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ChishioKunrin wrote: I think White Knight has some possibility.

Lancaster, meanwhile, no.

Remember that scene in Kuroyuri where Jaune gave Ruby words of encouragement and then put his hand on her shoulder? According to Miles Luna, the two were originally gonna hug, but Miles and Kerry worried that people would take it the wrong way and think that there's budding romance between the two, when it's just friendship. So they changed it to him putting his hand on Ruby's shoulder.

The fact that Miles and Kerry want to deter any thought of Jaune and Ruby having romantic feelings for each other says it all. Lancaster isn't a thing.

I'll be honest, though, I'm biased here. I only see them as friends, and I actually personally really, really hope that they stay just friends. I think it would be cute.

My best friend in school was a guy, so since everyone saw us hanging out a lot, even though we also had other people hang out with us, they just assumed we were a couple. It was annoying to the point where it was actually a relief when a teacher assumed we were siblings. It also made it hard for my friend to try to make a move on the girl he liked.

Even setting that aside, I'm tired of shows and movies having a male and female character who were close friends or got along really well inevitably end up dating or getting married. Honestly, a guy and a girl can be good friends without it ultimately ending in them being a couple. It's to the point where it's boring to see that for the 900 millionth time. Actually, you're wrong about why that scene  was deleted. It wasn't to worry fans, it was because 1, they were running short on animation time, and 2, according to Kerry, they were building up Renora, and adding that scene would make it seem like something was going on "unneseccarily." I still wonder where in the world the fandom got the "Oh, they didn't want to 'worry' us about them getting together" thing from this.

A quote from Kerry Shawcross on the Volume 4 director’s commentary, about the deleted Jaune annd Ruby hugging scene-  “ Well we ran up against the wall on animation time and, and, we, we knew we were gonna kinda advance things with Ren and Nora. And uh, I just didn’t want people to, to think that there was something going on unnecessarily. Not saying there’s not, but I’m not saying there is.”  Now, he could’ve ended the second to last sentence at “something going on”. But no, he added, “unnecessarily.” If they had no plans for a thing between Jaune and Ruby, he would not have added “unnecessarily” and would’ve just left it as, “I just didn’t want people to think there was something going on.” This implies that they have plans for Jaune and Ruby, but in that moment, it would seem unnecessary, because it would be as the “Romance Scene” was happening with Ren and Nora, the hug might be seen as a second “Romance Scene” and they didn’t want to imply it unnecessarily when they have a plan for Ruby and Jaune.

Think of yourself as a writer- if you aren’t. You have this scene written down for these two characters to have a romance scene. But then, the next scene is of these other two whom you also have plans for to get together later on, but it implies something too much that isn’t going to happen yet, and undermines the impact of the previous scene. Would you not delete the latter, and possibly save it for later? Also, we may see this scene later on. Maybe not exactly like what was originally planned (different setting, obviously).Miles, Kerry, and Monty have stated that they never truly “cut” stuff from RWBY, they just push it on for a later volume. (Source: Volume 2 Director’s Commentary”)