Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.151.164.187-20141130095923/@comment-25555436-20150119180458

Starboy35tcoos wrote: If Jaune is a self insert for Miles then so is Ren for Monty and Yang for Barbara. Poor excuse to not like a character. Wrong. It's different. Miles is the writer, along with Kerry. Barbara only voices Yang, she does nothing more than that.

But Miles voices Jaune, and it's no secret that Jaune has gotten tons of attention for a secondary, including being given his own, extremely cliché, 4 episodes long character arc in Vol.1. Compare that with Blake's and Weiss' which were both 2 episodes long. Compare that with Yang, another of the main characters, that has gotten 0 in that Volume.

So people, including me, think that he's using Jaune similar to what forever alones do with their Self-Insert OCs. Miles puts more work into Jaune, gives him "The Ace" Pyrrha Nikos as a girlfriend (or to-be girlfriend), gives him the "Hidden Potential" trope....he treats Jaune like a Self-Insert OC. And since he's the writer, he can do it easily.

Monty and Barbara only voice their characters. Ren doesn't appear much because Monty doesn't trust his VA skills, Barbara only voices Yang, nothing more. Miles voices Jaune, but also writes part of the story. Got it now?

Also, the reason few people give constructive criticism, is because the majority of this fandom just can't take criticism of any kind. Just try to give constructive criticism, pointing out the flaws or mistakes by the team but mentioning ways to improve. 7/10 RWBY Fans will call you a hater, troll, or use the shitty "like you can do better" or "if you hate it, why do you watch it" responses.

The remaining 3, if you're lucky and depending on where you give the constructive criticism, will agree with you and/or give you a hand at dealing with the obnoxious "RWBY is flawless, shut up" kids.