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princeoftheroses · 2 years

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was watching random early vol. clips of rwby and suddenly remembered ironwood’s crush on glynda! genuinely so cute and wish we could’ve seen them two interact more. at first it seems like glynda can’t stand him, but then they have that moment together when they talk and you realize that they really are friends and she cares abt him! they didn’t even necessarily have to get together, but it would’ve been great to see more of their friendship. maybe even if glynda got to show up in vol. 8 and “talk ironwood down” or whatever.

it’s just such a shame bc even though ironwood clearly wasn’t perfect in the early volumes, he clearly had such good intentions and was only doing his best. there was a clear intention for his worst aspects to be redeemed later on. but somewhere between his last appearances in vol. 3 and 4 & then his reappearance in vol. 7 there was a clear shift in the way crwby wrote & perceived ironwood, and that showed. he went from being a flawed but well-intentioned man who, even after everything, had a strong connection with his allies (his scene with glynda & the moment when qrow saves him from the grimm during the fall of beacon shows that) to a villain, a military man, a stubborn asshole, etc.

even then, there are so many moments of humanity in vol. 7 with him. his awkwardness, his emotions, him hugging qrow, his interactions with rwbyjnr at the start of the volume... i’m not saying that he was a perfect man. i’m not even saying the idea of him spiraling downwards and no longer allying himself with the heroes was a bad idea (i love a good fallen hero storyline & aspects of his militarism and lack of ability to trust others is apparent his early volumes!) i’m just saying that fully & completely trying to fit him into an irredeemable role just does not fit. he definitely didn’t deserve to be completely written the way that he was by the end

just think abt glynda’s words to him in the early volumes... that he always did what he thought was right/best even despite protest, and how that was admirable, but he needs to learn to trust his allies better. that does not equal a straight up villain in my eyes.

#i always think abt how he commended rwby after her fight with cinder during the prom #or how he stood up for weiss saying 'she's the only one making sense out here' during the party in vol. 4 #his little laugh when rwby admits that the airship was stolen at the start of vol. 7 #and also his awkwardness in his speech when he gave rwbyjnr their hunter's licneses....#rwby #rwde #crtq #anti rwby #rwby critical #james ironwood #long post

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soapofbar · 1 year

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I'm a Bumblebee shipper in the sense that I really enjoy the concept of it but am very disappointed with how the show portrays it because the actual depiction is a really amateur depiction of a slow burn relationship.

Like, when there's a slow burn romance, there's usually a reason neither party is spilling out their feelings for her and the journey of the romance is dissecting those reasons and how both parties overcome to finally admit their feelings and start a relationship. And Blake and Yang do not lack for reasons as to why they wouldn't want to devulge their feelings to one another.

Take Blake "I'm don't want to make sure my friends get hurt because of me so I'll isolate myself from all of them" Belladonna. You could explore how Blake is afraid of entering a relationship with Yang because she knows that dating Yang means drawing her into the line of fire. That dating a human woman would bring untold amounts of vitriol onto both of them from both racist humans and extremist faunas alike, and she's unsure if Yang could take it. Sure, she projects an image of toughness, but will that hold up against a crushing wave of racism, that she, as a human, has never had to deal with before? Not to mention the fear of anything getting violent, Faunas hate mobs, WF splinters, etc. going after her.

Or Yang, who's abandonment issues are hugely under-explored I feel, and which could be in this relationship. Not just a fear of Blake running away from her again, but a fear of commitment. Yang in V2 says she just wants to go wherever the wind takes her, and you can spin this as Yang being afraid of commitment, can't be abandoned again if you didn't have any big stake in it in the first place? But not just that, Yang could be afraid of having to actually sit down and be an ally. Dating Blake means you're going to become a figure in the racial tensions between human and faunas, whether you like it or not, and Yang isn't sure if she's ready for that kind of responsibility. Yeah, she feels the plight of the Faunas, but she's never really been one for the whole activism thing, y'know?

And you can also reverse all of these things. Blake unsure of Yang's commitment to activism, Yang unsure of whether Blake's opinion on her because she hasn't really stuck up for the Faunas before, both questioning if the other person even feels the same way because of the aforementioned reasons. "Does she think I'm some preachy slacktivist who's married to the cause?" "Does she think I'm some ignorant human who isn't willing to take a stand against injustice?" Explore that self-doubt.

These are all things to explore, and all of which could make for a really great slow burn romance that actually feels earned, because it would be the characters actually dissecting their fears for this relationship, changing how they need to, and discovering the other person before we jump straight to "I love you."

In fact to give like, an outline of sorts:

A) Before dating/self-doubt stage ("We're friends and teammates but what does she really think of me?")

B) Dating/Discovery stage ("We've gotten past our self-doubts and now it's time to really explore each other")

C) Doubts about the relationship ("Do I really want Yang to be in the line of fire like this/My anger and my abandonment issues, am I really the right person for Blake?")

D) Development ("I need to trust that Yang's strong enough, that she'll tell me when it's too much/I'm not going to be afraid anymore, I'm going to stand my ground and be an ally to Blake and the faunas")

E) Final commitment ("I love you.")

And you can argue that perhaps this would all take too much time, that RWBY isn't a romance show and all this dating and self-discovery stuff would hog the spotlight away from the plot and other characters and, like, fair! But the point of this is to show there's a lot of stuff related to both these characters and the world surrounding them, such as the fact that it's an interracial relationship in an world intolerant of one of the parties, that just isn't given any attention whatsoever. In it's place are simply dove-eyed looks and forehead touches that are there in place of an actual romance being explored and developed. You can skip some of it and it'd still be alright, but RWBY skips *all of it*. Hell, even *I* haven't listed everything you could explore here, such as the parallels between Adam and Raven that many critics draw (often in a derogatory way towards the relationship, but I think the parallels could be used towards the development of both characters as long as the show simply *acknowledged them*, which, it doesn't.)

I think the romance of a carefree human girl with who struggles with feelings of abandonment after her mother having left her, having to care for her little sister due to an emotionally unavailable father (as dubious as the canon status of that whole shebang is, an argument I really do not want to get into.) and a fiery but conflicted activist Faunas who struggles with past emotional abuse from a man who himself was the victim of horrific racial violence, has a lot more to explore than what the show depicted, and I would've *loved* a version of the show where we actually see Yang's love for Blake leads into her growing into an ally for the faunas (and the word Ally should be emphasized here as we definitely want to avoid the white savior/white guilt stuff that often plagues this kind of writing), standing alongside her love as Blake leads a charge for racial equality, but it would require a show that was willing to engage with these topics with appropriate amount of gravitas and respect.

#crtq #rwde #my rambles #i wrote this post in one hour because the adhd won #it's something I've wanted to talk about for a while because like #i really do like bumblebee #i think they're cute together and I like both their characters but their should also be way more to them than just that #also an indirect critique of the WF plotline because hoo boy #rwby #bumbleebee

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kitkatopinions · 1 year

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Hey guys, new RWBY season drops in like two days, so I just wanted to make a post because every time we get a new season, we also get A. An increase in people posting RWBY criticism. B. An increase in people complaining about seeing RWBY criticism. And C. An increase in people asking what RWDE is. So I thought I'd give some advice on how to avoid criticism (if you want to) and posting criticism (if you want to.)

This is one of the only times I'm using the main RWBY tag, I usually try to avoid it since I'm a RWBY critic. I'm using it now in an honest effort to help, please no one send me hate anons. :)

What is RWDE? RWDE is a tag used for any and all criticism of RWBY. The fact that it's a play on the word 'rude' doesn't actually mean the criticism must be mean spirited. Most people who post in the rwde tag were ordered to by other rwby fans who demanded we use the tag as a filterable (and not use the main rwby tag either,) so we didn't really choose the name, and use it as a courtesy to other fans. RWDE is used for anything from complaints saying the whole show is a wreck to the tiniest nitpick. Like any tag, people who use 'RWDE' range in opinions, there's no 'rwde hivemind,' I myself have been in fights with other RWDE posters in the past.

What to do if you don't want to see RWBY criticism? Filter out the 'rwde' tag, as well as 'anti rwby' and 'rwby criticism.' This is pretty simple. Just go to your settings, scroll down to the 'content you see' section, go to filtered tags and click the little edit icon, you'll get the option to add a tag to filter. If you do this, then Tumblr will hide posts tagged with 'rwde' from you, and you'll have to make an active choice to seek it out. If there are certain characters you'd like to avoid seeing criticism of, rwde posters frequently use anti character tags as well. I personally have 'anti Blake Belladonna' filtered out because I don't like to see too many posts complaining about her. Another trick is looking up rwby with a hashtag # at the front like #rwby, which I've heard helps avoid the 'this post mentions rwby and therefore appears when you search 'rwby' even if it isn't tagged' feature (which I know is a headache to deal with.) Also please don't avoid blocking out of some belief that it makes you a coward or a bad person, the block function is for everyone's benefit, and if you continuously see someone posting things that annoy you or are just taking up space or you just don't really wanna see, blocking them is a good way to get them out of your life without any fighting.

What to do if you want to criticize or critique RWBY? First off, criticizing RWBY at all in any way is something that does come with a risk. This fandom can be really toxic towards critics and defensive of the show to the point where even minor objective nitpicks will be called hysterical fits of rage. It's unfortunate, but if you want to post criticism, it's best to be aware of what you're getting into. I suggest using the rwde tag when you criticize despite the venom against it, because that's the most well known criticism tag and is the one most likely to have been filtered out by people that don't like seeing criticism. Not using the rwde tag might result in you getting people in your comments or ask box angry at you for the fact that they saw your posts. If you want to critique without being associated with 'rwde' and don't want to use that tag there's only so much you can do (popular RWBYtubers have been labeled rwde just for criticizing RT,) but you can use tags like 'crtq' and 'rwby criticism' and 'rwby critique' that might get less of a venomous response. Also I would again suggest that you be free with the block button.

If you heard something about how horrible rwde and rwby critics are... Please actually look into actual rwde posters and read actual rwde posts (in their entirety, not just screencapped parts of posts) before you believe anything from other people. Just because someone says 'rwde posters think X, Y, Z' doesn't mean it's true, and again there's a wide range of opinions you'll see from rwde posters. I'm not saying you have to like us or seek us out or anything (again, you've got the filter and block option and I suggest people who don't like criticism do so and we'll leave each other alone,) but don't buy into the 'htdm' stuff without even looking to see what's true and what isn't please and thank you!

Anyway, whether you're looking forward to the new RWBY season or dreading it, good luck on Saturday!

#rwby #rwde

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nightmare-foundation · 6 months

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I agree for the most part, but only because there was a squandered opportunity for character development on Yang's part. I can see where Yang's attitude is coming from, i.e. being influenced by Raven's words whether she intended to or not, and this leads to her making a snap, unfair judgement against Oz. The thing is that Yang herself is hiding information about her mother being the Spring Maiden (contrary to what some around here will argue, there is NO concrete evidence that Yang told anyone the full story). This hypocrisy could have been a cool opportunity for Yang's character. Have her reflect on what she said and did here, realize she was wrong, and come away understanding where Oz was coming from given her own reasons for concealing the truth.

But of course, that didn't happen. Not only has this detail been completely overlooked by the narrative and likely will never come up again, but having Oz's reemergence have him take all the blame for what happened wipes away any potential for growth on Yang's part. At least Ruby had her conflict with Ironwood to make her understand Oz's reason's better. With Yang we had...nothing. As a result, Yang's character feels like it's stagnating while also, combined with some of her other actions and disputes in the later seasons, making it seem like Yang can do no wrong and must always be in the right by default.

Also, on the tagging note, I'd personally use #crtq instead. "rwde" tends to be chock full of people arguing in bad faith about stuff and whining about their headcanons not being validated. Your critiques are far more balanced.

THANK YOU. I actually completely agree with you! I genuinely love yang, and you put my thoughts into words exactly. Yang feels more stagnant than the others, and I couldn't pinpoint why. This would've been a REALLY good way to develop her more and to open up about Raven being the spring Maiden.

I like yang, but I couldn't pinpoint why her having no consequences about that bugged me so badly. Hopefully in the future she'll come clean.

Also, thank you for the tagging tip, and for being respectful. Other asks I've been getting have been fairly rude, so thank you for giving me your thoughts on that.

#felix (host)#rwby #ozpin #yang xiao long #crtq #raven branwen

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rwdestuffs · 9 months

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So some WB animation & CN staffers are trying to unionize now. No clue whether this means anything for Chicken Dentures, but at this point I'm waaay more hopeful about that & other Texan 'pay us already' animation developments than this hashtagnewvolumelaborwhatlabor? sewage. Lately fndm/rwde wank seems to get very lost in the weeds of in-show character crit, but the former clique's nonresponse to so many disclosures remains fucking awful.

I'm hoping it means that the animators, writers, voice actors, and everyone involved in the show gets decent pay. I get why fans want to see the show continue. For a lot of people, this is how they met online friends, made connections with other artists or writers, and found a community where they belong. But I think that that community can survive even if the show gets delayed like hell.

If fans can keep shouting at Sony to delay Beyond the Spider-Verse so that the animators, writers, VAs, etc. can be paid properly and have the time they need to make a good movie, then so can the fans of RWBY. The main issue is that greenlighting the show is very much out of their hands, so while Spider-Verse is pretty much greenlit, RWBY isn't, so fans need to show enough support to prove that there is enough demand for the show in order for it to continue.

Fans can wait a few years for RWBY so that the animation is good, the writing is good, and so that the people working on it aren't worked to death. And while I'm somewhat curious as to what the show will bring us (good and bad), there needs to be an understanding that a good story is one that takes time.

Legend of Korra once had a filler episode just so they could keep their animators and other such personal on the show, I don't see why RT can't have some delays to make sure their show would be of both quality, and of humane production.

I admittedly, haven't been around the rwde/crtq tag as much lately, so I don't know what's going on. And that's mainly because I've come to the conclusion that any flaw in RWBY is also a flaw in other shows. Say what you want about Emerald, at least they didn't take a doll off the corpse of a girl and send it as a halfhearted idea of a gift to a family member while giving another family member something that was actually had thought put into it, like Iroh. Say what you want about Ilia, at least she didn't hire an assassin to go after the main heroes because she was unsure of her place in the place that rejected her, like Zuko. Say what you want about Ruby, at least she didn't claim to be a non-killing pacifist while also burying people in an avalanche, like Aang did.- Basically, any flaw within RWBY is also a flaw within other shows that are also critically acclaimed, like AtLA.

The main point I'm trying to make here is that the story does deserve to be told. It does deserve to have its ending. But that shouldn't come at the expense of animators, writers, voice actors, or anyone really. If RT can't make the show in a humane way, then they should hand it off to a company that will. If that means they go down, well… They brought that on themselves. And maybe if these guys can get unionized, the show can be made without the expense of people around them. And I'd like to think that the show itself would improve if it were made humanely.

So while I have no idea what the future will hold, I'm hoping that it'll be at least somewhat better than what we have right now. If we fail to make the world better for the next generation, then we've failed as a generation. And the same can be said about previous generations. And future generations too.

#anonymous #rwde #fndm criticism #fndm crit #does this count as rwby #does this count as rwde?#rwby

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hyperfixation-hideout · 3 years

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Underrated RWBY character: Offscreen!Oscar

Never heard of him? Here’s a list of things this elusive yet prominent character has done:

had his first ever conversation with Oz

decided to leave home

maybe left a note, maybe said goodbye, who knows? O!O is mysterious like that

switched with Oz for the first time, which probably was really interesting

talked to Qrow in the bar long enough for him to get THAT drunk

walked Qrow home safely

training arc (trust me)

training with the cane for the first time (or at all)

presumably talked to Oz about taking control without permission?

had an existential crisis and realization after being attacked (aka “did some thinking”)

got new clothes/went therapy thrifting and baked a casserole for the people who hurt him

came to a new (ambiguous) resolution about his fate

training arc part 2 Atlas boogaloo

Fun fact: you can actually spot Offscreen Oscar onscreen! The v7 intro promised us Oscar/Ironwood sparring, but it didn’t make the cut, so Offscreen Oscar got a cameo in the intro! It’s true!

whatever the fuck else he was up to for most of volume 7

fought Neo (”but, she looked like someone else!”) - the encounter left Atlas guards all lying on the floor, but O!Oscar was still able to run after her

told RWBN about getting captured by Salem, Ozpin’s return, and Emerald’s defection

told RWBYJNR about Ironwood shooting him and him unlocking magic (we can only assume??)

fended off ravagers in Vacuo

Probably has had, like, ANY conversation(s) with Oz about how the merge actually works. But maybe not! Who knows what he knows? Or what he thinks? Not us! (:

... and much more! Truly, an underrated character.

#oscar pine #this is meant in good fun #but it's also crtq #and y'know maybe just a little lightly rwde #as in- genuine critique of the show #presented in a hopefully humorous and lighthearted way that still communicates how wild this is #but mostly this is a joke post :)#not that all of these needed to be onscreen but some of them 100% did #looking at you v6ch9 #as an oscar stan I would like him to merge with offscreen oscar I think they'd be good together #quinpost #crtq

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tonotbelionized · 5 years

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Different Partners in Team RWBY

So I was actually writing another discussion post before my sister asked me a thought provoking question.

What would be different if Team RWBY had different partners to canon?

I’m going to honest, I thought that not much would given that they’re all good friends in canon, and surely having different partners wouldn’t change that. But after some thought and talking it through, I’ve come to realise that, yeah, there’d be some difference to their dynamics if their partners were different, especially at the beginning of their journey.

The main reason is that some members of Team RWBY barely interact with each other. The most egregious example is Ruby and Blake, who’s one-on-one interactions I can count on one hand. Given that six volumes have passed, this isn’t a good thing. But that’s not the point of the post, so let’s see how things would change in my opinion if RWBY had different partners.

Partners #1: Yang & Ruby

The best thing about this pairing is that it’s already been talked about in the canon material. Ruby wanted to partner up with Yang because Yang’s the only person she knows positively in her short time at Beacon, and as she’s socially awkward Ruby likely finds the prospect of pairing up with someone else daunting, something that she doesn’t want to entertain.

But Yang already points out the disadvantage of Ruby pairing up with her. If she continued to latch onto her sister,Ruby wouldn’t have been pushed into the situation where she had to interact with other people. Replace Weiss with Yang and the whole arguments that happened between Weiss and Ruby would never happen, including the scene where they start to move past it because of Weiss saving her partner from the Deathstalker.

That’s not to say Weiss still wouldn’t save Ruby from the Deathstalker. Just because Yang is Ruby’s partner doesn’t change the fact that she is unable to reach her sister in time, but there’s no conflict between them beforehand due to Weiss and Ruby not spending that time together. This would be the first time they see each other since their arguments in Beacon, and having to save Ruby after she rushed into battle likely wouldn’t make Weiss’ view of her any better.

That being said, with Ruby still being made leader and following behaviour deemed unworthy to Weiss, they would still have that moment where Weiss tells Ruby that Ozpin made a mistake and that she did nothing to earn the title of leader. Both Ruby’s talk with Ozpin and Weiss’ talk with Port would happen, and the two would grow closer even if they weren’t partners, due to being on the same team.

It’s pretty similar to Weiss’ and Blake’s relationship in canon. despite not being partners, Weiss works hard to let Blake know that she can rely on her and the team due to all of them making up Team RWBY. Yang’s partnership with Ruby wouldn’t change that, and after the difference in the beginning, it’s likely that Ruby’s friendships with Blake and Weiss wouldn’t change much from canon.

Partners #2: Blake & Weiss

To be honest, I think Blake and Weiss being partners would change quite a lot with their dynamic in the beginning of RWBY. Given their little interaction before the Emerald Forest plot line, Blake obviously has no love for Weiss or what she represents to her; the SDC, and isn’t afraid to call Weiss out for any small contrivances.

Now, I’m not saying Ruby was a pushover, especially given that she was shown to stand up to Weiss as well, but Blake’s little love for the Schnee name and Weiss’ poor attitude would certainly hinder any progress that they make in the forest more than Weiss and Ruby. It’s likely Blake would’ve gotten in more sly jabs at the SDC and Atlas as a whole, and wouldn’t have opened up like she was beginning to do so with Yang.

After the forest and integration into Team RWBY, the whole revelation of Blake’s Faunus heritage and her previous affiliation to the White Fang, I’d think that Weiss would take it even more poorly. In canon they were on the same team and were expected to work together with Ruby and Yang, but they weren’t partners, and didn’t have any time previously (on-screen) where it was more one-on-one teamwork. As Ozpin said, their partner is someone they would be working with for their four years in Beacon, and Blake was hiding a pretty big secret that had impacted Weiss personally before.

That’s also to add that Weiss had a very poor attitude about the Faunus and the White Fang as well. In this partnership, Blake could be even more angered given that Weiss is the one she’s meant to work together with, and yet she has this bigoted attitude about her own people. The whole scene at the end of Volume 1 would’ve been the culmination of these flaws and hold more weight. It definitely did in canon, showing that outside of their respective partners, the girls did obviously care about each other, but in this instance it would end the story with two girls from very different and conflicting backstories overcoming these problems and growing closer as friends and partners.

That being said, after Volume 1, there really wouldn’t be that much difference in their dynamic. Blake would still run away and Weiss had grown into a more understanding and empathetic because of her time with Team RWBY, so their reunion wouldn’t change much from canon. Chances are her talk with Yang would differ slightly to accommodate this change in relationship between her and Blake as compared to their canonical relationship.

Partners #3: Ruby & Blake

Given just how little one-on-one screen time these two get, a partnership between Ruby and Blake would add more dynamic overall to their friendship with the additional screen time.

Given how aloof and somewhat standoffish Blake was around other people in the beginning, it’s almost certain this behaviour would carry on throughout their first mission together in the Emerald Forest, especially since it was Yang’s sunny and warm demeanor that got anything out of Blake with their canon interactions in the forest. Going off Ruby’s social awkwardness, it’s likely their interactions would be more stiff and, well, awkward.

However, there would be moments of breaking down Blake’s walls there. The main turning point of Blake opening up at all was Ruby’s connection with her over something that they mutually enjoyed; books. This was before Yang and Blake’s interactions with just each other, and it’s pretty telling that Yang was unable to get anything out of Blake the night at Beacon, even going as far as deeming Blake a lost cause and willing to go back to bed before Ruby asked about her book.

Going off that introduction to their characters and how they work together, it seemed that Blake was pretty willing to entertain Ruby’s optimism and goal of becoming a Huntress so that she can protect people, like the heroes in her stories, and even called them “pretty ambitious for a child” before explaining her own viewpoint on the matter. It shows that Blake doesn’t look down on Ruby like Weiss did, and she doesn’t have that sibling relationship like Yang does. It’d be pretty conceivable that this level of maturity would carry on all the way to them forming Team RWBY, and their surprisingly in-depth conversations would continue with the time they spend together.

Given that Blake is certainly more level-headed at this point than Weiss, including in the heat of battle, I’d think that Blake wouldn’t underestimate Ruby’s capabilities, and so wouldn’t install this need in Ruby to prove that she’s deserving of her place in Beacon. Any tendency to rush into battle on Ruby’s part wouldn’t be met with biting rebuttal or arguing like with Weiss, and I think at this point Blake would’ve been a good partner to mature and push Ruby to reevaluate her own flaws given that Blake doesn’t hesitate to call people out when they deserve it.

Outside of that, partnering Blake and Ruby up might even bring their relationship closer. In canon Ruby obviously cares deeply about Blake; she was upset to hear that she left at the end of Volume 3, she welcomed Blake back without hesitation in Volume 5, and Blake being in danger in Volume 6 caused Ruby to activate her silver eyes. If they were pushed together instead of Yang and Blake, it could’ve given Ruby more of a chance to develop and talk about herself.

One scene in mind is when Blake refuses to go to the dance in Volume 2 because she’s too busy worrying about the White Fang. The scene could go either way honestly:

A: Yang still takes it upon herself to help Blake break through this obsession, opening up about her mother leaving her.

B. As her partner and leader, Ruby would feel more confident in talking to Blake herself and go seek her teammate out. This could give us some forbidden Summer lore as well as looking into Ruby’s feelings over her mother’s death, something that even nearly seven volumes in, we know nothing about save for one song Red like Rose part 2.

Either way, the main positive of this pairing is just the extra time these two desperately need to talk to just each other, not when they with the others in their team.

Partners #4: Yang & Weiss

(Note: I picked this picture just because it was really funny and I had to lmao)

Similar to Ruby and Yang, this pairing would only really affect Yang and Weiss at the beginning, and they have the advantage over Ruby and Blake with having more screen time and plot important moments together in canon.

Playing off Yang’s character before her dismemberment by Adam, the main source of conflict between these two would be just how differently Weiss and Yang treat fighting. Yang is the happy go lucky boxer who treated her fight with the Ursa in the Emerald Forest as some sort of game that she didn’t have to take seriously, whereas Weiss is practical and goes over the steps to her fighting style down to the letter.

This attitude of play vs work would make Weiss butt heads with Yang, though given her pretty playful nature and teasing attitude, I wouldn’t suspect Yang would hold it against Weiss unless some buttons were pushed, such as when we saw Yang start to lose her temper with Weiss while she and Ruby were arguing the night before the exam. This conflict wouldn’t be resolved until after Weiss’ talk with Port, pushing her to learn to move on from her entitled attitude and build up her teamwork skills.

Nothing would change much after that, until the end of Volume 3 where Weiss is taken away by her father. Going off their partnership and Yang likely growing closer to Weiss like she did with Blake in canon, this loss would hurt Yang deeply and would be something they talked about when they reunited in Volume 5. However, unlike Yang’s clear anger towards Blake for running away, I doubt she’d be very angry with Weiss leaving due to the fact that it wasn’t Weiss’ choice to leave.

Yang’s abandonment issues seem to not take in whether someone leaving her was willingly or not, given her attitude that Summer left her even though she died and Yang appearing to lump unwilling abandonment (Summer) with willing abandonment (Raven and Blake). The talk with her and Weiss could include this difference, and the whole scene would definitely read differently with this pairing compared to Blake and Yang’s canonical partnership.

That’s all there is to the subject honestly. While there would definitely be change in the beginning and in some of the scenes later in the volumes, there wouldn’t be any giant difference to the girls’ relationships with each other or how they grew as characters themselves. Afterall, all of Team RWBY clearly love each other and cherish their friendships, and getting different partners would not diminish that love between them.

Either way, thanks for reading and leave what you think would change, or if you believe that I’ve missed something out as well!

#rwby #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #crtq #post: mine #out of these four different pairings I did enjoy looking into Blake and Ruby's the most honestly #Blake and Weiss was a close second #also this is not attacking the canon paairings or thinking that they aren't as good #they have set up development for the girls just as well as these ones would've

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i-am-the-entertainer · 5 years

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Jesus christ, how exactly do you complain about the poses in a split second gag shot that you’re not going to see normally unless you pause the video???

#rwby6 #rwby6 spoilers #crtq #rwby #rwby spoilers #can i just say I didn't really like this episode for a couple of reasons #but the shot of them running to oscar?#if you're problem with the episode is THAT then you're just nitpicking #and also showing a lack of knowledge of how animation works

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timetravelingshark · 6 years

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Got bored, made a culture.

I was always kind of bugged that the Branwen tribe never really felt like a tribe- there was no sense of family or culture. There weren’t even kids or elderly in the camp. It felt more like a group of thugs than it did a tribe or a family like Raven implied, so I tried to fix that.

I’ve put most of my thought into the clothing so far, but this is probably due to my belief that you can tell quite a bit about a culture from the clothes its people wear.

Inspiration- The Emishi from Princess Mononoke, Kakariko Village from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and the real-life cultures of the Ainu, Emishi, Jomon, Japan, and Native Americans.

(Description under the cut)

CLOTHING

Based off of The Ainu Peoples clothing, with lots of geometric patterns and in shades of reds, blues and whites. (Except for the Chief, but that’ll be elaborated on later.)

Men’s clothing is a standard yukata-like top with a sash keeping it closed. Slightly baggy trousers are the pants of choice for men. They wear sandals that cover the top of the foot. Men’s hair tends to be kept short, though some men do grow out their hair. It’s considered very wrong for a man to have hair longer than his shoulders. Men who do so are severely looked down upon, as long hair is a style reserved for women.

Women’s clothing consists of a standard yukata-like top kept closed by a sash, exactly like the men’s. Young women who are not warriors wear skirts that come down to just below the knee, with a pair of cream-colored leggings underneath. These skirts become longer with age, reaching to the woman’s ankles by the time she’s elderly. Warrior women wear baggy trousers just as men do. Sandals that cover the top of the feet are worn in good weather. Long hair is considered customary and proper for women to have, although there are some exceptions, an example being Vernal. The hair is grown out to waist length, and kept up in a bun using several long pins. Some women wear necklaces with red, black, blue, and white beads made from wood.

Both genders wear straw hats when working that keep both sun and rain off their faces. The hats, from the side, look like semicircles, with both edges of the hat drooping down to shield the ears. The edges and center of the hat are painted dark blue. In colder times, both genders wear boots made from leather and furs. They also wear a garment similar to a Japanese fisherman’s coat, which is always dark blue with sashiko stitching. It is often kept together with a red sash, or less often, clasps. This coat is reserved for cold weather or rain.

Children ages 4-12 wear a top that is something of a cross between a tunic and a yukata. The top ends about mid-thigh and is clinched at the waist with a sash. Children wear leggings underneath the top. They, like adults, wear sandals or boots depending on the weather.

Children ages 1-4 wear a dress patterned similarly to older children and adult’s clothing. Children this age tend to go barefoot in the summer, but wear boots in the winter.

Infants are wrapped in swaddling cloth. In the winter, a woolen shawl is wrapped around them.

Chiefs (Edo- Masculine, Edai- Feminine) wear clothes that are in shades red and black. These two colors together are reserved solely for the chief. They wear clothing that’s similar the men’s, although the yukata is a tad longer and comes to slightly above mid-thigh. Most female Chiefs wear leggings under the top, although some opt for the baggy pants. Male Chiefs keep their hair cut short, just like the other men, but female Chiefs wear their long hair down to give off a more intimidating look. The Grimm Helm is passed down from Chief to Chief, and it’s expected for them to wear it only during combat. They also often opt to wear armor on their shoulders and forearms.

(As you can see, I tried to keep as much of Raven’s original design, because damn it it’s a cool design and I wanted to preserve that. Except for the miniskirt. What kinda forty year old war chief wears a miniskirt HONESTLY RAVEN)

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TRIVIA

The people of the Branwen tribe tend to have dark brown or black hair and red eyes. The two traits are unusually dominant, and 75% of all children that have a tribe member and an outsider for parents have one or both of these traits.

Only people born with the Branwen eyes can turn into birds. Yeah, in this universe the shapeshifting thing is due to tribal magic and genetics. Makes more sense in my opinion and saves drama.

It’s a legend in the tribe that the first Branwens descended from the children born to a sky spirit and a mortal woman. The hair and eyes are said to be a trait from him, and the ability to shapeshift was given as a gift from the spirit to his children.

Outsiders who marry into the tribe are expected to take their spouse’s name regardless of gender, or at the very least have their children take their spouse’s name.

All people born to the tribe are named after types of birds, or are given names that mean “bird” or the name of a bird in another language. It’s considered bad luck to not name your child after a bird.

A common way to say goodbye is “Watch your path.” It comes from the days they were hunters and memorized the paths of the forests so they could safely come home. Qrow says it a lot.

If someone leaves the tribe, it’s considered a severing of ties and they won’t be welcome back. The wellbeing of the tribe is the highest priority to them, and anyone who chooses their needs over the tribe is seen as someone who is not needed.

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CULTURE

Their religion, like most religions in Mistral, is heavily based off of East Asian beliefs, however there’s a touch of Native American beliefs as well.. People pray to ancestors and spirits for guidance and blessings. Incense, candles, flowers, and coins are left at graves and shrines. Branwens tend to very religious, celebrating holidays often and give a small weekly offering (in the form of a bit of food, candles, or a coin) to the local shrine. Spirits are very often prayed to, and example being if they have to cross a river, they pray to the spirit of the river for safe passage. Spirits are considered beings to be respected and feared.

Farming is the main source of food/supplies in the tribe. A few small stretches of rice fields lie just outside the village walls. Near the entrance to the village small fields of wheat, barley, tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans grow. The crops are rotated every year, so that barley is in what was tomato’s plot, cucumber in bean’s, etc. A select few farmers raise goats, sheep, and chickens.

If the tribe begins running short on supplies or need money, they’ll organize bandit raids on other settlements. The items they steal during raids are either taken back to the tribe, or taken to markets to be sold or traded for supplies or weapons. The tribe doesn’t have a big enough forge for the creation of any sort of advanced, Huntsman-level weaponry. This is why they have to buy weapons from outside sources.

Qrow and Raven’s weapons were built at Beacon because of this.

The tribe is rather small, consisting of about 100 people, and 20 families overall. The oldest Branwen within the family is considered the head of the family. They’ll meet together with the Chief every three weeks, discussing problems and how to fix them, or ways to improve upon situations already in their favor. What the Chief says is deeply respected, however, the Chief must respect their people’s words as well. Votes are taken on issues and the majority vote wins.

Anyone who is elderly is considered someone to be revered, as they were able to survive well into old age. Advice from an Elder is almost always followed, due to their age and wisdom.

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As you can see, it’s just random stuff for now. And I know that this couldn’t all make it in, but at least a bit of it could be shown through background characters in the tribe (clothing), little things Qrow and Raven say and do (traditions/religion/cultural attitudes), establishing shots (the farming), etc. It’d make the tribe feel like a group of real people and families rather than a plot point.

This stuff ain’t perfect, obviously. I was bored and tired when I wrote this, so I don’t expect it to be. However, I just wish we had seen something similar to this in the show. They had a really good chance to show the sort of life that Qrow and Raven had growing up, and they didn’t take it. Which made me sad.

#Rwby #rwby5 #branwen tribe #raven branwen #qrow branwen #does this count as rwde?#the ok side at least #rwde #crtq #worldbuilding #quite a bit of this stuff is disjointed and eh?? but it'll buff #...eventually #also bonus tag #shay d. mann

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nougetlongform · 2 years

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About the Blog:

This blog is meant for original long posts, posts I make that happen to be long. I will keep asks open and anons on, and you are welcome to submit ideas, criticisms, the like for longer posts. I'm using this to help build literary analysis and also cause I thought it would be fun.

I am trying to keep it centered on RWBY, so please keep that in mind if you decide to send an ask.

Topics you can expect:

Reviews of RWBY (Episodes, Seasons, the Whole Show)

Criticism's of RWBY

Criticism's of CRTQ (Critic) / RWDE

Analyses of characters, literary themes, and character relationships

Analyses of ships (from both a platonic and romantic viewpoint)

About Me, Nouget:

I'm currently in college majoring in Software and Web Development. I'm currently working several jobs, and I'm working towards several certifications as well.

I started watching RWBY during the Vol 4 hiatus (between Vol 4 and 5, but before the character shorts). JNPR is my favourite team with Jaune being my favourite character. In terms of ships, I'm a huge fan of poly-JNPR (and JNPR related ships like Bismuth and Nora's Boys), WhiteKnight, SilentKnight, SunnyBee's, and several others.

I will keep all posts as objective as possible, and will remove as much personal bias from reviews, critique's, criticism's and analyses.

I hope you enjoy!

#rwby #nouget posts

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drunkendragons · 7 years

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@hungryallday okay so lemme recap:

RWBY fans asked people to make a new tag to critique rwby and thus RWDE was born, and now theres a branch off rwde (CRTQ) because people dont like how rwde critique? If the CRTQ’ers dont like how RWDE’ers critique, why not just continue to use rwde as an actual critique tag instead of a hate tag? Like- surely instead of a war they could just use it like its supposed to until the hate gets flushed out? I mean wouldnt that be easier? (Im not sure what the numbers of people are for rwde vs crtq but that might be a way to calm this war the fugg down so that everyone can act like a community again.) Also, rwde and crtq are essentially the same thing so it really is like a- bulging ouroboros.

#replies #also after literally one post ive falled into a rabbit hole of bullshit and war like #bros youre the same thing with different names can u chill #unite instead of tearing each other down #rwde #crtq

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kob131 · 5 years

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https://rwdestuffs.tumblr.com/post/185984786535/jaune-never-once-receives-a-punishment-for

Jaune: Never once receives a punishment for anything that he ever does, such as the time he rushed in to get revenge.

Then uh, what do you call being insulted and belittled by Cinder, having his agency be stripped away, denied any sort of contribution to the battle of Haven and watching his friend get stabbed?

Or being regularly belittled and insulted at Beacon, including his own teammates?

Or fucking everything involving Cardin, from getting blackmailed to being humiliated to getting himself isolated?

Yang: Gets punished and belittled by the fndm for daring to rush in to save Blake.

Hold on, you misspelled something-

Yang: Gets punished by the narrative for recklessly charging an opponent who was staring directly at her, waiting for her, beat up Blake who is her equal and attacking in away that would disable any chances at dodging while having been beaten up like this twice before instead of doing LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE but she instead gets KOed and needs to be dragged off by Blake, the person she was saving while also almost dying which would have scarred her family and friends (ESPECIALLY her little sister and Blake) for life. But instead she gets stanned by everyone in the fandom save for a select few who show that this is basic story telling and they attack everyone who criticize her, even if she suffers from the same shit they bitch at Jaune about.

There we go.

This fndm: Why do people want to see Jaune get punished?- He was acting the same way anyone would!

This FNDM: *says this after watching people demand jaune be killed, humiliated and belittled while they try tearing off the skin of anyone who demands Yang be acknowledged as flawed.*

Sensible people: We want him to face consequences because if Yang rushing in on her emotions for selfless reasons is punished and belittled, then Jaune rushing in on selfish reasons should also have consequences as well. It’s a clear double standard, and it should be addressed.

Apparently avenging your dead friend is selfish but trying to save your friend is selfless. Despite the two being identical. And Jaune also getting ‘no consequences’ has been proven bullshit so you already got it. In fact, Yang’s PTSD was demanded to be expanded and respected but Jaune’s is belittled and shat on. Well then, there’s your double standard, better go verbally lambast those people. Here’s a mirror to do it.

legion of crtq: Clearly, they hate Jaune because he’s a male!

There’s also the fact that Raven is praised for existing near Yang and Taiyang is belittled for a joke, Sun is attacked for the same shit that Kali is excused from, Yang gets away with a worse version of what got her dad lambasted, Qrow is bitched at for (not actually) using Ruby as bait while Raven does the exact same thing (except for real), Yang is treated with kiddie gloves while Jaune is attacked despite Jaune suffering MORE than Yang, Jaune is attacked for asking Weiss out twice but Weiss is excused for demanding that people beat up a boy she likes for flirting with others, Salem is praised and protected while Ozpin is demonized-

And wouldn’t you know it, each example is biased against guys. Can’t really be fallacious if it’s true.

As RWDE loves to say and should logically follow if I’m so wrong:

I’ll stop bitching when you do it right.

#dudeblade

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kitkatopinions · 3 years

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I actually have watched the good place! Definitely one of my favorite shows. Now I'm wondering how RWBY would handle the trolley problem given that's essentially what the Atlas problem was, except since it's a thought experiment, there isn't some other way out to save everyone. Like May said, they have to choose. You can't save everyone in the trolley problems, regardless of variation. Sure would be cool to see what would happen if the team had to make choices... specifically ones that don't magically appear when they need to avoid making a choice. And that have consequences the narrative treats with appropriate weight. And that aren't dismissed with "we had no other choice," effectively denying their agency and responsibility. (I'm not bitter at all, what are you talking about? /s) -crtq

Dude, I know!

The problem we got in season seven seemed like a pretty straight forward Trolley problem - do you prioritize the good of the many even if it means the direct destruction of the few? They painted us that picture. Prioritizing the needs of the many and saving Altas, the evacuated people from Mantle, the Maiden, and the Relics from Salem would directly result in a loss of protection for the people who remained in Mantle.

But what's continually confusing is A. the way that 'prioritizing the needs of the many' was treated as inherently bad and wrong rather than someone attempting to do what good they could in a situation where there was no win. And B. The way that the 'answers and solutions' in season eight were handed to us.

In the event of a trolley problem, trap the five workers on the tracks. Send a group to guard the one trapped on the other tracks that the trolley isn't pointed at currently to ensure that no animals attack them while they're there. Send out an alert to towns hours away that there's a runaway trolley with no brakes that's about to run over five people, so to prepare to maybe have trolleys run into them and to maybe come help the people who are about to get run over from said towns that are hours away. Continue to make no move to help the five people directly about to get run over by the trolley.

In the event of a trolley problem, hope that randomly, the trolley does come to a stop before hitting the five people. Hang out some on the trolley tracks yourself while you wait for the people from the towns that are hours away to come stop the trolley. When the trolley starts moving again, watch as the person you stopped from switching the tracks sends in volunteers to desperately try to keep the trolley back away from the five people by throwing themselves in front of it in the hopes that it slows down.

In the event of a trolley problem, stop the people who are attempting to blow up the trolley before it can reach the five people on the tracks, since there’s also someone on the trolley, and leave the one person who’s on the tracks the trolley isn’t going to in order to go save said person on the trolley, but then leave them there. And then have him blow up the trolley from the inside anyway. And then the person who has been trying to stop the trolley this entire time is going to threaten to kill the one person on the tracks that the trolley was never facing towards because... reasons. So then destroy the entire tracks in general while moving most but not all of the people on the trolley tracks away and to a different very dangerous place that you know might be having a trolley problem itself very soon, by walking them across a rickety bridge, specifically to save one person. Oh, and by the way, the trolley is being rebuilt back where the tracks used to be, and no one is going to address the fact that people died in order to try to keep the trolley back and that there are people left behind where the tracks used to be who might be killed when the trolley reforms. But, hey, Team RWBY solved the Trolley problem! Just hope that everything works out and pretend that no one died so your moral high ground can’t be destroyed.

If RWBY had actually committed to the trolley problem they’d set up where there is no right solution and the beliefs of both the heroes and Ironwood can be challenged but not wholly disregarded, we would have wound up with such a good story. If they hadn’t held Salem back in crazy ways that made no sense and let there be real consequences, the season could’ve been so heavy and so good. And of course, I wish that they hadn’t turned Ironwood into a full villain at the speed of light to try and make Team RWBY seem like the only good option, but they really could’ve done a lot by presenting both viewpoints as not inherently evil, and just the complicated way that discussions of ‘ethical good’ don’t always have one clear answer. It’s such an intricate and interesting and nuanced concept, and it’s just sad that the way they handled it was juvenile, that they pulled their punches so much in order to try and create a version of events where Ruby doesn’t learn anything - despite the fact that she didn’t achieve her goal of saving everyone.

It could’ve been an amazing season, a challenging season. And instead what we got just wasn’t good.

#rwde #rwby hate #rwby bashing #rwby critical #crtq #anti rwby #anti mkek #anti team rwby #pro james ironwood

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aresmarked · 6 years

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Do you have any advice for writing? I'm trying to get into to it so I spent last night writing a small scene but I could always notice flaws that I don't really know how to fix. I felt the sentences didn't string together well and I didn't know how to set a proper tone and some other stuff

*rubs hands* You’ve awoken the beast (in a good way). I keep most writing advice under ‘writing references’. (If you don’t mind salt, I also have a lot of posts, original and reblogged, about narrative structure and character development under ‘rwde’ and ‘crtq’.) Specificity of those posts vary, and covers a bunch topics, so some general tips (feel free to ask for more explanation or examples):

1. Sentence structure is often a big culprit for disruptive sentence flow/stiltedness.

Use short sentences, middling, long ones. Vary how the sentences start. I’ll use subject-verb structure here. Suddenly I’ll throw in an adverb. And reaching into my pocket for a little more variation in both length and beginning, I’ll pull out a sentence of considerable size, with clauses dependent and independent alike.

Learning how to tie sentences together for a cohesive unit takes practice, and understanding of how the mind likes to move from thought to thought. There’s often some relation from one to the other.

Imagine you’re holding a camera, as you guide your reader through a scene. Actually, watch a movie, that’s a good idea. Watch for when the camera jumps between people talking, and when it moves through a scene, slowly expanding the viewer’s image of a room. Those are all examples of variation in flow, and, simply speaking, they try to build how attention naturally goes. Little details filling in. Or jumps when two people are engaged in conversation. If you’re feeling the sentences don’t fit beside each other, it may be they need some sort of buffer between so they can sit comfy.

2. Tone often depends on both structure and what word is used.

You’re going to find as you refine structure, and your understanding of it, you’ll be able to better convey what tone you want. But often it comes down to the word. Synonyms, for all they mean similar things, have connotations. Cabin in the woods has a slight, accent, different from ‘forest lodge’, for all that they could refer to the same thing.

Pacing, which again ties to structure, can also affect tone. Something more meditative, calm, has time. It’s allowed to linger, maybe explore this idea, maybe explore that one, and sometimes it is permitted to go on for a very long time to reach a point. (This is why academics have extraordinarily long sentences, because it makes them look smart and objective. (Not actually, mostly joking.))

But something angry. Hoo. Depends on how it’s angry, but there’s going be punches. To the point statements. Doesn’t have the energy for more. Tight. Controlled. Unless it’s not, in which case, it may ramble on and lash and scream and not allow a word in edgewise because don’t you dare, this has been held and now it’s exploding and fuck! YOU! For trying!

(Disclaimer. Use of exclamation points should be judicious, imo. When you’ve got too many it gives a sense of ‘false colour’ to your writing. If you’ve got a lot, ask what sentences are weaker and make them emphatic on their own, without the ‘!’)

3. Not the most fun thing to people, but understanding the different parts in terms of grammar can help immensely.

I may not always remember ‘subordinate or ordinate clause’, but I know instinctively there are some sections of sentences, that could be a sentence all their own, and some that could not. I’m able to better utilise them and other parts of grammar, when I’m reading other work or my own. Literary devices as well. You may know consonance, alliteration, metaphor, simile. How about anastrophe? Synecdoche? Chiasmus? When you are able to better name the tools at your disposal, or at least recognise they are a tool, they become easier to pull out when you need.

4. Read. Arguably the most important step. Read and consume a lot of different media and understand how they tell a story.

Look at how they construct the different units of their story. A sentence, a paragraph, chapter. The scenes in a show or a movie, the panels of a comic. These help. When I’m figuring out a scene I often imagine a mini-movie in my head, as if I were watching it. Find what writing you admire, and ask why you admire it. And branch out. I read a lot of young adult/teen fiction. Rick Riordan, Kristen Cashore, Markus Zusak, Tamora Pierce. But especially of the last few years I’ve dived more deeply into poetry, performance/spoken word, especially of queer folk, and queer Canadians. I’ve gotten more short story collections. Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Chronicles. All these filter through perception naturally, but for writing you got to get analytical.

Books on writing are many. But personal recommendations:

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern

Story by Robert McKee

Eloquence by Mark Forsyth

Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark

I would especially recommend the last, if you have to only pick one to start. It emphasises ‘tools, not rules’, and reminds that trying to apply all at once is not the way to go. Just write, and take your tools to that writing after. Eventually it’ll become natural to use many, and you probably already are, really.

So, hone your writing sensibility by surrounding yourself with what you find good fiction. Consume it, and use it to make your own thing. And remember, like any skill, it’s not going to be something you’re suddenly master of. I ‘re’started writing heavily in high school thanks to the encouragement of my LA teacher, and then again for RWBY fandom. To date, that’s about eight years of serious honing, and that’s built on the ten years preceding that where I was building my understanding of English, books, writing, grammar.

Just be kind to yourself. And feel free to ask questions!

#Anonymous #writing #warproduct rambles #writing references

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