User blog comment:ArrwCtchr/Character Development./@comment-17060136-20131018153646/@comment-24047001-20131018165415

Firstly I don't think it's fair to compare the two shows, but secondly, it did have a plot. It might not have been the best story every told, but events directly connected to each other over the course of the season.

The events in RvB Season One directly affect each other throughout the first season. Let me sum it up.

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In Red Vs Blue, we are introduced to the characters and the warthog and informed that the blues are going to get a tank. Donut arrives and gets sent on a fool's errand for headlight fluid and elbow grease. As a result he ends up at Blue Base and "steals the flag". That causes the blues to act to retrieve their flag.

They mount an assault on Red Base and sadly, Church is team killed by Caboose. As a result of Church's death, and the continued desire to retrieve the blue flag, Tucker calls Command for reinforcements.

Tex arrives, blows up Donut and retrieves the Blue Flag, but is captured by the Reds during which time it's revealed that Tex is actually a female and has a history with the now non-corporeal Church.

The blues launch the Rhombus of Terror (aka The Parabola of Mystery) to get Tex back. The plan succeeds, and Tex is saved, but now she's out to kill the rest of the Reds. Donut, now Pink from after Tex destroyed his armor, makes the throw of the century and sticks tex in the tank, killing her. Unknown to the viewer Tex's AI has now jumped into Caboose setting up the events for Season 2.

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Events through the entire first season of Red vs Blue directly impact the story and the dictate the actions of the characters. The need to "grow" the characters in RWBY dictates the plot, and that's fundamentally what I have a problem with.