User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Volume 2 and episode 12, general thoughts/@comment-25405817-20141101045254

" speculate the pants off RWBY will begin next week"

I'm pretty sure none of them has pants per se. There are two battle skirts, short shorts and... whatever Blake's wearing. What was the point? Oh yeah, the blog.

"tell me that Mercury or Emerald couldn't have done her role in volume 2"

No, they couldn't because they have orders to not get their hands dirty until ordered otherwise. Cinder's association with Torchwick is not known yet, and she want's to keep it that way, and with Merc and Em shadowing Cinder, that applies to them too.

Say, Mercury had appeared to fight Yang on the train cart, the cat would've jumped out of the bag.

And I agree with you about the writing, it is an evolving skill, but one that is currently on a low stage. I'd hope that they show some improvement very soon, for it'd be sad if they didn't.

But hey, if everybody is thinking the same thing on the web and one of these "constructive criticism" gets to Miles or Monty, the improvement could be a lot faster.