Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-410526-20160803091948

Alhazad2003 wrote: Hmm, I can see your point about one girl's actions affecting another's storyline, that I can see happening. As long as they don't have to many plot threads going at a single time, they should be alright. As much as I enjoy a diverse plot, if it becomes too diverse it becomes a chore to follow. That's why I thought at first they'd do each girl's arc in a structured manner (Ruby's three episodes, Weiss' three episodes, Blake's three episodes, and finally Yang's three episodes), makes things much less confusing in the long run. But we'll find out how they proceed in another three months. Until then... Not being rigid allows them to switch between however many viewpoints they need, whether it's all four or just one. It also allows the writers much greater control over pacing, story and character development. For example, if Weiss' story gets off to a slow start, they can offset that by intercutting it with other, more kinetic storylines, which isn't possible if it's rigidly structured.

And anyway, multiple plot threads aren't a new thing to RWBY. The Initiation arc and the fall of Beacon arc both followed multiple plots without becoming cumbersome or confusing. I'd even go as far as saying some of the weaker examples of writing in RWBY were due to focusing on only one plot, like The Badge and the Burden or the Jaunedice/Forever Fall arcs from Volume 1. And even then, those episodes were much shorter.