Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9962367-20130726233702/@comment-65.8.92.40-20131015115625

And once again, I come back after half a day to find we've gone crazy again.

And to the guy who pointed out the relationship between Ruby and Jaune, I suppose you could argue it like that. I mean, you have a point of it possibly being like that of a brother and sister. But remember, these things rely on perception.

In all fairness, one could easily argue that Pyrrha's way of trying to help Jaune is remniscent of an older sister. She's very caring towards Jaune, seems (violently) protective of him, and just wants to see him succeed.

In Ruby's case, I see it as less of being sibling like, and more of just being similar. This could, depending on your view, lend support to a Ruby and Jaune pairing. Funny couples are usually opposites, but they're still similar. Without some similarities, couples don't usually go too far. It's like the anime classic "Nerd guy gets the hot and popular girl who is secretly an otaku" situation.

I mean, whereas Pyrrha seems intelligent, dilligent, and quite mature, Jaune and Ruby seem to have different traits. Their childlike behavoir being a good starting point. Both seem socially awkward as well, as niehter really had any friends coming to Beacon, and the first friend each made was yet another socially awkward teen.

Ruby and Jaune become acquianted in a coversation that begins with juvenille nicknames (Crater Face and Vomit Boy respectively), proceeds to Jaune attemtpting to be smooth and having that shot down by Ruby, and ends up with a discussion about weapons and Ruby being a weapon otaku. Not to mention, they both get lost when what appears to be the main hall is quite obvious to find (This also seems to give the impression that both are a little ditzy at times).

I mean, I'm not saying that their similarities make them a perfect couple. As I've said many posts ago, between the two of them there isn't enough maturity for one adult yet. Ruby seems to be growing up, but that might just be her leader ability kicking in. We have no idea how she's matured overall for the past several in-story weeks. Time will tell. And after this arc, Jaune seems like he'll have matured quite a bit too. Godspeed man.

Anyhow, I digress.

Another thing I've noted before that I'd like to bring up again are the interactions. The ones with Pyrrha and Jaune are usually with Pyrrha trying to lend support to Jaune, or being a normal teammate. Since she's on the same team as him, it is obvious that they would have more interactions. This could lend creadibility to the theory that as they work together, they would get closer.

Meanwhile, Ruby's interactions with Jaune seem to be fewer (as evident where she said it's been a while since they could talk like that, in episode 13), yet each seems to have an impact on Jaune, or seems to hold more weight. Allow me to explain this. Ruby's first meeting with Jaune established both as friends despite their socially awkward tendencies. Their next meeting had Ruby helping a somewhat (I'm not sure if he was downcast, in pain, or something between) off Jaune get to the field for their first test. After that, as both picked their teams relics, it could be argued they had a deep moment of understanding. And lastly with this episode, Ruby, with some slightly changed advice like that she got from Ozpin, managed to help Jaune find the conviction to stand up to Cardin (most of you will try to counter this by saying it was because he saw Pyrrha's smiling face; I will say to you romantics that Ruby's advice planted the seed in Jaune, while Pyrrha's friendship with him might have made it grow (sorry for this crappy analogy)).

I mean, you may view these differently, but every time Ruby and Jaune have screentime together, they seem to have more moments of understanding each other and making some progress towards strengthening their current relationship. And I admit, I'm hoping this leads to the two of them eventually going out. I admit, I ship Ruby with Jaune because out of all the males we've seen in Beacon, he's a) not a teacher, b) looks better than Cardin and his gang of miscreants, and c) seems like a geniunely nice guy that wouldn't do anything wrong to Ruby, and knows Yang would most likely leave him in a coma if he did. If another male came along who seemed nice and handsome though, I would likely stick with Jaune. Why? Because I admit, I'm a fan of the bumbling, socially awkward idiot. Not to mention, I see so much potential for badassery from him.

Wow, sorry for the rant. This time I kept it (relatively) safe thouh, no insults, and it appears to be at the very least PG-13. Anyhow, this is my argument for now. Shoot it down, expand on it, agree with me. Do with it as you will. I look foreword to any arguments one could make from this.

Tl;dr As a response to one guy calling Ruby sister-like, I believe Pyrrha acts more like an older sister, while Ruby and Jaunes personalities and similarities usually lead to them becoming closer in a friendly way. How this will affect them? Only time (and Monty) will tell.

As for the Flagship S.S RubyXJaune, I'd say it's still looking pretty nice. Gonna be a while before any of the ships are seaworthy, but I'm still going to cast my die with this one.