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how it feels to see a post containing a vaguely factually inaccurate sentiment about a subject on which you are disgustingly overinformed

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He’s not lost in the jungle, shut up Weiss

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Hey, you know that show with the characters themed after the colors red, white, black, and yellow? Yeah, it’s pretty cool. I think the main characters’ names are Pyrrha, Nora, Ren, and Jaune?

This was inspired by the fact that Jaune’s main color is supposedly yellow - not that you would ever be able to tell without knowing his name, because Jaune isn’t really designed around a color, he’s just a normal dude in white armor - and I thought it was odd that of the 8 main/main-ish characters, two of them share a color. This made me jokingly wonder if Jaune had originally been meant to be the Yellow in RWBY, since he’s treated like a 5th member of the team in terms of importance anyway, and then gave me the idea to do a RWBY/JNPR palette swap - Pyrrha with Ruby, Nora with Weiss, Ren with Blake, and of course Jaune with Yang. And of course Jaune was the hardest to do even though he was the inspiration for the recolor, because of course he was and of course Yang’s palette was difficult. 

But anyway, here you go~ Oh, and the reason Pyrrha gets full post while Jaune, Nora, and Ren are side by side is because the thing really wants to cut Pyrrha’s head off if I try to put her side by side as well.

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Honestly, I don't think any of them should have been given their Huntsmen Licenses.

I think that is meant to indicate the flaws with James' approach to this whole situation, too straightforward and not enough consideration on the context.

Regular huntsmen require 3/4 full years of training at one of the academies, education and combat training. While their journey in volumes 4-6 is impressive and they have some notable feats, it is not at all equivalent to another 2/3 years worth of training and education.

What Ren says in the tundra in Volume is right, they're not ready.

RWBYJNR were forced into this salem conflict because there was no other option in mistral, with all the reliable hunters dying. Ironwood keeps them involved because he's not thinking too clearly about all of this, being primarily concerned with the Amnity coliseum project.

While you can single Jaune out because he realistically is the least skilled out of the main cast pre-volume 9, it really is that none of them should have their Huntmen licenses yet, because their just not ready.

My Hottest RWBY Take:

Vol 7 spoilers

Jaune shouldn’t have gotten his huntsman license.

All he did was attend less than a year of school, walk for a few months, fight some random Grimm and be there when some bad guys did stuff. Thats not enough to believe that he should be a huntsman when Coco and Velvet and shit were left with nothing after Beacon fell. Coco would rock his shit from episode 1.

Tbh, none of them were really ready but i guess its easier to have your allies be licensed so whatever, but Jaune Arc has never won a 1 v 1 with anyone in his life. He completely relies on his team and would be killed immediately if left by himself to go fight crime. And everyone else actually finished combat school before they got to Beacon. Soooo?..

Name one villian that Jaune could actually win against. Your silence is deafening.

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*giant wind gust outside*

Me: “Don’t say it.”

My Brain:

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Justice.

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She-Ra question for you: which princesses already knew they were WLW before meeting Adora and which ones only figured it out afterward

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Indiana Jaunes

Is this anything

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scene redraws (kinda) bc this got me 🥺

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Your Color

Ruby:Yang, can I be honest with you?

Yang:Can you? I assumed you always were, then you had a tea party.

Ruby:…

Yang:What’s wrong buttercup?

Ruby:I think I wanna dye my hair.

Yang:Oh, okay. Why’d you make it sound so serious?

Ruby:Because I’d look less like mom.

Yang:You’ll still have her heart.

Ruby:That’s the thing. I..don’t think I do, or want to. I love mom, but lately it’s been hard to look in the mirror. I chose to keep being me after we fell. Yet…lately I’ve felt like I’ve really been chasing her. It’s hard to explain.

Yang:Ruby, did you forget who you’re talking to? Take it from someone who’s literally chased their mom and made certain choices because of it, I get it. Do you…regret being a Huntress?

Ruby:No. I’ve wanted this since before I could walk. Maybe after when mom d- when she left, a part of me clung to it. At this point I remember her dreams more than her face.

Yang:Ruby-

Ruby:It’s the truth. Hehe…I don’t think I would want to change anything about mom, but I do wish if all of this had to happen, then a few more years would’ve been nice. I…I only remember so much. You, dad, and Qrow, you see her in me. I envy that a little.

Yang:Sorry. I didn’t know that’s how you felt.

Ruby:It’s okay. I didn’t know that’s how I felt either. It’s been nice learning about mom, but I think it’s time for some kind of distance. After all, I’ll always have her eyes.

Yang:Not just that. Finding yourself, it’ll make you happier than ever. That joy, the smile it will bring, it’ll shine just as bright as hers. Dad told me something once. The more I’m myself, the more I’m the best parts of my mom. I used to think he just meant we were similar. Now I’m sure what he meant was Raven was always true herself, so the best thing I could do is be true to myself.

Ruby:I like that. Sounds like a dad lesson. To be myself. Hehe, I never thought that would sound so hard. I’ll do it though. Not to chase or embody anything. But because I owe it to myself. To Ruby Rose.

Yang:She’s a pretty cool girl, and a great sister. *ruffles hair* So, what color?

Ruby:Good question. I’ll get back to you on that.

Yang:Well whatever it is, I’m sure it’ll be good on you.

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It occurs to me that we haven’t heard what Ruby’s intial reaction to seeing Jauniper for the first time. He was the first friend she made when they got to Beacon, there must have been a million thoughts running through her head.

Jaune is her best friend.

Was her best friend.

Jaune died. He was dead, there was no doubt about that. Ruby watched Cinder lift his struggling body from the ground. Every time she closes her eyes she can hear his screams when the Maiden burned him alive.

So who the hell (what the hell?) is this twisted facsimile trembling before her?

The creature-person is nearly nine feet tall, and built like a fluffy horse (or rabbit, judging by the ears). Creamy fur cut through harshly with wide scars and a nervously twitching tail on its rear. The back feet keep thumping the ground, clearly itching to flee from the strangers surrounding it.

Like a wild animal. Ruby can understand this. This behavior makes sense.

Animals are easier to read than people. People are complicated. Maybe that’s why Ruby’s brain refuses to process the upper half of the creature-person.

Jaune.

Blonde hair, blue eyes, freckles that she’d draw into constellations when he’d fall asleep in class. Her co-leader. Her first friend.

Staring her down with no hint of recognition beyond primal fear.

Like a wild animal. Ruby can’t understand this. This behavior doesn’t make sense. When did Jaune get so hard to read?

Why does he have claws on the tips of his dirt and blood caked fingers? Why are golden antlers sprouting from his skull like tree branches? Why are his chest and shoulders covered with the same creamy fluff as the gargantuan rabbit grafted to his lower half?

Why is he afraid of them, frozen in the same terror she’s seen in deer? Why is he covered in bruises, scratches, and twigs? Why are his cheeks hollow and his ribs protruding?

Why is he alive?

Maidens and magic and relics and gods Ruby can handle. Even loss she can handle. She has to. She’s a Huntress. Death is an occupational hazard.

But friends coming back from their burning graves to stare at her with hollow eyes? With unfamiliar limbs and no spark of recognition in that face that was the first friendly one she saw in her school that fell?

His eyes are locked on hers, full of fear and pain, and all she can see are flames licking up his features. His rabbit ears have chunks ripped out from unknown injuries and Ruby’s ears are echoing with screams. His whole body is trembling, caught between freeze, fight, and flight. Jaune’s eyes are shrunken to terrified pinpricks, and Ruby’s gaze is flickering between silver and blurring darkness.

Against all logic, Jaune is standing alive in front of her and all she can see is him dying.

The ground rushes up to meet her.

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Looking at the Jaune clock piece I think it’s interesting how the show plays around with the tropes related to the Everyman hero and male audience surrogate with his character. The hero is “supposed” to save the girl. That’s how it’s meant to go in these kind of fantasies. But Jaune’s arc plays around with this by putting him in the heroine role and putting his insecurities and motivations under a harshly critical microscope when he falls short of these expectations he places on himself.

RWBY is criticized for its use of the “fridging” trope with regards to Jaune, and I think there’s probably a kernel of truth to that. But he almost feels like a “take that!” at those tropes and the show is making a deconstructive commentary on the archetype of character Jaune is meant to represent. After all - Pyrrha, Penny, Weiss, and Alyx’s stories are never fully about Jaune. At each point where he “fails” it’s these women who move forward and become who they’re meant to be. Jaune is more the incubator in which one of the story’s central themes is being internalized - the idea of choice and how that contextualizes these tragedies in the story as something beautiful. How that lesson can be used to help Jaune himself achieve self-actualization and potentially hand it back for someone else to do what they need to do.

It’s a really interesting arc and I’m not convinced they knew it would turn out that way, but if they do conclude it meaningfully it’s an interesting piece of the puzzle that recontextualizes so many pivotal elements of the show where Jaune has been a bystander.

Hi!

I agree, Jaune is a great character! Thank you for sharing your analysis, I mostly agree!

I have talked about Jaune's arc in multiple metas. Here comes a synthesis of my thoughts:

-I don't think Pyrrha or Penny were fridged for Jaune. They have their own arcs, which both end in death and have an impact on Jaune. The truth is that their last moments and overall arcs are more than just Jaune. Jaune is a big part of Pyrrha's arc, but in the end she chooses to be a hero over being with Jaune and her final moment is about her and Cinder and the theme of destiny. Penny's arc as a whole has very little to do with Jaune and her final moment is about her and Winter.

-Jaune trying to save a woman at the climax of each arc ties with the 4 gifts. He fails to save Pyrrha because of ignorance. He saves Weiss through creation. He has to kill Penny to learn destruction. He will probably have to help Cinder make a choice.

-Jaune's arc is about becoming both Knight and Maiden

Thank you for the ask!

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Blake: I ran into Jaune in the kitchen at 1 AM last night and when I asked him what he was doing, he just shrugged, said “these are my roaming hours,” and wandered off, strumming vaguely on his guitar.

Ruby: ... okay, but why were you up at 1 AM?

Blake: *shrugging* Also my roaming hours.

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Penny: I'm so happy, I could kiss you!

Jaune: Um…Neat.

~later~

Jaune: *lying face down on his bed* I said "Neat," Weiss. Who the fuck says neat these days? It's not neat to say neat but I said it anyways because I'm fucking stupid.

Weiss: *reading a book* Don't beat yourself up too much, Jaune. Everyone gets nervous sometimes. Remember what I did when Yang confessed her love for me?

Jaune: Didn't you thank ther?

Weiss: *closing the book and looking to the ceiling* I fucking thanked her.

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Ruby of rwby fame

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RWBY is such a good show when you don't have mouth breathers screaming in your ear that it sucks.

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GoL: Why is that Arc child still resentful towards me, hey you, follower of mine? Did you send Arc that girlfriend? you know the red-headed green eyed one? The invincible girl?

Angel: ...oh uhm...what girlfriend sir?

GoL: ...I told you three months ago... to send him a girlfriend.

Angel: You mean...kill him and his friends, right?

GoL: Oh my me, Is that why everyone has been dying around him and why he is physically and emotionally dead!?

Angel: He-he-he looks fine...he's taking it pretty well!

GoL: This explains so much.

Angel: Im sure we can fix th-hyruc! *getting choked out*

GoL: Uh oh...uhm Pyrrha, my child, please don't kill him.

Pyrrha: You mean to tell me... I died because of you MISINTERPRETED GODS WILL!? *doing the choking*

Angel: *dying*

Pyrrha: I'll send you to the after-after life!

GoL: *rubbing temples*