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lore-of-the-silvereyes-rwby · 2 years ago

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The impact of truth upon rwby

Questions asked by @angstandhappiness

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I would like to get your thoughts on these as well as they do pertain to similar subjects that we have talked about in the past.

What do you think of Ozpin's choice on choosing Pyrrha to be the new Fall Maiden?

On paper it seems ideal but like any candidate chosen or given a job or task it's the then and there do you see whether or not it was a good choice and selection to make that person the one for the job or in this case Pyrrha as the Fall Maiden.

Truth be told when Oz made this choice there is a very high possibility that he didn’t know Pyrrha as much as he needed to and this is due to Pyrrha herself.

Personally I think Pyrrha more or less was having the same problem as any teen that could have been resolved had she talked and shared her thoughts about it instead of bottling up her emotions and just going with the flow.

Had that been known chances are Ozpin wouldn’t have chosen her to have been the Fall maiden but in all honesty and truth there weren’t that many options if you had to choose a good natured candidate to be an all powerful elemental avatar so yeah on paper she seemed like an ideal choice but once you read in between the lines it's a 50/50 gamble on whether or not it will pay off.

What is your opinion on Ozpin withholding the truth from his current allies of Salem's true invulnerability and immortality?

First off she is not invulnerable, maybe fast healing but not invulnerable if V8 is proof of anything.

Second to answer this one I have to invoke the old question that Dr. Oobleck asked team RWBY; Why did they become Huntsmen and Huntressesin the first place?

Before Salem was even a thing to the main characters they seemed pretty ok spending their lives knowing they can never eradicate the Grimm so that does beg the question; What’s the difference between then and now?

All they know now is that the Grimm have a leader and that just like them they can never truly eradicate the threat of her but beyond that what has really changed?

Does knowing that you can never beat or kill the final boss that is actively trying to kill you, your friends and every defenseless innocent really going to discourage you from doing whatever you can to help hinder said enemy and defend everyone you care or will care for?

No unless you have resolved to continue on with the fight and endure knowing that you may not succeed, and that those of good may continue to fail for thousands of years after you but they will not stop. All it takes for evil to truly succeed is if good people do nothing.

Now why do I bring up this highly philosophical theory is because everything that I just said is what is more or less Ozpin’s resolve and why he didn’t share the truth about Salem’s immortality with his allies; They are not Heroes who joined him to counter Salem

Other than Ruby Rose every single one of Ozpin’s allies did not join his fight against salem because they were altruistic or charitable enough to lend a helping hand for the greater good, no just like their choice to be huntsmen and huntresses they are not in this fight because it's the right thing to do, they are in it hoping that it will help serve their own personal needs and goals

In short the overall reason why Ozpin didn’t share the truth is because almost all of his allies are not true or real heroes that are on his side because it’s the right thing to do.

To help further explore this point here’s a list of goals and motives for some of Ozpin’s allies for either being huntsmen or being in this conflict and why they prove that they did not deserve the truth

These will also lead into the next question.

Team RWBY

Weiss;

Goal; redeem the Schnee family name & SDC.

Motive; prove that she is nothing like her father.

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; All her efforts and goals are self serving and tend and will only benefit her so that she may not feel so guilty about being a rich girl with a monopoly on the words most relied and needed resource to survive on

Sidenote; I’m not familiar with the inner workings of shady corporations or questionable business practices but i'm pretty sure being a monster slayer is not going to expose and remove Jaques from power so can someone tell me why Weiss couldn’t have done a whistleblower operation or corporate espionage instead of becoming a Huntress because honestly besides the fame and notoriety I don’t think there was any legitimate reason for Weiss to be a huntress (Like do Huntsmen double as PI’s or something?)

Blake;

Goal; Faunus equality/ Making things right with her friends

Side note; not gonna lie I don’t even know what her goals are anymore as her character at this point has been reduced to a love interest for Yang

Motive; Better life for herself/ Redemption for being both an enabler and coward

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; Just like Weiss, her goals and motives are also self serving in the sense that it opens more opportunities in life for blake as well as to put her mind at ease for being an ex terrorist as well as abandoning her friends and family in the past

Yang;

Goal; Find out why Raven abandoned her

Side note; Honestly this could have been resolved had anyone just told her that her mom was a psychopathic murderer who would rather kill than be part of a family

Motive; Besides knowing the truth for why Raven is awful she is also motivated by thrill seeking adventures and danger

Side note; there might be a bit of revenge and resentment added to her motives post V3 due to being framed losing her arm and being abandoned by almost everyone she had known

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; Besides being the daughter of a person that uses Ozpin’s teachings and power for evil, Yang is another example of someone who only does things that benefit herself and could care less about what happens(not unlike Raven)

Sidenote; if V5 & V6 are anything they prove that Yang is more or less the first one to walk away, and doesn't give a damn about the Salem conflict and will have left had Ruby not been there to stay.

Team JNPR

Jaune;

Goal; Become a Huntsmen to prove himself to his family and be a hero

Motive; apparently he is the family disappointment

Sidenote; Revenge for Pyrrah may be a motive post Fall of Beacon

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; besides lying, cheating and forging transcripts to get into beacon Jaune is another example of a self serving huntsmen with the added bonus that he should never have been involved in the first place

Sidenote; I can’t say for certain why Ozpin allowed Jaune to continue as a student in Beacon with forged transcripts but I doubt a reincarnating benign with 1000+ years of experience wouldn’t recognize forgery so for the benefit of the doubt lets assume that Ozpin decided to go with a 50/50 gamble either A.) Jaune becomes a great huntsmen or B.) he dies either way Jaune got what he wanted and Ozpin wins.

Nora;

Goal; Be with Ren/ Find self worth independent from Ren(Later)

Motive; Not to be alone and abandoned again

Sidenote; V8 really gave Nora depth as a character as to be honest she more or less was a flat character

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; Honestly besides Ruby, and Pyrrah Nora more or less had a decent 50/50 chance to have been involved in the Salem conflict however Nora Pre V6 wasn’t exactly the most reliable or secretive individual from Ozpin’s perspective and in all honesty had very little relevance or motive to be involved in the Salem conflict

Ren;

Goal; Become a Huntsmen

Sidenote; Possibly wanting to prevent others from having to lose what he had lost

Motive; Grief and anger from being orphaned by the Grimm

Sidenote; Basically he’s batman with the whole I am vengeance thing

Why they didn’t deserve to know about Salem's immortality; If later volumes after V4 are anything Ren isn’t exactly one of the most emotionally stable people to trust as his character during the Atlas arc is more or less akin to a whiny emotional b!7(# while trying to be emo and besides that just like Nora he had very little relevance or motive to be part of the Salem conflict

And Yes even though it was a Grimm that orphaned Ren I doubt Salem sent the Knuckleleave just to orphan Ren and in truth the destruction of Kuroyuri is ore or less akin to that of a wild animal attack, just a random act of nature that serves no purpose

Other

Qrow

Goal; Find friendship and protect the only real family he has left

Motive; Self worth and loneliness

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; Besides the fact that originally he was to use Ozpin’s teachings as a huntsmen to rob and kill innocent people

Ironwood

Goal; Ensure Atlas(the source of his power) is absolute and will endure

Motive; Obtaining power to feed his ego and hero complex

Why they didn’t deserve to know about salem’s immortality; to put it in short Ironwood only ever say the Salem conflict as a opportunity to increase Atlesian influence and superiority as well as a means to increase his own rule and power and being the opposite of everything that Ozpin stood for and tried to achieve

Sidenote; Ozpin wasn’t about seizing power or creating an unchallenged rule or seeking glory. Ozpin was doing what was best to help guide and nurture the good for the people of remnant, not to rule or control them with little care like Ironwood did.

Sidenote; I’ve done an entire analysis series on Ironwood explaining why

As you can see a majority of Ozpin’s allies really shouldn’t have been involved in the first place due to just what kind of people they are and probably still are by the time of the show's present. But due to circumstances and the choices of a few people they are involved do to either need or accident regardless of who they are and what they hope to achieve which is enough just cause and reason for why Ozpin didn’t tell them about Salem’s immortality

Because it was none of their business and by far beyond any of their capabilities combined as in truth the conflict with Salem is truly only Oz’s. Those are my reasons why none of these people were told the truth about Salem’s immortality as well as why they didn’t need or deserve to know as well. With that I’ll be moving on to the next question.

How do you think he should have told them, and when?

I just gave a whole lot of reasons why they shouldn’t have been told and if you noticed Ruby isn’t apart of that list because out of all Oz’s allies I do see Ruby as being the first if only person that Ozpin would have told the truth about Salem’s immortality because unlike the others her goals and motives aren’t self serving or a means to an end.

Ruby is content with being a huntress and is more or less willing to spend her days as one knowing she will die but still helps people along the way regardless of what the situation is or what the outcome will be.

But if Oz had to tell them it would probably have happened after they secured the relic in Atlas first and probably before Ironwood's descent into warmongering which lead to his eventual insanity in V8.

But that is besides the point, for you see this conflict with Salem is and always has been Oz’s problem and his problem only and everyone else could only really do is lend a helping hand and nothing more. Because of the sad truth and reality, what can they do? It doesn’t matter if they are all powerful, if all the grimm are extinct or if the world is under their control. Salem and Oz are basically timeless beings now and everyone around them will die and everything they have achieved will be undone one way or another.

And even then Defeating and Killing Salem is not the end goal of Oz’s mission. Salem may be the biggest obstacle at the moment but her being out of the picture doesn't mean or guarantee that things will be better for everyone.

Regardless of whether or not the main cast succeed and defeat Salem and she finally dies, Oz will still be there, once all of RWBY & JNR die Oz will still be there, and in in either hundred or a thousand years later after all of this Oz will still be there and will still be there after until he either succeeds in his mission in uniting Remnant in peace or until the Ozma soul has become so stretched and diminished to the point that the soul may no longer be able to reincarnate and eventually fade away into non existence. No afterlife, no heaven or hell, no rest just gone.

It's a sad but likely outcome for Oz because the story of the show and overall conflict with Salem isn’t a tale about power or dominance or about hope and fellowship.

It is a tale about, Human evil and all that it encompasses which leads to the consequences that is the overall theme between Salem and Oz and those that become involved; A tale of Death and the desire for deathlessness.

For better or worse or for good or evil, all thing must come to an end in order for the tale to progress and move forward otherwise the great old tales will never end and history repeats itself and were back at square one

These are my thoughts to these questions let me know what you think?

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threbe · 2 years ago

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I don't think the full show needs a full re writer ,a few things I'd change is how the time in volume 5 was used,,I'd all so change how they did things with Oscar n v4-8

I now there wasn't time but if there was id show/ change ,

🟣In v4

I'd show more of Oscar family,his town/village, friends he had and a bit more of his home life,and what he be giving up to go be the next ozma/oz,I'd all so show Oscar parallel to Ruby at his parents grave be for he leaves home tell them good bye, (if there dead we don't now we're his parents are in show)

🔴in v5

I'd show oscar trying to get use to Yang and Weiss,he seem fine around rnjr ,but maybe have yang a bit close off caz off ozpinand her growing dislike/trust of him ,I'd show more of ozpin and qrow friend ship so it hurt even more once he learn oz lies to him, I hunt at ozpin being good with kids caz he had some kids of his own once be for and in other lifes

Show a bit more training,show Nora warming up to Oscar maybe jaune as well,I'd show Oscar asking oz more about there merge,I'd show maybe yang or Ruby ask about the merge

Caz it seems like everyone from ozpin iner circle thinks it works a certain way I don't think I was lied about it I think they just don't understand it I'm not sure

🔵V6

Oscar Chara was fine here I'd maybe show him with team jnr a bit more and like with qrow and oz falling out it would maybe hurt when janue yell at Oscar and thinks he oz trying to trick them in episode 8 ,and Oscar would fell a bit more hurt by them just walking away

And this is something I've seen a lot of fans say they will change even fans who don't really like Oscar as a character but an episode 9 I would show Oscar trying to come to terms with how he's going to be the next odds and how he got his outfit because the fact that it was just brushed over was so weird,

I also show him I'm locking a bit of magic earlier in volume six towards the end maybe have him unlock the energy bubble shield but have him realize that he still can't use magic kind of like how we were told he can't use magic oral speed up his merge so I just have him do it that one time and that's it

🟡V7

Again there's not much I would change about his character if I only did get more development and volume seven but I would maybe show Oscar again spending a bit more time with team jnr,an show more of ironwood trying to get him to be oz,maybe show Oscar aura getting stronger like they did with jaune in episode"night off" ,maybe in episode were there all at Weiss place have Oscar interact with Penny maybe once or twice (both of their characters have a lot in common so I think it would have been nice if they interacted a few times and became friends)

I also actually show Neapolitan instead of having her go back to sender I would have Neapolitan text sender and then have her the sky's herself as an atlas guard and that way we would know that she's going after Oscar in the lamp we could see her send a text message to send her showing that Oscar has the lamp and that she's going to go after him and then we could also see cinder making her way towards the academy when she notices there's a bunch of chaos going on

I have the rest of the volume with Oscar's character play out pretty much the same

Except when he uses magic again to save himself from falling from Atlas

I may be have him take on a bit more damage that way it would make a bit more sense as to why the hound could get him so easily cuz maybe he's already taking us so much damage

and his Aura is low don't get me wrong the hound seems like one of the most fierce grims we've ever seen Salem make but considering all the training they said Oscar had and stuff even

though he had magic and he didn't want to use it cuz it merge them faster they could have showed him putting up a bit more of a fight when the hound attacked him

⚫In v8

Like I said in volume eight I would have Oscar have a bit more damage from his fall from Atlas even with magic and Aura protecting him I would also change how the others found him cuz I'm guessing they just tracked his scroll down and that's how they located him

I'd have it where they wouldn't find him at first I'd maybe have it where Yang shining ran were out patrolling getting people to go to the crater and that's when they see Oscar and he's of trying to fight grim and protect some people from the ground and while protecting the people he the others see him in the distance and they catch up with him and right if they finally catch up with

Oscar and try to maybe escort him to the crater because they think it be safer if he stayed there with the others and of mantle that's when they

get attacked by the hound and then you maybe see Yang in the others put up a fight along with Oscar trying to stop the hound from getting him but in the end we see the hound succeed and that's how Oscar gets captured

I'd also show maybe a little more interaction between Oscar and Salem and then I would show a few interactions between Salem and oz

I'd also like many others would show emerald maybe interacting with Oscar here and there so that way you could build on them becoming kind of friends/acquaintances and that way emerald deciding to go with Oscar what makes sense in the end he could tell her about how he had a few bad experiences with team Rwby and jnr once they learned that Oz headlight to them and they kind of took out their frustration on him a bit but he gave them a second chance and things

worked out and he could tell her even though cinders come back into your life she isn't really giving you a chance to really show what your worth and send her doesn't really care and then maybe have it were cuz emerald's hearing it from another person telling her that cinder doesn't care maybe she listens and finally considers leaving I would also maybe show cinder being a

lot more dismissive of emerald then she was and maybe have emerald get kind of hurt trying to help send her an episode 5 at Amity arena when fighting Penny and after getting hurt for cinder and having others tell her that cinder doesn't care then I would really have emerald believe Oscar

and then that's when like with hazel I would have her come in ask Hazel what he's doing and have it where Oscar Show Hazel the truth about the lamp, and then instead of having Hazel tell Emerald to leave I will just have emerald tell

them to wait for her and that she's deciding to leave as well and that maybe she's been on the wrong side helping the wrong people and then that's how I would have them leave off and just have the rest of the volume play out the same again

I watched some RWBY rewrite videos just to see what they had to say and why were literally almost all of them bad 😭 writing is not easy and y’all need to stop having this “it’s bad writing because it didn’t happen like I wanted it to happen” mindset about the show.

#rwby oscar #rwby emerald #emerald city sibling #emerald sustrai #rwby donts need a full rewrite just sime changes #ozpin #this is what au are for as well #oscar pine #RWBY #rwby9 #rwbyv8 #rwbyv7 #rwbyv6 #rwbyv5 #rwbyv4

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