#Cinder doesnt either

[dromaeo-sauridae]

spiral of gods

[h-doodles]

truly not sorry but once again thinking abt miranda/mc/mia in RL. i need them SO bad. like, 2 of the most morally unsound persons (Mia & Miranda) + their little meow meow. Knowing both are so possessive and destructive (TO OTHERS) when they love and instead of running, fully embracing the chaos of it. Loving them despite their delusions of grandeur, the crimes, the secrets, and the deaths (+ undeaths) caused (or ordered!) by their hands. Acknowledging this is fucked up but you can't help it. Lovingly bitching abt their fights but fully done and gone to do anything else but to soothe and continue loving them, because after all those years of waiting and doing and redoing everything to be perfect was worth it for this.

also did i mention being their little meow meow. sorry Miranda, MC was the original gremlin in the relationship and Mia being the fucked up feral racoon she is now is not solely by her doing, MC was and IS the enabler in both relationships that it bled over sm and OUGHJJJJJHHHHhhhh im being so emo abt three (3) women being utter menaces frfr

[kakusboyfriend]

Unable to complete my silly bedtime routine of playing nonogram until the melatonin kicks in bc I'm thinking about this post with gltas Guy @ Citrus whos about to explode into tears internally

[pa-pa-plasma]

do black cats know they're invisible, or do they just think that people ignore them & run into them on purpose

[bridgyrose]

Fallen Petals sharing a body. Like the body looks like a fusion of them, but they both operate it. They can both speak out of it, they can both control it, but with how much they bicker it'll be a struggle with them controlling it simultaneously.

(Hope you like it)

I told you to be careful!” Cinder yelled out. “Now look at us!” 

Ruby let out a sigh and tried to move her body, only to feel resistance as she tried. “I-I dont like this either. But we’re going to have to work together-” 

“I’m not going to work with you.” 

“We dont have a choice! I dont know what that grimm did to us, but we’re not going to fix ourselves if we dont work together.” 

“And how can I be sure I can trust you?” 

“Because I want to get unfused as much as you do.” Ruby moved her hand this time with no resistance, frowning when she looked at her reflection. 

She still had a silver eye but part of her felt… hollow. Her left arm felt strange, as if it was trying to consume her and she couldnt seem to push aura to it. She moved her hair out of the way to see the eye patch that Cinder had worn still there. She reached to move it, only to feel resistance again. 

Cinder wrestled control of the body and lowered their hand. “You said we need to get moving to fix ourselves. Standing here and looking over our body isnt going to do that.” 

“I just wanted to know how we look.” Ruby felt her spine tingle at the way her voice mixed with Cinder’s every time they spoke, as if it had an unnatural reverb to it. And her clothes felt just as foreign as the rest of her body. Her shorts felt shorter, the way her cloak seemed to taper towards the left, and everything felt more form fitting than usual. “Especially if we’re going to fight anything.” 

“Who said anything about fighting? We’re going straight to Salem and she’ll fix this.” 

“What makes you think she will?” 

“She will!” 

“If we go to Salem, there’s no promise that she’ll separate us. You saw the hound she made, who’s to say she wont do the same thing to us!” 

Flames sprouted from their eye as Cinder kept enough control of their body to smash the mirror in front of them, flames dancing around their fingertips. “She promised me power and freedom. She’ll fix us and then she’ll deal with you.” 

Ruby slowly started to get control again and moved their body towards the window of the small shack they were in. “Vacuo is a mess, there’s grimm everywhere, and there’s not much of a chance that my friends or the people you’ve been working with will even recognize us enough to help. We should start by tracking down the grimm first and seeing if killing it will undo this.” 

“And if it doesnt?” 

“If it doesnt, then… we can try with Salem.”

“And how do you plan to track it?” 

“I-I… I dont know. We can ask around-” 

“You really think anyone is going to answer us while we look like this?” 

Ruby started to pace around the shack as she tried to keep her mind clear. The grimm that had done this had left just as quickly as it had come without anything to track in the first place. Not only that, but her friends were missing and memories that werent hers were blurring into the ones she knew were hers. Growing up in an orphanage without Yang and feeling a phantom pain around her neck. 

Her body quit moving as she felt resistance from Cinder, and then she felt herself almost being pushed back. “Cinder!” 

“If we’re going to find this grimm, we need to get moving and quit pacing around her,” Cinder said as she started to take control, pushing through the resistance that Ruby started to put up. “So quit moping and get moving!” 

“We dont even know where to start! Like you said, no one’s going to answer any questions that we have.” 

“Then we do this my way. I am *not* giving up on my freedom.” 

All resistance Ruby had went away as Cinder wrestled the control she needed for their body to start searching for the grimm. Hearing her conviction made her realize that she had lost her own. She had made too many mistakes, watched a kingdom fall, lost her friends and sister… it was almost easier to let Cinder keep control. 

“We’re going to need to fight the grimm ahead,” Cinder said calmly. “And I need you to help me with your scythe.” 

“R-right,” Ruby said as she pulled their scythe from their back and let it unfold with a flaming blade. She took a deep breath as she helped Cinder swing the scythe around, slicing through the grimm. 

And yet, even as they sliced through the last of the grimm, she let Cinder keep control as they tried to track down that strange grimm, only assisting when asked. It was easier than making any further mistakes. 

[denkilightning]

saw someone give the idea that what if after jay heals his soul & returns to the ninja, what if he has withdrawals from shatterspin? like he’s sweating and practically in rehab, and during a battle ras offers jay a mask again and he has to fight to the urge to take it fuck it was really good

yes yes yes i love the idea that healing your soul is literally like going through drug withdrawals.

i love the concept of ninja and wolf trio (cinder jordie and walker) having to team up even before finding ras and cinder and walker having to go through shatterspin withdrawal - maybe theres like a magic tea or spell to kickstart it but there is still a process of sickness. kinda like zuko in atla had after doing like one good thing lmao

and they stay at the monastery in jays old room, sweating, coughing with a high fever. there are buckets placed for vomit on either side of the bed.

cinder and walker spend most of the time holding hands, just to not be driven mad, a reminder that someone is suffering this right now with you.

jordana spends half the time trying to find a spell, a curse, a ritual, anything to ease them through it. sora tries to talk to her but it ends up in jordana yelling at her and breaking down sobbing. in the time where walker found her, theyve grown attached. hes been an amazing teacher, almost learning alongside the wisdom and revelations hes had.

the other time she spends washing their faces with a cold cloth, trying to keep the fever under control. of course zane has made blocks of ice on crucial temperature points, but she doesnt care. she barely leaves their side.

she only leaves when the ninja force her out - to eat or to stretch or sleep. or when the hallucinations begin.

it would be so so fun for them to have hallucinations - guilt or fear inducing, i dont know. im just rambling here.

the ninja take turns in watching them. sora, wyldfire and bonzle arent allowed in the room.

when its lloyd he cries a lot, quietly as to not disturb them. sometimes jordana cries with him.

when jays lucid enough he comforts them. or tries to. tells them its okay and it only looks that bad, doesnt hurt that badly. after a few days of this he tells them its mainly annoying. they all know hes lying, but it does make them feel just a tiny bit better.

lloyd looks for solace in the fact jays comforting him. as if jay can remember lloyd used to be his kid.

he doesnt do it with anyone else. he doesn't allow nya in the room, almost body slamming her the moment she got too close to cinder and jordana.

cinder seems to only be lucid when theres only the three of them.

jay sometimes stays lucid enough to ask about progress on finding ras, or bonzle, or the weird light. only when cole holds his hand though.

[bugsinthebayou]

okay how do i get into the mechs ... i would like to know about these robots now i think

GRINS. HI. HELLO.

The Mechanisms are a steampunk space pirate storytelling band!! they are compromised of 9 members (up until one of them left). they retell myths n legends in space, tragic, and queer

they have four main story albums, a single, and two extra albums for extra stories

for the four main albums, you have to listen to all the tracks in order so i recommend listening on youtube

Once Upon A Time (In Space) is their first album. its fairy tales retold as an intergalactic war

Ulysses Dies At Dawn is their second one. this one is greek mythology

High Noon Over Camelot. oh boy high noon over camelot. my favorite mechs album and my favorite album just in general. arthurian legend retold as a space western

The Bifrost Incident. norse myth but eldritch horror

their single is Frankenstein (frankenstein except the monster is an AI), and their other two albums are Tales To Be Told volumes I and II. theyre both collections of extra songs that either work as standalone stories or fit into the same setting as one of the main albums but doesnt follow along the main plotline

they also have Death to the Mechanisms, which was a performance of some of their songs live plus a song of the same name as the album that describes how they died a final time. this was because they split up. no more mechs music </3

out of all of them i recommend hnoc the most. cuz its my favorite <3

i apologize for not explaining the albums further, but you asked about the mechs themselves so im gonna put more focus into explaining those guys

the mechanisms themselves are 9 immortal space pirates. they are immortal due to their mechanisms, mechanical replacements of certain body parts. they travel the galaxy on the starship known as Aurora, who is infact sentient and also dating the ship's engineer. they like to "have fun, violence, adventure, violence. violence." according to jonny

Jonny d'Ville - he/him. he's claims he's the ships captain. hes the first mate. he is the narrator to all of the albums and plays a number of characters. King Cole (ouat(is)), Ulysses (udad), Lancelot (hnoc), Galahad (hnoc), and the void (tbi) are a few. there's more, but theyre more minor. hes pretty shooty and has canonically committed every crime (that existed on a planet) except the sexual ones. his mechanism is his heart!

Gunpowder Tim - he/him. master at arms! hes another one that sings often. he also plays the guitar. a few characters hes been are Oedipus (udad), Gawain (hnoc), and Loki (tbi). his mechanism is his eyes. hes also on the violent side. he blew up the moon, as detailed in the song Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser from the ttbt vol 1

Ashes o'Reilly - they/them. quartermaster. they sing often and their voice is beautiful <3 they play bass aswell. some characters theyve played are Hades/themself (udad), Mordred (hnoc), and Sigyn (tbi). their mechanism is their lungs. theyre also a mob boss and arsonist and have been since they were 12 years old, described in their backstory song Lucky Sevens

Drumbot Brian - he/him. pilot. he doesnt sing as often but its great when he does! he plays a few different instruments. a couple of his characters are Merlin/himself (hnoc) and the robot spouse in Stranger (ttbt vol 2). everything except his heart is mechanical. he was thrown into space because he brought someone back to life

The Toy Soldier - it/its. its just there!! it sings often and plays the mandolin. some characters are Cinders (ouat(is)), Orpheus (udad), and Guinevere (hnoc). its a toy soldier. it was never human it just started walking one day

Raphaella la Cognizi - she/her. science officer. she is another singer!! and pianist!! her voice is heavenly tbh. notable roles are Ariadne (udad), Ygraine (hnoc (one song but it Slaps)), and Odin (tbi). her mechanism is a pair of wings!

Marius von Raum - he/him. doctor (not even a doctor). he sings and plays violin. and mandolin the wiki says. Heracles (udad), Arthur (hnoc), Thor (tbi). his mechanism is his right arm

Ivy Alexandria - she/her. archivist. she plays a few wind instruments, no singing. her mechanism is her brain

Nastya Rasputina - she/her. engineer. she is in gay love with the sentient starship <3. she plays violin, no singing. her mechanism is her blood, which is mercury. she decided to go Out (she believed that aurora was no longer the same starship she fell in love with because of all the repairs over the centuries theyve been alive, so she takes the final piece of the original aurora and exits out of the airlock, never to be seen again) sometime after hnoc

and there you are!! them!!

despite me giving some examples to who they play in the albums, thats not all the characters they play. theres also extra characters in narration i didnt mention (ivy and nastya both have been in narration tracks before) and theres also characters they play in the extra songs in the tales to be told volumes

i hope you end up liking them <333 heres a photo of them all together for u

[ID: A group shot of the Mechanisms. End ID]

[pilot-boi]

So I figured I would give my idea on how the rest of this volume will go and how it will lead into vol 10.

Jaune and WBY will be shown looking for Ruby. And its going to Parallel the Cat where they were distracted by shinning bits and bobs for Jaune its doing heroic deeds. All of the Afterins know him and respect him. And Jaune doesnt notice because its become so ingrained in him.

we are going to cut to Ruby who is once again confronted by the Blacksmith. She is once again going to try to call Ruby but this time Little reaches out. Little is able to reach both Ruby and the blacksmith and get them to open up and yes the blacksmith IS Alyx.

Alyx was going to sacrifice Lewis with LOTS of parallels to Cinder in that room before her fight with Rhodes. But at the last minute Lewis who was kind smiled at his sister and said it was okay. Alyx then sacrificed herself sending her brother home and taking the position of Blacksmith. That is why the book is written like it is. Lewis was honoring his sister with Love compassion and gratitude with a side of guilt and that is why he wrote himself out.

All of this will remind Ruby of the little things that she has forgotten about. The small cherished things that make life worth living. And will help her with Little and Alyx's help come out of her funk.

She will then go on to recreate the Red trailer against Jabberwalks and will decimate them. She will eventually get in a bad spot simply because of Numbers. Then Jaune and WBY will come in and help. The fight is ON.

After the fight Alyx will show up and thank them moving them to the tree. She will open the way and let them go home as this is said though Neo will stab her from behind having now come to personally take her revenge. This will also noticably damage the tree as Alyx IS the tree. The fight is VICIOUS with Neo summoning Jabbers to keep everyone busy as she duels Ruby.

Neo gets the upper hand and goes for the Kill but Jaune rushes in and takes it for her. Ruby then kills neo.

Jaune is laying there dying when Alyx comes over and apologizes for all she has done. Jaune though forgives her. Alyx is weak and dying she needs to make a new tree master and she wants to save Jaune but she cant do either she is that weak. Little then offers herself up as the tree master. Its not enough but it gives Alyx an idea she asks all the Afterins for help to save the rusted knight.

The Afterins offer their strength not a lot for each but collectively its a LOT. It forms a Picture book of Jaune's heroic deeds bound in green with a red ribbon keeping it closed. Alyx then uses it to remake Jaune and Little.

Little curls up and takes the shape of a seed which slips into the ground before a new sapling forms. Jaune will become engulfed in rust before it breaks away revealing vol 8 Jaune.

Little will come out looking like Mrs. Brisby from the secret of Nimh. Jaune will come to and it will be revealed that he has all his memories up to the clockwork orange but after that it becomes more like a fever dream.

Alyx will then reveal that she no longer has the strength to send them home and Little is still too young to do it either. That is when Jaune recalls the clockwork orange and they come up with the plan to use it and go back in time. Alyx gives them the book which is mostly spent but still has some of the strength and says to give it to her old self she will understand.

So they go and do that plucking the orange and when they see the comets of their past selves landing going back into the sky destroying the orange to prevent a paradox. They then go to the tree by calling out to Alyx using the book.

Alyx places her hand on the book and seems to breathe it in before holding a finger to her lips and opening the way for RWBY and Jaune. They go through the portal.

When they stumble out they are in beacon specifically during vol 3 timeline. That is where the volume ends.

The stinger shows Alyx taking the book to her forge and smithing it. When she steps back we see its Little on her forge.

I strongly suspect due to the time travel this is how we are going to answer the lingering questions behind vol 3 such as what happened on the tower and so forth which CRWBY has said we will get answers to eventually.

I also think this is how they are going to save Pyrrha. Then do the long road to vol 8 avoiding crossing paths with their old selves with the exception of vol 6 where the Red Haired Woman was actually Pyrrha in disguise. And then at vol 10s end we will see them coming to save everyone during that sandstorm.

I

Okay this would be fucking RAD first of all

Second of all, Avengers Endgame: RWBY Boogaloo

[cosmo-clown]

my friend actually came up with awesome phantom designs for a dust variant of sans called cinder!

I also can come up with some of my own...

either way I love your idea!

OOOOOO DO TELL MORE….. 🫣

I have a lot of ideas for how i’d write my own phantoms i like to think the main hallucinations are papyrus, tori, and grillby to have a roundabout vibe of “brother, best friend, partner” since it doesnt make sense why people like undyne would hold the same emotional weight as say like, the inn shopkeeper in snowdin

toriel is an auditory hallucination with no tangible form that lurks behind doors and represents a fear of moving on (since canon dust doesnt even leave him timeline unless you literally imprison him without escape) he literally can’t move out of the room whenever she is “present” and she knocks on it and guilts him in a similar fashion to papyrus except its her tone of voice and she just wants him to “Come back, Sans,, You must protect us from my child,, You promised me,,,”

Grillby being a “comfort” to him as a partner i went on about this in another post but grillby turning on him and being an amplifier for the other hallucinations after denying him the comfort dust physically needs after being isolated in his timeline for so long.

i think he hallucinates intangible things too like the original post said, like he feels the snowdin snow and wind and the “level up” sound effects actually are sounds he hears when he’s committing the murders

i’m normal i havent been thinking about this for months what no never

[missmonkeymode]

Imagine being a child in a home that doesn't love you. Of course, people DID love you, but the first person that did died during your creation and the second person that loved you died and left you in the care of someone whos supposed to care but doesnt, and 2 children that should care but don't. You love them, oh so dearly, you love them with all your heart just as your father asked of you to do. And they steal that kindness and lord it over your head for something that should be freely given. If you really love me, youd cook me breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you really loved me, youd do the dishes and wash my clothes. If you really love me, youd clean the cinders of fireplace. Whatever they ask of you, you do it, because it is true, you do love them you promise, you'll do it right away. When you ask for help, they chide you and ask if you really do love them, because if you did you wouldn't ask them to help, you'd be able to do it all on your own. And so you do it all on your own. Because you love them. You never hear them say I love you back. You're waiting for a "thank you" that never comes, but you don’t know that, you just hope that this time they'll say it.

Now imagine yourself older. Not a child, not a teenager, but decidedly not an adult either. In between stages. You do everything that is asked of you. They stopped saying "you'd do this if you loved me" because it is assumed that they said it, and it is true that you do. As they get fuller and happier, you seem to get skinnier and..... No, of course you're happy, you love your sister and stepmother, that's all you need. They tell you that's all you need. Not food, not new clothes, just their love. And you tell yourself that, all you need is their love, but love doesn't stop your stomach from growling. But it does help you scathe off your hunger.

There's a ball that's going all, a ball that the entire kingdom is invited to. In fact, the king WANTS everyone to come to. The reason why falls deaf to your ears, just the mere prospect of putting on fine clothes and leaving this house, only for a moment, makes your insides shake and your head buzz. You spend every waking moment thinking about this ball, saving up pennies and cents to buy the cheapest dress that the tailor offers, counting down the days until you can dance until you can't feel your feet. Your sisters are just as excited as you are, the chance to meet the batchelor prince and seduce him so thoroughly that she would make him marry a commonor is all that they talk about, and you listen to their talk. You aren't quite sure why that's the only thing they're excited for, but you don’t question them because you love them, obviously. Your step mother tells you to run around the town and buy the most expensive dresses that money can buy. She does not give you enough to buy 3 dresses, so you have to use some of your own money to get all 3. Thankfully the store gave you enough credit for you to afford your own dress, a simple plain thing that’s only slightly too big for you, and you ride this happy high all the way home.

The night of the ball comes. You help your sisters and step mother get into their gowns. They give you barely enough time to shimmy into your own, it's almost like they forgot you're coming with them.

They did forget. In fact, they were incredibly shocked when you emerged from the restroom in your dress. And extremely angry. They shout at you, demand to know what you were thinking. You? Going to to the ball? In fucking that?! Please. What nonsense. Someone like you doesn't deserve to go to the ball. Someone like you shouldn't be anywhere near the ball. If you really loved us, you simply wouldn't go.

You watch them leave, tears streaming down your face as you stand on their porch. You were looking forward to this dance.

You go to your mothers grave. Your blood mother, not the one that yelled at you. You cry at her grave, big, sobbing tears that dance over sacred ground. You tell her that you want to go to the ball, desperately. That you want to go, it's your greatest desire, but you can't, you just can't.

A voice on the wind tells you that you dont have to be "you" to go to the ball.

You look around and don't see anyone. You ask how.

The voice responds that you can be anything you want. You can be a Dani, a Alex, a lord, a lady, you can simply choose to be someone else for the night, not the child that your stepmother forbade from going to the ball.

You feel yourself shake. You ask, no demanded, no pleaded how. How can you change, how can you go to the ball?

The voice tells you that all you need to do is ask her to go.

And so you ask her. And the voice tells you that yes, Lady Isabelle can go to the ball, with her one of a kind dress, and a beautiful horse-drawn carriage, and wonderful glass slippers. But, she will only be at the ball until midnight. Do you understand?

And you do. Lady Isabelle understands. And do, Lady Isabelle goes to the ball.

The moment you arrive to the ball, you immediately know its everything you wished for and more. Food that makes you want to eat forever, bright blinding lights that make you forget to blink, music that seems to sweep you onto the dance floor, if you didn't accidentally trip into a very heavy statue you wouldn be sure that you were dreaming.

While you were busy trying to upright the aforementioned very heavy statue, a man walks up to you and asks if you're okay. You assure him that you're okay, you promise, just kinda hurts. He furrows his brow and asks if you're sure you're okay, he can get a doctor if you need one. You laugh, tell him yes, you're sure, but thank you for your consideration.

You and the other strike up a wonderful conversation that seems to go on for aeons. The two of you talk about everything and nothing, about your childhoods and the ball. You admit you have zero idea what this ball is about, and he is utterly baffled by that fact (not as baffled as when you asked him for his name). He tells you his darkest secrets (that he doesn't really like his current profession, and he'd much rather be a gardener). You laugh until you cry (you never knew you could be so happy that you can cry). He then asks you if you want to dance with him. He thanks you when you agree.

He leads you to the middle of the room, twlling you to ignore the whispers you two are getting. You tell him it's hard to ignore being the center of attention, and he shrugs and tells you that you get used to it. Once you get to the middle of the ball room, an announcer tells the crowd that the crown prince has chosen to dance with Lady Isabelle. It takes you a moment to connect the dots. You ask him why didn't he tell you that he's the prince?! He looks sheepish when he tells you that he didn't mean to bamboozle you, he promise, he just... it was a breath of fresh air to find someone that saw him for who he is and not what he was. You immediately forgive him.

You spend hours after that with the prince. Most of it was spent talking and dancing, though when the two of you got tired, Edward (that was the prince's name) would lead you to a hidden room. In one of these hidden rooms, he gives you a look that you've never seen before. He says that he thinks he's in love with you. You smile and wait for a request.

It suddenly dawns on you that he has no request. You ask him if that's all? You just... you think you love me?

He shrugs and says yeah. He thought... Did he misinterpret the signals? It's fine if you don't love him, really, saying it out loud it really does sound insane, to have fallen in love with someone you've known for a few hours, but he's sure he has, and oh god, he sounds like a creep, doesn't he?

You shake your head. No, it's not that, just... you don't want anything from me? Not a errand, not a demand, nothing? You just love me?

He nods.

Why does he say he loves you if he doesn't want anything?

The bell tower strikes 12 times. Lady Isabelle leaves the ball in a hurry, so much so that she doesn't realize she lost her glass heel.

Right as you finish shoving the last fold of your dress up the chimney, your stepmother and sisters come in. They loudly complain about how the prince was too preoccupied with some hussy for her daughter(s) to even talk with him, more or less seduce him. They tell you to help them undress, and they didn't thank you. Not once have they thanked you. You stop wishing for thank yous.

Once Edward discovers that "Lady Isabelle" isn't a legally documented person, he sends out the royal guard to find a woman that even vaguely matches the hazy description he tells them. They find many women, but not you. You've been too busy tending to your stepmothers house to be found. After a month, Edward starts to get desperate. He finds your shoe and starts traveling door to door, looking for the matching pair. Most just point to the fact that it fits their feet as proof she was Lady Isabelle. He never gets mad, but he does get frustrated, from time to time, on his bad days. He has eyes, ma'am, he can tell that you're not Lady Isabelle, though he does appreciate her romantic interest in him.

When Edward comes by your stepmothers house, the other three was in a tizzy. The prince is here, the prince is here! What are you DOING child, go start tidying up! Sweep the floors, dust the bookshelf, and for the love of god, make sure that we're using our finest china!

As the three hastily change into their best clothes, putting on their brightest smile, you ask them if you should get changed as well, since you're still wearing your day to day rags.

Your stepmother laughs. Wear what? That silly little thing that you were planning on wearing to the ball? Nonsense, he’s the prince after all, he only deserves the best! And you simply can't be the best that we have to offer. No go be a dear and go to the kitchen, prepare some tea for us.

You ask her if she loves you.

She has better things to worry about than affection, boy. If you really loved us, you would go make us some tea. Don't leave the prince waiting.

Why was your stepmother shocked when you walked into the room, wearing your simple plain dress, now covered in cinders as you hold your glass slipper in your hands?

Your stepmother tries her best to keep Edward's attention away from you, so does the other two, but it was too late. He saw what he needed to see.

He cries out "Lady Isabelle!" and embraces you, almost making you drop your very precious shoe. He's so, so, so incredibly happy to see you. Overjoyed, if you may. He gets a good, long look at you and smiles.

He admits that you look a bit different now that he can see you in proper lighting. Got your nose wrong. You tell him that he speaks for himself, he looks different as well. Shorter. He tells you that he was wearing heeled shoes, some silly tactic that his mother thought would 'make him more desirable to the ladies'.

He tells you that he's extending a invitation for you to join him at the castle, you and your family. You.... don't have to date him or anything, he just wants to get to know you better. What he said during the ball was true, his love for you hasn't changed, but he understands that you might not feel the same. He only wishes to try and keep an open mind, let him try. If it doesn't work out, that's okay, we can be friends and he will be 100% okay with that, but would you consider it please?

You look back to your "family". Your "home". Home is where the heart is, but you never really had a heart here. You had love, sure, but not a heart. Definitely not a heart.

You tell Edward that you'll accept his offer, but he doesn't need to extend his gift to the whole "family". You'll graciously take this invitation by yourself.

"Alright then Isabelle, right this way."

"Actually Edward, I'd rather you call me Ella, please."

Imagine being a child in a home that doesn't love you. You tried to, desperately tried to, but it hated you more whenever you tried harder to love it. Imagine spending so long in a home that hated you, when you DID find someone that loved you, you forsake everything you once knew for someplace new.

Ella will soon come to learn that you do not need to try to be loved. People will love you, tea or no tea. And she will soon come to know that her love will not be wasted on Edward, for all the years to come.

[superiorsturgeon]

Me, having to listen to someone speak about Cinder's "unparalleled talent" in combat and how she's the best villain on the show and she deserved all of her victories and her loses were all not her fault or plot mandated: "uh huh, sure. Say, what are you smoking again?"

Me, having to listen to the same person extole Ozpin as having done nothing wrong, Pyrrha is responsible for her own death and Qrow, Ozpin, Goodwitch, and Ironwood shouldnt give it another thought, and there was no problem with how she was given her information and any knowledge gaps in what was told to her were irrelevant, she knew enough: ".........oh, you're one of those"

Me, listening to how someone describes beating Ozpin that one time is supposed to be a sign that Cinder should always be invincible, Salem gettig beat up by Hazel doesnt count because she sucks, all of the other Maidens not having Plot Armor is totally valid, saying Jaune, Ren, and Nora should have died: "whelp, time to drop this discord server"

Hoo boy, I don’t normally do deep essays about my favorite shows, but here goes…

The first and third points you make speak for themselves, anon, and I’m assuming you’re responding to people who like Cinder too much and think she’s more badass than she really is.

The second point is one that I wrestle with. After growing up and realizing how much about the world was kept from me and my peers as kids (either to protect us or to influence us), I have a pretty negative reaction towards authorities that insist on keeping major secrets from people doing the work/fighting. If I were in Jaune’s position, finding out that Pyrrha had been set up for a major risk without being given all the information, I’d probably want to beat Ozpin senseless, too.

However, I think it’s actually good writing that things go the way they did! Sure, Arkos is easily my favorite ship and my shipper brain instantly tries to find ways for things to turn out better for Pyrrha! But in service of the whole plot, it’s great drama to have a secret leader fighting for humanity who has been betrayed before and now can’t bring himself to trust anyone, creating tension after it leads to people dying. Ozpin himself has said that he made more mistakes than anyone alive, and we didn’t understand what he meant at the time, but by god we get to learn and it’s not pretty. You also see something similar with Ironwood and the Atlas military, where the authority figure decides that only they know what needs to be done, even if it leads to people being hurt, and it ultimately costs Ironwood everything (if it’s not clear, I’m not a member of the “Ironwood did nothing wrong” crowd)

It’s difficult for me to reconcile what the “correct” course of action is regarding secrets (which also makes for a much better dramatic story). Ozpin has some justification in not revealing everything to everyone because there were obviously betrayals or people who went rogue and made things worse (Lionheart and Ironwood). However, people like Jaune, Raven, and Hazel are also justified in feeling betrayed or lied to while their loved ones are being killed in a fight that they were kept from understanding.

The closest thing to a big moral statement that I can find in RWBY is that when people decide not to trust and push people away, it ends in tragedy (See: Pyrrha, Summer, Ironwood, etc). Even when it’s for the best reasons, the strongest heroes fail when they fight alone, and they succeed when they trust each other and fight together. (Plugging another of my favorite shows: “Mandalorians are stronger together.”) I’ve seen comparisons between Jaune and Hazel, where one chose to burn the world down and the other got up and kept fighting for the world to be safe, and I like the conclusion they made: the difference is that Jaune remained with his friends and trusted them while Hazel turned away from everything. I wouldn’t want to guess if there’s a planned resolution for the show, but if there is then I would think that Ozpin/Raven/other characters learning to trust again would play a big part.

Tl;dr It’s good dramatic writing for there to be a struggle between keeping things secret and trusting others, even though it led to two of my favorite ships being sunk (Arkos/Fairgame). Hopefully we see more people learning to trust each other and it saves the world.

[gloomforrestrunes]

Ngl onyx, Levi and cinder already got me on a chokehold

The three of them look that either they lost it already or is in the process of losing it...not Levi tho girly looks like that she is having the time of her life.

this trio is quite a violent bunch!! loved designing them though, im particularly partial to cinder and levi.

cinder is a bat-eared fox, levi is a coyote, and onyx is a tasmanian devil.

cinder and onyx were both born in the dark realm, while levi was recruited. cinder is jaded from growing up within her crumbling home, sick of being fed the stories of why the dark realm was sealed away. he's pissed off that she's being punished for something that happened so long ago. so when question took over and offered the revenge for what was all done to them, cinder jumped at the opportunity. he doesnt care how brutal it all is, she just wants the provinces to choke at the end of her claws.

onyx is a similar deal, though he's much less clever and calculating than cinder and is more spontaneous and just wants the ambush to start already. (think of the super old leeroy jenkins meme, thats onyx LMAO)

levi is definitely having the time of her life. she bathes in the glory of battle and tends to laugh every time she gives one of her opponents another scar. her back right leg doesn't work very well, but that doesn't deter her in the slightest.

[buglyknight]

1106) belly

my belly is burning

and angry

i place a cigarette on the pack

next to the lighter

i feel a little bit less

sick

so it's time to remember

i'm sick

it hurts and

i keep thinking about you today

and it hurts

my stomach is on fucking fire

soon my lungs will be too

and i keep thinking about you today

my knuckles are almost

scab-free

but all i can think about is

breaking the skin open again

i love you

if i sleep on the floor again

ill be sleeping on my own blood

i might sleep on the floor tonight

my stomach is scorched

the world is tilting

i could go for a cigarette

im sorry for loving you

why do i need to be sorry

i love you

i love you

im sorry for loving you

can you squint your eyes and

use your hands to frame me

when i ask you

What?

can you

fall into my arms

can you push me

in front of sprinklers

water would be nice

my stomach is cinders

could you just

could i just

see you again

im not that sick anymore

in the way that causes

your immune system to

attack your own body

to burn out the germs

otherwise im

just as sick

in the way that

you write words in your own blood

and leave stains everywhere

and scar your body looking for hope

and laugh as you hurt and hurt and hurt

and sit alone in the ice cold frigid wyoming plains

bashing your head into the earth

and get in an uber when

your best friends tell you

just don't show up

nobody would notice

im still just as sick

and i know im loved

but why doesnt that matter

unless it was yours

why doesn't it matter

unless it's from you

i could kill everyone who ever

told me they loved me

if it meant i could be with you always

seriously, what is wrong with me?

do i remember tracing your lips with my fingers

in the auditorium?

your head in my lap?

of course of course of course

im so angry

secondary emotion

ive been in mourning for 10 years

when i felt like a necromancer

i realized i was just speaking with the dead

not resurrecting them

im going to drink more rum

then i wont remember anything

but the spinning

i need to get ready

people say smoking a cigarette

when you're drunk

doesn't count

so none of this poem counts, either

although, i don't think i'm drunk yet

we'll all pretend i was

[okamixxiii]

Mystic Gen Z vs Older Mystics

This is more or so going to be written as a little ramble BUT!! I was quite interested in the topic of Gen Z vers the previous Gens, which made me think hmm.. How would the younger generations of Mystics differ to the older generations?

My answer would be, with the passing of the Forgotten War so long ago, and the population of youth getting tired of hiding, they would begin to rebel through self and expression and by breaking the overall "dont do this in front of humans" rule.

This is based off of how now adays I can go to the mall and see people wearing whatever they want and expressing themselves by whatever they want. More and more people are inclined to not care about how you customize yourself now adays. Which is a good thing! For both sides. If the humans are starting to do it, then what is stopping a younger Mystic to take the leap and go out in public as their true self? for example, a shifter having their ears and tail out.

They could go into a shopping mall and get compliments on them, without being caught or chased away like before. It still isnt a "normal" standard for either population but its not really looked at as such a bad thing before. BUT I do feel as if the older generations had the rule so heavily to lead their life that they would scoff and shake their head at any younger generations doing it. They fear for their safety while the younger generation is more or so ready to come back out into the open, no matter the costs. Its fun to think that similar to the real world, this would have caught as a trend on Mystic social media platforms.

There would be countless of videos of the youth attempting this 'reveal' in public, so much it would even get onto the Mystic news broadcasts. Some news reports may applaud their bravery and commitment, while other pieces of medias are warning Mystic parents to prevent their kids from doing it. T.K.E.A has even had a couple of incidents where they had to get called in just to reprimand rowdy teens and young adults.

Not always doing such harsh jobs as tracking serial killers, yknow? Even with the threat of basically getting your government called on you if youre sighted breaking this law, the Mystic gen Z wont back down so easy! The main thing that really had me thinking is, what about older part of gen Z? For example, anyone that is just starting their 20s, like me. We were raised by an older generation but dont fit there. We are apart of a younger generation but we also dont fit there either. Our views line up, but also differentiate so harshly sometimes. In personality as well. Like uh, you can usually tell someone lived through the migration of social life turning to social media. Things like that. We are the middle of it, the transition between the as they call it "millennial pause" and the "Gen z shake". So...Since the main crew of Skin and Teeth are in their 20's that makes them apart of that older gen z that doesnt quite fit.

Meaning in this particular case, they were raised heavily by the rule "dont do this in front of humans" and probably carry on the fear that they were raised with. They would more than likely be less brave than their younger gen z peers but still looking to break free from the cycle. It made me imagine as an example for Anthony Cinder to try and break this cycle, even though he was especially raised in such a harsh environment to uphold that law. It would be a very important thing.

Tl;DR: The newer generation of Mystics are ready to be open with who they are. For the freedom of it all. Hopefully I made sense!

[starspaceace]

alright! until 6.55 in a week and it adds the worst fish of the expansion to catch my list of fish i need to catch still in xiv can be contained in a single screenshot

im just gonna complain under the read more about each of them. i have beef with these fish im rambling but i want it out there

cinder surprise fucking sucks bc you can see that the next time it is available is 4 hours from screenshot which is like at 350 am. the next time after that is like 1130 9 days later i literally put it in my calendar on my phone. i have to do this to remind myself of the reasonable times to catch this thing like what the fuck is this ????

i have caught ealad skaan but i keep it on the list. as a reminder. one of ffxiv's worst fish and i have it by some miracle

aster trivi is just straight catch thats got some annoying timing but not as bad as cinder surpise as an example

celestial is a weird one bc it also has weird timing but the way the weather works its either available for a 2 minute window or a 23 minute window. the 23 one doesnt help i still havent gotten it

lancetfish you fucking menace you can never catch two mora tecta to pop the requirements for it in one window so youve gotta try and get one in a window before it and it sucks i hate this guy ive never gotten the intuition for it its complicated and its also a notorious one. ill just have to tough it out and afk in the area for it for periods of time to get a chance to get it. it'll probably be one of the last ones i get if i manage to be able to get it before dawntrail

pearl sucks but its just a mooch cycle i cant seem to get it in

ambling sucks bc the lizard you need to catch to mooch it i can never catch it sucks

maru crab is like aster trivi not as annoying i just havent caught it yet

charibert also like that sucks but lower on the list of the fish i hate

the last 4 are just more common ones i havent gotten for some reason or another. not for lack of trying as of late since theyre last on the list but like theyre all available right after another and for some reason they elude me

i dont know how many fish the .55 update adds but theyre gonna be a pain in the ass and ill also have to update my gear at some point but i will get it. my rarest achievements in game are fishing ones now

[bridgyrose]

“Long ago, the world was plunged into darkness and demons known as grimm nearly hunted humanity into extinction. Cities were snuffed out while huntsmen struggled to keep the grimm at bay. And when humanity had nearly been extinguished, Penny, the patron saint of humanity, appeared and pushed back the grimm. She found allies to help her, ones that she trusted and could help her with her goal. Until one of them became a demon of her own. A huntress with silver eyes betrayed her and attacked Penny, nearly killing her in the process. After a long battle, the silver eyed demon was thrown into an abyss.” Weiss sighed and closed the book she had held. “That’s all I could find about why you were hunted.” 

Ruby rolled her eyes and finished getting contacts in to hide the silver in her eyes. “That’s not how it went. Cinder killed her, not me.” 

“But that’s not how the story tells it,” Yang said as she put a hand on Ruby’s shoulder. “And if that’s how everyone here sees it, then we’ll have to live with it.” 

“I dont want to live with it! I want to find out why we’re here!” 

“And we will,” Blake said. “That said, the only way we can do that is if we get out there and really see what’s going on. And if you’re getting hunted any time you’re seen-” 

“I know I know, its either this or stay hidden until we can get something.” Ruby took another long look at herself in the mirror, almost not recognizing her own reflection as violet eyes stared back at her. “Still, I just wish we had something to go off of. Grimm arent a problem, and besides bandits, it doesnt seem like there’s a lot of problems. At least, nothing that we’d need to get involved with.” 

Weiss nodded and put the book back onto the desk. “I think our best bet is to start with the festival that’s being held today. Looks like they’re doing something in Penny’s honor.” 

Yang paused for a moment. “A festival?” 

“They call it the Festival of Life. From what I was reading about it, its their way of celebrating the disappearance of the grimm.” 

Ruby smiled and put her cloak on as she practically jumped up. “Then we might as well go. We can find out the kind of food they have now and learn more about the laws-” 

“And you cant have your cloak,” Blake said. “We can find another one for you. Maybe one less red.” 

Ruby sighed a bit as she took her cloak off and held it in front of her. “I cant just… not wear it. Its my signature look.” 

“Which is why you cant wear it. You’ll stick out.” 

Yang nodded. “And from what you told us, it wouldnt surprise me if there’s already wanted posters for you too.” 

Ruby slowly nodded and folded up her cloak to put away, her fingers lingering a bit as she held the fabric. It wasnt something she’d gone without ever since she made it, and going without it now felt… strange. “I… I guess you’re right. I’ll figure something out then.” 

“Dont worry, we wont be too long. Besides, I’m sure there’ll be something for us to get while we’re there.” 

“*If we can actually get anything,*” Ruby thought to herself as she started to make her way out to the festival with her team. Though, she did have to admit she was excited to see whatever this festival wouldnt entail. Especially if this one was about Penny. 

A soft smile crossed her lips as she thought about Penny. While she wasnt sure how Penny would think of a festival being about her, she was sure she’d still enjoy the idea of it. People of the kingdom coming together to celebrate the woman she loved centuries after she’d lived… it wasnt anything she had thought would’ve been possible. Humanity had been so divided in her lifetime, and now seeing everyone come together like this was almost like a dream come true. Even if it came with having to hide herself. 

Though, once Ruby and her team arrived at the festival grounds, she paused when she saw a statue of Penny towering over the stalls. The statue itself was still kept in almost pristine condition, every detail intricately carved, almost as if Ruby had been looking at Penny herself. The swords of her floating array were arranged in a half-circle behind her and nearly looked like the sun itself with the way they reflected the light around them. Even the paint looked like it had been touched up with care and respect. 

“Are you going to be okay?” Yang asked. 

Ruby flinched as she felt Yang put a hand on her shoulder, eyes still lost in the green of Penny’s. “I didnt think I’d see something like this for her. Its like she’s watching over everyone, still protecting humanity like she’d want to.” 

“And you’re sure you’ll be fine?” Ruby nodded, her heart still hurting as she looked away from the statue of Penny and wiped a tear away from her eye. “I promise, I’ll be fine. We wont find why we’re here just standing around.” 

“If you’re sure.” 

Ruby started to walk again through the festival grounds and past the stalls that lined the roads. She kept her head down, but took note of everything that was being sold. The smells of sweets filled the air from food stalls, there were outfits that looked similar to Penny’s being sold along with replicas of other important items from humanity’s past, and other trinkets that seemed more religious than anything else. Everything seemed normal for a festival, until she started to listen to the conversations the citizens were having. 

“Think She will join us this year?” one faunus asked another. “With Atlas starting to build their army again-” 

“You shouldnt listen to those rumors,” the other interrupted. “Besides, She’ll protect us if anything happens. Like she did before.” 

Another citizen scoffed. “I wouldnt expect her to protect us again. The last time she showed up was a hundred years ago just before the bandit uprising. If she’s not around now, then there’s nothing to worry about.” 

“I dont think she will show,” a girl wearing a cloak said. “She is just a legend right? Maybe she never existed.” 

Ruby paused when she heard the girl speak with Penny’s voice, her heart stopping as she caught a glimpse of the girl’s face in a reflection. Green eyes, red hair, a face that looked like Penny’s… it was enough for her to shake as she reached for the girl’s shoulder. Her voice shook as she spoke. “P-Penny?” 

The girl turned around and paused as she stared at Ruby. “I-I think you have the wrong person, I need to go!” 

“Wait!” Ruby reached out to catch the girl’s hood as she started to run off. She looked back towards her team, and saw they were busy with the stalls. Without another thought, she ran after the girl, using her semblance to make her way through the crowds of people. “Wait, stop! I just want to talk to you!” 

The girl turned to look at Ruby once more before disappearing into the crowd. Ruby stopped as she watched a green streak rush off ahead of her, unable to keep up. She let out a soft sigh and started to make her way back to her team, still certain she’d seen Penny.

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