RWBY Thread III: Time To Say Goodbye

Stop: So gotta few things that need to be said real quick.
so gotta few things that need to be said real quick.
We get a lot of reports from this thread. A lot of it is just a series of people yelling at each other over arguments that have been rehashed hundreds of times since the end of the recent Volume. And I get that the last Volume - and RWBY in general, really - has some controversial moments that people will want to discuss, argue about, debate, etc.

That's fine. We're not going to stop people from doing that, because that's literally what the point of the thread is. However, there's just a point where it gets to be a bit too much, and arguments about whether or not Ironwood was morally justified in his actions in the recent Volume, or if RWBY and her team were in the right for withholding information from Ironwood out of distrust, or whatever flavor of argument of the day descend into insulting other posters, expressing a demeaning attitude towards other's opinions, and just being overall unpleasant. That tends to happen a lot in this thread. We want it to stop happening in this thread.

So! As of now the thread is in a higher state of moderation. What that means is that any future infractions will result in a weeklong boot from the thread, and repeated offenders will likely be permanently removed. So please, everyone endeavor to actually respect the other's arguments, and even if you strongly disagree with them please stay civil and mindful when it comes to responding to others.

In addition, users should refrain from talking about off-site users in the thread. Bear in mind that this does not mean that you cannot continue to post tumblr posts, for example, that add onto the discussion in the thread, with the caveat that it's related to RWBY of course. But any objections to offsite users in the thread should be handled via PM, or they'll be treated as thread violations and infracted as such.
 
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Honestly, Sun's probably one of the faunus in the show who's doing the most to really promote Faunus-Human relationships, given that he's considered 'normal' enough to fangirl (or fanboy) over.
 
Honestly, Sun's probably one of the faunus in the show who's doing the most to really promote Faunus-Human relationships, given that he's considered 'normal' enough to fangirl (or fanboy) over.
A very fair point. Though he also seems to be rather unique overall, sort of an exception to the rule so to speak. Or that's my take anyway.
I've only heard two vocal songs from Volume 3, but I already want the soundtrack.
I want all the albums but I can't buy them due to stupid enforced country boundaries on frakking MP3 downloads.
 
I have no idea how you drew that from what i said.
That was an entirely morality-neutral statement you quoted. Cool those jets, bud.
Sorry the line below just came across that way.
nature takes the reigns and finishes off the rest.
It doesn't help that I've seen such statements actually used to justify... well lets just say less than pleasant beliefs.
 
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He isn't saying that at all! But history agrees with him;just look at the native people of the Americas and of Australia.
Yep, basic fact...you do enough damage to a population, then introduce a source of attrition, they tend to do poorly.

Sort of like someone getting stabbed in the gut and then subsequently getting infected.
 
Doesn't that sort of make it less 'nature' and more people?
Animals do the same thing. See what happens when two different predators' ranges overlap and one is significantly more competitive than the other. Terror birds are a good example: they were apex predators in their corner of the American continent for millions of years, but when wolves and big cats were able to enter their range, they were out-competed, their population quickly started dropping and eventually they disappeared entirely.

Or for more recent examples, see Grey Squirrels out-competing Red Squirrels and American Signal Crayfish out-competing and wiping out native Crayfish in the UK (the latter is such a bad problem that the authorities actively want people to fish for the American Crayfish, and if you catch one, you aren't actually allowed to put it back in the water).
 
Animals do the same thing. See what happens when two different predators' ranges overlap and one is significantly more competitive than the other. Terror birds are a good example: they were apex predators in their corner of the American continent for millions of years, but when wolves and big cats were able to enter their range, they were out-competed, their population quickly started dropping and eventually they disappeared entirely.

Or for more recent examples, see Grey Squirrels out-competing Red Squirrels and American Signal Crayfish out-competing and wiping out native Crayfish in the UK (the latter is such a bad problem that the authorities actively want people to fish for the American Crayfish, and if you catch one, you aren't actually allowed to put it back in the water).
Faunus and humans however are different, there's little to no functional difference and if anything one could say the Faunus are better evolved for survival on Remnant given their heightened senses.
 
Little to no functional difference physically, but nations, races and cultures don't compete against each other with mere physical abilities.

When you're comparing which nation or race is more competitive, culture is your fangs, technology is your claws, and infrastructure is your natural durability. If the Humans had distinct advantages in areas like these then it wouldn't be surprising for them to establish a position of dominance over the Faunus.
 
Little to no functional difference physically, but nations, races and cultures don't compete against each other with mere physical abilities.

When you're comparing which nation or race is more competitive, culture is your fangs, technology is your claws, and infrastructure is your natural durability. If the Humans had distinct advantages in areas like these then it wouldn't be surprising for them to establish a position of dominance over the Faunus.
Very true, however once you add in the nations and other aspects that separate people-animals from regular-animals you run right back into the problem of one group implicitly helping in the destruction of another. I'm not actually sure what we're debating any more.
 
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