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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.
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spacefaegoddess · 3 years
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Alright come get your fresh hot (and very long I'm sorry) Mercury Black character analysis
I've loved our resident silver asshole since the beginning but we know like... two things about him. Before volume 6 he's always a package deal with Emerald (which I definitely don't mind) so we never got much on him individually. We knew he was raised to be an assassin by his abusive father, who he later killed. He's sarcastic and a joker but also an extremely skilled fighter who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. And now, though there hasn't been many explicit backstory points for him, we can definitely read into some things.
I wanna start at V6Ch9 "Lost". Emerald straight up asks Mercury why he joined up with her and Cinder, and he thinks it's a stupid question. There's our first point - he avoids a true answer. But then Emerald asks again, and he answers "It just made sense." He was trained a killer all his life, and once he surpassed his father/trainer, Cinder shows up to offer him a job. Again, this isn't exactly a clear explanation of his thoughts. Mercury Black is not the type to believe in fate, yet here he is saying that it was meant to be. He's avoiding what the real answer is, or maybe he doesn't even know why he joined them yet. Emerald pushes again, and this time Mercury gets annoyed and angry, yelling "What's your problem?"
Emerald wants to know what Mercury wants out of all this, and his answer is essentially power and control. Salem is going to throw out the old and be in control of the new - and she's going to put her followers in prominent positions. Then Emerald starts her speech about Cinder and how she relies so much on her and yadda yadda...and Mercury is super annoyed at this point. Emerald is pushing into a part of his life that he doesn't want anyone in, and now she's thinking that maybe there's more to life than what they've thought. She poking at Mercury's bubble so to speak and he's preventing it from popping the only way he knows how - anger.
He tells Emerald that Cinder doesn't care about either of them and she's in denial. Emerald is inching closer and closer to becoming something more than her past, and thought he doesn't show it, I think that scares Mercury a bit (I'll get to more of this later). He tells Emerald that he wants to be left out of her "crisis of identity". He can't even entertain the thought of being something more than his past. He's a killer, it was meant to be, that's his fate. Or at least that what he tells himself.
However, he shows what I believe is a little empathy when he makes Emerald look him in the eyes and says "I'm sorry you didn't have a mommy who loved you". But then his anger at his past gets the better of him - "But I had a father who hated me!" He rants and rants about his father and the abuse he suffered, and you can see the fear start to creep into Emerald's eyes. Mercury is absolutely livid about his past and his father. Talking about it makes him lose control and scare the one person who might care about him.
And again, Mercury reaffirms that he believes he is where he is fated to be. "I've had to work harder than anyone to get where I am!" Mercury has more than just no semblance. He has no love, no joy, no leadership, nowhere to run. He can't just leave. He tells himself that that is what makes him strong, makes him a fighter, makes him worthy. He believes in his future because of his past. "You may not like it here without Cinder, but I think I'm right where I'm supposed to be."
Aaaaand enter Tyrian. "Oh yes, the world is mean, and I'm a big, bad man now just like the others." Look, Tyrian might be psychotic but man can get into other people's heads like no other. He's calling out Mercury perfectly. Mercury believes he has conquered the world, conquered his past - but has he really? Or is he becoming even worse than the rest of the world? "All you ever learned was pain and violence, and now you're too afraid to leave it!" This line is Mercury to a T. That's the biggest question for Mercury right there: can he become more than what he believes he should be, what he deserves? It so accurate that Mercury lashes out again, yelling that Tyrian doesn't know anything about him because he knows that Tyrian is right. Deep down, Mercury doesn't like any of this, and Tyrian knows it. It doesn't matter why Mercury wants to do it (or why he believes he wants to do it), it matters what he's doing. This isn't going to prove that he's strong or worthy, it's only going to keep him from moving forward - stuck in pain and violence, just like Tyrian said. After Tyrian leaves, Mercury is basically bearing his teeth and breathing heavily. He is so angry and being called out like that because he knows that it's true.
Where is my evidence for this? First of all, though he tries to hide it, I believe that he does care about Emerald - in his own asshole way. Like I said above, he calls Emerald out for being in denial about Cinder. It's harsh but she does need that reality check. He desperately calls for her to move during the Battle of Haven. He defends her against Tyrian. He warns her to not move against Salem. I'm probably gonna make a separate post about this because I'm emercury trash but moving on.
Second, you need to look at what he does, not what he says. Mercury's words are harsh, sarcastic, and meant to inflict pain. His responses to the world around him though? They show what's beneath the surface. The beginning of V4 when he's looking at the Grimm with Emerald. His face is disgusted. Even later at the end of the volume, he sees Salem manipulating Grimm and he looks absolutely terrified. He doesn't even look at Emerald when she speaks to him. I think this is where he starts to really question if he's in too deep with Salem. This woman is commanding and manipulating Grimm, the soulless incarnation of evil. What does that make him? What could she do to him? We see this fear again in V6Ch4 when Hazel takes the blame for their failure at Haven. And one thing I want to point out with Salem's line in this episode: "It's important not to lose sight of what drives us: love, justice, reverence." Watts is justice. Tyrian is reverence. I think Emerald is love. So what does that make Mercury?
Now more recently, V8Ch7. Mercury is still afraid of Salem, and now he's not afraid to say as such to Emerald. He knows better than to disobey her. He also knows that they can't stop her. If Hazel couldn't, then how could he and Emerald? And now, Mercury is in his own state of denial. He justifies following Salem's orders by convincing himself that Salem won't destroy the world. That is, until Tyrian shows up with a reality check once again. Just look at his facial expression after Tyrian's little monologue. This might be where he's finally letting his conscious in. Again, Tyrian might be insane, but he knows what's really going on. Salem is going to destroy the world, and now Mercury is really starting to believe it. When he gets on the ship to Vacuo and gives Emerald that little nod, I think he's saying, "I understand now. Do what you have to. I trust you."
And now that Emerald has switched sides....Vacuo is going to be interesting.
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littlemisssquiggles · 4 years
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So, what are your thoughts on the most recent RWBY clip from the app?
Hey Miki-chan. Whelp, from what I gathered from the clip, it seems to be a continuation from the first teaser clip that was released with Yang and the JNPR boys joyriding through Mantle’s empty streets. If anything I’m left even more confused by the full context of these clips. I have questions at the moment. While we see Yang and the JNPR Boys, I’m left pondering where are the others?
Where are Ruby, Weiss and Blake? Where are Nora and Penny? Where are Pietro and Maria? Where’s their airship? Where is the group at the point of this clip? Are they with the Happy Huntresses or are they parked somewhere in hiding, trying to avoid both the Grimm and apparently Ironwood’s forces as well since Ren was seen shooting the Atlas security cameras stationed down in Mantle. Technically it makes sense since as of that moment the group are traitors of Atlas Kingdom; wanted by Ironwood and their military. In referring back to the first clip, what I inferred from that footage was that Yang and the JNPR Boys seemed to have volunteered to go out into the desolate Mantle cityscape to possibly scavenge for equipment. My assumption was that Pietro might’ve sent them to his old workshop since where else would Yang and the JNPR Boys gain their new tech? I doubt they pilfered the hover bikes from the Atlas Military---I mean unless Pietro was manufacturing them for use with the military but now they’re free use for our heroes.
Jaune was seen throwing a new extension of his upgraded shield which leads me to wonder if this is probably part of the ‘final upgrades’ that Pietro alluded to back at the start of V7CH3. It makes sense. This still doesn’t explain why the teams are separated as they are.
As much as I dig seeing Yang teaming up with the JNPR boys for a change (particularly Oscar), it is kind of suspicious that she’s not with her usual group. Not even Blake is with her especially coming off of how they were practically glued at the hip last season. The same could be said for Ren and Jaune. Where’s Nora? Given how tense things were for the teams in V7 and also given the fact that it was mentioned by Barbara that distrust was going to be a theme for this coming season, is what we’re seeing in these clips the start of that? Did JNR_RWBY have a bit of a disagreement on what their next plan of action should be with certain individuals forced into more brutal conflict---like Ren and Nora for example?
I dunno. I can’t help but shake the impression that Yang teaming up with Ren and Jaune might be the aftermath of the groups butting heads on what to do now--- whether to go into Mantle or go into hiding? I can’t help but get that vibe but then again, this is just me.
That being said, that’s what I have to say about Yang, Jaune and Ren. Now to address the real Goliath Grimm in the room: Oscar Pine.
Just as I said on Twitter, it honestly bothers me SO MUCH that Oscar is just there with Yang, Ren and Jaune given where the PLOT left him in the V7 finale.
Oscar was literally double-crossed and shot to his death by Ironwood where he ultimately survived the fall thanks to Ozpin’s help and managed to touch down safely in Mantle; far from the main central city that we’re familiar with.
How on Earth is he back together with the group ALREADY and PERFECTLY FINE despite his disheveled and staid appearance when we last left him? What is continuity? Are we playing by Monty Python rules here with Oscar?
You honestly expect me to believe that Oscar fell from Atlas without anyone knowing of his fate and just happened to get into contact with the group or at best bumped into Yang, Ren and Jaune despite not knowing where the group went?
This bothers me so much because once again, here we have a scenario where something serious happens to Oscar to result in him being separated from the hero team…only to have him magically reunite with them and act perfectly fine as if the serious thing that happened to him never happened at all?
Not gonna lie here Miki-chan. I’m going into V8 already slightly annoyed because I’d be lying if I said that Oscar’s presence in these clips wasn’t bugging me. I was much more content believing these clips were flashbacks or memories. But as more content is revealed, it’s looking more and more like it isn’t a flashback and…Oscar is just back with the group…perfectly fine. It’s basically V6CH9 all over again and I just…I’m genuinely tired of the writers doing stuff like this with my favourite character =___=);
What was the point of having Oscar go missing back in Argus after being mistreated by the group if you weren’t going to focus on him at all on-screen and just having him come back being perfectly fine as if Jaune slamming him against the wall while the others just watched and did nothing to really stop Jaune from ruffing up a poor defenseless kid for something that wasn’t his fault didn’t happen?
What was the point of having Oscar be shot with MURDEROUS INTENT by Ironwood if you were just going to have him return to our heroes without them even knowing that Ironwood had literally tried to kill him and would’ve succeeded if Ozpin hadn’t intervened?
What was the point of even have Oscar drop down into FAR MANTLE AWAY FROM THE TEAM without them knowing WHERE AND WHAT happened to him…if he was just going to go back to them anyways as if the V7 finale didn’t happen?
Best case scenario---imagine if…everyone ends up being separated from each other. Not just Oscar. Like imagine if…the airship ends up being downed by a swarm of Salem’s flying Beringels and when our heroes regain consciousness on the ground, they wake up to realize that they’ve been separated again just like back in Northern Anima with certain members missing. Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Nora are stranded somewhere with Penny, Pietro and Maria while Yang, Jaune and Ren fell somewhere else.
And in their attempt to find the others, the trio runs into Oscar. That could be a thing. I dunno. 
Whatever explanation the Writers have for the group finding Oscar perfectly FINE after he fell to his alleged death last season--- I hope it AT LEAST makes sense within the stage they set up since V7 in respect to continuity.
I don’t mean to sound like a Negative Nancy here but since you asked for my thoughts, I’m going to be perfectly honest with you with how I feel about this, fam. 
It’s kind of hard for me to really like these clips anymore as much as I should since I’m already disappointed by what the Writers didn’t do despite their setup giving the impression that that’s what they were going to do---which was keep Oscar separated from the others, making them think he was dead as a result of their deceit of Ironwood long enough to build up tension and force certain characters (like Ruby) to rethink their recent decisions and actions.
I’m disappointed that the chance wasn’t taken to keep Oscar separated from the group for a while long enough to just have him be alone with Oz again so the two souls could learn to coexist and work through their past grievances; finding peace with each other after everything that’s happen to them since Mistral.
I mean...technically they can still do this for V8 but I’m curious how much of it we’re actually going to see onscreen since Oscar is back with the team and we’ve seen how much the show likes to focus on Oscar whenever he’s with the others, right?
Again, not trying to be a Debby Downer…it’s just that, already the missed opportunities for Oscar’s development and impact on the team with how it could’ve been used to push and develop the others---it’s going to genuinely bug me going into V8.
That being said, since it’s already been established that Oscar IS back with the group, I wonder how the Writers are going to utilize him for this new season especially given that Oz is back. I hardly doubt that Oscar will be able to give reigns back to Oz again especially since things STILL haven’t reconciled between the others and the old soul. So it’d be interesting to see how Oscar would cope with being a middleman between the group and Oz. At least there could be that in respect to Oscar’s further character growth.
Not to mention that Qrow and Robyn are still captives of Ironwood and while the Writers missed their golden ticket with Oscar, they still have these two birdies to induce tension. I can definitely picture Ironwood using Robyn and Qrow are bait to lure out the others---basically negotiate a trade---Qrow and Robyn for Penny? That could work too. But we’ll see.
Anyways, those are my thoughts on the clips. Again, apologies if my points seemed rather negative but that’s just my feelings. How this squiggle meister personally feels over everything the CRWBY has put out so far; both from before and going into V8.
Speaking of, how did you feel about the clip. Miki-chan? What are your thoughts on the clip? 
~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)
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quibble-squibble · 4 years
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Real quick first impressions from the opening:
Penny. Yes. (I know resurrections cheapen deaths but let me have this)
Five new characters? Really? We already have a bad character bloat and will probably have to leave some back in atlas when they go to Vacuo. I’ll probs make a separate post about that though
I like the characters changing their outfits from their first ones to the newest ones.
Jaune’s shield shield looks cool ig
Ironwood training Oscar (I think and sincerely hope) is cool and hopefully it will get him the PROPER development he should have *glares at v6ch9*
Penny. Yes.
I’m actually really excited for Watts & Tyrian. Watts has definitely had my interest ever since he showed up, I hope he doesn’t let me down.... I’m still not over Hazel’s outing in v5
Also Tyrian looks like he got his spunk back
Winter’s face looks a bit oddly pale but maybe it’s the lighting I like her new outfit anyway yes my sword lesbian queen you’re back
WHITLEY MY SON!!!! MY BOI!!!!! YOURE HERE!!!! IVE MISSED YOU!!!! fall in love with Oscar please also get out of that household it’s not good for you
Small detail but I really liked the glitch if changing Ironwood’s face to Jacques’ when the rock was thrown at the screen
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littlemisssquiggles · 4 years
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Squiggles, if you've see the wip sneak peak if v8 don't despair just yet. Look at Oscar, his clothes are not torn or covered in dirt and grime. Plus, looking at the environment, there's no Salem clouds, and the city looks fine, not a single burnt thing or sign of the riots. People are saying this may be a flash back. My Favorite idea being this is yang reminiscing on Oscar after she believes he's dead.
Hiya Key! Wait…what? There’s a WIP for V8?
To tell you the truth m’friend, I didn’t know that a WIP was released. My country is currently on storm watch since Tropical Storm Gonzalo was carded to hit us so I’ve been offline on Tumblr until now. As always, thank you once again for keeping me informed for when RT decides to unceremoniously drop V8 content on the FNDM to watch us all implode on ourselves XD
Anyways, that being said, I looked up the WIP you were talking about. Found the clip on YT. As for my thoughts about it…well…I just have one thing to say to the CRWBY Writers in respect to this. Don’t. DO NOT PLAY WITH MY PINING HEART! You did this to me in V6 and I hope they are not doing another V6CH9 fake-out. If this scene is implying what I think it’s implying then I REALLY hope it delivers.
Key…Key…do you know what this means? Key, there is HOPE! I didn’t want to believe. I still don’t want to believe but…there is a crumb of hope! This scene featured a potential future bonding moment…with Oscar and YANG, Key! Sure Jaune and Ren are there too but…but…it more felt like a moment between Oscar and Yang since they were the two characters who were more focused on in the clip; at least to me.
In that regards, I do agree with your point and theory. I do think it’s a flashback. Definitely.  I mean it has to be to since, as you rightfully mentioned; this moment looks more like a light hearted one during a less intense time. I highly doubt our heroes would just be riding idly through the streets of Mantle when Salem is up in the air on her giant Monstro in the sky looking to attack Atlas. So I definitely do think it is Yang having a memory here.
If I had to guess, perhaps it’s a moment where the group are holding a sort of small “funeral” for Oscar after learning of his ‘death’ and as a way to help lighten the mood, everyone decides to share stories of special moments they had with Oscar and this is potentially Yang’s. I REALLLLY hope this is the case because this is what I wanted.
This is what I’ve wanted sinceV6. Shoot, this is what I wanted V6CH9 to be. After Oscar went missing, one of my aspirations was to see a potential Oscar-worthy episode of those closest to Oscar---mainly RNJR---swapping moments they personally shared with Oscar.
If this is what this moment is implying then I am down for it, of course. I’m especially excited to see what Ruby’s special memory with Oscar will be; granted that she’ll even give one since I’m expecting Ruby to be all indifferent and dodgy surrounding Oscar’s death since it’ll probably remind her of her mom’s death. I definitely want to see Ruby’s reaction to Oscar’s ‘death’ most of all.
Besides if they are sharing this WIP for next season, chances are that this scene with Yang, Oscar, Jaune and Ren is either taken from the very first episode of V8 or will be featured at some point during the first few episodes of the season since that’s how it usually goes, correct? Sneak peaks and trailer footage are generally from episode one and/or the first few episodes of the volume.
I’m hoping it’s from the second episode at least. But…I’m not sure since the first previews are generally from the first episode so…who knows? Unless they’re going to have the group hear about Oscar’s death and reminisce about their time with him all in Chapter 1? That too is a possibility but who knows?
Overall, Key…KEY I’M SO HAPPY! That scene made me smile big. We’re going to see Oscar bond with Yang! Yang bonding with her potential future brother (in law) is something my Rosegardening Pinehead shipping heart has dreamt about but never thought we’d get in the canon yet…here it is…kind of?
Then again, I don’t want to jump the gun either and get too excited. Since well…these writers have done this to me before. I haven’t forgotten V6CH9. They’ve baited me before with a potential Oscar-centric episode with the group showing how much they really cared about him and they NEVER properly delivered on that.
What I’m basically saying here m’friend is why I’m pleased with what I’m seeing, I’m also very, very cautious. I don’t want to get too excited about this only for it to not be what we’d hope it would be y’know what I mean?
Nevertheless, the least I can say is whatever happens for the first few episodes of V8---overall I’m excited to see the rest of this moment with Oscar and Yang with Jaune and Ren. Not gonna lie. I will be holding these Writers to this scene until the episode with this footage premieres.
Again, I REALLLY hope it’s a flashback. 
What if…it’s a case where V8 starts off with the audience not knowing of Oscar’s fate down in Mantle for like the first few episodes? Imagine if…for the first few episodes of V8, the only time we see Oscar is in the flashback of memories his friends are having of him while they all deal with his “death” in their own way and the story doesn’t cut to Oscar’s side until…like I dunno, CH4 or something?
It’s only a minor hunch but who knows? I guess we’ll see. Either way, colour me intrigued and excited for the rest of that potential Oscar and Yang bonding memory---at least I hope it’s a memory.
~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)
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littlemisssquiggles · 4 years
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@sweetgm2 asked “Hi! Are you still a fan or Ruby/Oscar? What did you think of Neon flirting with Oscar?”
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Squiggles Answers:
@sweetgm2 Hi here Sweet! Am I still a fan of Ruby and Oscar? Pffft! When did I ever stop, hardy-harr-harr? 8V
But in true talk, I’m still as much of a bonafide Rosegardener as I am a proud Pinehead.
As for my thoughts on Neon ‘flirting’ with Oscar in CH5—whelp for starters, I called bombaclaat on that since, you know HOW LONG my Rosegarden-shipping nen-nen has been waiting patiently for the CRWBY to make proper use of Oscar’s naturally flushed freckled cheeks to have him blush for Ruby? Since V5 and you mean to tell me that the first time we actually get it is because he was blushing for Neon and NOT Ruby.
If you know how peeved that makes me XD I mean, I like Neon and while it was great to see her again along with Flynt and the rest of uptown FNKI, seeing Oscar blush for her makes me miss seeing him interact with Ruby which has been quite scarce since CH3.
I also found it a bit odd that CH5 was the first episode with Oscar since his ridiculous absence from CH4 and we got to see him interact with JNR…but not RWBY?
Again, it is to be noted that Oscar and Ruby haven’t been shown engaging one another since CH3 left their brief discussion regarding Ruby taking a page from the Book of Oz and deceiving Ironwood on an odd note.
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I can’t help but feel like the show might be keeping Oscar and Ruby apart for a while to give the allusion to the audience that there might be strain between our two smaller, more honest souls. Since Ruby has been juggling supply runs to aid in the completion of Amity Tower, being a huntress for the community of Mantle and her own training with the Ace Ops whereas Oscar has been busy with his own side of training with Ironwood to help ‘jog out Oz’, narratively it makes sense for Oscar and Ruby to be away from each other.
However at the same time, I can’t help but feel like there might be more to their lack of communication with each other. ESPECIALLY since CH3 teased Ruby looking depressed after Yang asked her how Oscar took the news about them deciding to not tell Ironwood the whole truth.
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By the look on her face, there is no doubt that Oscar didn’t take the news well. Since CH6 will be about our heroes taking a break from hero duty to attend the Watch Party for the Atlas and Mantle Kingdom Elections then I’m really hoping that we get to see both Oscar and Ruby attending the party.
I want to know if things really are awkward between these two right now and have been since the mission to the Tower site. I kind of need the PLOT to confirm it for me now since I’m starting to go bonkers over not seeing my two favourite RWBY characters mingle especially given how the PLOT has left things between them. It’s been so long since they talked to each other, let alone stand in the same room together. Seriously I need to know if something is up between the Rosebuds but I guess I have to wait for when the PLOT decides to tell me. Dammit!
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Anyways, going back to Neon and Oscar—another point I’ll make here is that I wouldn’t exactly call Neon flattering Oscar by calling him “cute farm boy” with a wink any kind of real flirtatious behaviour.  For me, it felt more like watching a girl’s best friend from school gushing over their kid brother after meeting themfor the first time, just to be friendly.
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Oscar is clearly like the kid brother in that scenario when standing among JNR and FNKI, especially since everyone present, inclusive of Neon Katt are all 4-5 years older than Oscar.
He’s also the surrogate baby brother of the JNR trio. We all know Nora has practically adopted him at this point. As a matter of fact, this only affirms my earlier remark.  Nora calls Oscar ‘cute’, his reaction is akin to a brother hearing that from his big sister. Neon, a friend of Nora’s, calls him ‘cute’ and he’s all bashful. Same energy.
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Then again, Nora did tease Oscar about his new huntsman gear last season and he reacted just as coy. 
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Besides, I know I grumbled about Oscar blushing for Neon, but that still doesn’t excuse his whole reaction to Ruby complimenting him on his huntsman gear last season. Oscar’s big happy smile was so wholesome (one of the few things I actually liked about V6CH9) and ironically enough, it’s not the first time we’ve seen the little barn prince give his little red rose that look. 
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Y’know the one I’m talking about, right?
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Yessireebob, it doesn’t matter if other girls praise Oscar or manage to make him blush, I’d like to think that Ruby’s praises matter most to him in that type of scenario. 
She is unique to him after all. His most unique rose in all of Remnant.
Oscar could literally turn as pink as a peach for another girl and it wouldn’t matter at all since, the way he looks at Ruby says everything. 
Oscar may not be ready to recognize it as yet (courtesy of the PLOT) but the groundwork is definitely there.
~LittleMissSquiggles (2019)
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littlemisssquiggles · 4 years
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It's probably too late in the series for this but I wanted to get this idea off my chest. What if Pyrrha had other siblings who went out to avenge her? Kind of like Oberyn and Doran Martell from A Song Of Ice And Fire. Boy that would have been cool.
Hmm, I’m not sure about the avenging her part but I definitely like idea of Pyrhha having siblings, anon-chan.
This might sound weird but for me, I dug the concept of Pyrhha Nikkos having a twin sibling---either a brother or a sister who didn’t pursue the huntsmen profession but still cheered Pyrhha on from the side-lines and was definitely heartbroken upon discovering her death and sacrifice during the Fall of Beacon.
I guess you could say that this ties into one of my personal nit-picks with the writing of RWBY in regards to the characters and their respective individual stories. It reminds me of why I was so disappointed with the “Lost” episode from V6 (V6CH9). If the CRWBY Writers had intended for JNR (and by extension the audience) to have proper closure for their fallen comrade with the whole Pyrhha Memorial statue in Argus then I wished they had incorporated it more into the story beyond what we actually got, y’know what I mean?
I guess what I’m trying to say is that instead of it being a whole surprise for the later half of V6, imagine if…the Pyrhha Memorial was built up from the start of the season and incorporated more into the narrative for that season in the form of a relative of Pyrhha’s getting in contact with our heroes after word of the Triumph of Haven Academy in Mistral reached as far as Argus.
As much as I like Saphron Cotta-Arc and enjoyed meeting one of Jaune’s infamous seven sisters, I think it could’ve been just as interesting if our heroes had met a relative of Pyrhha’s too like her parents or perhaps a cousin or aunt who lived within Argus and was kind enough to extend their hospitality to former friends of Pyrhha while additionally informing JNR about the tribute statue that was built in Argus in Pyrhha’s honour. It could’ve also provided a much better explanation for the sudden introduction of the mysterious red-haired woman who showed up at the statue.
Up until V6CH9, the only information that fans knew of Pyrhha’s backstory was that she was a famed athlete who graduated from Sanctum Academy which, now according to the RWBY Wiki page, is located in the City of Argus in the Kingdom of Mistral. I guess this helps justify the existence of the Memorial Statue of Pyrhha in Argus since prior to V6, fans had no clear either where in Mistral Sanctum Academy was. All we knew in previous seasons was that it was in Mistral.
That’s another one of my gripes about V6CH9 besides the whole “Oscar off-screen development” (which I’m STILL salty about). It bothered me how, instead of Jaune meeting Oscar at the Pyrhha statue (like some fans such as myself assumed would happen), he meets this random woman who bore a striking resemblance to Pyrhha (and shared her voice actress) yet we get no confirmation within the series of whether or not this character is related to Pyrhha or not.
Was it ever confirmed that this character was related to Pyrhha?
Not to mention the odd way in which the random red-haired woman was there talking to Jaune in one moment and then in a blink of an eye, she’s gone by the time he looked at back her when Nora and Ren arrived. For me that moment was strange and it still feels that way whenever I rewatch that scene. 
If the showrunners were going to do that then I would’ve rather them had Jaune talk to an apparition of Pyrhha brought on by his subconscious need to see her again and seek her guidance in his current crisis of searching for Oscar and all his mixed feelings surrounding Oscar and his connection to Oz and what happened with Pyrhha.
If Pyrhha did indeed have family, I guess the only way for us to learn now is through her upcoming RWBY anthology book. Didn’t the CRWBY announce last year at RTX that JNPR will be getting their own anthology books too? I’m not sure how development and production on that is now considering the state of the world. Nonetheless, if there is anything new for us to learn about Miss Nikkos moving forward, it’ll be in that series. Until then, we’ll have to wait and see. In the meantime, that’s as much as I have to say on that anon-chan.
~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)  
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(Pt1) I just,,, is it bad that at this point I just feel exhausted with the Oscar bits and crumbs? Everyone is like “oh his development is coming just be patient!” But I’ve enjoyed him as a character since he first appeared and watching him get denied or overshadowed has just become exhausting
(Pt2) I feel bad because a episode like this would usually excite me!! We see the boi fight!! And he did good!!! I just kinda want to see him away from everyone else, like from jnr or rwby. Because at this point? I kinda feel like when he’s around them he’s used to help them, never the other way around, I’m just so tired
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Hello there anon-chan. Apologies for the super late response. Y’know, ironically enough your message reminds me of @ozcarpin​’s post from a few weeks back after V7CH5 dropped. They too expressed the same sentiments. As a fellow Pinehead myself whose favourite RWBY Character is Oscar Pine, I share in your exasperation of watching him be obscured by other characters when it comes to receiving his own development.
While I didn’t become a full-fledged Oscar Stan until the start of V5, I still feel you. Despite enjoying V5 in my first watch of the season, even now, it still kind of bothers me that we spent the majority of that season mostly watching Ozpin in control of Oscar’s body or taking control during moments which could’ve been used to allow the PLOT to flesh out Oscar a bit more especially when it came to integrating him into the hero team.
And of course, it still bothers me to no end how they handled his side of the story back in V6 especially during CH9. But do you know what one of the most upsetting parts about this is, anon-chan?
Even if one tries to express their frustration regarding Oscar’s writing within the series, you will always get those one or two comments that say:
“…Quit your complaining about Oscar not receiving any development. He’s not the main character!”
I was reading through some of the comments left in response to ozcarpin​’s post and I actually saw one or two folks hit them with that same remark and I couldn’t help but feel sympathetic for ozcarpin. It actually upsets me when other fans used that kind of remark to denounce criticism of Oscar’s treatment within the show. Mostly because, in my opinion, this remark misses the point trying to be made here.
Speaking for myself, this squiggle meister more or less falls into the same lane as ozcarpin. I am one of those Pineheads who hasn’t 100% been pleased with the way the show has treated Oscar and I’ve never really shied away from expressing my opinions in regards to that. However when I share my critiques of Oscar’s writing, I’m not implying that the Writers should make Oscar the main character of RWBY. That’s not what I’m saying.
I understand that Oscar is not a protagonist for RWBY. However, what I think some folks fail to miss is that Oscar is a part of the main cast or at least he’s supposed to be. When I look at Oscar, I see him in the same category as the JNR gang. In my eyes, JNPR have always been the deuteragonists of RWBY—the secondary huntsmen team of importance to complement our four main girls.
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While RWBY hold the title of our four protagonists whose individual stories and team adventures help shape the core PLOT of RWBY, the narrative additionally follows the development of Jaune, Pyrhha (formerly), Ren and Nora since their stories make up the PLOT too.
As I mentioned in this post I made after watching the recent V7CH7, as a Pinehead, when I ask for the PLOT to focus more on Oscar as a character, I’m not implying that he should become the main character of RWBY. All I’m simply asking is that he should be given the same level of respect as a character as we’ve seen from others within the main cast. Because as I’ll repeat again, Oscar is a part of the main cast.
It is for this reason why I really enjoyed the recent episode so much. V7CH7, in my opinion, is the best I’ve seen this season utilize Oscar within a scene because rather than have him play background character to another character; this episode gave him some much needed attention. We actually got to hear Oscar express his thoughts and feelings in contrast with Ironwood’s and for me,it was really great.
This is what I’ve been hoping for. I just want the story to allow us as the audience to get to know Oscar more. To have him speak on screen, share his own ideologies and sentiments with other characters especially the ones he’s in alliance with. Maybe even see him use his opinions to support or challenge said characters on their views and see their reactions to it. 
We spent so many episodes debating whether or not Oscar is a character within RWBY that this episode felt like a breath of fresh air. I haven’t loved an Oscar moment this much since his Dojo scene with Ruby back in V5. 
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But as much as I love the dojo-scene from V5, I can’t help but feel like that moment was more to help Ruby than Oscar. However, I still appreciate it a lot since it established a pinnacle moment in Ruby’s growing friendship with Oscar. I felt like I learnt more about Oscar as a person from that one conversation that he shared with Ruby back in Mistral than his entire runtime in V6; believe it or not. But this is just me. 
There are people in this FNDM who genuinely hate Oscar. Who believe he’s a useless boring character or not a character at all BECAUSE of the way the writing has handled him up until now.
As a Pinehead, it’s honestly frustrating when I go into forum discussions or search Oscar-related content on YouTube only to discover videos discussing how problematic of a character Oscar is BECAUSE of the glaring issues with his writing.
Because whether anyone wishes to admit this to themselves or not, the writing for Oscar Pine has not been the best or at least it hasn’t been as good as it could be. It’s been sometime-ish at best. Some might even call it subpar. Thus he’s left feeling as less of a character since the writing has done very little for him up; unfortunately.
According to some folks with the FNDM community, Oscar’s biggest flaw right now is his lack of proper development by the show which lends to him feeling like less of a character. And sadly to admit…at this point in the story, I’m starting to see their point.
Going to back to what I said earlier about Oscar falling in the same lane of  as JNPR, when it comes to the JNR trio, at least I can say that I know who Jaune, Ren and Nora are as characters. I can even say the same for Pyrhha. I know who these characters are because the PLOT actually paid attention to these characters when they needed focus and allowed me as the audience to get to know them.
But when Oscar needed attention to help flesh him out, instead it focused on other characters.
When we needed to see Oscar getting to know the team, it focused more on providing more insight into Ozpin’s character as a build up to the events of V6, I suppose. Even when Oz was removed from the story, the PLOT still didn’t shift gears and allowed us to see what was going through Oscar’s mind after what happened with Oz.
Instead, Oscar’s development happens mostly off-screen while the PLOT focused on other characters. And by the time we did get the chance to hear how he’s feeling, instead of actually showing us how Oscar felt, it’s said in a single line that makes the moment fall flat.
“…These past few days, I’ve been scared of the same things you were. I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be me but I did some thinking, and I do know that I want to everything I can to help with whatever time I have left…” 
Gee…how swell it would’ve been for us to have seen Oscar going through all those emotions over the course of those few days, am I right? But I guess that his feelings weren’t all that important if all we got from that is a throwaway line of dialogue while not receiving much of a reaction from the other characters to Oscar being perfectly fine with possibly disappearing one day.
After V6 and after having more time to think about the events of the last season,I’ve gone into V7 with a slightly more cynical approach. 
In spite of what a few folks might interpret from my more negative opinions, I’m still respectable of the CRWBY Writers and appreciative of the effort they put into the ongoing story for RWBY. 
However that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to remain honest in my opinions. In regards to Oscar’s presence within the show, if the Writers do something with his character that I genuinely liked then I will praise it many times over given how much I love it. Hence my admiration for the Ironwood and Oscar scene from V7CH7.
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However, if the Writers do something with Oscar that I didn’t enjoy or I didn’t personally feel was as good as I would’ve liked it to be, then of course I’m going to admit that when asked of my views (case in point: V6CH9) 
That being said, I’m not saying all of this to make it seem like I’m bashing you for your own opinions anon-chan and if I sound that way in my response then I humbly apologize.
What I’m basically saying is, as a fellow Pinehead, I hear your frustrations. On some level, I feel your frustration and exhaustion and share in it with some of my own. But in a hopefully much nicer tone that you’ve heard from others, I will say that perhaps there is a bit of truth to what others have said about waiting a little while longer for Oscar’s development. 
What I mean by that is, perhaps we should at least give the full season a fair chance. I’m not telling you to bottle up your frustrations. As a matter of fact, to quote, Shannon McCormick—the VA of the other half of our Man with Two Souls—what I’m saying is let’s try and “keep the faith” fam.
As of now, we are at V7CH7. We still have 6 more episodes to go before V7 concludes. As I said, CH7 did real good on Oscar and since promise of this season being an exciting one for Oscar is still in the air, let’s at least see where it goes from here. Perhaps things might pick up for the third act? 
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t starting to lose confidence for this season being a better Oscar-worthy one than the last until CH7 renewed some of my hope.  . With Oscar advising Ironwood to quote, “talk to the people you’re most afraid to”, I’m hoping that this was an indication that we might be revisiting the plot point with Oscar confronting Ruby again about telling James the truth. 
I’m hoping that CH7 isn’t the only episode we’ll get to hear Oscar speak his mind and it makes me interested to hear what he hopefully has to say for CH8.
So yeah, to reiterate—I know it might be a little tough fam but, let’s try and hold strain till the end of season. 
Admittedly, V7 is still pretty young and there have been elements to Oscar’s character and overall purpose in the plot of this season that have been teased a little for part of this season that I’m looking forward to seeing come to fruition:
Oscar confronting Ruby about revealing the whole truth to Ironwood (possibly with the last question from the Lamp of Knowledge)
Oscar unlocking his semblance which has been alluded to be a ‘great and powerful’ one that would possibly be the envy of his comrades, according to Ruby Rose.
Oscar receiving more clarity about the nature of the Merge from Ironwood (since he seems to know more about that).
Oscar reconciling with Ozpin within his mind and aiding in his reconciliation with the hero team.
Oscar helping Ironwood with his Baobab—possibly at some point suggesting that Atlas finds a way to get in communication with the kingdom of Vacuo to seek aid before their inevitable fall since Tyrian mentioned that’s what will be needed to thwart Salem’s plans for Atlas.
Oscar officially joining JNR and reviving their original huntsman team (possibly JNPR 2.0 or ALPN—one of those two, I dunno. My money still remains vehemently with JNPR 2.0)
Will these subplots actually be done? And if done, will it actually be good? Will it be disappointingly bad again? Or maybe it might be surprisingly better than we ever hoped for our boy? Will this be the case or not?
Don’t really know, to be honest. I couldn’t tell you even I wanted to. The best thing we can do for now fam is to wait and see what the rest of the story brings for Oscar and then make our own final judgments based on that once the story is fully complete. That’s pretty much all I can say.
I’m not sure what your thoughts on the recent episode were but for what it’s worth, I’m hoping that it might’ve renewed some of your hope for Oscar this season too? Even if it’s just a smidgen.
But let’s wait and see fam. We’ve got a cordial dinner episode with Formal Oscar coming up to look forward to. Here’s to seeing what that episode brings for us Pineheads.
~LittleMissSquiggles (2019)
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Any thoughts on the episode 4?
I’m going to be bluntly honest with you here; anon-chan. Chapter 4 is my least favourite episode of RWBY V7 thus far.
Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t an entirely bad episode. On the contrary, it was another solid episode.  It reminded me of last season’s fourth episode—the aftermath of one chapter where a lot of action and excitement took place. Compared to the events of the last three episodes, CH4 felt almost kind of boring in a way. But again, it wasn’t a terrible episode. It left details and reveals that should be noticed like the ending reveal where Watts was shown to known Jacques Schnee personally. 
Watts and Jacques:
That to me was the best part of the episode. I mean I’ve heard other RWBY theorist point out the possibility of Watts and Jacques possibly being related. Like I can recall RWBY Youtuber: Cailayx sharing a theory video about Watts and Jacques secretly being brothers.
Personally I didn’t really buy into that theory although I do get why folks could come to that deduction. And since this episode highlighted that Jacques and Watts know each other, perhaps they are indeed related. If not by actual blood brothers then perhaps—half-brothers.
Perhaps…they’re even cousins? Or perhaps they’re just old acquaintances who helped each other get where they are to this date.
Either way, Watts knowing Jacques got me super interested since it answers my theories shared in this musing post. Watts is going to help Jacques win the elections. More than that, Watts is going to help Jacques overthrow Ironwood’s place on the Atlesian Council. I had a strong feeling this was going to be the case and after seeing the end, I’m excited to see where this all goes.
I’m especially interested to see how this development in going to affect Whitley. It makes me wonder if Whit is going to possibly inform Weiss about what he learnt about Jacques and Watts. 
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After all, when James and Jacques were having their disputes in Jacques’ office back in V4, Whitley was the one who told Weiss before she saw  their father. Who’s to say that this isn’t going to happen again? 
Whether or not, Weiss will believe Whitley after what happened the last time the two saw each other—who knows. But this episode dropped some juicy breadcrumbs for the Schnee Family Affairs and the Crimes of the SDC side of the V7 narrative and I’m definitely excited to see where it all goes, especially for Whit.
At least one of my sons got some screen time this episode. Speaking of sons…alright, time for me to address the Mammoth Grimm in the room like I always do.
Oh Where, Oh Where Can My Smol Farm Boy Be?
Like I said, this episode was a solid episode. However, me being me, I couldn’t help notice that  certain freckled little barn prince was absent from this entire episode and words cannot begin to describe how much that seriously bothered me.
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If I may rant here for a few paragraphs—You mean to tell me that our heroes—JNR_RWBY all officially got their huntsmen licenses.
As of now, they are no longer students anymore. They are officially certified huntsmen and huntresses qualified to work in the field. It is treated as a big commemorative moment with cake and possibly other refreshments. 
You mean to tell me that we have this awesome celebratory moment with the WHOLE TEAM together to revel in this grandiose achievement after everything they’ve all suffered through these past few seasons since Beacon…andOscar wasn’t present at all for any of it?
Are these Writers SERIOUS right now?    
They couldn’t even be bothered to have Oscar come down from Atlas with Ironwood or Winter or even Penny to join in the festivities and be there to congratulate his friends on the success of their first mission with the Aces and becoming official huntsmen.
What excuse do the Writers have for NOT having him be there? 
I mean @miki-13 mentioned a good possibility of Oscar not being there since he and Ruby are kind of avoiding each other at the moment (perhaps they had a fight during their talk before the mission with the Aces that left things tense between them).  
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While that it is a great deduction, I’m not sure if that was the case in the show. As a matter of fact, not only did we not get to see the rest of the Ruby’s conversation with Oscar to know how that concluded but this episode, doesn’t even mention Oscar at all.
His presence was non-existent this episode and after coming off of an episode like CH3 where he was at least mentioned despite not being there with the others, to go from CH3 to this…I’m sorry, I am beyond annoyed by this episode.
As a Pinehead, it’s moments like this that kind of irk me because it makes me feel as if the Writers aren’t serious about giving Oscar any development. I’m not just referring to his own individual growth as a character outside of his story with Oz. I’m also talking about his relationship with the other heroes and his overall presence on the team.
Oscar is supposed to be a part of the hero team too but it’s hard to believe this when you get episodes like today’s. 
Last volume, the Writers had the audacity to have characters like Jaune say things like ‘This team isn’t the same without Oscar’ in that abysmal V6CH9 episode. And now here we are again with a big team moment and he’s not there. 
Everyone is present—Penny’s there. Winter is there. The Ace Ops are there. The gangs all here EXCEPT OSCAR. And what made it worse wasthat he wasn’t even mentioned.  Nor was he even missed.
And what bothered me even more was there was no narrative reason for Oscar to not be there with everyone. You can’t even use the excuse that Oscar was busy training with Ironwood since Ironwood was there too!
Everyone who was present in his office for V7CH2 when the plans for the AmityTower were being discussed was there EXCEPT OSCAR!
Like…how the f*** could you forget him. 
I just…I CANNOT with these Writers anymore. I know it’s just one episode but…not again. Not to sound overdramatic here but, I’m upset. 
And the more I think about it, the more upset I become. Thank you CRWBY Writers for rekindling my disbelief in your ability to keep your word about treating Oscar better for this volume.
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Looks like it’s going to be business as usual and I just…*long frustrated groan*
Again, I know they only neglected him for episode but…after V6CH9; I’m not falling for this shit again. This episode left me hella salty and I’m honestly starting to feel less excited for CH5 now because I have a feeling that Oscarmight not be in that episode either. 
I mean, if we’re lucky, CH5 might be Oscar’s training with Ironwood. Now that the mission with the Ace Ops portion is complete and our heroes will probably be off on missions around Mantle and Atlas, I’m hoping next episode will focus a bit Oscar’s own training with Ironwood. He has some catching up to do. The others are certified huntsmen now.Which makes me wonder if Oscar is going to eventually get certified as well?
Unlike the others who chose to become huntsmen, Oscar was roped into it through Oz. So what is going to be Oscar’s goal? Is his goal only to become Ozpin’s replacement? I sincerely hope not. I hope the show takes some time to flesh Oscar out and finally show a bit more on how he’s been handling all of this. But then again, not going to get my hopes up here especially after today.
With our heroes officially certified as huntsmen, it gives me the impression that the heroes will all be busy on missions and it feels like they won’t even be sticking in teams anymore.
Drifting Away?
One point that was highlighted in this episode is our heroes going off and doing their own thing and not necessarily sticking together. It doesn’t seem like friendship plays a role in being a huntsmen. At least not in Atlas? As we saw with the Aces, just because they all work together and get along well in the field, outside of the job, they’re nothing more than colleagues. They’re not even friends which actually saddened me a little bit.
I understand it comes with the job and it’s a reality that Ruby and the others have to deal with, still didn’t make it feel any less bummy to hear especially since we know that a core part of what made our heroes so great is their comradery with one another.
As Weiss rightfully told Jacques (when she put him in his place FINALLY), our heroes aren’t just teammates or even friends. They’re family who have been through alot.together.
So I’m curious to see if being certified huntsmen might change this. After being together for so long, I’m wondering if Atlas will cause everyone to start drifting apart. That’s what I’m wondering.
Summer Rose
Summer was mentioned in this episode. It was done in a nice little moment with Qrow and Ruby. In spite of my annoyance of the lack of Oscar in this episode, I am glad we got to see Ruby and Qrow have this moment together. Especially sine it finally got Ruby to ask about her mom since she rarely ever talks about her…in the series.
It was a pleasant moment and I liked it. 
Overall…
All in all, like I said, today’s episode was a bad episode. I just…didn’t enjoy it as much as I did the last three episodes. It also kind of sucker punched my hopes for Oscar being treated better this season.
Sorry if I’m acting like a drama queen with this matter but…as I’ve said many times before, Oscar is my favourite character in RWBY. His story and development is the one I’m most excited to see fleshed out. And after the way he was handled for the past two seasons, especially in V6,, I was really, REALLY worried for how the Writers were going to treat him for V7.
So far for these last three episodes, they were doing very good with him and I was actually starting to feel hopeful that V7 might just be Oscar’s best season yet. But then this episode came along and I feel like I’m back to my previous skepticism
I’m hoping that this episode is the only episode of V7 where Oscar is omitted. I hope next episode the story focuses on Oscar a litle bit. CH5 is slated to be the longest episode for this season so far at nearly 20 minutes.
So hopefully the little barn prince will be back from his hiatus this episode. I especially want to know what happened between him and Ruby. Something about how they left off their conversation from last week bothers me. There is more to it. I just want to know when we’ll get the rest. I guess we’ll only know moving forward.
Anyways, that’s all I got to say for CH4. Thanks for asking anon-chan.
~LittleMissSquiggles (2019) 
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Got a question for you. What do you think of v7 so far? Imo it’s really... well not too different from v6. It’s not really getting any better but it’s not getting worse either. It’s like, dormant I guess? Just nothing really seems to be happening. But I’d like your opinion on this
Helloanon-chan.Well to be fair, I wouldn't really have a true full first impression of V7until the season is over. I will say this though; so far...my opinion of V7 is nodifferent than how I saw V6 during my first watch of that season. While I thought V6 was definitely moreentertaining and had better pacing than V5, the season didn't reallyaid to rectify some of the overarching flaws with the writing of the show thatwas still left behind from previous seasons. And no part of V6 highlighted thatthan the thirdact of that volume from CH8 toCH13.
Sofar, to me V7 has mimicked V6 in that regard. It's been a moment eventful andentertaining season with bigger stakes than the previous one. Not to mentionthat the pacing between episodes is better pretty good (minus CH4).However....are the core issues that I have with the writing still there?Unfortunately...yes. Istill noticed some of them sneaking their ugly head into certain episodes ofthis season. But then again, we’re only at the third act of V7.  
We still got 5more episodes to go before the season ends with today’s episode looking prettypromising judging from its synopsis and the character featured on thethumbnail. So I'd like to give the Writers and the show that fair chance. Thisis only my firstviewing of this volume so a lotof the opinions I have now might change later once we arrived at the lastepisode. Shoot, it might even change months after V7 is over since my opinionof V6 is certainly much different now than when I first watched the season.That’s for sure.
Butoverall, for the most part, I am enjoying V7. However like I mentioned before,we are at the third act of V7 with its ninth chapter. Last season, CH9 waswhere V6 kind of...er…let's say took a nose dive in terms of PLOTdirection and execution leading to very mixed reactions from the FNDM; myselfincluded.
Andafter having more time to marinate on that season, I will admit that the thirdact of V6 (CH9-CH13) was the weakest part of the season. At least in myopinion.
Nottrying to imply that V7 will follow a similar pattern. All I'm saying is thatwe are in the endgame of V7 now with another ninth episode to debut today andwhat I'm mostly interested in seeing is whether or not the CRWBY Writers will stickthe landing this time.
Ironicallyenough, the ninth episode of V6 was also the episode where the CRWBY Writersgave the impression that a certain freckled farm-boy character that I adorevery much was going to receive some proper focus and…as most of us Pineheads are firmly aware of, that was NOT what we got last time.
Andas if to test me yet again, V7CH9 is also gearing up again to be a “presumed” Oscar-worthy episode.
Will it actually deliverthis time? I don’t know but we shall see. I’m looking attoday’s episode to sort of test the waters of what to expect from the episodesleading up the finale. So I will definitely be eyeballing today’s episode veryclosely and I hope whatever we get from it is at least good. Oh PLEASE let it be good or at least let it be better than V6CH9.
Soto reiterate. So far, I’m enjoying V7 for the most part. It’s still has it issues however for the most part, it had episodes Igenuinely thought were pretty great. A couple episodes with moments that Iloved and one or two episodes in between that I didn’t really enjoy that muchthat could’ve been handled better. 
However what will actually make or break this season for me willbe today’s episode especially moving forward.  Not just for the remainder of V7 but for therest of my RWBY. 
Not trying to imply that I will drop RWBY if today’s episode isn’tgood. Nah. I guess what I’m mainly saying is that the execution of today’sepisode will greatly affect how I view RWBY in relation to how the show treats andhandles the story for a certain favourite character of mine. 
I’ve been on thefence a lot regarding his writing especiallycoming off of V6 and I’m waiting to see if the Writers do deliver on somethingthey promised for him specifically for this volume. Seriously I’ve never beenmore nervous for an episode of RWBY than I am today  so…here’s to hoping, I guess.
Hopethis answers your question anon-chan.
~LittleMissSquiggles(2020)
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