Just going to keep this short and simple. I've taken some time to look back on all the things I've written about RWBY in my journals, as well as the comments and conversations that followed.



It's uncanny how the worst possible scenarios all came about. Pyrrha's death really was about being edgy and nothing more, the writers really could have done better overall, but knew they didn't have to, up to and including ret-conning anything and everything for short-term flash (LOOKING AT YOU< AURA MECHANICS), and dear god the fan pandering with Blake/Yang. They were probably going to go that route, regardless of whatever the original plan was (and for the record, I do think that the original plan was Blake/Sun, with Blake and Yang being sisters-in-arms) for fan pandering and virtue signaling, but the bmblb incident a year-and-a-half ago left them no other option. I mean, with how much they care about their public perception, of course they're going to kowtow to social media outrage. Never mind the fact that they turned out to be major promoters of tone policing (the entire defense against Shane's Letter was a gigantic tone policing smear), and don't actually accept valid criticism.



The best part: I was already out of the fandom by the time the shit-storm with Vic Mignogna and their "labor issues" reared up. That never factored into my decision to not only drop RWBY canon (I'll still read fanfic, they've done MUCH better by far), but drop Rooster Teeth entirely, but it certainly reinforced it after the fact. It got to a point where I could not trust anything they said in communications with their fans, and I could not trust anything done in-series. And I recommend to anyone absorbing any work of fiction: if it ever gets to that point with you, pack it up and leave. It's no longer worth your time.



Well, so much for short and simple. In the end, I've looked back, and I'll stand by every damned thing I've said.