User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-24080120-20140122104851

Well since everyone is voicing their opinions about the current system of the Fanon, I might as well say something myself.

Through what I've seen in the comments here, I noticed that mostly everyone is talking about the problem with the reviews, some say that they were not satisfied, some were understanding and adapted throughout the change on making the Fanon an even more quality place for everyone. This is understandable, we're only human we also have our weakpoints and some things we can't offer to others with the given extent of our strength.

One can simply say that RWBY is just a fictional world, so anything is possible. Yes, but do take note that even Monty himself limited everything to make it more realistic. An example of this is Pyrrha's semblance (Polarity), she's only able to control something so little as a shield. From this we can draw a conclusion that almost any theory is allowed, but the matter of making it possible is ultimately up to the imagination and perseverance of us the creators of the OCs. Some can't meet the given standards of the concept of RWBY stated by our reviewers, don't cry and whine over it, learn from it, adapt and re-submit. You'll be surprised at the results and even more at the fact that that creative, imaginative, well-written OC came from you. Whining about it will simply result to disatisfaction and the fact that you're not capable enough to bring out the best in your OC.

If you're not strong enough to stand on your own feet, you can always ask for help. Come to the chat, we can help you and suggest some ideas that both fits your OC and the RWBY concept. Besides, this is a community, you can always ask for help through the chat or the blog. We can all work things out together, the Fanon, as a whole.

As for the the second issue, strictness. I believe it's needed to make us all improve, "stifling creativity, and inserting the Reviewers own personal beliefs into their judgement." on the contrary it squeezes out the imagination of a user which helps make our imaginations become even more creative. The reviewers do not let their own personally beliefs cloud their judgement, they are professionals, why do you think they were given that position in the first place? Though I'm not saying that the reviewers are always right, there are also times when they are wrong. If you think you are in the right and that they made a mistake then point it out, don't be afraid they're nice people.

The third issue, as i've said they're proffesionals, they are not bias, they are not picking on you, they're just doing their job. They mean well with their reviews, yes, some OCs are rejected even with the slightest error, this is all needed to keep your oc clean and perfect. Think of it like math, there's a formula you should follow whatever kind of given problem you got, you'll always need to follow the formula in order for you to get the right answer, if one thing goes out of place it will affect your answer, thus resulting to a "rejection". But thankfully unlike in math, the reviewers points out these flaws to make it easier for us to make our OCs get accepted.

But to be honest, I really hate those people who left just because the reviews became more strict, "Those who can't keep up will get left behind" so don't feel like you're leaving here with your head held high, you're leaving here because you're proving to everyone that you're weak. Don't make the Fanon look bad, YOU'RE the one who couldn't take it so you left. And the problem isn't the reviewers, it's us, stop bitching about it, it's just the 1st volume, these rejections can't be helped. Sel did said that everything will broaden as soon as the future volumes are shown so everyone just stick with the little info we have for now and deal with it.

Well... I think that's it. Van here saying I love the Fanon!