User blog comment:PerhapsTheOtherOne/Speculative Spitballing: The Future of RWBY's Mooks/@comment-108.220.55.74-20150828041704/@comment-25857155-20150828043616

Bear in mind this is the show where a dog can be turned into a flaming cannonball, and tons of people can be fooled into not realizing one of the MCs is a Faunus by a simple black bow.

Besides, it's not an unheard of condition for someone to suffer from a crippling lack of confidence without a comfort item, especially someone who has suffered from a ... well, an unusual childhood.