Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-9090085-20131110075113

XDex wrote: I like it like it is. Just because the show is called 'RWBY', it doesn't mean that Team RWBY has to be vastly more important/get more screen time than everyone else. Obviously they're most of the focus, but others (JNPR, Jaune, Ozpin, etc.) can certainly have even entire arcs that focus on them, and the show will still be just as good.

The way I see it, we're watching a show telling us a story about Vytal, Vale, Beacon, and a huge storyline that happens there.

The show just so happens to be called RWBY because that is the most prominent team, they're not the most prominent team just because the show is called RWBY. Finally someone said it.

I am somewhat irked when I see comments on youtube about how "all the development should be on Ruby!" during Jaune's "arc"; especially since, in many of the shows I watched when I was a kid(which I liked), the main character gets little/no development. never-mind that it's called character development, not main character development. I am someone who believes every character should get their time in the limelight; the "hero" does not have a monopoly on everything in the story after all.

OK, moving on.

I have to admit, I can sympathize a little with Roman now: he's essentially Cinder's lightning rod - The police are busy chasing after him, never realizing Cinder the one really behind everything. Whatever "benefits " Roman got from his "partnership" with Cinder early on, he's completely under her thumb now, and regretting every minute of it.

I am curious as to how Cinder was able to enlist the aid of White Fang; I would assume she's "charmed" (and I don't necessarily mean in that way) the current leader of WF, while providing convincing benefits of co-operation for the WF grunts(I honestly don't believe she could threaten more-or-less every member into serving her - not while staying in the shadows, at any rate).

Which of course leads to the obvious question: who is the leader of White Fang? Adam? a new character? or is it a "triad" like we saw in Blake's monolog?

And then we have Cinder's plan: All I can say with conviction is it will involve an "army" equipped with all the Dust that's been stolen. What I want to know is what's her target; since ether the army is there to achieve that objective, or to serve as a distraction so she can move freely(I figure the latter - WF probably has they're own plans, and she's "helping" them along to further her ends).

Beyond that, I expect most of Volume 2 to be dedicated to the Vytal Festival - we'll have a bunch of new characters and awesome tournament battles to see before scrap hits the fan blades and she and/or Roman takes center stage. I personally expect her to be the main antagonist of Season 2, with Roman serving that role for Season 1. I also expect Roman to be defeated by the end of Volume 2, Season 1... you know, so it's clear to our characters Cinder's the real problem.

... I think that was one of my shorter ramblings. Remember, [] button to trim quotes.