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Shane's letter is likely one of the main reasons why people criticize RWBY for declining after Volume 2. It seems anything people don't like about the show from that point on could be traced to the argument "It was all Monty's vision, and now that he's not here anymore, Miles and Kerry are doing things differently because didn't understand what Monty had in his head for the future."

When what Monty had in his head for the future was also what Miles and Kerry had in their heads, because they planned the entire show and built the entire world and lore of Remnant together.

I can't find them because they are old, but there were some tweets I saw from 2012-2013 where Monty, Miles and Kerry were "tuckered out after a long day of planning RWBY." and there was a picture of Kerry lying upside-down diagonally on something in the office. So there was that and all of the "late night IHOP/late night ramen meetings" the group went on. And I think Shane went on some of those too. So it's extra odd for him to go and say (paraphrasing) "Miles and Kerry aren't doing Monty justice."

It's tragic that Shane was going through so much emotionally, and I do believe he suffers from depression (don't quote me on that) which is a horrible thing, but his actions were nevertheless unjustified.