User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V4E7 - MEGAChristmas -Impressions/Recap/@comment-9090085-20161228142133/@comment-25936766-20170101033637

@Glass: I'm just going to point out a few things:

1) Qrow is a main character now, even if still not as main as Ruby.

2) Qrow getting temporarily taken "out of the game" by Tyrian, and vice versa, both ideas have their advantage and disadvantage.

-If he's made incapable of fighting anytime soon, he cannot defend RNJR, which is good, but he cannot give them proper training either, besides coaching and giving tips, which is a waste.

-If he's made capable of fighting, he can give them proper training, especially to Jaune, but he can also easily defend their asses unless MK finds a way to not make him capable of doing so. Or more simply, make him not fight their battles and save their asses unless they really need it, or just cut down the number of Grimm like he's been doing so far.

3) Ruby has been through a lot, but she's 15, and right before V4, an innocent cinammon roll, which makes the reality crash down harder on her.

Qrow is, for starters, near his 40s at least, plus he's a veteran, experienced. Even if he had been through a lot, it shouldn't affect him as much as it affects Ruby.

4) Ruby cutting his tail, sure, does make her look like she wasn't a complete liability for Qrow....but it also reduces the feeling of consequences, since the only bad result was an injured Qrow, and because he's both a profesional Hunter and thanks to Aura, he can easily recover, so even that isn't so significant.