Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20150427084942/@comment-24993958-20150508200810

DiegoAnime3000 wrote:That's assuming it failed. Maybe you didn't enjoy it or didn't get it.

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So I'll also quote the author: A love that comes out of nowhere but still makes sense. -sigh-Ok, first of all, stop using ping pong arguments. I could just say the ending sucks and you just don’t get it, but that will likely leave you feeling rather hollow and slightly insulted…you know, like I did when I read that line. Secondly, and more importantly, NOTHING about Ruby makes sense in that ending, and I shouldn’t even have to try to explain this to you why, because Pyrrha was in that fic, and was used superbly. Everything that doesn’t make sense with Ruby, would have made PERFECT sense with Pyrrha.

Jaune has had scenes where he quite clearly considered Pyrrha over Weiss, Pyrrha had scenes where she realized how easy it would be to get back together with him; her being used in the ending would have fitted in perfectly with the hints that Jaune and Weiss where not going to end up together.

Ruby had scenes with Jaune that gave NO hint that either Jaune or her had any romantic feelings for each other outside of…what? An offhanded comment about Jaune seeing her naked? Yes, the two spent a lot of time together in the war, and they would have gone through a lot together, and neither of them where romantically tied at the time. But by that logic I should go home and ask my mother to marry me. I mean we’ve been through a lot together, she willfully divorced, so it would make sense, wouldn’t it? OF COURSE NOT. Just like there are a lot of things that could have brought the two closer romantically, there is just as much stuff that could have kept the two from approaching one another romantically.

Letting ME fill in the blanks for the author does not work in this context. Imagine reading that last chapter without that mountain of an author’s note where the author, for all intense and purpose, apologizes for not fleshing out Ruby more and using Pyrrha instead and is trying to justify something he couldn’t be asked to write.

I don’t need to know how Jaune chose Ruby over Weiss? You’re right. Just like how I don’t need to know proper English or basic math in order to have a good life. But let me tell you, my life would have been a lot worse without the two, and that ending, although obviously satisfactory for you, is a lot worse without the hints the author gave to Pyrrha, at least for me. So, without further ado, feel free to tell me more about how I'm just NOT getting it.