#RWBY volume 9

[anthurak]

So I want to talk about this one visual detail from the Blacksmith’s epic lore-dump that’s been BUGGING ME ever since Volume 9.

Specifically this bit where the threads representing the Brothers of Light and Darkness transition to threads representing Team RWBY.

Now those who have been following me for a while might remember a few posts I’ve done theorizing that the Schnee semblance is NOT actually a semblance at all, but rather a hereditary power originating from the God of Darkness much like how the Silver Eyes seem to originate from the God of Light, essentially the ‘dark’ counterpart to the Silver Eyes. Owing to things such as the Schnee semblance working very differently from other semblances, having a lot of similarities to ancient magic which was specifically gifted to humanity by the God of Darkness, and most notably, the Schnee’s ability to summon Grimm, the very creations of the God of Darkness.

So as you can imagine, when I first watched this sequence I was watching VERY CAREFULLY for some connection between Weiss and the God of Darkness. Such as a thread representing GoD turning into a white thread representing Weiss.

Except… that’s NOT what happened.

Instead we got this sequence of the images of the two gods combining into a ying-yang symbol, which in turn became a red thread clearly representing RUBY, which was then joined by threads representing Weiss, Blake and Yang.

So that was… INTERESTING.

Now to be clear, I don’t think this somehow debunks the idea that the Schnee semblance is connected to the God of Darkness. There’s simply way too many existing threads otherwise, most notably the whole ‘being able to summon Grimm’ thing, which still feel VERY important.

Instead, what this sequence seems to be implying is that Ruby somehow has her OWN connection to the God of Darkness in ADDITION to her connection to the God of Light via her Silver Eyes.

So what might that connection even BE?

Weeeeelllll… remember what I said earlier about how old-world magic has been specifically noted to be a gift from the God of Darkness? And how we know from Salem’s and Ozma’s kids that magic can be inherited by a child from a parent?

Well guess who just so happens to have a bit of old-world magic, was very close to Summer, and looks weirdly a lot like Ruby? And also hasn’t been repeatedly debunked by the creators as a possible parent to Ruby.

It’s funny, I swear I wasn’t even looking for Rosebird Parents evidence with this one. Like at first I was thinking this might be hinting that Ruby might get eventually Grimm-Hybridized herself, but then I remembered ‘Hey, Raven has a connection to the God of Darkness…’

[hiru3152]

" Sinking down into depths of nowhere " - Inside rwby09

I changed the focus from Yang to Blake because I want yang to focus on her sister, too in the volume about Ruby's mental problem. Blake expressed her emotions more deeply in v9, compared to Yang so I drew her yearning instead.

I made the last one for phone wallpaper size ^_^ [I need it] RWBY volume 9 fanmade cover art by @Hiru3152

[hadesisqueer]

"Scythes are not a good weapon choice" who gives a shit this is cool

[banancrumbs]

i started this wip when they kissed and now rwby is…. anyway please have it!

[bugsbiann]

they like to torment their fav nepo baby

[skidsspace]

These are legit my favorite two screenshots. I love every expression and pose in them. You can tear RWBY from my cold dead hands.

[cream-and-five-sugars]

All good romance is earned.

— Monty Oum

[davidellisartworkstuff]

"Until Team RWBY arrive - and who knows how long that'll be - all we have is each other."

Helmet BONK sound.

[lafirechicken]

Hello rwby fandom

Listening to nobody’s soldier made me want to see a rwby edit to it. Like it just reminds me of the atlas arc. But idk how to make edits so I made this instead.

I listened to nobody’s soldier for 15 hours in the past two days

[baileybeez]

Catradora and Bumbleby Parallels

Forehead Touch

Comfort Touches

Emotional Reunion

Teasing

You're Everything I've Ever Wanted Look

HANDS

Promise

Tormented By Powerful Authority Figure

Telling That Abuser Off

Part 2 here!

[frishbi]

HOW ARE WE FEELING BUMBLEBY NATION??? <3

[riveluart]

When they finally get out of the Ever After

[cometblaster2070]

thinking about nothing currently but yang's hugs and how she always puts one hand on the back of a person's head and brings them in against her so that they're against her shoulder and it makes me want to SOB.

also that team RWBY group hug was sorely needed i love it sm.

[synnyi]

waited an eternity for this moment

[pmpknsoup]

imagine your ex turning into a bird so she doesnt have to pay child support for her daughter that you adopted

[hadesisqueer]

RWBY as Tweets (I'm bored)