User blog comment:Icchi/Whats yours initiation teams speculations ??/@comment-7472785-20130813185126

I fear logic will not help us here - the writers are very probably on a more creative path.

Also, there will ultimately teams of four, but nobody said that these bigger teams are formed at the initiation. I believe those relics they collect will play a part, but maybe not simply by pairing pairs following a potentially arbitrary choice of relic.

The first part (the duo) evidently has a random element. Any guess as of now is as valid as any other. I will focus my speculation on the second part.

Ozpin did say they would be graded and ranked following their performance in the forest. Now if I had a full class and 4 years ahead of me, I would not want to establish any clear elites (and potential losers) from the start. I'd try to even them out. This also in view of them having to learn team spirit, comraderie, assistance to weaker team members and the lot. So I'd pair the strongest pair with the weakest, the 2nd with the 2nd from the end, and so on.

For the purpose of this speculation only I'll assume RW + BY as the 1st pairing. Now I don't believe we will see the outstanding performance from either half. I believe (and wish) RWBY to become the best team, but not be it from the start. I want them to grow into it and fight for it.

As obviously some egos need a wake up call, I'd see them perform average, whether out of actual (lack of) skill (BY not coordinating well, Yang too impulsive?) or sheer bad luck or bad cooperation (RW potentially bitching at each other?) is irrelevant (not for the character and story development though).