Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161228230634/@comment-27082610-20170106213959

KNN005 wrote: @ lurker: I would downgrade Penny. If anything she'd be upgraded. They'd work together like a crime fighting duo. Instead of Gadget fumbling around hurting people on accident with his weapons.

For RWBY the writers want the heroes to be such giant underdogs that no matter who it is on the hero side none of them are on par with the villains in brains or brawn. If the heroes are gonna get better that should be happen more steadily. Especially in the intelligence department. There just isn't any brainy character to put all the pieces together. Who is the analysis person who gonna listen to what they hear in Haven and say more than "this is crazy, I don't get it..."? I just looked up Inspector Gadget, and it's apparently a formulaic and comedic show meant for children. So your suggestion is asinine and completely goes against the show's premise.

Well yeah, of course they're not on par. The villains are all older and more experienced than our main team, and some rando being introduced now to put all the pieces together would be an asspull as far as I'm concerned. And honestly, what they'd have to say would be pretty crazy because even with Qrow around there's no proof. They're not there to prove Salem's existence, they're there to find Cinder's trail and avenge Pyrrha.