White Knight

White Knight is the het ship between Jaune Arc and Weiss Schnee from the RWBY fandom.

Canon
Volume 1

In Chapter 3 "The Shining Beacon, Part 2", while sarcastically humoring Ruby's idea to hang out, Weiss (jokingly) points to Jaune while talking about cute boys and calls him "Tall, blonde, and scraggly", which causes Jaune to turn his head. After Ozpin gives his introduction speech to the auditorium, Jaune comes over to Weiss and brags that he's a natural blond, which cause Weiss to do a face palm.

In Chapter 4 "The First Step", Jaune comes in between Weiss and Pyrrha and introduces himself in a suave manner, which simultaneously breaks Weiss's train of thought. Weiss's tone indicates she is disappointed to have to talk to him again, but Jaune doesn't notice and brings up what she said about him the day before. He then asks if she would like to join his team, but then Pyrrha explains that the team will be four people each and Jaune becomes dejected when Weiss rebuffs him when he says Pyrrha can be on his team too. After a complement from Pyrrha however, Jaune perks up and resumes hitting on Weiss until Weiss has Pyrrha send Jaune fly with her spear. When Jaune asks Ruby and Yang what when wrong, Yang points out that calling Weiss "Snow Angel" probably didn't help.

In Chapter 5 "The First Step, Part 2", Ruby and Weiss come into eye contact (which means their suppose to be partners) and Weiss tries to leave her, but when she sees Jaune, she turns right around and goes back to Ruby.

In Chapter 8 "Players and Pieces", as Weiss is falling from a Nevermore (long story), Jaune (who had be thrown into a tree) jumps out and catches her. Unfortunately, they are both still in midair and fall anyway with Weiss landing on top of Jaune and sarcastically saying "My hero".

In Chapter 14 "Forever Fall Part 2", Weiss goes with Pyrrha to help Jaune when he's being attacked by an Ursa and she agrees to keep Pyrrha's involvement in Jaune defeating the Ursa a secret.

Volume 2

In Chapter 2 "Welcome to Beacon", when Jaune ask to be included in team RWBY's board game, Weiss says she doesn't think he can handle it (which Yang responds to by pointing out how badly Weiss has been doing). Jaune calls Weiss "Ice Queen" and continues to beg to play Weiss's hand, but when Weiss says shes not trusting him with her pieces he points out she trusted him enough to tell him (and the rest of team JNPR) that Blake is a Faunus (however Pyrrha shuts him up before he can finish). When Neptune begins to flirt with Weiss, Jaune gets irritated when Neptune call her "Snow Angel" and gets flustered instead of angry.

In Chapter 3 "A Minor Hiccup", offers to take Weiss to get something to eat, to take her to a movie, and to study together, all of which she rejects.

In Chapter 5 "Extracurricular", Jaune asks Weiss to go to the dance with him while playing the guitar. Again, Weiss rejects him and explains to Ruby and Yang that she plans on asking out someone else. Later, when Jaune is sparring with Pyrrha, he talks about how he feels down since Weiss rejected him again.

In Chapter 6 "Burning the Candle", asks Ren about for advice about asking Weiss out saying "She's smart, and graceful, and talented, I mean have you heard her sing!". Pyrrha then advises him to dispense with the pick up lines and just be honest with her. Jaune then goes to ask her again, bringing a rose this time, but quietly leaves when he sees her ask Neptune to the dance.

In Chapter 7 "Dance Dance Infiltration", at the dance Ruby and Jaune meet up and Ruby says she's sorry that things didn't work out with Weiss. Jaune says he's fine with her coming with Neptune, but when Ruby says she came alone, Jaune steps away to have a word with Neptune. After talking with Pyrrha about how she didn't get asked to the dance, Jaune speaks with Neptune and demands an explanation to why he rejected Weiss. After Neptune explains that he didn't want to explain to Weiss that he can't dance, Neptune offers to step aside so Jaune can be with Weiss. Jaune instead tells Neptune to goes talk to her and just be himself, guarantying it will make Weiss's night. When Weiss asks Neptune what made him come talk to her, he tells her that it was Jaune and Weiss smiles while looking at Jaune.

Volume 3

In Chapter 2 "New Challengers...", while team RWBY is watching team JNPR's tournament fight, Weiss notes that Jaune has improved.

Volume 5

In Chapter 7 "Rest and Resolutions", Weiss and Yang are finally reunited with team RNJR and they begin to talk about what's happened since they last saw each other while eating and Jaune and Weiss sit next too each other. When Yang brings up Jaune's old nickname "Vomit Boy", Weiss starts laughing.

In Chapter 11 "The More the Merrier", when Vernal breaks Weiss aura, Jaune pause for a second while he's fighting Cinder. When Jaune says that he doesn't care if he dies, Cinder decides to impale Weiss instead while Jaune screams out no.

In Chapter 12 "Vault of the Spring Maiden", Jaune immediately rushes to Weiss and holds her wound. While Jaune is crying for Weiss to be okay, his semblance activates and he is able to heal her.

Volume 6

After team JNR find out about Ozpin's past and that they can't kill Salem, Weiss tries to stop Jaune when he starts laying his hands and shouting at Oscar

In “Seeing Red”, when Weiss collapses after using her glyphs to slow Ruby’s fall, Jaune rushes to Weiss’ side

Volume 7

During “A Night Off”, Jaune asks if anyone wants to go to the movies with him and Oscar, and Weiss accepts straight away without a second thought. Mirroring the scene in Volume 2 where Weiss rejects Jaunes offer. This greatly surprises Jaune, but he accepts it nonetheless.

Volume 8

After Jaune and his team were reunited with Team RWBY at the Schnee Manor, the virus Watts put inside Penny began to control her. Ruby shouted at Jaune to use his Aura Amp on Penny and it subdued the virus. As their friends ran up to them and Penny, Weiss knelt next to Jaune and put her hand on his shoulder and smiled at him with a look of joy and admiration. Jaune then looked at Weiss as she wiped a tear from her eye after Penny, Nora and Ruby hugged.

In the season finale, "The Final Word", the rest of Team RWBY has fallen into the Void leaving only Weiss as the surviving member. Jaune was the only remaining member of JNR left in the Void. Only Jaune and Weiss were left of both teams standing together alongside Penny to battle Cinder, who are the only ones left in the Void. Before Cinder could finish off Weiss, Jaunes scream of sorrow stopped her and brought her attention to him.

While Winter battles Cinder in a magical duel, Jaune helps Weiss walk to the exit to the Void. As they are walking, Cinder shoots a fire ball at the both of them. Jaune protects Weiss by using his shield disk to block the attack. Though the attack is blocked, Cinder creates a small explosion that causes Weiss to fall into the Void. As the Pathway is disappearing, Jaune makes a last ditch effort to exit the Void, but the portal disappears and he falls into the Void as well.

Volume 9

In "The Parfait Predicament," Jaune, as the Rusted Knight, comes in and saves Weiss and the rest of Team RWBY from a group of Jabberwalker clones. Afterwards, he takes them to his hide out where Jaune reveals himself to be the Rusted Knight. Upon this reveal, Weiss is visibly shocked. When Jaune asks Team RWBY if it's really them, they affirm its them and proceed to hug him, Weiss included. Weiss then asks Jaune how he became so "mature" looking, but quickly realizes what she said and looks away embarassed with a noticeable blush on her face while Blake and Yang give her suggestive glances. Weiss would later wind up in a punderstorm with Jaune and Ruby. After Jaune explains his story in the Ever After, she is visibly saddened for his misfortune and apologizes for all the things he's been through.

In "The Perils of Paper Houses," Weiss and Jaune team up to fight against Neo's Jabberwalker clones, where they proceed to improvise combos while fighting together. After Jaune fails to protect the Paper Pleasers he's been supervising and protecting for years due to drowning from a dam flood, Weiss goes over to comfort him alongside Blake and Yang. After he vents to Ruby his frustration after the Paper Pleasers' "ascension," Weiss calms him down and he promptly apologizes. While explaining his personal dilemma of the failure to act as a proper hero and protect the people around him, the death of Penny, and distresses about being stuck in the Ever After by himself for years, Weiss is visibly saddened at his plight as well as the fact that she's the only member of Team RWBY who actually knows what happened in regards to Penny.

In "A Tale Involving a Tree," Weiss gives comforting words to Jaune about failure and that it's okay to fail sometimes because no one is perfect; even the best Huntsmen in history have failed. Despite his faults, Weiss views Jaune as an incredibly brave and good person. Jaune, in turn, tearfully acknowledges Weiss' advice and they embrace for the first time in the series, followed by Blake and Yang. After internalizing Weiss' advice, Jaune and the rest of Team RWBY are transported to the Tree that they were trying to get to all season. During Jaune's fight with Neo possessed by the Curious Cat, they transform into an illusion of Penny and Pyrrha to catch him off guard and put him at a disadvantage. Weiss notices this and tries to assist Jaune with a fire attack, but she ends up missing the Curious Cat and hits Jaune instead, resulting him falling off the Tree much to her dismay.

Fanon
White Knight has had an interesting development in the RWBY fandom over the years. While it sailed as far back as Volume 1 when Jaune tried to catch Weiss, it was vastly overshadowed not only by Arkos and White Rose, but Lancaster and Iceberg as well. Some even used Jaune's constant attempts to hit on her as one of the reasons why they dislike him. Over time however, White Knight began to grow in popularity, partly due to both Arkos and Iceberg falling through in canon and partly due to a reevaluation of how they feel about the pairing. With Arkos being semi-canon, some fans felt he was over Weiss. However, after Jaune saved Weiss at the Battle of Haven, the ship became more popular than it ever had been before gaining more popularity after Weiss accepts Jaunes offer to go to the movies. This moment showed how far each of the characters had come in regards to how comfortable they felt around each other. It gained further popularity throughout the end of Volume 8, due to the looks they gave each other and the way they were defending each other in the finale. It has since increased in popularity in Volume 9 where Weiss finds Jaune's older form attractive and, in her own words, "mature."

A major part of White Knight's appeal as a ship comes from the independent development both Jaune and Weiss go through and the growing closeness they share as the series continues. Their maturity has allowed both Jaune and Weiss to develop into characters that have a level of respect and fondness for one another that wouldn't have been possible during their student days at Beacon. Alongside the little moments they share between them, the ship has grown in popularity.

White Knight is Jaune's third most written about ship on AO3 and Weiss's fourth.

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Trivia

 * Kara Eberle (Voice Actress for Weiss Schnee) has said in the past that White Knight is her favorite Weiss ship, and claims that she will always ship it.
 * Their ship name comes from Weiss's name meaning white in German and Jaune being a knight.
 * Kara Eberle has explained that Weiss' ideal type is someone who showcases maturity and leadership that can handle situations readily. These traits are what Weiss had perceived to be in Jaune's older form.

Variations

 * Grey Knight — the ship between Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna
 * Icyhot Knight — the ship between Weiss Schnee, Jaune Arc and Yang Xiao Long
 * Newspaper Knight — the ship between Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee, Ruby Rose and Blake Belladonna
 * Pollinated Knight — the ship between Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee, Ruby Rose Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long
 * Pollinated Silent Knight — the ship between Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee, Ruby Rose, Neopolitan, Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna
 * Ruby's Harem — the ship between Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee, Oscar Pine, Penny Polendina and Ruby Rose
 * War of the Roses — the ship between Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee and Ruby Rose