Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130927034714/@comment-10390252-20130927111516

Karthusx21a wrote:

The second possible conclusion is Cardin will be a Gary Oak, keeping his smug and still be a bully... The context is different. Gary is needed because Ash Ketchum has a completely unrealistic view of himself and his abilities. He needs to be periodically humiliated to remind him that he still has much to learn and is nowhere near the Pokémon Master he imagines himself to be. Jaune doesn't need a Gary Oak. If anything he needs something to force him through his self doubt barrier and show him that he can fight and win on a one-to-one basis.

That said, I could see that being a long process and not being entirely or even slightly resolved in the short term. It depends how long the team want to tease out Jaune's character development. However, based on how they treated the Ruby-Weiss conflict in 'The Badge and the Burden', I'm inclined to expect a quick race to the next milestone so Jaune can address his next dilemma ('Why are all these girls smiling at me?').