#Team RWBY

[anthurak]

One uncomfortable truth a lot of CFVY novel readers don't like to confront is the fact that Vacuo is canonically an authoritarian dictatorship.

Okay, so I'll be honest. That feels like a bit of a stretch. I mean just from simple narrative logistics from what we see in the V9 Epilogue and the Beyond shorts, if Vacuo was just straight up Atlas 2.0, would it really make sense that the likes of Qrow, Oscar and Robyn Hill would apparently be working pretty well with Theodore?

That being said, I do agree with you that there ARE a lot of red flags surrounding Theodore and Vacuo as a whole.

I think what's actually being set up is something along the lines of 'Vacuo is not Atlas 2.0... YET', and 'Theodore is not Ironwood 2.0... YET'.

I think the point of Theodore as a character is that on the surface, he seems like the Headmaster who has learned from the mistakes of all the others. The one who looks at Ironwood and says 'I am NOT going to be like that!'

Yet, we have already seen a LOT of red flags that Theodore could easily become an Ironwood 2.0, and is likely already on that path. Likewise, Vacuo as a whole makes a big deal about how they are NOTHING like Atlas, even as there are red flags that they could easily become an Atlas 2.0

And a big part of Volume 10 will be our heroines working to stop that from happening.

I think the central 'big' conflict of Volume 10 is that the conflicts and problems facing Vacuo are essentially reflections and repeats of problems we've seen in previous volumes: Theodore is on his way to becoming an Ironwood 2.0. Jax has all the signs of being an Adam 2.0. And Salem's forces are looking to take advantage of these conflicts, just as they have so many times before.

Except this time, our heroines KNOW this game. At this point, Team RWBY and their friends have seen this play out before. And THIS time, they are going to STOP it.

I think Volume 10 is where we see our heroines put what they've learned from Beacon, Haven and Atlas into practice. And this time actually STOP both Salem's machinations and the conflicts that she is always trying to exploit.

Which means stopping Theodore from becoming an Ironwood 2.0, and stopping Jax from ending up like an Adam 2.0 and diffusing the conflict with the Crown, and ultimately uniting EVERYONE against their true enemy.

SALEM.

Which of course leads into Volume 11 and what I imagine is the big 'Return to Vale and Retaking Beacon' volume.

[homo-taylorsversion]

Yaaaay, it's blakes birthday!!! (The team got them a cat!)

Idk why but for some reason it doesn't exactly look like Blake... I used the same hair and everything from my references and PREVIOUS ART OF THEM I DREW!

Regardless, I think it's cute sooo, even if it looks off.... Happy b-day Blake!

And: reference used off Pinterest:

[chaikachi]

four cheers to the show that just can't be stopped! 💖🤍🖤💛

[a-mellowtea]

Previously unreleased Volume 1 Penny and Sun concepts, and Volume 2 Neo, Team SSSN, and RWBY dance attire concepts by Eileen "Einlee" Chang.

Taken from "RWBY Archives ~Remnant Promenade Volume 1-8".

[veelilee]

the way is not always perfect there are many difficulties but we're going to keep moving forward

this is not the end, there is still hope, rwby will find a new home and crwby will continue the story 🤍

+ not gif version

[galdsy]

Merry Christmas.

[tumblingxelian]

[y0urnewhyperfixation]

v10 doodles :33

[ashton2019]

[bumblebybelladonna]

Thanks V9

[aingeal98]

The new rwby short reminded me of one of my favourite aspects of team rwby. Which is that it starts with Weiss and Blake being two traumatised teens with dark backstories who meet Ruby and Yang who are like wow! You guys seem to have a lot of baggage and we'd like to help with that. We're just normal sisters but we'll do our best :D

And then cut to 9 seasons later when Weiss and Blake have conquered their demons, reconnected with their families and are slowly healing meanwhile every small drip of lore we get about Ruby and Yang's family feels like this

[halrinach24]

RWBY sketch

Soooooo I forgot that I know how to draw.

[hellcifrogs]

Team leaders I want to see together again!

[chaikachi]

Rough Vacuo designs inspired by the new poster! Breakdowns/thought process under the cut. Also big shoutout to my dear friend @mythivl for drawing them in her style!

[bugsbiann]

I never posted this apparently??? gotta change that

[veelilee]

some sketches :)