#nevermore!new warriors

[ustwoforsaken]

paracosm drabble, magpie sunflare & precipice, 308 words, mostly dialogue lol

"Wait. Oh no. Is that Magpie? Is he back already? Oh no. Precipice. Precipice, you have to hide me." "Who are we hiding from?" Magpie asked from behind him.

Sunflare froze. He looked to Precipice desperately, but she just shrugged at him. Traitor. Sunflare squeezed his eyes shut and slowly turned around. "Hi, Magpie. I've been informed you might bludgeon me with a pipe." "...Why would I do that." Magpie asked flatly, mask giving no indication to his current emotional state. "Ronan said you were mad." "He exaggerates," Magpie waved his hand dismissively, then tilted his head, considering Sunflare with his disturbingly perceptive gaze. "Are you hurt? Don't answer that. Precipice, hand me his medical report." "You think I have that on hand?" Precipice asked, which slightly redeems her. Sort of. Maybe. No, actually. He takes it back. He's still mad, he decides. "You knew I was coming." Sunflares muttered, "Traitor," goes unacknowledged. "Ugh. I did. I hate how you have all of us conditioned to have exactly what you need on hand," Precipice said, disgusted. "I did nothing," Magpie objected, offense leaking into his voice. She rolled her eyes and handed him Sunflare's medical report. This was a mutiny of the highest degree. He'd have to think of some dastardly plot to avenge himself. This cannot go unpunished. Magpie flipped through the pages of the report, skimming for a few moments before moving on. Eventually he looked up and pinned Sunflare into place with a glare he could feel behind the goggles. "Sit down. You have a fractured ankle," he commanded. Then, addressing Precipice, he asked, "Why is he standing up? Who allowed this? Where is Ronan."

[artstar1997]

For my next Monster AU art, here's the Snack Pack in their monster looks. Composed of DJ Suki, Cooper, Smidge, Biggie, Guy Diamond, Satin and Chenille, Legsly, Fuzzbert, and Prince Darnell, they are one of the pack of friends that Poppy, Branch, and Rose would lead in their fright-outs whenever they give humans nightmares by eating or scaring them out of their socks. I put them in their hard rock outfits or disguises and add some monstrous details to it.

The first founding members of the team, DJ Suki, Cooper, Smidge, Biggie, Guy Diamond, Satin and Chenille, and Fuzzbert are the first to become friends with Poppy and Rose, later Branch. They first met the two close beast friends when they and several monsters sought shelter in Nevermore Castle and the territories near it after running away from a monster hunter, who turned out to be Chef. As they grow up with the two monstresses, they soon form the Snack Pack, with Branch later joining them. Legsly is the only one to be added after Rose raised her from the grave while Darnell later joined the group at chapter 3.

DJ Suki is a banshee, so she can fly and float, hear things outside the range of normal perception, solid to intangibility shifting and vice versa, precogniciton, and her signature banshee scream, which she shares with her aunts and her niece, CJ Suki.

Cooper and Darnell are plant monsters, since their parents are also plant monsters, with Essence being born from a seed of a corpse flower and Quincy is born from a seed of a monster tree, making them based on different plants. Like their parents, the funky plant brothers can control vegetation, communicate with plants, and create pollen out of their mouths or their vine hairs to control anyone but they can control one individual at a time. After escaping from the monster hunter, the twins and their parents stayed with Celestia, Rose and the Nevermore Clan until they were given an abandoned mansion as their own home.

Smidge is a transgender goblin with super strength, despite her size. As a member of the Pukwudgie clan, Smidge is trained among her tribe to become a warrior but things went south when they were attacked by the same monster hunter and she and her family escaped to Nevermore Castle with the other monsters. There, she met Rose and Poppy, who later befriended her and soon, she used her superhuman strength to good use on the humans.

Biggie, on the other hand is a type of monster called a Hyde, which is a monster that transform into their beast form with long claws, fanged teeth, and immense strength, mobility, and resilience, but he is able to transform properly like his older brother, who he only had after their parents were killed by the same monster hunter that killed the other Snack Pack members’ parents. He is always accompanied by his pet ectoplasmic goo dog, Mr. Dinkles and he only transforms when he needs to protect his friends from monster hunters and hordes of angry humans.

Since I HC Guy Diamond as South Asian, he would be a yeti, like Abbey Bominable in Monster High. He and his family migrated from the snowy mountains of Mount Everest to their new home but the parents were killed by the same monster hunter, leaving their daughters and Guy, who hasn't got the transition yet, to escape and find refuge in Nevermore Castle, where he met Rose and Poppy. Years after transitioning to male, Guy Diamond felt more confident in himself that he becomes the life of the party and the resident drama king. He had a lot of boyfriends and male lovers until he got pregnant after a one-night stand with a male yeti and had baby Tiny. Like all yetis, he has cryokinesis, superhuman strength, and has the ability to shift his size. Tiny, who is just a baby yeti, is still learning how to use his powers so it would be unpredictable

Since Satin and Chenille are Japanese in my human Au, they'd be the jorōgumo in my monster Au. The twins, alongside Fuzzbert are immigrants from Japan but they lost their parents because of a monster hunter, which caused them to seek refuge with Rose’s vampire clan. Having a venomous bite, three arms, an endless supply of silk threads, and the ability to crawl on walls and ceiling is extremely useful for the two. They can weave fabrics, sew and make clothes and multitask while at the same time, catch their prey.

Fuzzbert is a werecat who is the silent member of the group, due to a medical condition that rendered him mute. He lost his parents because of the same monster hunter and ended up living in the Nevermore Castle. Despite not being able to speak, he is a skilled climber and hunter, due to his cat physiology and superhuman condition.

Legsly, on the other hand, is a zombie in the monster Au. She became a new member of the Snack Pack after she was raised from the ground by Rose, who was practicing vampiric magic. Unlike all zombies, she retained sapience after the transformation but she can still absorb memories and gain skills and abilities through eating the brains of humans.

Here’s an alternate Biggie pic with his pet Mr. Dinkles as an ectoplasmic goo Pomeranian.

There's more to come so stay tuned, ghouls and mansters!

[gilgalahad]

"On Good-Friday that event happened in Caithness that a man whose name was Daurrud went out.

He saw folk riding twelve together to a bower, and there they were all lost to his sight.

He went to that bower and looked in through a window slit that was in it, and saw that there were women inside, and they had set up a loom.

Men's heads were the weights, but men's entrails were the warp and weft, a sword was the shuttle, and the reels were arrows. They sang these songs, and he learnt them by heart:

"See! warp is stretched For warriors' fall, Lo! weft in loom

'Tis wet with blood; Now fight foreboding, 'Neath friends' swift fingers, Our grey woof waxeth With war's alarms, Our warp bloodred, Our weft corseblue.

"This woof is y-woven With entrails of men, This warp is hardweighted With heads of the slain, Spears blood-besprinkled For spindles we use, Our loom ironbound, And arrows our reels; With swords for our shuttles This war-woof we work; So weave we, weird sisters, Our warwinning woof.

"Now Warwinner walketh To weave in her turn, Now Swordswinger steppeth, Now Swiftstroke, now Storm; When they speed the shuttle How spearheads shall flash! Shields crash, and helmgnawer On harness bite hard!

"Wind we, wind swiftly Our warwinning woof Woof erst for king youthful Foredoomed as his own, Forth now we will ride, Then through the ranks rushing Be busy where friends Blows blithe give and take.

"Wind we, wind swiftly Our warwinning woof, After that let us steadfastly Stand by the brave king; Then men shall mark mournful Their shields red with gore, How Swordstroke and Spearthrust Stood stout by the prince.

"Wind we, wind swiftly Our warwinning woof. When sword-bearing rovers To banners rush on, Mind, maidens, we spare not One life in the fray! We corse-choosing sisters Have charge of the slain.

"Now new-coming nations That island shall rule, Who on outlying headlands Abode ere the fight; I say that King mighty To death now is done, Now low before spearpoint That Earl bows his head.

"Soon over all Ersemen Sharp sorrow shall fall, That woe to those warriors Shall wane nevermore; Our woof now is woven. Now battlefield waste, O'er land and o'er water War tidings shall leap.

"Now surely 'tis gruesome To gaze all around. When bloodred through heaven Drives cloudrack o'er head; Air soon shall be deep hued With dying men's blood When this our spaedom Comes speedy to pass.

"So cheerily chant we Charms for the young king, Come maidens lift loudly His warwinning lay; Let him who now listens Learn well with his ears And gladden brave swordsmen With bursts of war's song.

"Now mount we our horses, Now bare we our brands, Now haste we hard, maidens, Hence far, far, away."

Then they plucked down the woof and tore it asunder, and each kept what she had hold of.

Now Daurrud goes away from the slit, and home; but they got on their steeds and rode six to the south, and the other six to the north. A like event befell Brand Gneisti's son in the Faroe Isles."

Njal's Saga - Ch 156

Art Credit: Einherjar_manga

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[Image Description: Collage titled "Sun Wukong Sunday 2024" containing media depicting Sun Wukong. Media includes:

2008 Olympics Monkey Movie, 21st Century Journey to the West, 300 Heroes, Ace of Arenas, Adventures from China: Monkey King, AFK Arena, Age of Mythology, American Born Chinese, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Arena of Valor, Awesomenauts, Black Myth: Wukong, Blades of Brim, Bloons Monkey City, Cards, the Universe and Everything, Cloud Master, Dark Matter Particle Explorer, DC “Monkey Prince” and “Monkey King,” Destiny of Thrones, Diablo III, Digimon, Dislyte, DotA 2, Dragon Ball, Dragon Power, Dungeon Boss, Dungeon Hunter Champions, Empire Warriors: Tower Defense, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Ether Saga Odyssey, Evertale, Fate/Grand Order, Final Fantasy “Zidane,” Final Fantasy XIV, Fire Ball (2005), For Honor, Fortnite, Free Fire, Genshin Impact, Girl Giant and the Monkey King, God Game, GO Titans, Heroes Arena, Heroes Evolved, Heroes of Newerth, Heroes of the Storm, Honor of Kings, Into the Badlands, Jackie Chan Adventures, Journey to the West, Kamihime Project, Kirby, Kung Fu Chaos, Kung Fu Monkey King, Kung Fu Panda: Paws of Destiny, League of Legends, League of Masters: Auto Chess, Legend of Ace, Legend of Wukong, Legends Summarized: The Monkey King, LEGO Brawls, LEGO Fortnite, Lo Scimmiotto, Lost Empire, Love, Hina, Magic Thousand Character, Marvel “Monkey King | Sun Wukong” and “Sun Wukong (Deity) | Monkey King,” Marvel vs Capcom 2, Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Megami Tensei, Michael and the Monkey King, Minecraft: Chinese Mythology Mash-Up, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Mobile Legends, Monkey: Journey to the West, Monkey, Monkey Around, Monkey Goes West, Monkey King: Myth of the Skull, Monkey King, Monkey King, Monkey King and the Imps, Monkey King, Monkey King Idle: AFK RPG, Monkey King The Bottomless Hole, Monkey King The Legend Begins, Monkey King the One and Only, Monkey King Unparalleled, Monkey Magic, Monkey Magic, Monkey Twins, Monkey Typhoon, Monkey VS Er Lang Shen, Monkey with 72 Magic, Monster Land, Monster Legends Competitive, Monty the Magic Monkey, My Hero Academia, Myth: Monkey King, Nagurikomi Son Goku, Naruto, Nevermore-W: Idle Immortal RPG, New Pilgrims to the West, Ohabare Son Goku, One Piece, The Monkey Sun, The Tale of the True Monkey and the False Monkey, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Oriental Legend, Osomatsu kun, Overwatch, Paragon, Pirate 101, Pocket Knights 2: Dragon Impact, Pokémon, Princess Iron Fan, Princess Iron Fan, Project X Zone,

Puzzles & Dragons, Rabbids: Party of Legends, RAID: Shadow Legends, RaiRai Gokuu, Ravenswatch, Return of Wukong, Revival of the Monkey King, RWBY, Saiyuki: Journey West, Saiyuki, Saiyuki, SD Gundam World Heroes, Sealed Demon Tower, Secret Journey, Seven Fights with Nine Tail Fox, Seven Fights with Nine Tail Fox, Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Shaceng Diary, Shen Yun Production of Journey to the West, Shinzo, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Six Eared Macaque, SMITE, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonson, Spaceketeers, Spark: A Space Tail, Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio, Strife, Subway Surfers, Summoners War Sky Arena, Sun, Sun Wukong vs Robot, Super Monkey Returns, Tang Monk Love Story, Tears of No Regret, The Adventures of Sun Wukong, The Fallen Hero, The Fantastic Magic Baby, The Four Monkeys The Return of Sun Wukong, The Great Sage Heaven’s Equal, The Karma Saiyuki, The Librarians, The Magic Cudgel, The Magic Journey to the West 2: Conquering the Demons, The Monkey and the Banshee, The Monkey King, The Monkey King, The Monkey King, The Monkey King, The Monkey King Demon City, The Monkey King’s Daughter, The Needle of the Sea Goddess, The New Legends of Monkey, The Player, The Rising Sun Saga, The True Monkey King, The Year Of Rice And Salt, Till We Meet Again, Tokyo Afterschool Summoners, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, True and False Monkey King, Tsûzoku Saiyûki, Unmatched, Unruly Heroes, Warframe, War Song, West Adventure, West Tour Diary and Wukong Biography, Westward Journey Online II, Wu Cheng’En and Journey to the West, Wukong-Chinese & Math, Wukong Fight, Xin, The God of High School, Fly Superboard, New Journey to the West, Omniscient Reader, The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower, A Korean Odyssey, “Light of the Sun (Sun Wukong),” “Sun Wukong (Asian Trap Beat Mix),” “Sun Wukong (Battle),” “Sun Wukong (Monkey King),” “Sun Wukong Intro,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Super,” “Sun Wu Kong,” Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West, Famicom Mukashibanashi: Yūyūki, Enoken no Son Goku: Zenpen, Carddass, Force of Will, Monster Strike, Lupin the Third Part II, Surprise, Unexpectedness, The Daily Life of the Immortal King, Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken, The Legends of Changing Destiny, War Sovereign Soaring The Heavens, The Forbidden Kingdom, Great Sage, Marshal Tian Peng, Dream Journey, Journey to the West The Five Elements Mountains, Great God Monkey 1: Xiang Yao Pian, Great God Monkey, Saint, Journey to the West, A Chinese Odyssey, A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity, A Chinese Odyssey, Journey to the West: The Supreme Treasure, Buddies in India, Havoc in Heaven, The Monkey King 1: Havoc In Heaven’s Palace, Heavenly Legend, Journey to the West Children’s Edition, Legend of Tian Peng, Yokai Watch, Battles with the Red Boy, The Monkey King Stormed the Sea Palace, Journey to the West, Adventures of Wukong, Wu Kong, Legend of Sun Wukong, LEGO Monkie Kid, A Chinese Tall Story, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, New Gods: Nezha Reborn, Smile Pretty Cure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book!, Dark Journey to the West: God of Destruction, Saiyuki, Warriors Orochi 2, InuYasha, White Dragon Horse, Monkey King Reincarnation, Cave of the Silken Web, Cave of the Silken Web, Taste of Love, Journey to the West: A Duel on the Faith, The Land of Many Perfumes, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, Journey to the West Legends of the Monkey King, The Monkey King Reborn, Monkey King: Hero is Back, Monkey King Myth, Journey to the West Afterstory, Journey to the West Bi Qiu Kingdom, Journey to the West Demon’s Child, Journey to the West: The Legend of the Mermaid, Journey to the West 1: Conquering the Demons, Westward Journey Kungfu Monkey God and Demon Battle, Saiyukiden Dieno, Alakazam the Great, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, Monkey, Saiyuuki, Pigsy's Marriage, The Monkey King Quest For The Sutra, The Monkey King: The Five Fingers Group, Big Trouble in Dragon Palace, 19th century illustration of the Monkey King.

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[ukdamo]

Giant’s Causeway

Richard Burke

T'was a boastful warrior's roar, From Ireland's coast to Scotland's shore; In Antrim you'll ney longer plunder, Vowed Finn McCool to Benandonner.

With that McCool piled stone on stone, And made a causeway of his own; The Sea of Moyle, forty fathoms deep, He now could cross by jump and leap.

But Finn could not believe his eyes, When first he saw Benandonner's size; Wide as a barn, six metres tall, He'd best McCool in any brawl.

Finn was quick to regret his boast, And turned his back to Scotland's coast; But Benandonner McCool had spied, And chased him now with ten-foot stride.

Finn just barely made his house, And yelled for Ooneh, his clever spouse; I bit off more than I can chew, Where can I hide, what can I do?

Ooneh then threw him in a bed, And covered him from toe to head; Trust me Finn, don't make a sound, I'll deal with Benandonner if he comes round.

She had not very long to wait, Benandonner easily jumped their gate, And pounded on Ooneh's cottage door, "With Finn McCool, I'll mop your floor! "

Be calm my friend, McCool's not here, He's gone to Kerry to hunt for deer, But he'll be back fore day is out; Come in and tell me - what's this about?

Benandonner came in and looked around, Curious about the things he found: What tree sized pole is lying here? Said Ooneh, that's just my husband's spear.

And that block of oak, wide as a wheel, And longer than a sailboat's keel? Oh that, it's just the fighting shield, Finn uses on the battlefield.

Your garden has boulders scattered round, Each one must weigh a thousand pounds. Oh, Finn tosses those for hours on end, Just playing catch with his best friend.

It looks like Finn is running late, Will you try a biscuit while you wait? The biscuit's crust hid iron beneath, On his first bite he broke three teeth.

Who is that lying in that bed, That looks eight feet from toe to head? Why that's only Finn's and my new bairn, In baby clothes all McCools have worn.

One peek below the blanket's fold, And the giant's blood ran icy cold; The Giant was quick to understand, If this be the babe, how big the man!

Benandonner then rethought his plight, No longer sure he'd win the fight; Said he, the tide's now running low, To make the crossing, I'll have to go.

With that he bolted through the door; Ran like lightning to reach the shore; Dashed across the stones once more; And swore he'd be back nevermore!

McCool then leapt up from his bed, And followed the Giant while he fled; But when he reached the Antrim coast, He dared not repeat his foolish boast.

Instead, he gathered each stone he'd thrown, And stacked them in columns, why is not known, But remnants remain to this very day, Known to all as the Giant's Causeway!

[mobauniverse]

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[ustwoforsaken]

shitt ive gotta work out nevermore!new warriors. damn it

[howlingday]

Yang: (Watching TV with Blake) So, how'd the date go?

Ruby: (Slumps onto the couch) Awful! I can never show my face in town again!

Weiss: (Drinking tea) Oh, I'm sure it wasn't that bad.

Ruby: It was.

Yang: Was Jaune that bad?

Ruby: (Head in her hands) It wasn't Jaune.

Blake: Who was it?

Ruby: (Covers her face) It was me! I ruined the date!

Yang: Whoa! Slow down, Rubes! Just tell us what happened.

Ruby: Okay...

He picked me up at eight. My heart is racing because I'm on my first date. He looked so valiant as we walked into the restaurant. He started to talk, and I just smiled and nod~.

Yang: So far so good.

Ruby: We haven't gotten to the bad part yet.

Weiss: Well, what did he talk about?

He told me about his life, but I was lost inside his oceanic eyes. Our hands touched briefly as the light reflected off his golden hair. A strong electric charge was in the air~.

Yang: Ooh, spicy!

Ruby: (Blushing) Sh-Shut up!

Blake: How was the meal?

Ruby: Really good! I'm glad you recommended it.

Yang: What happened next?

It was ten o'clock, and the meal is done, but our conversation had just begun. He's fascinating, and I feel blessed, but I have to be honest~.

Weiss: What'd you do? Did you say something wrong?

Ruby: (Blushing) I don't know.

Blake: Why not?

Ruby: (Sheepishly) Well, that's the thing...

I don't know what we were talking about, and I hadn't for a while~!

Yang: Oh, no...

Ruby: Mhm...

I don't know what we were talking about, and I hadn't for a while~!

Yang: Oh, Ruby...

Ruby: I couldn't help it! His stupid, pretty boy face distracted me!

Blake: Really?

Ruby: (Blushing) Yes, shut up!

Weiss: So, what did you do when you realized you screwed up?

Ruby: Well, what happened next...

My eyes were open wide. He spoke with passion, but I was panicking inside~!

Weiss: What could distract you, a trained Huntress and warrior, from something as simple as dinner conversation?

See, I was daydreaming about a Nevermore named Tyrone. When he's by himself, he sings alone~.

Weiss: Of course you did.

Blake: What did Tyrone do?

Weiss: Are you seriously indulging this?

He has to get to work on time, his let's play job is on the line! His boss is always on his back. Why can't he cut Tyrone some slack~?!

Weiss: You were distracted by childhood fantasy.

Blake: I've been there.

Weiss: What do you mean?

Blake: Yang, do you remember our date last week?

Yang: Yeah?

Blake: Well...

I don't know what we were talking about, and I hadn't for a while~!

Yang: (Chuckles) That's fine, Blake, because you see...

I don't know what we were talking about, and I hadn't for a while~!

Weiss: Do you remember anything about what he was saying?

Ruby: Well, he was pretty distracting, but...

I'm pretty sure he was telling me about his new job~.

Weiss: Stop trying to make yourself look good!

I'm not absolving anything~!

Yang: What'd you do for the conversation?

Smiled and nod~!

Weiss: Of course you did.

I was thinking about ladders. If I tell him, is it odd? It was my turn to talk, but he was looking at me~!

OH GOD!

Focus!

Focus!

Yang: What distracted you that time?!

Uh, penguin in a costume~!?

Blake: Anything else?

How many Geists are hiding in this room~?

Weiss: ...Any other stupid thoughts?

Ozpin must have been so very handsome in his prime~.

Weiss: (Gets up) I'm out!

I'd make an awesome cop if I could stop committing crimes~!

Yang: Weiss, where are you going?!

I don't know what we were talking about...

Weiss: I'm totally at a loss for words for all of this...

I don't know what we were talking about...

Yang: I- Blake, what's going on?

I don't know what we were talking about, and I hadn't for a while!

Blake: (Takes Ruby's scroll) Salvaging this ship!

Ruby: Hey!

Tyrone had to work overtime! AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT THIS?!

Ruby: (Scroll buzzes) It's Jaune!

Blake: What did he say?

Yang: Let me see!

Jaune: (Text) Hey, sorry if I was boring tonight. To be honest, I felt like I talked more than you, so I must have not heard anything you said. Y'see...

I don't know what we were talking about, and I hadn't for a while!

Ruby: (Texts) Second date?

[charlietheepicwriter7]

Time Does Not Heal (find a new hobby)

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Ozpin might be a fiend, a monster, a mad man. He is not a bad father. ------------------------

It was repulsive, how Salem continued to pretend to be the hero. 

Only the two of them were alive to remember the argument that had started it all. Ozma, the second one, the reincarnated one, had told Salem about his mission given to him by the God of Creation, of uniting humanity. About the relics that would summon the Gods back to Earth, about how they would destroy humanity if they were divided. 

About how Ozma didn’t want the Gods to return at all.

The Gods had taken nothing from humanity that they would miss. What was missing? Magic? Magic had only allowed humans to make more atrocities than they did now. Humanity was divided even before the Gods left; Ozpin still remembered the war between his people and the Nome King, the Sacking of Emerald City, the Battle of the Poppy Fields. He had faced a million and one tragedies created by man and man alone and the so-called Gods had done nothing. 

Salem hadn’t seen it that way. Even after all their travels together, turning the first humans against the Gods, years of isolation, she was still the girl in the tower. The girl who was raised alone, innocent to everything in the world. She had no idea what humanity was truly like, she didn’t know how foolish it was to try to bring the Gods back. 

But Salem… wanted to die. Even with Ozma back, she’d spent so much time alone that it was second nature to seek death. 

When Ozma had bundled up their children in an escape, she had found them. She took it as a betrayal and destroyed everything they had shared, had loved. But Salem couldn’t kill him.

No, instead she had thrown him into the Grimm pits in hope that they would rob him of immortality. 

Blistering hate surged through Ozpin at the memory. She had been foolish; instead of robbing him of his life everlasting, the pit had corrupted him. He had evolved to a higher plain of being, into a beast that wanted nothing more than to torture Salem for all eterenty. And he couldn’t torture her if she wasn’t alive.

Ozma sent armies against her. First the Grimm, who he controlled ever since his corruption. Then his Maidens, the souls of his first four followers granted magic and the ability to transfer their power after death. Admittedly, their transfer was far too close to his own and too random for his Maidens to always be on his side - sometimes Salem got to them first and claimed she had made the Maidens, taking credit for his work - but they were usually easy enough to convince. After all, what mortal doesn’t want to stop a woman from destroying Remnant? 

Unfortunately, Salem is a good liar. She had convinced her allies that he wanted to see humanity suffer for eternity - which wasn’t too far off the mark, actually - and that he needed to be defeated. Bold of her to assume he could be defeated, but every silver-eyed warrior on her side believed he could. The silver-eyes were firmly in Salem’s pocket; they were her most beloved and trusted allies, so Oz destroyed them. 

Which was why Ozpin was on this small island named Patch in Vale. All but one silver-eyed warrior had been murdered by his subordinates, assassins and bounty-hunters that he paid handsomely for each head delivered. He had decided to kill the last one himself: Summer Rose, a persistent thorn in his side. It felt only fitting to prune such a rose himself. 

Ozpin approached the home that contained his target. With him came an early-morning storm, to darken the sky and set the mood. One of his Nevermores had spied on the woman for the past few days, reporting that she lived there with her family. Evidence of a child was all over the lawn - toys thrown about, a bicycle leaning against the house, a swing set visible from around the back. He frowned. He hadn’t wanted to get a child involved. It wouldn’t stop him, but he didn’t want one involved. 

Hiding himself from all eyes with his magic, Ozpin infiltrated the house, the early morning darkness covering his entry. He left the backdoor wide open. The inside, a kitchen, was as messy as the yard, with more toys, and a flash of an old memory - a playroom in a castle, little hands pulling on his robes, Daddy, Daddy! - steals his attention for a moment. He shakes his head. There was no time for old ghosts now. 

The kitchen led to a living room and Ozpin stepped around a medley of toys and weapon on the floor. On the couch snored a man with dark hair; Qrow Branwen, if he remembered correctly. The twin brother of one of Summer Rose’s partners. Another person who wouldn’t leave the house alive. 

The stairs creaked under his weight. No sign of movement, no sign of anyone awake. The bedroom he was looking for was at the end of the hall- He paused. Ozpin could just barely hear it, even with his Grimm-enhanced hearing. The smallest whimper of a baby about to wail. 

Automatically, Ozpin entered a room that wasn’t the master bedroom, throwing up a quick silencing spell so the rest of the house couldn’t hear him. It was a nursery, with a crib by the windows - a safety hazard, Ozpin thought idly as he approached. The whimpering belonged to a little baby, no more than six months old. It was clearly the child of Summer Rose; the infant looked just like its mother, down to the same, detestable eyes. 

Well, that explained why Summer Rose had stayed still long enough for Ozpin to track down her residence. 

His invisibility dropping, Ozpin picked up the baby. It stared up at him with watery, silver eyes and Ozpin cradled them against his chest, hiding his face lest he scare it. His fall in the Grimm pits left him pale and scarred with black veins that reappeared with each reincarnation. He swayed to soothe the child back to sleep, humming under his breath. 

Ozpin wanted to move on, but his memories wouldn’t let him. 

Ozma scooped up his youngest daughter, cradling her to his chest. The toddler babbled about anything and everything, and Ozma kept nodding along as he took Dorthey back to her room. “You need to go back to sleep now, Princess.” He and her mother were gods; of course their children would be princesses. 

Dorthey pouted, but didn’t argue. “Kiss?” she asked.

Ozma smiled. “Of course,” he said and kissed her forehead.

“Toto kiss too?” She offered him her stuffed dog and laughed as he kissed Toto too, her silver eyes glittering. 

Silver eyes. Like his daughters’. 

Salem always used their daughters’ eyes as a weapon against him, he realized as he held one of the silver-eyed warriors. 

The child didn’t feel like a warrior. She was fat and squishy, like all babies should be at her age. She wasn’t a weapon against him, not yet anyway. But she would be one. He might be able to avoid her silver gaze for now, but sooner or later…

Still, he found himself reluctant to waste the child.

Their sniffling stopped and looked up at him, no trace of fear in his eyes. Distantly, he recognized the sound of someone getting up and walking down the hall, but ignored it. 

He had come here to kill Summer Rose, but found himself suddenly reluctant. Not out of any sympathy for the woman, but because he would have to kill her child as well, permanently eradicating his daughter’s eyes from the planet. He held the child closer to his chest. He’d killed many silver-eyed warriors, but never a child… 

Oz had raised children before; a few of his medley of souls had children before he assimilated into them, though he never raised a child once Oz fully incorporated himself into his consciousness. It had been several lives since he’d even held a child. 

The baby cooed softly, reaching a little hand up to touch Ozpin’s face. They looked like a copy of Summer Rose, with red highlights in their black hair. They were dressed in a red onesie too; a ruby-red rose, ripe to be plucked. 

Such a sweet baby, he mused as he prodded one chubby cheek. Too sweet to be his enemy one day, too sweet to die with their family. 

It was their eyes that made his decision for him. Kind eyes without a trase of fear, just trust. Like his little Dorthey.

Well, it wasn’t like he was below a little kidnapping. 

Ozpin placed a hand over the baby’s head and whispered a spell in their ear. The child went limp in his arms, sinking into sleep. They were young enough not to need a memory spell, thankfully; Ozpin didn’t know if he’d be able to case one anyway with his limited magic. 

He’d have to redecorate his castle, he realized as giddiness rose in him. There weren’t any rooms suitable for a nursery. It must be close to his own quarters too, so he could look after them. He could try to make a nanny-Grimm, for when he was too busy? But Grimm were instinctual creatures; even if he ordered them all not to harm the child - which he definitely would - there was a chance for error. Besides, he didn’t want to lose a valuable creature if their silver eyes activated. 

Maybe he could have Watts create a robot nanny? Hazel could babysit while he got it done…

The door behind him slammed open. “Ruby!!” Ozpin stood calmly as Qrow Branwen and his sister, Raven Branwen, rushed into the room. 

So, his new daughter’s name was Ruby. A pretty name. It suited her. 

It took the Branwens a second to comprehend what was in front of them. He was sure it was rather shocking to them, being slaves to Salem’s whim, seeing their worst enemy not only in their house, but holding one of their children. His heart truly went out to them. 

But, they were between him and the exit…

Raven’s face twisted with fury, drawing her katana. “Put her down,” she snarled. 

Ozpin cocked an eyebrow. “No.” If anything, she should be grateful that he never set Ruby down. If it wasn’t for her, everyone in the house would be dead by now.

The twins didn’t seem to like that answer. They readied their weapons, with both Raven and Qrow about to-

Raven and Qrow…

Raven and Crow…

Ozpin smirked and a wave of magic erupted from his body and slammed into the Branwens. Lightning flashed through the window as the two collapsed, coughing desperately. Raven’s face was a mix of pain and hatred as her bones crunched and grinded against each other.  

Qrow Branwen collapsed to his knees, holding his throat. “What- What did you do-!?” He spat out a mass of feathers.

Ozpin smiled. “I thought it funny for you two to… resemble your name-sakes a tad more.” They couldn’t stop their screams as their bodies contorted grotesquely, though Raven certainly tried to keep silent. Within minutes, the Branwen twins had been transformed into birds, a raven and a crow, he thought with sick delight. 

Raven tried to dive-bomb him, screeching, but she was easily avoided. Ozpin tsked as he swatted the bird away and cuddled the sleeping Ruby closer to his chest. He ran his fingers through her fine hair. “Come now, dear. Let’s go home.”

[harusarchive]

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*NEW addedonthelist

Warrior's Afterlife

** My Dear Nemesis

Lover's Vain

Rain Again

Nevermore

A Thousand Cranes

Wistful Summer

The Boy & The Wolf

The Other Side of the Mirror

** Monstrous Heart

** Reincarnated into Demon King Evelogia's World

[blazingstar24]

RWBY Role Reversal AU

In which Ozpin is the evil immortal king of the Grimm and Salem is long suffering immortal ex who now run Beacon. This is really more focused on what  the Ozluminati to look like if they were team WTCH in this AU. So some are not a super clean switch of roles. Also this AU has some Ironqrow, Cloqwork, and Ozwood? Ironpin? Whatever their ship name is, in it sooooo yeah. This is gonna be a long post y’all hence the read more.

Let’s start with Qrow. Qrow would switch places with Tyrian.

So in this AU, Qrow is more like Jinx from Teen Titans. He can more or less control his bad luck semblance or even if he can’t, he doesn’t care who it hurts. He likes the chaos. He has fun bringing misfortune to others

Since he’s switching with Tyrian, Qrow gets a bit of a personality change as he is equally as devoted to Oz as Tyrian is to Salem. He’d never dream of punching Oz unless he asked him to do so.

Due to Qrow not having guilt about bringing bad luck, he’s a lot less angsty. More cocky like how he acted in his fight with Winter but add the fact that he’s going for the kill in every fight.

Not much of a strategy guy as we want to keep his allusion of being the Scarecrow in. So he’s definitely not the brains of Oz’s circle. He’s the wild card, the ticking time bomb you let off to spice things up.

Since Tyrian is a scorpion faunus and this adds to the creep factor of his character, Qrow’s bird transforming ability gets changed a bit.

Oz’s magic will now be more like Salem giving Cinder a Grimm arm. Oz needed Qrow to get to places faster so he gives him wings. Nevermore wings with the ability to use the feather attack with it as well. But use it too many times in one go, and Qrow will have to walk back instead of fly.

So if you hear the flap of wings, yet there’s no Nevermore in sight....there’s something more dangerous than a Grimm lurking.

Next up we have James Ironwood who clearly would be switching with Watts but also has some Hazel elements as Oz’s inner circle that we have the most info on only has 3 ppl(Qrow, Ironwood, and Glynda) so some ppl have to merge.

While James is switching with Watts, he is not on par with Watts in skills with tech. So he’s less of their resident hacker and more of their strategy guy and their in to get into Atlas’ secrets

A major change is the weapons Ironwood will use in this AU. While I love Due Process and the black one I have dubbed Guilty Verdict, I want Ironwood to be more a dark paladin rather than a gunslinger. He still had his guns before he joined Oz but I’ll get into everyone’s new backstories later(I mean just imagine the beauty of the image of dark paladin James kneeling at Oz’s throne)

Dark paladin Ironwood fights with a claymore. Tbh, I thought the anime verison of these swords were actually how they looked like. You know the big ass blades, but most blades were just longer and slightly thicker. Greatswords and claymores were about using two hands.

So his weapon is going to be more of the anime style rather than an accurate one because it’s RWBY and it’s somehow also a gun. He also wears more of an armor type of outfit to complete that dark knight look. Think Xander from Fire Emblem Fates type of look.

Ironwood is intensely loyal to Oz, not as much of a fanatic type as Qrow, but of like a Cinder in the v8 trailer. Oz found him at his lowest and built him back up to be his strongest warrior. So like a knight, Ironwood gladly kneels in front of Oz’s throne ready to give up everything if he is asked to do so.

While he is switching with Watts, he has a more Hazel like personality. Speak when spoken to kind of guy. More stoic and definitely does not argue with Oz as much as he does in canon. Also more like Hazel, whoever takes Emerald’s and Mercury’s place in this AU, Ironwood more or less looks out for them.

If Oz is against them, he’s most likely not going to step in as Oz’s word is law to him. But aside from that, he’ll make sure Qrow isn’t terrorizing them too much.

Finally we have Glynda who would be switching with Cinder. This is where things get a bit messy and are not clean switches.

Glynda’s story would be similar to Wicked rather than the Wizard of Oz story since Salem is on team good and Oz is on team bad. 

So like Glinda in Wicked, Glynda is willing to do what it takes to get ahead in life but with more of an evil twist rather than the Wicked version doing it because she doesn't see the point in fighting the status quo. 

Glynda is willing to what she must to gain power and to rise up in the world, thus Oz gives her the chance to do so. 

She’s already blessed with a powerful semblance, so clearly she is meant for great things. And those who cannot see the potential in taking more power are too weak to truly advance in the world. Why be a good witch when you could be a queen? 

The one thing that stays from her canon character is that she’s the one keeping the boys in line. Even Oz. How are we supposed to take over Remnant if we keep blowing our cover for your hot chocolate runs! 

What does get kind of messy is if Glynda would be the Fall Maiden in this AU. Since we all assumed Oz never had Glynda take the powers because she was too old to count as a young maiden. But Raven is able to be the Spring Maiden so I would say Glynda could become the Fall Maiden. 

Relationship dynamics between the three:

Glynda and Ironwood get along the best. This is less of them actually liking each other and more of Glynda doesn't have to keep him in line for the most part. Ironwood likes her work ethics and they mesh quite well when executing Oz’s plans. Neither care about the other’s personal life so they aren't here for friendship between villains with each other.

Qrow and Ironwood would be the second best working unit of the Ozluminati. This is due to Qrow constantly bothering James rather than James actively seeking out Qrow’s companionship. In the beginning, Qrow’s antics bothered James a lot. However, he has grown on him quite a bit. Qrow tends to flirt with Ironwood a lot on the job and off the job which flustered him at first. Presently? James has started flirting back to throw a curveball at Qrow. They surprisingly work well together despite Qrow’s style of combat being very different than Ironwood’s. When Oz wants destruction, he sends this pair in. 

Glynda and Qrow are the worst of the three. Qrow’s chaotic nature and fighting style clashes too much with Glynda’s straightforward tactics. Qrow’s reckless use of his semblance often annoys Glynda as she is in the line of fire when they are paired together. These two are constantly fighting over incredibly petty things. It isn't really a meeting if Oz hasn't had to use his powers to shut the two of them up so he can talk. 

This post is kinda long so I’m splitting it into separate posts. The next one will be detailing backstory and their dynamic with Oz. 

[bobauthorman]

A Semblance of Reasoning (Part 1)

Let’s take a look at Semblances, the unique power each person in RWBY (The show) has; What is a Semblance, exactly? well, as Ren said in “Lighting the Fire”

Ren: A common philosophy is that a warrior’s semblance is a part of who they are. Some say your personality and character can define your Semblance while some claim that it is the other way around. Of course, there are still many who don’t see a connection at all.

In short, a Semblance represents their user’s personality…except when they don’t. I feel that sometimes Semblances aren’t completely shaped by the character, and are equally formed around their specific needs and experiences. Let’s take a look at some characters’ Semblances, what kind of background they had, and guess how their Semblances were shaped by the first two. We’ll also look at how those powers have evolved or changed over the course of the series and why.

 Given the large cast, we’ll be splitting this subject up among multiple posts.

Team RWBY Semblances

Ruby Rose: Ruby’s Semblance, at the beginning of the series, was just speed…and leaving rose petals behind her. Typically, characters with speed powers are characterized as impatient, and Ruby…isn’t as bad as most. Of course, she has this tendency in the beginning to just rush in, as shown when she tries to 1-v-1 a Nevermore. Luckily, she learns to outgrow this, but is still “rushed” into Beacon two years ahead of schedule. When Beacon falls, her first instinct is to head to Haven, while the rest of her team are split up and delayed by their own issues. So, moving ahead quicker than others is what her Petal Burst represents.

The first thing we know about Ruby’s combat background is that, prior to being trained by Qrow, she was “complete garbage”. In Volume 5, she admits that her Semblance kicked in while training. Possibly, Ruby was bottom-tier in a lot of ways, not just combat. It’s possible that track was also something she was garbage at. So, maybe just being tired of being the slowest, she gained the power to zip ahead of the other kids. Of course, after Volume 3, her Semblance shifts from just being “speed” to “flight and bursting into flower petals.” And what does she use this for? Getting around obstacles. What could have provoked such an evolution? Well, let’s think back on the events of Volume 3; She realizes that Emerald is going to use her Hallucination Semblance to make Pyrrha destroy Penny, but before she can stop their match, Mercury gets in her way. He delays her enough so that the evil plan goes off without a hitch. But now she has the power to bypass obstructions and move about with more freedom.

Weiss Schnee: Weiss’ Semblance is her Glyphs, which, prior to the reveal of the Maidens and Silver Eyes, the closest thing to magic the series had. But Volume 3 reveals that the Glyphs are a hereditary Semblance, passed on by bloodline. So, they don’t really represent her character in of itself. But, how she uses it is what reflects the growth of her character. When Weiss first appears in the main show, she’s your average Mean Girl- Looking down on our Main Girl Ruby and being quite vocal about it. For all her scorn for her father’s ways, she’s just as attached to her status as a member of the Schnee Family. “I have a legacy to uphold.” And as we later learn, her mastery of her Glyphs are average at best, and she’s notorious for losing fights. However, there is one aspect of her Glyphs that Winter has that she does not have; Summoning good versions of the monsters she’s crushed. Despite how hard she tries in the first three Volumes, she cannot do what Winter does.

But as she slowly starts to push herself away from the elitist mentality of the Atlas upper class, Weiss’ skill with Glyphs improve as well, mostly as a form of support for others. And in the latter half of Volume 3, she does get a hang of Summons. Where? When she saves Velvet, a Faunus who are normally looked down by the elites. However, when she fights Vernal in Volume 5, her reliance on her Summons nearly gets her killed. At the time, though, she was only fighting for herself (“I’m more than just a name”) and that tied into it. When she’s brought back into the fight by Jaune, it’s because he’s using his Semblance to heal her (Or, technically, amplifying her aura with his), and she fights much better with the Lancer summon. In short, Weiss’ evolution comes not just from helping, but from being helped. When she uses her Summons against Marrow, it has full autonomy; She has given her former enemy the trust to act on its own for her behalf.

Blake Belladonna: Shadow, that’s Blake’s power to create illusionary duplicates, a diversion to draw a foe’s attention. Blake herself describes this as a manifestation of her self-professed cowardice; “I was born with the ability to leave behind a shadow of myself; an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away!” However, it may also represent loneliness. Blake was once a member of the White Fang during its ‘peaceful protestor’ phase, and we even get a visual in “Black and White” of lil’ kid Blake waving a sign. Moving around with her parents, it’s possible that she didn’t have time to make friends growing up. When the WF became terrorists, she joined that as well, but given how uncomfortable she was with Adam’s increasingly fatal methods, it’s just as likely that she was ‘odd woman out’ and just as alone in the new WF as she was in the old. As such, her Semblance became the ability to make more of herself, which she uses to escape from danger.

Much like Weiss, the Semblance itself has not changed much, but how she uses it does, representing her change in character. Through Volumes 1-3, she used her Shadow solely as diversions, for escape. But in V4 “Of Runaways and Stowaways”, she uses  to move closer to the Grimm she’s fighting. This is perhaps to foreshadow her eventual decision to stop running from the White Fang and start fighting against them. And in Volume 7, during Team RWBY’s fight against the Ace-Ops, Blake allows herself to be briefly captured by Vine she could trick him into catching a Shadow loaded with bombs. This further demonstrates Blake’s willingness to put herself forward to win the battles. 

Yang Xiao Long: Her Semblance is Burn, which is basically a limit-break; When she takes enough hits, she’s able to use that accumulated force to increase her strength and hit back with all of it at once. Also, her hair sets on fire. But that might be a visual effect. It’s pretty easy to understand the events that caused her to develop this Semblance. With the death of her step-mother Summer, Yang was left to pick up the pieces of her broken family, effectively swallowing her pain and be the one strong enough to carry on. And as the “RWBY: World of Remnant” data book explains, she has a lot of suppressed anger from her birth mother Raven leaving, which is where the flames symbolize, I think. It reflects how a warm candle can easily become a wildfire if fed and provoked thoughtlessly.

But as her father Taiyang points out, it’s used as a temper-tantrum. Her power is, effectively, “I’ve taken all I can stand and I can’t stand no more!” If things aren’t going her way, she basically explodes in a rage that ends things. It’s a useful power, but Yang uses it so often that she becomes predictable, especially to foes that specialize in evasion, or are strong enough to take it, as proven with Neo and Adam. Once Tai instructs and dresses her down, Yang begins to control herself more and more, she starts relying on Burn to win fights with it, reflecting that self-control. So far, it hasn’t really changed, she’s just using it less, just like she’s not throwing fits so often. When she does, (use Burn though,) it’s in more tactful ways, like blocking Adam’s Moonslice in “Seeing Red” and inhibiting Elm’s root Semblance in “With Friends Like These” by destroying the floor. Brute force, yes, but with purpose beyond destruction.

And this is only up until Volume 7. Stars (And broken moons) know what will happen further down the road.

[diogenescamus]

How The JRY/Ace Ops + Winter Scene In RWBY V8E7 Could've Been Done Better

From the RWBY Volume 8 Midseason Trailer: ......................................................................... Winter and the Ace Ops are, presumably, heading towards the whale with that bomb. It looks ridiculous to me considering she’s all “CHARGE!!” and they’re shuffling along with this massive thing. But the size does tell us that no, this can’t be a quick in-and-out mission like some of us hypothesized before, nor will it be an easy stealth mission (which is perhaps off the table entirely given Winter’s yell). Whether Team JRY has gotten Oscar out yet, given the Ace Ops information about the whale layout, or if they’re still inside is unknown.

. In regards to the JRY and Winter + Ace Ops scene from RWBY Volume 8 Episode 7 "War", I think it could've been done better. Like, what we got was alright, but a little more thought could've made the whole scene a whole LOT better. This is what I mean. . I think it's cool that Ren's Semblance is evolving to where he can sense emotions in general. It fits. Plus, it gives him some more versatility with his Semblance. . My real issue with the whole Ren's speech scene is that I easily thought up of an obvious way that whole scene could've been improved. Like, it's so freaking obvious, so why didn't the writers think of it? The components are right there. Anyways, here's how that whole scene could've been improved. . I kind of like Ren's whole "no one is replaceable" speech, so I think keeping the "muh feelings" aspect is fine but it can be improved by adding some rationality and strategy to it. If the writers would allow Jaune to be competent (for once instead of always relegating him to inept cringy comic relief) , he could've come up with a brilliant plan that could've turned the tide like this. He could first ask Winter to patch him to Ironwood, saying that he has a plan that could save all of them. Winter reluctantly agrees and gets Ironwood on the line. Jaune explains his brilliant plan that could turn the tide: . Jaune: "General Ironwood, I've come to make a bargain, so that we can both get what we want. We want to save Oscar who's in that Grimm Whale and retrieve the Lamp but you're not going to let us go without a good reason. Ace Ops' mission is to get into that huge Grimm Whale and deliver a bomb so that it can hopefully kill it and save Atlas. But how are they going to get through the hundreds of Grimm surrounding the Whale while also carrying the heavy Bomb? And even if they could get past all of them and make it inside the Whale, we don't know what type of Grimm or who else could be inside the Whale or if the Whale could be able to sense them inside it. They don't have any clear shot of going through those Grimm undetected while carrying the Bomb. That's where we come in. Ren here has a Semblance that allows him to mask negative emotions, allowing him and those under his Semblance to be completely invisible to Grimm, walk right past them. Thing is, he can only use it on 2 people by himself. That's where I come in. My Semblance allows me to amplify Aura and you know that I can do a whole lot from there. I have lots of Aura and you know how strong my Amps are. I've tanked a hit from a Colossus mecha head on and kept on walking. I healed Weiss from nearly dying to a flaming spear to the liver and lungs from Cinder during the Battle of Haven. Ren, Yang, and I are low on Aura but with a few minutes of intense concentration, I can regenerate my Aura and subsequently their's as well. From there, I can Amp Ren and his Semblance, allowing him to mask dozens, even over a hundred. With Ren and I, we can mask the Ace Ops and get them through the Grimm and into the Whale undetected. With Ace Ops backing us, we can fight our way through Salem's forces inside the Whale, retrieve Oscar and the Lamp of Knowledge, and plant the Bomb with some boosting on my end for good measure. In order to get what we both want, we have to work together, in order to save Atlas and Mantle. So do we have a deal?" . There is some silence on the other end as Ironwood contemplates on Jaune's deal before making a decision. . Ironwood: "Very well Mr. Arc, we have a deal. Ace Ops, coordinate with Arc, Ren, and Xiao-Long for the Payload Mission. Ren and Arc are the only real vital assets we need to pull this off but Xiao-Long should be useful as extra muscle, provided she doesn't just betray us like last time. But keep this in mind. Whether you escape from the Whale with Oscar and the Relic or not in time, this Bomb WILL go off. I will not put the lives of thousands of Atlesians at risk for the sake of 4 people. So be prepared to take responsibility for your own lives." . Jaune: "Understood." . From there, everyone gets to work, preparing for the Mission. Ren uses his Semblance "Tranquility" on himself and Jaune so that Jaune can intensely focus on meditating and utilizing his extremely fast Hazel-level Aura Regeneration Factor. The other Ace Ops don't put up a fuss, because they've been there during training with Jaune and his friends, so they know that he's being truthful and accurate in his and Ren's capabilities and how they can help make their suicidal mission an actual success. I may have been a bit overly detailed with all that Jaune said in that but I wanted to avoid CRWBY’s tendency towards annoying vagueness and not have Jaune repeat his stupidly vague "Hit them harder" thing, so I kept it a bit detailed so that both Ironwood AND the audience can know exactly what Jaune is proposing and how it's plausible enough to be effective. So in that scene, Jaune was persuading not only Ironwood but the audience as well. Ironwood and Ace Ops know that they would need the help of Ren and Jaune in order to make the Bomb Mission a success and if that means helping them with finding Oscar and the Lamp, then it's an acceptable risk/compromise that works for both sides' favor. Given that the Grimm Whale "Monstra" (that's the official name for it by the way) is several times bigger than the previously largest shown Grimm, the Leviathan, there's not a strong possibility that whatever Dust Nuke that Ironwood and the Atlas Army was able to cook up at the last minute would be powerful enough to take out the Grimm Whale. Jaune using his Semblance to drastically Amplify the Dust inside the Dust Nuke would act as a logical action to take as his Semblance can be the lynchpin to making sure the Dust Nuke would be powerful enough to destroy a colossal size Grimm like the Monstra. Plus, this serves as payoff to all the set up with the Training Scenes in Volume 7, especially the one in RWBY Volume 7 Episode 6 "A Night Off" which showed Jaune training his extremely fast Hazel-level Aura Regeneration rate. Not only that but it more logically connects JRY's goal and Winter + Ace Ops goals together, which also helps from a screentime perspective. . Anyways, after Jaune has fully regenerated his Aura, he uses his Semblance to Amplify the Aura Regeneration rates of Ren, Yang, and even Winter and the other Ace Ops so that their Auras are more than full. From there, they pick up the large heavy Whale Killing Bomb and then disembark from the Bullhead when they reached the closest they could come. From there, they get out. Jaune touches the shoulders of Marrow and Winter, Amplifying them. Marrow uses his Amplified "Stay!" to freeze the Grimm Horde attacking Atlas, with hundreds of avian Grimm dropping from the skies due to paralysis. An Amplified Winter Summons hundreds of full sized and Giant sized Beowolves, Ursi, Goliaths, Gryphons, and Nevermores, with her army of Summons tearing through the paralyzed Grimm Horde. This serves as reinforcements to the frontlines of Atlas soldiers and Mechas who were struggling against the Grimm, with several of the avian Summons entering the city to tear through the Grimm that made it through. This continues for a few minutes before Jaune, Marrow, and Winter have to stop, with Winter's Summon Army dissipating. Tearing through those Grimm would only be good so far as the Grimm Whale wouldn't stop producing more and more Grimm. By this time, the reinforcements have given the frontlines enough breathing room that they can relaunch the offensive with a second wind. . From there, Yang, Elm Ederne, and Vine Zeki (with his Aura Vines) lift and carry the large, heavy Whale Killing Dust Bomb while Jaune stands with Marrow and Ren in front, touching their shoulders and using his Semblance to Amplify the both of them, so that Marrow could Paralyze any enemies they face and Ren could mask everyone's negative emotions along with using his new Emotion Sensing ability to keep track of Grimm and even provide some protective fire with StormFlower. Jaune, Ren, and Marrow act as vanguard while Yang, Elm, and Vine act as middleguard with carrying the Bomb, and Harriet Bree and Winter Schnee cover the rear, with each using their Semblances to quickly and stealthily take down any paralyzed Grimm or enemies that they encounter, both in the front and rear. With this formation, the group ventures forward through the belly of the beast. Anyways, other stuff happens, blah blah blah, Oscar and the Lamp are retrieved and the Bomb is planted and Jaune uses his Semblance on the Bomb itself, Amplifying the Dust inside. (If he can Amplify Aura and Semblances, then it only makes sense that he can also Amplify Dust which can enhance both Aura and Semblance as well, with the function of Jaune's Amps being akin to a more potent version of Coco's Semblance "Hype") . Meanwhile, Ruby somehow arrives inside the Whale as well. Salem is pissed and is ready to dish out her 5-Maidens-worth of Magic against them but Ruby uses her Silver Eye Burst. It doesn't really hurt or kill Salem, as she's probably faced hundreds of Silver Eyed Warriors in the past who were much stronger than Ruby, but it does succeed in distracting Salem enough to prevent her from instantly annihilating them all with her Magic. Using that distraction, Jaune grabs on to Ruby and Amplifies her Semblance, with Ruby using it to grab all of their allies and very quickly flies out of the Whale at Mach speeds, before depositing everyone outside near the frontlines. We then see Salem watch the Bomb detonate at ground zero, with the Amplified Dust Bomb utterly destroying the Whale and causing a massive shockwave to spread throughout the air. And that's how they could turn the tide. . Anyways, I'm not the only one who was thinking something as obvious as this, right? . To conclude, these are the reasons why this rewritten scenario of how the JRY and Winter + Ace Ops scene in RWBY Volume 8 Episode 7 "War" would've been a logical and obvious improvement over what we've got in the show...... FIRST, the additions here make it clear that JRY, Winter, and Ace Ops are teaming up together. This not only gets around splitting the screentime between JRY and Winter + Ace Ops by having it so that they're both together instead of splitting off. SECOND, it gives a logical reason for why JRY and Winter + Ace Ops would both try to go inside the Grimm Whale and more naturally facilitates a team up rather than them going separately. Also, in my scenario, I had it where Ironwood is actually contacted (instead of being kept in the dark) and is offered a logical plan that allows JRY and Winter + Ace Ops to team up so that they can both get what they want. Even with saving Atlas and Mantle being his foremost priority, Ironwood could recognize the importance of retrieving Oscar and the Lamp of Knowledge, and the fact that Jaune's offer of an alliance is not only logical and beneficial but also is one that is being offered to him straight rather than being done behind his back, makes the offer all the more enticing. Not only that but Ironwood and Ace Ops would already know that Jaune's claims are true and accurate because they've spent weeks training together. THIRD, everything I've pretty much outlined in the scenario not only payoffs what's been set up before in Volume 7 and 8 but also serves as a natural and logical solution  for the Good Guys to net out a victory and save Atlas and Mantle without requiring an Ass Pull or Deus Ex Machina. All the components are there to make it happen. FOURTH and finally, this would show JRY and Ironwood/Winter/Ace Ops putting aside their differences and working together to save Atlas and Mantle, which is a FAR contrast to Ruby "Sipping Tea While The Apocalypse Is Happening" Rose and her compatriots'' irrational irascible refusal to work together with Ironwood which only makes things worse for everyone.

   . What do you all think?

[theoncomingchaos]

8th Doctor - Season 4

4x01 Death in Blackpool - The story was great, but Lucie’s farewell was really rushed. There needed to be more build up to really show her feelings. They have been through way too much together to just be done after a like 2 minute talk. Made it seem forced. 

4x1.5: An Earthly Child (I read a timeline suggesting to listen to it here, so I added it in.) This was so good, and honestly everything I needed after losing Lucie. Finally seeing the Doctor reunite with Susan was perfect. 

4x02: Situation Vacant: I really liked the idea of a competition to be the Doctor’s new companion- really wish the competitors had been more interesting. 

4x03: Nevermore: Interesting concept revolving around Poe’s works. Probably would have been 100% more enjoyable with Lucie. Tamsin is pretty boring so far, but maybe she just needs time. With so much poetry, I expected the Doctor to have more fun in this adventure- guess he must not be super excited about Tamsin either. Maybe once I get used to Tamsin I’ll listen to this one again and give it another chance. 

4x04: THAT ENDING THOUGH. Most of the story was pretty boring, but knowing that ending, I actually went back to listen to it again and it was much better. Also, when are we getting the adventures of The Monk and Lucie Miller? 

4x05-06 (Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars) The overall plot with the Ice Warriors is pretty basic, but at least we get the 8th Doctor doing an Icccce warrior impresssssion. That was gold. There are also some great philosophical questions about the greater good and how the Doctor has changed since being #7 (I think? I’m actually not sure what he was referencing when he was talking about traveling alone and getting out of hand. Hell, maybe retroactively they will have this refer to the Time Lord Victorious? More likely though, it is a reference to some EU stories with 7.) It also features the Monk and we finally get Lucie back! Honestly, the 8th Doctor sounds so much happier just to have her back. It’ll be really interesting to see how he is with other companions in the special box sets. 

4x07 Relative Dimensions: Domestic family Christmas with Susan, Alex, Lucie, and the Doctor? Yes, please! I love it. 

4x08 Interesting bottle episode, robot Lucies are no substitute for the real thing though. Still, really telling how he used her voice to keep himself sane. This whole season has really cemented just how much she means to him.

4x09-4x10 Holy shit. In the show, it’s usually the Cybermen who get to kill important characters, so I guess it’s about time the Daleks caught up, but wow way to do it all at once. Absolute chills at the end. I really wonder how this is all going to affect the Doctor moving forward. I know Dark Eyes is next and it’s a whole separate thing, but I really hope we get some info or connections to see where the Doctor is at emotionally after all this. 

Overall, good season with a lot of interesting plots all coming together for a very epic ending. It was hard not having Lucie around for all of it- but having Susan around was great. On to the further adventures with Lucie Miller! 

Then...I can either move forward to Dark Eyes...or backwards to the stuff I skipped like Mary Shelley and Charley... decisions decisions...

[beyondthetemples-ooc]

📌🏳️‍🌈💎

Ahhh, thank you so much! Defaulting to Teen Titans. So....

It’s about to get Rambly.

Media Hyperfixation ask game --> [x]

📌 how did you find your hyperfixation?

It all started with the cartoon! Saturday cartoons were kind of a thing in my family, and my dad was always big on superheroes. So naturally, if a superhero cartoon was on, we’d watch it as a family. I wasn’t especially invested in superheroes as a genre, I just liked the plots better than a lot of other kid shows.

I remember watching Nevermore in the dark room, and mostly just being Vaguely Confused, not really caring what was going on (because someone was brushing or braiding my hair, and I liked that a lot better at the time). I specifically remember seeing Pink!Raven and just kind of being like: “...okay? Weird.” I remember the watermelon Loreal Kids shampoo from that night better than I remember the episode because I legitimately just Was Not Paying Attention. I don’t even remember the first time I watched the Apprentice episodes.

But then I remember LOVING Fear Itself from the first viewing, the whole thing with Pretending Not To Be Afraid and the line “I’m afraid, but that doesn’t mean I can’t fight back” REALLY struck a chord with me, and by the time Aftershock pt. I aired, I was SUPER emotionally invested in the Titans’ well-being. I was so surprised they’d survived! Terra had to be stopped and I was FURIOUS at her for what she did to them! I couldn’t WAIT for next Saturday!

Now, I don’t remember quite WHEN I started reading the comics, definitely before Haunted aired, because I recognized Raven’s soul-self IMMEDIATELY. (It’s Kind of a Big Deal in the comics.) But whenever it happened, that same dad that loved superheroes was a comics collector, and when I started enjoying the show, he started letting me read the comics. At first it was just the trade paperbacks, started with Terror of Trigon and Judas Contract (what a way to start off, huh?), and also the trades from the ‘00s Adult Comics (Teen Titans v3, as we call it). A Kid’s Game, and Family Lost. (Family Lost made a big deal about Raven’s return, and elaborated on Raven’s backstory via Arella. Take a wild guess which one I read over and over again.) He also gave us the Beast Boys and Girls trade, but my sister was much more of a Beast Boy fan and adopted that one the same way I adopted Family Lost.

(I’d put a Read More here if I could, but Tumblr isn’t giving me that option? So let’s hope the mobile trick works.)

:readmore:

Eventually he asked me if I wanted to read the comics they first appeared in, and naturally I was like “YES!” So he pulled the box of New Teen Titans (etc.) comics out and set it near the living room, and he made the rule that I could only take one issue out at a time, and had to return it before I read the next one.

I visited that box ten times a day sometimes.

I would take the issues with Azarath out time and time again, staring at the pictures, reading and re-reading the discussions there, taking in every single little detail. The rainbow stars. The triplicate moons. The architecture. The clothing. I’ve always been especially fixated on Azarath, and Marv’s habit of casual lore-drops fed my fandom-thirsty soul so WELL.

And when I read Tales of the New Teen Titans #2, Raven’s origin story? I never wanted to put it back in the box! I was ENAMORED.

The more I learned about Raven from the comics, the more I related to her, and the more I fell in love with the Raven in the show too, appreciating her backstory and filling in the blanks of things I desperately wanted to know about her. (Which was EVERYTHING!) 

Raven was the sole point of entry for how hard I fell in love with the franchise, but the older I got and the more I learned, the more I grew to love everything else about it, too.

🏳‍🌈 do you have any headcanons (lgbt, race, neuro, etc) that are important to you?

I headcanon Raven as both aspec and POC! I mean, canon doesn’t color her much at all; the cartoon gives her eerily pale skin and the comic artists tend to color her a deep peachy “white” skin color.

But if you look at the profiles George Perez draws, things like her nose shape and eye/brow structure look like It Could Be. Especially this silhouette from the GAMES graphic novel:

And, I mean, Marv Wolfman considered making her black from the start. So it even works on a meta level.

I don’t know what nationality she could be, because nationality comes from the parents, and, well, Trigon’s a demon, and Arella’s drawn a lot more classically-European looking. Small nose, big eyes, pale skin. Arella was also a foster child, so it’s probably canon that she simply doesn’t know her national origins?

And about asexuality? It’s lifted straight from the comics. There was literally an entire storyline that focused on her and sexuality. And she just DID NOT WANT sex. Now I might be projecting a little, because Marv made it very clear that the reason she’s so apprehensive and avoidant about it is because of her mother’s r*pe. And for the longest time, I was apprehensive and totally avoidant of sex because, for me, I was a sex-repulsed ace, and let’s just say I had a sort of social-learning trauma from several close friends. But you can be afraid of sex and be sexually attracted to someone at the same time. This was CLEARLY not the case with her. When they were getting ready, she’s clearly bracing herself, forcing herself into it, only going along because Eric forced it on her, and she’s like “If you must, just get it over with”, and that’s only BARELY paraphrased. She had no desire for it! No heat, no excitement! Absolute zero! Just straight FEAR.

Not to mention, as much as I despise that storyline, the closest thing she has canonically come to ever Getting Down with someone was that weird astral “child” thing with the Wyld weirdness, and if I remember correctly, that was a complete accident with No Body-Unifying Prerequisite.

(Clearly she’s romantically active in both the comics and cartoon, but hey, I’m also a lot more romantically engaged than sexually too. I haven’t decided yet if I headcanon her as demi, gray, or what, but I definitely get Very Strong Ace-Spectrum Vibes from her.)

As for other characters, I’m honestly Really Intensely Hyperfixated on Raven In Particular, so I’ve never given as much thought to the others, but in running teentitansheadcanons, I’ve seen submissions that Beast Boy is autistic or ADHD, and I like that interpretation! I legitimately Can Not Comprehend how his mind works, I just can’t grasp how things Operate for him at all, but from his outward behaviors, I can definitely see it.

I also heavily, heavily headcanon that all the Titans have PTSD, both from their pre-hero days and the fact that they’ve all faced near-death scenarios. Different events impacted different Titans differently, so it’s from different things for all of them, and they all have their own individual ways of coping with it, but it’s There.

I also headcanon Really Hard that they ARE each others’ support group, because Found Family means the WORLD to me, and I imagine it does to all of them too. Wait, screw “imagine”-- that’s canon as HELL.

💎 are there any fun facts or trivia that you would like to share?

Hmmm.... I have too many to easily choose just a few! So! More Rambling!

~ Raven wasn’t named as such due to her heritage or prophecies of doom; rather, Marv Wolfman just really liked the name Raven. If anything, she was named after a character, Raven Winters, Marv had written in an earlier project!

~ The Azarathean word “Arella” meaning “messenger angel” is a DIRECT derivative of Hebrew, as well as the word “Azar” (meaning “aid”) and the suffix “-ath”, as I understand it, means... something I can’t remember now, like providing or bringing or something. But it’s all very parallel to Hebrew!

~ The New Teen Titans crew nicknamed Trigon “Hot Stuff on steroids”, referencing a blood-red mischievous and child-shaped demon character from Archie Comics. He’s not very much of a threat. This never fails to amuse me.

~ Tara Strong still wants to know what happened with Terra and Trigon. (At least, she did when I saw her at Indy PopCon.)

~ Back in 2003ish, there used to be RAGING debates over whether the Robin in the cartoon was Dick Grayson or Tim Drake. Yes, even after he was shown to become Nightwing in the future. Because of how his costume looked, I think? And his personality. Even though the cartoon Titans were CLEARLY waaaay different from their comic counterparts.

~ Cyborg’s metal body parts are a molybdenum steel alloy! This was stated in the 80′s comics, but as I understand it, molybdenum is still used today in the medical field for prosthetics and skin-contact technology.

~ Starfire says one of my favorite meta lines in the comics: “I know what I look like and there’s nothing wrong with being pretty. But if that’s ALL that I am I’d be pretty boring.”

~ Wonder Girl’s origin story has been retconned almost as many times as there are DC Crisises. I can hardly speak any further on it, because I thrive on continuity and retcons just Throw Me Off.

~ Red Star’s original name Way Back When was actually Starfire!

~ Marv Wolfman took the name “Nightwing” from a Kryptonian story! Yes, Dick Grayson’s alias was named after a Superman thing. (Marv’s a huge Superman fan though, so are we really surprised?)

~ Starfire and Raven, a fierce warrior and a timid pacifist, were created to be Polar Opposites! Like, INTENTIONALLY. (With Donna Troy as the balancing act between them.)

~ When Beast Boy/Changeling transforms from a large creature into something smaller, according to the New Teen Titans letter columns because a fan asked about this, his extra mass goes to Cleveland. This was probably a joke and never explained, but maybe that’s why there’s so much green stuff in Lake Erie!