Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-16277621-20130823040543/@comment-15108745-20130925004824

Well, I don't know much about badass shows and token cat-girls....most shows with cat-girls seem to just use them for cheap gags and gratuitous fanservic. RWBY might actually be a refreshing in that the cat-girl here would not be something typical like that. The cat-girl here would actually have some meaning behind her half-human half-animal traits. They are a part of her character that is actually relevant to the story.

Some might bash me for this comparison...but....it's almost like Holo from Spice and Wolf (a very complex and interesting history/romance series by Isuna Hasekura) where the animal features are not just some quirk, but something that defines the character and drives the plot (to a certain extent). In other words, it's not something that is put in there for laughs and then quickly forgotten about. It's something that you are always aware of throughout the story.

About Adam and why Blake was wearing her bow then, it could just be because the bow has sentimental value to her. True, it doesn't really need to be there to hide her animal features because she's pretty much already breaking the law. But, maybe she just wants it to be on her person?

I dunno. I just know that if she's not a cat-girl, the fandom will still write fics where she is a cat-girl and if you don't like that, then just keep in mind that there's always some part of a fandom that everyone has different opinions on. If she is a cat girl, then the fandom will go crazy with fics. But it's at least nice to know that even if the fandom turns her into some moe cat-girl, Monty and his crew will at least treat her with seriousness.