Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160225225013/@comment-5055509-20160307171912

Gastropod wrote: If Neptune x Weiss ("Hi snow angel" -> instantly in love!) and Sun x Blake (Slow Mo Guys wink -> instantly in love!) are any indication, I can't say I have a lot of faith in their romance writing abilities. I'd honestly rather see a validation of the fan ships than any more artificial and forced attempts at romance in the future. Some fan ships are obviously bunk but some ships do genuinely seem like could be a natural progression from canon interactions, and I wouldn't be upset to see them validated in the show.

Credit where it's due, Sun x Blake improved with time, and Neptune and Weiss seems to have been played off as the childish crush it was, so it seems they're at least aware of the shortcomings. Jaune's constant ignorance towards Arkos was kinda frustrating for a time (Vol1+2) but it definitely felt earned by the end. Hopefully, if they do want to make a relationship seem more sincere in future they'll be able to pull it off, since the writing seems to have improved on all fronts in Vol3. Yes, thank you, that's exactly the way I thought of it. Forced romances like that are the worst.