Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17760348-20131021233145/@comment-17711744-20131208055755

The rest of the pairings like Ruby and Weiss are too forced, the only reason for shipping them: they are partners... Exactly. I feel like people (not specifically this fandom) are way to quick to be like "i shipz it" and end it there. There are many different types of relationships that characters can have (sibling-even if they're not blood related, it can still be a sibling-like relationship, mentor/student, friends, platonic, bully/victim, or rivals, just to name a few)

My point: just because two characters, to be frank, interact, doesn't mean that they have to be romantically involved. Take, for example, Jaune and Ruby (I don't want to sound like I'm trying to sink anyone's ships. I just need an example): They were really eachother's first friends at Beacon. They both are kind of awkward and nerdy, and they both seem to have problems as far as self-confidence and a feeling of not fitting in. After Ozpin gave her advice, Ruby passed that same advice onto Jaune when he really needed it. They're good friends who cana relate to and support eachother.

Now, does this mean that they're just DESTINED to be romantically involved with eachother? No, it does not. Stuff may go down and their characters may develope further in a way that makes it so, but for now, in my humble opinion, their interactions and chemistry with eachother does not suggest that they would become romantically involved with eachother. They could, however, be a great example of two friends who share similar struggles and help to support eachother as they overcome these problems.

I think (is anyone sick of seeing me type those two words?) that many people started out shipping obvious (although not necessarily practical) ships, such as RubyxWeiss, and have now closed their minds to anything else.