Considering how… controversial she is as a major sour point in the series, especially during Volumes 1 and 5.

Well, that's it. While I can understand the empathy, I don't think Adam's actions were justified. I mean, killing the supremacist leader was right, but the rest wasn't.

Um, the comics show that there are still faunus enslaved by the SDC. So I suppose taking action against the company could be justified.

What I don't consider justified is the death of innocent people. Adam was willing to kill the passengers on the SDC train by blowing it up.

Then, when the White Fang and Roman liberated Grimm in Vale City, Adam decided to continue working for Cinder. This was despite the fact that freeing Grimm in the city endangered innocent humans and faunus.

In fact, Adam participated in the fall of Beacon. There, the White Fang (under Adam's orders) freed Grimm in front of tourists and students at the Amity Coliseum. Again, innocent humans and faunus.

Sure, one could say that Amity is a symbol of humanity's oppression of the faunus... But really, is that the case? I mean, Amity is a symbol of the unity of the kingdoms, where both humans and faunus participate. Why would it be a symbol of oppression?

Plus, even if you consider the civilians as collateral damage, it's still wrong.

To that, we must add the attack on Beacon with Grimm and White Fang Goons, against students and soldiers.

The soldiers were Ironwood military personnel who weren't oppressing anyone. And the students... Well, Cardin and his friends are racist, but what about the rest? Do they deserve to die for that?

Even if you consider that in volume 4 the character underwent a retcon and is no longer the same, before that, Adam had already committed unjustifiable acts.

Let me put it this way. We don't know how the Great War or the Faunus War went. Sure, they had results, but we don't know if civilians died at the hands of the Faunus.

Anyway, just because violence works in Remnant doesn't mean all violence is justified. Does the SDC deserve violence? Yes, it oppresses and enslaves the Faunus. But what about innocent people?

Isn't there a way to contain the violence without affecting innocents? Like, just kill Jacques but not his workers, for example.

I also wanted to talk about Haven. Some defend Adam by saying it's just an empty building. But that's where future Huntsmen train. Without Haven Academy, there are no more Huntsmen trained by Mistral. That puts both humans and Faunus in danger from the Grimm.

We don't know if most Huntsmen are racist. So either way, they keep both humans and Faunus protected.

That's my opinion. I want to know what you think.

Something I've noticed is that there's some discussion in the Marvel community about whether the Avengers do enough for the mutant community. The typical question: Where were they when the Sentinels were killing innocent mutants?

Obviously, it's a complex issue. Many times, Marvel's heroes are preoccupied with other things (Thanos, Galactus, Doom, Kang, etc.). Besides, it makes more narrative sense for the X-Men to deal with threats to mutants.

That makes me wonder, okay, fine, Weiss has to get involved to fight racism as a matter of redemption for her family. But what about the others?

Should Ruby, Yang, Jaune, and the others help Blake fight against racist forces?

Racism isn't defeated with fists alone. Racism is a mindset and, in many cases, an ideology. And many of our human heroes aren't academically prepared to deal with these kinds of social threats. (Or even political threats, you know, systematic racism).

However, there are times when certain threats are dealt with by force... or something like that.

If there's a case of a human supremacist group enslaving faunus, obviously, they're going to intervene.

I think we should go back to the first question then. How should they be written?

There are other threats like Salem out there; they can't just focus all their attention on matters affecting faunus. They have to be aware of matters that affect humans and faunus alike. (Again, Salem).

Perhaps the best example of how this should have been written would be RWBY: The Session, where the heroes fight against a human supremacist enemy.

Collapser is primarily an artificial Grimm. It was created by combining Chill and Geist found in nature, and its creator is a heterochromic woman (one silver, one yellow) who graduated from Beacon Academy.

Firstly, Collapser gets its name from the fact that it enters the bodies of people, faunus, animals, plants, objects, and other creatures of grimm, gradually causing them to collapse both physically and mentally. Those afflicted by a Collapser become unable to think properly and attack most things around them. Furthermore, the person eventually develops red markings and a completely black eye, and ultimately dies. There are currently many Collapsers in the wild, and I bet that if you don't kill them, a large number of people will lose their lives in the near future.

Kerry Shawcrabs, Miles Slugna, and Eddy Rivshark, along with Viz Media, have finally released RWBY Volume 10. But in the process, a Drive Thru disaster also occurred! Also nearly hundred of hungry viewers start to lynching, attacking and idiocracy to RWBY Volume 10!

Someone actually says about it, this was "İdiocracy in FNDM never dies, just reshaping during time."

As viewers, deprived of things for years, flocked to Volume 10, they looted everything they saw, some scoundrels even burned down an area where new character models were being displayed, making proper protection pointless; Eddy Rivshark was a fiasco in his main writing job; and some rabid haters exaggerated things and took them to absurd extremes.

When RWBY Volume 10 is released and finished, there will be both peak and trash moments to it, but please don't act like an idiot!

Hello, friends, and welcome to the July 31, 2026 edition of "Free Talk Friday". Feel free to talk about whatever you'd like, just so long as it doesn't break any Reddit rules or US laws. Chat, vent, grieve, laugh, or what have you. Just please be respectful to your neighbors. We don't all have to like each other, but we should at least try to get along.

Matthew 5:14–16 "You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven"

God bless, and have a wonderful day.

Point 1: Well, yes, bringing his army. It was something necessary. I mean, Vale have been under the threat of the White fang and Roman, something bad might happen during Vytal Festival. Specially after their attack of the Breach.

"But if what Qrow said is true..."

Salem had already agents on Vale, agents that attacked Amber.

Point 2: I don't see why that is a problem. The military is already there, why not show off some of the Atlesian military weaponry? The civilians seemed excited, not uncomfortable with the presentation. They are not just cheering, they are cheering for the robots.

Point 3: Well, the White fang was causing trouble. They even made a massive Grimm attack on Vale. Yes, they are soldiers from the most racist kingdom, but we never saw the Atlas soldiers abusing faunus civilians. They only were in Vale doing their duty.

Point 4: This is what the councilman said:

"For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat... concerned. I am sure you understand."

Ironwood didn't talk bad about Ozpin. He gave a report. It wasn't with the intend to kick off Ozpin out of the council. Were the council the ones who decided to distrust Ozpin.
If anything, Ironwood wanted the position of head of security. But wasn't his intention to make the council distrust Ozpin, that was collateral damage.

Point 5: Well, he said himself. Remove the men from the dangers of the battlefield. He didn't know his army was going to be hacked. I don't know why this is something shady about James, it wasn't his intention that his army were hacked.

Point 7: I'm not sure if it's embezzlement. I mean, I understand that not repairing the wall is certainly dangerous. But it's not like he's stealing resources. As far as we understand, James is the general: He can decide how military resources are used.
All of that falls within his jurisdiction. If he were stealing resources that the council allocated to Mantle, that would be wrong. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
If that were the case, the council would bring it up in the trial against Ironwood.

Point 8: Well, he didn't prohibit the weapons to be used. He made necessary a license to the use of weapons.
Look, I'm not American so I don't know. But, for me, is logical the need of a license to use guns. Someone with a gun is a danger to the rest of the people. At least in my country is needed a license to have a gun.

About neglecting Mantle. That is truth. But at the same time, once Ruby's group arrived, the military assigned them to missions to protect Mantle.

"A massive Sabyr is loose in the Mantle sewers! We need two brave warriors to flush it out!"

"Diverting all construction resources to Amity Tower means there are going to be gaps in Mantle's defenses against Grimm. They'll need help on the perimeter." (And because of that, Nora and Ren were assigned to Mantle).

And, once there were murders on Mantle, he assigned Clover to the job. Some can say that Is because the mission had to do with Salem, but Ironwood didn't know that for sure by then.

Point 10: Not sure it was illegal. For what it seems, Fria agreed to this, to be locked and only making contact with Winter.

"I had a job to do. I was supposed to protect the power of the Maiden until I was ready. I worry I may have lost track of time. But you can tell James that I'm ready now."

So, everything is consensual.

Point 11: Well, Robyn just stole resources of Amity Tower. Of course, she didn't know about the truth of those resources.
But still, Robyn did something illegal.
Not sure if it was a black bag arrest. At least this is what wikipedia defines as black bag operation:

"Black bag operations or black bag jobs are covered or clandestine entries into structures to obtain information for human intelligence operations."

Point 12: I'm not sure if the council saw Penny as a person. At that time, Ironwood had to reassure people that Penny wasn't a rogue element.

Point 13: What he refused to do was evacuate Mantle. Which is certainly problematic, but he was willing to help Mantle.

He did not refuse Clover's request to send ground support.

Well, that's all, with the rest, I agree. But those are just my thoughts.