Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-129.49.100.25-20170629155809/@comment-186.93.233.134-20171102220823

ChishioKunrin wrote: I heard that they said they went with the shoulder touch instead of hug because they didn't want the fandom to think of it as romantic, but I can't remember if that was apparently said at the Volume 5 premiere theater screening where they showed highlights from Volume 4 and had exclusive interviews.

Either way, I guess we'll have to see what happens.

Personally, though, I don't want Lancaster to become canon, through my own personal bias against how society and entertainment media act like a guy and a girl can't be best friends without it turning romantic. For the longest time in school, my best friend was a guy, we never developed any romantic feelings toward each other despite both of us being straight, and yet tons of people just assumed we were dating and spread rumors that we were, which was extremely annoying.

I want Ruby and Jaune to stay friends, not just because of my own experience, but also because I think they're really cute as best friends, much cuter than if they began dating. Well, without a proper source I cannot take that seriously, sorry. And yep, at the end of the day we'll have to wait... Perhaps years to know what will be canon or not, haha.

Well, they -are- best friends, and they are like that even in volume 4. Jaune and Ruby never showed any interest for each other romantically until volume 4 where they grew closer and open my mind to that possibility. I used to ship Arkos, but now that is dead, I can see Lancaster. Bear with me a minute:

I won't quote moments from Volume 1-3, nor similarities between them or the "TaixSummer = JaunexRuby". They both lost people, Ruby saw Jaune griefing even after months for Pyrrha, and they had adorable moments together. Besides, Jaune saw how Tyrian almost "killed" or "captured" Ruby, he might become a little overprotective over her, since now he knows that people are indeed after her. Those might be reasons for them to become even closer (also, remember chapter 2 when Ruby was "sleeping", Pyrrha was calling for Jaune inside Ruby's mind). Romance is usually born from friendship, and if you allow me to make an assupmtion, we can have as a headcanon that for months (perhaps over a year) Jaune and Ruby has been friends with Weiss, Yang, Blake, Ren, Pyrrha, Nora, Sun, Neptune, X's characters that were never important for the series (like Yang's shadow friends xD) and each other.

Honeslty, and without any sort of offense, the "why can't a girl and a boy be friends?" is not a reason to deny Lancaster. Because love is born from two people being friends at first, regardless of gender. I can see why it bothers you, but they have been getting closer not to normal circumstances (hence of why I despise the "cliche" reason to deny Lancaster). And also, they are growing, and they have been together for a long time. I just hope that if it happens you will continue to watch and support the series, as I will if it doesn't happen.