#rwby roman holiday

[wildtornado-o]

The layout of this is messy oops. Felt like drawing some hot weather outfits since its been warm recently lol

[anerdliveshere]

So I know I sound like a broken record when I talk about Neo and Roman, but there is a lot about them. The excerpts selected are not only some of my favorite Gelato moments, they also have some great depth.

First one - Neo and Roman Introduction: Neo was assigned to get intel on Roman, however, this interraction reveals how Roman unintently helped Neo find her identity and be comfortable with it.

Excerpt Two - Returning "Home": After a few months, our duo came across data that could leak information about the society's elite, including Neo's parents. On their way, Neo transformed back into Vanille, the child her parents know. Upon noticing this, Roman says she should be herself, and to show her parents how "astounding" she is with a pat on her head. This gentle embrace makes her feel safe and more at home than any moment where at the house she grew up in.

Excerpt Three - A True Friend: When Neo and Roman arrived at the Vanille's mansion, Neo's parents where running out of the hiuse, confused about the chaos. Her father notices her and calls her by whats basically her deadname at this point, and Roman stands up for her and tells her parents her preferred name. He even mentions how he knows her more than her own parents while they only known each other for a few months.

Excerpt 4 - Care: While in the mansion, Roman and Neo come across the family potrait. Roman can see how much this place bothers her, how she isn't comfortable. He comments on the potrait and Neo shifts it to match her more. Another example on how he is helping her find herself!

Roman Holiday gave us so much about these two, and there is tons of ways you can interpert and anaylize it; this was just my version. The list of why I love them keeps growing.

That is all for now

[maxiemumdamage]

The way Neo gets her perfectly orchestrated revenge and then just…collapses. Because she spent so long blaming Ruby for all her grief, loss and failures, because she really thought revenge would help…and then it was worth nothing.

Like, Neo was so despicable this chapter. It was easy to hate her when she dedicated her time to torturing Ruby in the most painful ways possible. But then it’s over and she’s just…hollow.

We see it in the photos in the house:

First her parents, then Torchwick, then Cinder. Neo always had someone to lean on, even if they were also controlling or manipulative (true of 2/3).

But now? In the Ever After? Neo is well and truly alone, even with her semblance. Unlike baby Trivia, she doesn’t even have that imaginary friend Neo to lean on.

And because of that, the cat tore her apart.

[ceo-of-gelato]

roman during roman holiday

[britishneopolitan]

This gives me such Roman Vibes, I cannot explain it.

[youruinedmylifebynotbeingreal]

So I finished Roman Holiday

[hadesisqueer]

Can't wait til it's Semana Santa and I have a break and I can finally read Roman Holiday in peace

[cosmicbob]

Since Roman Holiday established that Neo liked video games growing up as Trivia, I wonder if that carried over to Neopolitan?

Like Roman is just chilling in his Secret Crime Lair when from the other room he just sees a console controller just go flying out in a fit of rage, smashing to pieces against the wall.

ROMAN: Gods dammit, Neo, you need to work on your rage quitting! I'm not stealing you another controller this time!

[sillytorch]

what would roman torchwick think of neo's choice at the end of v9 and her wanting to be like them

I think he'd be happy for her.

Yeah it sounds crazy considering who Roman is but remember at the end of Roman Holiday after she saved him Roman says "I don't know why you would stick with a guy like me. With your skills, you could be anything, even a Huntress."

Not to mention Roman has expressed several times to Neo that she shouldn't stick with him, even at one point pleading with her to save herself instead of worrying about him when her life was at stake.

I also believe he wouldn't want her to pursue revenge. esp if it has her costing her own life and well-being. Basically it goes against his philosophy of survival.

So yes imo, I think he'd be happy for her choice

[dallina17]

You know... maybe this wouldn't have happened if CARMEL VANILLE AND JIMMY VANILLE WEREN'T SUCH AWFUL TERRIBLE PARENTS

[wildtornado-o]

Some misc things :) Includes: Random Roman and Neo doodles and some stuff for my Roman survives Neo dies au. (The Roman outfit is kind of a messy drawing but I injured my arm so shhh)

[hawklanthebard]

The small cat following the big cat

[northforwinter]

Mild Roman Holiday spoilers

NEO MADE ROMANS COAT FOR HIM SCREAMS FOREVER AND EVER

[caterpillarinacave]

Listen, there’s a reason Lil Miss liked him so much

[britishneopolitan]

As a huge gelato/pumpkin spice icecream shipper I couldn’t help but notice some of the hate directed towards the ship in the fandom and I just wanted some explanation as to why people see it as bad? I joined a RWBY discord server that had ship channels and I suggested a gelato channel but they said it won’t be accepted since it’s not great to ship Neo and Roman (While they had a spicecream channel which- no hate- but seems much more of a toxic relationship than gelato).

As far as I’m aware they are both legal adults when volume 2 comes out, so when we meet Neo for the first time so I don’t really understand the whole age gap argument? Also I guess some do see it as more of a brother/sister or parental relationship but personally I think it’s quite bad to interpret it that way since the entirety of Roman Holiday talks about how sick and tired Neo was of authority figures/adults constantly pushing her around so her seeing Roman as a fatherly figure just wouldn’t make sense?

Give me your personal take on this.

Also I respect people who don’t ship it and see them just as good partners and friends but going after those who enjoy them as a ship is just wrong.

[weiss-royal-schnee]

Since I'm almost done reading RWBY books (After the Fall, Before the Dawn, and Before the Dawn), I have learned that if Remnant had a women in STEM program we would have far less villains/problems.