Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161222004503/@comment-5430952-20161224075056

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: ......You either know nothing about Ruby, or know nothing about Goku. The comparison you're making is based on pretty superficial things.

Here's a key part of Goku's character: His Saiyan determination. What do I mean by that? It's in his blood to always try to be the strongest, even if he's still a good guy. If someone beats him, he becomes determined to become stronger. It's not the simple "never give up" determination of Shonen protagonists, it's in his very genes.

And that applies even when he's defeated by someone who is far stronger than Goku could ever be. He's incapable by nature of accepting defeat just like that.

Another key trait of Goku, probably also with his Saiyan blood to blame, is his intense love of combat. He really, really, really loves to fight, especially against strong oponents.

My point: Ruby has not shown even half of Goku's (natural) levels of being incapable of accepting defeat, she has not shown his level of determination, she is not a big eater like him, and she has not shown even slightly similar love for combat.

Really, comparing Ruby with Goku is as good an analogy as comparing fishes and squirrels. ^this

Not to mention beating up Goku only makes him stronger, Ruby does not have that trait by any means. She won't get insane power-up if she recovers from the brink of death, KNN005, none of the RWBY girls will.

As for the original post, the Grimm are only part of the problem, Salem has something akin to fear incarnate (according to Qrow) in store, which she'll probably unleash when the world has been all but brought to ruin by the Second Great War, in order to finish off the remains of humanity. So she doesn't need uber Grimm, she has... something worse. Which will be very bad news for our heroes, very bad news.