Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170918133425/@comment-4010415-20171007033527

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: KingFubuki92 wrote:

Technically they did with Weiss treating Pyrrha as this amazing person she could use to her advantage in the start of Volume 1, and telling off Jaune for trying to talk to her. That one's not an example of it. Weiss wasn't idolizing Pyrrha and putting her on some titanic pedestal she could never reach.

Weiss was simply acknowledging Pyrrha's skill (And she was a 4-times Champion so it would be dumb to not consider said skill), and thus thinking she and Pyrrha would make an "unstoppable" pair. It is, however, an example of someone wanting to associate with Pyrrha just for her reputation, instead of trying to get close with the intention of actually forming a genuine friendship. Weiss, in her monologue, said that they would be popular and celebrities.

"This will be perfect! The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class! Together we will be unstoppable! I can see it now! We'll be popular! We'll be celebrities! We'll get perfect grades! Nothing can come between us now!"

"The smartest girl in class" = Weiss, by the way. There were actually subtle hints that she's rather studious and cared a lot about her grades, such as:
 * Her saying "We'll get perfect grades!" during the above quoted monologue.
 * Her worrying about getting a bad grade if Ruby is too slow in the initiation. ("I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! I swear, if I get a bad grade because of your—")
 * Her taking notes (Example 2) during Port's lecture in The Badge and the Burden, while literally no one else in the room was taking notes.
 * Her hoping for extra credit at the end of Breach. ("If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed.")