Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14202062-20130805054156

So about an hour ago, I was just looking through the wiki rather bored, when I happened to stumble upon the interview page. I never listened any of the interviews prior to today, so I decided to take a listen. I just so happened to be listening to Part 2 of John Silverman's interview with Kerry and Miles when I happened to stumble upon a certain part of the interview that intrigued me.

At a certain point, Miles was describing these two characters on the other team (rather than Team RWBY) that is to be focused on this season (the team I personally believe that Miles is describing is Team JAUN). One of these characters was a guy, while the other was a girl. Miles goes on to explain that they had created this dynamic of these two characters, which I believe is to have the two characters having two personalities that contrasted the other. One of them took themselves (most likely talking about his team) very seriously and was rather honorable. The other was described as a firecracker of energy and that she was super outgoing. Also, fighting monsters was more or less a game for her; a game that she was rather good at. Now, I personally believe that Miles was describing the characters that we know currently as Nero and Apricot.

I personally believe that Nero was the one that Miles described as taking his team very seriously and was rather honorable. With the rather brief description of his character, we are able to tell  that Nero may takes things rather seriously, allbeit, perhaps too seriously at times. Now, in my opinion. honor symbolizes that one shows respect and compassion for him/herself and others, is rather kind, and has rational behavior. So from that standpoint, Nero may treat his teammates with respect and compassion, is rather kind to the people that he encounters within his life, and has rather rational behavior. This leads me to believe that he is the light of reason within Team JAUN. Nero may possibly be a rather level-headed person; calm in various situations and attempts to calm his teammates down in the midst of various dangerous situations.

Now, if we were to look at Nero's emblem, we are to believe that his emblem is a pink emblem decorated with a flower on it, specifically the lotus flower. Now, I've researched what exactly the lotus symbolizes. From what I was able to dig up, the lotus symbolizes long life, health, honor, and good luck. My best guess is that the lotus on Nero's emblem specifically symbolizes his honor, as Miles did describe him as a person that was rather honorable. The lotus on Nero's emblem could also symbolize long life, health, and good luck, however, I'm not to certain on that, so I'm sticking with the information Miles described in the interview.

Now, onto Apricot. It's safe to assume that she is the one Miles described as a firecracker of energy and that she was super outgoing. Not only that, but fighting the monsters was more or less a game for her; a game that she's good at. It's safe to assume that Apricot will have an extremely energetic personality. She (probably in almost every situation) will wear a grin upon her face, possibly even in great peril. To further prove this, in the opening, you can see every member of Team JAUN, Jaune, Umber, Nero, and Apricot in a certain scene. In said scene, you see the team standing beside each other, with Apricot having a huge smile on her face. Perhaps even in Team JAUN's lowest moments,  Apricot will be the one to turn all of their frowns upside down!

Alright, now onto Apricot's emblem. Her emblem (like Nero's) is pink in color, and has a hammer decorated onto it, along with what appears to be a lightning bolt. Now, to paraphrase Odin the Allfather, "A hammer is a great tool for building, or destruction, depending on the will of the user." Well, I honestly have no clue if Apricot will have any interest in utilizing her hammer for building purposes. After all, fiighting is a game for her, so it's safe to assume that she isn't going to be building with that hammer. Oh no, with her hammer, she'll be sending any foe that comes into contact with it flying! ... Or her opponent could be buried in the ground beneath her. Seriously, imagine a highly energetic teenager possibly wielding a hammer that is who knows how many times larger it'll be than Apricot herself. I can already imagine it .... Apricot, wielding her possibly gigantic hammer with such great skill. She'll be buiring her foes into the ground or sending them flying, possibly laughing even harder the more enemies she sends to their deaths. Perhaps Apricot will even taunt her foes, saying "Is that all you got?!" or "Pfft, these guys?! Hahaha, I can't take them seriously! They're pathetic!" After all, she is extremely good with wielding her hammer. But let's just say that I would not want to train with her ... Ahem, anyways, I say that the lightning bolt on Apricot's emblem perhaps represents one out of two things. #1: The lightning bolt represents Apricot's energetic personality. This would make a lot of sense, with the chance of Apricot's personality possibly coming into her battle style. And now #2: Her hammer has some sort of ligthning abilities. Now, #2 may work as well, as it has been confirmed in Episode 2 of RWBY that lightning is one of the attributes of Dust. Again, imagine, Apricot, the energetic teenage girl wielding a hammer that utilized lightning in the means of yellow Dust (what I assume would relate to the lightning attribute). To me at least, that sounds like a pretty cool idea.

Alright, so I have pretty much concluded what I suspect Nero and Apricot's personalities may be and what their emblem may represent! Thanks for reading, or even merely looking at this speculation thread! I sincerly apologize if you guys have discussed this information before in a previous topic; for I have not seen a topic speculating these personalities or utilizing the interview information in said topic. I also apologize if my speculation is rather cluttered or it confuses you. This is my first time creating a discussion/speculaiton, so I also apologize if this is not up to standerds with the other RWBY Wiki member's speculations .... I finally apologize for apologizing a little too much ... Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed! 