Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20171107165310/@comment-25936766-20171108140411

ChishioKunrin wrote:

....It's certainly a better ship for Weiss than having her be with Jaune or Neptune. Definitely better than Neptune, if only because Iceberg is fundamentally shallow and Neptune's a shitty boyfriend. And can't dance.

Compared to White Knight.....depends. In the Friendship aspect it's certainly better, but in the Romantic aspect....I don't quite think so, especially if it involves Current Jaune. Mostly because they are not as different as they look like + Jaune always was the kind of man Weiss was looking for, she just didn't realize it because she focuses too much on 1st impressions.

1-The biggest evidence is how Weiss developed a quick, big crush on Neptune after Neptune did literally the same things Jaune did (sans stalking), all he changed was asking for her name first. Jaune always had the chance of Weiss getting a crush on him, he just blew it. Meanwhile, he does have the bonus of not going after every single girl he meets like Neptune does.

2-Weiss wants someone who doesn't care about her name, but cares about her. And Jaune is on the list of people who fall into that criteria. In fact, in this regard, White Knight and Arkos are effectively the same; P and W both loving Jaune, who loves them for who they are and not what they are or what titles they have.

3-They both have, or had, a burden related to their names, and families, that goes all the way back to the time of the Great War. Santa Claus made the SDC and made the Schnee name "glorious", for lack of a better word at the moment. And Jaune's great-grandfather was a War Hero.

Weiss wants to bring the SDC to what it was in Nick's times, clean up it's modern reputation caused by Jacques being a CEO who actually cares about running a company. And Jaune wants to follow in his ancestor's steps and become a hero like him.

If you believe Weiss's songs, then Jacques wasn't exactly supportive of Weiss becoming a Huntress, even less going to another Kingdom. And while Jaune's family didn't prevent him from going to Beacon, from the way Jaune mentions "their support", they weren't expecting much of him either. Probably didn't even care about his safety.

4-Yet on the other hand, they still have their differences to spice up the ship; Weiss was raised to be a perfectionist, Jaune didn't put any effort until he sucked up his pride and asked Pyrrha for help. Weiss was cold and generally ignored people if it didn't concern her, and sometimes even if it did. Jaune, meanwhile, was not.

5-There's also their development, which makes White Knight have a reasonable chance. Weiss is less judgemental than before and doesn't actively search for reasons to hate someone. Her opinion of Jaune improved post-Vol.2, which is pretty noticeable when she outright asks Jaune "Are you okay?" during the FoB, a sharp contrast with how she initially treated him.

Meanwhile, Jaune has become more serious and less goofy. Most of Jaune's traits that annoyed Weiss are gone, while the traits that could've charmed her are still present. And it's likely that Jaune won't go after Weiss because of Pyrrha's death (both because of it's effect and because it might feel insulting), meaning Weiss's patience and opinion of him won't drop like in Vol.2.

So, overall, I feel like if we're talking about Romantic Ships, White Knight > Freezerburn. But if we're talking about a Friendship, then Freezerburn > White Knight, though White Knight wouldn't necesarily be a bad friendship either.

Now, if we're talking exclusively about Team RWBY ships, Monochrome > Freezerburn romantically due to it's Wombo Combo of Opposites Attract + Birds of a Feather.

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