Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28171999-20190208002539/@comment-24032889-20190209104235

I think RWBY's problems come mostly from its sheer number of characters and little runtime for them to develop. A Volume of RWBY is no more than a feature length film (even if it's getting to be Avatar or Gone with the Wind lengths nowadays) and they're largely structured like movies now too. First, second, third acts that are pretty easy to identify. (Example: Volume 6 - First act: Eps 1-4, Second Act: 5-9, Third Act: 10-13)

If RWBY were a big enough production to be 13 22-minute episodes instead of 15-minute ones, that would give the show enough time to have meaningful conflicts and development for everyone. For instance, Nora's barely a different character from her Volume 1 self (which they kinda lampshade in Volume 5 Episode 7), but now she's more understanding of the serious moments and the weight and consequences of things, and so she handles things more seriously than she used to.

I'd say the most developed characters in the current main cast, in order, are Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Ren, Oscar, Ruby, Nora. Heck, Ilia has more development than Nora does. That's the thing: Nora (and Sun too) is there to make the plot seem a little less heavy/provide a lighter tone, and that's really it.