Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180322215425/@comment-24032889-20180326234644

70.164.250.74 wrote: ToonRadio wrote: Ruby is the type of protagonist that does not change and does not have to. She is an instrument for change in others. Yes, but that would make her seem like a hollow shell rather than a real protagonist. I agree with ToonRadio for the most part. I disagree in that I believe she does have to change, or at the very least, she has to be put into some sort of conflict in which she decides if or how much she needs to change.

Ruby is the "smaller, more honest soul" Ozpin referenced in the series' premiere episode. The creative team is really sticking to that, but the way Ruby is, she's had so little development that it seems like she's sticking around more for the plot's sake than her own as a character.

I've argued before that Ruby's seeming lack of change shows that she has developed to an extent. She was the personification of innocence/naivety in Volume 1, but when Volume 3 shattered that, she became the personification of purity. She knows how horrible the world is yet is still working to help it.