#dawn rwby

[howdoyoudothedew]

“We’re dating,” Sky says, a serious note to his voice as he takes her hand, and Yang looks at him in surprise. He’s rarely ever serious. It’s one of the things that makes them fit, neither of them take things very seriously. Yang only does when she has to. Even when she asked him out, it was with a smile and a joke (“Will you be the yee to my haw?”). “If you fuckers want to be mad about that, then you can die mad because I don’t plan for that to change anytime soon.”

Yang feels her cheeks redden at his declaration. It drips with permeance. It’s the promise to stay, no matter how badly those around them may react to it. It’s a promise only three others have made; one only two of them have kept.

Somehow she thinks he will, too. She grips his hand back and he smiles at her.

“Yeah,” Yang says, managing to meet Ruby’s eyes despite knowing what she finds there could make her fold like a house of cards, could end what’s between her and Sky and quite possibly break both their hearts in a single fell swoop.She finds a slightly confused, definitely amused smile, and wonders why she ever doubted her sister.

@rwbyrarepairs

#rwby #yang xiao long #sky lark #dawn #dawn rwby #yang xiao long x sky lark #rwby edit #edits #rwby rarepairs #rwby rare pairs #yang x sky #sky x yang #link writes

[idontknowwhattocallthisanymore]

happy trans day, here's your reminder that sun is a he/him trans boy, yang is she/her masc nonbinary, and sky is he/him femme nonbinary. also yang and sun are dating sky (sun and yang using the term boyfriend and sky using the term girlfriend) <3

#rwby #sun wukong #yang xiao long #rwby headcanons #trans day of visibility #dawn rwby #high noon rwby #solar dawn rwby #yang x sky x sun #also velvet is trans. if you wanted to know #i know she isnt involved in this post at all #but shes my girl #dawn #high noon #solar dawn

[archester-creations]

you got me trippin' (oh) stumblin' (oh) flippin (oh) fumblin (oh), clumsy 'cause i'm falling in love

got dawn on the brain <3 @rwbyrarepairs

(zoomins of some below cut)

#rwby #yang xiao long #sky lark #dawn #dawn rwby #rwby dawn #my art #rwby rarepairs #sky x yang #yang x sky #i am SO proud of that counter kiss

[lierenprotectionsquad]

Imagine how fucking pissed Nora is gonna be when she finds out she missed the Bees

#she’s been advocating to bee rights since the dawn of time #nora valkyrie #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby #rwby #rwby spoilers #rwby volume 9 #rwby volume 9 spoilers #rwby v9 #rwby v9 spoilers #rwby 9 #rwby 9 spoilers #shut up sparky

[anthurak]

Takeaways from the Volume 9 Epilogue:

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One thing I really like about Oscar’s ‘If there was anything I wish I could borrow from you…’ monologue is that it laid out/confirmed something I’ve always felt was a major aspect of Oscar’s dynamic with Ruby that I nonetheless feel a lot of the fandom has missed: That Oscar very much sees Ruby as a mentor and an example to follow, and how their dynamic is specifically a foil to what we saw between Ruby and Ozpin. That Ruby acts as a mentor and example to Oscar in the same way Ozpin was to Ruby, and that Ruby is a far BETTER mentor and example to Oscar than Ozpin ever was to her. Which, as an aside, is a dynamic I can’t help but feel a lot of people have been misinterpreting as ‘ship-teasing’ and is one of the main reasons I’ve simply never been able to see Oscar as any kind of viable love-interest to Ruby. Frankly the dynamic of ‘Ruby is the mentor and example to Oscar that Ozpin couldn’t be for her’ is simply so much more INTERESTING than any kind of romance could ever hope to be.

--

Even in animatic form, Winter basically going overdrive on the maiden powers was a sight to behold. And her own monologue had all the self-deprecation we were expecting. Our girl is clearly holding on by a thread and it’s going to be REAL interesting seeing how she reacts and adjusts to her sister not actually being dead. As in, I can imagine a situation where Winter tries to throw herself into a heroic sacrifice with the belief that Weiss would make a better Maiden than her.

Also, Winter’s monologue giving major focus to how Penny is super-super-dead-dead-and-definitely-not-coming-back-for-really-realsies, as she is talking to the sister who she ALSO believes is DEFINITELY also dead? Specifically with the words that Penny is gone, when Penny’s last words to her were that she’d be ‘part of you’?

Yeah, there is no way in hell we’ve seen the last of Penny XD

--

The CROWN. Like it was only a few shots, but as someone who read the CFVY Books (which you totally should if you haven’t, they’re great), holy shit I was NOT expecting them to pop up here.

I mean, in hindsight it makes perfect sense that they’d be involved in Volume 10. They’re basically Vacuo’s equivalent to Vale’s criminal element and the White Fang splinter faction as Salem’s co-opted insurgency group, with Jax and Gillian joining Roman, Adam and Jacques as the latest of Salem’s unwitting patsies. It’s definitely going to be real interesting seeing the crew deal with them. Like it’s really fun to imagine Team RWBY in particular being kind of exasperated at seeing Jax’s probably doing a whole ‘With Salem’s help I shall be King!’ shtick after everything they’ve seen with Roman, Adam and Jacques.

Oh and if you don’t know, Jax has a mind-control semblance, so him trying to use that on Yang could actually lead to a sneaky callback to the Justice League crossover, ie; Yang doing a ‘Yeah, I’m not doing THAT shit again.’ XD

--

Qrow’s whole vibe through this is fascinating. Like his section may have been the one we already saw, but after seeing the abject depression and growing despair of all the other characters, Qrow actually being OPTIMISTIC hit so much harder.

--

Raven showing up at the end is… interesting.

I’ll admit that ever since we saw that specific clip a few months back, I’ve been rather conflicts about Raven showing up to deliver RWBY+J to Vacuo, particularly after Ruby’s tree vision. Like for one it felt a bit random and unnecessary. The tree already deposited the Ever After team outside of Vacuo so they didn’t exactly need help getting there. Not to mention that it kind of clotheslines the story-thread set up by Ruby’s vision; that she now has a reason to track Raven down to get the ANSWERS to what happened to Summer. Finally, it’s just kind of… random? Like where did Raven even come from to get the team?

But now having seen the clip with its intended context, I’m definitely more on board with it. Particularly hearing from Kerry and Eddy that the original ending for the penultimate episode had RWBY+J going through the portal to arrive at their memorial stone, and met by a ‘Mysterious Figure’, ie; Raven. Here it feels like were getting more set up to get answers later as to what Raven was doing at the memorial.

And really, now that I’ve thought about it more, this method kind of puts the thread of Ruby going to Raven for answers even MORE into focus. Like the story reintroduces Raven in the present right after Ruby got a vision basically saying ‘hey, Raven is important’. And now going into Volume 10, we’re pretty much perfectly positioned for Ruby to pull Raven aside for those all-important ‘Why were you fucking my mom? What happened to my mom?’ questions.

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Finally… yeah that ending hit me a LOT harder than I was expecting. Like that ending was HOPE in its purest form and it was honestly beautiful to see. Particularly right now with the future of the show seeming so uncertain. I’ve personally been optimistic about RWBY’s future (in a manner not unlike Qrow’s vibes I suppose lol), but damn the hopefulness of that ending hit especially hard, and was something I’ll admit I needed. And I imagine the rest of us could use as well.

We'll be getting Volume 10. And 11, and 12, and however many more it takes to finish this story. At this point, I have no doubt of that.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #rwby volume 9 #rwby volume 9 epilogue #rwby ramblings #Team RWBY #Ruby Rose #Yang Xiao Long #Winter Schnee #ozpin #oscar pine #Raven Branwen #Qrow Branwen #rwby after the fall #rwby before the dawn #jax asturias #gillian asturias

[rocknroll7575]

The Lonely Arc

Nora watched as Jaune sat away from everyone, away from all of their friends and allies, and away from all the noise, he was simply looking at the night sky and the stars that came with it.

She knew why he was alone, why he was away from all the happy people... because they all had someone, even her.

Jaune, meanwhile, had given up his love, his dreams of a future and a family, for them...

"Do you love him?" Nora asked her.

Gillian looked up at Nora with sad amethyst eyes. "I do..." she began. Gillian then looked down as she sniffled. "Please don't take him away from me..."

Nora eyes widened with shock before she became confused, "What do you mean?" She asked.

"He love you all, he do anything for you, he'd give up everything if you or Ren, or that Ruby girl told him to stay away from me, that it wouldn't be safe or right to love someone like me... You can do it, you know that don't you? All you have to do is say the words and he'd never see me again..."

Nora was taken aback by Gillians words, "Jaune... Jaune wouldnt do that..."

Gillian nodded, "He would," She replied. "He doesnt care about his own happiness, only thise around him, you know that, you've seen it, he took that mission to be undercover to protect Ren, he didnt care if he branded himself a traitor, or if Ren or you hated him, as long as you were safe and happy, he would be fine... know I've never given you any reason not to do it, but please don't do that to me... don't take him away from me..." Gillian told Nora, as tears finally fell from amethyst eyes.

Nora walked up to Jaune, and stood next to him, "Hey," she greeted.

Jaune seem to jump a little as he turned to face her, a small and soft smile on his lips, "Hey, Nora," He greeted back.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"I'm..." He began. He took a deep breath in before letting out a heavy sigh, "I'm fine," He said.

Those words struck Nora's heart like a knife and she could feel that Jaune said those words with such sadness that it could be mistaken as the final words of a man who would never see a loved one again.

"You should go to her," Nora told him

Jaune's head snapped to her, "what?" He asked with a confused and shocked tone.

"Gillian," Nora said. "Go to her, see her, tell her... tell her you love her Jaune, and that no matter what, you won't leave her,"

Jaune’s eyes looked at her with worry, "But what about-"

Nora set her hand on his shoulder, stopping him from finishing his sentence as she looked at him with a gentle smile. "I'll support you, I'll back you up when it comes to her and you, so go to her, and don't think about what the others will say or want... just do what you feel is right in your heart," she told him.

Jaune was shocked, "Nora... why?" he asked.

Nora's gentle smile didn't waver, "Because you deserve to be happy, Jaune," She said

Jaune's expression turned sad, and without a moment of hesitation, brought her into a hug, which at first, shocked her for a few seconds, but she reciprocated it.

At that moment, Jaune had regained his sister, and Nora got her brother back.

#rwby #jaune arc #gillian asturias #jaune x gillian #rwby jaune x gillian #rwby knightscrown #knightscrown #jaune arc x gillian asturias #rwby rising dawn au

[blueinkjpeg]

Re reading After the Fall and Before the Dawn!!

#rwby #RWBY after the fall #rwby before the dawn #sun wukong #neptune vasilias #coco adel #velvet scarlatina #crosshares #seamonkeys #fox alistair #ruby rose #art tag

[sailorb00]

Hi, hello it's me again, coming out of the woodwork to post more Starr Sanzang concepts because I will never know peace until she's in the show proper and we have her canon design 🥺🌟

Single images located under post ⭐

#rwby #rwby fanart #starr sanzang #sun wukong #rwby sun wukong #rwby before the dawn #carareedart #PLEASE CRWBY #RELEASE ME FROM THIS FATE #GIVE US STARR SANZANG

[youruinedmylifebynotbeingreal]

If you’ve read the E. C. Myers books you know that Sun doesn’t really see himself as a leader until the end of Before the Dawn and not many respect him as a leader throughout the book either, including Coco. So this?? This look here?? This growth of him and Coco simultaneously coming to a decision and checking with each other? Likely using Fox’s team speak to formulate a plan?

It’s such a small blink and you’ll miss it detail that I’ve not noticed until now and it’s making me emotional.

It’s about the mutual admiration!! The respect!!

#anyway I’m crying #rwby #rwby9 #rwby spoilers #sun wukong #coco adel #cfvy #sssn #sssnn #neptune vasilias #velvet scarlatina #yatsuhashi daichi #fox alistair #I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AGH #personal #after the fall #before the dawn

[howlingday]

Jaune: This is just like Star Wars!

Nora: It is nothing like Star Wars!

Jaune: Yes, it is. I'm Han Solo, you're Princess Leia, and Ren is Luke Skywalker.

Ren: Why am I Luke Skywalker?

Jaune: You have a semblance that lets you see into people's souls, don't you?

Ren: That's not the same as having the force. I have the gun, so I should be Luke Skywalker and you should be Han Solo, since you're the leader of our group.

Jaune: Not all Jedis are leaders. Didn't you play Fallen Order?

Ren: I just want to be clear; I'm Han Solo, you're Luke Skywalker.

Nora: I am Princess Leia, though, just to be clear.

Ren: Fine.

Nora: Because they do become an item later.

Ren: ...Okay, Jaune, you're Han Solo and I am Luke Skywalker.

Jaune: That's... not where I was going with this.

Nora: Nope! It's too late! We're destined!

#rwby #charlie chanclas chocolate factory #jaune arc #lie ren #nora valkyrie #dawn somewhere #star wars

[maxiemumdamage]

Honestly, as much as I’m shocked the spin-off novels seem to be coming into canon, the Crown really makes sense as Agents of Salem (although they did stand the test independently).

Basically their whole deal is promoting the notion that Vacuo was better off without the influence of any of the other kingdoms, even those that didn’t do direct harm like Vale.

And the key thing is that none of that resentment is unfounded. Mistral and Atlas straight up colonized them, and destroyed the desert ecosystem in the process. Vale did nothing to help (Velvet, who’s from Vale, notes this in the books, so it’s likely true — she’s got no reason to tell an ugly lie about her home). And then Vacuo sided with Vale in the Great War just to lose their own monarchy and government in favor of what Vale wanted.

Vacuo’s history is a testament to the worst parts of humanity, to the divide and conquer strategy Salem loves so much. Pitting her enemies against each other is their thing.

But the Epilogue shows us through Qrow that as much as there’s conflict and strife between native Vacuans and the many foreign refugees, there’s also rather a lot of kindness and charity and goodwill. A lot of it centered on the memory of Ruby’s speech.

Ruby, who exposed Salem to the world and thus gave every nation a common enemy. Ruby, who ensured that everyone understands that they have to come together now. Ruby, who is gonna return to Vacuo with a potentially permanent solution not just for Salem but for the gods who created her.

Getting Amity Tower up even for a moment really was a triumph.

#ruby rose #salem rwby #rwby vacuo #rwby epilogue #rwby analysis #rwby9 #rwby10 #rwby before the dawn #rwby #max.txt

[etincelleart]

I got to draw the illustration for the french cover of I May Fall, made by the fandub project RWBY FR ! It was really cool ♥

Go listen here because it's wild and so good : https://youtu.be/vi567v3eYlE

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[idontknowwhattocallthisanymore]

when they say hi to me butterflies go right through me

dawn (sky lark/yang xiao long) playlist

end of slaphouse | vize x alott; ravers mashup | s3rl; clumsy | fergie; barbie girl | candy boyz vs klubbstylerz remix edit; heaven is a place on earth | discotronic remix edit ; helpless | hamilton; stutter | marianas trench

listen here

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[diddyspice]

CHIBI DID IT AGAIN!

#rwby #rwby chibi #rwby spoilers #dead by dawn dead by dawn dead by dawn #such pretty skin give it to us

[sir-adamus]

god this has to mean there's concept art of the Asturias's somewhere

i hope we get that in among the concept work we saw in the credits here

#RWBY #RWBY9 #RWBY spoilers #RWBY9 spoilers #i'll be 100% i never expected they'd be relevant outside Before the Dawn

[strqyr]

having thoughts about this one lads:

"Carmine always had a soft spot for the Asturias twins," Bertilak explained. "She used to call Gill 'Queenie' in school. She bought into their whole royalty thing big time. I think she just wanted to get as far away from the Atlesian way of life as possible." He laughed. "Ironic that she left Atlas so she wouldn't be pressured into joining their militia, but here she is, part of another dictator's army." "What about you?" Sun asked. "What did you see in them?" Bertilak was unashamed. "I bought into the promise of being rich and helping to rule a kingdom. I don't care if they're really heirs to the throne or whatever nonsense. If you have the power to take something, then that's all the birthright you need. Jax and Gill have a lot of power." He scowled. "Some of it even came from me." Sun pressed him for more. "Does it bother you they thought you were more useful as a battery than in the battle?" he asked. Bertilak shrugged. "It's a paycheck."

idk. there are just some... vibes. if the asturias twins were salem, then the way bertilak talks about carmine is giving me more tyrian, his dedication to salem, how he calls her 'a goddess' and 'a queen', whereas bertilak talking about himself is giving me more mercury / cinder; "salem's promised us everything. we wing this thing for her, we'll be top dogs in her new world. what more do you want?" <- a promise of being rich and helping to rule a 'kingdom' for merc, while for cinder it's about taking whatever power the enemy has, about being more worthy of it than others, and being strong enough to take it by force.

but also: does it bother you they thought you were more useful as a battery than in the battle?

lol. lmao, even.

#rwby #before the dawn #some thoughts that are half thoughts but i need them Out