User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/The "meh" factor of this show has finally gotten to me. ( please read, then judge.)/@comment-220.255.2.137-20131011023444

Monty has said that the cliches are intentional for subversional reasons. I think he plans to take a mass trope subversion strategy to the writing. Whether this is good or not... I dunno yet. Then again, what counts for cliche in the 21st century? Very hard topic to debate, so I will not try.

And about the recent focus on JNPR, if the focus is heavy this early on, I think it means that they may be rendered moot after this arc to shift on team RWBY. Sort of like a 'Enjoy this JNPR focus while it lasts'.

I will end with a sudden plot twist I have in mind: Beacon is destroyed and the girls will have to fend on their own