User blog comment:VedranTheII/At what point is a writer like Cardin Winchester?/@comment-11188061-20150526023219/@comment-25555436-20150530181618

...You know Guy, that sounds more interesting than this show's premise. Just extend some things.

-Ruby used to be a positive, cheerful girl, but so many deaths over the course of her life were making a mark on her, until Blue's death finally cemented it, giving place to the moody, barely-emotional Ruby from Red Trailer.

-Yang's narcoleptism is a coping mechanism. She's depressed, for pretty much the same reasons as Ruby, plus her mother's departure when she was born. She sleeps constantly to avoid "reality", prefering the "fantasy" of her dreams. (And being sleepy is a symptom of depression).

-Blake was still part of the White Fang, and that's the reason she joined Team RWBY: Weiss Schnee was part of the team. At first it was just to get information and maybe kill her, but over time she started to value the others as friends, felt sympathy for them, and started to get conflicted over her goal and the WF, and her newfound friends in contrast to her previous life of near-solitude.