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All very good points - especially the one about public image, which I hadn't really spotted at all - but, even though it's canonically true, it's still kind of funny for me to see you describe Mistral as one of the 'bad side' in the Great War simple because when I sat down to worldbuild for my AU they ended up as the most sympathetic kingdom during the Great War. In my eyes, if not necessarily those of the readers.

Yours isn't the only rewrite or AU I've seen that positions Mistral as the traditional kingdom, the old-fashioned kingdom, the kingdom mired in its own history. What do you think it is about Mistral that makes it seem to fit in that slot?

I think it has to do a lot with what we know about them from the beginning. Which is not much but it paints a pretty clear picture.

It's the place where most of WF's focus is, which means that the place should be pretty racist.

What's more, Cinder is quick to bring up Mistral as an example of "places where things are bad" too, meaning its not just anti-Faunus racism either or she would jump to Atlas.

Raven feels comfortable walking around in what's essentially an expensive samurai cosplay for some reason.

Pretty much ALL characters that we know hail from Mistral (Cinder, Neptune, Pyrrha) are self-conscious of their public image, which indicates a decently serious class divide there - what kind of society would Pyrrha need to live in to develop this complex of being unapproachable where even someone being nice or genuine with her would shock her?

From Pyrrha, we know it's big on warrior tournaments which itself is rooted in tradition and ritual.

The main character and mythology inspirations from that continent in the early seasons seem to be all about ancient Greece and ancient Rome, with japan and china being added latter on.

Out of the "bad sides" of Great War, Atlas/Mantle are the industrial powerhouses and "Kingdoms of Progress", so it doesn't make sense for Mistral to be exact same way either.

Likewise it's the only place that fits - Vale is the centrist expy, Vacuo is anarchy, Atlas is all about progress and technology.

We know there is monarchy there, or at least was a hundred years ago.

We know Faunus fight for their freedom started there.

We know Menagerie was an "insult gift" to the Faunus after the war was over. This indicates that a significant portion of Mistral's ruling body is still salty and stuck in the past.

We know that even now there's an effort to just ship off all Faunus into Menagerie.

The first WoR we have on Mistral also emphasizes the idea of class divide there.

What's more, in terms of narrative it just makes sense to go that way - the first three Volumes create teases of "what came before" and mysteries about things like silver eyes and Ozpin and Raven and Grimm. Logically that means that the place the cast goes next to has to resonate with those ideas as scenery is often molded to be thematically appropriate.

Also, what better way to challenge the main cast about how the world is not like they thought it would be than to show a place so rooted in prejudice, tradition, and class divide that it would make them question Vale too?

And in more practical way - Honestly? It's the Kingdom the show does least with and yet majority of the V3 plot hooks lead there - there's a lot more room to play around and world-build.

#rwby au #rwby rewrite

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Kofi commission for @chaoticevilspacewitch , based on her fic "My North Star"

It's always a challenge drawing characters you have never drawn before!

#pyrrha nikos #rwby weiss #weiss schnee #schneekos

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Commission | When you are the best and only person to talk about your fav book

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My Mane 6 Redesigns all together! I was going to post them separately but ended up finishing them all before I got around to it lol

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I don’t have a lot of words right now but Steven Attewell, who you all reading this probably know as @racefortheironthrone , just passed away. He was a very great writer, friend, and person, and it’s a horrible loss.

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@dianakko-week day 2/3: rainy day/cuddles! i was a day behind so i decided to combine the two prompts this time to get back on track. im rlly happy with the result tho!!

#diana cavendish #diakko #akko kagari #little witch academia

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back from one dream into the arms of another (aka what if pyrrha made it to vacuo)

#pyrrha #pyrrha nikos #weiss schnee #schneekos #rwby

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Nice

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"Another thing to consider is that the Crown is basically trying to do a coup de'tat, and correct me if I'm wrong, but they do collaborate with some factions in Atlas, in order to restore the monarchy over the people of this kingdom, which is BAD. So if there is a form of colonization or similar form of tyranny, it's them."

No, the Crown hate Atlas, to the point of being a bunch of rabid technophobes because technology is Atlesian and Atlesian = bad. One of either Gill or Jax won't even use a scroll, and one of the reasons Gill uses a normal bow instead of a more RWBY-ish transforming weapon is because that kind of technology would be Atlesian.

You may be thinking of the fact that Carmine Esclados is an Atlesian expat, but she doesn't have any Atlesian connections back home, she's just someone who came out to Vacuo and found a cause. (Ironically, having left Atlas looking for freedom from Ironwood's control she ended up pledging herself to the service of a would-be monarchy, which is the one of the reasons I think she's fascinating).

This day can't can't getting better because according to the leaks Vacuo was going to be a colonized nation!

And you know what else? The writers were going to make the "oppressors" be wrong and bad because they don't like they fact they are being colonized.

Now I'm not to sure if this was the finalized storyboard but if it was......may they all burn in hell. Cause wft is this shit!!!!

Pretty sure stans will eat this story arc up and trying to justify why colonizers were actually good people who had good intention when colonization brings nothing but pain and trauma

Oh fuck me, they're gonna colonize Vacuous again...what the hellllllllll.

Yes, I said again because Vacuo WAS colonized. BY ATLAS. That was a canonical event that caused the Great War, and got Weiss' family to become fucking tycoons. The exploitation and colonization of Vacuo 80+ years ago was a crucial part of Atlas' domination in technology and Dust production, as well as the monopoly that the Schnee Dust Company controlled.

And let's be honest here, bby, was any of us surprised that CRWBY is planning to make an oppressed group the bad guys for not being nice enough to their oppressors?

You know, LIKE THEY DID WITH THE WHITE FANG AND THE FAUNUS.

Of course the stans would eat it up. They DID. On multiple occasions. That's why I'm glad that fucking bitch of a company is 8 levels of hell under.

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Shine

#pyrrha nikos #love the gold detailing

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Pyrrha

she was my fave and then… you know

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Reblog if you are not a pedophile.

If everyone doesn’t reblog this, I’m unfollowing all of you.

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Nice to see someone who likes Cinder (and likes her more than Emerald, too, if I'm reading this right) but why Oobleck in tier S?

updated version of my RWBY tier list. If you are wondering about why i put certain characters in the places they are just ask

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No, but it's available to view for free on the RT site.

I will only say one thing about the vol 9 epilogue

Miles and Kerry (and to an extent Eddy and Kiersei) never fail to surprise me with the depths of their stupidity in making their writing decisions

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It is always appropriate to draw Pyrrha. At any time of the year. For eternity. Another request drawing from my Boosty <3 You can download the full-sized version there too!

#pyrrha nikos