#RWBY volume 8

[hadesisqueer]

Liking Winter Schnee when volume 8 was airing was truly like being in the trenches with all the discourse like holy shit

[frishbi]

I MISS THEM

[bugsbiann]

go on yang. answer the question

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

[bobasisters]

like it's mandatory for her to be put through it at this point

[marsarchy]

dusty old crow doodles

[kinuhanino]

some rwby doodles (its just ruby and penny)

just some warm ups before I do a ruby rose comm

i was listening to Picture You by Chappel Roan for the last one :ppp

extra!

:))

[bumblebybelladonna]

they.

[anthurak]

Hey, so we all understand that ANY serious RWBY theory that has Jaune getting some kind of cool powerup or weapon or a badass fight scene or killing one of the big bads like Cinder or Salem or literally any other fantasy-hero/power-fantasy staple is effectively dead on arrival, right?

Because it runs counter to one of the fundamental qualities of Jaune’s character: that he is a massive SUBVERSION of the whole ‘fantasy hero protagonist’ archetype. That a CORE aspect of Jaune’s character arc across the show has been all about abandoning any desire to be some idealized ‘Fantasy Hero’ who’s super special and always saving the day and defeating evil, and instead growing in an ‘Every-Man Hero’. Someone who isn’t all that special or strong but is nonetheless committed to helping those in need.

I mean just compare Jaune in Atlas during Volume 7/8 to Jaune in the Ever After during Volume 9: During their time in Atlas, we see Jaune not trying to be ‘The Hero’, instead he’s part of a group, following someone else’s lead and focusing on helping and supporting his friends and anyone else he can. While his friends are off slaying monsters and fighting the bad guys, Jaune is escorting kids to school or evacuating civilians or just carrying a friend or three. And it’s clear that in this role, Jaune flourishes. Emotionally and psychologically, Jaune is the best he’s been in the entire show! To the point where even in the depths of Salem’s ominous Grimm Whale of Doom, Ren’s empathic senses see Jaune as a pure, bright spot of positivity.

Then Volume 9 let Jaune try to be a cool, badass legendary hero in the form of The Rusted Knight. A single, solitary hero at the center of everything who fights monsters and helps everyone.

And it utterly DESTROYED HIM.

At this point I think the show has made it pretty clear where Jaune’s character is going, and just as clear where it ISN’T going.

If anything, rather than Jaune getting some kind of powerup, I think it’s far more likely we’ll see the opposite.

You know the theories that Jaune will wind up being integral to any plans to revive Penny? That Pietro will reveal/confirm that he doesn’t have enough aura to reactivate Penny, or is prepared to sacrifice his life in order to bring is daughter back one more time; only for Jaune to step in and volunteer his aura as the catalyst to bring Penny back.

Well consider how (re)activating Penny permanently stunted Pietro’s aura. I think it’s pretty easy to imagine much the same happening to Jaune.

Specifically, what if reviving Penny costs Jaune his uniquely strong and quick-regenerating aura reserves? As in, the very things that have helped him to be a capable fighter? To the point where Jaune’s aura might now be not much stronger than that of a normal, untrained civilian.

Basically, what if Jaune doesn’t sacrifice his life to bring Penny back as Pietro might have done, but rather sacrifices his strength and even ability to be a HUNTSMAN?

Honestly, I think this would be the perfect conclusion to Jaune’s character arc; the idea that things like martial strength and the ability to slay monsters and fight bad guys are actually so unnecessary and even counter to who he really is as a person that Jaune can just give up those things without issue whatsoever (remember that he would STILL have his semblance that allows him to empower others).

Perhaps even to the point of admitting that he never really needed to BE a huntsman in the first place.

[coinjarred]

🔇Volume warning

I’ve made 4 seconds of a shitpost and I think I’m done with animating the rest of it bc I no no wanna

watts what do you MEAN you sent off Penny to SELF DESTRUCT

[piratelil]

Let’s not forget the “Heros fall. I just want to get as much as possible done before I do”

Are there no therapists in Vacuo 😭

This + “I’m not going to leave you, yang” = concern

[sevenofreds]

I was watching a couole react to the Volume 5 finale and people in the comments were like "let's see where Yang's bravado goes when she finally meets Salem"

...it really reiterated that some people hate on the show/characters but haven't actually fucking watched it. Yang got within ten feet of Salem and fucking DISEMBOWELED HER WITH BOMBS what the FUCK are you talking about

[frishbi]

atlas arc flashbacks

[bugsbiann]

the story of the faunus princess

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

i'm still reeling. here's more

[st-whalefall]

Another pie in the sky wishlist item I don’t think we’ll get is Ruby incorporating Penny’s floating array maiden edition sword into crescent rose

Just picture it, the jagged edges of the green semi-iridescent blade being retained as the blade of the scythe; like thorns, like leaves

“Does that one interest you?”

“Nothing, no one, is ever truly lost.”

Ruby should’ve been able to keep a piece of Penny in her weapon (extension of her soul) like Jaune kept a piece of Pyrrha

Haunt me!!!