#Haven Academy

[nightmare-foundation]

The Academies are based on and named after things Oz values.

Beacon- Beacons of hope

Haven- safe havens

Atlas- symbols of innovation, protection from darkness, a light in the dark

Shade- protection from harsh light and heat

[bobauthorman]

I wanted to discuss the previous leaders of the White Fang organization in RWBY, their commonalities and their differences.

I’m talking about Ghira Belladonna, Blake’s father, and Sienna Kahn, Adam Taurus’ original mentor. These two had wildly distinct methods of dealing with the oppression their fellow Faunus suffered. Both types had their plusses and minuses, but when pushed to the extreme, proved to be insufficient for solving the problem. As Blake pointed out, there are no simple answers for very complex problems.

(As an aside, I know people think CRWBY dropped the ball on the “racism in a fantasy world” concept, but I don’t think they did any worse of a job than One Piece or Discworld.)

As demonstrated in the Adam Taurus trailer, Ghira tried to solve issues peacefully, but as also shown, this passivism also meant he was unable to truly defend his people, nor were humanity truly motivated to really change how they treated faunus. And because of that, he lost the respect of the White Fang, allowing Sienna and Adam to take over the group and turn it into a terrorist sect. Ghira was effectively pushed out of the White Fang, to the point of being totally ignorant of the White Fang’s role in the Fall of Beacon. If Blake and Sun Wukong hadn’t shown up in Menagerie, it’s unlikely he would have learned anything.

That said, Sienna was not much better in running the White Fang. While she certainly was more hands-on, she made the same mistake about going too far with her chosen method. As I’ve mentioned in a different post, her allowing Adam’s violent tendencies played a huge part in why he turned wrong so quickly, and the same could be said about the White Fang as a whole. The first we hear about the group is their disrupting a peaceful rally, and Sun describes them as a cult, who try to force other faunus to follow them. Sienna makes it clear in her debut that her goal is for humans to fear faunus, and fear retribution for mistreating the species. But, the problem with the threat of force is that it only works when you are able to maintain that force. Not to mention that this violent outlook made it easy for the White Fang to manipulated by even worse groups, such as the Salem Gang.

So, essentially, neither Ghira or Sienna’s methods really did anything to solve the issue. Both versions of the White Fang were failures. So why is it that Ghira lives, and Sienna dies? Well, it’s not a simple answer like “aggression bad, passism good”. If that was true, the assassination attempt would have been foiled by everyone holding hands and signing “Kumbayah”. No, it’s a different sort of simple answer.

And the answer is love.

Whatever flaws Ghira had as a leader, he and his wife Kali were still a comforting presence enough for Blake to go see them, which led to Sun learning about the attack on Haven. And the two of them were able to save the attempt on his life committed by the Albain brothers.

Sienna, on the other hand, had no one. Adam’s rising influence in the White Fang’s ranks was best demonstrated by the Grimm masks worn by the rank and file (I contend that these masks were optional, as Blake never wore one, nor did the Albains). As Adam points out before he kills her, the White Fang already saw him as the High Leader, but Sienna clearly never caught on to what was happening until it was too late. She was literally unable to see eye to eye with her former comrades. You might say that she made the same mistake Ghira did, this happened after she sat herself on a throne, and took herself out of the action. By no longer taking part on raids, she lost the respect of the White Fang.

So, I guess the moral is, stand up for yourself, but don’t go too far, and, as always, “Trust love”.

[7pleiades7]

Diana at the Bath (1830) by James Ward RA (1769–1859), oil on panel, 76.2 × 64.8 cm, Signed and dated lower left: "JWR 1830", Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven

[radiant-flutterbun]

🐯/🦁/🐼/🦊 for the FR ask game! :3

🐯Share a dragon who likes conspiracy theories, and a dragon who keeps trying to convince them that conspiracy theories aren't real

Evarado often falls deep into conspiracy theory rabbit holes and believes every word, while his work partner Monochopsis desperately tries to to pull him back to reality.

🦁Share two dragons who are menaces to society, and their babysitter dragon

Aorta and Nitro are teenagers who like to see things bleed and explode.

Their terror can only be reigned in by Guerra, the one adult they respect (For reasons he doesn't know. If he did he would pawn this responsibility to someone else)

🐼Share two dragons with a one-sided parasocial relationship (Bonus points: Both of them are parasocial towards the other)

Past and Anjou are both teachers who work in the same school. Past looks up to Anjou, while Anjou barely knows he exists (Poor guy...)

🦊Share a dragon who would have/currently has credit card debit

Loculus would think maxing out her card was a good thing

[thatoneluckybee]

Ava no...

[rwby-is-the-best]

shout out to this background character from signal academy

i just think she's neat

[webtoon-brackets]

[gingerbreadmonsters]

I HOWL AND I WHINE, I'M AFTER YOU

[southernbaphomet]

some heartsease development...

[lyndseyplayshss]

001: Lisa Counts

General Information:

Full Name: Lisa Marie Counts

Nickname(s): Li, Determinator

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Aquarius

Appearance:

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 190 lbs

Skin Color: Brown

Hair Color: Black with green ends

Hair Style: Waves

Eye Color: Green

Clothing Style: Punk, goth

Accessories: Eyebrow piercing, leather bracelets

Features: light freckles on bridge of nose, dimple on left cheek.

Relationships:

Family: Mom and dad, three brothers, one sister

Love Interest/Crush: Chase Cunningham (Prep)

Friends/Allies (outside of the main cast): Charlie Daniels (Nerd), Jackie Antalek (Gamer), Alistair Kirkland (Cheerleader), Quanita Warner (Writer), Zach Morris (Filmmaker)

Enemies (outside of the main antagonists): a few people from her old school

History:

Second oldest of 5 kids, Lisa has always been someone who protects the people she cares about. From a young age she put others above her, and thought of everyone as a new friend she hadn't made yet. Unfortunately that left her open for people to take advantage of her, and she was ultimately betrayed by people she considered friends. She left her private school and went home, and while exploring the town her parents had moved to, she found Haven Academy and became it's first official student.

Outside of that, her family is incredibly varied. Her eldest brother Ben is in college, her estranged twin brother Lance attends Apollo Academy, younger brother Jack recently transferred from the same school, and youngest sister Jade is considering transferring from Twin Branches.

Other Information:

Likes: sushi, rock music, anime

Dislikes: bugs, clowns, being cold

Hobbies: cosplay, drums, writing

Habits: gum chewing, nail biting, writing

Fears: bugs, breaking a bone, raw meat

Trivia: She's an excellent dancer, her favorite sport is hockey, and she did a short stint on a variety show as a kid

If they could switch cliques, which one would they go to: anime club

[intellectually-elite]

That's a quirky 1st episode title

[maskyartist]

wanna go batshit nuts. wanna make an apocalypse rwby au so badly its unreal. (more ramblings in the tags as usual)

[demisexualnathanvuornos]

Vinessa Antoine as Loretta in The Umbrella Academy 4x4 The Cleanse (2024)

[meeghanreads]

Top 5 series I will finish in 2024

Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 series I will finish in 2024!! Because I just need to tick some series off my TBR… Please. In case you’re new around here, this is another post we now do every year (noting that the topic has changed slightly over the past few years, but here is 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2019). Again, there are series from each year that I swore I…

[thatoneluckybee]

WELL. THAT TOOK A TURN.

MAN I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE A CUTE AND SILLY COMIC ABOUT SILLY LITTLE FANTASY PEOPLE AND THEIR SILLY LITTLE SCHOOL W H A T IS THIS

[t0xicbimb0]

Foxtrot Academy Rot. 7

"Off-campus housing"

Blanche Frastser, Briggritta Moon and Alonzo lived together the first year of the rotation. Blanche ends up delivering twin boys. We named them Haven and Harry. Since that would have made three infants in university, I sent the twins to their father Alex Moon in Black Mesa. He just bought a family home with the money his mother gifted him from her life insurance payout from her ex-boyfriend who happens to be Blanche's father. 

Blanche was supposed to move back in with her mother after university but she's a mom now and has more of an understanding of her father through completing his manuscript. Plus, Blanche and her mother might have a good relationship in the panel but since her father's murder her mother's erratic behavior has ramped up. This makes Blanche hesitant of letting her mother around her children. Blanche continues to write throughout the year and joins the greek house where she resides in the second year.

Alonzo has continued hooking up with Annie Louie. Annie is his sister Adeline's fiancé and Blanche's sister. Annie and Adeline are in a polyamorous relationship. Alonzo and Annie used to hook up but she could never fully commit to him like she has Adeline. Definitely a messy dynamic, especially since he is hiding this from his partner. Briggritta and Alonzo raise Golaith to meet all milestones. He is a child at the end of the rotation. Briggritta ends up with a love aspiration, I can't remember if its her primary or secondary. She rolls the want to hook up with other sims so naturally the two decide to open up their relationship.

This generation of sims mostly all come from broken homes with messy affairs that blew up the life they knew.

Briggritta doesn't have a moment to pursue other sims because she becomes pregnant again! Alonzo ends up joining the greek house as well but will not be moving in to complete his time at the academy. He has two kids that live on campus with him and he may abandon his dogs but he wouldn't abandon his children.

Briggritta tragically dies after giving birth to Hurley Ross. Fortunately, she is resurrected by Goliath instantly with a channel point redemption from my twitch chat.

The couple will graduate halfway through the next rotation which means we will get to play them half at the academy and half in the main hood!

End of rotation ages

Alonzo (23) Briggritta (21) Goliath (5) Hurley (2)