Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20150427084942/@comment-209421-20150430153902

Yes and no. What you're outlining is, as you stated, another bias - a first exposure bias. It's the old "first impressions" scenario. I'll use an in-universe explanation for you.

Weiss had the initial perception that Ruby was a clumsy, idiotic child. Only reason why they interacted after that point, up until the team placement, was what she viewed as a legal responsibility (I.E. the disclaimer) or to vent her frustration at the noise Ruby was making.

Now, by the logic you've put forwards, at least to the understanding of it I've drawn, this is all that there is to the relationship, from Weiss's point of view. How about another one, in the context you're more interested in - a hypothetical situation due to sexual experience.

No characters currently exhibit any signs of any sexual experience, so for this example I'll fall back onto Blake. Now, it's clear that there's a physical attraction to Sun early on (the "love at first sight" sort of effect). Now, let's say she's got negative sexual experiences - I.e. assaults, or an abusive partner. She wouldn't be so quick to enter the company of a male she has never met, due to prior experience. And yet they spent a night together, since she fled Beacon at night and was next seen in the morning with him at a cafe. No mention is made of where they stayed, but it can be assumed that it was public, plus she was non-verbal over that entire skip. This goes against the prior experience, if it was negative. We cannot assume a positive connection there, as she fled the White Fang shortly before the series started if the timeline presented to us is correct - not enough time for a positive experience to be gained, as there would have been flow-on effects.