108: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:35:46 PM

I can understand them in a romantic series. I mean, stupid as Twilight was, I get where the war was coming from. There wasn't anything else to care about (unless you're like me in which case you cared about dissecting the books for blatantly sexist content and plain old bad writing, but I'm a bit of a resistant reader).

In the case of a series like RWBY there are other things to care about, folks.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#44109: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:38:10 PM

I'm the kind of person who doesn't care what characters, if any, get together so long as there isn't anything blatantly wrong with it. Like Twilight relationships, since it was mentioned.

powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The crabby fussbudget
#44110: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:38:53 PM

I usually just pick a ship I like but I don't attack others for supporting a ship with one of the characters in the ship that I support.

As for a RWBY fighting game:

  • Team RWBY
  • Team JNPR
  • Team SSSN
  • Team CFVY
  • Cinder
  • Emerald
  • Mercury
  • Roman
  • Neo
  • Adam
  • Salem
  • Watts
  • Hazel
  • Tyrian
  • Ozpin
  • Glynda
  • Ironwood
  • Summer Rose
  • Taiyang
  • Raven
  • Qrow
  • Winter
  • Possibly Jacques and Whitley due to Catharsis Factor

AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#44111: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:39:13 PM

Shipping discussions are pretty boring when the options are obvious. There isn't much to chew on in RWBY unless you went with something really implausible.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#44112: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:42:10 PM

Thinking about shipping, I'm surprised I haven't seen more shipping of Mercury and Emerald.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#44113: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:42:32 PM

Ships only get interesting to me if there's, well, something interesting about the relationship. There are certain relationships in certain shows that I'll talk about because of what I think they say about the characters, or how I think the relationship improves the characters. Beyond that though...

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#44114: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:44:15 PM

[up][up]They're shipped plenty in fanfic and fanart, but it's what I mean by being obvious. Who else would someone ship two villains with? Cinder? Salem?

edited 10th Jan '17 7:44:48 PM by VeryMelon

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#44115: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:44:41 PM

[up][up][up] Maybe it's because people usually ships her with Cinder.

edited 10th Jan '17 7:45:37 PM by Cross

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#44116: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:45:15 PM

I don't know, you have people who ship Yang and Ruby together and also with their father. Is anything off limits?

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#44117: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:46:24 PM

Li is gay, Ruby is uninterested, Pyrrha is dead, so let's ship Jaune and Nora, how about that?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#44118: Jan 10th 2017 at 7:46:39 PM

Shippers are all part of some fanbase, and fanbases like getting things to inspire fanworks. Some bases need less of it than others.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#44119: Jan 10th 2017 at 8:50:02 PM

So then, chances of Salem's informant in Mistral being anyone we know/have heard of? Probably nil, but I don't remember every detail about this show.

edited 10th Jan '17 8:50:18 PM by LSBK

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#44120: Jan 10th 2017 at 8:54:16 PM

My only guess is Raven, but that's mostly so Yang has a personal stake in the whole thing.

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#44121: Jan 10th 2017 at 9:07:04 PM

[up][up]I'm guessing it won't be someone we've seen, but probably someone like the Haven headmaster who we've been told is a friend but isn't. Or a curveball and it's one of Phyra's family.

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#44122: Jan 10th 2017 at 9:09:55 PM

I'd say her informant in Mistral is Doctor Watts.

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#44124: Jan 10th 2017 at 9:36:57 PM

Ok, a couple of thing here:

Ambar: well, now is easy to talk about sun from that perpective since the whole "if he creepy douche" tainted everything(not your fault, is a touchy subject) and in that way I kinda agree, I feel the humor use on Sun does NOT fit the chararter, they try to make him plunky or clumsy but...he is not, if Jaunce interrupt blake for example, I can belive him since is his type of humor.

Actually, I think is another problem of RWBY using anime tropes: sometimes they take some that are rather...problematic, like this one or Phyrra X in Volume 2.

Soble:

well, the whole shipping thing was not a surprise since Volume 2 was waaaaay more shipping happy than other volumes: Sun and Neptune enter the show, Jaunce and Phyrra got their on arc, Blake and Yang share a intimade moment, Penny got more friendship with Ruby, that and there was very little fights

Actually, now that I thing about it, Season 2 feel like slice of life with awsome fight rather than awsome series with slice of life moments.

Anyway, about shiping...Yeah, Is just mee or I feel Emerald have a crush on Cinder? she look like the "Blake" of the group: run for herself, have a thing with some unhealthy person,etc.

Jovian:

I really disagree on Blake, Ghira was part of the white fang, she run away from them and them run away from Adam and them try to run away after he edgy Yang hand away, also your situation ignore something: can we really think Blake is going to set down and quit? it would like the best definition of running away "let other handle the abuser who said is going to suffer" that it, Sun was right to point out how Adam is going after her, the biggest diferent between Blake and Yang arc is that the former have something to pull her into action while the other dosent.

About Weiss: the point is not what she chose but is the very thing about it: she should chose, the bigger point her is that Jacques is taking that away for her, is clear all her chose are inmaterial if someone else is doing for her.

And about Yang...well, her arc should be heavy, I think Korra 4 season actually deal this in a better way, but you cant skip it, it would be a big waste and quite insulting, not saying this is good...but it is better.

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#44125: Jan 10th 2017 at 10:26:31 PM

I don't think Raven is working for Salem. She knows who she is, but her conversation with Qrow didn't really seem to suggest that she works for her.


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