Talk:Gaea Buckwheat/@comment-24262164-20140107054949/@comment-4773581-20140108123559

The types of speculation that's to be done is very different. With Jaune, we get told how he got in to Beacon, but we're left guessing as to how he got what he needed to get to get into Beacon. And that's actually quite likely to be revealed later in the series, so even that's going to be explained. With Gaea, we don't even get any hints as to why she'd be accepted into Beacon, we're just left to assume she does. Training against Beowolves? They're pretty much considered the lowest tier of Grimm at this point, barring the "Alpha" Beowolf, and are only really dangerous in a horde or when organized by aforementioned "Alpha". Also, Yang took on a pair of Ursa like it was completely natural, Ren took out a Taijitu on his own with relatively little trouble, and Weiss handled a Boarbatusk on her own in a demonstration battle in front of a class. All three of those have shown different abilities that put them above Beowolves, so Beowolves just aren't going to cut it, I'm afraid. Plus, as hunters, they need to be prepared for a variety of enemies, not just one specific type of enemy with fairly easy to figure out habits and patterns. Her Uncle's a Hunter and trained her before she was 15? Not if you start her bio at when she's 14 and don't mention or hint at any sort of combat training happening before she's 15. Her popularity got her noticed? Doubtful, and Beacon isn't a popularity contest, so that's irrelevant in the end either way. And it's extremely unlikely that simply having a hunter for an uncle would be enough to get someone into Beacon.

This kind of thing isn't the kind of thing you leave purely to blind speculation. We know how Jaune got in, and the rest of the canon characters are most likely competent enough to have been accepted simply because they've been training since they were young, maybe around 12 or so, possibly even younger than that, and reached Beacon's required standards. Gaea? To assume she did in 2-ish years what others spend 5+ years trying to do is questionable at best, especially considering people tend to learn better when they're younger.

Also, the whole shooting focus sort of ignores the general ineffectiveness of bullets and ranged attacks in general. Even a pack of Beowolves would probably have some amount of resistance to the bullets coming from an assault rifle. And ARs aren't exactly the most accurate weapon, either, meaning plenty of missed shots.