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BrumalHunter · Jul 5, 2020

Yesterday, I decided to watch some reviews of RWBY, and today, I continued doing so. In one of them, reference was made to a document called Shane's Letter, which is a letter from Shane Newville (essentially Monty Oum's right hand while they worked on RWBY) to anyone wishing to know the truth of RWBY's situation. It's 36 pages long, and you can read it below, if you like.

I still love RWBY, but over the years of following it (I started watching after Volume 3, so I am, admittedly, only a "new" fan), with Volume 8 set to come out later this year, it's clear that there are several significant flaws in the story, and many things don't make sense. It would appear this is because the Rooster Teeth management tried very hard to take RWBY into their preferred route, rather than Monty's. It's worth some pondering.

Now, as a disclaimer, I'm not choosing a side as much as I'm urging fans to educate themselves on all the facts and drawing informed conclusions. I'm not undermining the work that CRWBY has done over the years, both before and after Monty's passing, because what they've done is amazing. However, the dissatisfaction within the fandom with RWBY's content and RT's treatment of some of its employees shouldn't be ignored. I think Monty was very passionate, but also rather impulsive and made things difficult for a company that wanted definite processes and such in place. Nevertheless, he also confided in his wife, Sheena Duquette-Oum, about the story in its entirety, yet RT completely ostracised her. Granted, Shane himself is clearly a very troubled man and has built up immense resentment during his last year at RT. His words should absolutely be taken with a grain of salt, but at least a couple of people (Sheena included) confirmed what he said.

There are many people working at RT who still want to honour Monty and carry out his vision — of that, I'm certain. Unfortunately, I also believe there was a great deal of politics going on, and people who weren't aware of them were misled. We should continue to enjoy RWBY, for those of us who still do, but we must keep a clear mind.

~ https://ia800404.us.archive.org/34/item ... ntyOum.pdf

BrumalHunter

BrumalHunter · Jul 5, 2020

Yesterday, I decided to watch some reviews of RWBY, and today, I continued doing so. In one of them, reference was made to a document called Shane's Letter, which is a letter from Shane Newville (essentially Monty Oum's right hand while they worked on RWBY) to anyone wishing to know the truth of RWBY's situation. It's 36 pages long, and you can read it below, if you like.

I still love RWBY, but over the years of following it (I started watching after Volume 3, so I am, admittedly, only a "new" fan), with Volume 8 set to come out later this year, it's clear that there are several significant flaws in the story, and many things don't make sense. It would appear this is because the Rooster Teeth management tried very hard to take RWBY into their preferred route, rather than Monty's. It's worth some pondering.

Now, as a disclaimer, I'm not choosing a side as much as I'm urging fans to educate themselves on all the facts and drawing informed conclusions. I'm not undermining the work that CRWBY has done over the years, both before and after Monty's passing, because what they've done is amazing. However, the dissatisfaction within the fandom with RWBY's content and RT's treatment of some of its employees shouldn't be ignored. I think Monty was very passionate, but also rather impulsive and made things difficult for a company that wanted definite processes and such in place. Nevertheless, he also confided in his wife, Sheena Duquette-Oum, about the story in its entirety, yet RT completely ostracised her. Granted, Shane himself is clearly a very troubled man and has built up immense resentment during his last year at RT. His words should absolutely be taken with a grain of salt, but at least a couple of people (Sheena included) confirmed what he said.

There are many people working at RT who still want to honour Monty and carry out his vision — of that, I'm certain. Unfortunately, I also believe there was a great deal of politics going on, and people who weren't aware of them were misled. We should continue to enjoy RWBY, for those of us who still do, but we must keep a clear mind.

~ https://ia800404.us.archive.org/34/item ... ntyOum.pdf

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