Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6500074-20130310094020/@comment-28277272-20140322063952

Sooo... I've just received the RWBY Volume 1 DVD and immediately rushed to watch the two commentaries. And please correct me if I'm wrong (as English isn't my native language, so I sometimes have some difficulties understanding everything perfectly), but I think the writers said Weiss had the biggest developments of all the characters, as the seasons go on (around 16 minutes in the commentary), you understand why she is who she is. Which leads me to think, once again, that there is a lot more to her personality than we can think of when we watch the first volume.

I'll be honest, I'm really new to Rooster Teeth/RWBY (discovered RWBY about a month ago), but from what I've figured, it seems to me that the writers like to surprise and break the idea we basically had of the characters. For example, many (including myself) thought Jaune was just a dumb clumsy loser (that we would come to love anyway), until they found out Jaune was actually having serious issues with himself, and had a deeper personality than we originally thought. So right now, I wouldn't be surprised if Yang turned out to be super serious in her studies, or if Blake was actually the kind to daydream in class (I've watched The Badge and the Burden couple of times and it actually seem possible). My point is, I believe they have already prepared a huge storyline for Weiss, and I wouldn't be surprised if said storyline became sort of a plot-twist. That's why I can't get myself to believe Weiss is just a spoiled brat who overreacts when she doesn't get what she wants - there is certainly something deeper behind it.

Blake might be one of the most mysterious characters because of how quiet she is, but there were a whole lot of hints about her past and her Faunus heritage throughout the episodes : Yang pointing out she wears her bow even when she is in her pyjamas, the bow twitches, her battle skills, the fact she sleeps with her bow on, the remark she makes when talking about Cardin bullying Velvet ("he's not the only one"), her knowledge on the Faunus war, the trailer and the song that goes with it... basically, the writers and producers really tried to hint at it, so even though she was the most mysterious character, we still knew a lot about her from tiny details such as the ones I wrote above. So far, Blake is probably the character we know the most about (even though there are still some things we need to uncover such as "who the hell is Adam exactly?").

They can't possibly introduce every characters' past within a single volume (firstly because of time issues, secondly because that wouldn't be interesting).

I'm writing a lot to say rather evident and useless things, but my point is: we know nothing about the characters' past except for Blake's. There are still a lot coming. The producers and writers heavily implied there was a lot of surprises and character development awaiting us. So Weiss can't possibly be bossy/bitchy/picky/difficult/anyotherpejorativeadjective just because she got everything she ever wanted so far. I still like to imagine some nearly impossible scenarios that would add more depth to her character (and don't worry, I do the same for all characters in team RWBY, not only Weiss, but she definitely has the most potential)