RWBY

[Lycodrake]

In other news: LYCO THINKS PRIMATE MURDER COULD BE THE ULTIMATE GRIMM.
GENIUS, OR GENIUS?

If one were to blend RWBY and Nasuverse, at least.

[Raven2785]

Bummer, guess I misspoke.


In other news: LYCO THINKS PRIMATE MURDER COULD BE THE ULTIMATE GRIMM.

GENIUS, OR GENIUS?

As a Nasuverse crossover? maybe, depends on the implementation. (read: are you making P.M. a sue)

Otherwise, the Helmaroc King seems to be the toughesst Grim (that we have confirmation of) we'll see what the future says as far as tough Grim antagonist.

[Soldat der Trauer]

P.M.'s practically a sue already, though.

"Oh noes, it can kill any human being, only human beings would ever feel the inclination to seriously attempt killing it, welp we're fucked from the beginning."

Add it being the Beast of Gaia, the planet's counterpart to Alaya's Counter Guardians...

And that as a DAA, it has a taste for human blood...

Yep, kinda a sue already.

[Strange_One]

...Grrk.

Too...much...awesome...

...

I guess my standards are rather high....

[Soldat der Trauer]

^I've got a test in about 1.5 hrs; really, I can use all the pick-me-ups I can get at this point.

[Strange_One]

you have a test incoming and ur pick me ups are pictures of quasi anime fanart? o.O

[Soldat der Trauer]

What do ya want me to do, drink?

[Raven2785]

What do ya want me to do, drink?

Honestly, yes. That might help a bit more.

With the disclaimer that I am telling you to drink, not to get so drunk you wake up the next day not hungover, but still intoxicated.

[Grant]

Fandom's hating on the faculty? Jeez.

I mean sure the bullying was a bit cringe-inducing, but no one's going to interfere unless it becomes especially abusive or violent. And even then, usually no one in faculty does something unless the student approaches them about the bullying first.

Generally if I'm training a group of elite, magic-using specialists for combat I want to make damn sure that their first order of business isn't "spread resentment among the ranks and make sure that there is a permanent group of students who are making no effort to improve themselves because they have no reason to believe they can succeed".

Just a funny little thing like that.

[Raven2785]

Generally if I'm training a group of elite, magic-using specialists for combat I want to make damn sure that their first order of business isn't "spread resentment among the ranks and make sure that there is a permanent group of students who are making no effort to improve themselves because they have no reason to believe they can succeed".

Just a funny little thing like that.

I'm thinking you're getting too fixated on the fact that this enviroment comes from the old tropes of the high school slice-of-life. For all we know this type of thing might be encouraged in the setting, that duel at the beginning might have been the way they solve this kind of problem in-universe.

"you wanna kick your bully's ass, and you're gonna try to kick his ass anyways, this is a combat school gentlemen. Solve it in the Arena"

[DezoPenguin]

I'm thinking you're getting too fixated on the fact that this enviroment comes from the old tropes of the high school slice-of-life. For all we know this type of thing might be encouraged in the setting, that duel at the beginning might have been the way they solve this kind of problem in-universe.

"you wanna kick your bully's ass, and you're gonna try to kick his ass anyways, this is a combat school gentlemen. Solve it in the Arena"

Also, let's not forget that this is Jaune's character-development story arc.

To paraphrase Vaarsuvius from The Order of the Stick, this is one of those situations where Reality is all too eager to duck into a back alley to service Drama like a ten-lien harlot. In other words, Jaune cannot have his character development unless he becomes willing to swallow his pride, face his fears, stand up to his adversary, etc., etc. If Glynda observes Cardin's bullying ways and drags him and his buddies off for re-education, therapy, and possible expulsion, then the story stops being about how Jaune Arc took a step on the road to manhood and becomes a story over how Cardin Winchester took a step towards overcoming the bigotry instilled by his upbringing and the need to assert himself by demeaning others...and nobody gives a flying frag about watching that. Ergo, the faculty has to stay in the background.

Besides, it's like Raven said. This is a college (note, people start at 17 at Beacon; it's not high school) where what amounts to freshman orientation involves being flung off a cliff without safety equipment into a monster-filled forest where the instructions for the experience include the non-ironically-stated phrase "you will die." Under those circumstances, any of the crap Cardin's pulled on Jaune isn't even going to show up on the radar.

[Nacho the Doritosedge]

how Cardin Winchester took a step towards overcoming the bigotry instilled by his upbringing and the need to assert himself by demeaning others...and nobody gives a flying frag about watching that.

Think again, Penguin.

If the 'Chesternator overcame his bullying urges and just became a guy with a sharp tongue who gives people the impression he's scary, he'd be like, 75% of shoujo manga main dudes.

And seeing a stereotypical jock bully turn into that would be far too hilarious to pass up.

[Kuradora]

Think again, Penguin.

If the 'Chesternator overcame his bullying urges and just became a guy with a sharp tongue who gives people the impression he's scary, he'd be like, 75% of shoujo manga main dudes.

And seeing a stereotypical jock bully turn into that would be far too hilarious to pass up.

I disagree.

[Nacho the Doritosedge]

You just don't like Cardin because you never watched degrassi and veronica mars and buffy and other shit your sister made you watch as a child and you can't see his stereotypical-ness.

If you did, you'd find him either hilarious or become Seika and watch every tv show ever with a stoneface.

[RadiantBeam]

Considering the CRDL dudes haven't even gotten an outline yet in the credits, how important they'll even be in the overall plot of RWBY is still rather debatable. I think it's rather telling that Velvet got an outline before any of them did.

Unless next episode happens and they have their outlines there, in which case I'm wrong. But so far all hints seem to be CRDL and Cardin won't be important in the long run.

[Kuradora]

You just don't like Cardin because you never watched degrassi and veronica mars and buffy and other shit your sister made you watch as a child and you can't see his stereotypical-ness.

If you did, you'd find him either hilarious or become Seika and watch every tv show ever with a stoneface.

Nope. I dislike Cardin because he's an idiot. Out of all the things that he can do, he spends his free time bullying his classmates and hanging out with a bunch of douchebags.

[Moczo]

You just don't like Cardin because you never watched degrassi and veronica mars and buffy and other shit your sister made you watch as a child and you can't see his stereotypical-ness.

Hey, I object to Buffy and Veronica Mars being referred to as 'shit'.

But yeah, Cardin is a hollow stereotype, and I would find him funny if I didn't have personal issues with bullies.

[Nacho the Doritosedge]

@Beam: That's because velvet is a bunny girl and therefore cute and therefore more likely to be waifu-ified by fans. It ain't rocket science.

@Kuradora: You just proved my point.

EDIT: @Moczo: My sister made me watch them while lying to me and telling me i'd get to watch pokemon after, when her shows aired at the same time. I don't care if they were good, they made me skip out on pokemon and were therefore shit.

[RadiantBeam]

But yeah, Cardin is a hollow stereotype, and I would find him funny if I didn't have personal issues with bullies.

My bro.

[Kuradora]

@Kuradora: You just proved my point.

Your point was that Cardin was wasting his time and potential?