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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
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#45302: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:37:50 PM

I'm fairly certain Qrow's "I don't really know" was supposed to be genuine.
I didn't say it wasn't genuine. I said that, regardless of whether or not it's genuine, he took advantage of it when giving information to RNJR which hid a primary purpose behind the secondary need to talk to Leo.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#45303: Feb 14th 2017 at 3:42:22 PM

I wouldn't call that secondary to maybe finding Ozpin. They're about equal in footing. Honestly, that just sounds like a weird thing to hide, especially since he just got finished explaining the whole Maiden deal and in the even that he does find Ozpin in a new body there, he's just going to end up explaining it to them anyway.

edited 14th Feb '17 3:43:15 PM by LSBK

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#45304: Feb 15th 2017 at 12:48:17 AM

friends, can we please pothole a trope only once per post. It Feels Like I Am Reading Sentences Like This Entirely Too Often.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#45305: Feb 15th 2017 at 1:01:22 AM

Thas not a bad thing, mang.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#45306: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:10:10 AM

It always amazes me that this thread has arguments that often produce truly massive walls of text that I rarely, if ever, see in other threads yet the arguments never seem to go anywhere.

I'm not implying anything by this, just making an observation.

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#45307: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:20:59 AM

you should’ve seen the mass effect 2 arguments

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#45308: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:09:09 AM

This is standard procedure for huge fandoms.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#45309: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:20:16 AM

Then how come I'm not seeing it in threads for fandoms far larger than RWBY could ever hope to be?

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#45310: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:22:43 AM

Maybe you don't participate in enough threads. I'm also not restricting my statement to this site.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#45311: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:35:44 AM

I'm in the Dragon Ball thread, the Final Fantasy thread, the Sonic thread, the Mario thread, the Zelda thread, the Kingdom Hearts thread, the Pokemon General thread, the Pokemon Anime thread, and the Mega Man thread. In none of those do I see the constant, massive walls of text that I see here that result in arguments that go nowhere.

Also, I am restricting myself to this site because I here enough about how things usually go on other sites to know better. Even my original statement suggests that I was restricting myself to this site (I said "other threads") so stating how things are on other sites is irrelevant.

edited 15th Feb '17 8:37:06 AM by Zelenal

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#45312: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:46:21 AM

  • shrug*. Guess you're just lucky.

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#45313: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:46:51 AM

[up][up]i half agree with you. there are certainly consistent arguments that never go anywhere in the other threads, bit rarely do they reach the walls of text that this thread produces.

The one exception to that is the Homestuck thread, which produces even more massive walls of text about something equally pedantic.

edited 15th Feb '17 8:47:12 AM by EpicBleye

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#45314: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:51:05 AM

I don't know why it took me this long to get what this was about, but maybe the real reason is the individuals involved in discussion rather than the subject itself.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#45315: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:56:19 AM

Dragon Ball thread

You weren't there for the arguments about Super Perfect Cell's power level versus Gohan's.

Thing with those threads, I imagine, is that the really epic arguments get canceled out because someone eventually someone makes it personal, or the argument has been done so many times no one is changing their position, so eventually it just dies out. Dragonball has been out for decades so most of those page-wide arguments have either settled, disproved, or outlawed because all they do is promote hostility.

RWBY is a relatively young franchise and as such we don't have as many tired arguments. The fanbase is relatively small next to giants like Sonic and Dragonball and no one has gotten uncivil while arguing - so naturally, there's more talk about the pacing of Volumes 3 and 4, Sun's characterization, Ruby's role as the protagonist, etc.

edited 15th Feb '17 8:58:25 AM by Soble

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#45316: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:15:24 AM

[up] My point is that most of the arguments this thread gets into are already tired. Need I remind you of the "Is Sun sexist" argument that got banned from two threads? Also, even the new arguments in those threads don't get even a quarter as long winded as arguments do here and, while I might not have been there for the original "Cell VS Gohan" battle power argument, I have been there for several of them. Just because I don't post doesn't mean I'm not there. I'm a lurker.

[up][up] So you're suggesting that the people here are just long winded?

EDIT: Also, everything in this thread is an argument. I just make a simple observation about the nature of arguments in this thread and it turns into an argument.

edited 15th Feb '17 9:20:20 AM by Zelenal

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#45317: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:19:45 AM

Some people like making walls of text. Doesn't matter what the subject is about.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#45318: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:21:22 AM

Some people like being thorough. Two people here come to mind immediately.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#45319: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:33:24 AM

My point is that most of the arguments this thread gets into are already tired.

And that's about where we disagree. When I say "tired" I mean the argument that has been going for years with no real conclusion. The pacing/Sun issues only came up, what, a few months ago?

"Is Sun sexist" argument that got banned from two threads

...wait, what was the second thread?

Also, even the new arguments in those threads don't get even a quarter as long winded as arguments do here

Fewer people and older fans who have A) come to know each other's debating styles and points of view, B) resignation due to the series being out for so long, or C) you just aren't there when the big arguments do happen. Sonic and Metal Gear, however, don't have a lot of updates these days so you wouldn't see as many arguments.

while I might not have been there for the original "Cell VS Gohan" battle power argument, I have been there for several of them. Just because I don't post doesn't mean I'm not there. I'm a lurker.

Well then you know what I mean. I don't think any discussion about RWBY has gotten that severe. There isn't that much to get severe about.

If you want my genuine answer, the thing about this thread is that with the exception of Ambar and Jovian, as long as I've been here, no one else really analyzes the show under a microscope and most of us just gush about scenes and characters we like shots fired.

I had a problem with RWBY in the beginning when it started because people were crowding the Fridge Brilliance page with entries, which struck me as overeager fans trying to gush about as many things as possible. That alone tells me we didn't have a very critical group of people here (nothing wrong with that), or anywhere else on the site. As such, until Ambar and Jovian caught up with the show recently (start of Volume 4-ish I believe) we didn't have many people actually criticizing the show or breaking down things they didn't like and defending their reasons. And when we did it usually came down to "it's still the first season, they have budget issues, there's still potential here."

So while it seems like there's this surplus of long discussions going on, it's only really due to a lack of them previously, from my point of view, or because there's much more to actually discuss in Volume 4 compared to the earlier seasons.

edited 15th Feb '17 4:22:23 PM by Soble

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#45320: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:37:01 AM

Yes, it was taken to another thread that dealt with similar subject matter where it was subsequently banned because things got too heated like they did here.

Also, said argument went on for an entire freaking month before it (temporarily) ended. No other thread I've been in for the years that I have been on this site has ever gotten anywhere close to being that bad.

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#45321: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:37:25 AM

it help this thread is REALLY fast, moving into logn text with more frequency, for me nothing beat naruto thread, I mean dear sage.....

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powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#45322: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:54:29 AM

Zel: Well, the Sonic thread here can keep arguing about what gameplay styles are good.

I probably should partake in more threads. Like the Mario thread.

But, yeah, it was tiring to here the "Is Sun sexist" argument everytime he showed up.

AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!
BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#45323: Feb 15th 2017 at 10:04:56 AM

@Soble: It was banned in this thread as well as the "Male Roles Vs. Female Roles in Fiction: Discussion/Analysis/Troperwank" thread.

But yeah Zelenal, you're right. This thread seems to love the wall-of-text arguments [lol]

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#45324: Feb 15th 2017 at 10:07:00 AM

If you want my genuine answer, the thing about this thread is that with the exception of Ambar and Jovian, as long as I've been here, no one else really analyzes the show under a microscope and most of us just gush about scenes and characters we like

You know what, this is the most likely answer.


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