#critical of rwby

[caddeter]

M&K:  We’ve been planning all this stuff from the beginning!

Also M&K:  We invented the Maidens between Volumes 2 and 3, didn’t come up with Oscar until Volume 4, and didn’t know how the girls would use the Staff of Creation until we got to that point.

FNDM:  I listened to only the first sentence and think anyone who pays attention is a moron.

[radiantrookie]

Every fandom's worst nightmare

And then the vid has millions of views with everyone agreeing with it

[marylizabetha]

[sophieabigail2021]

"How fandom react to criticism" wheel

[mrjocrafter]

One of the reasons I like RWBY so much is that it's basically the only major positive export / cultural contribution my homeland (Texas) has had since I've been alive, and possibly for over 30 years.

A near-mainstream unapologetically queer, proudly unique, multiculturally-influenced show, that survived the tragic death of its creator, the death of the company that originally produced it, and a sustained and ongoing hate campaign spurred by dudebro chauvinists and pseudoprogressive MediaCrits alike. A veritable miracle, in an era of increasing repression and division, coming out of the American South's AnCap dystopia.

Also, it's really good. If you haven't, go watch it. And if you have, let's look forward to future RWBY under Viz Media.

[superiorsturgeon]

Pyrrha: *visiting Argus and enjoying a hot tub*

Saphron: *wrapped in a towel* Hey, Pyrrha Nikos! What a surprise running into you! Do you mind if I join you in the hot tub?

Pyrrha: *sinks down a bit* Uh…I can’t think of any reason why you shouldn’t…! 😅

Saphron: *drops her towel and slips in* Oooooh…! That feels good…!

Pyrrha: 😐

Saphron:

Saphron: …listen, Pyrrha…can I call you Pyrrha?

Pyrrha: Oh! Of course…!

Saphron: I know that you were partnered with my little brother Jaune. He talks about you all the time in his letters and on the phone.

Saphron: I don’t know much about your relationship or about you, but I know you’re a big celebrity and I’m pretty my brother likes you.

Pyrrha: I…well…I’m flattered…? 😅

Saphron: Now, I know he’s kind of a dork, and that he’s got terrible social skills, but he’s my baby brother, so I don’t want to see him hurt! 😔

Saphron: I’m honestly amazed he made it this far in combat school, let alone landed a partner like you!

Pyrrha: …well…Jaune is very determined and that’s just how the chips fell! 😅

Saphron: Look…I guess what I’m trying to say is…please don’t hurt him. If he asks you out, just let him down gently, okay? I love my brother but you are, like, WAY out of his league! 🙄

Pyrrha: *fidgeting awkwardly* …um…well, I think you may be selling him a bit short… 😕

Saphron: Well, whatever happens, please just be kind to him. I know he thinks he’s a big, tough huntsman student now, but to me he’ll always be my goofy baby brother who cried when we watched Finding Nemo!

Pyrrha: Well, um, you can certainly count on me to take care of Jaune!

Saphron: Thanks, Pyrrha. I really worry about him, you know? He’s like a wet cat sometimes, so pathetic that you just want to protect him! 😆

Saphron: Oops! I think I left my phone in the locker room! I’d better grab it in case my babysitter needs me!

Saphron: *climbs out of the tub and walks away*

Pyrrha: *cranes her neck and watches until Saphron turns a corner* 😬

Pyrrha: *frantically reaches under the water and pulls* 😰

Jaune: *surfaces beside Pyrrha with no clothes on and gasping for breath* I thought she’d never leave…! 😫

[yoomschoocs]

Hello and welcome to: Yoom posting!! 🤯🤯🤯

Over the last few months I have become increasingly normal about Critical Role, and I've been making some arts here and there so you can be looking forward to those dropping soon! Here's a few sketches I've done <33

I finished campaign 1 but I have barely started campaign 2 so please don't spoil anything for me or I will be very sad-

[matt0044]

Regarding the "Does RWBY like women?" poll (yes, yes it does BTW).

You know... the whole poll debacle reminded me of something.

RWBY helped me expand my media diet by telling me that just because people hate something enmass, it could just all be bullshit coupled with mob mentality.

Instead of hatedoms getting me to think:

"Damn, I don't even wanna be associated with that show based on the rage it inspires."

My more skeptical brain is like:

"Okay, so why is it reeeeeeeally hated? Is it reeeeeeeally bad or are people going along with the crowd because critical thinking is too much of a burden in this capitalist hellscape?"

Because bad media literacy is in part a result of the fact that most geeks and normies alike aren't out to be legit critics but rather just want to enjoy the thing, gush about the thing and so forth. They can't exactly articulate their reasonings why like they're trying to get an A+ in Therapy Studies.

And THAT is how the YouTube Video Essay and Angry Critic scene takes off.

We dunk on the Nostalgia Critic (often for VERY real IRL grievances) but his catchphrase: "I remember it so you don't have to" is something many who'd come after would take to heart. These video maker people are taking about a thing you like and are explaining it in a way you not only agree with but makes you feel vindicated.

Be it for love... or for hate.

Because hatedom circles like the RWDE looks to video essays that reassure them, keep them from doubting their stance on the thing and how they enforce it.

With the burden of actually seeing the thing and thinking hard taken off of them, people can confidently say things like "RWBY prioritizes Jaune" despite not looking at any potential evidence in the show that might contridice it.

Which is why this is a call for everyone to question the popular opinions.

Does Jaune Arc reeeeeeally get that much narrative importance at the expense of the main girls?

Was Jaune reeeeeeeally a self-insert?

Was Ironwood reaaaaaally derailed in his character arc?

Was Adam reeeeeeeeally representative of the Faunus?

Was the Faunus reaaaaaally offensive?

And of course...

Was Monty Oum reeeeeeeeally the only one who's vision matter to the show above all else?

Ask yourself these questions and do the work to back them up. If people are giving you responses that contridict you, responses that take evidence from the work itself more often than not, then try to do the same in turn.

Think about that show or movie being panned? What if... you actually like it?

Not everybody is a critic... but we can at least try to.

[asm5129]

RWBY has always been a scrappy indie production that beat the odds and hit the mainstream despite everything going against it.

Looks like it still is <3

what I’m being told is that Viz is primarily a licensing and distribution company. They’ve done some stuff in house but not much. I rewatched the announcement video, they said Viz will be the home for production as well but that’s a wide term so since details aren’t available yet obviously so I’m not 100% clear what the approach to production will be.

However, I’m being told Viz have lots of money, lots of experience, lots of respect and lots of connections.

This seems like objectively good news in every way

…

The petty part of me also adores how thoroughly this announcement *destroys* HTDM narratives 😅

Not only is RWBY valuable enough for a company like Viz to both want it and have such faith in it, but they *also* guaranteed they had Kerry—one of the people who supposedly “ruined” it

I mean just

Hot damn I would not want to be the people who celebrated RWBY dying right now

They must be absolutely scrambling to figure out how to spin this

How humiliating

[pippastrelle]

I just truly truly cannot understand people who see a character doing fucked up things reflective of deeper character and hate them instead of thinking it's cool writing

[clar-a-m]

rooster teeth people coming to beacon was unexpected but that means somehow a RWBY and a CR crossover could happen in the future, they do have the RWBY rpg after all!!

[caddeter]

V1: plays the role of the POV character and the heart  

So we were seeing Ruby’s perspective in Jaune’s character arc?  Which lasted two more episodes than her arc with Weiss?

V2: is a major part of nearly every fight with the bad guys, and embraces her leadership role

“Embraces her leadership role” When?  When did she do anything as a leader, apart from calling out attacks?

V3: while most of the volume is taken up by the tournament, once  Cinder’s plan comes to fruition she is the character we focus most on

No, we’re pin balling back and forth between each character.  If the show focused on Ruby the most, then it glossed over Yang getting crippled, Blake’s confrontation with Adam, Pyrrha’s fight with Cinder and ultimate death, Penny’s death.

V4: she’s literally the reason team RNJR exists and is heading to mistral

That’s what is known as ‘lip-service.’

We’ve been over this:  Throughout volume 4, Jaune Arc is the only one who mourns Pyrrha.  Jaune Arc is the only one who gets upset with Qrow.  Jaune Arc is the only one to get a weapon upgrade.  Jaune Arc gets treated like a leader during their fight with the Geist.  And then again with the Nucklavee.

When Ruby starts to get some of her emotions off of her chest, she is immediately shot down by Jaune.  And the rest of the scene is focused on Jaune.  That scene wasn’t about Ruby receiving support, it was about Jaune giving it.  To argue otherwise would be to argue that Weiss Schnee wasn’t the focus of her first character arc.

V5: her dedication to fighting Salem despite the lies and fears is what  keeps everyone else on that path. Also helps Oscar deal with the massive  changes in his life.

As before: No.

Dumbass, ‘lies and fears’ don’t come up until Volume 6.  The only ‘lies’ they confronted were their positions around the house.  Where the hell are you getting fears from?  They spent most of the volume waiting for the plot.

V6: is the embodiment of RWBY’s themes of perseverance in the face of  overwhelming odds, in particular highlighted by the apathy arc. Also  learns to focus on protecting life rather than destroying Grimm through  training with Maria,

So she learns to focus on protecting life instead of destroying Grimm...  By learning how to use her powers to destroy Grimm?

V8: is a vital part of pretty much everything. She leads a faction,  opposes ironwood, comes up with the plan to save Penny and the people of  mantle and atlas, and more

She doesn’t ‘save’ Penny.  She manipulated her into becoming human in one of the most insultingly ablest stories ever written.  And all it wound up accomplishing was insuring that Penny could die for realsies

The solution to saving Atlas and Mantle was pretty much handed to her by Whitley.  And all her contribution with the staff did was throw them from on dangerous situation into another.

Atlas and Mantle are now a crater, primarily because of her involvement.

So tldr:

No, Ruby hasn’t been screwed over anywhere near as much as is claimed

We’ve been saying this for over nine years now, drawing up graphs to illustrate character arcs, counting the amount of dialogue spoken by each character (I can’t find it, but Jaune was at least in top five), to recording the amount of time focused on each character.

You’re vague ass statements, most of which require ignoring what actually happened in each volume, ain’t gonna prove shit.

tldr:  You’re a dumbass.  Shut the fuck up.  Get out of our tag.

[orymsblueflower]

So I enjoy mixing and matching animated intros to shows, and of course messed around with the new Bells Hells animated intro and my god I was SHOOK when I linked it up to the RWBY vol 7 intro song like it fits too well

Even a number of the lyrics, like "...through love your power just shines" when FCG gains control back, and "the truth is there but sometimes in disguise" when Laudna reveals her form of dread...

[the-twisted-tales-tavern]

New header and pfp by JakeArmorsmith over on Twitter! Absolutely love how he drew all these ladies for the Tavern~

[sophieabigail2021]

[moltensmusings]

With me posting an Atlas Pyrrha design, I thought it important to reaffirm my stance on her. Anyone who was here for my rwby hyperfixation in November and December has seen my many essays on her.