Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-28171999-20180516215630/@comment-25936766-20180612160746

All they do is just keep the character traits that were presented to us back in V1, like her being socially awkward and her weapon-loving. In fact you could say they do the same thing many fanfics do (better, of course).

BBTAG Ruby is better than current Canon Ruby by virtue of just keeping Ruby's depth instead of side-lining it like MMK did, basically. Her traits remain and are actually used instead of ignored until it's convenient, thus avoiding the flanderization and simplification she suffered after V3.

Though on the downside, since the Manga and Light Novel are written by actual japanese, the writing is naturally more like your typical japanese manga/light novel. Thus Manga Ruby and LN Ruby ends up feeling more like your usual japanese character, which takes away what most japanese viewers found interesting about RWBY in the first place (BBTAG mostly avoids it since the director is an actual RWBY fan who knows his shit).