Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28776596-20160630193035/@comment-4010415-20160814093048

I agree with Vedran. Adding LGBT characters adds variety to the cast, just like how having the characters' skintones vary adds variety.

I've honestly started getting kind of bored with how many shows out there have a main cast that consists of:


 * Only white people, or mostly white people with a token non-white person or two


 * Everyone is straight


 * No difference in religion between any of the characters (except maybe the one or two token non-white character(s))


 * Everyone is/grew up within the same financial class


 * Everyone is pretty much within the same range of a certain body type (except maybe a token fat character)


 * Etc

If the characters are too similar, it gets boring.

A show is a lot more interesting to look at if there's variety! Different skin colors, different sexual/romantic orientations, different religions, different backgrounds, different body types, you name it!

RWBY has


 * Different skin colors


 * Different backgrounds

Adding in some LGBT would bring in some more variety. It's understandable that everyone's within the same range of a certain body type, since they all have to be physically fit since they're warriors (except Professor Port, apparently). And RWBY hasn't really gone into religion, beyond there being mention that religion actually exists in Remnant (thank you, Glynda).