Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25045079-20140826195207/@comment-209421-20160427150853

Who says that a spear and shield relates to magnetism?

Yes, I'm fresh to this discussion, because somebody brought up the whole "Jaune's emblem is actually the bunny face" thing recently. I've been on this wiki the entire time, and I didn't know about this thread. It's like me going off and theorizing things on my own about the nature of Weiss's summoning and/or the psychology of Yang for Volume 4, only to find out that somebody else has done it. (Seriously, if people are interested in either topic, just reply to this, and I'll start speculation threads listing out my ideas)

This thread is more about Jaune, so I'll just offer my two cents - Even with all his improvement, even with all his steps forward, Jaune hasn't really improved in two areas - his semblance, and his strategy. We still don't know for certain how his semblance works - is it a hardened barrier, or is it damage reflection? And, from what has been shown, he still doesn't have mastery of it.

The other argument is that his strategy hasn't evolved. Look at the Team JNPR fight in Volume 1, and compare it to the JNPR fight in volume 3. I've always had this point in my mind - Team RWBY fight as individuals, working towards a common goal. It's only when they have a single idea, such as accelerating Yang for the triple-knockout, or giving Ruby the momentum to take the head off the Nevermore, that they work together, otherwise they just do their own thing.

Now, look at JNPR vs. the Deathstalker. Nora and Pyrrha had never fought together before, nor had Jaune ever commanded a battle, yet he quickly spotted the weak point in the beast, and organized for Pyrrha to help launch Nora into the air for the killshot. Team JNPR always had better coordination as a team - Ren and Nora already had a strong bond, while Pyrrha and Jaune formed a master-student, best friends-with-complications bond pretty easily. And yet, as a team, Jaune hadn't evolved as a leader. Instead, he tried to improve by copying Ruby - coming up with team combo names. Not a bad idea but his teammates weren't familiar with these, so they had to have been created on the spot. Yet he could coordinate and pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses in his own position. He's not good at micro-strategy. He can't make those kind of split-second decisions for fighting alone, and when working in a duo, he surrenders the lead. But, on a macro-scale, when coordinating a large number of people, he seems to shine.

I recall one of the points about the Rabbit logo as an idea - prosperity. Now, while there are many meanings of this, what if the prosperity it means is prosperity of the team? What if, in part, his semblance shields himself, but serves as some sort of Star Wars-esque Battle Meditation, enhancing his teammates with greater synergy.

I could probably come up with arguements against the rabbit idea, such as a sealed blade, but that would take time, and I'm supposed to be writing a uni assignment. Procrastination is a bitch.