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Finally finished one of my rwby fansong WIPs that I haven't toughed since like October! Can't post it to youtube until I get the lyric video made, but I'm impatient so here's the mp3 for now lol. Bonus points if you recognize the leitmotif I crammed in there

(please do check out the lyric video when I post it later if you like the song though, thank you)

Lyrics: (text version in the alt text on each screenshot)

I ramble about the lyrics bit beneath the cut, if you're curious!

I don't remember how I got the idea when I started writing, but I was imagining the various Oz's each appearing in a big, empty version of the Land of Oz, like specifically the palace (castle? whatever they call it in The Wizard of Oz). Only the current and maybe previous Oz pre-merge are ever in there at one time, but with the memories of every life, before and after their reincarnation, stored there like a library. So just, seeing all the familiar names that aren't yours to be familiar with and having to come to terms with that fact that now YOU'RE one of them too

The first verse is like the death of one of the reincarnations. "Lights out, you go. Only effigy will show the path to day" (they died and go into whatever dark, in-between there is until they get reincarnated, with the light from their own funeral effigy to guide them) "They'd never know, Ne're a eulogy could ever show your fate" (the people at the funeral likely have no idea, considering how secretive Oz usually is, and no eulogy about them resting in peace will ever be accurate).

Originally the line "Just a secret in the hall" was "Hang your photo in the hall" like they have to walk to the end of a long wall of photos to nail their own up in the next space. So not only are they dragged into the cycle but they have to choose to pin their identity up and hope for the best that it isn't forgotten too quickly. The line sounded a bit too off when it was actually sung but I think the sentiment is still there

The reason I hadn't worked on it in so long was because I couldn't figure out how to finish it. I decided to listen again yesterday, thought "Oh hey that also has like Ozymandias vibes a little, which actually fits pretty well" and suddenly that last section just clicked

The whole last section is a bunch of Ozymandias references but I tried to do it in a way that's also very Ozma. The "very sands that once revered your name" now haunting him could be anything from like the sands of time, to Salem herself, his own heroism, etc.. His righteousness (saving Salem from the tower) and his hubris (basically playing god with her after he reincarnated) both doomed him in the same way. And so on

Musically, I wanted it to feel almost zoned out. Just kind of trudging forward, vaguely curious but mostly melancholy. Harmonies got a bit weird at times, so it was a fun challenge trying to figure those out at times. Mixing this was a nightmare but eventually i just went yeah that's good enough and here we are

Sidenote: shoutout to changyuraptor on youtube, both for making very handy leitmotif videos I keep going back to as reference while writing fansongs and also for indirectly making me learn how to spell "changyuraptor" without needing to google it lmao

#i'll post the actual video later once it's made #i haven't pulled an music all-nighter in a while and Do Not feel like spending another hour or two on a lyric video right now lol #rwby #lee speaks #i tried to put a lot of thought into the lyrics and think I covered most of it #but if I didn't mention one and you're curious about it feel free to ask! #or just let me know you're favorite(s) #this felt like one of those songs where I was walking the VERY thin line between poetic and pretentious lol

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First reaction to Beyond ep 3:

I was not prepared for Ruby narrating.

Also that ending.

You cheeky motherfuckers XD

#they really went “Alright have fun with that one losers” and i love that lmao #rwby spoilers #rwby beyond spoilers

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"You're back!" Excuse me?? Somewhat??? Hello????

#how dare the give us a cliffhanger on a rwby beyond episode lol #rwby beyond spoilers #rwby spoilers #rwby beyond #also hi i havent posted here in a while lol #lee speaks #rwby #also also Somewhat my beloved ;-;

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Tumblr today be like

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So I DID watch the epilogue animatic yesterday and my first thought "Nora pls, it's been like 30 seconds don't make me cry."

No but really just off the top of my head: I love that it gives us a snippet into the individual mindsets of the Vacuo group. I saw someone point out that they're all a different stage of grief and I LOVE that.

Oscar and Ozpin both fighting the merge? Ren's semblance letting him pick up on everyone's emotional state while also dealing with his own? Nora's clearly doing her best to hold herself together despite definitely struggling to do so? Whitely refusing to hide his identity? Qrow shifting from being the most pessimistic of them all to the most optimistic?

Idk I feel like i need to rewatch it if i really want to ramble my thoughts about it but the tl;dr is I really hope volume 10 happens someday so I can see it animated

#lee speaks #rwby spoilers #rwby volume 9 spoilers #rwby epilogue

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There's little time left and we're halfway there to make Ozpin and Oscar's plushies a reality on Makeship!

I messaged the help center to ask if an extension is possible as well. Maybe if many ask for it, they will oblige!

My birthday is soon..... Just saying... I would love as a birthday present to get these bois funded 🥹👉👈 thank u

#theyre af 85% and 75% repesctively currently

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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RWBY: DUST QUEEN

COMING 2024

#okay wait this looks sick hello??? #I love seeing rwby fanworks like this it's just so cool #I'll definitely have to check this out once it's released

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Hi I guess I'm in my weeb era now because getting a crunchyroll subscription to watch rwby last year ended up with me keeping it and finally getting into anime. One of my favorite parts about having been a rwby fan first is that I truly can not unhear Aaron Dismuke's voice as Oscar and it's always hilarious because of how out of Oscar's character they are

I spent my weekend binge watching Kaguya-sama Love Is War, Aaron voices the male lead, and currently he's rapping and just said "Ya know what I wanna say? F*** that!" Which, honestly at this point Oscar should also get to say that to like, at least 5 people/gods. Oscar, diss track when?

(same goes for like Winter's va and Ilia's va who I can almost always pick out immediately, but those two I also hear as their Persona 5 characters and usually the characters they voice aren't quite as hilariously contrasting as Oscar vs whatever else I hear Aaron in)

((also I'm like middle of season 3 for kaguya-sama so no spoilers))

#sidenote this show is so funny and the main characters are so dumb (affectionate) #the dub narrator is my favorite character. Love that love him 10/10 no notes #I needed something lighthearted this weekend and kind of started watching it on a whim #not sure if I'd even like it since comedy can be hit or miss for me #but I'm currently on season 3 so uhhhh yeah I think I like it lol #lee speaks #also hi I'm not dead I just haven't had many rwby thoughts lately

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i just finished volume 8 and i have to cope somehow

#this is one of the most accurate version of this type of post I've seen #10/10 op welcome to rwby pain

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PALETTE SWAP NORA AND PENNY

Ginger to ginger communication

They look like they just swapped outfits lol

Swap Spreadsheet

#okay but like that works SO well

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Shoutout to the person in my notes who liked this old post earlier and reminded me of it, because me immediately comparing the cat to Goro Akechi (from Persona 5) is so much funnier now that volume 9 is over

I was at work when the trailer dropped then took a long nap when I got home, but I need to share one of my immediate thoughts I had watching the trailer:

*ahem*

GORO A-CAT-CHI?? GATO AKECHI???

anyway, carry on, volume 9 hype time ahhhh

#sorry to anyone is isn't a persona 5 fan and has no idea who I'm talking about lol #they have the same VA #lee speaks

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I haven't drawn rwby art in ages but this is still my fav works of these characters, I don't draw like this at all these days, artstyles all over the place, changes daily

#don't worry op my art style also changes daily tbh #But this art style SLAPS like holy shit that's such a cool look #Especially Yang's hair just looks really neat

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#LOVE that

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delighted by the discovery of the concept of "doomed by the narrative but your friends are punching the narrative in the face and you're fine now"

#love recognizing all the rwby fan blog names in this post lol #manifesting for this to manifest in canon by all of Oscar's friends getting to yell at the gods for him someday #God of Light tries to address Oscar as Ozma or something #and at least half the group is immediately ready to square up with a literal god

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haha that's a nice starry-eyed ambition you've got there buddy. sure hope the narrative doesn't warp it into something ruthless and all-consuming

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(vague self promo? but) I was listening to some of my older videos and realized this song is so v4-9 Ruby Rose coded despite the fact that I think I barely knew what rwby even was at the time I wrote it lol

#been thinking about remaking this song tbh #like i dont hate it but some of the wording could change and I know how to record/mix better now etc #but yeah just felt like sharing lol #lee speaks #rwby #Youtube