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People do indeed care about him a lot. Spend some time in r/RWBY, r/RWBYcritics, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/RoosterTeeth and similar subs and you'll find a lot of discussions about him that are incredibly recent.
It’s been 7 years, who honestly cares about him anymore? >

A lot of people do. >

I honestly doubt that.