Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180322215425/@comment-33207690-20180415021151

On the topic of Ruby's character development I'm going to quote someone who really hits the nail on the head.

"The problem with Ruby and how Miles and Kerry are writing her to be is that I feel they're are delaying her development for some sort of shock value in later volumes that they have planned....they're trying to store some big thing with her to crash down her world or something akin to the Raven reveal"

'''You don't know how much this statement speaks to my soul. It also gets me mad because the problem with what they are doing is that as a result they've developed almost every other character better than her and are giving us this little tidbits of her character depth when they should've given her the right amount to portray her well as the story progress. She is getting too static and the story isn't revolving properly around her like it should which is what I assumed they had planned for her character since the beginning.'''

The thing is, for the story to revolve around her they need her character development done right in which it ties the story to her instead of having the plot move forward without her and thus not effecting her in the way she should've been portrayed- basically giving us a sort of Mary Sue vibe where she is perfect because she is always happy and it looks like nothing affects her since after bad things happen to her she always goes back to being happy like it didn't affect her at all(which we know it does BUT we don't see the transition period or struggle period she is supposed to have in which she as a character is questioned or challenged done properly)

'''Anyway, im not saying she didn't have character development at all because she did - the groundwork is there and the subtle changes that people often point out definitely is the character development, but its not done quite right. It's because of it that we know that she has the potential and we are exasperated that it's not taking fruit at the times it should've been but Miles and Kerry are so heavily reliant on cliffhangers that its effecting Ruby as a character and the way she is being written in the wrong way/not effectively.'''

'''And the thing is, since Ruby is the main character and we see how her personality is plus how it's obvious that the plot was meant to revolve around her given her potential, she is basically meant to be portrayed as the "Paragon". All the problems we see with Ruby in regards her character and the character development for her being portrayed properly and in the right amount as the story progresses is that Miles and Kerry aren't portraying her as a Paragon effectively thus we many can't tell that she is a paragon and instead think that she is a static character with a little of a Mary sue vibe.'''

Ruby has the appeal of a paragon character - She has the potential and personality needed to be a paragon - but it’s not explored properly.

'''The biggest major points of a paragon is how they affect the story as a whole, how they draw other characters to them, and how they affect others(they serve as a catalyst for others development). Examples of this include Naruto, Ichigo, All Might, Goku etc'''

You guy see the picture?