Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30231630-20170619022646/@comment-84.195.99.91-20170619181355

ChishioKunrin wrote: SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: Eh, Weiss has still had more development than Ruby, it feels like. I know. It's just that, apparently, for some people, Blake and Yang have had even less development than Ruby. Yet no one has voted for Weiss, even though she's gotten less development than Blake. Ohhh. Yeah.

84.195.99.91 wrote: I honestly think Ruby not being the most complex person is the point, she is after all the Simple Soul that is supposed to save the world. Important to mention is that she's younger, it might not seem like it matters but two years is a lot to a teenager. I can tell you I was a drastically different person at 17 than I was at 15. The issue is that Ruby is a boring character to watch. Yeah, she's the Simple Soul, but that doesn't mean she has to be a boring character who's little more than a canvas that's empty except for a dot in the middle.

Right now, I find her scenes less interesting than the ones focusing on the other three members of Team RWBY unless there's actual plot stuff going on, and then the plot is what is interesting in that scene, not Ruby. So often, Ruby is either just a piece of the background or a puppet that the writers use to act upon the environment and move the plot. So... uhh, I guess what Arkantos said is a good summary: a plot device masquerading as a character.

Also, 15-year-olds tend to have more depth to them than Ruby currently has. Sure, they may be the shallow end of the swimming pool, but Ruby is a puddle. I guess we have a difference of perspective. I don't really watch the show to drink in the depth of every character. I watch it to be entertained and I find Ruby to be plenty entertaining. She's fun to see in action and she's one of the funniest characters in the show. Don't get me wrong, I'm not someone who watches RWBY for the fights alone, I'm just saying I don't need or want every character to be like: My family sucks, I lack confidence, I don't know what I'm doing with my life, I have to solve racism. It would get old if every character had an interesting enough life or personality to be able to write a book about them. Ruby adds some levity when other characters most need it and draws them all toward her with her positive attitude. Besides, having the main character be the most boring is practically a staple in anime and it's certainly not unique to RWBY.