Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24993958-20140914175845/@comment-11188061-20140916082030

That's the obvious conclusion. From the parent's point of view too, it sounds pretty logical - they've been trying for ages to get a boy, and the 8th child is the only one. Chinese families are especially particular about protecting their lineage, so had Jaune been a Lie Ren we would see an even more cowardly and ignorant Jaune. At least he's still allowed to attend Beacon after he obtains his offer letter (I assume that's the case... unless he ran away from home. But I don't think Jaune will do something like that, probably).

Still, it can be otherwise of course.

His slowness to someone else's romantic affection (like Pyrrha) is without a doubt because he had too many females in the family. Families show their affection one way or another, and when your sisters are used to dragging you around and shower you with kisses and proclaim 'I love you' as in the family kind, you get so numb that all 'normal' romantic cues are missed.

His sisters are probably jealous too, and tried to keep him as ignorant as possible and taught him the 'wrong' ways to woo woman. It doesn't sound like his dad is any use too. His silly antics are probably taught by them, and while they are entertained strangers are most definitely not. And who the hell wants to go through 7 sisters just to get at a young man who acts like a weirdo?

Luckily, we have Pyrrha Nikkos. I wouldn't call her thick skinned, but she probably could plow through any tests the sisters throw at her until they have to admit defeat... someone write/draw about this story already, 'The Seven Trials to Marrying Jaune Arc'.