Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26986589-20161029210635/@comment-5426254-20161107012117

Chbedok1 wrote: Believe that the characters are too one dimensional, leading to soap opera drama instead of character driven drama. Thoughts? It seems as if the early arcs focused on using cliché archetypes, along with memes, fillers, and the Jaune Arc without really hinting on the actual plot. Whatever the protags do, seldom impact the overall plot at all, and the villains don't even accomplish it until Volume 3's second half.

This guy explains this idea in further details in his review of RWBY, and you might find something in common with him in this regard.