#quinanswer

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i need to share this dumb headcanon i just thought of with everyone in this fandom, ive always had the headcanon that oz gets disoriented because oscar is short and he was tall- but i raise you: do you think oz ever gets annoyed cause he to climb on the counter when trying to get mugs down

jdsbhfdbg 100% and I think I need to draw this now??

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BFF UPDATE YOUR BIO THE SIDE ACCOUNT IS HYPERFIXATION-HIDEOUT I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS U THAT I HIT ON

JKFHGSDFHJG I FORGOT TO REPLY TO THIS BC I COULDN'T PARSE WHETHER THIS IS "BFF UPDATE: I JUST NOTICED YOUR BIO AND THAT HYPERFIXATION-HIDEOUT IS YOU" OR "BFF, YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR BIO BC I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS YOU"

(if it's the latter I am confusion cause hyperfixation-hideout DOES have my main linked lol)

either way LMAO NO WORRIES I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY

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quinlyn i am begging you please stop making joking predictions like this we cannot handle anything else

LMFAO I AM CURSED

I cannot promise it will not happen again 😔 oblivious fortune teller is my destiny in fandoms, it seems

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Do u think we'll see Oscar at the end of volume 9

a little late to answering this ask but I'm gonna have to go with no on this one, just a feeling

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you are doing an amazing service to oscar fans (me) thank you

for no particular reason (i like to fuck with my friends) do you have any screenshots where oz and oscar are particularly different to tell apart?? i need them for—reasons…

OOOOH, my friend you have come to the RIGHT place! Not sure if you're looking for pics where one looks like the other, and would trip someone up guessing, or moreso pics where he looks very in-between to the point where it could be either of them. Either way, I gotcha covered!

[I also have a uquiz here full of confusing Oscar/Ozcar pics!]

Darn tumblr and it's 30 image limit.... ah, well, take these and lemme know if you crave more (I have a lot) or want any of 'em clarified as to who it is! Thanks for the nice ask!

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QUINLYN very important

is it you who has oscars leitmotif in sheet music i need it for hyperfixation purposes...

go nuts! :D

(It's not official afaik but it's way more detailed/accurate than the version I attempted to transcribe in noteflight lol)

Bear in mind this is just the first introduction of his music, and that it has many variations that play on motifs in here! Most commonly, the first 4 (or 8) notes of the melody (eg the first 2 measures), or the bridge melody (eg measure 13-14). In longer instances, such as his talk with Ruby in v5ch5, his conversations with Ozpin in volume 8 (ch 2 & 9 especially) or the music playing during the Paper Pleaser's monologue about "merging with the tree" in v9ch8, you can hear much more of or all of his theme. Most of the time, though, like most RWBY characters, only a few notes of his motif will play over moments focused on/about him, usually the first 4 of this one in Oscar's case :) WARNING: Many instances of Oscar's leitmotif playing incorporate elements/melodies from Ozpin's! Typically this is when A) he's talking to/with Ozpin, B) Oz is in control (eg sparring with Ruby, Ozpin's speech in Risk, etc), C) He's talking about Ozpin (eg with IW in v7ch7), or D) he's in a position relating to his role as an ozcarnation (eg confronting Leo). So beware getting the two confused! They've been getting more and more intertwined lately...

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Oscar semblance idea: Aura Linking. Think like this, let's say Ren's aura is 200 HP, Oscar's is 200, Nora's is 300, and Jaune's is 700. When Oscar is near them, we'll say within the same visible area, each of them will have 1400 HP. This would help reinforce the fact that they should be within the same area because this boy needs to stop getting kidnapped or disappearing. Perhaps he could use this to selectively gain a boost from enemy aura, like Cinder has 200 HP so Oscar gets 400 HP. Thoughts?

Hmm, interesting! I do like the extra initiative for the group to stay near to Oscar lmao, but I'd hope caring about him/fear of losing him again would be reason enough to watch his back :P

The two hesitations I have about this are

It's very similar to Jaune's semblance, as both involve buffing others' aura

It introduces a complex specificity to aura that I feel could complicate things unnecessarily. Sometimes magic systems benefit from being a bit more vague and less scientific/mathematical, as getting bogged down in numbers and logistics can be limiting or time-consuming.

Then again, we have seen aura bars on scrolls and scoreboards, and I feel like I remember percentages being brought up during the tournament? So there's definitely a precedent for the possibility of such a semblance... again, I could even see this already being a function of Jaune's semblance we simply don't know about yet.

But the gaining a boost from enemy aura is fascinating... it would tie in with how Oscar treats allies and adversaries alike as individuals capable of change and growth. I'd probably pick a semblance that leans more into defining traits like that, or his resilience, insightfulness, realism, etc, etc

Thanks for sharing the idea!!! I love hearing them :D

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you can't do this to me you can't convert me into a rosegarden shipper this late in the game 🤯🤯🤯

LMAO I don't know what did it but this is so funny XD I wasn't trying to convert anyone, but heck yeah, we'd welcome you with open arms!

Never too late in the game, look how I didn't ship rg until volume 8, finally dismantling nnd as my #1 kfdjkhjx

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If Oscar not in volume 9 we riot in the streets who with me

So, time and place?

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Do you think Ruby only care for some people unless she now she can get something from them be cause I now she care for other but I feel like if your some one in her way even if your in the right Ruby will try to still make her point in show that she in the right it can't just be me thinking this

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking, sorry... from this ask alone I'm inclined to say I disagree, because I do believe Ruby genuinely cares about the people around her, often valuing their feelings above her own to an unhealthy degree, but I'm interested to hear what makes you think this?

edit: re-read that last bit and I do notice her tendency to steamroll when someone's in the way of what she thinks needs to be done/is right. Which is interesting, considering how that's exactly what Oscar warned Ironwood would be his demise

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The fact that there was no post credit scene is kinda sad, why not have a quick little look at the reno team or see how qrows doing. We’ve spent the entire volume in the neverafter but we barley touched on the entire thing going on with sending the majority of a cities population into another part of the world. Hell the characters don’t even mention it

I felt the same way when the finale aired, especially since Oscar is my special interest, but also because ending v9 without the reunion felt wrong to me and unsatisfying.

HOWEVER, after seeing the clip of the storyboarded post-credits scene, I'm kinda glad they're gonna have more time to tweak it, as the reactions felt lukewarm and ooc at times (Qrow and his nieces just casually smiling at each other for a sec??? He thought they were DEAD!!!) Tbf it did seem a lot changed since they made that storyboard, though, considering it had them arrive in Vacuo via Raven's portal, which was not present in v9, so maybe they knew they were coming? Idk

I get they wanted a contained vol for this arc, but I can't help but feel it would've fit more cohesively at a different point in the story. Then again, having it right after Atlas' fall does put them in a heightened emotional state that was key to the volume. (As you can see, I have mixed feelings despite enjoying most of the volume :P) As you mentioned, they could've done a lot more with having them reflect on Atlas' fall. They make comments here and there, but don't really delve into it much or come away with new conclusions/viewpoints, at least that I've gleaned. Weiss especially I wish had more dedicated time to sort through her feelings about Atlas. Her monologue early in the vol was a great and promising start! It just didn't go anywhere (or at least, not far enough for me). Plus I wish it'd been clearer that Jaune killing Penny had been communicated to Ruby, or that she got to bring it up, even if the writers didn't wanna have her be mad at him or anything.

The finale in general was underwhelming (and frankly disappointing) for me considering how great the volume had been, though I understand they intended the vol to be longer and likely had to cut a lot. I do maintain that ending it without the reunion left it feeling open-ended, like a continuation of the arc -- not so much a cliffhanger as the last couple volumes (which were well done, to be clear!), but not as much a conclusion as, say, volume 5's finale -- ending on the reunion would've been a lovely bit of closure for the Atlas chapter of their journey.

All I can hope now is we don't brush past what OLVE went through during the timeskip, and that we still get to explore the effects of v8 on those characters & the furthering of the character arcs prominent in v8. I worry with SO many characters in one place, we won't be able to focus enough time for that (and it'll be hard to do without feeling like the audience is simply "catching up"), but given how central and/or pivotal the character arcs of those in OLVE were in Atlas, I imagine we won't be dropping those threads.

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I’ve heard there’s a quin to smash here?

PUIWGHBV893RBNVJIUDSNJBVNS OH MY GOD

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quin. what. what is this. why is it in the oscar screenshot thing. genuinely like what is this though-

I debated leaving those frames out of the bot, but then I remembered the pics that have like just Oscar's nose in frame and figured why start being judicious now?

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thank you for the service you've provided to the Pining community. that is, fans of Oscar Pine.

🫡 happy to oblige! Be it shitpost, video essay, fanfic, noob-level fanart, or a billion screenshots of our boy, I will endeavor to serve my fellow pineheads with honor!

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I miss see your post

solution: I make more post

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You're pretty cool actually, it has been a HOT minute since I said so lol

YOUR FACE IS PRETTY COOL