#in which i want to take custody of the ozluminati and never let RT touch them again

[tigerstripedmoon]

I totally support your decision of ditching RWBY's canon. The writing is terrible and I think RT focus more on fanservice (aka money) more than the actual show ("yey, the characters aren't acting like themselves anymore? Just throw some Bumblebee or other ship scenes and everyone will be happy again"). We as fans, should all pretend from now on, that canon rwby ended after vol 5 and volumes 6,7 never were released tbh and don't support RT with money, maybe then they'll learn their lesson :/

I wish enough people would support voting with their pocketbooks, because let’s face it--that’s the only way Rooster Teeth will ever care. They’ve deleted criticism off of Twitter when people have sent it as replies to their tweets, and at this point I’m quite certain all they want are sycophants buying merch and shoveling in what they give them without any critical thought.

Money is, of course, what keeps a show running, so i don’t begrudge RT for trying to maximize profits. But when you compare RWBY as it is now to shows like Avatar or Adventure Time or Steven Universe, RWBY falls far short when it comes to consistency, cohesiveness, and bravery of storytelling. I can forgive consistency for the beginning few seasons of a series. I can forgive a lot, really. After a while, though, when the writers retreat into ‘rule of cool overrides years of worldbuilding, setup, and character development’ and ‘fuck the five seasons of intricate morality and questions we’ve been playing with, that’s too hard! The protagonists are always right now LOL’, then it’s clear that the writers no longer respect the fans or the project they’re working on. They do such an excellent job with RvB when it comes to tackling morality issues and consequences that I sincerely don’t understand why they fail so hard with RWBY.

I really think it depends on the series and creators whether or not it’s gone the route of money-only. Several excellent series aren’t like that (Steven Universe, The Dragon Prince, Good Omens, etc). Now, fandoms? Purity culture and ship wars are... you know, I’m not even touching that one. I don’t get it. I started in the good ol’ days when Usenet was the big thing and fanfiction.net had yet to be developed. 

Fandom is just a continuous cycle of disasters and wank, and it’s just best to sit far away from it and eat popcorn.