Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131004004930/@comment-4830106-20131004193113

82.33.101.54 wrote: YANG: *Whispering.* Though I think we can all agree it would be worth it.

In all seriousness (darn it, seriousness) I've looked around, and some people are seriously hating on Jaune, which I'm kind of upset by (yes, I'm upset that a few people are hating on a fictional character. Thats just revealed to the world how sad I am) because frankly, Jaune isn't just doing it for his own selfish reasons. There seems to be an idea in his head that he has to live up to his name- and, though it's sad, it seems it has been trained to think that. This episode gave me a very bad impression of Jaune's parents, because I can't get the thought out of my head that they must've KNOWN Jaune could never get into Beacon, he hadn't even went to a combat school, for goodness sake! Either they got so caught up in Jaune carrying on the family traditions they let him sneak his way into Beacon, or they- I think this is even worse- they HELPED Jaune sneak into Beacon. They can't be that clueless as to just FORGET their son hadn't had any Hunter training whatsoever. So really, you can't blame Jaune- he's been brought up believing that he HAS to be a Hunter, he HAS to be trained to fight Grimm, he HAS to follow the family business. Though, admittedly, he is doing it partially out of wanting to be a hero, he's being half-forced into it, and frankly, would you like to be the lovable idiot? Would you like to be the one everyone else has to look out for? This is why he hasn't been overtaken as my favourite character- I can't stand having to be looked out for, I can't stand people worrying about me. It seems like the same sort of thing for Jaune. It's at times like this you realize just how much steely determination Jaune has- he's not giving up, he's refusing point blank for no help. But when Jaune eventually comes clean- oh God, I'm dreading it. I'm dreading the episode where Jaune has to admit to Ren, Nora and Team RWBY he's a fake. I'm sure my sad little self's heart will break. I agree with you, partially. I do think Jaune was pressured into getting into Beacon, either overtly or subconsciously. But I do think he's staying there out of his own volition--to be honest, him refusing Pyrrha for help when he obviously needed it struck a chord with me. So I can partially understand him, since I've been in similar situations (with much, much lower stakes, of course) myself.

As for when he comes clean, I don't think it'll be that bad, at least within teams RWBY and JNPR. If he admits it on his own (without coercion), I'd hope his friends would do their best to be supportive. And Jaune isn't the only one with a backstory: Ruby got in on what was (for all I and P except to Ozpin) a lucky break. Weiss was most likely pressured into her occupation as well. Blake... we don't really know, but I bet there is something there (grit your teeth). And I would be very surprised if Pyrrha had her own story.

Of course, if the information came out before Jaune was intended to some clean--my money is on Cardin broadcasting it to the school--it might not turn out so well. Grit your teeth and wait for Thursday.