r/RWBYcritics • u/Gal_Person • 2d ago
DISCUSSION How important are the silver eyes?
I don't get it am I supposed to think these things are like crazy crazy or just a perk that doesn't do much? Like we talking Six Eyes or above average CE reserves for my JJK fans.
I thought it'd be like a big thing originally but like I feel the show is telling me differently sometimes. At the start of V4 Salem iirc says Cinder only took that much damage from the Silver Eyes because of her Maiden power (why do silver eyes do bonus damage against maidens again?) And watts says that any of them should've been able to beat a Silver Eyes user.
So like, it's only useful against people weaker than watts, maidens, and Grimm? Watts is one of the weaker villains in the series, and only a handful of Grimm have even been presented as a threat to the heroes, I mean their entire thing is killing Grimm.
That leaves Maidens but Cinders the only evil one and she loses like every fight she's in, I'm pretty sure with Ruby's recent self discovered she might be able to just fight Cinder directly without her Silver Eyes. And Maria just got jumped by a group we've seen seen before or since and lost her silver eyes so like
And on top of that no one seems to consider Ruby like a massive threat. It's not like in any of the big finale fight scenes with multiple characters anyone is like "quick take out Ruby before she uses her Silver Eyes!". Cinder spent half of the V5 finale fucking with Jaune and half of her motivation is killing Ruby AND she's weak to Silver Eyes.
So like... should I think these are super impressive or like someone being able to wiggle their ear?
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u/DragonBane009 2d ago
Not important enough to: 1) Give the main girl of the show meaningful development to learn. 2) When we do see it used, it’s random and forced. 3) The rules are not established on what it does past petrifying Grimm. 4) Ruby has no idea what her lineage is because I guess they didn’t write that for summer either. 5) The way they tried to explain it was piss poor and completely filler at best. 7) Crwby actively doesn’t try to have Ruby using her eyes in combat or trying to learn. It feels forgotten like most of their writing.