Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17760348-20131021233145/@comment-3257939-20131206223519

Well, the main reason why people are shipping Jaune and Ruby is because it was the first canon pairing in the series. Monty said that there will be romance in the series and then Ruby met Jaune, Whoala: multiple fanfics, fanarts and threads about these two.

Actually, I feel like Jaune and Ruby are similar in certain ways, both are socially awkward but mean well and are loyal to their friends, they even had one of those "I know how you feel" moments when Ruby encouraged Jaune into becoming a better leader for the sake of his team. What she did was telling him exactly what Ozpin told her so it's not like if Ruby was better than Jaune, she had a chat with Ozpin which help her a lot and Jaune needed a chat too so she decided to help his friend.

But since Ruby and Jaune are similar and they get along easily, I can see them becoming best friends like Ren and Nora but not romantically involved. Also, Ruby is two years younger than him, that could explain why Jaune never hit on her like he did with Weiss and Pyrrha as soon as he saw them. Even Yang got involved, don't forget about the Bunny Pajama scene. I'm sure that if Blake had appeared in the First Step Pt.1, Jaune would have hit on her too.

But let's go back with Jaune and Pyrrha, of all the girls who Jaune tried to create potential pairings, Pyrrha was the only one who actually felt interested in Jaune despite he uses the classic hot stuff line. To some woman, that can be insulting and deserves a slap but instead, Pyrrha was flattered.