User blog:Xanneer/PHYSICS!

Ok, so Elektro7 and I are having a discussion on the validity of my Weapon Violet Vanguard. The basic gist is that its a shield that can trasform into a long-ranged and powerful semi-auto rifle. I modeled it after the WW2 M1 Garand. And while in shield form it can still utilise the rifle barrels as a short ranged shotgun that emits mostly harmless dust shockwaves that can knock-down or disorientate enemies depending on how close they are to the barrel. And its also got a compact form for easier carrying. Go to this link if you wanna look up the specifics of the weapon.

The main point of contention is concerning the physics of my weapon, specifically the recoil. Go here if you'd like to see the specifcs of our discussion. Basically, Elektro7 says that VV's shotgun form produces too much recoil inorder to create a shockwave of that caliber, and that the recoil would send my character, Zahn Fa, back the same distance.

Heres the problem, and I am really summarizing it here: Within the show, Monty actually bothered to include recoil when the characters use their weapons. Ruby used her gun to slow her descent during the launching part of the initiation, Yang used her's to fly around, and several times Ruby has used the recoil to give her scythe extra punch. But heres the problem, within the show, they have been seen using the gun parts of their weapons, and there wasn't any recoil, at least not on the user. In the yellow trailer, Yang uses her shotgun gauntlets many times, but shes never shown flying backwards. Ruby presumbably sticks her scythe into the ground as a sort of stabilizer against recoil, but when her weapon is in "gun" form, (see the moment in the Nevermore battle when the Nevermore destroyed part of the bridge) theres no noticable recoil. Now, I am no expert on physics, so I am basing everything I write about my characters on what I see within the show.

My point is that I am sure my shotgun does produce recoil, but not enough to send my character flying backwards. All I want is for you guys to provide your own 2 cents on the matter of physics and recoil. This is all really confusing to me, having to apply maths and reality to a series that runs on the ridiculous. Come on people, when you get down to it, practically half the stuff in RWBY, hell half the stuff in Monty's various works, ignore reality inorder to make things cooler and more interesting.