Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30966312-20190227042749/@comment-25337617-20190324061835

Glitchee123z wrote: Only one who’s close to a Mary Sue is Ruby.

And how is Ruby Rose a Mary Sue? Sure, she has certain Mary Sue traits. But if Ruby was a Mary Sue, then she’d be breezing through all her fights with no problem. Ruby didn’t manage to save Penny in time, and later, she just sat there instead of trying to save Pyrrha from Cinder.

Ruby couldn’t save either Penny or Pyrrha, and her silver eye powers have clear limitations, since the Leviathan Grimm wasn’t completely destroyed. If Ruby was a Mary Sue like you say, Glitchee, then she’d be wrecking everyone left, right and center in a fight.

But she’s far from overpowered. Tyrian practically used Ruby and JNR as punching bags until Qrow saved their skin, and the Nuckelavee gave RNJR a thrashing. How is Ruby a Mary Sue, if she clearly struggled to fight both Roman and Neo at the same time atop that airship during Volume 3?