#salem (rwby)

[eviltomb]

[coinjarred]

[maxiemumdamage]

I feel like the Grimm that were clearly Salem’s creations, rather than the Brother’s, are the most horrific and the most human in their horror.

Like, Beowolves, Ursai, Nevermores, those are just. Animals with some armor and a palette swap. Scary if they get in your face and try to maul you, but I don’t think they really linger in your mind unless they did something. At least as a viewer, I didn’t have much of a reaction to them.

On the other hand…The Chill? The Apathy? The Hound? The idea of being trapped in your own body, made helpless and maybe even being puppeted about to harm others is horrifying. Even the Seer Grimm is kind of haunting to me, just because of its proportions and tentacles and the idea it could watch you and listen to you for as long as it likes before attacking.

In some ways, the Grimm invented by Salem show how twisted she’s become��but they also show how she’s still in touch with her humanity. Still remembers being stripped of freedom and bodily autonomy and your very self as being one of the worst possible pains.

It’s almost poetic, how much humanity shows up in her most monstrous creations.

[howi99]

Salem meet the Rusted Knight

Salem: *looking down at the pathetic man who dared enter her domain* Look at you, so pitiful, so... Weak. *Slowly walk to him, her eyes full of murderous intent* Why did you choose to die here, instead of with your friends?

RK: *trying to get up, but only managing to kneel before her* Salem...*His breath made a metallic sound, his helmet making him hard to understand*

Salem: *annoyed* Tsk, at least show me your face, if you are to die at my feet! *She uses her magic to remove the helmet* Now, what do... You...

RK: *looking at her defiantly, his eyes showing no fear* I might have failed to defeat you, but i gave my friends enough time to get away.

Salem: ... *turning her back with a bright blush* O-oh god, he's totally my type! His rugged beard, his silky soft hair... *Panicking* I-i can't kill him! *Look behind her, (Salem vision) seeing the perfect description of a noble knight and quickly turning her face back* AAAAH!

RK: ... *Coughing* Salem?

Salem: ... *Turning back to him, clearing her throat* C-congratulations, sir knight, you have won.

RK: ... *Blinking* W-what?

Salem: *shuffle* I-i won't destroy Remnant... B-but only if you stay with me!

RK: ... Excuse me, WHAT!?

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RK: *looking at the ceiling of the room* ... I can't believe the queen of grimm was my first time.

Salem: *snuggling with him* And how good for a first timer you were~. 47 hours, *chuckle* Ozma could never have done that in any of his incarnations~.

RK: So... You can use magic for contraception or?

Salem: What's... Contraception?

RK: ... Oh boy.

[screaming-sparrow]

can you tell who my favorite rwby character is yet?

[sarelcon]

Frothing at the mouth because I just got back my Salem pics that I got with the incredible Adoyible (Molly Doyle) while at Cosplay America. These are gorgeous and vaguely unsettling, which is perfect.

Also got detail pics too which highlight the beading and of course my beloved Orb Son 🥰.

Edit: since this has blown up a bit, I would like to add the hilarious context that we shot in a hotel lobby right next to the breakfast bar at 8 in the morning. People were just eating eggs and meanwhile there was an eldritch horror in the corner. I also immediately went for coffee directly after the shoot, still in full cosplay. The folks there for a church retreat were VERY bamboozled.

Also, that first photo is barely edited at all. The background was a digital screen off to one side of the dining area. The moment it changed to abstract smoke, we were booking it across the lobby to be able to get a photo with that as our background before the screen changed again. Adoyible shoots with prisms and friends that hold lights so very little of the visual effects are edited in post. She is incredible as a photographer

[shana340artblog]

Place doubt into their minds, and any semblance of power they once had will wash away

[hadesisqueer]

RWBY as Tweets

[purrgiri]

How people think ozma is going to react Jaune x salem:

Ozma:*crying watching jaune and salem make out while cinder and mercury strap oscar body in the cuck chair*

How he would actually react:

Ozma:.... Mr arc you are aware of what happened to the last man who slept with that right?

Jaune:i don't care i just have to do better then you can't be that hard

Salem:oh don't be such a sore loser now oz I'll finally stop attacking your precious humanity to spend time with my new husband i figured you'd be pleased

Ozma:.... I see *starts to tear up* give me a moment

Walks into a nearby closet where it's quite for a few seconds before triumphant music starts blasting and oz yells

Ozma:WOOOOOOO FINALLY IM FREEEEE SHE MOVED ON AT LAST THIS CRAZY BITCH WILL FINALLY STOP RUINING MY LIFE YESSSSS!!!

Oz walks back out the closet now recomposed

Ozma:very well then congratulations mr arc i pray you have better fortune then i have expect a wedding present but let salem open it I'll probably lace it with a deadly chemical weapon now if you excuse me i will now "speedrun" as you kids say human and faunus unity and beat my previous record i think I'll aim for five years instead of 10 this time now where is miss belladonna? We need to talk

He leaves to go find blake

Salem:well he took it better then i thought

Jaune:he threatened to attack our wedding with a chemical weapon!?

Salem:yes he knows im immune to poisons that's why he normally uses bombs must be in a good mood or he likes you more then i thought

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Salem: Heeyyy! What's Up! It's me!

Ruby: STOP!

Salem: I don't know how to impress upon you dat physical damage done to my body does not affect me in the long term.

WBYJNOR Come rushing in

Jaune: Ruby We're here to help you! With what, I don't know but I really value our friendship!

Ozcar: oh my god look out for that son of a bitch!

Salem: It's really cute you're gonna defeat with de power of friendship or what all, but again, I am The Devil from The Bible, so, uh, I don't know how well that's going to work.

Ruby: You motherfucker, you didn't let me finish!

Salem: Okay, go ahead.

Ruby: This Power-

Salem: Eh- Dedeededede! Shutup, shutup, shutup- shutthefuckup- I'm the- I don't care, I'm the- I do not Care! You don't understand, I Came back here as a joke to have fun- This is not- This means nothing to me, you mean nothing to ME! Alright! You, and your little friends, are fucking annoying, this is why I stay in hell!

Salem: This is why I punish sinners! I am the good guy! Do you realize- I AM THE GOOD GUY HERE! I AM THE WINNER- OF- OF Everything!

Salem: God goes up there, and he plays with his friends, all like "oh Yeah, yeah, I donated to charity! Ededee~"

Ruby: Uh-

Salem: I GET TO KILL PEOPLE! I GET TO POKE THEM WITH- Hot- STICKS? ALL DAY! IT'S GREAT! *Magicking the relics over* GIVE ME THOSE! You don't get those! You've lost your stupid little privliges! Fuck you! Dipshit!

Salem: *lashes out with magic, Summoning a giant, world ending Grimm*

Salem: THIS IS NOTHING TO ME! YOU MEAN NOTHING! TO! ME! I HATE YOU! THIS IS MY BIG FUCKING THING!

Jaune: Oh my god, she's fucking losing it entirely ...

[deuyr4]

my full piece for the female rage zine!

[wu-sisyphus-gang]

Out Feyed

Jaune: Deal.

Salem: Very well. When you return to your mother her illness will have faded. Even the memory of the suffering will be gone in time.

Jaune: Thank you so much. She means everything to me.

Salem: I know. I know. Let’s just hope the price wasn’t too much for you… Only time will tell.

Jaune: So when do we start?

Salem: … If I may ask you to elaborate?

Jaune: You said you wanted my first born child.

Salem: Yes? And you agreed?

Jaune: Right so when do we start?

Salem:

Salem: *blushing* Ah.

[coinjarred]

Errrmmm some colored sketches I made a while back based of another one of iheartmothz’s posts abt dgahb!!

I realize that I’ve never drawn Jaune before that point, I need to draw the silly goober more :33

[throrn2048]

Are you sure about that, Ozpin?

[howi99]

If Ozma had half a brain 3

Ozma: *literally the second the gods left* Could you give me an immortal body? And i don't mean invincible, but just un-aging? Or a clone without a soul that only comes to life when i die?

Ambrosius: ... You are really using my power just for that?

Ozma: I don't want to be a parasite! And i'm already one of the two most powerful humans in this world. I literally don't need more power.

Ambrosius: ... Fair enough.

_ _ _

Salem: Darling, what are you doing?

Ozma: *blasting the Grimm pool with the relic of destruction* I'm getting rid of a problem with the tools given to me. If the god of destruction is unhappy with that, he can go suck it off!

_ _ _

Human: The faunus are inferior to us! They are animals!

Ozma: *facepalming* For fuck- ALL OF YOU ARE HUMAN! THE GODS CREATED YOU AT THE SAME TIME! I- *sigh* I'm beginning to understand why the gods were done with our shit.

_ _ _

Present

Jaune: Grandpa... What's it like? To be un-aging and all that i mean.

Ozma: *shrug* Boring, though with the rise of cinema and internet, a lot less so.

Jaune: Huh...

Ozma: Salem is actually a big fan of Mistralean animation.

Jaune: You mean anime?

Ozma: Yeah. She says it reminds her what it was like before the gods took all the magic away. Well, i say that, but with how many children we had, it's slowly coming back anyway.

Jaune: Uh, neat.

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