Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140806180925/@comment-6863431-20140809080933

@Diego sometimes your logic scares me. Whether because it makes so much sense or because of the way you phrase it, I'm not entirely sure.

If it's anything like how the dances were at my school, then dates are going to work like this: All the people everyone is focusing on will not ask or get asked until the absolute last minute. These people would be Jaune, Pyrrha, Yang, and Weiss. (I expect that Neptune will do the smart thing and ask early).

Until we watch the next episode, I'm keeping my ideas about Neptune under debate, but I think that either a) he will get some interest in Yang after the mission and ask her, or b) interest never pikes and he asks Weiss.

In either case, Jaune will probably come to the night before or day of and not have found a date, and will come to whoever of the aforementioned girls has not been asked. If it's Weiss, she may accept in order to make Neptune jealous, which Jaune will catch on to during the dance itself (why he would chase Pyrrha if he had the Ice Queen). If it's Yang, then they'll probably be going just as friends, and Yang might go off to join Ruby, during which Jaune will notice his partner alone and walking away.

In my opinion, there is no doubt that Sun is going to ask Blake. Though, whether she accepts initially or takes some time before it happens, I'm not sure. She's still a wildcard, in my head.

Ren and Nora will go together because, as Angren and Andrew both said, that's their "thing."

With Mercury on the stage now, I think he's going to be the one to ask Emerald, who will accept. She might tell him to buzz off at first, but after some persuasion (and possibly a talk with Cinder) she'll eventually turn around.

Cinder will either go alone or not at all.

Got nothing on team CFVY or CRDL, though.

Of course, my Jaune theories could entirely be debunked if the kid ends up asking Ruby to the dance, which I think is unlikely, but still possible. If that is the case, I think it'd be because they both happened to realize they were dateless while they happened to be near each other. From what I can guess about her, I think that Ruby would be fine if Jaune left to check on Pyrrha. After all, she was the one to encourage him to be a better leader, which is what it would seem like to her.

Also the Yang ones could go as well if she was asked by one of her friends that she was with during The Shining Beacon. Then, she'd probably just start out with them, but eventually decide to hang out with Ruby, either because she came alone or because her date (the only possible one I can think of is Jaune) has left her.

And then there's always the possibility that Ozpin will open the dance similar to how Dumbledore did during the Yule Ball. In which case, we would get to see the Headmaster dance with Goodwitch, and possibly Port or Oobleck dancing with Peach. But I digress. I'm extending myself to far now, aren't I?