User blog comment:Zolnir/RWBY Episode 8/General Reviews & Speculations/@comment-97.95.138.90-20130907062243

I don't believe Ren is as weak as your making him out to be. He fought two giant snakes by himself, no sweat. Nora shows up and he likely ended up chasing after her and fighting any/everything that caught noras attention. While fighting the scorpion he was one of the first to go in close to weaken it then got thrown hard into a wall. I'm sure if any of the other characters where thrown into a wall they would be winded too. also thier battle was over so he decided to rest in a "comedic fashion". you can clearly see he is fine in his next scene.