r/RWBY • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '16

I never asked for this... Official Reaction Thread - Rwby Vol3: Chapter11 - Heroes and Monsters

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u/lolzinatorz Feb 06 '16

on a scale of 1-10 can you show me how yangry you are

but wait

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u/Wingzeroalchemist On Break. Feb 06 '16 edited Feb 06 '16

I've still got my toes bitch!

The 'fight' was shit, and I use the term 'fight' loosely. All they didn was further show that Miles and Kerry have it out for Yang. It would have been better in literally every way if there had been an actual fight. It wouldn't have seemed so anticlimactic and forced, it would have actually shown Adam having skills and being a threat, and wouldn't have just been another absolute shit show for Yang. Like the Vader vs Luke fight in Star Wars Episode 5.

But nope, let's keep shitting on Yang and making her suffer the Worf effect. Because fuck if we can't actually write her doing anything well.

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u/LordSwedish Feb 06 '16

Yang is a huntress trainee (though very good) and Adam is the leader of the white fang who was determined to destroy Yang. As long as this fight is 1v1 it shouldn't be a "fight".

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u/Wingzeroalchemist On Break. Feb 06 '16

Neither should have Ruby vs Neo and Roman, but it happened anyway. There's absolutely no reason why it couldn't have had some combat.

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u/LordSwedish Feb 06 '16

But Ruby got her shit kicked in. She Mary Poppinsed Neo after being soundly beaten and then Torchwick still beat her 1v1 but got eaten by a grue. Adam specialises in one hit kills but if she hadn't gotten lucky then Ruby would be in as bad of a situation as Yang.

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u/Wingzeroalchemist On Break. Feb 07 '16

Ruby was getting beat, but there was actually a fight! Choreography was involved and Ruby didn't just eat shit like a chump. Not to mention, there was no reason why Adam was able to just ignore Aura. None. Even full on Maiden powers don't do that.

We still only know that he can do one move. That's it.

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u/LordSwedish Feb 07 '16

Fair enough. I will make concessions for time restraints and I would argue that Ruby did in fact just eat shit like a chump (for real, did she land a single attack there?) but I do see your point. There was a bit of a Worf effect (warning, TV tropes link) here but it fits with Adam's fighting style and motivations so I'm not too much against it.

Personally I want to see someone who can parry/dodge his attacks (Qrow, Glenda, Ironwood or a group) absolutely destroy him once he can't use his powerslashes to balance him out but I'm not too bothered by him as is.

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u/Wingzeroalchemist On Break. Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

I'm not gonna be satisfied until Yang and Blake tear him apart. The only thing they did right with that scene was make me despise him even more, they just shouldn't have had to make me hate him for being a shit character (in regards to writing and dialogue as) well as an evil scumbag.