User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 19: Robot? Whatevs. Relatives? HOLY SHIT./@comment-3146930-20140808033237/@comment-10380701-20140808034042

You say predictable, but no one saw Winter coming. I think RWBY's writing shines at their subtlety prior to reveal, as we manage to pull out a lot of things just from seeing something happening in the background or hearing a throwaway line.