#volume nine.

[todusts]

* 🙴 @aestasrosis ; ❝ you're ... ❞ she has a lot of questions to ask, she's still so tired from carrying the weight of the world; but despite it all, she's still her mother's daughter. ruby's eyes tear up as she barrels into summer, and for a moment, she's home. ❝ i missed you, mom. ❞

[eb0y-gumi]

maomao: *slaps the shit out of a dumb bitch*

jinshi: god i wish that were me

[kazookazu]

Just found this absolutely insane of a impact frame in the Volume 9 finale, Neocat MENTALLY SEPARATING is such a cool bit to hide in there

[what-stasis]

forgot to put this here,, enjoy the wip

[guardianjameslight]

Nothing like turning the optimistic and happy protagonist to depressed and self hating protagonist.

[everynart]

[lil-red-reaper]

So thanks to Erin Winn posting this concept art we’ve learned that the official name of Summer’s weapon is “Sundered Rose” !

This essentially means Ruby named her own weapon in homage to her mother’s 🥹

Aside from that though, the naming of both weapons is very interesting to me

Sunder(ed) is a verb which means to divide, split apart, etc

While Crescent is typically associated with a noun to describe a curve, bend, etc. Such as the crescent phase of the moon

However, a literary adjective for Crescent can mean growing, increasing, or developing

While the more likely answer is that Summer’s weapon is named Sundered Rose because it’s an axe that cleaves or splits things apart, and Ruby’s is Crescent Rose because of it being a scythe which is curved, a deeper perspective could be that Summer had to split apart from her family to go on that mission and Ruby had to go through some personal and emotional growth and development in the Ever After

[jimmerzz0905]

//volume warning

my sibling (@i-put-the-milk-before-the-cereal) and I were bored so we made this

quick warning for swearing and screaming, though!!

[lord-of-rain]

Jaune's Ever After Logs

Page 66

Saw some man-sized rats in one acre. Friendly?

Page 67

Not friendly! They Have guns!

Page 68

Maybe we got off on the wrong foot?

Page 69

Nope, they tried to eat me!

Page 70

They're trying to take over the Ever After!

I gotta stop them!

Page 71

Nevermind

*the rest of the page is dominated by a rough sketch of a mushroom cloud*

[thesunnysunsun]

Realizing in terror and despair the new thing I'm obsessed with only has like 30 fics and half of them are in a language I don't speak.

*rolls up sleeves* Its my time now, I will save you Nine sols, I will write again for you

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

???: Hello? Who are you?

Ruby: I ... My Name's Ruby.

???: That's a lovely Name, you share it with my younger daughter. Where are you?

Ruby: I- I- ... You sound familiar ...

Summer: *Walking into view* What do you-

Ruby: ... Mom?

Summer: RUBY?!?!

Ruby: *Tearing up* MOM!

Summer: *Also Crying* RUBY!

They rush together, holding each other close, hugging so tight it had to be painful.

Summer: How- Why Are you here? You shouldn't- I-

Ruby: Mom, I'm sorry- I'm sorry- I did my best-

Summer: Ruby, Take a Breathe, and if anyone should be apologizing it's me. What Happened? Why are you here?

Ruby: I- I followed my dream of becoming a Huntress- I got into Beacon Early-

Summer: You What?

Ruby: I .. Got into Beacon ... Early?

Summer: Do you know what Ozpin's Deal is?

Ruby: I know that The Maidens and the Girl in The Tower are real. That and The Girl that fell through the world.

Summer: *Pinching her nose, clearly upset and worried* Okay. Is that why you're here.

Ruby: We- we were getting the Staff of Creation while Salem was actively attacking Atlas, and we made a path to Vacuo.

Ruby: Me, Yang, and our Teammates - and a Friend - Fell off the Path into the Ever After.

Summer: ... So the Jabberwocker got you?

Ruby: N-No ... Someone we fought along the way wanted me dead so ... she made me give Up. I drank her tea, which had a leaf in it- I-

Summer: You weren't killed?

Ruby: .. Not ... I ...

Ruby: *Crying again* I- I decided not to be me anymore ...

Summer: *Holding her cheek, also crying again* Oh, Ruby, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry you got caught up in all this. I'm sorry I couldn't stop Salem for you- I tried, and I'm sorry I failed. I'm sorry you chose to end your life ... But ... You haven't. Not yet.

Ruby: What do you mean?

Summer: You ... Aren't dead. You're ascending. Somewhere between Life and Death. You can still live.

Ruby: How? After every way I failed everyone-

Ruby: I made Atlas Fall! I Watched a Friend Die right in front of me Because I wasn't fast enough! Another friend sacrificed herself to save others, and She'd already Died once! Hell! My best friend since Day one got stuck here for half his lifetime, and now probably hates me!

Ruby: I've Gotten people Killed Mom! What good are Silver Eyes if I'm not good enough to save people without them!

Summer: ... Ruby. Did your plans fail because they were bad or because people got in the way of them? Have people died because you got them killed or because you were exhausted and got blindsided?

Summer: I don't know how old you are, but I'm guessing you can't drink yet, given how long I think it's been.

Summer: You're young. Just over half my age at most.

Summer: You got your hands on a Relic?

Ruby: On the Lamp and the Staff, but Salem stole them back, and she's got a maiden on her side.

Summer: Ruby, I never even saw the Relics. I never met a Maiden. I was born into a quiet life, and disappeared, with the amount of people knowing where I was able to be counted a hand that's lost three fingers.

Summer: You have gone so far and beyond what I did. I- I don't know that full story, obviously, but it feels like you're putting all the blame on yourself. You're amazing. You're strong, and smart, and kind.

Summer: Ruby Ginosa Rose. You are my Daughter, and I love you. I don't know what you have to do, but please, please don't let go of yourself completely just yet.

Ruby: ...

Summer: I can only imagine how hard it's been on you, But I trust you to pull through. You've gotten help if you've got a team at your back. Even if you don't, someone else will. Try and find the people that would keep walking after you fall and try to team up with them. you'll make even bigger strides together.

Ruby: ... Thanks Mom. I ... I needed to hear that. Thank you.

Summer: ...

Ruby: ... Yang's got a girlfriend!

Summer: That's great to know Ruby, But I think it's time for you to head back out.

Ruby: *Beginning to fade from this place* Yeah, YEah! I can do this, The world can do this! Thanks Mom! Love you!

Summer: I love you too rosebud, and Tell Yang I miss and Love her a lot too!

Ruby: *Continuing to fade*

Summer: Oh and one more thing!

Ruby: *Almost gone to the Blacksmith* Hmm?

Summer: If I see you within the next Fifty Years You are grounded Missy!

Ruby: *Fully disappearing* You got it Mom-

[nazis-get-punched]

I haven't seen anyone mention how jaune's voice sounds when he's yelling at ruby

Like most of the time when he's yelling he's in a lower register, literally a grown ass man with a grown ass man voice screaming at a teenager

But when he screams about the paper pleasers being the only thing he feels like he can protect, he goes into his high, cracky young jaune voice because that's shit he's carried with him the whole time and he's dealt with in all the wrong ways

He just doesn't see that he was the hero when he thought he was failing, but with the paper pleasers he felt like he could finally be a hero and have it work out but in fact he was basically abusing them as a terrible coping mechanism

[monster-creator-12]

Here is a shitty meme I made in 10 minutes because I’m still bad at photoshop. I’ll try and make a few more later but don’t expect high quality. @pilot-boi I hope it’s to your liking.

[roseverdict]

the torment nexus (collision of fixations) is going great

[thefoolishnighmare]

So....it was planned since 2013... I'm so happy for the bees right now. And one debate ended with this.

[hwangdahlia]

Summer Rose