Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17760348-20131021233145/@comment-226878-20140310200321

140.0.252.92 wrote:

jealous clingy exes/love interests are just embarrassing to watch. Yeah, but usually that embarrassment gives the audience a reason to keep watching. It's suspense in the form of: "will they ever live it down?"

Nearly all sitcoms use embarrassment in pretty much every episode. The audience probably thinks they're sticking around to laugh at the characters' stupidity, but they're actually waiting for a resolution to that initial embarrassment.

Being able to feel embarrassed for a character proves a certain level of attachment. If you didn't feel embarrassed, it would mean you didn't care, thus the character never had any kind of impact.

Honestly, I do like the idea of Jaune glazing over the fact of Pyrrha (or any other girl) potentially being in a relationship, but more as a situation in which he suddenly realizes the implications whilst rummaging through the fridge.