This . Loved the Serpico comparison . <| sep |> You ' re underestimating the strength of steel and a curve . Triangles are not the strongest shape . Curves are pretty fucking good at distributing weight , have you ever seen a bridge ? <| sep |> Time skips are difficult when you have all your characters split up . You need a justification for why all the stories pick up again at the same point . For RWBY its apparently just a coincidence and I find that kinda unsatisfying . As for Salem , after such a huge stage of their plan was pulled off surely Salem could have organised them better for a meeting . Surely you wouldnt want to wait for humanity to regroup but they kinda have for 8 months . And for Weiss , in 8 months she never had a long enough conversation with Kelin to notice he ' s changed . If he was shy you could maybe buy it , but he just doesnt seem the type to let her be . Her father also says something about Beacon taking away her manners . They all act like its their first few conversations . Its been 8 months .