#RWBY5

[strqyr]

— weiss and yang + teasing

[imdcathsmeow]

It's the yearning

[sedlex]

Shoulder checking Raven on their way to go do heroic shit.

[peridotite]

ahem

[uselessalexis165]

Suffers from the loss of her mom

Suffered from abuse from her father and her mother ended up drinking because of that abuse

Both of her parents genuinely love and care for her, and they just want to help their community

Her bio mom left her by choosing to lead her crew of bandits and lost the only real mom that actually raised her

[misstrashchan]

Mmmmm been having some thoughts on Ruby and Weiss rn

Ruby is set up to be foiled to Alyx, both in the opening, trying to retrace her footsteps in her story in the first couple of episodes, picking up Alyx's knife at the blacksmith's:

And in the latest episode, her lashing out being met with her intepreted as being cruel and selfish:

"Like Alyx, she wasn’t just a little petulant or inconsiderate. She was selfish, cruel. Like this whole word was simply make-believe and the rules didn’t apply to her."

"What about you? It's *all* about you!"

JWBY all seem to have different ideas of who and what Alyx was. She exists to teach a moral lesson, she's just a girl trying to survive and find her way back home, she was a mean little girl, she was the villain who rewrote the story.

But then we also have this line from the book said by Oscar in V8:

"She brushed off her bumps and bruises, for nothing hurt worse than the loneliness in her chest."

And... I'm reminded of Ruby's own loneliness, how distant she feels from her own teamates and friends right now, from the pressure of expectations to always be the one with a plan, with a smile and something positive to say to inspire everyone to Keep Moving Forward, put on her by both herself and the people around her. How Weiss is mourning her kingdom, Yang and Blake get to sort their feelings out, Jaune gets to have his breakdown, to the point his own over shadows Ruby's and her feelings are dismissed. And how the way she lashes out at them was both understandable and a long time coming, but also terribly cruel and messy. And that no one can be blamed for not seeing or reaching out to Ruby more when she refuses to let others know how much she's hurting and ask for their help. Ruby is still entitled to her own feelings. So is Jaune and WBY.

Which brings to mind a certain quote shown at the beginning of a certain someone's trailer:

"Everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or forms of measure. And all of it... irreplaceable"

Weiss's arc involves her looking outside of herself and learning to see and understand those around her, their own sorrows and burdens they carry with them. And of course, loneliness is a big reoccurring theme in Weiss's arc. Meeting her teammates and supporting them is what leads to her understanding their struggles, hence why Weiss develops from wanting to be the leader to instead dedicating herself to being the most supportive member in team RWBY, and thrives the most when she's fighting with them, but also emotionally supports them through their own struggles.

She's the one who notices something's off with Blake first in V2, and gets her to open up to the rest of her team so they can all work it out together:

"So, Blake Belladonna, what is wrong!?"

She supports Yang when she's confronting Raven and dealing with her abandonment issues

"It's okay if... you're not okay."

Her own sense of self and relationship to loneliness is a healthy one at present, and is something she can use to relate to others.

She understands other people’s loneliness, that Blake in V5 needed space and in time she’d come back, and Weiss would be ready to be there for her when she did. And she also understands Yang’s loneliness in the same volume and that she needed someone there to support her.

“But you’re right. I don’t know loneliness like you do. I have my own version. And, I bet Blake has her own version too.” 

"When she's ready, I'll be there for her. And I know we're not as close, but... I'm here for you too."

Weiss understands that no one's version of loneliness is the same, and every individual needs something different to have their feelings respected and understood. And now in V9 Weiss has to reckon and come to understand Ruby's own version of loneliness after seeing Ruby snap and how much everything has been weighing down on her, and what she needs from her as a friend and teammate.

All the way back in V1, Weiss grew to accept Ruby as leader and promised to support her:

"Ruby... I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know, that I am going to be the best teammate you will ever have."

And I believe she'll try to hold true to that as best she can for Ruby going forward.

[morglien]

volumes that changed my bees schnees ass: v5 freezerburn and v9 bumbleby.

[krimreader]

Oh, how I miss you (weiss' v5 glowy eyes)

[abysskeeper]

Now seems like a good time to shamelessly self plug my Raven character study from volume 5

Just. You know. For no reason.

[trainer-sean]

Would Noir be a Knightshade baby then?

Ruby:Why is there a grave in the back that says Noir?

Sun:We don’t talk about the incident…

Ruby:Incident?

Blake:Jaune aura amplified me and it made my clone last 5 hours and she could even speak.

Ruby:That sounds awesome!

Jaune:*stares* It was at first…

Ruby:What?

Yang:We named her Noir and for the first hour everything was fine.

Illia:Then hour two hit and she grasped the concept of her existences and how she’s gonna fade away.

Ruby:…

Weiss:hour three we finally calmed her down and she came to terms with it. Until hour four…

Ruby:*nervously* hour four?

Jaune:She started to feel weak and couldn’t even stand anymore. She lost composure after that.

Sun:For the fifth hour I held a crying Blake saying “I don’t wanna go.” Until she had nothing left.

Yang:Then she faded away like a regular clone.

Ruby:…

Jaune:No more super clones will be made.

Blake:Digging your own grave changes you…

Ruby:well then, there goes my good mood.

[dailynnd]

5001_Still on her mind (1) 5002_Still on her mind (2)

[alullinchaos]

"I'm a girl but I'm also a gun" (The Triumph/RWBY5 OP) and "I'm Due Process" (Hero/RWBY7 OST) mean the same thing, one is just a more subtle way of saying it

[cuntkinghorr]

Same.

In a lot of the versus asks, you mention lighting as being more damaging in Remnant. Does that have to do with Aura?

It’s not more damaging, but we’re shown multiple times that aura does absolutely nothing to protect you from the pain and the muscle spasms that electricity causes. This can effectively paralyze a fighter mid-fight, which is always bad news. 

Lightning is absolutely your best counter to a Huntsman or Huntress, unless their name is Nora Valkyrie. 

Which is an interesting layer to her character: something that everyone else finds to be a weakness, she gains her strength from. 

[bloodraven55]

WE’RE BACK IN THE ERA OF TOP TIER RWBY POSTERS HOLY FUCK

[morglien]

anyone ever think about before v8 yang didnt cry in front of anyone...I Do.

[uselessalexis165]

some characters who lost their arms in the different franchises i like