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easier said than do-

oh. no yeah that- that's a little uhhhhhhh

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ok so I just had an insane idea/theory/prediction about RWBY volume 9 come to me and I NEED to write it down before the finale tomorrow (technically today!).

Ruby's semblance is going to evolve when she emerges from ascension.

And I don't mean that she's going to get a new semblance, or that the ascension process will give her some kind of magical boost, I mean a brand new way of using her current semblance that she's never tried before.

Ruby's semblance is her Petal Burst, the ability to break down her body into rose petals, and then reassemble herself at a new location. But what if she didn't use her semblance on her body all at once, and instead transported just some of her body, effectively allowing her to split her body into multiple pieces.

This isn’t something too farfetched, we’ve seen her split into multiple collections of rose petals in the past.

If Ruby can split this rose petal form apart, who’s to say she can’t also rebuild her human self while split apart? She can already break down, transport, and rebuild multiple different people at the same time with relative ease.

So with the ability to break into multiple bunches of rose petals, and the ability to reform as many different objects, being able to split apart her own body seems like a natural progression of the semblance, no?

However, what convinces me the most that this is a genuine possibility is the fact that this has actually been foreshadowed. We've already seen a very important character split their body apart in this volume.

It always seemed a little weird to me that there was a lot of focus put on the Cat’s ability to split apart in chapter 4, only for it to not really go anywhere. Sure it was used for a joke or two, but now I feel like it was foreshadowing this entire time.

Ruby and the CC already have some character parallels (unattainable goals), so I find it entirely plausible that Ruby could take inspiration from the Cat’s powers and split herself up in a similar way. It would also mean that Ruby could kick the Cat’s butt by using their own power against them and I mean who doesn’t want to see that.

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