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Kenichisora wrote: SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: Phantomlink959 wrote: Actually I seem to recall they once mentioned that ALL the symbols are "because they look cool", so regardless of importance the bunny is almost definitely his official symbol. that seems contradictory logic to me... the bunny symbol he wears just doesn't look "cool"... Phantom may be saying that, but I feel his real point was that the symbols are not made to be deeply symbolic or important in their image. They are made mostly for the lulz, with any symbolism coming second.

That said, I do agree that the art-style is pretty different from most confirmed symbols. And not just that, at least nearly all symbols confirmed so far and even many that aren't confirmed, fit the character in a noticeable way. Neptune has a Trident, Ruby has a Rose, Yang a Flaming Heart, Sun a Monkey, and so on. The number of emblems that arguably don't fit the character in some apparent way are very few, and with interpretation they still do.

I can't see for the moment how a brown bunny fits Jaune in some way. first of all like another person said, cool is subjective, and from thier comments in the livestream THEY thought it was cool. also jaune still has his family symbol. its not like his family symbol DOESNT represent him anymore. thats like saying that Wiess's symbol doesn't represent her anymore. From what they implied in the livestream it sounds like the bunny symbol is just a joke symbol that they really liked, so they implemented it in a lot of the stuff jaune wears. No one's saying that the rainbow symbol is irrelevant. It's his family symbol so it's impossible to deny its importance for Jaune's character just like Weiss' snowflake will forever represent her relation to the Schnee family even if she decides to get another symbol.

As for if the symbol is a joke or not, as I said before, it's entirely possible this changed. Jaune's crush on Weiss started off as a joke that later became a subplot in Volume 2. It's entirely possible that they eventually came up with a plot-related reason for keeping the hoodie with the bunny up to this point.