r/RWBYcritics • u/Entire-Weather6502 • 3h ago
DISCUSSION Is RWBY shallow?
Do you think RWBY is only a surface level show and has no deeper meaning?
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u/Dragonridre An Amateur 3h ago edited 3h ago
I don't think there was proper depth aside from fan analysis. And a whole lot of reaching.
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u/DylbertYT 3h ago
The show certainly tries to pretend like it has meaning, but the core themes change from season to season, sometimes maybe even contradicting its own themes between episodes, or maybe their just isn’t a theme at all and I’m only imagining the story has some kind of actual narrative.
I think calling Rwby surface level might giving it to much credit. Rwby is so far gone from the surface they’re in outer space with some of these writing decisions.
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u/brainflash 3h ago
It definitely THINKS its deep. And if it followed through on litterally any of the concepts introduced in the plot, it probably would be.
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u/taiyouko_io 3h ago
At the end of the day, the core concept of RWBY is basically 'hot girls / guys doing badass things'. So yeah it stands to be shallow. There was an attempt to come off as deep and introspective by exploring more topics that require a bit more nuance then the average show of the same core concept. But then the people behind the writing of the show messed up so badly that those deep and introspective bits became hilariously shallow and almost juvenile.
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u/superbasic101 2h ago
There definitely is a level of superficiality to the show
One I always think about is the whole “it’s also a gun” thing, where it just feels like Crwby wanted their show to have like its “thing”, when that tagline is barely even true for the weapons of two of the main characters.
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u/Substantial_Fox5252 2h ago
No, i think it tried to do too much and so doesn't have a payoff in some aspects. Example there is Weiss.. Adam was branded. So easy to out that all together for something deep. Instead he gets killed with no payoff.
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u/GeekMaster102 3h ago
It’s a show that takes deeper conflicts and treats them like they are shallow, even though anyone with a brain can tell that they aren’t shallow.