User blog comment:DiegoAnime3000/Guess who's back?/@comment-4010415-20150306102654

I mainly just like to read the serious critiques on Tumblr. Yes, they exist. You'll have to sift through the tags RWBY criticism and RWBY critique to find them, but they're there. Some people do actually write constructive criticism on the show's writing choices. They point out what went wrong, why we feel like a certain part was disappointing or dumb, and how it could've been written better. They want to see RWBY improve, and since members of the RWBY crew surf the Internet, looking at what we make and what we say, some of them are hoping that the crew will get the message.

That's one advantage that RWBY has over most TV shows. The crew actually turns to the Internet and looks at what the fans are saying, what we like and dislike, what we think, how we think the show could be improved, and what we want to see. They can adjust accordingly.

Of course, the reason I say "most TV shows" is because the crew at DHX who make MLP:FiM also pay attention to the fans on the Internet. They don't let bronies rule things, of course. They just take enough of a look around to know how to keep the show open to being entertainment that people of all ages will enjoy. Though, I will admit, I think the existence of bronies is what caused MLP:FiM to evolve in the way that it did, going from a simple cartoon for children designed to provide some amusement and chuckles for parents and older siblings, to being a cartoon geared specifically toward the entire family with more and more action and adventure. But at least it still lines up with what Lauren Faust wanted: she said she wanted to prove that little girls can enjoy an action adventure story, too, and that it's not exclusively a boys' cartoon thing. She wanted to bring little girls a better quality TV show that wasn't just some boring tea parties and rainbows bullshit.

My point: It has become this way because DHX paid attention to the fans, and it's awesome.

By the way, whatever you do, don't surf the rwde tag on Tumblr. It's a bunch of grouchy posts that don't really contribute any real criticism. They're tagged rwde so people can blacklist that tag if they don't want to see it.