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Blake purposely shadowing Yang at the beginning of the series, Yang tying a cherry stem in a Not then showing it to Blake with a smile, Yang saying “I love it when you get feisty!”

Etc, see shipping in part is all about perception. Swagger hates it, so he doesn’t see any of that as possibly flirtatious, while a fan of the ship would look and that go “Well of course that is flirting”.

I’m Neutral, I think Yang might have feelings for Blake, I do but I’m not overly gung-ho about any ship.

Also this isn’t just a RWBY thing, another example I could give is from Critically Role, between Jester and Caleb. Jester is a blue Tiefling, and is sometimes referred to as a Blueberry. Caleb very recently when jester was giving the others pastries specifically took the blueberry one, and shippers of those two latched on to that immediately. So yes, eye of the beholder and all that.