User blog comment:VedranTheII/At what point is a writer like Cardin Winchester?/@comment-11188061-20150526023219/@comment-11188061-20150526033200

in RWBY fandom,

1) Cardin is a wish fulfillment of a toss away villain. While people do portray his characteristics okay, they often mistaken 'bully' from 'evil'. For example, I'm pretty sure canon Cardin would not think of committing a serious crime like rape. Cardin at the moment is the embodiment of the minor flaws in a normal, peaceful society.

2) Jaune is a wish fulfillment of a toss away self-insert/protagonist. If Cardin is mostly accurately portrayed then Jaune is the worst portrayed out of any other character in RWBY. The mistake they make is to write Jaune special, and exaggerate it so badly it's either godly special, harem king or both.

Canon Jaune Arc is anything but special. He's the inconsequential manager of a reputed corporation who got there only because someone who actually matters recommended him (taking pity for him failing every other interview), and only got to his position through a great amount of hard work and after many, many years of experience. You recognize him already. You talk to him everyday. In short, he's the representation of the normal human being trying desperately to survive in an environment full of specials.

And RWBY fandom is full of horrible fics that write him wrong from the very beginning.