User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/The "meh" factor of this show has finally gotten to me. ( please read, then judge.)/@comment-10390252-20131011103316

In fairness, it is too early to guess exactly why some editorial decisions have been made. We are, after all, less than two hours into the show proper. Why are they in school? It could be that the school is a key location to some aspect of the meta-plot that we don't know about yet.

There have been mistakes made - I think they've spent a little bit too much time on JNPR and I think that the balance of RWBY to JNPR is thus a bit out. That said, once again we are ignorant of the meta-plot. Jaune and his tribulations could be critical to the long-term plot and we just don't know that yet. From the way he is treated in the full-length opening, I think that Jaune is a true Deuteragonist - a major character in his own right with his own storyline distinct from Ruby's.

I'm giving the show until the end of Season 1 to grab my attention. I prefer character stories to action stories generally (although the occasional action sequence is welcome) so I'm not entirely against the way the show has gone so far. However, I really will insist on the meta-plot being revealed or at least clearly hinted at by the end of Season 1. I'm not willing to sit around for a multi-season red herring diversion before the real long-term story blind-sides me.