Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28776596-20160913152557/@comment-27195233-20170228124004

69.138.248.186 wrote:  1) Ren and Nora lost everything but they didn't end up like Emerald. Ruby has more trauma than him and she's not even dealing with it as well. Jaune may be emotional but he didn't let it blind him when it counted.

2) Do you just like the idea of this happening? Why? There has to be a reason the characters to do this and if neither side has a reason it doesn't work. This is Salem who like Ozpin plans things out like a chess game..

3) I have a feeling we might get that plot with Lionheart. With Jaune, he has sacrificed his own happiness before.

4) Watts is friendly? If he was a smug jerk to Cinder I doubt he'd be nicer to Jaune.

5) Weird thought but do you think that Jaune hasn't allowed himself to grieve properly because it drew in a lot of Grimm?

(NOTE: edited and bulleted for clarity of discussion)

1) True Ren and Nora aren't like Emerald, and you could safely assume Jaune isn't like Emerald, but also Jaune isn't exaclty like Ren and Nora??. Also I'm not sure about comparing reasctions to tragedy, Ruby has nightmares and struggles to sleep, wheras Jaune is staying up late replaying videos and using them to fuel his angry training. One of these is practical but neither seems really better than the other.

2) I did state at the start of my last post that I'm not overly invested in any idea and am just thinking abstractly. I never come onto the forums with a "this is how it's going to happen" attitude.  I like to consider possibilities with a bit of devil's advicate and a large bit of "what if".

E.g You mentioned the idea of strength through unity, so if I was Salem and was aware that this enemy team has been causing us serious problems I'd want to break them up and make them weak, and if possible take their strengths and make them mine or turn them against them. RNJR has strong friendships, they're bonded and it makes them stronger. So you use these friendships to undermine the team by make them non-viable (*cough* STRQ *cough*)

3) I agree, though I'll say that though Jaune has no reason to trust Leo (or Watts), at this point he has no reason not to trust them?

Leo: "welcome to my school, also I've sold us out to the evil guys"

Watts: "Speaking of, Hi I'm a criminal master mind"

Jaune: ....."come agian?"

we'll see how it plays out?

4) We saw Watts be all gentlemanly and nice to Leo, He seems like an intelligent manipulator. If he wants something He could probably act nice to get it (like Emerald in Vol.3 ep.1)

5) Interesting idea with when you think about it really depressing results (he could become his own negativity bottling factory). Though would penting up those emotions not also cause or even concentrate negativity? I guess trying to focus his mind on the tasks at hand would work??