Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.151.164.187-20141130095923/@comment-25258408-20150120022848

Starboy35tcoos wrote: Ok fair enough you made your point on the OC thing. But I still say Jaune doesn't deserve the hate he gets. But that's just me.

He really doesn't! He's annoying sometimes, the Jaune arc of volume 1 almost made me drop the show, and he's far from my favorite character, but I really do like him. In the end, he's not the typical Crouching Moron Hidden Badass character. He's just trying to live up to his family name. He's like Weiss, in a way; he tries very hard to live up to his own standards and he operates based on a limited worldview. He tries to be a Casanova and comes off as a jerk, he has no idea who Pyrrha Nikos is, and he faked his way into Beacon. All in all, like Weiss, it may be hard to see, but beneath all of his insecurities and posturing he really is a good person. Seeing him gain confidence, grow out of his misguided sense of worthlessness, and start to accept himself for who he is, for me, is rewarding (if at times incredibly annoying; but there are things about Weiss' development that annoy me too and she's my favorite character. It really doesn't matter to me).

All in all, he's like an inverted version of the typical shounen protagonist as instead of his stupidity being justified, it is something he comes to terms with and grows out of. He has flaws, and that adds to his character. The real problem I have is with how certain fans write him in fanfiction. I swear, if I see another stupid Jaune harem story, I'll...do nothing, probably, but I'll be internally dismayed.