Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-30530552-20180102163330/@comment-14138255-20180103191221

Nikoli the rebel wrote: RT did the same thing with Illia.

http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Nikoli_the_rebel/Poll:_Is_Illia_Redeemable%3F

After Ep 8, most thought that Illia was irredeemable. RT will redeem Leo and it will be just as crappy as Illia redemption.

What would be interesting though is whether RWY forgives Leo. Yang is already the most unforgiving MC according to Ep 8. Meanwhile, Blake is one of the most forgiving characters specifically when she forgived Illia. Illia wasn't responsible for killing anyone. Leo is. Leo has given information about various Huntsman's whereabouts, knowing full well that it was putting them in a position to get killed. And he's been doing that for years, not the short amount of time we thought he was. And when confronted, he'll go even deeper into the enemy camp, willing to give them a young boy who is the current vessal for his former leader just to save his own skin. It's a very emotional thing to call someone a coward, but it applies here. Lionheart his a coward.