Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180322215425/@comment-2607:FCC8:D488:4300:D4D3:C277:1D33:2416-20180328012629

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Soldwolf wrote: 1) And not every character should follow the Show, Don't Tell rule.

2) In actuallity all charaters should have an arc were it is a Tell, Don't Show  form of their development.

3) And as we know Volume 6 is coming out in October everything we are discussing here could be rendered null and void as we see Ruby cry, get moody and totaly mealt down the first two episodes now that Team RWBY is back together and she has Wiess, Yang, and Blake to support her again. 1) Yes they should. The audience should not be told everything the characters are feeling just to make them understand, that's just lazy and bad writing.

Instead of having the characters state their thoughts out loud, a good writer develops them by changes in attitude, personality, interactions, body language, etc., as the characters experience things.

After all, more often than not, characters are people. And people change due to their experiences. They're not some sociopathic robots. (Now, if the character is intended to be like that, it's a different story).

2) A whole arc where they tell the audience everything and show almost nothing? That's just horrendous writing.

Look: There are times where telling the audience instead of showing the audience, is preferable. That much is true. But "Tell, Don't Show" is not good writing at all, especially when it comes to character writing and development.

At most, only the most minimal should be told instead of shown. Like 90% Shown, 10% Told.

3) Not really a good argument though. Because then there's no point in talking about anything, because "for all we know next Volume makes it invalid". So in the end, in regards to discussion and theorizing, nobody cares about what next Volume might or might not do.

The most relevant thing I can recall is MK noting that they needed to give Ruby more focus. And that's only if I recalled correctly. I will bet money she will end up captured, tortured, rescuers killed or missing, leaving Ruby all alone. This may be going too far, but this may be the only way Ruby gets ACTUAL character development.