As someone who doesn't ship bumblebee, can you tell me why you see it as being "written as a romance?" One of the things I don't like about the ship is that I feel they have very little canon chemistry (they go from not seeing eye to eye in one of the first episodes to being fine with eachother later for not reason imo)
Well for starters. Blake is the only person at Beacon that chose who she was going to be partnered up with. She chose Yang - and on some level she felt comfortable enough to pick this person as her partner. Here we see ninja cat Blake Belladonna chasing after Yang through the forest.
Secondly, Blake just…likes Yang. You can see it from their first interactions together. Yang is constantly making her smile.
Fast forward a bit and clearly Blake has figured out how to handle Yang. As we see when Yang meets Penny
Now this could all be construed as just good friends. The romance comes…in episode 6 of volume 2.
The big thing for me with this episode is that who knows how many times Blake has fallen into these bouts of sadness and everyone tries. As a group they try, Sun tries, Weiss tries. But only one person reaches Blake and she does it by going into her own personal experiences.
Not to mention that in the scene right before, we see Pyrrha helping Jaune find confidence to talk to Weiss (and we all know how Pyrrha felt about Jaune) we then get Yang helping Blake.
She doesn’t tell Blake she HAS to be okay. She doesn’t tell Blake to stop. She uses her own life to help Blake understand that she’s not alone. Yang opens up to Blake - probably more than she has anyone else. The entire scene is personal and emotional and pulsing with genuine feelings of love.
Not only is this scene about Blake feeling better, but Yang opens up about her mom, both of them, and it’s probably things she’s never really gotten to talk about because it’s always been about Ruby for her. Yang puts Ruby above herself, but she’s found someone to open up to about all of this and she knows Blake will respect it.
It is also the ONE time in the entire series that Yang is able to use her anger and her semblance and control it.
Fire in her eyes, but it’s because she wants to make Blake feel better and understand. It’s rage, but it’s controlled because it’s not about her and she doesn’t want to scare Blake away.
Also you can’t tell me that wink wasn’t romantic as shit. C’mon.
Now let’s jump again. To after Yang punched Mercury. Everyone else immediately trusted Yang. Weiss, Ruby, JNPR. The one person who was hesitant, was Blake. Why? Because Yang was SO important to her. Yang is her stability in the new life she built for herself. Yang is her #1 and if Yang is bad, then what’s left for Blake.
She brings up Adam, brings up the darkest parts of her past because she needs Yang to know why she’s scared. Not to mention how DEVASTATED Yang is that Blake has doubts.
Then we get to THE scene. The big moment of V3 where Blake is fighting Adam and Yang comes for her. Adam never met Yang before, never knew her (and I saw this in another post and it’s a brilliant point) and yet he determines in ONE look that Blake gives Yang, that Blake loves her.
Not to mention that Yang, WITH TEARS IN HER EYES, comes screaming after Blake when Adam hurts her.
Blake, who has spent her whole life running - doesn’t when Yang is in trouble. When Yang is helpless and Adam is closing in on her. Blake doesn’t run. She jumps in front of Yang to protect her. To hell with her own life, the life she’s been struggling to protect for years. Yang mattered more.
Volume 4 is a lot more subtle, because they’re not together. But Yang saying that a piece of her is gone could easily be a subtle reference to Blake. The way they always seemed to cut Blake off before she mentioned Yang in conversation. How Blake’s voice shook when she mentioned Yang’s name in the “I loved them like I never thought I could love anyone” speech.
When Sun brings up Yang, Blake immediately reacts.
There are other moments. Smaller ones. Looks and parallels that are also there. Everyone is allowed to ship what they want, but questioning Blake and Yang’s canon chemistry seems kinda strange because it’s there in spades. With Adam taking Yang’s arm (and just listening to Armed and Ready) it’s pretty clear that Blake and Yang’s stories going forward are immensely intertwined. So even if you don’t see any chemistry between them now. I have a feeling the show is going to give you ample opportunities to find it :)
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