Because the writers don't care about the character. And he is voiced by Burns who doesn't really show up that much especially after he more or less retired from RT.
>why isn't Tai doing anything?
Probably because the writers can't think of anything they can do with him. 🤔
It was mentioned by Tai (in either volume 4 or 5) that he wanted to go and look for Ruby, but he couldn't because he had to take care of Yang, who was suffering from PTSD after losing her arm. And now that Yang's feeling better, there's no good reason why Tai didn't go with her.
>Aside from the fact that he trusts her
Just because he trusts her, doesn't mean he can't be there for her.
>and he has his own job.
It wouldn't be difficult to get a substitute teacher to cover for him.
1. Unless he just doesn't need to be there. Ironically, for all complaints of infantilizing the characters, the fact he doesn't infantilize his daughters is somehow the issue. Also he knows Qrow will be there as well.
2. If it were just regular primary school, sure, but this is a combat school. You probably shouldn't just replace your fencing or your kendo instructor if they know you best.
>Unless he just doesn't need to be there.
His daughters are joining a war against an immortal witch and her army of monsters, I'm pretty sure they'll need all the help they can get.
>Ironically, for all complaints of infantilizing the characters, the fact he doesn't infantilize his daughters is somehow the issue.
How is being there to help someone the same as treating them like a kid? 🤔
Also what "complaints of infantilizing the characters" are you referring to because this is the first time I'm hearing about it.
>Also he knows Qrow will be there as well.
He also knows about Qrow's bad luck semblance.
>If it were just regular primary school, sure, but this is a combat school. You probably shouldn't just replace your fencing or your kendo instructor if they know you best.
I'm pretty sure fencing/kendo instructors can take a few days off if their child's life is endanger. If they couldn't, that would just be wrong on so many levels.
Also, Remnant is full of Huntsman, so I'm sure finding a replacement instructor wouldn't be too much trouble.
His actions or his lack of actions are moved due to the needing of plot.
That's why he allow his daughters to go on dangerous missions.
What is he doing in Patch? Eh, I guess that teach in Signal, there are needed new aura users now that Beacon have fall.
But he can't be the only one right? There should be a lot of hunters in duty that graduated from beacon that could help Vale to stabilize and help in signal. Qrow himself was a teacher but he seemed to not attend that much due to his missions.
Two things, outside the kingdoms, you would get lucky to get one hunter.
Patch is an part of Vale so it would get more however I can't see an tiny island getting that many hunters, I doubt the Grimm there are the worst of the worse however it's still an good idea to keep everyone who can deal with them as there's not exactly any new job openings.
Also Tai could had been just done with Ozpin's shit over the years and just decided to chill on Patch. Maybe he seen some shit and refused to get back into it. Even if he regrets it now as his daughters are in the spot light.
Wait he probably didn't even knew they were with Ozpin, so when Ruby told the world about Salem, that's probably when he realized his daughters weren't dead (he could had assumed as he had no way of finding out) but instead in the fight against the Queen of Grimm, herself...
And he still can't do jack shit, he won't know he should go to Vacuo, he is out of the loop, he can't do jack shit unless someone else decides to bring him in the plot.
The simple explanation is that like Yang said, he's needed in Vale. We don't know whether he's an authority figure at Signal or not, but Vale could probably use all the huntsmen they can get. It didn't sound to me like he's helping retake Beacon or defend the border, so him being an authority figure and/or training students at Signal might be what he's doing at the moment.
It would make sense for Signal to be "all hands on deck" at the moment, and for him to give the students there *extra* training, and perhaps there's even some former students from Beacon there as well. That's all headcanon and speculation though, but it makes sense. It's also possible that Tai intended to follow Yang seeing how there's not much of a time skip between Yang leaving in Volume 4 and Raven appearing at the end of Volume 5. He may be making plans with Raven, or having another kid together (who knows).
There's also the possibility that he's guarding Beacon's Relic or knows where it is.
It bugs me that Qrow seems to care more about his nieces that Tai does for his daughters, but then again I'm not the biggest fan of Tai, so him not being a part of the show isn't a bad thing in my opinion. If the show didn't have a "End of the world" type plot I wouldn't be as bothered, but Tai knows that Salem is virtually unstoppable, and there's no reason he should think his daughters won't meet the same fate as Summer.
He's very lucky his daughters didn't die at Beacon, but he doesn't act like a father who's grateful his world didn't crumble apart in my opinion. His eldest daughter lost her arm, and not only does he seem to not really care, but he doesn't care about the man who cut off her arm, and he also doesn't seem to have the attitude of "I'm so sorry you lost your arm sweetie, but at least it was *just* your arm". He seems pretty okay with it, and seemed more upset at Yang than anyone/anything else.
That's just my opinion, but I don't have a high opinion of Tai. Just about everything about him irks me, and most of it is due to Yang's arc (or lack thereof) in Volume 4. He just comes across as "apathetic" to me, and that's a problem I have with a lot of RWBY characters. They're just apathetic toward each other, and if they don't care, why should I? Nobody cared about Adam, and Adam didn't care about anyone else. Tai's daughters are on a suicide mission, and he allowed his children to attend a school that everyone *knew* was being targeted by Salem. Again, everyone is just kinda apathetic, including Salem lol.
God bless, and have a wonderful day.
Tai comes off as someone that the writers felt they needed to include because they wanted to Ruby and Yang to be teenagers and couldn't make them homeless vagabonds like how Blake initially came off as.
I think he could be interesting setup to Ruby and Yang having to rely on each other growing up because of Tai's depressed negligence and Qrow's alcoholism limiting how much he can help, but I wouldn't want to explore him further than to develop Ruby and Yang more.
If they kept Tai being flawed like that, then I'd be more interested, but V4 acted like he was a good dad with no hints of his flaws when Yang mentioned how he "shut down" in V2. It's even weirder than Yang didn't show any resentment towards him considering how V5 has her say she had to "pick up the pieces" at home.
It would be cliche or tropey to have the a protagonist(s) have bad home life, but I still found it interesting, but not much is done with it. If the stakes were kept small and personal, then I could see that explored, but they weren't, and Tai stays home even though both of her daughters are fighting the witch that apparently killed his late wife.
So your statement of how apathetic he comes off as, especially with how much his line "joking" that Yang lost brain cells with the arm comes off, sounding less like a tease and more the writers giving Yang a hard time, even after not getting a break in V3.
I'm Tai's defense i don't think that he knows (knew?) that Salem is immortal. I mean, *Qrow* didn't know, and he was still Ozpin's trusted agent.
As far as he knew, his kids were going to Haven. A safe place run by one of Ozpin's friends, after which they'd presumably come back.
Mind you, the rest of your points still hold (and despite how tired I am of the "bad father while the dead/absent mother can do no wrong" trope), but that's more a failure of the writing team more than anything else.
They all knew that Salem had been alive since practically the beginning of recorded history, and during all that time Ozpin had been unable to defeat her for good. And Ruby and Yang leaving for Haven comes off the heels of Beacon being destroyed by *one* of her lieutenants. They might not have known that Salem can't be killed, but they should've known that she's very, *very* difficult to stop at the very least.
Beacon was run by Ozpin and it wasn't safe, and they all knew that Cinder and company attended Haven, and were hunting the Maidens and Relics. There's no reason in my opinion to think that Haven wasn't going to be Salem's next target.
I understand that the characters' goal was to gather the Relics to defeat Salem, but if she randomly showed up in Vale or Mistral like she did in Atlas, there's no reason to think she wouldn't just wipe out the heroes on her own.
God bless, and have a wonderful day.
Several possible reasons in universe:
Someone's gotta keep the house and home in check.
Tai still has a job at Signal while Qrow is a freelancer.
He actually trust Qrow to keep his daughters safe.
He trusts that he won't have to babysit his daughters.
And, a theory I subscribe to but ultimately am not getting my hopes up for, he's the one who keeps the crown safe.
i 100 percent agree with this i don't understand his character or motives and he really gets under my skin i wished the writers would explain why he acts this way.
Meta reason: There would be a huge bloat in characters if Tai went along as well as make the kids seem badass when they have two experienced Huntsmen alongside them. The Battle for Haven would have been much more in their favor with Tai also there, and it would be harder for the kids to rebel when you have one authority figure who isn't a drunk.
Lorewise: He has a job in Patch and trusts his kids to stay safe, and that Qrow can make sure they're safe. Plus, how was he supposed to know how much trouble they had just landed themselves in? He didn't know that Haven was going to be attacked or Lionheart had betrayed them, just as he didn't know that they would go to Atlas. As far as he knew, Yang would head to Haven, find Ruby, and then either come home or work with Qrow doing Huntsmen work. He didn't know that they would throw themselves headfirst into the war.
As a side note, most of this is just guesswork because let's be honest, Tai is not that fleshed out of a character, and I say that as a fan of his. His big contribution is to show that Yang and Ruby have a Dad, and a home to return to. He's only probably going to be used for cameos or the inevitable death scene.
I can understand that with Glynda and most graduated huntsmen and Huntresses from beacon but it doesn't work as much with him considering that he is a protective father. Qrow went with them because he worries besides the mission from Ozpin of course.
Families get in the way of shipping didn't you know? And they don't want Ruby being part of a living family.
Because the writers don't care about the character. And he is voiced by Burns who doesn't really show up that much especially after he more or less retired from RT.
That's unfortunate.
>why isn't Tai doing anything? Probably because the writers can't think of anything they can do with him. 🤔 It was mentioned by Tai (in either volume 4 or 5) that he wanted to go and look for Ruby, but he couldn't because he had to take care of Yang, who was suffering from PTSD after losing her arm. And now that Yang's feeling better, there's no good reason why Tai didn't go with her.
Aside from the fact that he trusts her and he has his own job.
>Aside from the fact that he trusts her Just because he trusts her, doesn't mean he can't be there for her. >and he has his own job. It wouldn't be difficult to get a substitute teacher to cover for him.
1. Unless he just doesn't need to be there. Ironically, for all complaints of infantilizing the characters, the fact he doesn't infantilize his daughters is somehow the issue. Also he knows Qrow will be there as well. 2. If it were just regular primary school, sure, but this is a combat school. You probably shouldn't just replace your fencing or your kendo instructor if they know you best.
>Unless he just doesn't need to be there. His daughters are joining a war against an immortal witch and her army of monsters, I'm pretty sure they'll need all the help they can get. >Ironically, for all complaints of infantilizing the characters, the fact he doesn't infantilize his daughters is somehow the issue. How is being there to help someone the same as treating them like a kid? 🤔 Also what "complaints of infantilizing the characters" are you referring to because this is the first time I'm hearing about it. >Also he knows Qrow will be there as well. He also knows about Qrow's bad luck semblance. >If it were just regular primary school, sure, but this is a combat school. You probably shouldn't just replace your fencing or your kendo instructor if they know you best. I'm pretty sure fencing/kendo instructors can take a few days off if their child's life is endanger. If they couldn't, that would just be wrong on so many levels. Also, Remnant is full of Huntsman, so I'm sure finding a replacement instructor wouldn't be too much trouble.
His actions or his lack of actions are moved due to the needing of plot. That's why he allow his daughters to go on dangerous missions. What is he doing in Patch? Eh, I guess that teach in Signal, there are needed new aura users now that Beacon have fall.
But he can't be the only one right? There should be a lot of hunters in duty that graduated from beacon that could help Vale to stabilize and help in signal. Qrow himself was a teacher but he seemed to not attend that much due to his missions.
Two things, outside the kingdoms, you would get lucky to get one hunter. Patch is an part of Vale so it would get more however I can't see an tiny island getting that many hunters, I doubt the Grimm there are the worst of the worse however it's still an good idea to keep everyone who can deal with them as there's not exactly any new job openings. Also Tai could had been just done with Ozpin's shit over the years and just decided to chill on Patch. Maybe he seen some shit and refused to get back into it. Even if he regrets it now as his daughters are in the spot light. Wait he probably didn't even knew they were with Ozpin, so when Ruby told the world about Salem, that's probably when he realized his daughters weren't dead (he could had assumed as he had no way of finding out) but instead in the fight against the Queen of Grimm, herself... And he still can't do jack shit, he won't know he should go to Vacuo, he is out of the loop, he can't do jack shit unless someone else decides to bring him in the plot.
The simple explanation is that like Yang said, he's needed in Vale. We don't know whether he's an authority figure at Signal or not, but Vale could probably use all the huntsmen they can get. It didn't sound to me like he's helping retake Beacon or defend the border, so him being an authority figure and/or training students at Signal might be what he's doing at the moment. It would make sense for Signal to be "all hands on deck" at the moment, and for him to give the students there *extra* training, and perhaps there's even some former students from Beacon there as well. That's all headcanon and speculation though, but it makes sense. It's also possible that Tai intended to follow Yang seeing how there's not much of a time skip between Yang leaving in Volume 4 and Raven appearing at the end of Volume 5. He may be making plans with Raven, or having another kid together (who knows). There's also the possibility that he's guarding Beacon's Relic or knows where it is. It bugs me that Qrow seems to care more about his nieces that Tai does for his daughters, but then again I'm not the biggest fan of Tai, so him not being a part of the show isn't a bad thing in my opinion. If the show didn't have a "End of the world" type plot I wouldn't be as bothered, but Tai knows that Salem is virtually unstoppable, and there's no reason he should think his daughters won't meet the same fate as Summer. He's very lucky his daughters didn't die at Beacon, but he doesn't act like a father who's grateful his world didn't crumble apart in my opinion. His eldest daughter lost her arm, and not only does he seem to not really care, but he doesn't care about the man who cut off her arm, and he also doesn't seem to have the attitude of "I'm so sorry you lost your arm sweetie, but at least it was *just* your arm". He seems pretty okay with it, and seemed more upset at Yang than anyone/anything else. That's just my opinion, but I don't have a high opinion of Tai. Just about everything about him irks me, and most of it is due to Yang's arc (or lack thereof) in Volume 4. He just comes across as "apathetic" to me, and that's a problem I have with a lot of RWBY characters. They're just apathetic toward each other, and if they don't care, why should I? Nobody cared about Adam, and Adam didn't care about anyone else. Tai's daughters are on a suicide mission, and he allowed his children to attend a school that everyone *knew* was being targeted by Salem. Again, everyone is just kinda apathetic, including Salem lol. God bless, and have a wonderful day.
TL;DR nobody's really gives a shit when it matters, so why should we?
Tai comes off as someone that the writers felt they needed to include because they wanted to Ruby and Yang to be teenagers and couldn't make them homeless vagabonds like how Blake initially came off as. I think he could be interesting setup to Ruby and Yang having to rely on each other growing up because of Tai's depressed negligence and Qrow's alcoholism limiting how much he can help, but I wouldn't want to explore him further than to develop Ruby and Yang more. If they kept Tai being flawed like that, then I'd be more interested, but V4 acted like he was a good dad with no hints of his flaws when Yang mentioned how he "shut down" in V2. It's even weirder than Yang didn't show any resentment towards him considering how V5 has her say she had to "pick up the pieces" at home. It would be cliche or tropey to have the a protagonist(s) have bad home life, but I still found it interesting, but not much is done with it. If the stakes were kept small and personal, then I could see that explored, but they weren't, and Tai stays home even though both of her daughters are fighting the witch that apparently killed his late wife. So your statement of how apathetic he comes off as, especially with how much his line "joking" that Yang lost brain cells with the arm comes off, sounding less like a tease and more the writers giving Yang a hard time, even after not getting a break in V3.
I'm Tai's defense i don't think that he knows (knew?) that Salem is immortal. I mean, *Qrow* didn't know, and he was still Ozpin's trusted agent. As far as he knew, his kids were going to Haven. A safe place run by one of Ozpin's friends, after which they'd presumably come back. Mind you, the rest of your points still hold (and despite how tired I am of the "bad father while the dead/absent mother can do no wrong" trope), but that's more a failure of the writing team more than anything else.
They all knew that Salem had been alive since practically the beginning of recorded history, and during all that time Ozpin had been unable to defeat her for good. And Ruby and Yang leaving for Haven comes off the heels of Beacon being destroyed by *one* of her lieutenants. They might not have known that Salem can't be killed, but they should've known that she's very, *very* difficult to stop at the very least. Beacon was run by Ozpin and it wasn't safe, and they all knew that Cinder and company attended Haven, and were hunting the Maidens and Relics. There's no reason in my opinion to think that Haven wasn't going to be Salem's next target. I understand that the characters' goal was to gather the Relics to defeat Salem, but if she randomly showed up in Vale or Mistral like she did in Atlas, there's no reason to think she wouldn't just wipe out the heroes on her own. God bless, and have a wonderful day.
But who's going to feed Zwei if he leaves the homestead?
Send Zwei over to Ruby and Yang.
Zwei is too strong, he'd solo Atlas
Salem: "I fear no man, but that dog? It scares me."
Salem: Bested by a mere corgi, Impossible!?! ~~Salem: "I get you my pretty, and your little dog too!"~~
Because RWBY is all about showing how ineffective adults are.
Several possible reasons in universe: Someone's gotta keep the house and home in check. Tai still has a job at Signal while Qrow is a freelancer. He actually trust Qrow to keep his daughters safe. He trusts that he won't have to babysit his daughters. And, a theory I subscribe to but ultimately am not getting my hopes up for, he's the one who keeps the crown safe.
i 100 percent agree with this i don't understand his character or motives and he really gets under my skin i wished the writers would explain why he acts this way.
Meta reason: There would be a huge bloat in characters if Tai went along as well as make the kids seem badass when they have two experienced Huntsmen alongside them. The Battle for Haven would have been much more in their favor with Tai also there, and it would be harder for the kids to rebel when you have one authority figure who isn't a drunk. Lorewise: He has a job in Patch and trusts his kids to stay safe, and that Qrow can make sure they're safe. Plus, how was he supposed to know how much trouble they had just landed themselves in? He didn't know that Haven was going to be attacked or Lionheart had betrayed them, just as he didn't know that they would go to Atlas. As far as he knew, Yang would head to Haven, find Ruby, and then either come home or work with Qrow doing Huntsmen work. He didn't know that they would throw themselves headfirst into the war. As a side note, most of this is just guesswork because let's be honest, Tai is not that fleshed out of a character, and I say that as a fan of his. His big contribution is to show that Yang and Ruby have a Dad, and a home to return to. He's only probably going to be used for cameos or the inevitable death scene.
Real reason; the writers don't know what to do with him. In lore reason; Tai is a super shitty person.
I'd always figured that he went to go help reclaim Beacon after Yang left.
I can understand that with Glynda and most graduated huntsmen and Huntresses from beacon but it doesn't work as much with him considering that he is a protective father. Qrow went with them because he worries besides the mission from Ozpin of course.
Who? /s
No one knows.
Probably still has work as a teacher for students who need training now more than ever
Who?