#smmr of rwby

[asm5129]

RWBY has always been a scrappy indie production that beat the odds and hit the mainstream despite everything going against it.

Looks like it still is <3

what I’m being told is that Viz is primarily a licensing and distribution company. They’ve done some stuff in house but not much. I rewatched the announcement video, they said Viz will be the home for production as well but that’s a wide term so since details aren’t available yet obviously so I’m not 100% clear what the approach to production will be.

However, I’m being told Viz have lots of money, lots of experience, lots of respect and lots of connections.

This seems like objectively good news in every way

…

The petty part of me also adores how thoroughly this announcement *destroys* HTDM narratives 😅

Not only is RWBY valuable enough for a company like Viz to both want it and have such faith in it, but they *also* guaranteed they had Kerry—one of the people who supposedly “ruined” it

I mean just

Hot damn I would not want to be the people who celebrated RWBY dying right now

They must be absolutely scrambling to figure out how to spin this

How humiliating

[matt0044]

What we can learn from “The Jaune Arc Discourse” (TM).

Well, to start with, people are really resistant to being corrected on lies at worst or overstatements at best.

Like if nothing else, the Does RWBY Like Women poll was illuminating in how it showed me that a veeeeeery weird myth about Jaune Arc has persisted beyond its true relevancy.

Volume 1 of RWBY features Jaune Arc in the spotlight for… what? Four episodes? The minutes of each adding up to roughly twenty minutes, the length of an average TV episode?

While he was featured in the previous storyline where we are given an eight episode arc introducing us to our eight main protagonists, he was a lot more… ancillary as comic relief. A discount Lavernius Tucker with Felix’s voice if you will.

He's Vomit Boy in episode one. Episode two has him introduced more formally as somebody who helps up Ruby after a bad first impression on Weiss. He later appears more prominently pining over Weiss and catching Pyrrha's attention before falling to bracing himself in being catapulted into the Emerald Forest.

He's bailed out by Pyrrha and it's set up that he's in over his head by not knowing what Aura is or at least wanting to know how it works. An exposition sponge as I heard on fan call it. I could go on but the point is that all signs pointed to a Butt Monkey Ron Stoppable sort who was likely there for cheap laughs.

Amusing enough but I worried if that's all he'd be personally. Lord knows that some movies give the Comic Relief character too much comic relief and, well, not enough character. But after Ruby and Weiss have their leader/lance headbutting, the four episodes that followed reassured me that there'd be more to Jaune than meets the eyes.

But to circle back to the main thesis, it's actually fascinating that the myth of Jaune hijacking the narrative for himself is this pervasive when the offending story in question... is very much a self-contained character piece. It's way less about the wider story involving Ozpin, Roman Torchwick (at the time) and the White Fang.

It has relevance in how Pyrrha starts mentoring Jaune after he deals with Cardin and gets over himself (for now) which trickles down into future stories. Even then, the next story arc right back with Team RWBY with nary a sign of the everyman in question. A story arc that does deal with elements of the main plot, leading directly into Volume 2.

And in Volume 2, Jaune trying to woo Weiss and being ignorant to Pyyrha's advancements was just a subplot scattered in the first half of the story. It very much piggybacks off of Team RWBY's whole deal.

Volume 3 has what I consider to be a reversal of what's been known as Trinity Syndrome.

Namely the sort where a male character goes off the square off with the main villain mano-e-mano after shoving the female character/his love interest away so she won't get hurt. An egrigious example being when the love interest CAN FIGHT and back him up.

However, Pyyrha instead shoves Jaune out of the way after kissing him and goes off to face Cinder in a very fatal battle. It was honestly a brilliant (as much as the term may be disliked these days) subversion of the cliche.

And it’s Ruby who sees her death and gets the trauma induced power up. Jaune only has a scene of angst before that and was the one to call Ruby to have her try and back up the one he just realized he loved.

Jaune from that point on is an Everyman Protagonist who is forced to remember that he’s not THE protagonist. Yet the myth persistently proclaims that he hijacks the narrative from the titular Team RWBY despite only four episodes being wholly dedicated to him and his head space.

How did we get here?

Well… there’s the fact that not everyone finished Volume 1 and that not everybody, well, watched RWBY. And that would be fine on its own. You gave it a shot and it wasn’t your cuppa joe. You saw the trailer but clicked on something else.

I get it. That’s fine. Contrary to popular belief, nobody in the FNDM will really fault you for it. Less fine is when you spread faulty readings of RWBY and from those heavily biased against it no less.

It cannot be emphasized enough that tearing into RWBY is a cottage industry on YouTube. Hbomberguy might have the biggest platform but you’ll find multiple channels with lengthy series on “RWBY bad, here why.” And they are actually amongst the FNDM. They know how the YT Algorithm game is played, how it rewards engagement above all else. And sadly, negativity and rage pay more bills.

It’s why there are few positive videos or at least few that are pushed into the recommendations. Many often borrow the same points from each other born from the V1 days, namely that Jaune is allegedly given favoritism by the writers while we somehow “don’t know who the main girls are.”

From four episodes.

I also think it’s also to do with how it’s not that he actually did steal screentime… so much as many anticipated he would. A lot of shows and movies I grew up with would have strong female characters but any potential they had was hindered by the male lead and his hero’s journey. See the above Trinity Syndrome I referenced.

But Jaune didn’t do that. Even when he was central to an event like his semblance being awakened, it’s a healing/power boost that he gives to others. Weiss getting skewered might’ve brought it out but it lead to her getting back into the fray while he was largely to the sides.

Seems more like he shares screentime if anything.

People cling to these myths despite legit fans actually pointing out, “Hey, that’s not true actually and here’s why,” because that hate being told they are wrong more than being wrong. And because there are many around these who reinforce this “truth,” they feel content with it. No need to challenge it when it “feels” right.

So Jaune Arc stole screentime. Because that’s what “everyone else” is saying. By you need to question popular opinions. You need to realize that sometimes… a fan community is based on lies.

”Trust me, bro” is not the gotcha you think it is.

[smmrofrwby]

SMMR of RWBY - TEASER

WHAT IS SMMRofRWBY? To the surprise of no one, the RWBY FNDM has some incredible talent! In RWBY's current hiatus, we wanted to come together to shine a light on these labours of love, and inspire even more! Since the fans are many, the love is a lot and timezones are plenty: instead of a one-off event like RTX, the many events for SMMR of RWBY will take place over a month-long period of time!

We’re planning many different kinds of events with the community! Live panels about creative projects, games, video essays, and more! There’s something for everyone!

WANT TO JOIN AS A CREATOR?! COMMENT ON THIS VIDEO TO RECEIVE A DISCORD INVITE LINK OR SEND AN EMAIL AT [smmrofrwby@gmail.com]

[tumblingxelian]

RWBY is Back! (Oh We Are So Back!)

[chaoticevilspacewitch]

I'm back with your semi-regularly scheduled unhinged RWBY reimagining, with more darkness, politics, and sex. Lots of sex.

AND, an amazing art piece for an earlier chapter! Commissioned from Nliast / NaitouRSE :

[dustbnnuy]

CHARACTER SHEET EXEMPLES

Nyléa Arthemísia by Lop Art

Alma Prisma by Lop Art

[jjtwo-oh]

Holy Shit I Actually Decided to Post on AO3

Hello everyone! My name is JJ2.0 and I've been a longtime RWBY fan. the SMMR of RWBY and FNDM RTX event finally pushed me to actually upload one of my WIP fanfics to ao3.

OCHRE is an OC-Centric RWBY fic based around my OC, Cedar Synai. After being coerced into debt, he is forced to work as an enforcer for Junior's Clan while still having to keep up his duties as a Beacon student. Both his past faults and current double life keep threatening to bring his fragile house of cards crashing down.

I'm pretty proud of it! The first four chapters I've uploaded constitute a sort of introductory narrative arc which establishes all the pieces i've put on the board. You can read it here:

[marylizabetha]

I’m participating in @smmrofrwby and I hope you join us for all the fun!

[secantz]

Pyrrha Nikos from RWBY!

RIP Roosterteeth

[qractus]

I have a new cursed RWBY in celebration of SMMROFRWBY & FNDMRTX2024. I decided to have Qrac cosplay Shopkeep this time 🫡

[uncaught-coolfish]

7, 11, 12, 25, 27 for the RWBY ask game thing :3

I GOTCHU

7. Favorite lines?

Literally anything Maria says in V6 could be a contender but in particular “Maybe she’s dead!😁” lives in my head rant free and I don’t know why .maybe she’s dead. Maybe she is dead bro

11. Pitch a new Grimm! I have way too many Grimm ideas & concepts I’ve been working on for a couple months now but I’ll sadly just pick one: I think a Grimm based off the Scylla would be so fucking cool. Aside from her being probably one of my favorite mythological creatures, it’s just a cool ass design & concept for a monster that would be interesting to see translated into a Grimm for this show. Iirc There’s not that many sea-based Grimm that we’ve seen outside of that big leviathan thing which was super cool imo, and I wanna see more of that. Scylla grimm. I have spoken.

12. Favorite shots/visuals

Enough said

25. Favorite trans character headcanon? Every trans Weiss headcanon (whether transfem/transmasc/.other) makes me salute to the flag 🫡🏳️‍⚧️

27. Favorite voice performance? Cherami Leigh as Ilia, 100% and I don’t even think it’s close.

Thank you for the ask :D

[asm5129]

I’ve worked hard on a bunch of different #rwby videos, and with the #fndmrtx2024 push I’m excited to share a playlist of them all I just created!! #smmrofrwby

[matt0044]

Something that I feel is essential viewing for SMMR of RWBY.

Can I get a boost, @foulfirerebel @tumblingxelian @citadelofmythoughts @sir-adamus?

[smmrofrwby]

Ruby but with light brown hair because I used the wrong pen… #RWBY #SAVERWBY #SMMRofRWBY

[tumblingxelian]

Hello again!

This video essay is my contribution to the Summer of RWBY project, One Magical Scene playlist. Here video essayists highlight what they love about one particular scene from RWBY.

The creation of this playlist is spearheaded by RWBYtuber Robin Rising. I will be covering my thoughts and feelings on RWBY VS the Ace Ops, one of my favorite battles.

Thanks for tuning in!

Also with thanks to our editor enigma2meagain, if you're looking to hire them, please follow the link https://www.tumblr.com/enigma2meagain

My Patreon and Ko-Fi can be found here, every little bit helps! https://www.patreon.com/ShakeTailStudios https://ko-fi.com/shakytailstudos

[dustbnnuy]

For anyone interested in this, but don't have the art skills to edit it, just use Jendon's License Maker to make you RWBY license. It was created using the template Paradigm edited for his discord server. The server is a resource database for the Paradigm RWBY TTRPG rulebook, for anyone who would like to roll dice and wack grimm!

@smmrofrwby even made a youtube video presentation on the system, so take a look on that too!

I’ve wanted to have an empty template for the Huntsman and Huntress licenses for quite a while now lol, so when I saw the twitter post containing RWBY’s licenses I decided to recreate them and make a Huntsman version myself.  If you compare it to the originals, it’s far from perfect, but close enough I feel like to not matter too much.  I figured I wasn’t the first/only oc hoarder person with RWBY ocs that would love to use these (or maybe who wanted to recreate some canon characters’ licenses), so I made versions for all the kingdoms in Remnant for others to use!

I posted these blanks, but I also have an .XCF (GIMP) and .PSD (Photoshop) file that includes placeholder text for the names, license number, ect, the outlines separated from the background, as well as few other things. You can find those

by clicking here. 

 (just click into the file type you want and there should be a download button towards the top right. 

Feel free to use these for anything you want as long as you credit me! ( @rwby-party) 

One thing I do want to mention is that the barcode included reads “Brawnwen Qrow.” It’s copied across all of RWBY’s licenses and seems to be leftover from Qrow’s, as his name is also misspelled as Brawnwen on his license. I’d suggest making your own Barcode with a link provided below! (I figured it’d be easy enough to edit out if someone didn’t want it, but left it for those who didn’t feel like editing one in.) 

Below the cut are some tips/pointers for making these look right!

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