Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30231626-20161015043220/@comment-30231626-20161016205755

DiegoAnime3000 wrote: That'd be me. The problem with those elements are the lack of relevance. How did any of that make a difference on the long run? Jaune has accepted to take no for an answer when flirting with someone... Cool, so? We've learned that Weiss deals with a lot of suitors who are only after her money (which was a pretty obvious guess even without her saying so) and this changes, what exactly?

My point is that the love triangle between Pyrrha, Jaune and Weiss didn't make a difference in the story and therefore it was uncalled for. You take this irrelevant romance and Jaune is pretty much the same person. That's why I don't think romance is a big part of Jaune's character.

And besides, technically speaking, it is a joke that went too far. The writers said so themselves: They came up with the gag to be just that but decided it was too good to let it end there and eventually included it in future works (Volume 2 & Chibi). I highly DIsagree. they are very relevent. first of all it showed jaune growing as a character. i fail to see how you can just write that off with a cool, so? it made him progress, and developed him. learning to back off in those situations, and accepting when people you really like are just not into you is a lesson that tons of real people still haven't learned. its just as good of a character arc as lots of stuff.

not to mention we get a great insight into pyrrhas character as well. she really struggled with jaune liking wiess. but she put his happyness above hers and told him to go for it. without even trying to even tell him how she feels. it showed that she was easily hte most mature person in the love triangle, and i respect her all the more for it.

as with the wiess bit. it gives us an insight into her character. we see that shes so used to people trying to take advantage of her that she assumes the worst of people. ide say thats an important point to make. just because its not a groundshaking revelation does NOT make it irrelevent.

that point about it not making a difference in the story and thus being uncalled for is a rather weak argurment. TONS of stuff in RWBY doesn't have direct differences in the story, but that doesn't mean they should be written out. plus developing your characters, how they think, the lessons they learn and how they deal with problems is good for the progression of these shows. also no Jaune is a better person after going through the love traingle. for what i said above, hes more mature after these events, and that it a very relevent thing.

Also your bit about the writers saying it was origanally just a joke, let me see proof. i don't think your lieing, but i want to know where you got this information from. even if it was origiaally just planned as a joke, it still has nothing to do with the fact that it nicely developed jaunes character, and showed an insight into wiess and pyrhha that was worth delving into.