#RWBY1

[todd-machine]

it just sunk in for me that we’ve seen all four kingdoms now....

#rwby #rwby spoilers #rwby9 spoilers #spoilers #:'D #just the beacon reprise to go #rwby1 #rwby4 #rwby6 #rwby9

[krismatic]

Red Like Roses Parts 1-3

#wanted to make a gif set of the 'cape scenes' and the finishing moves from each one all together #rwby #rwby spoilers #rwby volume 9 #rwby volume 1 #rwby9 #rwby1 #rwby9 spoilers #rwby volume 9 spoilers #ruby rose #kris's gifs

[maxiemumdamage]

I initially said this in the tags of someone’s fanart, but…

When you watch the RWBY trailers, none of then miss, but Yang’s trailer has a VERY different tone than the others. Partially in how it’s arranged, and partly in how it barely tells you anything about her.

I’m gonna start from the top here — first off, the trailers are clearly a progression. Ruby’s was in some ways just proof of concept for the show, but it also gave us the absolute least information as a result. The Red trailer has Ruby wearing a design that still gets tweaked, the song has four lines and they’re more about the whole team than Ruby herself (and even then more about the allusions than the characters in many ways), the designs for the Beowolves/Grimm aren’t yet crystallized as we know them. The Red trailer told us about RWBY, the show, but not Ruby the character.

Like, Red and White don’t even have speech — the songs are the only dialogue. But Weiss’s obviously tells us more; because the song has more lyrics, because she’s singing it in universe, because of the announcer at the beginning who tells us just a little bit of who she is.

And then things change with Blake’s trailer. It’s got the song and the very informative lyrics, but most of the dialogue is actual dialogue. Blake isn’t the only character present. She’s not fighting faceless monsters, but automated robots that are acting as security, which gives us a much better idea of the technological advances made in-universe. We see a whole cool biome in Forever Fall, and we meet a new character in Adam — even if the relationship is being ended as we watch, we do learn a lot about Blake. Plus, her quote most directly relates to the content of the trailer itself.

In some ways, the amount of info we get per trailer is progressively ramping up, right? So it makes sense that in Yang’s trailer, we get multiple characters with unique names and faces, a cool setting, a good bit of dialogue and even an explicit reason for the conflict.

Except we don’t get the actual reason for conflict fully explained until Volume 2. We know Yang is looking for someone, but we don’t know it’s Raven until far later. And Yang sharing that story wasn’t for her own benefit, but Blake’s! Even when Yang gives information about herself, it’s not for herself.

What do we see Yang do in her trailer? She fakes flirting with a guy, twice, just to beat him up. She orders a drink, demands information, starts a fight when she doesn’t get it, throws down with the DJ and two snotty mean girls. She gets mad about losing her golden hair after fighting the three bears — we get an explicit look at her fairy tale allusion at least. And then, crucially, we learn Yang’s name through Ruby. Her sister. Yang is the main character’s big sister, and that’s the last real bit of information we get. The trailer ends with Yang casually avoiding any meaningful explanations. The song is barely even hers! We get one minute of if I Burn, but the rest of the Yellow trailer is backed by remixes of the other three trailer songs. Yang is being defined by her relationships to other characters, but we don’t actually learn a whole lot about those, either. Because her trailer is Yang against the world, with her sister only there after the battle ends.

Yang is telling us nothing about who she actually is — what motivates her, her friends, her enemies. The conflict behind the fight is opened and shut in five minutes, and we don’t know the greater underlying reason for it at all. Yang only shows us that mask of the dumb party girl that she wears in the early volumes, which some people got fooled into thinking was her real character.

In some ways, though, we learn a lot about her. Because by flirting with Junior just to get him close enough to threaten and hit him — twice — she does tell us that the party girl mask is just that: an illusion. A facade she puts up to trick people dumb enough to underestimate her. Yang embraces her mask of the dumb party girl, then adds on the doting big sister. We see so much, but learn so little.

Yang doesn’t even hold the focus of her trailer at the end. Because the last moments of Yang’s trailer are the first times we hear Ruby speak.

#yang xiao long #rwby analysis #rwby #rwby yellow trailer #rwby trailers #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #rwby1 #max.txt

[misstrashchan]

Mmmmm been having some thoughts on Ruby and Weiss rn

Ruby is set up to be foiled to Alyx, both in the opening, trying to retrace her footsteps in her story in the first couple of episodes, picking up Alyx's knife at the blacksmith's:

And in the latest episode, her lashing out being met with her intepreted as being cruel and selfish:

"Like Alyx, she wasn’t just a little petulant or inconsiderate. She was selfish, cruel. Like this whole word was simply make-believe and the rules didn’t apply to her."

"What about you? It's *all* about you!"

JWBY all seem to have different ideas of who and what Alyx was. She exists to teach a moral lesson, she's just a girl trying to survive and find her way back home, she was a mean little girl, she was the villain who rewrote the story.

But then we also have this line from the book said by Oscar in V8:

"She brushed off her bumps and bruises, for nothing hurt worse than the loneliness in her chest."

And... I'm reminded of Ruby's own loneliness, how distant she feels from her own teamates and friends right now, from the pressure of expectations to always be the one with a plan, with a smile and something positive to say to inspire everyone to Keep Moving Forward, put on her by both herself and the people around her. How Weiss is mourning her kingdom, Yang and Blake get to sort their feelings out, Jaune gets to have his breakdown, to the point his own over shadows Ruby's and her feelings are dismissed. And how the way she lashes out at them was both understandable and a long time coming, but also terribly cruel and messy. And that no one can be blamed for not seeing or reaching out to Ruby more when she refuses to let others know how much she's hurting and ask for their help. Ruby is still entitled to her own feelings. So is Jaune and WBY.

Which brings to mind a certain quote shown at the beginning of a certain someone's trailer:

"Everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or forms of measure. And all of it... irreplaceable"

Weiss's arc involves her looking outside of herself and learning to see and understand those around her, their own sorrows and burdens they carry with them. And of course, loneliness is a big reoccurring theme in Weiss's arc. Meeting her teammates and supporting them is what leads to her understanding their struggles, hence why Weiss develops from wanting to be the leader to instead dedicating herself to being the most supportive member in team RWBY, and thrives the most when she's fighting with them, but also emotionally supports them through their own struggles.

She's the one who notices something's off with Blake first in V2, and gets her to open up to the rest of her team so they can all work it out together:

"So, Blake Belladonna, what is wrong!?"

She supports Yang when she's confronting Raven and dealing with her abandonment issues

"It's okay if... you're not okay."

Her own sense of self and relationship to loneliness is a healthy one at present, and is something she can use to relate to others.

She understands other people’s loneliness, that Blake in V5 needed space and in time she’d come back, and Weiss would be ready to be there for her when she did. And she also understands Yang’s loneliness in the same volume and that she needed someone there to support her.

“But you’re right. I don’t know loneliness like you do. I have my own version. And, I bet Blake has her own version too.” 

"When she's ready, I'll be there for her. And I know we're not as close, but... I'm here for you too."

Weiss understands that no one's version of loneliness is the same, and every individual needs something different to have their feelings respected and understood. And now in V9 Weiss has to reckon and come to understand Ruby's own version of loneliness after seeing Ruby snap and how much everything has been weighing down on her, and what she needs from her as a friend and teammate.

All the way back in V1, Weiss grew to accept Ruby as leader and promised to support her:

"Ruby... I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know, that I am going to be the best teammate you will ever have."

And I believe she'll try to hold true to that as best she can for Ruby going forward.

#this isn't as coherent as I'd like but I wanted to post this before it left my head and the next episode happened #obviously there's no perfect solution to ruby's problems and ruby may be getting worse before she gets better but #there wasn't a perfect solution to blake and yang's struggles either #nor with weiss's own #that doesn't mean they can't be there for ruby and try to understand her own sorrow and loneliness #also I'd say weiss was starting to support jaune with his own loneliness #but of course this was it's own double edged sword when it came to ruby #but I think she'll help them both #I'm just more interested in ruby and weiss tbh but that's just a personal thing #rwby #ruby rose #rwby alyx #weiss schnee #rwby9 #rwby spoilers #rwby2 #rwby5 #rwby1

[moonshxdows]

so i'm rewatching rwby with my girlfriend, and it is so interesting how the show has grown with its audience (or maybe vice versa?) but like. we're at the end of volume 1 right now, and with all the volume 9 context to it, the conversations between ozpin and ruby and then subsequently ruby and jaune are just. so upsetting. like here is a child saying that she needs to put everyone before herself and that she's not allowed to make mistakes. here is a fifteen year old already putting the weight of the world on her shoulders, and she doesn't even know it yet.

but when i watched this the first time, when i was even younger than ruby was, i heard that and went "oh yeah that sounds like a good pep talk :) that sounds like good advice :)" and my gf said she thought the same. but in hindsight we were both like "hm this is fucked up actually." idk this is mostly rambles marge simpson meme i just think its neat

#rwby #rwby9 #rwby9 spoilers #rwby1

[morglien]

v1 weiss vs blake vs ruby in ep 2 is autism vs autism vs autism

#rwby1 #rwby #ruby rose #blake belladonna #weiss schnee

[whitleyschn33]

It’s like 5 am and clearly this has been out for like 8 years, but this is the first time I’ve seen this (aside from a couple of the storyboards that I’ve seen floating around before) and I thought this was interesting. I like the more dynamic transitions and sequences of the characters than I feel we got in the actual OP, and the beta version of This Will Be The Day was interesting in that the lyrics were once at least minutely different than the final version. Interesting stuff.

#rwby #rwby1 #opneing #not my video

[dailynnd]

1001_encounter

#nuts and dolts #rwby1 spoilers

[sirianhewigxiii]

#rwby1 #rwby7 #rwby bmblb #rwby7 bmblb #bumbleby #rwby bumbleby #rwby yang #rwby yang xiao long #yang xiao long #rwby7 blake belladonna #rwby blake #rwby7 bumbleby #rwby blake belladonna #blake belladonna #rwby #rwby7 yang xiao long #rwby7 yang #rwby7 blake #rwby gifs

[spooky-activity]

Weiss and Blake both had to learn how to speak Ruby upon joining Team RWBY.

#it’s a good thing they had yang to translate #especially Weiss #she DID NOT understand ANY of it lol #weiss schnee #yang xiao long #rwby #rwby1 #rwby2

[patema-introverted]

My sisters didn’t believe I could make this would work.

#mashup #ultraluminary #phillipa soo #christopher curtis #over the moon #sarah elizabeth music #rwby #rwby1 #rwby ost #over the moon 2020 #rwbyv1 #yang xiao long #chang'e #song mashup #music mashup #i burn #jeff williams #casey lee williams #lamar hall #rwby yang #bumbleby #tunes #music

[maxiemumdamage]

The callback to “Life’s not a fairy tale” and “that’s why we’re here, to make it better” really did hurt though.

Like, Ruby knew that being a Huntress was a serious and difficult undertaking. She knew there was risk, that not everyone who does it survives, that she might lose someone.

But knowing is different from experiencing. Ruby had so much hope that she could make things better, but she feels like she’s failed as a leader and consequently has convinced herself she’s made things worse.

That’s why she can’t comfortably claim to be a Huntress anymore. Because she thinks she’s failing at it.

#ruby rose #rwby spoilers #rwby #rwby9 spoilers #rwby9 #rwby1 #max.txt

[sid471]

What are some things that you think are universal in the RWBY fandom?

I’ll start lol. I think I can say with like 99% certainty that we ALL hated Weiss, or at least she was the least favorite, when we first watched Volume 1. I can also say with like... 80% certainty that if you hated her at first, she’s your favorite now 😗. Now you go :3

#RWBY #Weiss Schnee #RWBY2 #RWBY3 #RWBY4 #RWBY5 #RWBY6 #RWBY7 #RWBY8 #RWBY1 #FNDM #Siddy Rambles

[rwbythroughtheyears]

I May Fall - RWBY Volume 1 OST

There's a day when all hearts will be broken, When a shadow will cast out the light, And our eyes cry a million tears, Help won't arrive. There's a day when all courage collapses, And our friends turn and leave us behind. Creatures of darkness will triumph. The sun won't rise. Chorus: When we've lost all hope, And succumb to fear. As the skies rain blood, And the end draws near. I may fall But not like this – it won't be by your hand I may fall Not this place, not today I may fall Bring it all – it's not enough to take me down I may fall There's a place where we'll stand outnumbered, Where the wolves and the soulless will rise. In the time of our final moments, Every dream dies. There's a place where our shields will lay shattered, And the fear's all that's left in our hearts. Strength and our courage have run out. We fall apart.

Chorus: When we lose our faith, And forsake our friends, When the moon is gone, And we reach our end. There's a moment that changes a life when, We do something that no one else can, And the path that we've taken will lead us, One final stand. There's a moment we make a decision, Not to cower and crash to the ground. The moment we face our worst demons, Our courage found. Chorus: When we stand with friends, And we won't retreat, As we stare down death, Then the taste is sweet. I may fall But not like this – it won't be by your hand I may fall Not this place, not today I may fall Bring it all – it's not enough to take me down I may fall

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[aselee8]

One whole Renora

https://twitter.com/Aselee8Collage/status/1383094351820099587?s=20

#rwby #rwby ships #collage #lie ren #nora valkyrie #rwby volume 1 #rwby1 #renora #rwby jnpr #jnpr #team jnpr

[whitleyschn33]

Weiss, you don’t get to say a word about attitude.

#rwby #rwby8 #rwby8 spoilers #whitley schnee #weiss schnee #ruby rose #rwby1