User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative Author - Who might die in episode 12 Part 1/@comment-10380701-20160208112341/@comment-24218038-20160209195012

Maybe I am overthinking it but the way you wrote your comment, you seemed to imply killing Ren would be the equivalent to Monty dying by suicide. Even if the character of Ren was Monty pulling a Hitchcock, he put the character in a prominent position in RWBY. That makes him a a secondary character (instead of a minor one)

Let's be honest here, Ren is currently a waste of space in the show. Apart from seeing him demonstrate Aura for us, what has he done? He's useless in a fight, we've barely hear him talk and he serve no purposed but as a very bad straight man to Nora.

I don't want him to die, I want him relevant!