User blog comment:Zathronas/Zathronas - Let's talk about the elephant in the room/@comment-10390252-20160209121833

I don't think it disrespects Monty to note his strengths and weaknesses as an artist. His strengths (and he was superlative at it) were character design (both art and at a characterisation level) and fight choreography. Volumes 1 and 2 showed that he was weak as a writer of an episodic narrative story. It also seems that he didn't have a good director's instinct in judging how much screen time would be taken up by things.

As I said, it isn't a disrespect to say this. RWBY certainly wouldn't exist without his vision and he deserves to be remembered for his excellent work. Howsever, as with many collaborative works of art, it is those who build on that initial vision that are going to have a greater influence on its long-term success.