However, sometimes someone is so good at disguising their weaknesses that they appear to have no weaknesses.



This in itself can be a weakness, though, as such a character would go out of their way to avoid a certain situation, and then they need a good reason to do so that doesn´t reveal their weakness.



Also, why do some people have trouble accepting that an allergy to a commonly used ingredient counts as weakness?



(Sorry, rant incoming, might be a long and hard ride, but I need some form of stress outlet, and this just happens to be the right situation,so yeah. Sorry again)



Seriously, a few months ago, I ran into this guy who asked me about my RWBY OCs. Ok, his grammar was worse than if he had eaten alphabet soup and thrown up afterwards, but that´s not the point. The point is that I told him my OCs had weaknesses, and then he asked me about those weaknesses. Of course I explained it to him, so here´s the short version:

-Argent Star, a snake faunus, can´t stand cold temperatures. Whether it´s cold weather or attacks with ice-dust, or any other form of ice-based attack, he get´s sluggy and slow and stuff. You know, snake problems.

-Niob Bolt, a bat faunus, can´t actually fly. Sure, he´s got wings, but he has to jump off from a high enough point to fly. Also, he´s allergic to garlic.

-Sirena Blue, a stonefish faunus, doesn´t really like electricity-based attacks. Also, she´s a sociopath with a very short fuse under the right, or wrong, circumstances, has almost no moral code and even less respect for authorities. And she likes spending time under water, which got her into trouble a lot in the past, since she spent several days swimming through the ocean. While exams were coming up.

-Talia Star, a mouse faunus, may be a highly intelligent fighter who can keep up with a dozen opponents at once, but she has the build of a kid, since she stopped growing at the age of 10. This means that a strong enough opponent could knock her out cold in one hit.



Anyway, that dude was like "All snakes have problems with cold weather, that´s not a real weakness, and who would throw garlic at their opponent in a fight anyway?"

Seriously, as if a weakness has to limit a character´s abbility in combat in some way. And of course having problems with cold weather is a weakness, a weakness is literally something that makes it harder for a character to complete a task. And it´s not like my OCs could just pull themselves together and be like "I fall into a coma when it´s below -10°C, but screw it, the people of Atlas need me." If Argent would even get close to the border of Atlas, he´d be dead.

Same with Niob. An allgery isn´t something you can just shrug off when you don´t need it or something. If he eats garlic, he´s in trouble.

Sirena´s weakness towards electricity isn´t to be taken lightly either. Because, guess what, light switches, toasters and TV all use electricity. And when a fish faunus just happens to operate these things, while still being soaked because she just got out the shower or something (she comes from an under water kingdom, so they don´t really do the whole "drying" thing, since it´s pretty pointless. The air´s too wet anyway), she´d be a fishstick if it weren´t for her aura to block the damage. Still hurts like hell, though...

And Talia has a hard enough time being recognized as a real huntress, since she looks like a kid. Ok, she uses this to her advantage a lot, but try getting into a bar or getting paid for a job you risked your life for while looking like you got fresh out of elementary school... And of course this has its downsides in combat as well. Seriously, Talia may hit with the speed of a sledgehammer and the precision of a witch watch, but she takes hits like a tennis ball.





Wow, that helped. Sorry again, especially if you don´t understand some of the terms I used in this rant.

Seriously, you missed out on an awesome show.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, sorry that it turned out so long...