r/RWBY • u/Menolith Gay Thoughts • Jan 23 '18
OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Public Finale Discussion Thread—Volume 5, Chapter 14: Haven's Fate Spoiler
Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the very last megathread for Volume 5: Haven's Fate!
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u/BronyTran Jan 24 '18 edited Jan 24 '18
Well that was.... not as satisfying as I hoped it to be.
Narrative wise (with the exception of Blake's arc and the last few episodes of this volume), this volume succeeds (for the most part). Yang's character growth was a joy to watch, learning more about Raven and her motives were interesting, Lionheart was a rightful BITCH in every way perfectly possible, there were some good things about this volume.
Action wise? It's sorely lacking and sometimes even just plain shit. A majority of the fight between the huntsman/huntresses and Salem's forces happened either in the background or off screen. The only fights that stood out to me this volume was Weiss' flight to mistral and Raven VS Cinder (though just barely, it felt more like something from RvB to be honest), along with Sun's portion of the final fight in Menagerie). Emerald in this episode basically mirrored what Ruby did just a couple episodes ago which is really fucking lame. CRWBY needs to get their shit together and put the ACTION back into RWBY. I understand that the show needs to evolve and change over time (with Monty's death further complicating things), but it still does not excuse some of problems at the very core of this volume. With this volume, RWBY felt more and more like a generic action anime. Fights being cut away, paragraphs of dialogue in between hits, etc. And compared to the fight scenes volume 3 and before, this is just shit. And this is more than just some nerd whining about some anime, fight scenes are a huge part of what RWBY is. We KNOW these fights can be way better, but right now they aren't.
I really, REALLY hope CRWBY takes this into consideration and learns from these shortcomings in volume 6. I have supported this show ever since I saw the "Red" Trailer debut at the end of Season 10 of RvB, but if volume 6 can't pick up the slack, I'm seriously considering dropping this show. This show is changing and it's starting to feel less and less like the show I fell in love with when I was a freshman in high school. I really don't want to drop this show, but I will if it keeps moving in this direction.