Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3146930-20140908191213

This this is something that has bothered me for awhile, but I couldn't really put my finger on it until now (well actually I was just lazy). I know this volume they have really built up the crush on Weiss Jaune has, but it sort of comes out of nowhere. So lets kind of make a check list.

Volume 1

 * First couple episodes Jaune seems more interested in any girl. Ruby and him seem to hit it off pretty well, but after he leaves he frets about finding another quirky girl to talk to. He says something to Weiss after she insults him, but I wouldn't consider Weiss to be quirky. Later in the sleeping hall, he seems to somewhat check out Yang and Ruby when Yang was checking out guys.
 * Then when getting ready to be launched into a forest, he seems to hit on Weiss and Pyrrha. However this seems more like him showing a fake sense of confidence because he was told that ladies love confidence.
 * Actually in the forest, he does jump out a tree to save Weiss, but she shows no gratitude and just lands on his back. Then the two don't seem to meet again for awhile.
 * Then we have the four episode bully arc with Jaune. During this time he never really shows any real interest in Weiss or any girl for that matter. I find this odd and his crush is once again never brought up until Volume 2.

Volume 2

 * Nothing about this crush is brought up until the introduction of Neptune. Neptune uses almost the same lines Jaune originally used on Weiss, but this works and Jaune seems more upset by this then anything else.
 * Jaune tries to ask Weiss out on a date for coffee or something, but she turns him down.
 * Less then epic guitar solo asking her to the prom. Then a small talk with Pyrrha about how Weiss rejected him again.
 * Then all of a sudden, BAM! Jaune is now head over heals for her (his words) and seeing her ask out Neptune to the dance stabs him like a knife. It would be different if maybe Weiss showed some interest in him, but she hasn't at all and for some reason Jaune still feels he has a chance.

So did I miss something here? I know certain time skips happen within the series, but they seem to skip the build up leading to big events. However between Volume 1 and Volume 2, Jaune goes from pretending to be confident by hitting on girls to all of a sudden being head over heals for Weiss. It just feels very forced.

 