#v8ch10

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Emerald and Oscar physically protecting each other <3

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James Ironwood looking at his lost left hand on the topic of Clover Ebi and his "killer".

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IM SORRY CAN WE JUST.... TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND BECAUSE WATTS JUST CONFIRMED ALL HER DEEPEST INSECURITIES IN A VOLUME WHERE SHE ALREADY HAS BEEN ALLOWED VIRTUALLY NO SUCCESS..... add that onto emerald leaving salem (or as cinder’s going to immediately taking it, leaving her) and neo only wanting the reward promised....... god i feel so bad for her

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This was about Qrow then became about Winter

As contemptible as the ‘vaguely adult aged/older character automatically assumes parental role, especially if female’ trope is, I think Qrow is one of the few characters it’s palatable with (and his whole murder of crows children), if not absolutely one of my favourite things about his I’m-too-traumatised-for-school schtick, because he doesn’t realise he’s the closest thing to a good father a lot of the kids involved have ever had. He’s a good dad.

That’s sort of why Qrow and Winter as a ship doesn’t do it for me unless there is Freudian psychosexual shit going on (and that’s not my thing, that’s just an honest portrayal of the ship to me). Qrow is both the best possible dad available (sorry Ironwood), as well as a reminder of her mother, and also probably a reminder to her she needs to stop holding on and let go already with the dad figures.

One thing I’m not sure I’ve seen discussed re: Winter is actually she’s twenty something and still stuck in a metaphorical childhood, along with Cinder, and like, this is obviously why their character arcs are stunted in some ways and constantly living in the same terror/trauma cycles. They have to kill the parental figure controlling them (metaphorically or not, kill the generational hold) in order to transform.

So my vote once more again is for Kingslayer Winter.

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I don’t think Blake has done this since V8Ch10 and I HATED seeing it.

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the lighting of this shot really does it for me with the chess reference in the intro, it puts him in shadow. turning away from him being one of the white pieces and instead he’s become another black piece. he does what salem’s trying to do inadvertently--dividing and killing people.

This shot is terrifying

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All joking aside?

This is exactly what I wanted.

Okay, well, not exactly what I wanted, but pretty close.

You see, I’ve seen many unfounded complaints about how Bumbleby would ruin the team dynamic, especially Yang’s with Ruby’s. While this complaint is stupid and annoying and honestly guys grow a spine what’s a little romance in a show as dark as this, it does have one small merit; Bumbleby has a chance to interfere with Ruby and Yang’s relationship as sisters...

And thank GOD that didn’t happen.

Now I love those Bees like... a lot, okay? I’m not obsessed with them, but as the story goes, their chemistry just clicks with me strongly, especially since I, like Yang, have a very close black-haired yellow-eyed feline companion whose name starts with B.

But the name of the show isn’t BY. We’ve still got the RW to worry about.

In my experience, the biggest driving point of something should be relationships. If you remove Scar’s relationship with Mufasa or Simba (cough or the hyenas cough) from The Lion King, then his drive as a villain loses all reasoning, just being evil for evil’s sake. If no one in the story has any relation to anyone, then there’s no drive to do what they’re doing.

The romance between Blake and Yang gives them drive. Yang gives Blake someone to stay with, to never leave behind again, and to show her there’s nothing to be afraid of so long as you have someone you trust nearby. Blake gives Yang someone to care for without the fear of being left by them. Well, you know, except for that one time... but that was just as important to their interpersonal arcs. Everything about their relationship has been important to them as characters, and they also allow for a diversity in the kind of relationships present among the main four girls (Yang has a sister, a friend, and a girlfriend all on the same team).

So claiming that Bumbleby has no place in RWBY... is a call for a weak plot. It has a place, so long as it doesn’t overshadow any other relationship in the show.

And it doesn’t.

Blake and Ruby are not fighting for Yang’s love. They both have it, and as shown since the reunion, they have just what they need from her. Everything that has happened since V8Ch10 is the perfect example.

When the teams reunite in volume 8, Yang does not give Blake or Ruby more love than the other, she just gives them different types of love (romantic for Blake, familial for Ruby). When Ruby greets her, she gives her a huge hug, and in response Yang, without anyone else saying a single word, says... “I missed you too.” Her interaction with Blake doesn’t change the impact of hers with Ruby, just because it’s different.

Hey, remember in V8Ch04, when Yang said “Yeah, Ruby...”?

GOD! How SeLFisH!!! Only CaREs ABOut WHaT BLAKE THinkS of hEr!!! DOeS RUBY mEaN NOTHING?!

Just because Yang feels differently about her teammates individually, people just whine about avoiding her development with Ruby... even though that’s not what’s happening.

In V8Ch11, Yang and Ruby get their own moment together where they talk about their mom, Summer, and aside from one entirely unrelated-to-the-bees thing Yang says, Blake does not appear at all in this scene, because this is a moment set up for the sisters. There is no halting of the interaction to say “Oh, yeah, and Yang and Blake are in love lol.” It’s between them, and it stays between them.

V8Ch12 was more about Penny and in that episode we got plenty of background interactions between Blake and Yang that never forced their way into center stage.

And now... we get to the most recent part of the nightmare.

Now, why did I want this to happen? It’s simple. There’s no denying how much Yang loves Ruby because of what she does, and nothing about what she does implies a favor of love for anyone.

Before even thinking, Yang protects her sister, instantly proving there’s nothing stopping her from being there for someone she loves. Blake, in turn, shows how much she loves Yang by immediately rushing to save her, despite her failure. Yang doesn’t prioritize anyone, she shows her many forms of love differently, and that’s something I think everyone needs to understand.

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Ppl thinking oscar and ruby are like a brother an a sister feels like ppl are just trying to prove or don't take notice of oscar feeling I think by now we can tell oscar awkward around girls but his awkwardness around ruby is obviously a crush ,and that ruby to

Hey Dreamer. Judging from what I saw from the Cameo video, the questioner sounded like a non-RG shipper who was attempting to get leverage from Miles to help douse the pairing but instead unintentionally ended up adding more fuel to the Rosegarden fire.

I don’t know who this “Blaire” person is but as a Rosegardening Pinehead, I owe her my many, many thanks since if she didn’t dare to ask this question then us fans of the ship would’ve never learned of the showrunners’ true intentions with this pair.

We would’ve gone through this entire hiatus still pining over the Oscar blush moment from V8CH1 and feeling omega salty over the missed Rosegarden reunion hug from V8CH10. 

Now, because of Blaire, there is a bit MORE hope for our two smaller, more honest souls going into the next volume and that right there is the true treasure that came out of Miles’ answer.

While I publicly thanked Miles for finally voicing what us Rosegardeners and Rosegardening Pineheads have been advocating for years, Blaire is the real unsung hero of the Rosegarden community because if she didn’t ask then we wouldn’t have known. 

So let’s pay our respects to Blaire.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2021)

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choose your starter

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Eyes are windows to the soul~

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does she mean emerald or oz you decide

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Oscar mediating while putting his hands over his heart, smile if you agree :)

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Ayyyy Macarena Oscarena~

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“Oz really wants to help” he’s such a mom like “please just let my son join the team :( I know he messed up at the tryouts, but he really wants to play with the other kids.”

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Wanted to compare the speeches to see the difference in their word choice and... they pretty much talk at the same level now. (Written down Oscar’s might actually sound more formal than Oz’s?)

He entrusted me with this. And the massive amount of power he had stored up in it. Kinetic energy that he spent lifetime after lifetime accumulating in the cane he built. Not all, but, most. We have to be careful with how we use the rest. He trusted my judgment, and it saved us. I want to reciprocate that trust, there’s a lot to sort out, but… Oz really wants to help.

I was recently reminded of an old fairytale. A young girl flees the consequences of a choice. To a magical place. But, having never learned from her initial failure, she only succeeds in spreading it. I failed all of you. I should’ve trusted you with the truth. And should never have run the day you discovered it. And I hope... it’s a risk you can take on me again.

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(Putting this here, too, cause yet again...)

There's something else to consider. Once the Staff creates anything else, the city drops. Atlas has enough natural gravity dust to keep it from plummeting immediately, but… Well. Nobody's going to want to be around when it touches down. We can’t just wave it like a magic wand and make our problems go away. And we haven’t even told you about… him.

The spirit in the Staff. Like Jinn, but... well, he’s a character. He can build you anything, but, only if you can explain to him how. Like any craftsman, he’ll need blueprints. Some sort of reference. It’ll help if we have real-world examples to show him. There’s still James, and his bomb to consider.

Fun game: read these but imagine it’s the other one saying it