Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-129.49.100.25-20170629155809/@comment-26397825-20171112112705

All we had in the beginning was the four Trailers, which didn't reveal names or anything. So Ruby's most identifiable features were the rose petals and the red cape (though she wore a silver cross rather than her rose emblem in the initial trailer), and Weiss was, well, white.

Then in the first episode, we learnt Ruby's name and well, Reiss or Wuby sounds stupider than even the worst offenders in Harry Potter and Bleach, so I guess they meshed the two together in a pretty way (White because Weiss's name literally means White, Rose because her last name is Rose) and it stuck for the rest of the ship names.

There are still a few ships that combine names like Tauradonna and Arkos, but for the most part it's hard to keep pushing for Wudonna/Bun...or maybe Sake? when Eclipse or Black Sun sound so much better.