Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140406061609

What I HOPE we see:

- "Volume 1 Yang" level involvement of Velvet. Basically she'd play the background main character and we'd get a feel of her personality and how she interacts with the other characters on the show. The backstory isnot something I feel is truly important right now, nor something they'd have time to explore in Volume 2.

- Tournament matches between allies. Basically, if the Vytal Festival arc IS Volume 2 then I'd be a little disappointed if they didn't take the opportunity now to make Ruby fight Blake or have Weiss facing Pyrrha. Do you believe that Ruby would EVER willingly attack Blake outside of sparring or tourney rules? I personally don't. I could see Blake/Weiss, Ruby/Weiss and Yang/Ruby happening as a result of natural conflict (though obviously Yang/Ruby would have a very different about it than say Blake vs. Weiss) but I just don't see Ren ever fighting Nora as a result of animosity and malicious beliefs.

- Some insight into the character of Yang, not necessarily a backstory per se, but at the very least SOMETHING to characterise her by other than the motherly sister. What are her motivations for becoming a huntress? How does she feel about Weiss's racism and general behaviour that has almost broke apart Team RWBY twice in the span of a few months? What exactly is the style of relationship she and her partner Blake have (after all they've spoken about seven lines of dialogue to one another)?

- IF Penny is a robot then I think the two ideal Worf Victims, in my opinion would be Yang and Pyrrha. The duo are frontrunners for winning the tournament in my eyes (Yang presently has the best fight record of everyone on the show whilst Pyrrha is well... Pyrrha) and their removal could paint Penny as a threat as well as serve as a catalyst for character development for Ruby (who wants to avenge Yang) and Jaune (whom may be scared of the idea of fighting Penny)

- Regardless of whether or not a tournament takes place, we need the following fight scenes: Blake being a badass, solo, possibly akin to Weiss in the White trailer. And Ren being a badass, without using his aura, possibly akin to Ruby in the Red trailer or Yang in the Yellow trailer.

- Not exactly something I'm looking forward to seeing, but certainly something I'll be keeping an eye will be the behaviour of the Grimm. They are still yet to be true instigators of combat. Sure they've attacked but it's always out of defense (the Boarbatusk is trapped, the Nevermore and Deathstalker are disturbed by Ruby/Weiss and Pyrrha/Jaune respectively, the Ursa Major seems far more interested in the honey than Cardin or Jaune themselves and the ursi and beowolves in the forest could just be being territorially vicious (basically how they acted is how you'd expect jungle cats, wolves or hyenas to act in the same situation). It'll be interesting to see exactly what angle Monty takes with the portrayal of the Grimm.

- Shipping wise, we don't need it, at least not yet. I will say this though (completely unrelated): Weiss, if her father and her mother are suppressive individuals, she may see a relationship with a Faunus and/or a woman as VERY rogue-like and rebellious. She may not even have true romantic feelings for them. Also IF there is a yuri relationship I really want it to be Blake/Yang if only because of Coffee with Strangers, With Fire Comes Shadow, 101 Fun Things to do at Walmart, Initial Inconvenience, Of Crimson and Gold, Pollination and White Rose of Vermillion... If there's morethan one yuri ship then I could see Weiss/Velvet (even if only for a short time to "spite" her father) working. I'm in a mindset now where I think Ruby ships should be left to fanfictions.