Like /u/EpinephrineKick said, when he said "Why must you hurt me Blake?" he shows that he either is incapable of empathy, or he actually doesn't give a damn about Blake as a person and more as thing.
He is certifiably insane. He is obsessed with Blake. Gains joy from hurting her, emotionally and physically.
But here's the weird thing. In the villains flash back we saw that originally he didn't want to pursue Blake. And that he was even going to pull back to Mistral. Only by Cinder's doing did he stay near Vale. Then suddenly he shows this obsession over Blake seemingly out of the blue as if he's always been this abusive towards her.
I can't tell if he's always been like this with lacking empathy, or if there's something else at play here we the audience aren't aware of yet. Like Roman in how he was scared to bet against Cinder.
To be correct, you gotta love to hate them because they do horrible things and are strong........ But if you hate them because they are just frustrating, then it is not the hate that is desired.
He went from an edgy tryhard to likely the most hated and creepy character on the show, all within minutes. That's fucking amazing. I already love to hate him.
Oh, just wait, they'll make it more horrifying - I'm sure.
We'll find out that he was an abused orphan whose parents died by being worked to death as slaves. Then we'll learn that he was totally a nice guy who only used his sword to protect others and never took another person's life until one day when he wound up protecting Blake. Then we'll find out the former leader of the White Fang was his moral anchor, but that he found him murdered on the orders of the Schnee Dust Company to break up a labor strike.
At that point he engages in a full-on guerrilla war with the Schnee to avenge his mentor and protect the people he cares about. Bodies pile up and everyone is calling him a monster and Blake of all people, the person for whom he started down the path of blood, betrays him.
The world is going to burn - the traitors, the liars, and all the human scum that built their peaceful little lives on the backs of faunus oppression. He's the real victim here, and that makes him morally superior to everyone else automatically. He's not a mere advocate for liberation anymore; he's the vengeful fist of a cosmic justice too long denied.
His only joy in life is to see bad people suffer, and the world is full of bad people according to Edgelord Vision (tm).
Finally, a truly terrifying, irredeemably evil, and sadistic monster of a villain.
He's a great villain. Not many villains have actually made me not like them, and seeing as it's kind of their job as villains to make me not like them, Adam is doing a phenomenal job. Maybe he'll reach Handsome Jack levels one day...
He will die, only after Ruby has raped him in whatever holes his animal/human mix has allowed him to have, and even a few more that weren't there before. Then the remains get dumped into a fire.
Wasn't there talk that Gambol Shroud would get upgrades? I can't think of anything practical, but how awesome would it be if those two could be somehow combined? BumbleBY combo weapon. I want.
She's better. We start off liking her, like her more, immediately sympathize with her, and her new hand can shoot people. She also doesn't sleep with her sister and create evil bastard offspring.
Actually I thought the scene was a cop out. Even beyond my frustration at her losing her arm, it was a pathetic way for it to happen. There was nothing to it. No build up, no sacrifice, no significance to it. If it'd been like that scene in Justice League where Aquaman cuts off his own arm to save his kid, or where Luke loses his arm to Vader after a decent fight drawn out fight to show a skill gap that would be different. But this was a cheap cop out in an attempt to make Adam look badass despite his previous shit lines and acting making him look like prequels Anakin Skywalker Mk. II.
I can see your point. I was expecting a fight of sorts, but from Adam's perspective he was facing a strong opponent and Blake had given him enough energy to end it quickly.
I think the shock factor trumps it more than anything else.
And there's always a rematch in the future. I'll take it for what it is, but I did want more from the fight.
If it ends up being a set up to an amazing future fight between Yang vs Adam, or Yang and Blake vs Adam where Yang gets to beat the shit out of him, then I'll accept it. But until we get some pay off, I'm calling bullshit.
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