User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/The "meh" factor of this show has finally gotten to me. ( please read, then judge.)/@comment-1173941-20131012043229

Everything you gave as a con, is intentionally done by the crew.

School setting, scattered focus of character development, and clichés.. Lots of Clichés (aren't clichés and comedy RoosterTeeth's main thing?)

The School Setting is being used to Show how the world works directly and indirectly, and to create character dynamics (even if those dynamics are cliché)

The Scattered focus of character development is... Well, I would say it's to deviate from the norm, of having only 1 or 2 main characters, and everyone else just pretending to be important here and there, and while I DO like the idea of doing that, RWBY has failed in that aspect, due to the time-constraints, which makes it difficult to care about 5 minutes of development, every one week.