Many people seem confused on Renâs behaviour this volume, and after rewatching all the episodes I think I can provide my interpretation of whatâs going on. Iâll probably miss a few things but hopefully this gives some people a new perspective.
Ren first begins to act weird in Episode 3 where he blows off Noraâs compliment on his outfit.
This seems to come out of nowhere, however if we go back earlier in the same episode we have the scene where JNR lands down at the dust mine with Elm and Vine.
Ren is seen smiling along with Jaune and Nora.
But then immediately after this Elm makes the comment âPerhaps you kids wonât get yourselves killed after all.â
It at first seems to just mostly be played for laughs with Jaune and Nora pouting, but then we have Renâs reaction.
He lowers his weapon and he seems a bit stunned by her words.
I think what she said made him feel that if theyâre not good enough, theyâll get themselves killed and he doesnât want to see that happen after everything.
He starts acting more serious and wants to focus on the mission.
When he blows Nora off, you can see that he actually looks sad for a bit while talking, like he feels bad for doing that, but he doesnât want to let himself get distracted.
After that we then see Ren training with Elm, seeming to really be invested in it and pushing himself, then later while walking with Nora and Ruby to Robynâs election party they begin to talk about Salem and how they donât know how theyâre going to defeat her. He gets into a fight with Nora that they should be training instead of going to a party.
Basically Ren thinks that they should focus all their efforts on improving their skills instead of doing anything else because theyâre not ready to face Salem.
Later at the party Ren and Nora get into another argument where he implies that heâs worried about advancing their relationship, which is most likely because heâs thinking of their war with Salem and how they could lose each other if theyâre not focused.
Then the massacre by Tyrian and Watts happens while Ren and Nora were kissing, and he later agrees with Ironwoodâs orders.
I believe he does this because he felt responsible for what happened. He let his guard down and focused on something else for a few moments and a ton of innocent people died. He probably thought that if he hadnât done that he might of sensed something was going to happen.
After this happened people were confused when Ren seemed to act normal while enacting that (hilariously) chaotic plan on Whitely at the Schnee Manor and then when he held Noraâs hand in the airship on their way to help Mantle but looked away from her.
For the first one keep in mind that it was part of a plan to find out what Jacques had been up to and to help Ironwood, so I think it makes sense he went along with it.
As for the scenes of him putting his hand on Noraâs shoulder after she falls over with the food in the manor, and holding her hand in the airship, both show that he of course still loves Nora even though heâs conflicted on what to do.
Now we move onto the finale and the scene that really really hurt.
Neo, disguised as Nora, changes her eye colour back to Noraâs blue-green and makes a sad face right before Ren can hit her, making him hesitate long enough for her to knock him down and get away.
It obvious shakes him so badly that he starts crying. The thought of hurting Nora brings him to tears even though it wasnât really her.
Then once they take cover in the training room he yells at Nora. People seemed confused by this too.
Ren says they werenât ready to become huntsman, but I think that was more directed at himself and he just lashed out at Nora because heâs really angry at himself.
In his mind heâs not strong enough. People died at the election party because he got distracted. He lost focus. He let his heart and love for Nora be a weakness and Neo got away with the relic. If they couldnât even win that fight how could they ever possibly beat Salem?
Ren is scared and feels heâs not good enough. He started to push Nora away after hearing Elmâs words so he wouldnât get distracted from missions and could focus on improving his skills to be able to prevent anyone from getting killed.
But then the moment he let his guard down when they kissed tons of innocent people got killed, further cementing in his mind that he canât afford to get distracted and they need to focus all their efforts on defeating Salem.
However, he still loves Nora deeply, but that love was used against him and now he probably further blames himself and thinks he was right from the beginning.
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