Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-108.16.0.12-20140801170705

Weiss has really loosened up. I don't think that she's changed as a character at all; she's still rude, opinionated, and willing to act like a jerk to call people out on their crap. She's ambitious, smart, reasonable, sophisticated and energetic. Seriously, her body language is crazy, and, as has been pointed out to me, she's had outbursts of random energy before. She's not all that reserved. However, hanging out with friends, I think, has given her a lot of freedom to act out and have fun. She's lived in a stuffy, restricting environment her entire life, and, as Monty said, she's a bit of a rebel. While her outburst on the chair was a bit much for me, it's clear that she's getting to really care about her team and get off her high horse. Hell, she seems to care about the people on her team the most; she clearly values their friendship and wants to sustain it. She's come a long way; her willignness to participate in the food fight and the card game says as much. But Weiss still has a ton of issues, most notably her discriminatory attitude towards the faunus and her difficult past. I just hope volume 2 addresses them, maybe even shows her interacting with her parents or talking about them. I'm looking forward to seeing the sad, lonely side of Weiss from the White trailer, as mean as that sounds.

And I'm pretty sure it was Neptune who beat Yang. If it was Jaune, Yang would never have called him the 'new guy.' She's known Jaune for a year and he's certainly not new; she'd use his name (also, Yang is a lot smarter than she gets credit for. Owning both Ruby and Weiss? Very impressive!). Plus, Jaune seems to be better at on-the-spot thinking, like Ruby. He's not much for planning, considering his lax attitude towards his classes and hotheadedness. Strategy is more of an intellectual's thing, and Neptune has described himself as such. I really can see him with Weiss, but there are reasons he might not be. For one, he's a flirt. I don't think Weiss would appreciate that kind of attitude. But, so far, he seems like a promising candidate (aside from Blake), if romance is in her future. I can't see her with some hothead like Sun or Jaune or Ruby. She appreciates intelligence, which Neptune most likely has. Now if he can stop being such a flirt and realize that Weiss is amazing and that he should be lucky just to have spoken with her without being brutally rejected, I could definitely see those two as an item (but Blake will always be my first choice for her). Is it weird that I find this so much more exciting than Cinder at Beacon?

And Blake. Blake just gets cooler and cooler! I'm really liking this more vulnerable, paranoid side of her. It really shows how much of a survior she is, how hard her past must have been for her to be so hung up on the White Fang's and Torchwick's plans. Quiet and calm Blake is great, but seeing her as a more vulnerable character is really opening my eyes to what kind of person she is. She's had a hard life and knows the world better than most. She even makes Ozpin look naive, as crazy as that is! I think I might have to downgrade him from morally questionable badass to overly optimistic badass. I think his mistakes might just stem from his being too kind. And Blake's relationship with Weiss is great! They both come from tough pasts and are learning to open up to their friends and loosen up. Weiss already has, and now she's the only person who notices Blake's odd, distant behavior and is willing to call her out on it. It's actually really sweet how much she cares about Blake, and it's only making me ship monochrome harder than ever! Why oh why can't that be a canon pairing!?