I Now Proceed To Fight You All To The Death
Neo is the most overrated character in RWBY history. She has nothing to her character outside of Roman and has no personality other than being Anime Girl Tyrian. Her being mute is not an excuse for this because there have been plenty of mute/quiet/unintelligible characters in fiction that expressed more personality than she ever did. It’s hard to even classify her as actual rep as the only reason she was made mute in the first place is because her planned voice actor couldn’t make it on time and Rooster Teeth decided to pander to FNDM headcanons. Her backstory could’ve been genuinely meaningful commentary on the struggles and horrific abuse disabled and neurodivergent children have been forced to endure throughout history but Rooster Teeth did basically nothing with it because they refuse to engage with societal issues beyond a surface level. The only reason she even got popular in the first place is because people thought she was cute and/or wanted to goon to her.