Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-15792134-20131019033931/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140212061220

Honorable Mentions - Ruby, she has room to improve, but she is only 15. Nice girl, funny character and gun-scythe. It's a shame other characters are just better... Velvet, I've seen a whole 30 seconds of her on screen and she already comes across as a nice girl. Hopefully she gets some extended interaction...

Jaune, I know he did it for the right reasons, but still I can't look past the fact that Jaune lied to Beacon staff in order to get. Sure Blake likely did the self same thing, but hey she had to. Jaune has shown improvement on the battlefield and will likely continue to with Pyrrha's assistance.The reason he wasn't good enough for Beacon though steps from the fact that he never tried prior to attending it. If Pyrrha, a fellow student in training, can improve Jaune to a level where he is capable of surviving Beacon then more professional trainers could have which is a damn shame. Good character though, solid relationship building thus far, wasn't a major fan of his storyarc in Volume 1 but it wasn't bad. Kinda hope Weiss, Yang, Velvet and Cinder/Roman get more of a focus though in the next season.

5) Sun - He gets the "nice guy award" for taking care of Blake for two whole days whilst he waited for her to open up to him, that dudes got some patience, dedication and a caring attitude beneath his petty criminal exterior. Also like all faunus he's pretty pimpin'

4) Weiss - Rapier, glyphs, dusts and a cold-hearted bitchy attitude hiding a caring and lonely persona. She's the archtypical rival. Plenty of room for development, strong relationship building thus far and she seems to have secured her place as an integral component in a wide array of story arcs what with her connection to the SDC, White Fang, Beacon and Ruby.

3) Yang, we haven't seen enough of her but I like her caring attitude and relaxed demeanor. Hopefully she continues to bring the rest of her team out of their shells. Also i'm a little bias because some of the most interesting works of the fandom have had a heavy focus on Blake/Yang which have great chemistry when written correctly.

2) Blake - Mysterious, quiet girl who can pseudo-teleport, dual-wield and use a kusarigama? And she isn't a complete bitch? And she has some level of relationship development and potential with everyone on the show? Yeah she's definately living up to her hype, kinda wish she wasn't used as RWBY's Morf in Volume 1 but let's not get into that.

1) Roman - Come on you wish you had that kind of style...