User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-17970636-20140121024745

Alright... I know that anything said here can be considered debatable at this point of time, however, I will try to throw in my two cents without seeming too biased and leaving it open for debate. Although anything I say could be considered so from this point on. Nevermind about that, I'll just get to the point.

There have been a lot of members reviewing lately and the fact seems to be that a few people, don't know about the majority, but a few people appear to prefer the member's feedback more than the ones given by the reviewers.

The thing, and I don't know whether this has been mentioned in previous posts as I don't have the time to read everything here, is that some people, like myself, review with making the character RPable in mind. I always read something and then imagine how it'll fit into an RP section, whilst keeping in mind that it has to fit in with RWBY. I will not make assumptions, but i feel that makes my scope of error a bit wider than most who review with keeping strict to canon in mind. As Selena has stated, we do not know enough about RWBY at this point of time. Which is why we take some OC's and then place them within Awaiting Canon Info if the majority of the character fits within RWBY, and there's just a little bit that has to be seen to be confirmed. An excellent example of this would be Reptile or Bird faunus characters. They fit well into RWBY, but since only mammals have been shown to be within RWBY, the majority of them, if they are not too overpowered and make enough comprehension, are accepted.

Just becase one's character is rejected, does not mean that they ought to go throw a tantrum and complain just because their character contains somethign that isn't seen within RWBY yet. It is reasonable to assume that said action happens when there is somethign compeltely out of whack, which is what the reviewers are meant to show within the feedback that they give.

I'll give an example of such, a character could make arrows out of aura and then fir ethen at enemies, endless supply of arrows could be made. I did not reject because the arrows we're endless, but also because we have not seen physical constructs amde out of aura yet. I could have put it within awaiting canon info, yes, but that and the endless supply of arrows, i simply rejected it for said reasons.

If anyone thinks that we're being unfair and such, don't whine and complain about it to the community in order for what I'd assume is to make us look bad. Just go, leave a message on said reviewer's wall, and then explain your problem. I personally would be okay with said thing happening, don't know about Selena, but she's open minded, even though her reviews may seem strict, many people who have not seen her in chat do not know how kind of a person she really is. Any of you may argue against me, I do not care, and I'll try to reply to all of you, if you have any questions, in as clear and concise a fashion as I can, however, i will not stand for disrespect for people within the fanon, staff or not, much longer.

This may seem like a personal post to most of you, however, I have written things within it that members of the fanon have been doing on a consistent basis.

Good Day.