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I don't understand how so many RWBY stans can miss the part where James wanted to bring back communications, or where he had already saved most of Mantle, or where he put all of his trust in RWBY and Co. from the beginning only for them to stab him in the back.

CRWBY keep saying how they wanted to make "James' descent into Villainy subtle" but then they had him do things like scream and smash desks like a gorilla and attempt to drop a bomb on the mostly empty Mantle, which was just so out of character it gave me whiplash.

Nevermind the "him losing his arm shows his loss of humanity!" ableist garbage they try to forcefeed us. I don't even think Team RWBY was wrong to want to save everyone at first. I really liked the set-up for a morally grey story.

At first, neither James or RWBY were wrong. You could see where both sides were coming from. RWBY wanted to save everyone no matter the cost while, James, being a General and having to make tough calls, had to cut his losses and prioritize the safety of as many people as he could while accepting that he couldn't save everyone.

The problem is that, later, James gets treated like a Villain for having a very understandable position (especially because RWBY keeps witholding information from him) and RWBY never actually come up with a plan or try and work with James to find a better way to save people.

They just immediately turn their backs on him, which is a confusing narrative decision considering the fact that 1.) Salem's whole plan is to divide people, so you think Team RWBY would have a vested interest in uniting humanity and 2.) They accept other villains like Emerald and Raven (well, Ruby tried to reach out at least) but suddenly Ironwood, the man who stuck up for Ruby, defended Weiss, and gave Yang a new arm doesn't deserve that same kindness.

Regardless, even if you have only the most basic understanding of writing and what makes a good arc, it's not hard to see that James was poorly handled. There's no consistency in his characterization, his development into a Villain is ableist and clunky, the actual major Villains are pushed to the side as a result, and his descent into Villainy actively ignores the main themes of RWBY, to bring people together and to hope for a better world.

I can see why, they ignore that stuff because it contradicts what the writers say about their precious mains. The mains look kind of bad with all of the stuff they've done so CRWBY makes James evil because people side with him and fans desperately want to like the show and the mains so they accept that as reality even if it isn't and makes no sense. It's more of a refusal to see it then anything else.

Yea uh 'subtle' CRWBY no one's buying 'subtle'. Their are rumors that James was changed into a full blown villain last minute because too many people sided with him and not the precious mains despite them ALSO wanting to write a morally complex story. What's said is even if people started out siding with James they could have used the girls optimism and HOPE as a way to prove that sometimes even if things seem completely hopeless their is still hope. Have them prove to James that their would be another way and give him hope that he had long since lost back. This show is supposed to be a hopepunk but James's story is so hopeless it's hard to look at the girls and think they could ever be heroes or ever give hope to anyone. James's story really was just a major whiplash to try and make the mains look good but it actually makes them look worse and even almost villainous.

Oh I've talked about the painful ableism in the show, but god that was so messed up and wrong I cannot imagine why CRWBY thought that was okay to say. Even fans realized how fucked up it was to say, so they pretend CRWBY didn't say it and try and said RWDE'RS where the ones who said it because apparently denial makes things they don't like go away.

I agree, at first neither side was wrong, both sides had a point, Ruby was clinging onto hope and optimism and while it was naïve it was understandable, James had lost all hope and was using logic only (along with fighting down his panic over it all) and made the choice he felt logically would keep the most people alive with the least risk. He didn't want to lose everything in what he thought was a hopeless mission. It seemed cruel but he was being practical, he didn't think he could save Mantel so he decided to save what he could.

Rather then explore this morally complex trolley problem, CRWBY decided Ruby needed to be 100% right and James 100% wrong despite in reality both plans being very morally gray and neither great plans. We got a great setup for a situation where both sides could realize the other side had a point and come up with a better plan together with a clearer head and not having their decision ruled by panic.

Back to your point about all that James did for the girls, thinking back on everything James had done for them, it is very hard to understand why they distrusted him, especially with them knowing about Salem and that two schools had been attacked why wouldn't James take some precautions to protect his kingdom? And even if we could justify the initial distrust, after James laid everything out for them and trusted them and gave them free room, board, and weapons upgrades, they still decided it was justified to not trust him for....reasons.

Seeing Emerald and Hazel getting redeemed while James was declared to far gone despite being backed into a corner was....painful. The girls have tried time and time again to reach people actively trying to kill them, their friends, and family but somehow they couldn't even be bothered to try and reach James. No asking for just a little more time, no asking to see if their was a better plan. Nothing. He's just to far gone, evil, and was left to die.

James's story and arc in Volume 8 was horribly written and I just don't understand why people get so damn upset when we point it out and are hurt by that fact. His story is painfully ableist and insulting and their was no reason to make him a villain with all of the villains the show already had. They could have made a powerful story about hope and saving those who have been most broken by war, but instead they told us people who have suffered and are hurting like James deserve their suffering and will die and that....I just can't forgive CRWBY for it.

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Just IronWitch stuff

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hello yes i am obsessed with these two. i want them to be happy *sobs*

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1:1 scale Armored Trooper VOTOMS with mechanical designer Kunio Okawara, the guy that have been designing Mech of our childhood since the 70s.

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‘DOOM’

[SAT] [JAPAN] [MAGAZINE] [1997]

Sega Saturn Magazine [Japan], 1997 (January 17th)

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Chiaki Nanami | Danganronpa 

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MANHUNTER (1986) DIR: MICHAEL MANN

Did you really feel depressed after you shot Mr. Garrett Jacob Hobbes to death? l think you probably did. But it wasn’t the act that got to you. Didn’t you feel so bad, because killing him felt so good? And why shouldn’t it feel good? lt must feel good to God. He does it all the time. God’s terrific! He dropped a church roof on 34 of his worshippers in Texas last Wednesday night, just as they were groveling through a hymn to his majesty. Don’t you think that felt good?

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Marvel Universe - Series 2 (1991)

#132 Punisher’s Arsenal

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Universal Soldier (Roland Emmerich, 1992)

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Toshirō Mifune