Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160117163823/@comment-24994749-20160121120258

73.Anon.52 wrote: Unless Jaune was not originally a "man"... there are plenty of ways to go about making this happen, though as I said I doubt it will happen.

For instance, Cinder is supposedly the first one to steal the ability, before that, this was supposedly just as impossible as a male Maiden, Soul transfer is likewise another previously impossible method of transference. If they go the "Jaune is trans" route it would be hilarious to see the part of the fndm that has been marching with torches and pikes for "representation " react. Cause they overlap a lot with the "Jaune is the worst character in RWBY ever".

That said, while it would admitely be a way to by pass the girls only rule... I don't know it admittely has a wrong vibe to it. It feels like a perpetuation of the "you are the gender of your biological sex".

As for soul transfer, we also still don't even know if it works to pass Maiden power. My favourite "it went wrong scenerio" is: Pyrrha survives, she is fine but she doesn't get the Maiden power because, since maiden power is passed down at death, when Amber's aura left her body, it registered as death and the power moved on.