Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17760348-20131021233145/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140326104413

I see what you mean Ben, but I believe somewhere Monty stated that things are changing all the time, random choices are being made (such as the further exploration of Velvet as a character, the creation of Adam for the Black trailer and the reusing of Ruby/Weiss assets so his twin friends had someone to cosplay as) so yeah things aren't set in stone, but I do doubt now that you mention it (and the fact that Monty seems to have the next 3 seasons main story arcs planned out given his hints that Gambol Shroud may be getting a re-design AND apparently has "ten years worth of ideas" [though unclarifed if that meant RWBY, RvB, general animation or Dead Fantasy]) that Monty will change his plans for characterisation of the main characters just because fans have taken to certain ships, especially given that those fans won't be miffed if those ships aren't included.

madman - The RWBY community has gotten a little carried away with Bumbleby and White Rose in my opinion, not that it's a bad thing. 100 too many fanfictions containing those pairings will still lead to at least 7 or 8 awesome pieces of fanwork. Just that they make it almost impossible to find other ships or ship-less stories. And Monty has generally avoided saying that any ship won't happen. Anything concerning RWBY's future he usually just says "We can't tell you right now." and if we do hear anything it will always be followed up with "but things change". It's the perfect route to maximise creativity from a very intelligent and creative fanbase. Shipping within Team RWBY (Ladybug, Monochrome, Bumbleby, Freezerburn, White Rose etc.) likely won't happen, but at the same time, I haven't heard anyone from within RoosterTeeth definitively shut down a ship, because that's just a terrible idea, especially when you look at the quality of some White Rose, Bumbleby and Freezerburn fics that are out there.

It's Arryn by the way, just to clarify.