Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9962367-20130726233702/@comment-65.8.92.40-20131016054351

65.8.92.40 wrote:

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Ruby and Jaune become acquianted in a coversation that begins with juvenille nicknames (Crater Face and Vomit Boy respectively), proceeds to Jaune attemtpting to be smooth and having that shot down by Ruby, and ends up with a discussion about weapons and Ruby being a weapon otaku. Not to mention, they both get lost when what appears to be the main hall is quite obvious to find (This also seems to give the impression that both are a little ditzy at times).

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Another thing I've noted before that I'd like to bring up again are the interactions. The ones with Pyrrha and Jaune are usually with Pyrrha trying to lend support to Jaune, or being a normal teammate. Since she's on the same team as him, it is obvious that they would have more interactions. This could lend creadibility to the theory that as they work together, they would get closer.

Meanwhile, Ruby's interactions with Jaune seem to be fewer (as evident where she said it's been a while since they could talk like that, in episode 13), yet each seems to have an impact on Jaune, or seems to hold more weight. Allow me to explain this. Ruby's first meeting with Jaune established both as friends despite their socially awkward tendencies. Their next meeting had Ruby helping a somewhat (I'm not sure if he was downcast, in pain, or something between) off Jaune get to the field for their first test. After that, as both picked their teams relics, it could be argued they had a deep moment of understanding. And lastly with this episode, Ruby, with some slightly changed advice like that she got from Ozpin, managed to help Jaune find the conviction to stand up to Cardin (most of you will try to counter this by saying it was because he saw Pyrrha's smiling face; I will say to you romantics that Ruby's advice planted the seed in Jaune, while Pyrrha's friendship with him might have made it grow (sorry for this crappy analogy)).

I mean, you may view these differently, but every time Ruby and Jaune have screentime together, they seem to have more moments of understanding each other and making some progress towards strengthening their current relationship. And I admit, I'm hoping this leads to the two of them eventually going out. I admit, I ship Ruby with Jaune because out of all the males we've seen in Beacon, he's a) not a teacher, b) looks better than Cardin and his gang of miscreants, and c) seems like a geniunely nice guy that wouldn't do anything wrong to Ruby, and knows Yang would most likely leave him in a coma if he did. If another male came along who seemed nice and handsome though, I would likely stick with Jaune. Why? Because I admit, I'm a fan of the bumbling, socially awkward idiot. Not to mention, I see so much potential for badassery from him.

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Tl;dr As a response to one guy calling Ruby sister-like, I believe Pyrrha acts more like an older sister, while Ruby and Jaunes personalities and similarities usually lead to them becoming closer in a friendly way. How this will affect them? Only time (and Monty) will tell.

As for the Flagship S.S RubyXJaune, I'd say it's still looking pretty nice. Gonna be a while before any of the ships are seaworthy, but I'm still going to cast my die with this one. This just about sums up what I would like to have told you Parrot. To be honest, it's just a reapeat of mine from earlier.

The tl;dr version is that depending on your perception, the interactions with Pyrrha may have less of an impact on Jaune than the ones he has with Ruby. Pyrrha tends to be more emtional, but Jaune doesn't respond as well to that. With Ruby though, he seems more like himself, and everytime it ends up in some sort of understanding between them.

YMMV but I think that after episode 13, RubyXJaune looks a lot stronger. Then again, feel free to disagree if you want. But have a good reason if you do so.