Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4403232-20140411230237/@comment-14909251-20140717044525

Shadow at Morning wrote: Considered on its own, yeah, it's hard to see why people consider a romantic relationship possible. At this point, all that's powering Arse is the sheer inertia of their respective roles: foremost female principal, foremost male principal. And that has a long, long, tradition in fiction. On the weight of that alone does this notion turn. Especially given that Arkos is also being transparently telegraphed.

That said, I believe it is possible (Possible! I say nothing more!) that Ruby has some very little interest, possibly subconscious, in him. Consider what we know of her character: she's a hopeless romantic, and somewhat naive. How did she get that way? Stories, which we can assume are broadly similar to our own. She's a bibliophile; she's read a lot of them. Combine these, and consider our tropes concerning meetings of characters and the romantic implications thereof. She's read stories that are broadly similar to her own. Her "official" meeting with Jaune ticks all sorts of boxes for us, and possibly for her, if only subconsciously. It is important to understand her character. She is purehearted and simple-minded. For her, love is not even on the agenda. That does not mean she is incapable of being attracted to someone or falling for someone. It does mean she would be terrible at recognizing it and will not put much effort into pursuing it. Ruby is not really capable of distinguishing "friend" from "lover" at this point, so she would perceive feelings of attraction or love as mere extensions of friendship until something or someone forced her to see it differently.