Oh we're talking about Jaune? Sure I'll bite.
Eh, he does kind of hit a lot of the marks for those "unremarkable" protagonists you see a lot in Anime. It's clear he's meant to come off as the Unlucky Everydude you wanna root for. And there's a reason a lot of fanfic and fanart depict him as a Chick Magnet despite only one girl ever expressing an interest in him.
Except...he's not the main character in this case. He's the Deuteragonist yes, but I think it's a number of factors; He gets tons of screentime despite not being apart of the main ensemble of characters. So imagine this character that you don't care for continuously getting more and more screentime compared to the main cast. It's really grating. Truthfully, I think Jaune was supposed to be the main character at first but they changed their mind at the last second, but had his entire character planned out so they just made him the "second" main character.
So basically, he's the main character in all but actuality. Meanwhile, the other members of the main team are woefully underdeveloped compared to him if you look across the whole series. It doesn't help that his character are usually divisive in general.
So yea, I hope that makes sense.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
I think he was add by Miles and Kerry since is more story focus than other, Ruby feel A LOT a monty creation: stylish and uber-badass just like the rest of the team but pretty basic in behivor or devolpment.
at times that happen: a writer can from confortable writen one chararter above others, Jaune just feel more natural, in part because he dosent need to be in front line all the times.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"I really like Jaune. I see a lot of myself in him (right down to looking eerily similar) and I always think the clips that focus on Jaune are some of the best in the whole show (especially the little bits in Volume 4).
Though I can definitely see why some of his antics can be grating, especially in the beginning, but I think his dedication to improve (and the fact that he has improved) goes a long way for his character.
"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
Yeah, for me he was annoying in volume 2, I think he sarc with Phyrra was pretty much the otaku pandering bullshit, funny thing is I enjoy him a lot in volume 3 after he become more a suporting protagonist.
In fact if this continue, I will feel him and Ren are the real star of the show.
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Yea, that makes sense. Monty always had a thing for Action Girls who kick ass, which is very evident if you look at his previous works. But like you said, it's hard to ignore how Jaune is pretty blatantly written as a main character.
Monty, Miles, and Kerry probably came to the decision that Ruby and her team would be the faces of the series, since it's still primarily Monty's creation and whatnot but JNPR would get comparable focus.
In fact, wasn't there any interview saying how JNPR were originally supposed to be mostly supporting characters, but ended up becoming the "second main team" along the way?
edited 20th Jan '17 9:49:06 PM by BlackYakuzu94
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.I am pretty sure phyrra didn't like Jaune based on him being nice to her since he was rather dismissive of her initially while he was courting Weiss. Her interest seemed to stem from the fact up until the mention of cereal he knew nothing about her. Plenty of people are nice to her the problem is they put her on a pedestal and think she is to good for them and as a result she probably made few friends before beacon academy. Just needed to point that out after reading the Jaune conversation.
"Shall I use you, or make you mine... I'm not so sure what I'll do." - DorthyI'm not saying they have or haven't. I'm just saying voluntarily sharing Semblance knowledge isn't something we should assume, especially when we've seen a range of options in the show - being able to guess someone's Semblance, volunteering the information, discussing it only when caught using it, actively hiding or downplaying it, etc.
With his kind of Semblance, I'd personally think that telling people he's close to is going to be much harder than complete strangers finding out.
I have no problem with the scene, and nothing about the scene makes me think Qrow cares less about her than he does about Ruby. I feel there's a lot of affection and worry for Yang coming through that scene, and that includes the 'you're crazy' bit.
Bear in mind that Adam's desires came before the White Fang set its current goals because he's one of the three leaders who took over the White Fang in order to change it to its current path.
That doesn't tell us anything about why Adam started thinking that way in the first place. It's certainly not because the White Fang gave him that goal, because it's the other way around.
Yes, people can use hindsight to revisit an initial interpretation of an earlier scene, but that's not what I was talking about; as I said, you took a sentence of my post out of context and ran along a tangent with it.
Yes, but I've been saying this from the beginning, which is why I asked what you're arguing with me about, because you keep telling me I'm wrong, or something I'm saying is not true, and then promptly making a very similar argument to the one I previously made. The only difference is that you are assuming it was a forced scene and I'm saying that, while the scene may encourage fans to jump to that conclusion, it - very interestingly - does not come out and actually say that's what happened.
Given the way Salem seems to think Adam is wholeheartedly supporting her cause, I can't help thinking the White Fang is up to something even Salem doesn't yet know anything about.
Yeah, but that decision was made before the show ever began to air, which is why JNPR gets so much screen time in the Volume 1 opening credits. I suspect that, with Jaune being used as the audience's 'in' to the world and Pyrrha's death being planned from the very beginning, they needed to boost the position of the team to 'second main character' to make sure they could actually play the part.
edited 21st Jan '17 7:23:12 AM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Yakuzu: No offense but "Jaune was originally supposed to be the main character" hás to be one of the weirdest theories I ever read.
Also, Jaune isn't written as a main character, he just hás some tropes which are associated with main characters but that isn't the same thing.
And I'd question the complaint about him getting more screentime than the rest of his team, since that's actually a thing for a lot of teams, Velvet and her team, Sun, Neptune and team SSNS it's just more noticeable with JNPR because they are closer to the spotlight, even then Pyrrha arguably receives just as much as Jaune. (And more on Volume 3, but by then people had already set their minds on the two of them)
edited 21st Jan '17 7:59:32 AM by SaintDeltora
"Please crush me with your heels Esdeath-sama!Solid episode. Ruby actually shows a bit more character and seems to be finally realizing the sheer enormity of the task she's embarked on, Oscar leaves home and sees Hazel at the train station, and Ozpin recognizes him, and we get a flashback to Ren and Nora's past, and see the Grimm that destroyed Kuroyuri, which seems to be on its way to the village right where Ruby and Jaune are.
Seems very likely that Ren and Nora will end up being The Cavalry as expected, Qrow continues to be poisoned, and there's no sign of Raven.
Oh, also, we got a look at what I presume is Ren's semblance, which seems to allow him to hide his aura (and that of people near him) from Grimm, which is how he and Nora survived the destruction of Kuroyuri.
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Jaune has very clearly been set up as the Deuteragonist of the story, and in volume 4 that's very apparent, but he's not the main character.
Edit: The Grimm that destroyed Kuroyuri looks a lot like a dark souls boss
edited 21st Jan '17 8:58:56 AM by CaptainCapsase
Happens.
Also, that picture of Drone Penny is making me repeat the lyrics of that "AMERICA, F'CK YEAH" song for some reason.
I... I posted that here too. :( It was real subtle how they disguised Qrow's Semblance through his badassery.
My Little Pony is invading both my 34 and my troping experience - make - it - staaaahp.
I'll activate the Konami Code and make something fall on your head when you least expect it.
Mercury is the best character among those who haven't been developed as characters. Blake or Yang are actually the best characters in terms of actual development. But since we're comparing characters purely on an awesomeness/vague descriptive level, Mercury is still the best because SHOTGUN BOOTS ARE AWESOME.
And Chibi Ren looks adorable. More adorable than the actual Chibi!Ren. How is that possible?
Wait a damned minute are we... are we actually learning about Ren and Nora's mysterious past instead of seeing what's about to happen to Jaune and Ruby? Or seeing what comes of Blake and Illia? And I kind of want to know what Weiss is about to do.
Damn it show, spread the character development to everyone, you've had 4 seasons!
I'm still betting Blake won't have any after this volume.
edited 21st Jan '17 9:56:50 AM by Soble
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God is right, they're stereotypes. One of which is very unflattering.