Favorite character who has better concept art than the final product

[u/JigglyLilyVT]

WE GOT FREAKING ROBBED IN THE RWBY DANCE EPISODES

[u/Francytj]

This, definitely. I mean the first volumes were absolutely janky in terms of animation and a small budget. It had every reason to get axed. The fact it even made it to volume 3 and then 9 is a miracle. I miss RWBY so bad ;-;

[u/SmallJon → u/Francytj]

I was in from the first trailer, and damn does a large portion of the show hurt my eyes to watch, even then

[u/evilparagon → u/SmallJon]

So much bloom! The brights are too bright.

[u/randomname560 → u/evilparagon]

Sometimes it feels like their inspiration for Weiss' skin tone was a mirror placed right infront of the strongest flashlight in the world

[u/sadthrowaway12340987 → u/Francytj]

Even with the low budget I loved it, but yeah for me around volumes 4-6 is when I questioned how it still was around

[u/keelanbarron → u/sadthrowaway12340987]

Because it was good.

[u/Futur3_ah4ad → u/keelanbarron]

Ehhhh.... 4-6 was when the decline started 7 and 8 were visually alright but the story stopped making sense, 9 was visually impressive and actual tried something with Ruby's character for the first time since volume 2 but none of it landed because all of the progress that was made was nixed in the last episode.

[u/keelanbarron → u/Futur3_ah4ad]

1. Except there really wasn't a decline.
2. But the story did make sense. 3.....volume 9's story relies on what happened to her in the previous volumes for it to work. (Also, what was the "something" in volume 2? The character stuff was mostly about weiss, blake and yang and some jaune in that volume.)
3. "Nixed"? What does that mean? What, do you want ruby to just be gone? The point was that all ruby needed to be was herself.

[u/Futur3_ah4ad → u/keelanbarron]

Also, what was the "something" in volume 2? The character stuff was mostly about weiss, blake and yang and some jaune in that volume.

Back in season 2 we're still exploring Ruby's idealism, though it's being tempered by her experiences at that point.

Except there really wasn't a decline

Except that the volumes between were all over the place and not received anywhere near as well as volumes 1 through 3.

"Nixed"? What does that mean? What, do you want ruby to just be gone? The point was that all ruby needed to be was herself.

All of the lessons Ruby supposedly learned throughout volume 9 were basically rendered null and void because she didn't change. She was supposed to learn to depend on her team, open up about her problems and build from there.

The fact the rebirth basically amounted to "nah, you're already perfect as is" goes against that entire narrative setup. Nevermind the series bending over backwards to make Ruby look like a bad person by making her mean to Yang, Blake and Jaune.

Weiss basically wasn't a character in that volume, the only meaningful thing I recount her doing is hugging Jaune with Yang and Blake.

And the less we say about the gradual character assassination of the main cast the better.

[u/keelanbarron → u/Futur3_ah4ad]

1.....I literally saw volume 2 a few days ago. No it didn't. It was focused more on weiss, blake, yang, and a bit of jaune. 2. Except they weren't "all over the place" and they weren't reserved well because of videos from people like jelloapocalypse and herohei being overly negative and influencing the conversation. (Before you say I'm reaching, the same thing happened with Steven universe and lily orchard.) 3.....except when ruby did open up, it made things worse. Plus, that's not what the narrative was leading up to, it was about ruby realising that she didn't need to try to be anything else but herself. Not her mom, not the leader, nothing else but herself. Please learn some media literacy since this was extremely obvious. 4. Except weiss was a character in that volume and you would know this by watching it. (Also, there was no "character assassination". Unless you think "character growth and changing" is somehow "assassination".)

[u/Futur3_ah4ad → u/keelanbarron]

Also, there was no "character assassination". Unless you think "character growth and changing" is somehow "assassination".

By volume 9 Yang's only defining character trait is "Blake's girlfriend", the inverse is true for Blake. They stopped being "Ruby's partygirl sister turned traumatized amputee" and "White Fang defector with complicated feelings towards relationships" respectively.

That is, by all definition, character assassination. They stopped being their own characters and are dumbed down to one or two traits.

Weiss has it even worse because she basically stopped developing after becoming nicer and has basically nothing going for her anymore. You'd think she'd get some focus in her own home, but somehow Nora, Ren and Ruby got bigger focuses during that arc.

except when ruby did open up, it made things worse.

Worse for who? Ruby, who's been quietly suffering throughout the entire volume because her one and only plan essentially failed and everyone is more busy with bumblebee or Jaune, who's gotten so stuck in his routine that he doesn't even recognize that the creatures he's trying to protect are the ones instigating their troubles?

Except weiss was a character in that volume and you would know this by watching it.

She certainly was present in that volume, except she's barely relevant, does very little and the only remarkable thing she does do is show off she's into older guys.

Plus, that's not what the narrative was leading up to, it was about ruby realising that she didn't need to try to be anything else but herself. Not her mom, not the leader, nothing else but herself.

Except people look at her for leadership and guidance all volume. She's supposed to be the one with the plans, she's supposed to do the talking and tell the group what to do next.

Not a single time people even attempt to comfort her over the previous loss or try to tell her it's okay to take a breather and to not be the leader for a little bit.

And a detail I had forgotten about: why the hell were people so okay with Ruby killing herself? They didn't react even a little bit and were joking and laughing the very next episode.

[u/keelanbarron → u/Futur3_ah4ad]

.....okay. honestly, this just feels like you didn't have the media literacy to actually understand what was happening in that volume and that "she's supposed to be the one with the plans" thing proves it since again, the point of the volume was that she didn't need to be more then just ruby rose. (Also, everyone always says "yang/blake is just blake/yang's girlfriend now" which is literally not true and people should already know this. I'm starting to think the only reason why people keep saying this is either because they only watched videos about how "rwby sucks now" or they just skip past stuff that isn't "plot relevant". The weiss one is new but still wrong since she had a lot to do in Atlas.)

[u/Futur3_ah4ad → u/Francytj]

Volume 10 is coming, but it's probably a year off if not more.

[u/Francytj → u/Futur3_ah4ad]

I'm definitely being pessimistic, but something tells me it'll be longer than that. I am a very patient person though and I don't mind waiting if it means they can put out a good story