Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140818053714/@comment-25122143-20170528175835

Yeah, but the thing about that is that the gay undertones are very much intentional, but there's never been any intention to follow through. If Gatiss and Moffat don't want Sherlock and John to get together, that's fine, that's their show, but why would they, then, still put in what they admitted to be very intentional gay subtext, if not to Queerbait?

I can honestly see temporary Black Sun, ending in either Sun's death or a mutual breakup with them remaining good friends, with Bumblebee endgame. Red Pine seems a bit... weird, given that Ozpin is sharing Oscar's body, but, tbh, I've honestly shipped much weirder stuff, so I can't talk. I'd lose my shit (Not necessarily in a bad way, but more of a... "Holy fuck what is life?!" incredulous way) if White Knight becomes canon, but like you said, it would be some good character development.

I'm not sure if your Horse Race Gambling analogy is entirely right, as I ship plenty of things in RWBY alone that I don't expect to become canon. For example, White Rose. I doubt it'll really happen in canon, but I still ship it, because I like the idea of them being together, and think it'd work well. Plus, we don't really "lose" anything if our ships don't become canon, so... I see your point, though.