Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-30530552-20180102163330/@comment-14909251-20180104071857

Nikoli the rebel wrote: RT did the same thing with Illia.

http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Nikoli_the_rebel/Poll:_Is_Illia_Redeemable%3F

After Ep 8, most thought that Illia was irredeemable. RT will redeem Leo and it will be just as crappy as Illia redemption.

What would be interesting though is whether RWY forgives Leo. Yang is already the most unforgiving MC according to Ep 8. Meanwhile, Blake is one of the most forgiving characters specifically when she forgived Illia. I don't think Illia's redemption was much of a problem. She was always shown to be somewhat off about the whole affair. Blake berating her and Ghira saving her, made her recognize her failings. Kind of anticlimactic in a way, but I don't think it was done badly. Leo would require more. All Illia really had to do was undo the damage she had helped cause. Not really possible for Leo, so the only way this works is if there was something more than his personal safety he was concerned about. They are gonna have a hard time redeeming him if they portray him as just being someone so afraid for his life he turns traito.