Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-10556445-20160621035924/@comment-10556445-20160625145325

@Someone: While Ruby sharing issues with other characters can partially "help" her connect with them in universe, there is this line from Yang in Painting the Town which bothers me.

Yang: "It was tough. Ruby was really torn up, but...I think she was still too young to really get what was going on, you know?"

It paints Ruby as someone who doesn't really remember Summer enough to mourn her implied  death, but it contradicts how she acts in Red Trailer and Round One while Ruby visits Summer's grave. where Ruby acts as if she does remember Summer more than enough to be able to mourn her death.

And regarding Ruby's SEW power, I would have personally built it up. each time she encounters Cinder, Roman. Neo, Mercury or Emerald in battle. that power-up breaks out slowly every time and begins accumulating in her eyes. until Pyrrha's death in  End of the Beginning basically lets it all out in a massive burst. for additional referencing there can be a scene in which Ruby notices her eyes are hurting quite a lot (due to the stored energy). leaves, calls either Taiyang or Qrow (preferably Qrow, who makes his first appearance far earlier here) who rush towards Beacon and take Ruby up to Ozpin's office. where she's told about why her eyes are hurting and the secret power she hasn't accessed yet, thus training begins to control it.

And Ruby's not a Mary Sue, her idealism is framed in a negative way that makes her seem naive and blind. and a Mary Sue in my opinion is invincible in battle, how many times has Ruby been trumped in battle?

Definition:

The female protagonist of a story.

(Archaic) A female character, usually an authorial self-insert in a fan fiction, that is annoyingly perfect. Often unique in some implausible way, any problems they face are typically intended to make them seem tragic or emotionally deep, rather than complex or flawed.