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Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46102: May 7th 2017 at 6:32:25 PM

I can agree with that sentiment. The joke from RWBY Chibi about how people can't tell the difference between her and one of her shadow clones was really telling.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46103: May 7th 2017 at 6:35:20 PM

Not really, though?

I will say that Blake's angst doesn't fit as well in the earlier volumes as everything else. Though, considering the territory they're going in now, it'll likely seem less and less out of place. Basically everyone has had their mode hit, even if they're all trying to move forward.

edited 7th May '17 6:36:21 PM by LSBK

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#46104: May 7th 2017 at 6:37:26 PM

How is it not? The joke was that, as far as her friends were concerned, there was no difference between Blake and what is essentially a cardboard cutout of her.

That's not a nice thing to say about one of your characters.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46105: May 7th 2017 at 6:40:00 PM

Because that wasn't the joke. The joke was that none of them were actually talking to her to listen to what she had to say, and just convinced themselves of what they wanted to hear/already thought.

I mean, your feelings on Blake are already pretty clear so it's not too surprising you'd take it that way, but RWBY Chibi is the first thing to do a joke of this nature.

edited 7th May '17 6:41:06 PM by LSBK

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#46106: May 7th 2017 at 7:48:29 PM

Yeah, that joke was the "characters complain to/seek advice from someone but in their rambling end up coming to their own conclusion without any external input" gag, which I dunno the trope name for but I've seen a few other times then that.

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#46107: May 8th 2017 at 1:53:39 AM

Blake is actually one of my favorite characters in this series, despite me incessantly making jokes at her expense.

...Well, used to. [lol]

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#46108: May 8th 2017 at 2:14:15 AM

Yeah I am actually really fond of Blake (though some of her behaviour this volume was off-putting).

But the punching bag jokes are still hilarious.

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#46109: May 8th 2017 at 2:37:02 AM

And nothing has been happening...?

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Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#46110: May 8th 2017 at 12:27:34 PM

Season 5 starts this fall. That's all I know.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46111: May 8th 2017 at 3:26:41 PM

Because that wasn't the joke. The joke was that none of them were actually talking to her to listen to what she had to say, and just convinced themselves of what they wanted to hear/already thought.

I took the meaning a bit further. The point is that by the end of Volume 3, she's producing such good clones that people can't visually distinguish between the clone and the real Blake. There was also that question of how long would the Blake clone have lasted had Adam not chopped its head off.

Chibi took those two things and turned it into an extended scene joke: the clone just stays around forever until Blake finds it and deactivates and it was such a good clone, it was visually indistinguishable from the real Blake, as long as no-one tried to communicate with it, but Blake is normally a quiet person anyway. So, cue the obvious gag: everyone pours out their troubles to the clone, so wrapped up in their own problems they don't even notice that it's not the real, quiet Blake they're talking to but one of her forgotten, non-speaking clones.

I've also seen this gag done a lot (Friends has tried it at least twice), so I'd be surprised if there wasn't some kind of relevant trope somewhere about it. While the joke often does focus on a quiet character who doesn't speak much, it's almost always centring on the people that interact with the 'copy' being so wrapped up in themselves they don't notice they're not interacting with the real person.

My head-canon is that Blake's limit is eight clones, giving her 'nine' lives in battle.

edited 8th May '17 3:29:09 PM by Wyldchyld

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#46112: May 8th 2017 at 3:56:48 PM

[up] I went looking but couldn't find any trope that matches. If I wasn't busy with finals, I'd be tempted to work on creating that, because it is certainly common enough to deserve one.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46113: May 9th 2017 at 4:19:43 PM

Yeah, I'm a bit too busy with exams myself to look into it in depth right now as well.

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#46114: May 9th 2017 at 7:46:36 PM

Y'all are busy with exams and you're on TV Tropes?

I would holler at the mods, but I'm using TVTropes to get away from academia myself. '<'

edited 9th May '17 7:46:47 PM by Soble

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#46115: May 9th 2017 at 7:47:38 PM

Whereas I am out for the summer. Now I just need to get a job...

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#46116: May 9th 2017 at 7:48:02 PM

[up]Me too, but this may be off topic....

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46117: May 9th 2017 at 7:50:27 PM

To be fair RWBY is about high school... college... academy students, so I guess that's why it draws most of us in.

Well it was about students. Who knows if they're ever going to go back to that format.

Kind of depressing when you remember that their college had a Titan dragon inside of it, most of their peers are likely dead, and now most of the main cast is journeying the world and living off the kindness of strangers.

edited 9th May '17 7:51:35 PM 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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#46118: May 9th 2017 at 9:09:58 PM

I haven't been in school for years. tongue

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#46119: May 9th 2017 at 10:01:55 PM

Same. In fact, I've been in a job for four years.

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#46120: May 9th 2017 at 10:44:48 PM

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#46121: May 9th 2017 at 10:56:07 PM

RWBY isn't about school no more...

School days be over...

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46122: May 9th 2017 at 10:57:56 PM

Well at least probably get to see the ins and outs of Haven before Lionheart is revealed as a scheming traitor.

The big question there for me is whether Watts is actually going to stick around for the volume, or if his appearance at the end the was just for that reveal.

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#46123: May 9th 2017 at 11:10:09 PM

[up]He maybe will have some apaering in one episode or two, this season introduce Tyrian, Watt should be the next one.

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#46124: May 9th 2017 at 11:15:34 PM

I wonder if Lionheart is a Triple Agent.


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