Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130802054126/@comment-4830106-20130802191539

Dsmith196 wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: Dsmith196 wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: Umber has her spear/javelin/assegai, whatever. Apricot has her axes, if they aren't just a design on her dress. Nero's weapon is pretty much up in the air, though. I could see him with a saber or cutlass of some kind. His outfit does kind of remind me of a Napoleonic era naval captain. To me what Nero is wearing has less of a Napoleonic era captain look and instead has more of an oriental look, like a Chinese Dynasty kind of look. I get this from the hooks on the right of his chest going along the black strip, and the sort of pattern on left hip that may be a part of a bigger design on his back.

I feel that Umber is going to take on a kind of big sister role to Juane, and will help him out with his awkwerdness and with his fighting, and overall help him with leading the team. Most of this comes putting her hand on his shoulder in the intro in a sort of we've got your back kind of way. I also get that she is going to be nice and quirky from the start of episode three when Juane says "Where am i supposed to find another nice quirky girl to talk to" and she appears behind him as he walks away.

I pretty much agree with you on Nero and Apricots personalities. With the addition that Nero will probably be quite sarcastic aswell. Yes, it did say that Nero's design seemed to be Asian-influenced, which could imply that he uses an Asian weapon. I don't think he'll use a japanese weapon, since Adam already uses a ninjato (with Iai to match). Personally, I think Nero's weapon would be a Chinese sword, like a dao, a kampilan, or a jian.

As for your theory of Umber being like Jaune's big sister, I agree with that as well. Her gesture in the opening seemed more supportive than affectionate to me (plus I like the Jaune/Ruby ship better anyway). As for Nero, I like the sarcastic bent, but if he was a little pretentious that would be really funny as well. Think Frasier Crane. I agree that his weapon is more likely Chinese than Japanese, but I do hope it isn't another single sword, maybe a Hook Sword or it might be a polearm weapon like a Pudao.

I do like the sound of his personality resembling Frasiers it seems like it might fit him quite well.

Also I agree that the Juane/Ruby relationship better but that is mostly because I haven't seen what Umber and Juane are like together and maybe after seeing them together and the way they are with eachother my opinion may change. It could be a retractable Qiang, or a flail weapon like a Meteor Hammer. And I could totally see him pulling out a really snobbish/sarcastic, but perfectly timed one-liner every now and then