Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26822171-20151216132821/@comment-26872876-20151219184340

ChishioKunrin wrote: 72.203.159.11 wrote: VedranTheII wrote: Look, it’s not like I’m all that thrilled with the idea either…BUT, fact is…there are 4 maidens to our 4 titular characters…and I don’t believe in coincidences. What's more, 4 young female titular chararcters, so I really feel like this is too much of an oppertunity for the writers not to take... Too much of an opportunity for shitty writing, if you ask me.

You're supposed to make your protagonists work hard to get stronger. Too many anime just pull extreme powerups out of the main characters' asses, and it gets boring and ridiculous. Since they're so ultra powerful all of a sudden, the story has to throw even stronger foes at them, and then it turns into them having every battle be as destructive as a nuclear bomb or some ridiculous crap like that, and it can easily lose its entertainment value. Which ultimately comes with the story having roughly 4/5 characters who can do anything, and the actions of everyone else are just made inconsequential, irrelevant, or severely mundane.

OT: I think members of team RWBY will be maidens...it's just going to happen. However, I think when and how many will be the nice part that allows the series to grow. Like if Ruby is a maiden, she won't learn to use her power until later volumes, and even then won't have solid control until further volumes.