#but im putting pieces together here

[ambagel]

Wait hold on, in his anniversary video Barbatos mentions the mc being the brother's attendant?

But in the other videos, it's implied that they don't remember the mc leaving (which is actually something im very disappointed about and really hope isnt the case in the actual story)

In these two specifically, it seems like they aren't aware of the mc's presence in the past/alternate timeline/whatever it is. The only other person who seems like they know is Lucifer

Which also lines up with the end of lesson 40, where he's the only one who says welcome back? So like?? Do only him and Barbatos know? Did they not tell anyone?? Diavolo would probably know as well but I haven't seen anything to show that yet. Anyways I don't really like where this is going, I would really prefer they not make everyone forget the mc disappeared

#of course they could always just be not quite putting the pieces together in these scenes #buuuut at this point im not so sure.. #i was hoping theyd take a more “WE MISSED YOU” approach #because if im being honest those are some of my favorite moments #like yay everythings better now lets hug it out #i feel weird about them potentially not knowing about what happened #how would they play that off? solomon already said they were freaking out? #“oh whoops we time traveled just far back enough that no one noticed you were gone” #no #do not do that #that defeats the purpose of this whole shenanigan #they also cant just say it was the regular past #because story inconsistencies #solomon has even commented on how its different #hes like “simeon and luke shouldnt be here” #istg if they try to move past that without explaining i will explode #its a very plausible scenario at this point #theyve done it before #because oh does diavolo just not have the power to spot lies anymore?? ok #anyway im scared for the future of the story #this could go wrong in so many ways #obey me! #obey me! swd #obey me lucifer #obey me satan #obey me luke #obey me barbatos #posts #maybe barbatos just merges the timelines again and thats why everyone feels weird #idk im too tired to think more about this

[luck-of-the-drawings]

WWWOOOPS FORGOT I MADE THIS. drew this back at around when the hyperbolic time chamber training arc was just starting. remember that? huh? remember the hamspter??? ohhhhhhhh youll remember the haspter!!!! oh my god yknow what else i remember. williams overwhelming love for christmas. oh my god. spooky zombie boy loves the christmas.. literally the best possible thing for him...

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi prime defenders #jrwi pd spoilers #VYNCENT SSOOOOOLLLL I STILL DONT KNOW HOW TO DRAW YOUUUUU AND YKNIOW WHY?? YKNOW WHYYY???? BC WHEN I FIRST DREW EVERYONE: #I DIDNT LOOK AT ANY REFS. DREW EM STRAIGHT FROM OFF THE TOP O MY HEAD. AND WELL. IN MY HEAD SOMETIMES #I PICTURE THE CHARACTERS LOOKING SIMILAR TO THE PLAYERS IN SOME WAY. NOT THE BEST THING TO DO REALLY. BUT YOU SEE. #VYNCENT CAME OFF AS A VERY SOFT AND SWEET CHARACTER. BUT SEEMED TO CARRY ALOT OF STRENGTH. HES LIKE A BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL BULL TO ME. #SO I DRAW THE GUY REAL DENSE! BUT THEN YAKNOOOWW THE OFFICIAL ART CROSSES MY EYES N IM LIKE FFFYUUUUUCKKK HE DOESNT LOOK LIKE THAT!!!!!! #IM LIKE AAUGUHGH IM DRAWIN HIM WRONG!!! BUT THEN IM ALSO CRAAAZY STUBBORN N I AAALREADY ESTABLISHED THIS DESIGN FOR HIM AND I DONT WANNT #I DONT WANNA GO N JUS CHANGE IT AAAALL UP NOW!!CMAHHHNNN BUT I STILL GOTTA DO SOOOMETHIN!! #LEST HE BECOMES SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE SOURCE MATERIAL HE FAILS TO BE RECOGNIZED!! ANYONE ELSE GO THRU THIS? GIMME UR TIPS #anyway AHH THE DEMON THAT DESPISES ART FROM MONTHS AGO!! just means im improving so so fastly and cool-like. tbh im so proud o my recents #bUT HEY THOUGH I FIGURED OUT THE QUEUEUE THING AHAHAH NOW I CAN GET ALL MY THOUGHTS N DRAWINS OUT IN A DAAAYYYY #CONSISTENT POSTING FOR A MONTH HERE I COME. DAILY UPLOADS FOR A WEEK. YEAAHH BABY!!! PREPARE FOR SHOTGGUN BLASDT!!!!!! #ALRIGHT ALright one more thing before i go im. SO IN LOVE WITH MY SHAPES HONESLY... they are not just one shape but so so many put together #fucked up innit??? im seeing soo many problems in this piece though but i rest easy knowing i captured my feelings in the moment.

[mintypsii]

horohorohorohoro👻

#TYSM FOR 400 HERE #finished this up cuz i hit 500 on twt HOORAY IM RLY GRATEFUL AND HAPPY U GUYS LIKE MY ART #im genuinely so happy with how this turned out omg #op #one piece #art #perona #i actually did a background this time isn't that insane #horohoro #like i put thought into it instead of slapping stuff together (ik it doesnt look good but at least i did one) #perona my girl #i love yououuo #my art #mintart

[flamestar126]

One last glance at a former rival

bonus + original photo below cut

#is he away? dead? neither they're just partners now #i was thinking of killing him off but that sounds like so much more work #plus im not an angsty person :DDD #mandark is judging his pose. it's not his fault. it's the photographer's fault. it just looked awkward drawing any other pose lol #i like to think he liked to stare at his rival's billboard. just staring. #he stares longingly at dexter like the pining fool he is #dexter: where were you! you were supposed to be here to help me pack up! #dark: I was. . . busy. doesn't want to admit that he DID spend time with him but as in staring at ad of his face for uncomfy amount of time #an idiot in love your honor #they're also not together YET in this. they're just mutually working together. dark has a major crush cuz i like him tripping over himself #i am kinda late to this meme. i was thinking about it forever and never got around to it till now #been in art frenzy today. finished 4 pieces that i put off for a while #draws a somewhat serious scene. me: . . . but what if there was some humor. some silly. something to absolute shatter the moment- #dexter's laboratory #dexter's lab #dexdark #dexter #mandark #flame draws

[regal-bones]

yo omg would you ever make a game??? the thought of a game with your art makes me go ❤️💖💞❤️💕💞❤️💖❤️💕💞❤️💖

AHHH maybe i should shout louder about my projects because

I AM MAKING A GAME!!!!

I've been working on it for what feels like forever now - I can only work on the (absolutely terrifyingly monilithically huge) list of art assets in my free time when I'm not doing commissions, shop stuff, or any other money making venture, BUT IM DOING IT!!!

I only really talk about Last Sprout on Patreon, just because of how early into the project we are, but I promise you there'll be stuff to share soon. I'm hoping the first quarter of 2023 there'll be.... something for you guys. perhaps something,,,, playable ????

I've been working so so hard on the art - I actually am sat on a little mountain of stuff that I haven't even uploaded to patreon yet that no one has seen, but theres so so so much.

If you're interested, here's some stuff I've posted publicly!

The denizens of the THESPA-02

Some lore about those very robots

An Inventors Blade

The first batch of concept art for the game

This doesn't look like much but I promise there is a WHOLE bunch over on Patreon you can all see at the £1 tier! And, like I said, a really large amount more coming soon. I could talk about this project for hours and hours and hours so I'm going to leave it there but - I'M MAKING A GAME !!!! I hope ur all as excited about it as I am!

#🌱 #<< you can look at that tag on both my tumblr and patreon to see stuff! #alsopls dont be put off by the scifi - this is a fantasy game !! #yes plenty of robots but id def list it as a fantasy game ! dragons and knights and heroes #gosh thank u for the ask heheh #im gonna ramble here actually nobody can stop me #im getting there! first step is a workable prototype - i have almost all the art done for that! #when i get the art done I need to contact my various collaborators #programmers musicians etc #then we start to put the pieces together !! and literally !! that is not far off now ! #ive done animation sets for not only our sproutly protagonist but the first enemy of the game #and im working hard now on UI stuff (upgrades menus etc) #but !! its happening its happening !!

[subsequentibis]

hmmg. something about potted plants dying in the hotel. it's not a consistent motif but there's ted barrow's plant that would have drowned in the downpour from the window but is instead shoved out and falls to its death. then the dying potted plants in janet hurd's room which may have thrived outside but are confined & constrained to fit an aesthetic, ultimatley neglected and left to rot. [theres peas in here voice] there's.... THEMES in here.....

#ignore me #the hotel podcast #hi im editing the transcripts <3 and Noticing Things #god i haven't been super active in fandom lately outside the big projects but this is dragging me right back in #LOVE how veronica puts in these little details that can be woven and crafted together to form diff interpretations #LOVE a vague and interpretable piece of media that winks at the audience and goes 'well what do YOU think?' #we thrive on ambiguity here!!!!!!

[carryonmylovelies]

they are so fucking obsessed and in love with each other im gonna throw up

#no im serious this short story was like an autopsy on my mind body and soul i was cut open i was gutted i was taken apart piece by piece #and then i was put back together again and now here i am so #god. im just #i was thinking abt this all day i was thinking abt this nonstop i was barely focused on anything else . i am so gone #the snow for christmas sickness #new sfc tag #bc this shit fucked me up just like i knew it would #i am a mess 😭😭😭😭😭 #scattered showers spoilers #snow for christmas spoilers #snowbaz #simon snow #baz pitch #please send psychological help

[jamiestar2099]

TOH THEORY PEOPLE

I NEED YOU TO TAKE THIS AND RUN

These two plus the fact that belos has now said both caleb and evelyn's names when seeing flapjack

#i know im on to something here #but i need someone smarter than me to put the pieces together #the owl house #the owl house theory #plz help #the owl house spoilers #toh spoilers #toh #toh flapjack

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

#im posting this very late because i was sort of weary of how it came out and ended up messing w it until it was like 4am oops. #and i have plans tmrw so... oh well! i did my best and ill put it out while i can! #and i tried to make the scene match barnard's colors lol #finn's ocs #finn's art #i know i said id do more sillay stuff with the simpler screentone only style but i had a couple more of these in me #and this is the first piece im making thats like an actual part of the story too rather than just setting stuff for fun #i wanna write something to go with it too but for now ill just sort of briefly explain the context in the tags here: #barnard has a pretty bad case of OCD and his compulsions have made it difficult to make friends in the past #he was never outright bullied or anything but people just didnt really have the patience to deal with it #he has compulsions that include stuff like walking through doors until it feels right and needing things to be perfectly aligned #which in group settings has lead to people having to wait for him to finish his rituals and join them #they might find it tolerable at first but eventually they grow impatient and hes just... not invited to stuff anymore #but juno is a newer member of the guild who ends up frequenting the same library. hes also kinda a little weird #and they dont become fast friends or anything but just sort of naturally spend time in the same place #though they never plan meetups they eventually fall into a routine. around the same time theyd just both be at the library #and read next to each other. and maybe talk a bit. and eventually they end up walking back to the guildhall together #since theyre going to the same place after all. and juno always waits for barnard outside the door #eventually barnard asks if this bothers him. juno kinda just tells him 'of course it does' without any malice or anything. just a statement #barnard is surprised and apologizes and juno says not to. but the next day juno doesnt show up at the usual time. #barnard assumes hes committed somekinda more by bringing it up. he ends up staying there late reading to get his mind off it & not ruminate #but when he leaves juno is in fact still waiting for him down the hall (see pic) having collected a bunch of books literally abt ocd #he fell asleep bc barnard stayed later than expected. and hes an eepy guy generally. and also one very bad at expressing himself #but now barnard gets that juno's 'of course it [bothers me]' had the implication of 'but its worth it' which no friend has previously done. #and from the interaction juno was also able to understand that this isn't something barnard just does for the hell of it so. he studies. #and checks a bunch of stuff out because he thinks it could help his friend too (theres ocd workbooks and such- i remember working w them) #and thats the point where they became more ''friends'' than ''pleasant library acquaintances'' #from there on they also do get into juno's problems. whole other bag of worms. but this specific scene is more about bernard from his pov #sorry about when i said briefly explain. i lied </3 #but compared to the whole sequence im picturing its brief so shhh

[saint-gerard-of-arc]

44 mickvince something mafia related plbs ill love you forever sorry for being so demanding 🥺

[not sure if this is what you intended but here you go]

---Two weeks before the wedding---

While the whole city of Naples was asleep, Michele was sitting at the pier under the crescent moon and cloudless sky. The night was unusually quiet, and all that could be heard was the sound of the waves lazily going back and forth against the shore.

“How does it feel, Vincé?” Asked Michele in monotone, after Vincenzo sat down next to him.

“What do you mean?”

“Your wedding with Arianna. Have you already forgotten?”

“No, I haven't.” Vincenzo looked up to the sky, spotting a few stars. “But I'm not really enthusiastic about it, you know? I barely know her.” He added, shrugging, turning towards Michele, staring at his icy blues.

The other man turned around and sighed.

“I think she feels the same, too.” Continued Vincenzo, gazing at the sea. “We're getting married just to please our parents, after all.”

Michele stayed in silence.

“What's wrong, Miché?”

“Nothing, it's just...” Michele exhaled. “I don't know what I'm going to do after you get married and move there. Maybe I should just... Get it over with already.” He suddenly got up, but Vincenzo stopped him, seizing his arm.

“Don't even try to think about it!” The blond raised his voice.

Michele stared at him, saying nothing, the corners of his eyes filling with tears.

Vincenzo moved his hand to Michele's. “Ti amo, Miché. I always will.”

The raven-haired man brought his fingers to Vincenzo's cheek, before the blond got closer and pressed his lips against Michele's.

---One week before the wedding---

“Ciao.” Said a boyish familiar voice.

“Ciao...” Michele sighed, without diverting his gaze from the sea. “How's the nose, Vincé?”

“Not as bad as the other day, I think it's healing.” Informed Vincenzo, sitting down next to Michele.

“It's all my fault.” Murmured Michele. “I'm sorry.” He turned towards the blond, whose hazel eyes were glistening under the moonlight.

Vincenzo frowned. “No way! Why would this be your fault?”

“You got beaten up by your father because he saw you hanging out with me! The real question is, how is this not my fault?” Michele's blue eyes began to become watery. “I should just... We should just stop seeing each other, before one of us ends up dead!”

Vincenzo exhaled. “Miché, don't say that...” He rested his hand on Michele's shoulder. Michele took Vincenzo's hand on his and squeezed it.

A gunshot was heard in the distance.

“We should go home. Now.” The dark haired man said, looking at the blond boy in the eyes.

---Two nights before the wedding---

Michele was feeling restless: it was three in the morning and Vincenzo still had to show up. He was shivering, despite it being a summer's night in Naples. He felt like something bad had happened to his lover.

He shot a glance back at the coast: he never felt so happy to be proven wrong, as he realized that Vincenzo was running towards him.

Michele got up and pulled the blond boy in his arms, hugging him and kissing his face all over. Vincenzo squeezed him just as tight. “Sorry for being late. I was worried someone was following me and I took the longer way.”

“Grazie a Dio you're here, Vincé.” The other whispered.

“Listen,” Vincenzo detached himself from Michele, “I am so tired of living like this.”

Michele blinked, a worried expression painted on his face.

“I don't want to get married to Arianna, I can't take being a criminal anymore...” Continued the blond, “and more importantly, I can't stand being away from you for just one more minute.”

“Vincé, where are you going with this?”

“I want to run away with you, Miché!” Vince took Michele's hands in his.

“But where?! You know they're gonna find us no matter where we go!”

“Not if we take the cargo ship to America.”

Michele widened his eyes.

Vincenzo grinned.

“You're crazy, you hear me?” Michele threw his arms up in the air. “Pazzo!”

“So, are you in?”

Michele hesitated. “If I had to choose between staying here without you and the possibility of dying at sea with you…” He said in the end, smiling. “I still would choose you.”

---One night before the wedding---

The first sun rays of the morning had still to come out as Vincenzo and Michele embarked on the first cargo ship to the United States of the day, hoping for a new chance at life.

Put That Guy in a SituationTM Ask Game/Prompt!

#witchy's ask booth #witchy writings #vince neil #mick mars #mötley crüe #hey sorry for being so late!! #this is not my finest work. im so sorry #but ive been trying so hard to fight writers block and burnout. this is all i could do unfortunately #maybe ill elaborate the concept more later because i really like it #i tried to experiment a little more here giving short flashes and leave it vague rather than building up a more fleshed out story #bc it wouldve been too long otherwise and i didnt feel ready for that tbh and as i said i might elaborate on it on a later time #also its not really direct about the mafia thing bc that topic hits too close to home for me but yknow. its implied #the names the setting the fact that vince gets beaten up or when he talks about being a criminal... #i feel like there are enough pieces to put together the context #anyway i really hope you enjoy it regardless of how i feel about it

[edns]

02. Blossom!

Thank you! I may have gone a little too ham with this... But enjoy! I'm a little rusty with writing and also I did this quickly so it might not be my best work but I had fun ^_^ P.S. I Swear I tried to write something cute or funny but I think I am physically incapable of making it weird or sad lol

It wasn’t often that the flower vendor passed by Garreg Mach these days, her good being greatly varied — from lush greens for a garden and potted plants to flower bouquets. As Dimitri took a stroll down the market, he was painfully aware of all the eyes on him… All this time, up until Rodrigue’s death, he had been looking away from them all, when they turned to him for help. Looking around the market, his attention first drifted to the armory. He went to check whether there was anything new there, when a thought passed by his mind.

He probably should have given a gift to the person who cared for him deeply, but got pushed away. Cyrus Lenz, the person who nursed him back to health when Dimitri lost his eye — he made it very hard to tell if he cared or not. Ever since Dimitri reunited with his used-to-be classmates and the Professor, Cyrus had been distant, spending most of his free time training and sparring with other sword fighters. However, Dimitri had seen him fight in the battle at Gronder Field, which made it clear as day that Cyrus still cared, deeply. Putting one’s life on the line was a Faerghan way to say that, after all…

Heaving a sigh, Dimitri perused the armory. The vendor started to fuss as soon as he recognized him.

“We have a new collection of swords and daggers available, Your Highness,” the vendor smiled. “They’re all a valuable find. Surely you would be interested.”

“Are they, now…”

Dimitri rubbed his chin in thought, as his mind wandered… Should he give one of such daggers to Cyrus? At first, this seemed like a great idea, but then he remembered the amount of times everyone made fun of him for giving a dagger as a gift to someone else he cared about… His mind wandered to that person, rage flashing in his eye for a brief moment.

Squeezing his eye shut, Dimitri turned away from the store he was browsing… Only to be met with a pleasant floral aroma. He opened his eye, and saw an abundance of colors. He found himself wandering towards the store. He touched one of the flowers as gently as he could — a rose. Its petals were soft, smooth… It soothed Dimitri. For some reason, it reminded him of Cyrus. The rage on his face was replaced with a soft smile.

“It’s not often I see a warrior such as yourself enjoy flowers,” the flower vendor grinned; she didn’t seem to recognize Dimitri as the Prince yet. Perhaps she was new around here…

“Do I really have an exterior of someone who would not appreciate their beauty?” Dimitri smiled; the lack of formality was also comforting. He picked up the rose flower by its stem, only to feel the sting of a thorn… He pulled his hand away and noticed his thumb bleeding.

“That’s roses for you,” the vendor looked at the rose flowers standing neatly in a vase full of water. “They’re beautiful, but they also sting… And they wilt so quickly.”

Those words etched themselves in Dimitri’s mind. He stood there, his eye jumping between the blossom and the cut in his already scarred hand.

“What is one more wound for me? As you said, I am a man of war. I can take the thorns.” He took the rose again, this time avoiding the thorns, and looked at it up close. With a deep sigh, he touched the soft petals again, an almost pained smile on his face.

“Are you thinking about the rose right now, Dimitri?” The vendor gave him a smirk as the question startled the prince enough to make him look up from the flower. “Or about someone you know?”

Dimitri couldn’t answer, even though his heart desperately wanted to. He stood there, still staring at the rose with a furrowed brow, but it wasn’t rage that was clouding his mind this time.

“If it really reminds you of them, you should give this flower to them. It’s on the house.”

“… No, I can afford to-”

As Dimitri looked up, he found himself standing in a lonely corner of the marketplace, in front of a bush of roses that just happened to bloom there. It wasn’t the first time something of the sort happened to him, causing him to wander off somewhere or speak to people who weren’t truly there, but usually it wasn’t something this… pleasant, so to speak.

After rotating the rose in his hand for a good minute, Dimitri turned around to leave the marketplace with it… Only to see Cyrus before him.

“Your Highness…” Cyrus looked worn out, his voice monotone and quiet, but concern still showed through his seemingly cold expression. Through the thorns…

Dimitri couldn’t bring himself to say anything, and instead just handed Cyrus the rose blossom, his heart aching as he hoped the other man would accept it. Taking the rose, Cyrus, for some reason, didn’t even look shocked… But he did smile.

“I only wish for you to know that I… Appreciate your efforts in battle,” Dimitri blurted after a minute of silence.

“You don’t exactly give people roses for that,” Cyrus sighed, deep sadness returning to his eyes after the brief respite of a smile. “However, I will continue giving my best efforts. Thank you, Your Highness.”

Saying that, Cyrus turned and left the marketplace promptly, leaving Dimitri alone, his palms stinging with pain as he realized that the cuts were plenty, instead of just one.

Perhaps a weapon truly would make a better gift in this case.

#fe3h oc #oc cyrus bartholomew lenz #Sorry Im not putting any of these in the main fandom tags......It is just silly writing exercises #I feel like I have to make this disclaimer before someone takes this the wrong way but I do not ship Anything but my cringe oc x canon ship #Also I feel there is a Lot of context missing here that is just. In My Brain. I guess it's like my little comics! Gotta piece it together #Anyway I really had a blast with this one thank you for sending it in! #I will get to the other rqs either tmrw or after the weekend! #Again I wanted to draw a nice little illust with this but ahhh this wouldve taken me too long so. Yeagh #writing

[xdolls-crownx]

I’ve held my tongue for a while now and I just- I just can’t anymore

WHAT IS THIS WOMANS OUTFIT!?

#Here’s the thing #im in no way like a fashion expert #But I like to think I have fairly good taste #That being said #THE JEANS!? #Like- #Anima #You most definitely have more money and resources that L does #And she even has a better outfit than you #Like I can see what she was going for but it’s just not good #I think the jeans are what’s throwing me #That or the blazer #there’s no in between #Also #the micro belt with the low rise is just not it #scythe audio #Scythe can come after me all he wants #BUT YOU DONT JUST PUT THOSE PIECES TOGETHER AND EXPECT ME NOT TO SAY ANYTHING

[kenmaiii]

more artfights -w- falls over

Delta -> @soliaeris Toni -> @noecoded

#artfight #artfight 2022 #team wither #my art #obey me #others ocs #obey me mc #obey me oc #im so sorry leone OTZ forgot to add Delta's name in the piece #i went back to add it after but i got so used to it not being there that i wanted to bite the letters away #OTZ falls to my knees #put these two together since i used the same fence brush heheheh >:3c #pointing it out before anyone else does!! #i really liked messing around with the colors here on these #delta #toni

[good-beanswrites]

WIP List Game

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

Thanks for tagging me @thepatchycat, this is so fun! Thankfully I just went through my WIP folder to keep things that I'm most currently working on (some go into hibernation until I return to that obsession somewhere along the line, sorry mp100 fics...) so here's a cleaner lineup than usual. I'm one of those people with the worst titles I'm so sorry 😅

A This is something

F Forsythhhh

F Trio thing

F Yeah do more of this

ML Drabbbbbles

ML Overheat?

ML Text thing

Listen, I always forgor which pals have writing planned so please do this if you want! I wanna hear about it >:3 I'll tag @chinchillasinunison @fayesdiary @elegyofthemoon @kyanako5972 @amugoffandoms @lostxmelody @luce-speaks @little-seed @justzosiahere but no pressure!

#my wip folder used to be huge - hence the letter identifiers to keep fandoms together #it still had things from bnha and lok from years ago that will definitely hibernate now #i was able to tie up most of my mp100 loose ends but there were a few i had to put aside for now #so its crazy its so condensed now >:0 it was needed though asdfsdf #'this is something' is my original piece but that still counts so im keeping it here :') #i have a few milgram au ideas that never made it to paper rip.... if you wanted to pick my brain about those feel free #(theres the base fantasy one - mp100 super five au - and rgb trio swap au) #ive gotta buckle down on birthday writing for my partner and requests so ill try to keep these not rambly!!!! #<- knows shes doomed to ramble but an attempt will be made #ask game

[i-am-bored]

Ok hang on I’m having thoughts

So going into volume 9, I wasn’t expecting it to have to much bearing on the overall plot. I knew it would be extremely important for the characters, but not much beyond that

Now I’m realizing that vol 9 is quite possibly the most important volume yet.

(more below bc this is going to be a long post)

1) the characters

Volume 9 shows just how far our characters have come. Specifically the scene with the herbalist is a great example of this with how it called back to mountain glenn, and how the girls now recognize who they are. It was also huge for Ruby, with her finally moving out of her mother’s shadow, and realizing that she is enough

2) the world

we know more about the creation of remnant than ever. We know where the gods came from, and it throws everything we knew before into a different light. At first I didn’t give it much thought, but it changes everything because

3) we finally see how the characters can win

everything leading up to vol 9 showed how hopeless the situation was. Salem is immortal, there was no way to stop her.

But volume 9 ends in hope for the characters and us, not just because they know who they are, but also because they can win (even if they don’t realize it yet)

(A recap of her plan: The gods made her immortal as a punishment for bringing Ozma back. the gods also gave humanity the four relics, and said that when they were all brought together they would return to Remnant. If humanity had learned to live in balance and be united, if they haven’t remnant will be destroyed. Salem wants to die so she wants to get all the relics to destroy everyone and herself)

but here’s the thing (and @citadelofmythoughts pointed this out) Remnant is united now. against Salem. Ruby’s message worked.

Even more than that, our four main characters have proven that they have the answer. The Ever After reveled that the brother’s view of balance is flawed, but guess who’s isn’t

team rwby is in the perfect place to show what balance can mean

(Which this is making me think that the heros will fail in that the gods will come to remnant but then Ruby is just going to tell them to fuck off)

BUT THERE’S MORE

all the plot threads from across the seasons are coming together. With JNPR, Our group has characters from every kingdom, showing that the divide between kingdoms is fading away. AND we also see how the divide between human and fanus is healing

Blake and Yang are an obvious example, but there’s also the fact that Blake and Weiss are such good friends. And with Blake and her parents making a new version of the White Fang, and Weiss and her family changing how the Schnee dust company operates, it shows them as united

All throughout the show, we see the team, and especially Ruby, trying to bring people together, to see that they’re all on the same side. With the end of vol 9 we see them succeeding.

BUT I’M NOT DONE

Salem is immortal. And she stays immortal until she learns the purpose of life and death or whatever

And what did we just learn about, that doesn’t kill, but provides rebirth

Bottom line, once they get back in Vacuo, shits going to get real. I have a feeling that soon all the pieces are going to fall into place, and I for one can’t wait.

there’s still a lot of things we don’t know. who the rest of the maidens are, where the remaining relics are, what happened to summer (seriously this is the main one WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT WOMAN) but overall volume 9 ends in hope because by being united, in a way our hero’s have already won

#rwby #rwby analysis #rwby volume 9 #salem #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #weiss schnee #ruby rose #yes i know most of this is fairly obvious #but im putting pieces together here

[elegyofthemoon]

actually i kinda wonder now if theyll put veliona into hsr or is she just sorta mixed into this seele?

#snow plays hsr #idk enough about veliona i just see her everytime i decide to start crying about seele so im just 🤔 thinking #but at this point i often wonder just how much theyll take from honkai impact and put into star rail #i feel like its going to wind up being more spin off and completely separate but what do i know im new to honkai impact #and im not even up to date with star rail #but yeah..... #its already pretty fun though seeing the parallels between bronseele for both stories (i love them sm) #but i wonder how much more #not that i can appreciate it at this point but yeah #'snow why are u posting about this here' bc im sleepy and i dont care anymore. #i wanna post more about viddygame thoughts like i used to tbh #ik i would do it on a rambling blog but #what if. i just. do it here. :) #tbh i need more hi3 friends/mutuals. im new so i have zero clue about anything but... people to annoy #ANYWAYS good night #wait veli might be separate i just dont know it works just yet #WE WILL LEARN ITS OK #im just a newbie.... the lore too big for my brain to understand but we are putting pieces together 🔍