#shion rwby

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Shion is Nonbinary and uses they/them (English) and he/him pronouns!

[bobauthorman]

How to Muck the Nuck

I wanna talk about how the final battle against the Nuckelavee went. This monster has been terrorizing Anima for a decade, maybe longer, and when it first shows up it is clearly a force to be reckoned with. But once Team RNJR (Mostly Ren) get their heads in order they take it down semi-easily. This might seem like a bit of an anticlimax, but consider this.

In Mountain Glenn, Dr. Oobleck states that older Grimm are more dangerous because they've developed the ability to recognize threats and pick up on patterns, using the line of elephantine Goliaths as an example. The Goliaths don't attack Vale because they that if they do, the Huntsmen defending the kingdom will wipe them out. They only attack when the surge of pent-up negativity is release, drawing in so many lesser Grimm to help overwhelm the kingdom's defenses.

Now, let's look at the Nuck's attack patterns (Spelling out the name every time is a pain, so I'm abbreviating it)

The first time the Nuck''s presence is felt, it's in the aftermath of Shion Village's destruction. Said destruction was also caused by the raid of the Branwen Tribe, so it's most likely the Nuck taking advantage of the bandits distracting the village's defenders to launch its own attack.

In Ren's flashback, the Nuck attacks his village, a place where hiring a Huntsman was seen as the final desperate move, not the first instinct. Ergo, it was a place that was outside the regular sphere of protection from the kingdoms.

In the present storyline, the Nuck attacks Team RNJR because, from a purely superficial view, they are no threat. Teenaged, runaway students, and Qrow is slowly dying from poison. So it attacks without fear.

But while Team RNJR may not have the strength advantage, they make up for it by fighting smarter. Ren's Semblance allows people to become invisible from a Grimm's negative-radar, giving them the opening to take it by surprise. And then they pin down the Nuck's arms, taking away its maneuverability. This allows Ren to finish the beast off.

So, yeah. I like it when characters win by acting clever.

[whoishotteranimepolls]

"Who's Hotter?" Pride Month Event: GNC and Genderqueer as F***

A description of the characters lgbtq+ identity was provided by the requester and is below the cut

Haruka Tenou: This entry is about her character in Sailor Moon Crystal. In this adaptation, she dresses very masculinely, and Michiru calls her "both a man and woman". Her gender identity is never explicitly stated, but she's still GNC as f*** if she isn't genderqueer.

RWBY: Ice Queendom Shion Zaiden: Stated to be nonbinary by Rooster Teeth, the company that created RWBY. For some reason, the Japanese website describes them as male.

Osana Najimi: Frequently switches between saying they're male and saying they're female. Is perfectly comfortable presenting either way depending on their mood. Their true gender identity is a mystery, and is often just listed as "Najimi"

Dragona Joestar: Incredibly unclear what they identify as, but English translations have opted to use male pronouns until there's further information. We know he was born a male, dresses femininely, and has breast injections. I think the fanbase agrees that even if he isn't genderqueer, he's still GNC as f***.

Hange Zoë: Gender is never officially stated, and the author has gone on record saying it's up to interpretation.

Nathan Seymour: I don't think it's explicitly stated what they identify as, but evidence points them to being outside of the gender-binary. Has been said to consider themselves "gender-free".

[rwby-confess]

Confession #433

[rwbyazre]

Shion Zaiden in AZRE!

[thislongstandinggrudge]

RWBY:IQ x Cure Maid Cafe Collab Photo Collection (Food & Drinks)

Below is a collection of photos of the food served at the RWBY collaboration! Masterpost here!

Ruby’s Red Tomato Curry Ice Queendom Ver. This medium-spiced ruby red curry is served with snowy cottage cheese sprinkled on top!  With a hamburger steak and pickled vegetables to whet your appetite, it makes a hearty portion!

Weiss's Cold Basil Pasta Ice Queendom Ver. The cold-served pasta is paired with a fresh basil sauce, tomatoes and mozzarella. It is garnished with pickled asparagus served in the image of Weiss’ weapon.

Team RWBY’s Shaved Ice

Shaved ice + frozen berries mix + Hokkaido milk ice cream + frozen grapes + frozen pineapples!

Shion’s Parfait 

Lavender syrup + panna cotta + pineapple jelly + apple jelly + purple sweet potato ice cream + whipped cream + chocolate pocky

Ruby Rose’s Lucid Dream

Lemon jelly + rose syrup + strawberry syrup + soda + black straw + red ribbon + blackcurrant sorbet

Weiss Schnee’s Nightmare

Apple jelly + lavender syrup + calpis + whipped cream + silver-colored dragée* + white straw

(T/N* dragée is a small silver ball, similar to a sprinkle)

Blake Belladonna’s Lucid Dream

Iced tea + grape juice + whipped cream + chocolate chips + purple straw + black ribbon

Yang Xiao-Long’s Lucid Dream

Orange + lemon squash* + grapefruit juice + yellow straw

(T/N* Lemon Squash likely refers to the Japanese soda Lemon Squash, made primarily with lemon juice and sugar. Not lemon squash, the vegetable)

Jaune Arc’s Lucid Dream

Apricot syrup + soda + lemon + golden straw

Nora Valkyrie’s Dream Actor

Strawberry milk + whipped cream + heart sugar candy + blue straw

Pyrrha Niko’s Dream Actor

Cranberry juice + mixed berries + mint + golden straw

Lie Ren's Dream Actor

Matcha milk + Whipped + pink dragée* + green straw

(T/N* dragée is a small sugar ball, similar to a sprinkle)

Team JNPR’s Bond Drink

Ginger ale + orange jelly + cherry syrup + lemon + mint + cherry + pink straw

(These photos come from the Cure Maid Cafe Twitter account, which can be found @curemaidcafe.)

[moltensmusings]

I think I've finally figured out what doesn't work with this design for me when it comes to it being for a rwby character

As far as I remember, we really don't see a lot of ill-fitting/oversized clothes in rwby. The design itself is not bad. Like I think in other shows it would work. The problem is it really doesn't feel like a rwby look. Especially early volume rwby. From the way non-monochromatic clothes get included to the pants it just feels like an odd choice. Not to mention teachers in rwby are usually much more fitted and official in their styles.

I think if they'd taken the modern witch angle for the fit like with Glynda and gave Shion fitted pants it would make the design feel much less jarring.

Again I want to reiterate: I don't hate this design. I do like it. I just don't think it fits in rwby.

[reashot]

Spoiler for my next RWBY fanfic project:

(We all know it's going to be Jaune so don't ask who's it supposed to be.)

Sorry if it seems long because I have to do some little world building (I lied. I have to create RWBY from scratch because the lore are non-sensical & made no sense.) Because I want to provide my reader better quality story telling.

Some changes I made is as follows:

- Grimm are stronger now. The heroes will have to work harder to even beat a beowulf. With a few special one able to gain self awareness and have some "slight" reality altering power. Think the witches from Madoka magica franchise.

- Of course with the Grimm getting stronger. So does the Huntsman. With someone like Qrow or pretty much any Huntsman older than the main cast no longer be a pushover.

- Rank System for the Huntsman.

- More (named) students at Beacon.

- Huntsman are treated like a Rock stars.

- There will not just be four relics but hundreds of them. Each with varying degrees of power. And most are monopolized by the state.

- Don't know what to do with the maidens though. Any suggestions?

- Grimm no longer feed on negative human emotion. Biggest reason for the removal is that it contradict the Faunus Racism subplot. And I don't know about you but I think racism is one heck of a negative emotion. (They still want people dead though)

- Faunus Racism subplot will be handled much better.

- Salem still can't be killed but she can be sealed. With her needing to be sealed every few decades or so.

- Grimm will appear less frequently and only starts appearing more and more when the seal around Salem starts to weaken.

- There will be a cult dedicated to bring back Salem and serves as the primary antagonist.

- Of course everybody favorite part of prequel trilogy. Politics. But it mostly be in the background until it isn't & the heroes are then forced to make a choice.

- There are other group beside the Huntsman fighting Grimms and they hate their guts.

- The event of Ice Queendom is mostly canon and even part of the Grimm Eclipse. Because I needed something to pad out the world building.

& there's more but I would like to keep some a secret for now.

And yes many character's story will be expanded or in a few case rewritten. Adam especially will be rewritten to better reflect the freedom fighter he supposed to represent. He's angry at the world but not an a-hole.

And that's about it I'm already halfway in and I will post the 5k fanfic soon as a form of early preview.

[curestardust]

[sunnysunsins]

New episode!

This time with teachers~ Stick around for part 2, when book-mentioned teachers and professor Peach will get faces from me!

[hadesisqueer]

How many confirmed LGBTQ characters does RWBY have? So far I can think:

Blake Belladonna (bisexual)

May Marigold (transgender)

Shion Zaiden from IQ (non-binary)

Yang Xiao Long (sapphic, orientation not confirmed)

Saphron Cotta-Arc (sapphic, orientation not confirmed)

Terra Cotta-Arc (sapphic, orientation not confirmed)

Ilia Amitola (lesbian)

Coco Adel (lesbian)

Scarlet David (gay)

Nolan Porfirio (mlm)

Carmine Esclados (lesbian-coded)

Little (non-binary)

Then there are characters that are implied to be LGBT either in canon content or side content like RWBY Chibi (see: Velvet in the novels when it was teased but not confirmed that she used to have a crush on Coco back at Pharos Academy, and when in Chibi they went on a date—or Cinder implying that she hasn't tried but wouldn't mind dating women but then again that's just Chibi so it doesn't count lmao. And more, I guess. Headcanons and vibes exist).

[bobauthorman]

When word about Ironwood's fall came out...

Goodwitch: Wow... so can you believe Ironwood flipped out like that?

Oobleck: Yup.

Port: Sadly, yes.

Zaiden: I find it to be entirely in keeping with what I know of him.

Goodwitch: No, no, I meant, did you expect him to flip out in that exact manner?

Oobleck: Oh! No, not at all.

Port: No.

Zaiden: I find it to be entirely in keeping with what I know of him.

[chaosmagetwin]

I decided to watch RWBY Ice queendom

I ranted about it in discord for a little while, and decided to move the rant here.

Overall

I think, ultimately, the entire anime was pretty decent. A good 7/10, to RWBY's 9/10 for me.

I think it's considered "Canon adjacent", which seems like a decent way to put that. I honestly wouldn't recommend watching it until you've watched at least Volume 5, I think? Which is a weird thing to say, when it's set in the early episodes of volume 2. It uses a lot of characters that show up later, though, and I think it's better to get an idea of how things shake out first, before visiting the anime.

I think you can consider it "Canon enough", because it doesn't hurt anything, tbh. The story is entirely contained, Shion is not expected to return, and it doesn't change any of the characters (Except through mischaracterizations / Ruby's attempted character assassination), but it does help explain a few things and gives Weiss and Blake some much needed time to shine in a critical part of their stories that was a little too glossed over.

Spoilers for RWBY Ice Queendom, and RWBY (original) below the cut!

Okay, I'm going to break this into a couple sections, so, bear with me here. First up, I'm going to talk about the plot.

Plot

Plot-wise, the first three episodes are just "Volume 1 on fast forward, just the bare essentials to catch people up to speed", with episodes 4-12 being in volume 2, between episode 1 and 2. Like, literally, everything in the anime happens within a couple days. if not outright hours. It's unclear, but w/e. A lot of focus is put on Weiss, and more specifically, a lot of Weiss's WORST character traits. Most especially, her racism, her haughty heiress attitude, and her entitlement. In the original series, these character traits are lessened, and eventually glossed over. By the time we reach volume 3, they're sort of gone. This series takes the time to address that, and actually makes Weiss work for the character development we see in the original series.

Episodes 4-12 are all about this new type of grimm; the Nightmare. It possesses people, and they go to sleep, and whoever is most familiar with them has to go into the dream to go fight the grimm in there. It stays hidden, and most of it has to do with the victim's internal dream world, and how they subconsciously define everyone and everything around them.

For Weiss, who is the person who gets possessed, it means carefully segmented life, high walls, a mandate from on high to be responsible and care for the family name. It means locking away her feelings, the "Sillies" in a jail where they can be protected, and kept pure and innocent. It means categorizing her teammates as people she both loves and fears, who are locked in a tower and never allowed out. Her brother becomes an annoying bat who flies around and watches everything and snickers at her, and whispers about all the things he's seen and about how he'll snitch on her if she betrays the family name. Her father is a statue who stares at her from every angle and tells her "This is your responsibility!" Her sister, who NEVER TALKS, is a bible she refers to, in order to pass judgement. Her mother is a shadow on the wall who drinks wine and laughs at her.

And it also means categorizing Blake as an outsider. The racism really plays in full here, and you can see the conflict in Weiss's mind, because she clearly has Blake defined, not just as a shadow or a monster, but as a person with half a bow and one cat ear. She keeps the idea of blake locked away, outside the city, in a section where things are kept that she doesn't know how to cope with; things that she avoids thinking about entirely.

Weiss's dream isn't just about how she categorizes others, it's about how she categorizes herself, and the responsibilities she has to bear, and the way she feels completely and utterly isolated. She longs for contact, but in her dream she can't contact anyone, because she has to keep them away from herself to protect them FROM HER.

As an important note, Weiss also has Absolute power within the dream, to the point of controlling weather when she wants to, outright changing environments, and is "Stronger Than You" in every scene. Which is great, that's the way she should be.

This is as far as I'll go into the plot, because it's all that really matters and caught my attention. It's really just setting Weiss up for the future, and giving her a chance to go through a character arc that was too glossed over in the original.

Characters and Character Design

There are certain things that it did really really well. Anything to do with Weiss, they got perfect. They really understood the assignment; for an anime that is 75% about how Weiss sees the world, how she defines it and herself, it's no wonder they did as well as they did. She's flawed, and horrible, but understandable and empathetic. It really does not forgive Weiss for her flaws, but makes her actually confront them. Her character designs within the dream were.... GORGEOUS. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. I am not immune to the fascistic dommy mommy aesthetic, and they really made her look good. A 10/10 design all around, with the overcoat, the sunglasses, the hat, the floating hands to take the coat and hat off for her, the way she speaks UGH. Fantastic stuff. I could rave about it all day.

Ruby felt pretty good, too, and they actually set some of the stuff up for later volumes pretty well, especially the pressure on Ruby, and her depression. However, I think they mischaracterized her in a few sections, especially the parts where she is meaner? For unknown reasons? And also imply she has a hero complex who think's she's all alone? Which wasn't really addressed at any point, and was sort of weird. IDK, it felt like there were points where they were really trying to assassinate her character in some regard. Most of it can be explained away by the nightmare, but, frankly, it does push some weird choices onto Ruby that I was not fond of. Weiss calling Ruby out for being childish was handled well, however, and Ruby does do some growing up. An overall net neutral, in my opinion. Ruby's design within the dream is Good! Very cute! I like the snowboarder aesthetic. They did not do a good job of explaining why Ruby's scythe's gun was pointed backwards (I understand it was to shoot Shadows, but also.... she turned around... to shoot it...) but I appreciate the look. She feels like a very warm character, and gives a sort of soft, warm vibe that contrasts Weiss's design very well, perhaps even intentionally. As a Tower Silly (as opposed to outer silly or outside the castle silly), it really does show how Weiss see's ruby; as a warm, soft character who is a little bit punk.

Blake was fantastic. No mischaracterizations, and some better explanations for who she is, as well as a good set up for the Blake x Yang romance in later volumes. It also really showcases her fear of who she was, and who she was becoming before leaving the white fang, and it gives some excellent depth to her character. Her dream design is... okay! It's not particularly great, but not bad. The half bow and single ear was kind of cute, but, they could've showcased that better. Meanwhile, her nightmare design was FANFUCKINGTASTIC. 10/10 again. The way she took Adam's clothes, his power, and even the lines he speaks are really good. It really showcases how much of a hold she fears he had on her, to the point that she felt possessed by him. The way she was using his weapons, his semblance, not even using her own powers was filthy good.

Yang was... flat. I can't really say they mischaracterized her, but I do think they did not utilize her very well. She was a power house, but she really lacked the humor and charm that makes her who she is, her brand of silliness. She had the care for others that is important to her character, but, without the comedic balance, she feels a little empty. She had no major redesigns. She's just kind of flat.

Jaune was.... I mean, I never liked Jaune in the early volumes. Anything they did with him was better than the original. I honestly do not understand why they included him? But he was there, and he did some plot relevant stuff, and the rest of team JNPR was really sidelined for... unclear reasons. Pyrhha almost quite literally became an actual cheerleader for him, which feels like a deep mischaracterization. I can't even give her her own section, she was that little of a character. She gets, like, maybe 4 lines in the entire anime, and one singing scene.

Shion, as an OC for the anime, was.... out of place. Like, on an aesthetic level, at the minimum. Ultimately, they were more of a macguffin than a character, which makes them kind of just.... there. They're real cool, though. In japanese, they refer to them with masculine pronouns, and in the english dub, nonbinary pronouns. IDK. To say they were a character of importance kind of overstates them, though. You could replace the character with an object that does their power, and it wouldn't change the story a whit. They explained little, did little, and had no real character moments. Although their design does not really fit into the world of RWBY very well, it is very interesting, and pretty. I like the soft tones and witchy aesthetic, and the androgyny.

Sound

I watched in English dub, by the way. I prefer the original voice actors, who reprised their roles here. They do an excellent job, for the most part. I also prefer the word choices they used, compared to the sub, most especially when it comes to Shion. In the original Japanese, Shion has masculine pronouns, while in the English, they are referred to with They / Them, which is very nice.

There's some weird dub moments, but that mostly has to do with Lip Syncs, I think. It does still have a tinge of "This was translated to English", but only a tinge, which makes it bearable. Some of the mischaracterizations could potentially be attributed to this, but I don't think that is the case for at least my problems with Ruby. I'm not displeased with any of the voice actors, but the standouts for me are Weiss and Ruby, who did phenomenal.

Sound design was …. weird? IDK, they had a lot more magicky / lasery sounds to the weapons. I'm fond of the way that original RWBY uses the sound effects from Halo weapons. In the original, the sounds feel impactful and weighty, and really picks up a lot of the slack that the animation gives up in terms of weight. In this version, guns across the board sound worse, and the melee aspects are also diminished. There's just less crunch and dirt in them.

Ruby's scythe, especially, suffers in this version. The halo crunchy sniper sound effect gets replaced by this more…. idk, wet star wars blaster sound effect when it's shooting, and the scythe slashes are greatly diminished.

Weiss's everything sounds better, in comparison, with the exception of the Glyphs, which lost their signature sound, and got a different one that sounds less like magical ice, and more mystical? IDK how to explain that.

Music was also not as good. Casey Lee Williams, you are a genius, and the way your music backdrops original RWBY gives it a lot of the vibe and characterization that makes it what it is. That's not to say Ice Queendom did badly, it just seemed kind of generic to me. There was some flavor lost that they tried to capture, but just couldn't, with the exception of Weiss and Pyrrha singing.

Animation

The animation team really liked Weiss, and gave her a lot of character, and a lot of love. She's the only real standout, here. Design wise, everything looks good, but once it gets into motion, it just feels really stiff. There's a lot more weight to the motion in a bad way, a lot more movement, a lot less over-the-top action. In the original, the animation is zippy, and full of character. Things aren't just done, they're overdone. A character won't just spin once, they'll spin twice. They won't just jump somewhere, they'll use bullshit physics to get there. The scene that sticks out the most to me is a 1:1 scene in the first 3 episodes where RWBY is facing the Nevermore, and JNPR is facing the Death Stalker. Instead of the teams being mixed up at the start, and using their movement skills to get to their proper teams, they just start there. Those movement skills never really come into play. It's a lot more grounded, which feels out of place in RWBY.

A lot of RWBY's vibe really does depend the animation going "Physics? That shit is a myth," and then going wild with making the characters defy it. Ruby should be constantly using her scythe as a way to boost herself, but she does it maybe 4 times in the entire anime. In the original, that would be the minimum for a single FIGHT. In some ways, it suddenly feels like a weight on the characters, like their weapons suddenly have way less power than they do. Their enemies seem.... more impossible to beat.

I'd honestly say the animation, although it has more details in it, is just not as good as it is in the original. Especially these early scenes, when Monty Oum had his hand in it.

[warriordreamer95]

RWBY: Ice Queendom OP 1/2

[rwby-confess]

Confession #87

[thislongstandinggrudge]

RWBY:IQ x Cure Maid Cafe Collab Photo Collection (Interior)