Talk:Guidelines/@comment-27743241-20170720014944/@comment-13593058-20170722212709

Hey! I'm Dust, a character reviewer for this Fanon blah blah blah....

All the points made are without a doubt valid and SHOULD be how it works if we could have it our way. Unfortunately RWBY Chibi isn't canon in the eyes of the reviewer community but logic dictates that yes, biological structures are bound to have physical advantages outside of just being there and I believe reviewers already take this into account when reviewing characters. The rule also limits itself with Faunus having only one physical trait which would also mean only one physical enhancement in addition to night vision.

But in the words of Barbara Dunkelman, "It's just a cartoon."

So scientific logic doesn't really apply here even if it should and as much as I would like it. I mean let's face it, Faunus only exist for two things. One, being the amalgamation of all social prejudiced concentrated on a miniority group that, unlike actual ethnic groups, are ACTUALLY biologically different and thus having likely justifiable prejedice directed towards them. Two, so that cat/dog/fox/snake/spider/bird/horse/ monster girls can exist because, "RWBY is an anime."

So the guidelines follow what RWBY as a show has presented us, the viewer, as the physical traits of Faunus. Those being, one: all have night vision, two: all have ONE physical trait on top of having night vision, and three: all can have behaviors similar to their Faunus traits.

That isn't to say those traits cannot operate on their biological function as you have listed with Sun's prehensile tail and Tyrian's stinger. The problem here is that the CREWBY is very selective in showing what can, or cannot function biologically in a Faunus. So Faunus like Blake and Velvet have not been shown in the main show to respond animalistically due to their hearing. Heck, it's mostly Ren that does most of the detection when the show wants to introduce an enemy.

So the end-goal here is to say, Faunus traits can have their own functions based on the animal their traits are derived from, but in the eyes of the RWBY main show, sense other that sight doesn't seem to be enhanced in a Faunus.

TL;DR - We already review based on this logic, the guideline wording is just dumb.