User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V4E7 - MEGAChristmas -Impressions/Recap/@comment-9090085-20161228142133/@comment-9090085-20170101221449

1 - I guess we don't need RNJR anymore, since you've elevated Qrow from "Supporting Character" to "Main Character", that means he can do "Main Character" things, like defeat the Big Bad.

2 - @MiniDaggers - You've clearly left out the possibility that his great strength and skill are the cause of his overconfidence. You know, like a lot of powerful characters in fiction?

@SomeoneYouUsedToKnow - "Every day out there is worth a week in this place" - Qrow Brawnwen.

As weird as it might sound, by preventing RNJR from fighting, Qrow is actually holding them back.

3 - Qrow is also always drunk, probably to help him forget all the horrible things in his life. As someone who needs to take anti-depressants every day to keep myself from lying down until I die, that doesn't strike me as a well adjusted individual. (For added bonus points, no-one has ever figured that out about me until I tell them.)

4 - @SomeoneYouUsedToKnow - "Easily Recover"? You don't "easily recover" from neurotoxins, that stuff causes permanent damage to your nervous system; which can leave you permanently paralyzed. Whatever fantasy poison Tyrian injected Qrow with could potentially leave him crippled for the rest of the season, or even the rest of the show.

How's that for consequences?

@MiniDaggers - True; but you're still looking at his skill and job and shoving his personality away. Here, let me Quote myself:

''" "Reptile Guy" is probably going to be a recurring baddy for RNJR this volume, given that he fights Ruby in this opening. He could be an assassin, or just be going after them for shits 'n giggles. I could also see him being the "fall guy" who gets soundly defeated at the end of the volume; his personality strikes me as someone with great skill, but is arrogant and tends to do things For the Evulz, leading to him making mistakes; and his level of competence hasn't been clearly established in the opening alone." ''

" '' I didn't mean to imply that Reptile Guy was dumb; just he might have a tendency to make poor tactical decisions, but is so skilled that these "mistakes" almost never catch up to him." ''

Plus, it's entirely possible that Tyrian hasn't fought someone on his skill level in years, and has grown compacent fighting "small fry".

5 - And all crazy people act the same way, right? Indeed, some crazy people devolve into blubbering children when hurt.

6 - See point #3.

7 - Yes there is, 73.Anon.52 just provided some. See, this is why I turned the question on its head - you couldn't imagine a senario where Qrow gets stung.

''"Qrow is a main character, Ruby was a liability." So Ruby should just piss off back to Patch while Qrow deals with the villains, since she's a "liability"''. Also, point #1.

I suppose you could say Ruby cutting off Tyrian's tail doesn't make him any less untouchable(Ignoring that this injury could make impossible for Tyrian to poison anyone for the rest of the show); but my Amateur Writer Sense is telling me that that's the line of reasoning used to keep side characters from overshadowing the main cast.