Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180322215425/@comment-25936766-20180327135412

RaijinRising wrote: 1. She says she does care, but not just about herself. She said she didn't know them for long, yes, but she said Pyrrha and Penny's deaths let her know that she has to prevent future tragedies, not turn tail and run for her own sake. Her reaction was literally the opposite to what you said. There is a difference between "can't run away, must defeat evil for the good of mankind" and "eh, didn't know them very long, I got sad that they died but it doesn't matter".

Ruby saw Penny die, got sad, then went back to her old self. Saw Pyrrha die, activated a DEM, then went back to her old self. She never acts, speaks, or even implies that the deaths of her friends had any effect on her.

Sure, "she can't waste time being scared, she must face evil". But, that does not justify Ruby not showing even a small change in character, not showing any growth or development whatsoever, even after the death of her friends, even if they weren't the closest of friends.

Want an example of how it was done right? Yang.

The whole thing, about being scared yet not running away, instead choosing to face danger. Yang told the exact same thing to Raven, with different words yet same meaning.

But unlike Ruby, we got Yang suffering PTSD for a whole episode, having a real nightmare about Adam, along with a twitchy hand throughout Vol.5.

So in the end, she and Ruby said essentially the same thing, they have pretty much the same reasons to continue fighting. But unlike Ruby, Yang actually was developed, because those reasons do not prevent development, and are NOT a justification for NOT DEVELOPING CHARACTERS.