Talk:Players and Pieces/@comment-207.161.191.84-20130906024834/@comment-207.161.191.84-20130909020817

I'll elaborate. Jaune was made the leader for a few reasons. After teaming up with Pyrrha, who should be among the strongest at the school, she started following him, not the other way around. In the battle with the Deathstalker and Nevermore, he was the one who noticed the Deathstalker coming from behind, and took the initiative to run. He noticed that Ren, Pyrrha, and Blake needed help, Nora decided he was right. In battle, he supported Pyrrha very well, and showed a level head and organized his team, which led them to victory.

Ruby, after meeting Weiss, followed her. While Weiss was fighting analytically, she interfered and caused a fallout between the two, demonstrating terrible communication skills. Weiss took the lead in trying to find the temple, and Ruby sat around while Weiss tried to figure out what they should do. Ruby later jumped into battle with the Deathstalker alone, which was, again, a bad idea. Weiss rushed to her rescue and made a point of mending their relationship. At this time, Ruby also stated that she's been trying to impress Weiss the whole time they've been in the forest. Weiss reassures her, and calms her down. While Ruby says that they don't need to fight, she's just elaborating upon what Weiss just said. Ruby's only makes a plan for taking out the Nevermore after Weiss tells her that "None of this is working." This is the first time that Ruby fights strategically, and with teamwork in mind, and she asks Weiss to back her up. The stages of the plan were Yang stunning the Nevermore, Weiss immobilizing it, Yang and Blake creating a slingshot, Weiss firing it, and Ruby running up the cliff. Of those stages, Weiss immobilized, fired, and created glyphs for Ruby to run, making 3/5 involving her, more than any other member. Ruby was part of one, or two if you're generous.

Weiss was the best with teamwork, while Ruby mostly tried to work on her own. When there were only the two of them, Weiss was clearly leading the way, and Ruby was looking up to her. When their relationship went sour, Weiss was the one to fix it. Compared to Jaune on team JNPR, she did terribly with regards to leadership. Weiss, on the other hand, did quite well. Why, then, is Ruby the leader of RWBY instead of Weiss? Ruby's clearly shocked, as is Weiss. In fact, given that the shot starts on Weiss' face while Ozpin's declaring their leader, the viewer is supposed to strongly consider Weiss for the leader, too.