User blog comment:Icchi/Pyrrha and Jaune relationship theory/@comment-23784953-20130817153050/@comment-11188061-20130817181102

Once upon a time a boy meets a girl.

She was in trouble, but he saved her from it. He was really strong, and she was really grateful.

However, he went away, and she never saw him again.

She wanted to meet the boy again, but didn't know how to find him.

Then she remembered that he was strong, and that he probably would join the competitions. And so she trained herself hard so she could join them, and with luck she would meet him again. Four years in a row she became champion in many competitions, but still she never saw him. Perhaps he's not interested in them? He's so strong after all.

Then she remembered Beacon, the place where the the greatest of warriors gather to become defenders of mankind. To protect people from monsters.

Surely she would find him there then. This time, she'll talk to him properly. This time, she wouldn't be scared. This time, she wouldn't be helpless.

... And that's the gist of it. I have just constructed a situation where Phyrra and Jaune met each other since young, went through a crisis safely, became separated after their one time adventure, and Phyrra has idolized Jaune and tried to find him since.

About the name. I have known many people and held conversations that are sometimes hourly long, but a lot of time we don't even - or recall, in some cases - know each other's names. Just random strangers getting bored and stave it with talking. Assuming that something happened to young Jaune and Phyrra it would have to be a dangerous one, and perhaps even life and death. Not hard to think that they didn't have time to exchange names.

It's also possible that they were using nicknames. Crater face is a pretty good nick, no matter what Ruby might think of it.

As for why Phyrra didn't ask whether Jaune is the one:

1) They barely had time to talk properly at all. Perhaps you would see Phyrra asking/hinting about it during the next episode.

2) Younger Phyrra may be a slightly cowardly, quiet and shy person before the incident. This shows from her habit of apologizing (the pattern's going to show eventually, just wait) a lot, and that uncharacteristically hesitant attitude (for a super champion like her) when she asked whether Jaune has a spot left in his team. Hence the reason why she didn't ask him right away.

Also, even she couldn't be completely sure that Jaune is Jaune. Plus, plot device. Anyone who's read romance manga should know how they could delay a single goddamn confession through hundreds of chapters, and this is an anime. The possibility is very real.

3) Her thoughts may also possible go the line, "Aw, he doesn't seem to remember me. Never mind, I finally found him after so many years, that's good enough."