#her v1 outfit that has the design on the sleeves that lights up when she sends out fire. that's her using fire dust that's in the cloth

[alullinchaos]

wait off topic if I change Cinder's semblance for my rwby canon-adjacent au.... would this be controversial editing to warn people that the tags are novel length but that i love them and also @graythegreyt pls read them when u have a chance

#wick lore #i have asked myself this question with almost every character but for cinder i was thinking abt her dustweave (?) clothing #dustweave. dust infused. something like that #her v1 outfit that has the design on the sleeves that lights up when she sends out fire. that's her using fire dust that's in the cloth #but as far as i know this is a detail that literally never comes up again like we never see anyone else with clothing like this #so i asked myself. what if that was her semblance instead. that she had the ability to sew dust into cloth #how hard would it be for the girl modelled after cinderella to know that her semblance required her to do domestic labor to be used #thus explaining why it doesn't show up in later volumes because once she gets the maiden powers she thinks she doesn't need it #idk i think making her semblance be 'she can heat stuff up' and thus making her semblance indistinguishable from maiden powers #for the entirety of the series. is a bit of a waste. bc semblances say a lot about characters right #i know there's a point to be made about like. it manifested as that at that time because cinder has always been angry etc etc #but wouldn't it hurt from a different narrative angle. to have her semblance be dustweaving. when she doesn't have any money #no money to buy dust with but a semblance that makes her a skilled and incredibly rare craftsperson but can she bear to sell her skills #when they've been used against her for so long? when all she's known is hard work and grit and sweat? when it's probably dangerous? #anyway i think im about to hit the limit for tags but. lmfao. the possibilities!!! also the association between handsewing and the HOME! #something she's always wanted but never had. a safe place to sit by a fire that she doesn't have to tend and do her work... #also like the possible tension with mercury bc she's wishing her semblance was more offensive + merc's like BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE ONE??? #i headcanon that mercury has a semblance though. that he has silver eyes and his dad took those from him by making him hate the world #...anyway #goodnight

[onewomancitadel]

i drew a pretty design for neo with like a lacy sheer shrug and i was so 🥰🥰🥰 and then i remembered r/wby doesnt use that much texture on clothes and i got SO SAD....but also pretty floaty sleeves for neo <3 (i wanna do something for cinder soon too. pretty clothes for her 🥰🥰🥰 pretty clothes for villainous women 🥰🥰🥰)

Aw that's so cute!! Yeah no you're right about the textures, that was one of the things I noticed in the character design and my Best Mate pointed out the weird belts and stuff make sense as homage to certain RPG designs as well as conveying texture where they otherwise can't. On the note of character designs, I think probably my favourite character design in the show is Weiss' V1-3 outfit. The gradient they used on it is really pretty, and it conveys so much about her with so little work. My second favourite is Cinder's V4-5 outfit, and Raven's generally.

I think probably the issue with a gauzy shrug is that it would be harder to animate movement too, if it's gauzy it's probably tracking the light, not just texture.

In Winter's character design concept art, you can see that her sleeves are meant to be drapey as well, but they ended up going for a more static sleeve. It doesn't quite have the same feminine touch and the slit in the arm looks a little odd, but in the concept art it makes SO much more sense.

I agree though, I think that Neo and Cinder fit more girlish clothes, Cinder especially. I sort of like the idea that Neo wears Roman's old clothes or clothes like he used to wear, though, but in like that sort of Tumblr-y 'oversized shirt, big girly boots' type of way.

On the note of Cinder, I find the evolution of her design very interesting, mostly because I've noticed a few things (e.g. the lace-up of her clothes at Madame's is the same as the lace-up of her shorts in her V1-3 clothes), and also because I'm not 100% on what directed they decided to go for her in V6-8. It's a move away from the 'sexy' look with a... captain-like collar, almost? It's also a transitional outfit that leads to her 'reaffirming' the way she used to be, so whatever they go with next will be really interesting.

I maintain that a girlish look for her is the best and most interesting, and also a plainer one. Partly because other characters in the show have moved away from that and partly my taste and partly her character itself lol. I think there has to be one Maiden who dresses like a maiden... I want my princess fantasy with all of the aesthetic entrappings, just recontextualised

Good luck with your pretty clothes endeavours, I'm a big fan of it, let me know if/when you post those drawings!

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