Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-99.249.188.51-20130915004958/@comment-92.40.249.83-20131022085802

If I had to guess on the whole tragic development, which would affect Ruby, for some reason a picture the death of Jaune. And even though Phyrra is the mot common speculation, I don't think she fits the role of such a tragic event to affect Ruby on a large scale, since the two don't really know each other that well. Jaune on the other hand is one of the first friends Ruby made at Beacon. He's also currently the weakest among introduced students, with close to no combat experience. On top of that, he is driven by he is eager to become so sort of hero to honor his ancestors. And even though he's usually shown as a lovable idiot/coward, it's quite evident that he'll jump in first in order to protect those who are important to him.

Good example is episode 14. If Phyrra didn't use Semblance in time to forcefully move Jaune's shield to block Ursa's attack, he could have been seriously hurt.