Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-30530552-20170515205208

The stereotype for anime protagonists would usually constitute some tragic backstory they have to avenge somehow (done), where the protagonist is usually portrayed as dark, edgy, snarky (yes, no, and somewhat), and is emotionally an enigma. This person is usually contrasted with someone who is more open and friendly, and often times has an angry and/or perverted streak [Nora].

The other stereotype for male protagonists is somebody who can overcome anything with the power of comradery, brotherhood, and friendship, even if it means doing something that would literally be impossible [Fairy Tail being one of the common expressors of this].

For females? Well, there's a whole range of these, ranging from bimbos with bombs, to squealing little girls, to perverted little girls, to the "one [that] flew over the cuckoo's nest", and the no nonsense warrior or tactician. But that's a whole other discussion.

I don't personally indulge in the "I hate Ren cuz he's all edge," but I never really cared for him until recently when we actually started to know things about him and Nora. In fact, this sort of opinion has carried through on a lot of characters, actually.

- I disliked Ruby for her immaturity for Volumes 1 and 2, and have recently come to actually like her more, particularly from late V3-Present.

- Have liked Weiss from Volumes 2-4 and was intrigued / distrustful of V1 Weiss.

- Liked Blake for every Volume except this one, particularly the later episodes.

- Never really thought too much of Yang until V3-4, and even now admittedly I don't, but I've grown to appreciate her more.

- Always sorta liked Jaune for being the audience surrogate and the normal despite him being a bit of a tryhard and a bumbling idiot.

- Always had same opinion of Nora: She's crazy, she's happy, and I love her.

- Started liking Pyrrha from end of Volume 1 to present.

- As stated before, didn't think much of Ren until this Volume, as he's one of those underrated characters no one thinks of.

- I've always hated Sun and Neptune, though this Volume has softened my impressions of Sun a bit.