Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-14909251-20190125051641

AntisocialMedia wrote: Regarding Bumblebee, and I'm hesitant to say this only because I doubt I'm the first, of the four pairings of the original main eight, only one (Ruby and Weiss) was an accident. While Blake may not have sought out Yang, or Pyrrha Jaune, they both took up positions where they would be able to choose their partners (as did Nora, but she clearly had someone in mind). Of these three pairings, two are shown fairly early to be romantic - in fact, is there a concrete indication that Pyrrha had feelings for Jaune before the same episode (Burning the Candle) Yang promises Blake a dance? The manga anthology, while not necessarily canon, offers up what amounts to a non-romantic explanation in that Yang complimented her about her bow when Blake was feeling very anxious about it on account of trying to conceal her Faunus heritage. More generally, you could say for Blake she went after one of the two people she met the first day who she connected with on some level. Pyrrha essentially did the same with Jaune, but it is also fair to say her reasons were probably in part because he clearly had not devised a landing strategy. Nora and Ren may have strongly indicated romantic feelings, yet at the same time it is not like there is something unusual about people who have known each other a long time wanting to stay together in school.