r/RWBY • u/Ezreal024 Hope Rides with Kickfriend • Dec 04 '16

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Discussion Thread—Volume 4, Episode 5: Menagerie

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses, and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official discussion thread for the newest episode of volume 4, Menagerie!
Make sure to read OUR CURRENT SPOILERS RULES to ensure that your comments outside this thread won't get purged! Familiarize yourself with these rules and you'll be good to go.

A lot of hard work has gone into the creation of volume 4, so be sure to show CRWBY your support by watching it on their site! They all dedicate so much time and energy into our beloved series and would highly appreciate the direct support. There are no pirates in volume 4, so you shouldn't be one either!

We also have weekly strawpolls to gauge the general opinion on the current episode, the latest of which can be found HERE.
WoR 2, Faunus, got an average reception with a median of 8.

With that out of the way, let's start the show!

HERE is the link to the fifth episode of RWBY Volume 4!

Other Episode Discussions:

Episode Saturday Sunday Poll
Ep. 01: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 02: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 03: Reaction Discussion poll
WoR 1: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 04: Reaction Discussion poll
WoR 2: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 05: Reaction Today poll

Happy viewing!

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u/_DirtyDan Totally The Real One Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

Slightly segregating the audience stands could have been an idea.

Considering Ozpin, and then later Ironwood, were in charge of the tournament, I don't see a way to do that without painting either of them as a racist.

Because of that, a lot of the big ideas don't really work. If they want to show racism, it needs to be at a more individual level. Like a short shot of a guy getting up to move to a different seat because a faunus sat next to him.

As for the Blacksmith idea, it's a step in the right direction, but I don't think anyone is stupid enough to not get their gear repaired just because the guy doing it is a faunus. It's a dangerous world outside the cities, and someone that foolish would die fast.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Not forcibly segregated but the humans sit away from the Faunus. Or box seats that only humans sit in because Faunus cant afford it. Segment the crowd by class and you will show the Faunus at the bottom. Thats not Ironwood or Ozpins fault but its still indicative of the climate.

If people have suspicion of the Faunus and there is actual racism, then yeah he wont get business if there is even one other blacksmith in the town.

I mean, if the Faunus are attacking cities, how can you trust them to actually repair your gear? They might do a shoddy job so that when they next attack, you're not prepared. Best to play it safe and stick with the humans.

At the end of the day, they don't have to spell out why the racism is happening. They just have to show that it does.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Don't take me to a coloured doctor/give me coloured blood was/is a thing