#Taurus in mentioning

[sabrondabrainrot]

OOOHHH..????

Hello?? I'm actually shaking from how good this entire thing is!!?!!

So you know the amount of joy coursing through my veins this post has caused me? Also I'm very, very close to catching up now (just a few weeks behind in content now) so I'm actually ok with spoilers I just worry about spoiling stuff for others who aren't getting caught up.

I absolutely remember how StitchWraith mentioned only Sun as being dangerous to FC and I STILL THINK ABOUT IT!!!

More on SW, he not only met and visited basically everyone in the celestial family at least once, he deliberately avoided Lunar and Sun. Like, he went and met Earth and was totally comfortable trying to play mind games with Moon. This same guy even beat up BloodMoon (WHILE BLOODMOON WAS IN HIS PRIME) and turned him into his errand boy through force alone.

But you're SO right, the only one SW ever notes as dangerous is Sun.

And there's no clear way to interpret that statement too. Like is Sun dangerous to SW? I doubt he was dangerous to FC. I always wonder if it was an emotional thing? Was SW scared Sun would have FC learn morals and eventually realize what SW is doing is wrong?

But then considering how things go, when Sun wants to do something/is determined he kind of just gets stuff done. Monty and Foxy struggled to work together to stop SW and kept self sabotaging any progress. Sun however doesn't have that issue. He makes plans and sticks to them.

He found Eclipse, KC, and the Creator with barely any prior hunting/searching experience. So I kind of wondered if SW saw Sun as a primary "undoer" to his plot. Like, Sun could be a legit threat in particular to his plan? He literally didn't even bat an eye at Moon or Earth.

I also think it's really funny that Taurus legit does project that he likes Sun. Even Sun's scolding for teaching N.moon /Nexus was light work compared to what he said to Old Moon for making the star. He genuinely scared Moon shitless. He also made it clear he doesn't like Moon and doesn't approve of the things he's done but won't punish him.

I just thought it was so interesting because Taurus is like "Sun, we Astrals love you, but don't teach others anymore because apparently they can't be trusted but you can be, just don't teach it."

Taurus was really ready to slay Lunar on the spot for mentioning Rez/Res. He dragged Monty away and have them a very stern scolding and basically said you aren't allowed to even look at Star power anymore.

It's just a fun little neat thing I've noticed.

I also love how the ultimate killing robots undoing on both occasions was basically Sun. You're right about him kicking BM's ass and the first time he vaporized them. Extra saucy moment when you realize that BM has on screen beat Monty, who apparently has all this experience fighting on multiple occasions, but he loses to the silly nanny.

(if I remember right, I'm pretty sure that BM only called Sun a dwarf star when he was mind BM, aka Suns own inner demons. So I kind of like to project that Sun sees himself as a Dwarf star cause he feels insignificant and small. BM calls him SunMan which is really funny cause they also call Eclipse SunMan.)

I actually am on the episode where Ruin's actual past is getting revealed by Nexus so now I'm double hyped. Can't wait to watch it now. Ruin is such a funky peepaw war criminal. He's committed multidimensional crimes against life itself. You can't even call it crimes against humanity because bro ended all life.

Dark Sun is one of my pookies I can't wait to see him and Sun actually interact more. They've met once and it was so brief but over all so neat cause it was the first time D!Sun seemed to actually emote. The only other time I've seen D!Sun be so lively was when he was faking with Lunar and Earth. He legit sounded genuine when he was mentioning "all this is for Sun". I can't wait to see what he provides.

Funny thing about Goliath and Molten is they're both kind of drawn/interested in Sun. If that makes sense? Goliath and Molten, in my mind, both land into the same entity category. They're both made of the same stuff and given similar purposes but have very different personalities and abilities. But something I've noticed is they both seem just interested in Sun? Goliath taunted Lunar and Earth by pretending to be Solar and he teased Lunar before being blasted but he never really went into the taunts like he did with Sun? Goliath literally told Sun they were going to be a pretend family. He told Sun they'd be brothers. To me, that wasn't the Creator that was Goliath's own words. It's just something odd I noticed (he also seemed to really like chasing Sun in particular). Then there's Molten. I haven't seen much of his interactions with Sun just yet but it's implied he spends time with Sun in particular and when given the choice he asks Sun to usually handle the moments when he's required to be touched etc.

I'm so down for Goliath seeing more in Sun. I think it's spot on. There's a different energy brought to the table when Goliath is on screen with Sun vs the others.

The phrasing "you are so much more than them" can also maybe be referencing how he's an almost neglected resource. He is more because so many parties are out for him in particular. People have placed their bets in Sun's favor. At least that's my vibes. He's become like this key to most of the current villain plots.

Also everything you've said about Eclipse is SO SPOT ON. I agree so much. Saying "you'd be a good Eclipse" is def a means to drag Sun but also is still high praise from Eclipse. He is a little liar weasel but anytime he can get under Sun's skin by telling the truth he will. One of my favorite quotes is when he was parading and they met for the first time he said "I am you, Sun you might be a good person, but you want to do so many horrible things". Reminder he said that in Glee. Delight even. He almost sounded proud. Makes me so giddy.

That's just the thing isn't it? Sun is a good person. fdcfhhgsd He makes the active, conscious decision to be a good person and do the right thing. I think it secretly drives Eclipse (and Old Moon in the past) insane. It's so funny, he's not instinctually a good person but he just chooses to do the right thing. Old Moon used to try to get Sun to hit him back and he never did. Eclipse was the same way, he wanted to get Sun to lash out and it never really worked. (BloodMoon did get him to lash out and it's really interesting it was while he was disguised as Moon)

Man!!! You cooked so hard here.

Everything you've said about the villains just 🫰🥰🎉

Can I also just say you're SO right about Sun's code. It has this odd influence. Eclipse became sentient in Sun's head despite being placed into a box by Moon. Eclipse used what he had to create Bloodmoon, which is two AIs that all possessed souls. Even Eclipse had a soul.

It went beyond sentience. BloodMoon was able to be sustained with no body on only spite because they had a spiritual base to exist from. Moon's built Ais had their own form of sentience but they didn't have souls. Then when we look at the new Ai that Sun implemented, that one was not only nicer but even named/identified itself to Sun. (He literally just plugged in a CD but the personality differences were insane).

Also, Lunar having more of Sun's code just mwah, chefs kiss. When you think more about it too, Lunar reset Old Moon's kill code like Sun did before they split. Sun's fighting or interference always dampened the KC in Moon's head and that's just so interesting to me. Lunar's presence did it too but he was never able to suppress or fight the KC like how Sun did.

(in Lunar's defense tho they have very different beginnings Sun was the first pilot of the body so he just had more experience wrestling for control etc)

More on Suns code is my understanding most Suns have identical codes (Ruin did go hunt for a wither sensing Sun and basically only found our Sun having the ability) but they each have unique features? When you look at Solar and the entire relationship between Sunny and Solar's Moon is just really interesting. Even that Moon despite wanting to kill Solar for parts his KC grew and acted differently and Sunny's code acted differently despite virtually not being different from our Sun's. He was able to create the only kind Eclipse in existence.

(I've learned it's canon that every KC despite being virtually the same also grows from very different circumstances thanks to what we learned in EAPs)

Well maybe not the only 'kind' one.... But Sunny's code did something special to Solar in my opinion. Sunny was able to reach out to and get to know Eclipse while in his head and for some reason Solar is the only Eclipse in existence that decided for himself to let go of his grief and rage. Solar's story is so interesting because his Moon also reset. I think it's something a lot of ppl forget? Reset Solar Moon was explained to not have a KC he just was so driven insane by grief he really thought taking parts from Solar would bring Sunny back or avenge him or something.

ANYWAYS

Sun setting boundaries is sexy, people treating him like he's a monster for doing so is not sexy <3

I have so many more words but it's the end of the day and I've squeezed as much as I can while on my work breaks.

LMAO getting more caught up and I've noticed something interesting about Sun. A trend really

So I just finished the episode "Magic training begins! In VRchat" and his new teacher said they'd teach Sun how to pull magic from everywhere around him.

So he can eventually do magic without a mana pool.

This reminds me, that's exactly what he was taught to do with Star power. He pulls star power in from around him and he then proceeds to manipulate it etc etc.

Something else unique about him is he's Solar powered. One of the only ones implied to have Solar energy. It's why he's able to run on nothing. Why he can avoid charging for literal days on end.

I just want to point out Sun is setting himself up to basically have infinite power. He'll never run out of juice. He can now draw from infinite resources. Draw energy from the literal air around him.

Taurus met Sun and the first thing he noticed is Sun is wreathed in power. He pointed out he was radiating it. The sense I got he didn't even dislike it. What he did dislike was Sun teaching someone else how to use it who proceeded to misuse use it.

As we know, when the Creator wanted to kidnap Lunar it was to use him as a star power battery because unlike Sun who just draws on Star power (rarely tho because he can explode if he holds it too much) Lunar produces it and the Creator wanted that.

Just an interesting observation that Sun can tap into so many volatile power sources. They're all meant to corrupt too, but Sun managed to avoid that. He's this uncorruptible source of strength for the family etc.

I understand that for laes Rez/Res is probably going to move in and do things to Lunar and Earth soon, and they can corrupt things with their power.

🤨

Anyways, remember Dark Sun? Just Sun. He's also using power sources but doesn't show signs of being corrupted by it. He's actually going cross-dimensionsal and made the impossible possible (Omg Sun-core!) by absorbing Star Power in other dimensions. I think he's using the star power to feed his pet dragon but anyways.

Both he and Sun display a learned ability to sense star power and nsp. Sun knew when Nexus showed up in their house and D! Sun told Nexus when to purge his overabundance of nsp. But he also walked away because he mentioned he's basically drowning from the amount of nsp Nexus purged.

Sun also noticed the pressure Taurus exudes similarly to Lunar. So far they're the only two Taurus used his aura/pressure anime intimidation thing on.

Just a thing I noticed.

[doodlingwren]

A little meme redraw for fun 💖

Based off this one lil comic, I HAD A VISION, and I knew I had to draw it

Extra doodles (I cannot contain their sillyness)

The Saint Seiya fluffy AU and its character designs were made by triko-the-fluffy-artist

[bumblebeehug]

i am not immune to the thought that lucy hated men after running away from her dad, and that natsu was the first guy she didn’t feel immediately scared of/repulsed by/weary of

like, yes, she flirted with that old mad for a discount on plue’s key - i can tell you for free that she hated every second of it, just cursing that he was a pervert for actually discounting the key at all (but her economic side still wished the discount should have been bigger)

and yes she met bora and was initially impressed with his magic - obviously he was actual dirt personified and everything, so clearly there were no neutral, mild feelings there

and maybe this is stretching it, but i bet it took a LONG time for her to get comfortable with Taurus - she initially thought he was scum as well for even looking at her tits when she was 15 (which he definitely was bc who gave him the right to thirst over a child) but then, years later she finally recognised that he didn’t flirt in a horny way - he just appreciated her for her, but the personality of his previous owner had stuck to him, specifically talk about tits and udders, so that’s the only way he knew how to talk to her, and since she was young she couldn’t keep him out for long enough for another vocabulary to stick

and anyways when she met natsu she for the first time felt like she was seen as a human. not like her mom, not like a piece of body, she was just. seen as,,,, anyone else. and that impression stuck with her in a way that made her more comfortable than she had been for many many years

[mjrtaurus]

Not me re-watching the end of Alabasta, looking at those massive royal baths and going "Crocodile being invited to accompany Cobra to the royal baths and not being pressured to bathe but when he sees Cobra washing himself it's the most he's ever been tempted to get into the water in who knows how long" ndshbfvhdbvfhjd

Cobra, of course, offers for him to join in. He is an honored guest, after all.

And Crocodile… accepts. Not only would turning the offer down come across as rude (which would hurt his rapport with the Cobra’s trusted people), and it would make him seem weak (running away will only make people think that he is nothing without his devil fruit, and that is something his pride will not abide by).

Iva’s miracle working gave him the body to match his heart and soul, but it didn’t- couldn’t- erase scar tissue. So, if Cobra or any of his guards have anything to say about the crescent marks beneath his pecs, they are wise to hold their silence.

He does have to admit, the water is nice��� clear, warm, and with a hint of lavender perfume. It melts the tension right out of him.

And perhaps that lack of tension is why- whilst he was going about the task of washing himself with one hand- he let Cobra help. At least with his hair.

And maybe that’s when Crocodile realizes that he’s been more than a little touch-starved for the last twenty or so years…

[asmodeus-682]

Out of context quotes from a rp I'm in

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Dazzle: Udders are cow boobies- and bulls are boy cows. So that mean Taurus has udders

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Taurus: Lunar is like a- what was it called again? That small fuzzy thing that bit my ankle once-

Moon: you mean a pomeranian-???

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Taurus: gods this is more embarrassing than when Jack put a frog sticker on my nipple..

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Solar, talking about Moon: sorry about him. He struggles socially

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Moon: our brother is dating two space deities, so you've not got that much to brag about

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Lunar: I'm a grown man with 2 jobs Slayer, threatening to take my ipad won't work on me

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Moon, falls from a tree: sup sis

Earth: why were you-? Nevermind..Lunar's committing crimes with a racoon as we speak so this isn't surprising

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Moon, about Frank: he watches us sleep

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[unovaslankiite]

Prolly gonna be my one and only rwde post (cus the fanbase is rancid and I'm not rlly a rwby fan, just a person who watches the show): some of you rwby fans are too comfortable using your queerness as a shield to silence BIPOC voices about the racist writing and your 'precious' bigoted CRWBY. You guys unironically act/think that just because you have to deal with queerphobia; you are IMMUNE to being bigoted yourself and you are INCAPABLE of parroting bigoted beliefs. Cus I know there will be a dumbass ant1-rwde posters who will try to drown out this post by saying its 'lies from the EVIL RWDE!!!': You would rather weaponize your queerness to bash on BIPOC voices, while claiming to care about our voices. You would rather be complicit with the racist writers and their racist writing, just because your racist writers gave you a queer ship. There is no shame nor issue in projecting the abused you suffered onto the characters, however you refuse to see through the characters and their writing through a BIPOC lens. You do not get the right to impose your perspective of the characters at the expense of BIPOC voices, you do not get to twist our voices to be alt-right bigots because we called out RWBY's rampant racism. You do not get the right to say you give a shit about BIPOC and have #BLM in your bio when you fervently defend your bigoted company. You do not get to pretend to care about racism when you buy merch off of your bigoted company. My fellow BIPOC (especially the queer BIPOC): why are you guys so comfortable dismissing your fellow poc about their discomfort with RWBY's racist writing? BIPOC are not a monolith with the same opinions about racism in media; but some of you guys are weirdly comfortable with turning a blind eye to your fellow BIPOC getting dogpiled by the white fandom. We can and will disagree, you not agreeing as a BIPOC about RWBY's racist writing is not what I take issue with. The issue lies within you upholding the racial colourblindness in the fandom; like how the fandom was ok with throwing the racism under the bus in favour of queerness, you are ok with throwing your BIPOC peers under the bus for white queerness. Sincerely, a POC who has been watching the fandoms rampant racism problem ever since 2019.

[rainy-astrology]

Rising signs

Just a post about rising signs - the details I notice about each physically and personality wise. I may change/add to this later

**Aspects to ascendant, venus, stelliums, degrees, and anything in 1st house can affect your rising sign**

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Aries

Strong/thick eyebrows

Strong features...sharp jaws and cheekbones

Can have markings on their face

May have big foreheads

Naturally blunt and straightforward, sassy

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Taurus

Broad shoulders (esp if person has strong venus + Taurus influence). Taurus does rule the neck and shoulder areas

Pointed chin and cheekbones, angular jaw

Long fingers

Tend to be more slender compared to Taurus suns

Simple and clean fashion usually, may wear accessories. I know a lot of Tauruses/Taurus placements and they all rly seem to love accessories, especially on their wrists or necks

Calm demeanour, may even seem slow

Can look tired/sleepy

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Gemini

May have long limbs

Small faces and features

May wear glasses

Talkative

Usually straightforward in communication, may not even have a filter

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Cancer

Seem to be small ppl - height, weight, presence...most are often very quiet and even a little shy. Often soft spoken

Cancer rising women may have bigger chests and/or thighs

Round faces, cheekbones

Watery and soft eyes. Idk how to explain it, they just look watery, like they're gonna cry. May look sad naturally (although I've observed this in all 3 water risings...)

They just look soft and gentle overall

Can have a caring, motherly/parental energy to them

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Leo

Always noticeable tbh even if they're not stylish. E.g I had a Leo rising classmate in high school who was not fashionable in any way, but he was also the only student in our class who wore leather gloves everyday. He also always styled his hair. I have a female leo rising acquaintance who always dressed up every day to class. She never looked plain. Her hair was always styled and to this day it is still fluffy and curly

But a lot of them do like fashion tho and take pride in their style

Usually have fluffy/styled hair

Broad back and shoulders, always stand tall and upright

Can look like cats sometimes

Cheekbones

Tbh surprisingly quiet ppl, only their presence is loud. But can be social if you approach them

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Virgo

Virgo rising men tend to be really tall, while Virgo rising women are often shorter

Wider faces and forehead

Square shaped jaw; often have nice strong jawlines in general

I've also seen so many wear glasses. I'm starting to wonder if it's a Mercury thing...

Can be talkative

Have a very down to earth energy

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Libra

Most are conventionally attractive physically, seem nice and likeable at 1st glance. Even if they're not, they know how to talk and act to make ppl like them either way. Libra placements want to be liked and so always try to make a good 1st impression. So yes they're careful about their image

Balanced proportions. Long legs especially, no matter their height

Dimples

A lot tend to wear neutral colors; often know how to dress and appear neat

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Scorpio

Long faces, big noses

Often have a sharp, intense gaze

May have hooded eyes, arched brows

A lot love to wear black

May have an intense, intimidating energy

Are pretty quiet ppl

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Sagittarius

Often big in some way - height, weight, presence...you can definitely hear their laugh from a mile away

Thick thighs and/or butts. Sag rising women especially may have curves

Not that stylish I've noticed...they just wear whatever is comfortable

Very friendly and approachable. They can talk to anyone and befriend them. People may always want to talk to them too

Very energetic and expressive

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Capricorn

Often smaller ppl. Body build leans more onto the stocky, thick side and most are short

Noticeable teeth; prominent bone structure in general

Care about the way they dress; always want to look presentable

May seem serious at first glance. Tbh I think they are a bit more intimidating to me compared to a Scorpio rising

Hardworking ppl, always busy with something

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Aquarius

Round eyes, always seem to have a spark in them

Can dress in experimental fashion. Like their sister sign Leo, they want to stand out too. Although Leos may appear more cool and trendy, while Aquarius dress a bit quirky

May be thick in certain body parts

Very straightforward ppl; they don't seem scared to speak their mind...although Aquarius placements in general just tend to be blunt

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Pisces

So many look lost tbh often have the "deer in headlights" expression naturally

Pretty in a whimisical kind of way...Although just may be a Pisces thing in general

Have the watery eyes look as well; round and big eyes

The Pisces rising I've come across often have small waists

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[notokbutthriving]

Ok so out of the unnamed astrals which ones do you think are dead [I personally think one of them is Virgo, mostly bc of the myth of astrea]

[galaxymagick]

𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔡𝔲𝔯'𝔰 𝔊𝔞𝔱𝔢 3 | 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱 𝘣𝘺 @laiostoudenn

[snowe-zolynn-rogers]

A list of stuff I thought of before I go to bed:

Polar AU: Polar is a trophy husband, Eclipse is the one that makes money in the relationship by selling gold from a dimension made of it on the black market.

Lord Artemis AU: Lord Artemis considers Telesto (his Moon) to be his royal advisor and overseer but denies it to everyone except Telesto.

Pathetic Villain Eclipse AU: Infinity has a tendency to hold onto and hide behind the closest person when someone is scary. Just post-trauma, it doesn't even have to be someone yelling or angry, just someone tall, so KC wasn't really able to be around Infinity for a bit while he was recovering from his trauma.

Baby Solar Flare AU: Eclipse probably has and probably will continue to use a baby wrap to keep baby Solar Flare with him at all times.

Comet AU: Comet found out what candy is because of Lunar. Lunar got Comet addicted to candy.

Zodiac Brothers AU: Taurus cries if his big brothers don't pick him up.

Kidnapped Blood Moon AU: Gibbous gets over the separation anxiety a long time before Buck does. So Buck can usually be found being a koala or a backpack on Gibbous before Buck finally gets some good coping methods for being separated from his twin.

[whyisstarkidfollowingmeshoo]

Speaking of that RENT show with Jeff Blim…

Jeff revealed they still owe him $1,000 for the job. It's nuts. It's crazy. Watch starting on 1:37:03 mark below.

A while ago, I posted on my main blog about another artist not getting paid fairly, but that was by a big corporate company. It reminded me that Jeff wasn’t paid for his role as Roger for a small independent theater company. Big or small, companies should pay their workers (contractual or not) fairly.

The company behind the RENT show — I may have their name wrong, tho — is called Cupcake Theater. I don’t know if Jeff will ever work for them again, but it's not like he was happy to mention that he hasn't been paid yet. That said, he did share that he was happy to perform in the musical after the whole COVID pandemic, and that in some way, it was kind of like payment.

Also, let me remind you that Jeff and Jon Matteson raised a lot of money on Twitch to continue the RENT show, so it’s wild that the company still hasn’t paid the artist who helped them keep it going. And honestly, a lot of people probably watched the show because of Jeff. The most viewed videos on LA TheatreSource’s YouTube channel features, you gueeeessseddd it!!!"

Also, they used videos of Jeff for marketing on IG. They knew he has a bigger fanbase than the others, so it’s verrrry contradictory that they didn’t pay him — especially since that kinda goes against the show’s message. Maybe. Kinda. I’ve only read the summary and watched bits of RENT, so yeah.

Jeff wasn’t mad or anything, maybe just disappointed, but it would be nice to hear that he finally got paid, even if it’s a delayed payment from back in 2022 or whenever. IDK. Like, what the fuck? Don’t scam your artists.

Anyway, I hope this doesn’t blow up into something negative (did not expect this to get so long either), because Jeff was pretty chill about it, despite still being owed $1,000. But maybe him being so nonchalant about it is part of the reason why he still hasn’t been paid. Or maybe he got tired of following them up about it and gave up and swore not to work with them again, and hopefully told other artists. But unfortunately Cupcake Theater is still pretty active.

Also yeah if anyone from Cupcake Studios is reading this, please pay Jeff or else (lol jk but srsly tho what the fuck. He said he hasn't been paid yet. What's your side of the story?)

Jeff Blim, you beautiful, stupid, scammed artist. You need that $1,000 for your coffee fund. It’s the only thing that makes you happy during your livestreams.

Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

[invincibleweasel]

Crazy how the show spent the entirety of Volume 7 banging us over the head that the Ace Ops aren’t ‘real friends’ and are just co-workers to excuse the piss poor writing of them losing to Team RWBY and yet...they yield a much more emotive reaction to one of their team mates effectively committing suicide than the other.  Elm pleads to Vine that he can’t sacrifice himself. It’s soft, her voice breaks and is full of so much pain knowing what Vine is about to do and Harriet...? Harriet straight up screams in anguish. Screams of pain and anguish over someone the show wants us to simply believe is a co-worker. 

Compare this to Ruby, drinking the tea to take herself to the tree to be remade beyond recognition - to no longer be Ruby Rose. This isn’t an action done to protect anyone or save anything like Vine’s was. She chose to drink the tea because she was put in such a state of despair and self-loathing that she fully believed the world and her team would be better off without Ruby Rose and instead needed someone better. And how do Ruby’s teammates, friends and sister react to this decision? By doing absolutely nothing. They stare in utter disbelief for 30 whole seconds doing nothing while Ruby drank herself to death.

Even if they had no idea what the tea did, they should still be able to recognise that Ruby was left beaten and battered on the ground with her attempted fucking murderer looming over her menacingly. It shouldn’t take a genius to put two and two together.  Where is Yang’s rage? Her fury? Her screams of pain and despair as her sister fell into the abyss. Yang being in a catatonic state is not a good enough excuse. Not when she was able to stand firm against the man who fucking traumatised her, took her arm and threw her into a massive depressive state. If she can stand, fight and win against Adam Taurus then there should be no issues with Yang attempting to protect Ruby from Neo. Even so, if for whatever reason Yang had to be incapable of reacting severely in anyway. Jaune, Weiss and Blake are more than capable of at least doing something. It’s not good enough and WBYJ have failed to prove themselves as legitimate friends and family who genuinely care about Ruby. 

[torchickentacos]

you ever scroll past some sort of discourse that you didn't even know existed, and you have to take a second and realize that, while none of us are superior to others, some of us ARE much better at choosing which dumbass hills to die on? because I think sometimes you deserve to go 'huh. at least I'm not getting involved in all that'.

[redacted-metallum]

Bitches will make it so that you cannot forget Carcosa, where black stars hang in the heavens, where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon when the twin suns sink into the Lake of Hali and be like "can't help being a Taurus ♉💫💛!"

[mjrtaurus]

All of the original Seraphim still have their original PX logo etched onto their bodies, with the exception of Nemo since he was still too young to be properly activated and have it inscribed onto him. And all of them hate it. Poor Thea (S-Snake) and Jimmy (S-Bear) can't even look at theirs without feeling sick because it reminds them too much of the hoof of the flying dragon Kuma and Hancock were branded with.

King and Dragon's solution? Lunarian markings with some Shandian influence. They're all but unheard of in such young children, but in this case, an exception is warranted.

Off to consult uncles Franky and Marco for tattooing needles capable of putting a dent in their skin and ink that won’t mess with anything in their immune systems. Franky even goes in and does some tweaking to lessen the pain in the clavicle area because Marco doesn’t want to overprescribe sedatives.

Dragon and King both insist that the kids take part in the designing process. These will be for them, chosen by them. It’s a reclamation of self, not a rebranding. Thus, each of the children have their own personally approved designs.

Eventually when Nemo gets older, he gets a tattoo in the same place. He did not have had the mark forced on him, and he refuses to be a subject of envy because of it (poor Thea… poor, poor Thea). He is not “better” than them because of it. He is equal. He is their brother.

[the-path-to-redemption]

Why the Faunus storyline sucks ass: the personal/character level analysis

This is just my opinion, but to put in perspective how absolutely dogshit RWBY’s Faunus narrative truly is, I’m just gonna rant for a while and compare the storyline to another narrative that I think handled the topic of systematic racism and the cycle of violence due to racism very well: Full Metal Alchemist’s Scar and the Ishvalans. 

Preface: The latter two do so well, in my opinion, because they never truly portray racism as a straight-up allegory in the premise of a fantasy world. By separating a fantasy narrative from completely writing it as a reflection of any specific civil rights movement, it becomes a universal message that everyone can understand and make connections themselves to real-life injustices without inaccurately and/or offensively portraying a sensitive topic such as racism like how RWBY did.

Extremely Long Post Below the Cut. Spoilers for RWBY, Full Metal Alchemist, and Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Trigger warnings for: graphic character deaths, depictions/reference of character deaths, ethnic genocide, war crimes, mentions of abuse, racism, slavery, depiction of a hate crime (branding), reference to child slavery, mild gore, and depictions of violence. 

We shall begin on a personal level, then perhaps move on to the systematic level of how these storylines are so different in the portrayal of racism in another post. Let’s start with the bad: Weiss Schnee and her racism against the Faunus.

I’m gonna be front with ya’ll here: I actually didn’t mind Weiss’ initial behavior at first; it’s obvious where they were going with her character and story: she started off as an entitled, racist and cruel person because of many factors in her life. Weiss came from the wealthiest family in Remnant, with a unique and versatile Semblance that can easily grant her a high status in Atlesian society, However, she is also from a broken and abusive household, with a neglectful mother and a father who was willing to put his heiress through a dangerous trial for her to leave to another nation to find her own path, which resulted in a permanent scarring on her face. 

[A screenshot from RWBY White Trailer. Weiss Schnee in a dark room, eyes closed in a painful expression while blood trail down her face from a wound from the Armor Gigas]

However, Weiss has expressed quite vocal and malicious racism towards the Faunus, especially Sun during Volume 1 Chapter 15 “The Stray”

[RWBY Vol 1 Chapter 15 “The Stray”. Team RWBY gathers around an irate Weiss, who refers to Sun as a “riffraff” following his escape from authorities after stowing away on a ship.]

[RWBY Vol 1 Chapter 15 “The Stray”. Weiss holding up a caricature drawing of Sun Wukong to Penny, depicting him as a violent individual while referring to him as a “filthy Faunus”.]

[RWBY Vol 1 Chapter 15 “The Stray”. In response to Blake’s demand as to why she was degrading Sun for being a Faunus, Weiss gestures to a trashcan, insinuating that she equates him to being trash/referring to him as “filthy” due to his status as a Faunus]

Narratively speaking, these are condemnable behaviors for a character to possess, let alone one of the main characters of the show. Blake, another protagonist, even criticize Weiss for her racism and defended the Faunus, stating that people like Weiss and Cardin are the reasons why Faunus such as the White Fang have to resort to extreme measures to gain their rights. 

[RWBY Vol 1 Chapter 15 “The Stray”. Blake angrily declares that it’s people like Cardin and Weiss, in their discriminatory behavior, have caused the White Fang resorting to extreme measures in their civil rights movement]

So, narratively speaking, we should see that Weiss would reflect on her actions later on, and aim to remove herself from such toxic mindsets and redeem herself from her bigotry, right?

[RWBY Vol 1 Chapter 15 “The Stray”. In response to Blake’s anger, Weiss snapped back, declaring herself a victim in the ordeal with her family and the White Fang. She then recounts the deaths of the supporters of the SDC, the Dust robberies committed by the White Fang, and her father’s reaction, claiming that it had made her childhood difficult.]

Not even close. 

Call me heartless, but while I’m not condoning Jacques’ abuse of his family, I find it insulting that Weiss would see herself as the victim over an entire race of people who are still enslaved by her family, and exploited by those same board members causing them to fight back. 

Sun’s entire kingdom was drained of its resources by her grandfather and the Atlesian kingdom. Ilia, another member of the White Fang, lost her parents in Weiss’ family’s Dust mines after a collapse, then find herself without empathy from her human peers who mocked their deaths. Adam, who was another Faunus character, was enslaved and branded, permanently disabling him for life. 

To compare their lives, knowing subjugation for the majority of it because of the way they were born, to Weiss’ is straight-up stupid. She’s a victim of abuse, but she also perpetuated the cycle of hate on a group of people who were still being used by her father, instead of placing the blame at Jacques’ feet.

What’s even worse? Weiss never apologized to Sun or Blake for being cruel to them in the show canon. You know what’s even more insulting? 

[RWBY: The Official Manga Chapter 8 by Bunta Kinami. Weiss admits her wrongdoings, and apologizes to Blake.]

That apology was written in a secondary source material, by another author not directly associated with the main writing team at CRWBY. And guess what? This decision will never have any impact on Weiss’ canonical character or the main storyline. This is the same as fanfic, and we will never get that closure in canon. 

Weiss then continued to not apologize, and in Volume 7 seemingly developed a “white savior complex” towards the Faunus racism in her own home kingdom. She told Blake that she wishes that she could “take back all the years of abuse her family committed against the Faunus”, but then went to a movie with Jaune and Oscar instead of a rally in support of a candidate running against her father in the Atlas council election, who was supposedly pro-Faunus. 

Why? Why not have both of them be at this event? Sure, it went to shit, but to show the audience that Weiss has truly changed and Blake wanted to continue to fight for Faunus’ rights, it’s logical to have them go to this rally right?? No, Weiss went to a movie with a guy she dislikes, and Blake went to a club with a team she doesn’t like. Neither of them took initiative to actually change the systematic racism against Faunus in Atlas, the infamously most racist kingdom in Remnant. 

Matter of fact, Weiss and Blake rarely have any development with this conflict between them save for sparse moments that don’t amount to anything and came out of no organic progression at all. They never talk about the ongoing discrimination anymore, Blake blamed her own kind for the way they were treated and placed the responsibility of Adam’s White Fang at their feet, and Weiss never truly did anything to change the Atlesian people’s mindset on the Faunus citizens there. Hell, Marrow, the token Faunus in the most elite unit of the Atlas military, never has another conversation with them about what it’s like being a Faunus in Atlas. It all went to waste. 

Now, let’s compare that to FMA 

[Full Metal Alchemist. A young Scar faces his people during the Ishval Civil War]

The character Scar is a fascinating one; he’s a survivor of the Ishvalan people who were massacred by the Amestrian government and their State Alchemists to create a philosopher stone (a great form of alchemic power) in exchange for their lives following torturous experiments. 

Scar also lost his brother in the war, who before passing away gave Scar his own arm tattooed with a transmutation array as a legacy. Understandably, Scar was enraged by this chain of events and went on a killing spree to eliminate every State Alchemist as revenge for what they did in the war, even if they weren’t involved at all. 

[Full Metal Alchemist. A heavily injured Scar awoke to see that his arm has been replaced with his brother’s, who died in the war. His face was twisted in an expression of horror and shock at the revelation.]

But perhaps one of the most interesting differences between Scar’s story from Blake’s, and even to the rest of the Faunus storyline, was that even though Scar’s actions were extreme and he himself acknowledged it with great guilt, especially after murdering a doctor couple who did nothing but saves innocents in his grief, FMA’s narrative never invalidates or demonized his anger. 

Scar was allowed to be angry, to be hateful, to be in emotional pain after a traumatic event in his life without the narrative ever condemning such emotions. The narrative never fully condones his rampant extremism either, especially after the murder of Winry’s parents and orphaning their young daughter in his grief. And despite all of this, Scar was given more to his character than just a man consumed by wrath and blood. 

[Full Metal Alchemist. Scar places his hand on the amalgamation that was Nina Tucker and her dog Alexander, with the intent of mercy killing them after they were forcibly fused by Shou Tucker, Nina’s father, and a State Alchemist.]

Scar exhibits mercy, sadness, understanding, and empathy towards other characters throughout the series. He was allowed to be a fully fleshed-out character, with more than just the drive for vengeance and the need to destroy out of fury. And once again, he fully acknowledges that his actions were wrongful and do not excuse himself for killing innocents such as the Rockbells. And this is where another important character in his story comes in: Winry Rockbell, the orphaned daughter of his first victims. 

[Full Metal Alchemist. Scar was surrounded by the Elric brothers while Winry Rockbell aims a gun at him, racked with grief after learning that he was her parents’ murderer.]

When face to face with Winry, Scar never blamed her for hating him. He fully understood her pain and told her that he wouldn’t stop her from trying to shoot him out of vengeance for what he did to her parents. But he claims that he would not just let her, because he has a mission to complete, just like she does. 

But then, Scar’s entire ideology was flipped on its head after this sequence of events:

[Full Metal Alchemist. Scar aimed to attack Edward Elric, who threw himself in front of Winry Rockbell to protect her. Scar was reminded of how his own brother protected him and hesitated.]

[Full Metal Alchemist. Winry approaches a bleeding Scar after he told her that she can enact her vengeance. However, Winry surprises everyone by offering to bandage up his wound, claiming that he would bleed to death if he doesn’t tend to it.]

Scar was shown an alternative to end the cycle of violence from the girl who he had wronged, altering his previous mindset of only stopping the cycle by completely destroying a side in the conflict. Winry, instead of continuing it out of retribution like he did, chose mercy and compassion. But at the same time, she refuses to forgive him for the atrocities he had committed.

[Full Metal Alchemist. Winry declares that while she doesn’t want to kill Scar, he should not misunderstand her actions as forgiveness.]

Compare this to how the characters in RWBY reacted to this sort of conflict; an in-universe minority acted with extreme measures against an oppressive and murderous system, causing them to commit atrocities against innocents that affected another important character in the narrative in major ways. 

What FMA did right was not invalidating either Scar or Winry’s pain and anger, the narrative of FMA never condemned Scar for fighting back for his people, the narrative never judges Winry for not forgiving him, the narrative of FMA did not sacrifice either of their characters to progress the plot and the conflict. 

RWBY did not do anything like that. Blake lost all of the sparks that marked her as an interesting character, who aimed to fight for her people’s rights and calls out bigoted actions, even when it came from her teammates and someone who she will see as a friend. Weiss never apologized to the Faunus she had hurt, nor did she substantially change anything about the way she or her fellow Atlesians think about the Faunus. Weiss did not add anything to Blake’s story, and she never even met the greatest sin her family has committed that we, the audience, saw on screen. 

[RWBY Volume 6 Chapter 11 “The Lady in the Shoe”. Adam Taurus with his signature White Fang mask off, revealing a branding scar across his left eye spelling the initials “SDC”, permanently disfiguring and disabling him.]

Weiss never saw Adam. 

Adam, arguably the character who underwent the most racial abuse at the hands of humans, at the hands of WEISS’ FAMILY LEGACY, was made into a caricature of an abuser. Despite the fact that this proves that he was a slave, the fact that her family continues to exploit an entire race of people and treated them like property or dirt, despite all of the possibilities of these characters having more to them.

Weiss never saw what her family’s name has done to Adam. And Adam himself was made into someone the audience hated, instead of having the respect he deserved. The respect that Scar had. 

His anger was demonized, even by Blake who knows he has this brand on him, his fury was condemned by the narrative and the characters in said narrative (Ghira, Blake, and Sienna), and his trauma was mocked by the writers when Miles motherfucking Luna referred to his torture as “grab a branding iron and let him have it”. 

And the conclusion to these two narratives cannot be more different. Scar, having gained the knowledge of what truly happened to his people, aimed his anger at the one who was deserving of it the most. King Bradley, better known as the Homunculus Wrath, was the ruler of Amestris and the one who ordered the massacre of the Ishvalan people. 

[Full Metal Alchemist. Scar, using the arm with the Construction array, delivers a fatal blow to the Homunculus Wrath.]

This outcome was both narratively and symbolically satisfying for Scar’s story, as well as the Ishvalan narrative. Wrath was the one who spearheaded the ethnic genocide of Scar’s people, creating a seemingly endless cycle of violence and pain, giving birth to the man known as “Scar” who was willing to throw himself into hell to enact vengeance for his people. 

But Scar defeated him after altering his view on the cycle of violence, no longer just depending on mindless destruction but to truly changing for the better while never compromising on his righteous fury for his kin. But he aimed it at someone who deserved it, instead of innocents. And it started with a girl who showed him another way to live with grief. To move on. 

So he killed the Homunculus named Wrath and symbolically separated himself from that version of the wrath inside of him. Scar the Ishvalan got the respect he deserved as a character, and subsequently his story, the story of the Ishvalan the fantasy race who underwent horrific treatments that we the audience can see happening in our own real-life history, was given that respect it deserved. 

What did Adam Taurus, the civil rights fighter and the child slave, have in his story’s conclusion?

[RWBY Volume 6 Chapter 12 “Seeing Red”. Adam Taurus was stabbed by Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long during their conflict with the severed halves of Gambol Shroud, Blake’s weapon.]

[RWBY Volume 6 Chapter 12 “Seeing Red”. Adam Taurus collapsed onto his knees before the waterfall’s mouth, while Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long watches him.]

[RWBY Volume 6 Chapter 12 “Seeing Red”. Adam Taurus succumbed to his injuries and fall into the basin to his death.]

This. 

This is what Adam was given as a conclusion. Let it speak for itself. And let it speak for what RWBY truly sees about a racism storyline that the writing crew chose to write in their narrative. The narrative that they themselves claimed to be a direct allegory to the African-American civil rights movement in the U.S. during the late 60s-70s. 

This is what RWBY gave to their narrative of a racism plotline.