Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20141218201832/@comment-25258408-20150104203405

LiveandSound wrote:

Anyone thought this was just what happened? That despite the similarities with Jaune, Weiss thought Neptune was cool/cute/handsome and felt interested in him? A typical case of "Looks First, Anything Else Second"? At least, until they actually talked to each other in ep7. I wholeheartedly agree with you, but for a different reason. Judging based on first impressions and external appearances is something Weiss does a lot. It's part of her personality. She judged Ruby based on their first encounter in episode 2 of volume 1, judged Sun by his actions as a stowaway and because he is a faunus, initially judged Blake based on her species and former affilitation when she found out that she was a faunus (and judges the faunus that way in general), and judged Neptune based on the cool, intelligent attitude he had. She never got to see his inner insecurities, only the classy exterior, and that was who she thought Neptune was.

The same is true for Jaune. She never got to see that he actually likes her for who she is and that he cares about her as a person. She only saw a bumbling idiot who tried and failed to be a Casanova, because that was his attitude around her. Jaune and Neptune may not be so different, but Weiss was unable to see that.

Just to throw my own two cents in. Shame I didn't stumble on this when the Weiss/Neptune discussion was still going on.