Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-27803627-20160216163318/@comment-27083726-20160218190724

I don't think it's really fair to compare Yang and Ruby in this manner because as a defining trait Ruby is optimistic, whereas Yang's enthusiasm and carefree ways were a sort of escapism (she admits she doesn't really know what she wants out of life).

Also, while Ruby might have been closer to Penny and Pyrrha, by the end of the season she is told she has a special power, one that will only further her dreams of being a hero. Ruby witnessed tragedy, but she ultimately got reaffirmation of her ablilities as a hero and is only more driven to avenge her losses.

Yang on the otherhand? She was publicly shamed, lost an arm, and was abandoned again. She ends the season with the realization she was too weak to protect a friend, and for her sacrifice she gets left behind again. Not only that, but if Yang couldn't protect Blake, then she can't protect Ruby either, meaning she ultimately fails in her role as big sister. Yang's identity has been stripped away, and she's become what she always feared she'd be: the girl left behind.