Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9962367-20130726233702/@comment-16774229-20130922220640

Mercen-X wrote: RWBY characters are physically based on characters we know but their stories and personalities aren't. Not necessarily. Ruby, like Red Riding Hood, is a naive little girl that doesn't know what she should be afraid of.

Blake, like Belle, is bookish and, in my opinion, sees those around her as simple and ignorant.*

Yang, like Goldie Locks, is headstrong, and thinks little of consequences.

Weiss... You got me there, I'm not very familiar with Snow White, and she never seemed to have much personality to me anyway.

*it's pure speculation when I say Blake sees everyone as ignorant. I think we'll see this in later seasons when she talks about the plight of the Fuana, and how no one knows or cares. But that's just my opinion.