Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24183436-20131118140639/@comment-209421-20140502080554

Arkos was obvious from the start. As for Pyrrha, there is one reason why, if anything, she would fall from him from the start:

He didn't fawn over her as most people would when meeting her. Let's face it, she's famous for winning tournaments. She's on cereal packaging. We don't know what CRDL's initial reactions to her were, nor Ren's. (I don't see Ren being too phased, really). However, Jaune was totally oblivious to her fame, and even the fact that she was on cereal boxes didn't phase him after a few short moments.

Otherwise, there is another concept that exists that may be applicable here - the nursing concept. Jaune is damaged. It's kind of obvious after Jaundice in what respect he is damaged. Pyrrha has a strong instinct within her to protect and nurse the wounds he sports. Again, it should be obvious how I came to that conclusion. She wants to help him heal past this damage by teaching him to fight. However, during the process of aiding him in his recovery (regaining his self-confidence, in this scenario), she becomes drawn to him, and her previous concern and desire to protect him, the initial reason why she was tied to him, becomes replaced by her affections. It's a rather plain idea, and it rarely works out in real life (as a guy who has some psychological trauma to contend with, I've been through the first stages of this, but never had the relationship developed passed the nursing instinct), but it may be interesting considering their personalities.