Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161228230634/@comment-25266931-20170105022414

@Warren Witch: I think he meant it's not a semblance it's a "skill" or "spell" the tribe does. Like a group of werebirds.

RWBY's problem is beyond a small group most people are there to fight and be overcome and pushed aside. Even more apparent in season 3 with the tournament and with the WF Lieutenant. Again, this happens in most Shonen Jump stuff. The character will look cool, they build up awe for the character. Lead beats them or the story moves on and it just about the lead again. The only thing they don't have is a rotated out villain/rogue gallery. With each foe dying and paving the way for the next.

That's why if they don't start spreading focus widely around the cast and letting other characters matter and actually talk, we're gonna run into Naruto/Sasuke syndrome where if anyone meets a foe that not team RWBY or JNPR we can guess they'll lose to the foe and be killed or crippled just to add street cred to the new villain. Or give Ruby angst to get stronger and hunt the foe down.

Even right now as she hunts down Cinder to "bring her to justice" we know if she found her she'd have to deal with Salem. And there's no way Salem is gonna lose in her first fight. So it's a forgone conclusion.