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PuffDragon wrote: While it is etablished that Ruby will become the leader of the team, it is not necessarily so from the start.

While I believe it probable that the teams a formed by scholl procedures, I don't believe that they assign leaders that early. Who emerges as leader should be the result of the team building process.

Which gives us a lot of opportunities - Weiss may believe the leadership is 'naturally' hers, which at least Blake will not accept easily. And neither Yang, and certainly not Ruby would be comfortable at the thought. IMHO Blake may not strife for the position, but would secretly be sure that she's the most qualified. Which of course Weiss would oppose. Ruby would probably cede to Yang, who I'm not sure whether she'd shy away from the responsibility or easily accept it oblivious of the responsibilty that it will entail. She would however, I believe, easily support a Ruby leadership, knowing her little sister to be 'special', contrary to Weiss and Blake, who see her as too young and immature.

The development of the team leadership could be the, well a, story arc for the entire first season. My thoughts exactly. I think there's going to be a big revelation moment where Ruby just has a surge of inspiration during a team exercise, and then Ozpin promotes her to team leader over everyone else. That or she'll do something unexpected, but Ozpin will see ingenuity and other leadership qualities in that action. Sort of how John became leader of the Spartans in Halo.