Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160907022235/@comment-27143816-20160908010541

TheGoldenGolem wrote:

Nightmarrionette wrote: True in most respects and yeah she probably will be developed but may I turn your attention to, Transformers Animated (why do I keep connecting to other media?) Out of the core 5 Autobots, for a while, the motorcycle/ninja/cop Prowl was the east developed. Bumblebee was an Elite Guard Reject, Bulkhead an energon farmer turned Space Bridge technician turned hero, Rachet was a warn vetern who bore (figurativly and literally) the scars of his past, and Optimus Prime the almost sure up and comming Autobot leader who's life went down the shitter in one day. Prowl before was just kind of there to be cool and do his own thing. Hell in the first episode he was a dick to his team, but after he was saved he changed for the better. Then in later season his character was fleshed out. He had power struggles, thought like a dectective, had a tragic backstory but an uplifting tone at the end, and eventually surpassed the limits he could never pass by himself. All major character developments for him.

Do you know hat happens to him in the final episode? He dies. He fucking dies! He ends up donating his life so all his friends can survive to finish the fight. A charcter who was kind of for show before (like Ruby) went through some massive developments in his charcter that made him my 2nd favourite charcter in the show (minus the favourite part, that will probably happen to Ruby) and he died for the greater good, to bring forth a free world (like what I propose may happen to Ruby)

That would be cool but with the whole 1 arm and how she seems to be feeling emotionally, she probably won't be going anywhere. Really? I thought those were the most obvious ones, besides RNJR.

Oh ok then, The problem with this comparison is that Prowl wasn't the main character, but Ruby is. While RWBY is technically about all of team RWBY the main main character is Ruby Rose. Hers is the story we are following, so she can't die. When she dies that's it, story over. If she died before the end, and some other character took over to defeat Salem, it would beg the question of "why wasn't the story about this other character from the beginning?" Ruby has to defeat Salem. She doesn't have to do it alone, it could very well take all of team RWBY and JNR, but she has to be part of Salem's defeat. She can't die before the end. Actually the creators of the show really made sure they kind of put all of the Autobots on the same level. Optimus may be their leaders but in terms of who the main charcter is, they all are. They even all had their own major charcter development episodes. The reason it was so heartbreaking when Prowl died is he was the main charcter, he had our undivided attention, he was the big hero. RWBY is focused on more than just team RWBY as the main charcters. However I do believe your statement that Ruby is the standout main character. No not really. The story can continue for the remainder of an episode or for at least a 1 or 2 episode finale without Ruby if she dies in that noble way. And Jaune has been there since the begining. Even since V1E1 he was there. And when Ruby would die, he would step into that leader role. It's not like "Oh yeah Ruby wasn't the main character and Jaune was lawlz". No Ruby still is the main charcter, just Jaune is the hero of Remnant. Just because a main charcter dies in the finale doesn't mean the story stops. The story can still finish if it's almost at the end without the main charcter, that is if A. someone steps up into that role or B. you continue the series with new charcaters set in a future where all of the previous charcters are enslaved, dead, or older and the villain took over. And while the others would be there at Salem's, uh, realm I guess, they probably couldn't do shit against people with probably almost Godlike power (and Jaune's pwer wouldn't have fully unlocked).