Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-174.135.62.244-20160603201323/@comment-14909251-20160722232245

Gastropod wrote: It wasn't just the use of the phrase "wish fufillment" that bothered me. What bugs me about this narrative is the asymmetry of it. Look at this story from both perspectives.


 * For Jaune, it's a wish fulfillment fantasy. He was right all along and gets literally exactly what he always wanted at the beginning.
 * For Weiss, it's a story about her realizing how totally wrong she was for rejecting him and ends up with the exact opposite of what she wanted at the beginning.

Put another way: Who would you rather be in this scenario?

And before anyone tries to spin Weiss' side as "personal growth"... There is nothing wrong with rejecting someone you're not attracted to, and certainly nothing wrong with doing so repeatedly. That is not growth. I actually don't quite see it that way. Part of this would actually be that Jaune would have changed from his experiences and she would recognize that he was different, meaning things she was initially right to mock or belittle about him are no longer there or quite the same yet the good parts that she recognized before their parting would still be present. Hell, if we really want to switch things up we could have the situations reversed with Jaune seemingly being over her or not so interested (I suppose this could be due to Someone's much desired "angst!") and Weiss suddenly nursing an affection for him. Really, I am of the opinion that Weiss was not so hostile to him in the beginning as she let on, though she understandably found his constant flirting aggravating.