#Weiss. Need I explain

[todds-rwby-liveblog]

NORA SUPER SAIYAN TIME LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO

[cursoulla]

Some silly costume drawings 🎃

[dumpsterfireofsubtext]

I do have a title for the wings of desire au and obviously it’s gonna be ‘I know now what no angel knows’ and it’s gonna be Beatrice slowly falling for Ava as an angel and then deciding to become human to try and comprehend Ava’s love of life and try and live it for herself.

[x-authorship-x]

Sometimes, times like this, I wish I could bookmark posts just to stare at them over and over again on the regular

fuck it, Toshiro Mifune fancam set to Kate Bush

[foodfightnovelization]

ROTTEN: Behind The Foodfight

Holy chips! It's an exciting time to be a Foodfight! fan, because ROTTEN: Behind The Foodfight is finally out! This really is THE definitive documentary on the insanity behind the movie, and it finally answers the question of just what was going on behind the scenes during production. Since I helped out with research (and I even get a short line of dialogue at 45:19) I've already seen everything that was shown off, but had to keep quiet until all the interviews were conducted and the documentary was finished. But now it's out and everything has been made public, the cat's out of the bag (the Fat Cat Burglar?) and I can talk about all the production material that's been shared.

Before I get into any of that though, I'd highly recommend you watch the documentary for yourself. It's insanely well researched and put together, and having worked together with Ziggy Cashmere (the documentary's creator) I know how hard he dedicated himself towards making this all possible. If it weren't for him, the most interesting Foodfight! discovery would've been finding the novelization, and we would have never gotten any real insight into how this movie came to be. It's also a documentary that really speaks for itself- I don't want to say too much about what it reveals since it's all expressed far better through its narrative and the interviews with people who actually worked on the project. My favorite is the interview with texture artist Mona Weiss- she tells such horrifying stories about how she was treated by Larry and other crewmembers, yet does it all with a sense of humor that makes it clear she's enjoying getting to talk about her crazy experiences. It's clear Foodfight! was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish, and there's nobody to blame for that but Larry Kasanoff himself. The movie was rotten from the top down and despite the countless talented animators and artists working on it, nothing could fix the fact that it was fundamentally mismanaged in the worst way possible. I think the quote from producer George Johnsen summarizes it best: "Foodfight! was a good idea that unfortunately lost its way during production. The technology, the art, and the direction were not in sync. Many very talented people gave their all to make the picture, but more understanding of process from the top was needed for it to succeed."

But if you saw the documentary, you already know all that, right? So instead, let's talk about the behind-the-scenes material that's finally been shared! You can find everything I'll talking about HERE on archive.org-

It's worth following the link and checking it out for yourself- there's so much it'd impossible to discuss everything. Artwork, storyboards, bloopers, models, a nude render of Lady X, an interview with Larry Kasanoff, the list goes on and it's still being updated! Despite the documentary already being out, people who worked on the movie are continuing to share new material! It's pretty incredible- for the past year I've ran this blog all I've really had to discuss are two tie-in books, and now there's so much Foodfight! material I can't even keep up with it.

I mean LOOK at all this, isn't it fantastic? The character art by Jim George showing off just how much better these designs originally were, the countless environments showing off just how stunning Marketropolis could've looked as well as the strength of the core idea "what if a supermarket came to life at night", and insanely detailed storyboards for a 7-minute pitch reel that was used to sell the movie to investors. Normally, I'd be ALL OVER this because it's all just incredible, but there's something far, FAR more fascinating than any of it.

There are even multiple drafts of the script (one from 2005 and one from 2007 respectively) and normally I'd be insanely fascinated by those too, making extremely detailed posts explaining the differences between the drafts and how they compare to the novelization, but there's something else that was found that blows ALL of this out of the water and is easily one of the most monumental lost media discoveries of ALL TIME.

That's right, a rough cut of the ENTIRE movie from 2005 has been found, containing nearly ALL the completed animation from earlier on in production. I mean, that's mindblowing right? We first got sent this around a month ago, a little while before the documentary came out, and I literally stopped everything I was doing at work to just sit and watch this. This is the closest we're ever going to get to the "original" version of Foodfight! after all- only 7 minutes of footage was ever actually made before they switched to mocap, made solely for the aforementioned pitch reel, and this workprint contains practically all of it! On top of that there are some great storyboards in here, as well as some truly hilarious ones cobbled together from 3D renders, and the plot is far better than what we ended up with, a lot of the more inappropriate jokes being absent. This rough cut is actually pretty similar to the novelization in that regard, and it also contains scenes that we'd previously only read about in there.

For example, in the novelization there's a snowmobile chase through the mountains, with Brand X soldiers on snowmobiles and a heavy avalanche close behind. This scene was completely left out of the movie itself, but in this workprint it's here! ALL the previously novelization-exclusive scenes are included, and this rough cut is seemingly based on an even earlier draft of the script than that- here Brand X are still defeated by a flood, whereas by the time of the novelization it'd been changed to a lightning storm. There are SO many exciting differences in this workprint, the snippets of original animation we get to see are SO good, and it's SO much better than the movie itself that I think it by far deserves the crown as the DEFINITIVE version of Foodfight! There's so much in it I want to discuss, that there's no way I can fit it all into this one post...so stay tuned, because in the next few days I'll be doing a FULL analysis of the 2005 workprint, pointing out all the extra brand mascots not in the finished film, and generally just gushing about how amazing it is.

I mean, this is it. Just take it all in for a second- the original footage was considered lost media for over a decade, and now it's practically been found in its entirety, embedded in an early cut of the whole movie...isn't that just phenomenal? All the mysteries have been unraveled, all the questions have been answered, and now we can relax, take a deep breath, and watch Foodfight!...the REAL Foodfight! Make sure to enjoy it, and join me next time for my analysis!

[juanarc-thethird]

Learn to lock the door!

Blake: *Enters Jaune's room* Hey Jaune, have you seen my... book?

Jaune is naked, with his cock deep inside a girl on all fours who looks just like Blake. But seconds later she transforms back into Emerald.

Jaune: We can explain.

Blake: *Horny* Fuck that, I'm in.

Moments later

Ruby: Hey Jaune have you seen... Blake?

Blake is on top of Jaune, balls deep, while Emerald is putting on her clothes so she can leave.

Jaune: Is not what it looks like!

Ruby: I don't care what it looks like, I'm in!

Moments later

Weiss: Hey Jaune, did you...

Ruby is fucked from behind by Jaune while he holds her by the neck with a bit of pressure. While Blake is fully dressed putting on her shoes.

Jaune: *red* Blake is a bad influence!!

Weiss: I'm next.

Moments later

Yang: Jaune, did you eat my…!

Jaune has Weiss in a Mating Press and hitting her little pussy hard like a piñata with his big cock. Ruby, on the other side, is dressed, recording what is happening.

Jaune: Your sister dared me to do it!!!

Yang: And I have another one for you~

Moments later

Pyrrha: Jaune, it's time for our tra- Eh?!!

Yang is on all fours while Jaune fucks her from behind while he pulls her hair. In the corner of the bed, Weiss is putting on makeup again to look presentable.

Jaune: She is came to me first!

Yang: *Giggles* Yes I did~

Pyrrha: Your form is wrong, let me help you.

Moments later

Nora: Jaune, have you seen- HOLY MOLLY!!!

Pyrrha has Jaune lying on his back and pressed against the bed without him being able to move, while she bounces on his cock like an animal in heat. On the other side Yang is sitting on a couch, watching what's happening while she touches herself.

Jaune: Help! My pelvis can't take it anymore!

Nora: Oh I give you a hand~

Moments later

Neon: What's up with the noise? Are you guys having a par-TYYYYY!!!!! *Shock*

Nora has Jaune against the wall while she fucks him using her big ass. Jaune can only hold onto her hips. Pyrrha, on the other side, is brushing her hair.

Jaune: This is not a party!!

Neon: *Takes a pic on her phone* It is now~

Moments later

Reese: Neon, are you here? What do you- HOLY SHIT!!

Jaune is sitting on the bed with his back leaning against the wall while Neon moves her hips slowly and sensually while they fuck. Nora is still naked talking to someone on her phone.

Jaune: Reese, what are you doing here?!!

Reese: *Smug* Duh, I came for the party~

Moments later

Arslan: *Ready to fight* Reese, I'm here! Why do you need... *Wide eye* Backup?

Reese is on her tiptoes leaning against the wall while Jaune fucks her intensely. Neon meanwhile is taking selfies with them two in the back.

Jaune: Wait, this is 100% completely consensual!

Arslan: In that case, I also consent.

Moments later

Velvet: Jaune? Nora told me to come see y-y-y-WHY?!! *Angry*

Arslan is hanging onto Jaune with her arms around his neck and her legs hanging in Jaune's arms, supporting her ass while he fucks her. Reese, meanwhile, is on a video call with someone showing how Arslan is getting fucked.

Jaune: Velvet?! Why are you angry?!

Velvet: I gave ya all the bloody signs 'n ya fucked her?! That Dick is mine!

Moments later

Coco: Hey Jaune, is Velvet here? She said she was going- HOLY FUCK!!!

Velvet is being bred with her legs hooked around Jaune, who is on top of her fucking her like there is no tomorrow with cum coming out of her. Arslan meanwhile is putting her bandages on her arms and hands.

Jaune: It was her idea! I swear!

Coco: Whatever her idea is, I want it too~

Moments later

May: Jaune? Nora told me to come her of- *GASP!!!* I-I-I!

Coco looks a mess, her makeup ruined, her hair messy, all thanks to Jaune. He is fucking her with her on top of him, close to his body, while his cock is hitting her insides in all the right places, giving her great pleasure. Taking this opportunity, Velvet uses her camera to take photos of all of Coco's lewd expressions.

Jaune: Wait! Please don't scream!

May: *Red* I WON'T LOSE!!

Moments later

Penny: *Smiling* Hello friend Jaune! I came here to get fuck!

May is bouncing on Jaune's lap while he sucks on the nipples of her huge tits. Coco, meanwhile, is taking some selfies, liking the new look.

Jaune: You what?!!

Penny: *She removes her clothes* I'm sex ready!!!

Moments later

Ciel: Penny, I know you are here! General Ironwood is calling- WHAT THE FUCK?!!

Penny is on all fours with her hand pressed against the bed while Jaune puts all his weight to fuck her from behind. Meanwhile, May is sleeping next to them in the bed covered with a sheet.

Jaune: Please don't tell Ironwood!

Ciel: If you convince me, maybe I won't do it~ *She licks her lips*

Moments later

Glynda: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!

Ciel is curled up with a pillow while lying on her side with her ass on the edge of the bed where Jaune is fucking her hard. Penny is currently on a video call with Ruby talking about her recent experience.

Jaune: *Panic* Prof. Goodwitch! It's not what it looks like?!

Jaune saying her name made the two girls panic as well.

Glynda: You girls get dressed and go to your rooms immediately!

The two girls do what they are told and run out of the room.

Glynda: And your Mr. Arc…

Jaune: *Worry* YES!!

*Click* Suddenly the sound of the door being locked is heard.

Jaune: Prof. Goodwitch?

Glynda: Now you're all mine~💕

Moments later

[reashot]

Jaune The Coomer....

Jaune: Oh hey girls what's up?

Ruby: Jaune quick I can't explain it to you. But I need you to coom right now!!!

Jaune: Excuse me!?

Weiss: Are you daft Arc?! You need to coom right away. Chop, chop!

Jaune: Okay. What is going on with you girls?

Blake: I tell you what is going on every second you are not cooming is a second closer to your death!

Jaune: Is this a prank? Because if so. It's not funny.

Yang: This is not a joke Jaune. Do you have any idea how serious it would be if you don't coom right now?

Oh we were so wrong. They tried to warn us but we didn't listen!

We thought we knew better than them but we were wrong they are so much wiser than us.

Oh why didn't we listen to them!

I'm sorry, we're sorry.

So Jaune please coom, coom for your life!

Jaune: What the heck are you girls talking about.

RWBY: *showing le article*

Jaune: .... You girls actually believed that!?

RWBY: YES!!!

Ruby: If you don't want to coom yourself Jaune then I'll help you coom. Take off your pants!

Jaune: No! Stay away from my pants!

Weiss: We're trying to help you to coom you dunce!

Jaune: No means no!

Blake: Don't listen to him girls. We're doing it for your own good Jaune! So just let it happen and focus on cooming.

Jaune: Ahh, no! Get your hands off of me!

Yang: Hey look girls he's already harder and bigger. Go ahead and coom Jaune... Oops false alarm he's still the same size.

Jaune: Help!!! I don't want to coom.

Ruby: Coom!

Weiss: Coom!

Blake: Coom!

Yang: Coom!

Jaune: AHHHHH!!!!!!!

*wakes up*

Jaune: Ohhh... Thank the brothers it was all a dream.....

*sees all four girls strewn across the bed all disheveled and filled with all manners of fluid after being freshly "hugged" by Jaune*

Jaune: Fuc....

[astralwukong]

i have many thoughts about this, some positive some negative. in general i think its a much better dynamic now than it used to be in early rwby. overally i would probably still prefer a different outcome but i'm open minded about it given that my concerns about it get adressed properly.

Okay I have to know, who has been converted or is now entertaining the idea of White Knight because of Volume 9?

[howi99]

Winter: ... Jaune, would you care to explain WHY is Penny able to, and i can't believe i'm saying those words, spit coffee from her mouth?

Jaune: *shrug* The laser was destroyed beyond repair. I used the few components to make her a bit more useful on the road.

Winter: ... I see. I also saw some... Modification to her lower body. You seem to have given her... Toes?

Jaune: *roll his eyes* For the last time i am NOT into feet. I just thought it would be more aesthetically pleasing then her having stomp.

Winter: And what about her... Uh... *Blushing* W-well...

Jaune: ...

Penny: *smiling* I asked for these modifications. I couldn't ask my father so he did them for me.

Winter: *coughing* I-i see...

Penny: It really feel good when he-

Jaune: *panicking* WOAH THERE! No need to tell Winter about that, hm? What did we say about boundaries!?

Penny: Oh, that sometimes i should keep information to myself! And to ask permissions before talking about sensible subjects!

Jaune: *nodding* Good!

Penny: *turning to Winter* Would you like to learn more?

Winter: ... N-no?

Penny: Aw shucks, i really thought you'd like to participate. Your sister is a great fan of my vibrating function.

Winter: *looking at Jaune, horror in her eyes*

Jaune: Don't look at me like that, the function was already there before!

Winter: *shaking her head* You... Weiss... Vibration...

Jaune: *turning to Penny* See? That's why you DON'T talk about this aloud.

Penny: Oh? But i thought her pleasure scream was for everybody to know.

Winter: *sobbing* My little Weiss... What have they done to you!?

Penny: *thinking the question was directed to her* Oh glad you ask! So girlfriend Weiss and i did-

Somewhere else

Weiss: ... Why do i feel like something terrible happened to my sister?

[ficretus]

RWBY teams get reorganized.

CRWBY: Hello RWBY characters.

Ruby: Who are you? Are you Gods?

Salem: Please tell me you are destroying the world.

Cinder: What do you mean RWBY characters? Does that mean that brat is the protagonist?

CRWBY: No, no, yes. Higher ups in Viz demanded we make some changes to the show. So we are gonna reorganize the teams based on the origin of their fairy tale allusion.

Yang: I didn't understand a single word you just said.

CRWBY: Andddd... reshuffle!

*magic poof*

TEAM GERMANY:

Ruby: Why do I no longer like strawberries and cookies?

Weiss: Take this pretzel and shut up.

Ruby: Weiss? We are still partners?

Weiss: Of course we are, nothing can separate us.

Ruby: That's great. Where are the others?

Weiss: It appears they are not German enough for our team.

Ruby: Look! There is another one of our teammates! *turns into rose petals*

Weiss: Ruby, don't jump a complete stranger like that.

Ruby: *tackles them down* Hello, I am Ruby Ro... oh.

Salem: Somehow this curse keeps getting worse.

Weiss: Scheisse!

TEAM FRANCE:

Oscar: I hope ze Ruby is my partner, hon hon hon. Ugh, what the hell happened to my voice.

Ozpin: Oscar, you are taking a dangerous route I cannot follow.

Oscar: Oz, what ze happening?

Ozpin: You are turning French. *soul gets ejected from Oscar's body*

Oscar: Nooooooo. It feels like part of me is missing now. I have a sudden urge to fill it with cheese and wi... Sacrebleu, I am really turning into ze Frenchman. I need to talk to someone, where are my teammates. *hears loud noises* There they are.

*walks up*

Oscar: Bonj... Hello, I am Oscar.

Cinder: We know who you are Farm Boy. Now, as the leader of this team...

Jaune: Who the hell put you in charge of this team?! Why are you even on this team, Cinderella story has many origins!

Cinder: Because I am Cinderella with glass slippers nimrod! Only French one has glass slippers!

Jaune: Great, I'm on the team with Pyrrha's murderer.

Cinder: Oh give me a break, they revived her. She is over there tossing Mercury. You are just salty because now there is no excuse for you not getting laid.

Oscar: Wait, why am I the only one with ze French accent?

Blake: Because you are an impressionable kid.

Oscar: Blake! You are ze here too!

Blake: *chuckles* Yes I am.

Jaune: Oh shut up!

Cinder: Make me!

Blake: How long will it take before they start making out?

TEAM ENGLAND:

Yang: Of course it's raining. Can this place get any worse?

Jax: Hello peasant.

Yang: I am gonna pretend I didn't hear that.

Jax: Me and my sister need someone to observe our polo game. Now move your arse.

Gilian: Polo? I am not playing polo with you Jax. You always rile up my horse with your Semblance!

Jax: So what? Are we suppose to just sit here and drink tea?

Gilian: I wouldn't mind that. Peasant, bring us some tea! And make sure it is Darjeeling, otherwise I might throw up.

*Yang knocks out both*

Yang: Can't pretend twice in the row.

Blake: Yang, is that you?

Yang: Blake! Where are you?

Blake: I am on the other side of the Channel!

Yang: What's going on on the other side?

Blake: Jaune and Cinder fighting... scratch that... making out. Oscar is losing himself to his French side. Toss me some fish and chips before his Frenchness fully overtakes him. You know what, throw some for me as well.

Yang: Are we suppose to be enemies now that you are French and I'm English?

Blake: Yes we are, but that's so hot.

Yang: Oh yeah. Wait, someone else is here.

Robyn: *pickpocketing Asturias siblings* No time to explain, I'm repurposing their funds.

TEAM NORDIC:

Winter: This is something new. I... I've never had a partner or team. I just hope it's not...

Qrow: Hello Ice Queen!

Winter: Branwen...

Qrow: It turns out Ice Queen is based on Snow Queen, how original.

Winter: What are you even doing here? Don't you have some other places to be, other people to bother?

Qrow: Nope, I am as Nordic as it gets. It turns out I am based on one of the Odin's messengers. Other one being... oh crap.

Raven: Hello brother!

Qrow: Raven... Don't you have some other places to be, family members to abandon?

Raven: And miss out on this? No way.

Winter: Wait a minute... You kidnapped Weiss!

Raven: Oh please, she ran into me. Can hardly count it as kidnapping.

Winter: Oh don't worry, this will hardly count as a beatdown. *draws swords*

Raven: Pfff, another Maiden to beat.

Nora: Heya Qrow, what did I miss.

Qrow: Not much kid, just some of the reasons I started drinking.

TEAM USA:

Ozpin: Come on James, don't be a buzzkill, we are doing the Wizard of Oz walk.

Ironwood: I am starting to believe that it wasn't a coincidence I tried to kill you.

Ozpin: Ha ha ha, good old James and his deadpan humor.

*walks down the road holding hands with Glynda, Theodore and Lionheart*

Adam: So, drinking alone on the sideline.

Ironwood: What are you doing here Taurus? Aren't you suppose to be on Team France?

Adam: Well, I tried. But they argued I don't count since most of my allusion comes from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. And Blake filed a restraining order... typical.

Ironwood: You know I can have you arrested.

Adam: Arrest a teammate? Who does that?

Ironwood: I do.

Adam: Fair enough. You know, I stabbed a teammate before.

Ironwood: Cheers.

Adam: Cheers.

TEAM ITALY:

Penny: *sad lonely robot noises* Wait, who is there?

Neo: *signs* It's me, Neo. *sits next to Penny*

Penny: Aren't you based on an ice cream?

Neo: *signs* It's an Italian ice cream. Do you want to be alone?

Penny: No. *shifts closer*

[anthurak]

Okay, but just the contrast in writing/performance between Jaune and Ruby in their different breakdowns.

Miles is giving Jaune this very up-front, very overt, very traditionally dramatic ‘man losing his mind out of isolation and guilt’ performance. He shouts, he screams, he makes big, attention-getting monologues and outbursts where he lays out all his pains and torments for the audience to hear. Again, all in what we’d call a very ‘traditionally’ dramatic fashion.

Meanwhile, Lindsay is giving Ruby this very restrained, grounded, visceral, far more raw and ugly performance. Ruby is generally quiet and restrained until something sets her off. She doesn’t shout or scream but instead lashes out with things she’s been holding in all this time seemingly at random. She’s not ‘explaining’ what or how her problems are, she’s just VENTING. Because that’s all she CAN do right now.

And it all works brilliantly with both the characters AND what the scene needs to accomplish.

I think from a character perspective, Jaune is making these big, overt dramatic breakdowns in a subconscious attempt to GET attention, as an unconscious cry for help. Specifically, because Jaune is deep down DESPERATE for absolution. He’s become so consumed by guilt over what he did to Penny that it’s now taken over everything he does, and deep down he’s desperate for someone or something to absolve him of that guilt.

But whereas Jaune is dealing with something recent, relatively speaking, what we’re seeing with Ruby is simply the result of coping mechanism she’s been using to compartmentalize, manage and repress her trauma likely her entire life, which has LONG since been pushed past it’s limits, FINALLY breaking down. What we’re seeing start to come out is likely a LIFETIME of repressed pain and trauma. Which ironically she CAN’T let out nearly as obviously as Jaune is doing because she’s still trying to keep it in. Because she doesn’t know HOW to be open with her pain.

And putting Jaune opposite Ruby in this episode only serves to exacerbate Ruby’s problems. Because Jaune’s far more overt and obvious breakdowns just end up drawing the attention of Weiss, Blake, Yang and even the audience AWAY from Ruby’s already subtle and restrained breakdown.

Until it’s too late and Ruby simply checks out entirely.

[arc-misadventures]

Deaf Subtitles

Jaune: I’m deaf, but my semblance makes the words people say appear below them so I can read them.

Ruby: “Like subtitles in a movie?”

Jaune: Yeah, just like that!

Ruby: “That’s awesome!”

Weiss: “I’ve never heard of a semblance like that before. That’s quite the unique semblance.”

Jaune: Thanks, but it has it’s downsides.

Ruby: “Like what?”

Jaune: It doesn’t say who is talking to me, so if I’m around several people I get confused on who I’m speaking to.

Ruby: “That sounds annoying.”

Jaune: If someone asks me to, ‘come here.’ I have no idea where, ‘here’ is because there isn’t a voice to follow.

Weiss: “People have no doubt become quite angry for that, haven’t they?”

Jaune: Yeah, I’ve had quite a few incidents happen to me every now, and then. But, that’s not the worst of it.

Weiss: “It’s not?”

Ruby: “Then what is?”

Jaune: All the words I see are at chest level.

Weiss: “So?”

Ruby: “What’s wrong with that?”

Jaune: Let me rephrase that: All the words I see are at boob level.

Weiss: …

Ruby: Oh…

Jaune: Yeah…

: “Is that why you’re always staring at my chest?!”

Jaune: Who said that?

Ruby: “You need to be facing, Jaune so he knows who’s talking to him.”

: “Whoops.”

Yang: “Is that why you’re always staring at my chest?!”

Jaune: …

Jaune: Yes.

Yang: “I just thought you liked checking out my girls~!”

Jaune: You put my head through a wall because I was ‘staring’ too much.

Yang: Uhh…

: “It was you who did that to him?!”

Yang: “Uh oh…”

: You’re dead, you hear me! You’re dead!”

Yang: “Gotta go bye!”

: “Come back here you bitch.”

Jaune: That was, Jeanne wasn’t it?

Ruby: “Yeah.”

Weiss: “How could you tell?”

Jaune: This isn’t the first time she’s done this to someone, nor will it be the last.

Weiss: “Well hopefully this will be the least of your problems coming here, Jaune.”

Jaune: I hope so too, but something weird has been happening to me lately ever since I came to, Beacon to see my sister.

Ruby: “Weird how?”

Jaune: Well…?!

: “Ara Ara~!”

Jaune: That! That keeps happening?!

Ruby: What keeps happening!

Jaune: Someone keeps on saying, ‘Ara Ara’ to me!

Weiss: “They’re saying what to you?”

Jaune: They’re saying…?!

: “Ara Ara~!”

Jaune: Ahhhh!!! Who ever you are! Show yourself! And, explain why you keep doing this! Otherwise I might be forced to take responsibility for actions I will only slightly regret!

: “What is he talking about?”

: “I have no idea.”

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Blake: It's the Frosted Empress! One of the sentinels!

Frosted Empress: Indeed I am, but- *removing her veil*

Weiss: I prefer 'Weiss'

Yang: WEISS? WHY ARE YOU THE FROSTED EMPRESS?!?

Blake: How didi you get so old?!?!

Ruby: Are you alright?

Weiss: Please give me a moment to respond!

Weiss: Me and Jaune are both down here. We fell, we traveled through time because of ... magic, I suppose is the simplest answer, and We waited. For you. We know how to leave, but we still have things we must do - Jaune, Pyrrha and I have been waiting for a long Time.

Ruby: Wait- Pyrrha? You- you said Pyrrha, Right?

Weiss: Yes? Why are y- *realization* YES! YES I Did! She's here! We found her- we don't know why or how, but she is- She's the Tarnished Spartan! One moment-

Weiss sends up a Flare using her semblance and some material from around the place

Weiss: Now come on! *Summons Grimm* Hop on, We've got Ground to cover!

~~~~~

Weiss: Jaune? JAUNE!

The Rusted Knight: Weiss- TEAM RWBY!

Blake: JAUNE?!? YOU'RE THE RUSTED KNIGHT!

Jaune: What, did Weiss forget to mention that? Gods- It's been so long!

Yang: Hey! It's your Steed!

Jaune: Yep! Juniper- Even if Pyrrha's here I still needed the rest of my team with me- Has she told you about Pyrrha?

Yang: Only a Little bit! You found her in here? How have you been? What happened?

Jaune: We'll explain what we can on the way- We've got food at the cabin, Pyrrha will get back to us soon after, and we can all explain the situation at once, so none of us forget anything.

Weiss: *Walks up to Jaune, grabbing his chestplate*

Jaune: Kisses?

Weiss: Yes.

Ruby: Wait, hold on, When did that happen?

Jaune: A couples years after we got here, Come on! Back to the Cabin!

Yang: Dang, never thought I'd be jealous of Vomit b- Well, Vomit Man now.

Blake: *Leaning in Close* And just why are you jealous of Him?

Yang: *Blushing* No reason! Let's go!

Blake: *Snickers*

~~~~~

Pyrrha: I'm back! I didn't find-

R_BY: ...

Pyrrha: ... Team RWBY?

Yang: The- The rest of us, Yeah ...

Blake: Pyrrha ... I- You look ...

Ruby: So you really are alive ...

Pyrrha: Yes. I- I believe I am at least. That or one of us has completely lost our minds.

Ruby: ...

Pyrrha: I heard that, uh, you managed to put the hurt on Cinder after she ... You know ... Killed me.

Ruby: I- Y-yeah.

Pyrrha: ...

Ruby: ...

Jaune: I think we should all have a seat now. Weiss, Pyrrha and I will tell you about what all has happened here, and we'll get you something to eat.

Weiss: C'mon honey. Let's get you out of that armor.

Pyrrha: Thank you Weiss. *Smooch*

[novankenn]

She was Asking for it!!!

Jaune was in a frenzy as he raced about JNPR's dorm cleaning and putting things away... mostly Pyrrha and Nora's unmentionables which the pair had a habit of just leaving lying around. Nora because... well she's Nora, and Pyrrha because she wasn't used to sharing a room. Despite her outward appearances Pyrrha was a slob in private.

But the real question wasn't why the girls of JNPR seemed to prefer leaving their discarded underwear where ever it fell after being tossed. No the real question was what had Jaune so worked up that he was now currently scrubbing the door knobs with a toothbrush and brass polish. Pyrrha the only other member of JNPR currently in the dorm tried to broach the question.

Pyrrha: Jaune?

Jaune: Nope. Busy. Talk. Later.

Pyrrha: Um Jaune?

Jaune: Nope. Busy. Be. Here. Soon. Need. Perfect.

Pyrrha: ...

The ringing of Jaune's scroll startled Pyrrha and electrified Jaune.

Jaune: NO! She's Early!

Pyrrha: ...

Jaune rushed about, even faster making several laps about the dorm checking and double checking before stopping, beside the door. He took a deep breath and turned the door knob.

????: JAUNE!!!!

A miniature green haired blur shot through the door and glommed onto Pyrrha's not-so-secret crush. There was a instant surfacing of a green-eyed-monster.

Jaune: Becca!

Rebecca: Little brother! You remembered me!

Pyrrha: Little brother?

Jaune: How could I EVER forget my favorite sister!

The pair separated after a solid two minute hug, which Pyrrha understood was an Arc tradition. Seeing as Jaune had done the same to every member of JNPR when they returned from trips. It was odd and first, but quickly became very... comforting.

Rebecca: SO...

Jaune: So?

Rebecca: Why, and where?

Jaune: I wanted to live up to our Heroic History?

Rebecca: Seriously? Seriously!

Jaune: What?

Rebecca: You are HEIR to the largest weapons manufacturing and design company in all of Remnant... and you want to play HERO!?!

Pyrrha: ...

Jaune: I can...

Becca: No you cannot explain! Fuck sakes you designed my cybernetics! You gave me back use of my legs and arms! You know how much more of a hero that is than a dumb grimm slaying Neanderthal?

Jaune: But...

Rebecca: No buts. I'm here to check up on you. To make sure you're safe...

Pyrrha knew she was being ignored, and she was happy with that. Actually she was starting to feel a little guilty about being where she currently was and hearing such a private sibling con versation.

Weiss: ARC! I want MY notes that Ruby leant you back! I don't pay attention in class to have you leech off my good habits!

Jaune: I'm busy! I'll drop them off later!

Weiss: You will give them to me now!

Weiss still in her Beacon uniform appeared at the threshold of JNPR's dorm door. A scowl on her face.

Rebecca: Is. That. Her?

Jaune: Becca! No!

Rebecca: @&#$%@*#&&#^&#^*%@^*^*$^*@^&^&@^$*&^@$!!!!!

Pyrrha stood there completely stunned, shocked, aroused and embarrassed at the litany of filth and derogatory words Becca was throwing at Weiss as the SDC Heiress ran for it. Only being saved by Jaune scooping up his "little" older sister and restraining her.

Pyrrha: Ah... Jaune?

Jaune: Yes Pyr?

Pyrrha: ... introductions?

[evenmorefatallyobsessed]

Hey so to anyone whose ever wondered why I like Jaune I could probably give a good amount of reasons.

From his knight aesthetic, to him not being a Gary Stu, but a very flawed, believable character whose trying to improve himself. Hell I LOVE that he is a reference to Joan of Arc.

That he's not classically played masculine, but also isn't portrayed effeminate or flamboyant to oppose it either. I like that Jaune feels like someone who at a glance could be from a earth.

He feels like he was a Civilian, and you know what, I also have a weakness for blue eyed blondes... Maybe that's why I Love the idea of there being a whole family of them.

Heck conceptionally Jaune has a lot in common with the stereotypical Shonen protagonist... But then again so does Ruby and Yang. And Blake fit the more edgy manga Protags...

But if I had to name one thing I like about Jaune, even more then his determination/ Willpower (Stubbornness when it's misdirected like it was in Jaunedice)

I think what I like most is, well... That Jaune is arguably the bravest character in RWBY (Oscar could be argued to be that too though)

Let me explain, so... Everyone else in Beacon is different then Jaune mentally. And the reason is simple. a combination of their aura and training...

All the main cast besides Jaune were overpowered teenagers with strength like Captain America. And there in lies the reason.

They don't view things the same way Jaune does, in the Red Trailer, we literally see Ruby tear apart a horde of Beowulves in minutes on the way to visit her mother's grave. Which implies she does this regularly on said trek.

Now for those watching we gain the same mentality and understanding as the girls of RWBY. Beowulves aren't that strong, their mobs... Weak, easy to beat and need big numbers to be even a bit challenging.

But if you simply look at them, compare them to Ruby... Every Beowulve is a freaking WEREWOLF!!!

That is fucking terrifying, take away the aura and that is a brickshitting situation Ruby is in. But to her it's really not, because she has spent her whole life killing these things to the point where she can do so effortlessly.

Hell we see this again in Yang when she literally doesn't just enter a fight with a gang of known armed criminals but starts it! Literally grabbing the kingpin by the balls.

Which, why wouldn't she, she punches fucking armored Grizzly bears to death. And so everyone one of JNPR and RWBY outside of Jaune look at Grimm and Criminals in the sense of...

Oh neat, a bad guy, let's kill/ beat them up...

When their being fired at their not thinking they could get shot, NO! Their thinking it's okay to get shot a few times cuz they have aura that'll protect them.

And that's why Jaune is so brave, he went to Beacon as a civilian, unaware of aura. Now stop and think about how far behind Jaune was actually in his own mind.

Because remember, he didn't know about aura, the stuff that lets everyone else be so OP. Jaune fought a Ursa Major and killed it without prior training and wasn't using aura techniques, he had enough physical prowess and strength to cleave through it in a single shot...

A literal Marine couldn't do that... But Jaune did, if it were a world without aura, Jaune would've easily been one of the physically strongest people. But because aura existed, people who were trained their entire lives with it are worlds apart above him.

But my point is this, everyone else isn't so much brave as confident and in Yang and Weiss's cases moreso arrogant. Ruby looked at a Goliath while she was in Mt. Glenn and her first thought was to go and kill it... That thing was a fucking Kaiju. And she wasn't scared of it, oh no she was excited to kill it!

Initiation was literally fun for Yang, she had a blast during it, Nora too, Blake wasn't concerned and until she was forced to ride a Nevermore Weiss was so at ease that she was willing to strike out on her own instead of teaming up with someone else, not once but twice.

But Jaune is different, to him, a Beowulf is a monster that can kill him in a single strike...A Ursa is a beast that could kill the strongest men... A single attack could end you life...

And yet he was still willing to take initiation, there was no second chances, or magic barrier to protect him, hell he didn't even have a gun.

Dude was gonna fight bears and Werewolfs with a sword and shield. In his mind a single blow would kill him, this wasn't fun, this wasn't exciting or something to be taken lightly.

It was a life or death struggle, and just because Pyrrha gave him aura doesn't mean that mentality magically goes away. No to Jaune Grimm still are threat, it why he shows nervousness when fighting them unlike everyone else.

But he still does... everyone else fights Grimm like it's a game or chore. But to Jaune he is actually fighting for his life, these things scare him, fighting scares him, and mentally he is still very much leaning more towards civilian.

But it's because of that that when he fights he is being braver then all the others. Not to say their cowards though.

I think ultimately that's why I like Jaune most, because I never stop realizing that he is fighting in a darksouls game while everyone else feels like their in DMC.

But despite that he doesn't hesitate to fight beside them, to try and help and is willingly putting his life on the line when everyone else is just having a easy run of it.

And I'd argue this is why Ozpin made him leader.

[lovingdabeessss]

We don’t talk about how these scenes are parallels enough and I think that’s a crime

Like DUH it’s the first time they meet all together and then it’s the first time they all meet together AGAIN (like metaphorically due to how much they’ve changed it’s them meeting again like reintroducing themselves kinda thing which is so fun and insane and great)

And that’s all good and great for OVERALL analysis like it represents the tensions between them all the uncertainty but also how they’ve been through it before and the hope that they can do it again while simultaneously being dooming because it didn’t work out the first time why would it the second and blah blah blah

But that’s not what THIS is an analysis of I’m talking about THE BEESS specifically and how it’s SUCH an on the nose acknowledgment and representation of how they switch places and how they’re whole dynamic is as a whole like COME ON!!!!

So we’re all so very aware of how clearly Yang and Blake are supposed to be like yin and yang(obviously) their color thing with souls and eyes, the cat and dragon thing, they’re whole vibe, like. It’s SOOOOO obvious

SOOOOO obvious, I don’t need to go into that we all know this

But something not 100% glaringly Obvious about Yin and Yang as a concept is that they transform into each other night transforms to day, day into night they switch

And we watch as this happens with Blake and Yang

As Blake becomes mentally better Yang becomes mentally worse that’s pretty much all of v4-5

Blake is awkward trying to start up conversations immediately defending Yang at every turn desperately trying to have a relationship with her again not by asking or begging for forgiveness but by genuinely attempting to earn it by proving she can count on her that she’s not going to run anymore that she does care and understands(she doesn’t really with this part but she’s trying) her feelings

Yang is closed off she’s expecting the worst expecting Blake to be the same as before only allowing herself to be around Blake because she’s willing to go through how bad it was the first time again just to have a little bit more of her life spent with her but never because she actually thinks things will change

They switch dynamics

And this is shown SOOOO clearly and obviously in this scene

Additionally in the first episode when they all meet they have a different first meeting where all but one are there it’s Blake Weiss and ruby arguing about dust and all that fun stuff

We have that here to!! It’s the other!! reunion when Weiss and Yang show up at the house

But of course!!! Yang and Blake are swapped!! Instead of Blake explaining the terrible history of the schnee dust company it’s Yang explaining the history of ozpin lying to them all the time

THEYRE SO RAHHHHGGGGGGG