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Kenichisora wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: Nikoli the rebel wrote: FinalWholockianGrrlGamer wrote: Friends hold hands sometimes. I still think Jaune's actions were largely ambiguous. I would say unkindly so. Friends don't hold hands and they never have in Remnent. Juane showed interest in Pyrrha all the way back at the dance on the balcony. It was mutual. This "one sided crush" is nonsense but I guess if you want to believe something hard enough then it must make it true, right? friends do hold hands... at least as much as romantic couplings do, we have no other evidence of either, so you cannot say they do not. ide say the cuddling/ resting there heads on each other right afterwords, plus nora leading ren away pretty much confirmed that he was feeling more than freindship with her. especially when she gasped.

also i know this isn't part of what i was quoting but i really disagree with the guy that said that jaunes crush on wiess was a joke that lasted too long. it was a large element in both of there characters. it showed how wiess thought that most people showing intrest in her were only doing it for her family name (and we know that wasn't why jaune was into her) and it showed jaune lea Thrning to accept when someone just didn't like you like that. That'd be me. The problem with those elements are the lack of relevance. How did any of that make a difference on the long run? Jaune has accepted to take no for an answer when flirting with someone... Cool, so? We've learned that Weiss deals with a lot of suitors who are only after her money (which was a pretty obvious guess even without her saying so) and this changes, what exactly?

My point is that the love triangle between Pyrrha, Jaune and Weiss didn't make a difference in the story and therefore it was uncalled for. You take this irrelevant romance and Jaune is pretty much the same person. That's why I don't think romance is a big part of Jaune's character.

And besides, technically speaking, it is a joke that went too far. The writers said so themselves: They came up with the gag to be just that but decided it was too good to let it end there and eventually included it in future works (Volume 2 & Chibi).