Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3146930-20140620224808

So this is just something that has been bothering me for awhile. During one of the first episodes when Weiss is trying to get Pyrrha to be her partner, she mentions that together they will be an unstoppable team.

"The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class!"

So this is one of those Pinky and the Brain moments. During the opening song, they say that one is a genius and the others insane. However respective, that would mean Brain is insane (he is trying to take over the world after all) and Pinky is the genius (preventing Brain every night).

So you have to wonder what Weiss is implying in her statement. Obviously first time watchers would think Weiss is calling herself the smartest because when introduced to Pyrrha, we learn she has won many tournaments in her home country. Weiss also states how she has studied pretty much all her life to Ruby a few episodes later. The dilemma appears once the season is nearly over.

Looking at Pyrrha, despite being implied to be the strongest, she ran away from the Death Stalker during their first meeting and only took it down with the help of her team. Pyrrha also acts as Ms. Exposition, giving us information on all the little things in the show. Yet when she uses her Semblance officially and explains it, Weiss at first seems stumped about what a Semblance is. This is shown again during the history class, where she (along with Blake) answer a question correctly about a Human-Faunus war and why during one of the key battles, the Faunus had the edge. This implies that Pyrrha is the smart one.

Now look at Weiss. During the fight with the much larger Nevermore when compared to the Death Stalker, Ruby is the one that comes up with the plan; not Weiss. However it is Weiss' skill that allows them to pull it off. Weiss later is shown in Grimm-Combat class defeating a Boarbatusk, thanks in part to Ruby suggesting she aim for the belly. Weiss also seems completely stumped by how Ruby can move so fast and Pyrrha can move things with her mind, as if she is completely unaware that her own Glyphs are a Semblance, something everyone has, but it is Pyrrha that explains this. She does show she is smart however, as she does point out Ruby made a mistake during her studies (on a blank piece of paper no less).

It is almost as if the writers reversed the roles of these two somewhere down the line or was this the intention all along?

Darkcloud1111  Fastest Hero Alive  22:48, June 20, 2014 (UTC) 