#jic that wasn't clear with how much i talk about and analyze him and his relationships

[hiraganasakura]

Ok I think I'm back to being normal (or more like abnormal) about RWBY again

Anyway hi can we talk about Qrow and Oscar for a moment?

Cus like. In V5 they seem kinda close at first glance with Qrow dropping everything to protect Oscar at the Battle of Haven, hanging out with him, etc, but in hindsight? I don't rly know how much Qrow actually cares about Oscar

Now dgmw I'm not saying Qrow doesn't care about Oscar at all. The concern Qrow had for him when he was exhausted after the Battle of Haven did seem pretty genuine to me personally, and he seemed pretty upset on Oscar's behalf about the whole "his consciousness will be replaced with Ozpin's in time" thing. But other than these specific scenarios and maybe a couple others, I don't think it's Oscar who's rly at the forefront of Qrow's mind most of the time here. I think Qrow is much more concerned with the fact that Ozpin is in there

And on that topic, Qrow seems to have this unhealthy idolization of Ozpin. He places the entirety of his trust in Ozpin, to the point where he goes into a severe depressive/alcoholic spiral after he realizes Ozpin's been lying to him. I don't entirely blame the guy; after all, Ozpin was the first figure of authority to ever find value in Qrow, by Qrow's own admission

But I think it rly affects Qrow's relationship with Oscar too. I don't think Qrow rly sees Oscar as, well, Oscar, all the time, but as someone who shares a body with Ozpin, just a middleman between the two. And I think Ozpin being in there is a bit more important to Qrow

Like, think about it, when Qrow learned that Ozpin was hiding all that stuff about his past, when did he ever have another meaningful interaction with Oscar after that? Ik after that other relationships for Qrow and Oscar were emphasized (notably Clover/Robyn and Ironwood/Salem, respectively), but still, you'd think there'd be *some* kinda closure between the two. Heck Qrow didn't even apologize to Oscar (onscreen, at least) for punching him in the face (yeah Ozpin was in control at the time but like. That was Oscar's body still, poor kid had to have felt that, he was punched so hard he was blown back into a tree)!

All this to say:

I'd love to see a conversation between Qrow and Oscar where they get some closure on that, Qrow actually apologizes and maybe even starts to unpack his whole unhealthy idolization of Ozpin thing, and Oscar actually has someone to treat him like Oscar Pine, not Ozpin. Their relationship has a lot of potential for exploration in terms of character development and I think it could rly benefit from being utilized

The issue is that this would require Qrow to talk about his feelings, smth he is not keen on doing at all, lol