I was about to complain that Ruby doesn't really showcase the advantages of said training but then I recalled that she's about on par with the rest of her team (maybe even a little better in some areas) despite being two years younger than them so... yeah. If she was with her old class, she'd be The Ace.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Yeah Ruby age just come to when discussing her status as the naive "simple soul" and all that.
And about huntress...I remenber one youtube user call Fatman that while he call some issue with RWBY(Some I find valid, other are just bogus) one of them said we never know much about the hunter system: a time they look like mercenary job, others times they are like police and others times they look like stright out superheroes, which make the whole deal confusing.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
...I don't see anything worth enjoying.
Oh, and since RWBY Volume 4 OST is out, we've got the last two songs (for the record, there's also Lusus Naturae and Armed and Ready, but we already had full versions of those).
You don't know what it's like to live in shadows
Always regretting what you've done
Spending time counting every little mistake
Knowing it's always easier to leave
Sun
You don't have to spend your life looking backward
We've been through this over and over again
You can't just wish it away
The past is the past, it'll never change
That was before, this is now
S
And when we have a chance to make it better if we try
B
Oh, but I will not endanger one more friend
S
You're free to do the things you want
But listen, so am I
B
I've made my choice
S
And now I'm making mine
S (with B)
Go where you need to
Know I won't leave you
I'll follow you like morning follows night
You can run 'till your pain's through
One thing I won't do
Is let you go alone to face the fight
B
Hard to know where to turn when your life's a disaster
Trying to start all over again
So much shame, so much time that just feels wasted
Feeling like now could never make up for then
S
Life's not a game you can play to get even
We all make mistakes but we need to move on
I know that you hate where you strayed
Forgiving yourself is the only way
Just look ahead
Yesterday is gone
S
I know you think you're being selfless, but you're not
B
I refuse to risk another's pain again
S
The pain is when you shut me out and take off on your own
No matter what, you'll never walk alone
S
See, you'll never understand
What I feel, what I see
What's going through my mind
How it feels being me
All these struggles, all these fights
Long days, longer nights
Trying to search for this happiness
Lost in the lights
But it seems that it's all
Just out of my sight
Just out of my reach,
Can't seem to get it right
Like I'm cursed with this turbulence
Placed in my life
Can't push or pull it,
Stuck up in this ball pit
Cycle of pain
All this stress in my brain
I'm just trying to maintain
You could go insane
But no matter what I do
The cries go unheard
Yet I still believe in you
Every breath, every word
Every smile, every glance
Could be another chance
That you'll finally see
The love that is me
So until that time
I'll follow every day
Every step of the way
And continue to say
S (with B)
Go where you need to
Know I won't leave you
I'll follow you like morning follows night
You can run 'till your pain's through
One thing I won't do
Is let you go alone to face the fight
Hush your cries, close your eyes,
Stay with me
Let's just dream, quietly
Of what might be
Calm your fear, I'll be near
To you I'll cling
Rest my friend, time can mend
Many things
I don't know the answers
Tomorrow's still unknown
But I can make this promise
You won't be alone
I don't know where we should go
Just feeling farther from our goal
I don't know what path we will be shown
But I know that when I'm with you I'm at home
Yes I know that when I'm with you I'm at home
There's a quiet place in my embrace
A Haven of safety where
I'll dry your tears
Shelter here in my care
But even when we stumble
And someday when we fall
What I will remember
That I had you through it all
I don't know where we should go
Feeling farther from our goal
I don't know what path we will be shown
But I know that when I'm with you I'm at home
Yes, I know that when I'm with you I'm at home
Yes, I know that when I'm with you I'm at home
edited 16th Jun '17 4:38:32 AM by shinigamiPeter
Apologies for being very late to this line, but after seeing how Volume 4 unfolded, this feels like a huge case of Hilarious in Hindsight thanks to For Want Of A Nail.
edited 16th Jun '17 11:30:40 AM by Psyga315
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Oh man, I remember that line even though I've forgotten who said it. Yeah they really were far off the mark.
Man I remember the second half of volume 3 discussion here, you had ludicrous things happening like people absolutely convinced that Yang was going to get gunned down right after episode 6 dropped.
Archive bingeing this was so bizarre knowing what was going to happen, and yet seeing things being debated that I never would have thought of even in the moment.
Like how so many people were convinced that Pyhrra was secretly replaced by Neo at some point because she was smiling on her way to see Ozpin.
Welp. It's Friday.
- Cinder
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- Pyrrha rocking a winter coat
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- Pyrrha bridal-carrying Jaune
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- Motorcycle AU.
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- I do so enjoy seeing modern reinventions of these characters and their emblems
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- Yang getting ready to wreck someone's world
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- Team JNPR
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- Pretty
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- Danger
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- Qrow being a better parent than Taiyang
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- Remember that scene from Age of Ultron where they all leapt out of the jeep?
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@Shaoken: Yeah, that was perhaps the Most Triumphant Example of someone going They Changed It, Now It Sucks! or someone being anti-dark.

I have no problem with the idea that Qrow is both a teacher and goes on missions. The implication is that he never goes on missions unless they're for Ozpin, so his situation isn't going to be like most huntsmen. Juggling teaching and mission duties seems to be something the Beacon staff are expected to do — they're the front line defence for Vale, despite being teachers at the same time, and the school clearly accommodates its staff going out on missions with students.
The huntsmen academies and feeder schools probably have the kind of flexibility required for part-time teaching, part-time missions. The nature of the world they live in probably makes it a necessity.
Or, as I like to think of it, it's like working for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Most of the people who man the lifeboats to engage in sea rescues are fully trained volunteers and have full-time jobs. When an emergency crops up, they're called out of work to attend the situation no matter what it is they're doing at work at the time. Obviously, their employers have consented to this.
Anyway, on the subject of training, I'm working from the point-of-view that Qrow's Semblance benefited Ruby's training — not that Qrow would necessarily see it that way (or Taiyang); I am suspicious that Ozpin would have seen it that way, however.
Ruby wouldn't just be training against a seasoned huntsman, she'd be training against everything apparently going wrong for her during the training as well — it's an extra level to training that most tutors wouldn't be able to give (and we can probably guarantee that Qrow wouldn't want to think this way, but I think the benefit is there, from a Chessmaster or Training from Hell point-of-view).
edited 15th Jun '17 12:25:39 PM by Wyldchyld
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.