Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160328014907/@comment-26018514-20160409041605

Gastropod wrote:

VedranTheII wrote: Plus Ruby doesn’t do a lot of leading once things get hectic, and has on at least 1 occasion of V3 acted on her own, while ignoring the rest of the group. If anything that assessment should be flipped. If you're referring to "Battle of Beacon", I'd argue that was because she was away from the rest of her team. And she still did take charge earlier, when Velvet took a snapshot of her. Personally I'd argue it's a running trend caused by her fighting style... RWBY runs on momentum, they rely on a speed and pace I don't think JNR can keep up with, Nora can take out obstacles fine and maintain an even pace, but Ren would likely be the only one who could keep up(though not for long).

Basically JNR would probably slow Ruby down if she tried to control them, though as I've stated elsewhere I don't doubt who is team leader will come up, I just think it will be an issue of who needs to step up rather than a power struggle, though they may find each other using strategies that presume they are team leader out of habit.