Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-24087318-20140916050252/@comment-24087318-20140917082026

Regardless of how much "rule of awesome" RWBY has, there's still plenty of lore and facts about the world it builds that require specific regulation.

For example, we know Beacon requires transcripts of previous combat schooling or other proof you have what it takes to join.

Even with the mini-series that expand on lore, we find things that are set in hard stone. Dust comes in four basic types, other kinds are caused through combining these four in various amounts.

Not to mention there's 1,001 things we can gleam by watching the episodes and noting trends and other such things. (Faunus only have ONE physical trait from the animal they take after, this has been true for *EVERY* Faunus shown so far, even unnamed characters.)

There will never be "The only way to judge is quality alone." That's both not possible, and not how the Fanon operates. There's still lore that needs to be adhered to.