first night shenanigans
@lyswenn :âD
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Miss the time RWBY support to be school life anime
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People in the fandom: Blake is so passive and submissive.
Blake in the show:
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Freedom Gym Leader and White Fang Organizer Blake Belladonna wants to battle!
Iâve been meaning to rework her artwork for a while, and Iâve used the occasion to adapt her outfit to the warm, tropical days of Menagerie where her gym is located. And also redesign the Activist branch of the White Fangâs logo. Which, by the way, was founded with the help of Yang, even though sheâs decided to take a step back and only be a supporter of the group, preferring to let Illa right-hand it.
Just a little reminder, this was the old artwork:
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Much art progress has been made, as you can see
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RWBY, on a stealth mission
Weiss: Not a word
BY:
Ruby:
Ruby: Fergalicious
Weiss: I SAID NOT A WORD
Ruby: Oh, so it wasn't a word last week when we were playing scrabble but now it suddenly is because it's convenient to you
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RWBY AMV - The Phoenix
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i donât care what anyone says, the âmultiple floating weapons controlled by telekinesis/whateverâ is, has been, and always will be cool as shit
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i imagine w/ monochrome it would be weissâ first real relationship so sheâd be kinda awkward and worry about a lot of things.. including if sheâs a good gf or not :p
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R W B Y
Art originally posted by Stanley Artgerm Lau on Twitter!
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Why Jaune is awesome
Jaune Arc is a character who at least in my perception gets criticised more than anyone else on the show. The hate he gets by the fandom is something I noticed last year during Volume 4 and again during Volume 5. I think I know where a lot of his criticism comes from and want to explain why I love him anyway.
People often point out that Jaune is stealing screen time from the âactualâ main characters of the show and that women get hurt to further his character development. While it is true that he got a rather long arc during Volume 1 that spread over several episodes, at least that point isnât true at all when it comes to Volume 4 and Volume 5. And while it is true that Weiss got hurt to further his development (why that isnât really a problem is a topic for another post) and in regards of Pyrrha that just isnât true (also a topic for another post).
The reason why people still voice this criticism is not because the RWBY writers screwed up, but because countless other writers did. Itâs not like Jaune actually stole screentime from our female main characters, but we expect him to do exactly that. Itâs not that Pyrrha actually got fridged only to further his development, but we expect exactly that to happen.
Jaune is the type of character stories like RWBY are usually about. He is the underdog, the hero no one expects to be heroic, the boy who had less training and less chances than anyone else and still exceeds everyoneâs expectations. The well-known Heroâs Journey is familiar to all of us and uses characters like Jaune all the time, just think about Luke Skywalker. They all start off less skilled than everyone around them and still save the day.
Jaune Arc sneaks his way into Beacon. He didnât have the training everyone else had and he feels like he doesnât belong there (because he doesnât). We would expect him to get better and rise above everyone else, to become the strongest character on the show, because thatâs what always happens. Itâs clear that this is what Jaune expected too.
What makes Jaune interesting is that this doesnât happen. Jaune has to realise that he is the weakest link of his team and he continuously struggles with that and is afraid of putting his team at danger. If Pyrrha hadnât encouraged him and trained with him he probably would have left Beacon during his first semester. The writers arenât just aware of how unrealistic those expectations are, they also let Jaune become aware of it, and that is a very interesting twist to that trope.
Throughout the story Jaune has to learn he isnât the strongest fighter of his team, and he will probably never be the hero he wanted to be. He isnât completely useless â heâs still a good strategist and leader, on top of that a good friend who gives Ruby the emotional support she needs in Volume 4. But he realises that he is nothing without his team, and later even puts their life over his when he confronts Cinder, inspired by Pyrrhaâs sacrifice.
His semblance is the ultimate representation of that. Itâs extremely useful as heâs able to amplify other peopleâs auras, saving Weiss in Volume 5 and probably being able to strengthen someone elseâs semblance. But he didnât heal Weiss, he helped her heal herself. His semblance is utterly useless when heâs on his own, only of help in combination with someone else.
I always felt like Jaune was a very interesting representation of toxic masculinity. To me it always seemed like he had internalised a lot of stereotypes of what men have to be â brave and strong heroes. And then he has to realise that he is the weakest link of his team, that he is the damsel in distress, a trope usually reserved for women. He can only grow beyond that because he realises he isnât as strong as he wants to be, because he realises he has flaws and accepts the help of a woman who is more skilled than him.
Jaune Arc is an interesting and realistic turn on the trope of the underdog hero who exceeds everyone else â because he has to realise that he canât. Thatâs what kept me watching during Volume 1 and itâs why I love Jaune Arc so much.
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team jnpr says trans rights
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some of the rawest quotes from rwby:
âif you were one of my men, i would have you shotâ âif i was one of your men, iâd shoot myselfâ
âthey play the part of allies claiming peace their only goal, but once the fight for power starts, theyâll eat each other whole - their iron gloves point fingers, theyâll wage a war of blame, and mankind will wilt in painâ
âyou turn your back on people, you run away when things get too hard, you put others in harmâs way instead of yourself! you may be powerful, but that doesnât make you strongâ
âweâre going to find the answers weâre looking for, but if we destroy ourselves in the process, then what good are we?â
âthis is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children, to men who claim to be our guardians, but are, in reality, nothing more than menâ
âwhen I think of destiny, i donât think of a predetermined fate you canât escape. but rather some sort of final goal, something you work towards your entire lifeâ
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Rwby + Dice
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itâs 12:30AM and Iâm trying not to wake up my parents laughing at this video my friend made oh my gods
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Schnee
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