Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-43719117-20190910220946/@comment-26018514-20190911194334

Well like I said, while I am defensive of this theory, there is one question I cannot Answer about it; Which came first, Ilia's story or redemptive Adam fan theories.

What I mean by this is did they actively change Adams story to make Ilia's palatable, or was Ilia literally created to explore a redemptive version of an Adam-like character so they could explore aspects they never considered about the character until fans brought up his redemption as a possibility.

Regardless, the moment she was made the decision to do the exact same story would have been off the table, so redemptive Adam or redemptive Ilia would be the directions they had to choose from, with the other being impossible to redeem unless through death, because if both are redeemed RWBY becomes too light and easy, if both had dark ends it would be too hopeless.