Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31098022-20170218174614/@comment-31098022-20170411200323

Tyrian : Maybe but how would that help. I don't think any viable team move would involve aiming at your ally's shield but maybe Ren isn't as good of a shot as he should be and the shield was to ensure no stray bullets hit Jaune. I figured that Jaune lifting up his shield was in response to Ren yelling so Jaune got ready to defend himself by bringing his shield up as he didn't really know what to expect. True he must see something in him and considering Tyrian is Salem's go to tracker he can probably pick things up about Jaune the other huntsman, the teachers, Qrow and his teammates may not be able to see. Whatever Jaune has I'd wager Ozpin and maybe the Arc family are the only ones understand it and Tyrian could sense it but not understand exactly what it is as he doesn't consider it noteworthy to Salem.

True. He is new to it and doesn't have huntsmen honed senses.

Yeah it would be a good way to show her growth as a fighter. Maybe Qrow will take away her weapon to train her.

Considering Pyrrha's semblance she would technically almost never need to go hand to hand but I would assume she knows how to fight fairly well without her weapons.

Maybe but Ruby clearly isn't following Qrow around everywhere as evident with the bar after credit scene. Honesty kind of surprising but Qrow has almost definitely been through worse.

Ren and Nora might have accidental made Ruby feel like an outsider but Jaune and her are supposed to be good friends and Jaune has shown an understanding for how Ruby feels so I don't think he would let her feel like an outsider.

After what happened I'm pretty sure that Jaune would be up for forgiving Qrow and burning the hatchet as he technically is just another one of Ozpin's pieces.

Yeah they probably will split up do to having to do different things. Maybe Jaune will even sneak away to see Pyrrha's family. Also they would probably feel safe within the city and not feel like there is a reason to stick together as much.

I am very interested in how the Mistral criminal underworld is going to play into their time in Mistral.

Jaune meeting Lionheart/Watts: I agree with you. Jaune would definitely be the most skeptical with everything that is going on. For Watts to play him Watts would have to go the I don't agree with Ozpin's methods route but he has no reason to. I could see Jaune wanting to stay away from all the meetings involving Lionheart while the rest go and that could possibly lead to him running into Tyrian or seeing something he shouldn't while walking around town and getting suspicious but the rest write most of it off as Jaune being paranoid as he distrusts anything associated with Ozpin. Jaune being separate might even lead to him being the one to find the first/a member of WBY.

Eyes/Souls/Powers: Maybe but I don't think Jaune would take whatever the bad guy says at face value. Also not thinking that Tyrian was going to kill Ruby would be an odd thought for Jaune since Tyrian works with Cinder who killed Pyrrha and we can assume that they were going to have Cinder kill Ruby for revenge. I just find it odd that Jaune did nothing while his friend was in danger. You could say that it was because Jaune knows that he is the weakest link but that didn't stop him from rushing in multiple times during the Nuckalvee fight.

Maybe but I think they eyes are more of a representation of your Semblance/Aura and not that they need to be open to activate.

True. But Jaune didn't know that Ren's semblance would be able to save them. Also Jaune dove in to save Ren and Nora when they were under the house. During that moment they couldn't defend themselves, Ruby didn't do anything and Jaune's semblance didn't activate.

Maybe Jaune's semblance only works on himself so he can't use it to save others. That would be a poetically ironic semblance. Jaune wanted to be a hero to save people but his power protects only himself.

True. I guess traumatic events can sometimes force the powers out.

Aura: Ok that's what you meant. Maybe as he definitely wasn't trying to do anything in Forever Fall but I'm pretty sure that the first time you discover your semblance has to be by accident or out of your control as no one knows what to expect their semblance to be.

Qrow and Tai: I'm pretty sure him saying "coolest team" was just him blowing his own horn. They were definitely involved in the plans but we don't know if the current Headmasters are the same ones that STRQ worked with. He does seem to keep Ironwood on a personal level though. Maybe Ironwood was another person Ozpin was interested in. In my opinion Qrow should be the one that Tai is most angry with because Qrow is his family and Qrow is putting his daughters' lives in danger.

Maybe but I can't imagine that Salem was very happy with Cinder for not retrieving the relic. It's odd though that Salem doesn't even mention the relics. Yeah maybe she thought she had all the time in the world but why not get the relic for even more power.

Well Glynda is a full fledged huntress and a member of Ozpin's inner circle. There's nothing wrong with using dust. Cinder does seem to be shown as being quite adept with it.

Nora: True. That does raise the question of the food fight where they destroyed the cafeteria which I think would be a bigger offense than assaulting a student with a known history of racial discrimination.

Ren: I guess that they just felt that they didn't know Jaune well enough to do anything yet because it was still very early in the year.

Weiss: Yeah she was annoyed by his "insincere" emotions as right before he stops being interested in her she states that. Yeah it is ironic that she accuses Jaune of doing the same thing she did. I also loved the dynamic between these 3 but am disappointed in how it was resolved.

Blake: I see. I looked it up. Honesty I don't even think she's said anything to the entirety of JNPR on screen but that's probably me over exaggerating. It does imply a level of trust but the reason of this trust is baseless from what we've seen onscreen. Even mentioning some interaction that happened offscreen would make the relationship more believable.

Yang: Yeah.

Ruby: It's hard to say. Maybe she wanted him to admit that there was a problem so he could do whatever he thought he needed to to fix it.

I can understand giving them some slack. I'm just saying that a little bit goes a long way. Maybe a mention of Ruby and Jaune hanging out or having leader meetings together as they are the greenest members of their teams. Or mentioning Pyrrha and Yang sparring together. Or Ren and Blake studying together. Or Yang and Nora partying together. Or Pyrrha giving Weiss another chance. Or Weiss thanking Jaune for helping her with Neptune. Or like you said them actually showing Blake tell Weiss that she could tell JNPR that she is a Faunus. The possibilities are endless and these little bits really help flesh on characters more than most think.

We get the impression that they are close but to me it seems kind of forced. RT did a good job showing the inter dynamics of team RWBY and a little with JNPR but I feel that how they showed the relationship between the teams and even how the characters themselves react with the world around them would add a whole extra layer of depth to the show.

Like actually showing people flirting with Weiss with the intention of using her for her money would add a little more credibility to how she views Jaune than just having her mention it so matter of factly.

Or showing people put Pyrrha up on that pedestal would make her plight a lot more sympathetic. I mean Cardin chose to sort of bully her through Jaune despite Pyrrha being the strongest fighter there. All the interactions that we've seen of Pyrrha with other characters (JNR and RWBY) barring her first meeting with Weiss show them treating her like a normal person and this completely undermines her claims of being alone.

Like you said Chibi isn't canon and theirs personalities tend to be ramped up so you can't really use that to see the interactions.

Ozpin: Yeah. What really intrigues me is that we always know that Ozpin has nothing to do with the two brother Gods because I remember hearing that the story came from Miles and Monty liked it so decided to add it. There is just so much mystery surrounding Ozpin.

True but I don't think that their opponents were very good considering at the end Nora did knock all of them out. But Jaune being able to hold his own against a huntsman in training is a testament to his improvement. The Nuckalvee fight also shows a lot of improvement.