User blog comment:Baylaust/RWBY Episode 11 Review/@comment-10380701-20130927071829

This one is short, since I'm expecting most of the important part of the Jaune... well, Arc, is gonna be handled next week. We've had the exact opposite issue with the previous episodes of the first half of Volume 1. Long first half, filler second half. They're mixing it up by having a short first half and a long second half.

Considering that Velvet is not just a colored model, but also on the credits, she's far more than just a background character. I'm calling that she's going to be a close friend of RWBY and JNPR in later seasons.