User blog comment:DiegoAnime3000/RWBY Volume 3 has gone into production!/@comment-25555436-20150619174425/@comment-25555436-20150622022843

I've never truly compared it with anything specific. Only see how it's carried out and what they did wrong or right. If I compare it, it's with another work that tried to use the same trope and did it right (or better).

For example, proving the monsters that keep humanity trapped in 4 kingdoms are an actual threat. RWBY failed, while many other works have done it right (hell, even works were said monsters didn't trap humanity did it better than RWBY).

I don't care about the quality of the work I do compare RWBY with, though I try not to compare it with great works. Reason? You don't need to be part of a 5-stars corporation or have George R.R. Martin or Tolkien's level of writing skills to pull a trope right, or tell a good story. "Budget issues" my ass, the level of effect that has on a show's writing is not even remotely big enough.