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rwbyvein · 4 years ago

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Firen Lhain: Chapter 605: Smouldering Embers: Part I/III

Cinder opened her eyes. She was in a bed, and aside from the sheet and blanket, she was naked. It seemed liked a small cottage and there was little natural light.

"Oh, you're awake." and old woman stated, and as Cinder looked to her left she realized two things, one that the old, hunched-over woman seemed to have gossamer wings, and two that she was not wearing her eye patch. "Are you feeling all right, dear?" she asked. Cinder just scowled at her in reply. "You are such a beautiful girl, you shouldn't be making faces like that."

Cinder put on a fake smile, "Thank you..." she huskily voiced, "Where... am I?.."

"That doesn't matter as much as how you are feeling." the old woman stated. Cinder's eyes opened widely with shock. She.. was... feeling good. "Other than a couple scars..." the old woman stated, "I heard that there was a miracle healer at the Battle of Haven."

"That - blond - dufus?.." Cinder's gravelly voice asked.

"That's him." the old woman said.

"You - have - to be - kidding." Cinder grumbled.

"I don't know what a beautiful woman like you was doing in a dangerous place like that."

"You... wouldn't?" Cinder asked.

"Maybe I was a young woman at some point." the old woman said with a smile, and Cinder just stared at her. She already knew way too much. "But, you still have a chance to make another choice."

"What does that mean?" Cinder slowly asked.

"Whoever you were fighting for likely thinks you are dead." the old woman stated.

"And, if I was fighting for myself?" Cinder slowly asked her.

"We both know that not true." the old woman said. "Now, who ARE you fighting for? What - are you fighting for?" Cinder could feel the anger overtaking her, but, in truth, she had no answer. "Well, for right now, all you need to do is rest. You did have an exiting night, after all."

"My... dress?.." she asked.

"It didn't survive as well as you did," the old woman said with a sigh, "so, I've commissioned a new one. It should be ready in a couple of days."

"And, just what do I?," she asked, "in the?.."

"Rest, of course." the old woman stated.

With this Cinder sighed and relaxed in the bed. It had been too long since she had just relaxed.

* * *

Jaune slashed his sword at Yang. Yang blocked it with her gauntlets, but a wave of Aura pushed passed the blade.

"Wind slash!" Nora exclaimed, and Jaune stopped to look at her.

"Not wind." Jaune said.

"Then what was it?" Yang asked.

"Aura, I think." Jaune said to her, and Blake screamed bloody murder.

"What was that?" Ruby asked.

"AURA?!" Blake shouted, "Do you have any idea what you are doing?!"

"Just?," Jaune teppidly asked, what Pyrrha taught me?"

"THAT'S AN AURA SLASH!" Blake exclaimed.

"Will you calm down?" Yang asked, "I mean, it's not..."

"THAT'S WHAT ADAM USED TO TAKE YOUR ARM!" Blake shouted, and everyone paused, staring at each other.

"O-kay." Jaune voiced, "Aura is... the only thing... that can cut through Aura." Blake just scoffed at him

"Yes," Qrow voiced, and walked into the centre of the gymnasium, "Aura slashes are incredibly dangerous, but they are one of the best weapons we have against the Grimm."

"And Yang?" Blake asked through her fear and anxiety.

"I trust Jaune not to cut me in half." Yang said.

"Maybe I should practice a bit," Jaune voiced, "on something else?" Blake looked a lot less nervous.

"That does sound like a good idea." Weiss stated.

"I TOLD YOU Glorious Leader was wicked-cool." Nora stated.

"Indeed." Ren added.

"Why don't we have Oscar fight Blake?" Qrow asked.

"I..." Oscar voiced, "get the impression that wasn't actually a question."

"I don't know," Qrow replied, "WHAT - gave you - that impression. Now, Blake fights differently from everyone else here. Could you pull it out?"

"Like this morning." Yang said, and Blake just glared at her as she pulled out Gambol Shroud. She pulled the pieces apart and showed it to Oscar before putting it back together and away.

"Like the rest of RWBY, she doesn't stand still, and uses her line to grapple and swing." Qrow continued, "Keep your head up, and eyes and ears open. And don't worry, she is going to go easy on you."

Oscar nervously drew his cane. It felt so natural as it expanded.

"Remember," Qrow said to him, "Oz said you'll get his muscle memory. That's why it feels so natural in your hand. You just need practice and fitness to use it properly."

Oscar breathed in deeply before looking Blake in the eyes, wo then turned dark. Blake passed a few inches behind him, and he could feel the wind as she passed. He turned to look where she had been, only for her to disappear and pass behind him again. This happened a third and fouth time before Blake stood still, and the two just looked at each other.

"Alright," Qrow voiced, "now it gets interesting. She's actually going to try and hit you."

Blake turned black. Once again she passed behind Oscar, swiping with her sword. The edge couldn't have actually hit him, but he still felt the Aura. Blake stood still, Oscar looked at her, and Blake disappeared once again. Once again she swung without trying to hit him, and once again he only felt the Aura of the attack.

"Alright," Qrow stated, "when I said try to hit him, I meant ACTUALLY TRY TO HIT HIM!"

Oscar audibly swallowed as Blake disappeared again, this time coming from the side. Once again she swung without trying to hit, and Qrow audidbly sighed.

"I was afraid of this." Qrow voiced

"Of what?" Ruby asked.

"She's too much of a softy." Qrow said.

"Do you know how much I've fought?!" Blake asked him.

"Fighting can mean different things." Qrow stated, "In this case it apparently means to not actually try and hurt anyone."

"She was one of the best fighters of the White Fang." Ilia stated.

"Is that so?" Qrow asked, and then turned to RW_Y, "Have you ever seen her try to hurt someone?"

"Of course we have." Ruby said, "Haven't we?.."

"I don't know..." Yang voiced, "bots and Grimm, yeah, but an actual person?"

"Why would I want to hurt people?!" Blake asked.

"I'm not faulting you for it." Qrow said.

"You're not?" Ruby asked, "Because it kind of sounds like you are?"

Qrow then pulled out his weapon as it fully extended into a scythe. "Do you think this is all that useful against Humans?" he asked, and Ruby looked about nervously.

"So?" Nora asked, as Qrow put away his weapon, "What do you do, then?"

Qrow then held up his right hand, "Use these."

"Your... rings?.." Weiss asked.

"Exactly." Qrow stated, "I pump them full of Aura, and... blondie?.." he said, and looked at Jaune.

"Me?" Jaune asked.

"Yang's Firecracker." he stated.

"And Weiss?" Nora asked.

"More of a platinum... ehn..." Qrow voiced, "Look, no offence, kiddos, but I don't really have a good track record with Schnees..."

"Pardon me?" Weiss asked.

"I... guess... I never told you?" Qrow asked, "Your sister is part of the, whatever the hell we are?"

"Fellowship." Ren stated.

"Yeah," Qrow said, "she fell pretty hard to the tinman's rhetoric."

"...rhetoric?.." Blake asked.

"Oh, you know, he's the only one that can save the world, big armies with shiny coats, that kind of thing." Qrow stated.

"You... are saying he can't?.." Weiss asked.

"I'm saying that maybe even he can't do it." Qrow said, and shrugged, "And does anyone think that shutting down the borders will stop Salem?" Qrow asked.

Yang and Nora nervously raised their hands.

"It won't?" Ruby asked.

"Aside from the fact that some Grimm can fly," Qrow voiced, "shutting down the borders only stops the people who are stopped by asking. Smugglers are still a thing, and he's assuming that the criminal/terrorist sort will only walk into Atlas in the most uptight, law abiding ways. He thinks Atlas is a fortress, but... it really more of a shiny prison... something the little bird," he said, pointing to Weiss, "can probably undestand."

"Me?" Weiss asked.

"Is it better than Ice Queen?" Yang asked, and Weiss looked down, unsure whether it was or not.

"Songbird?" Jaune asked, and Weiss felt her heart leap. She looked up at him, unsure if it was true or not.

"Linnet." Blake passionately said, but then looked down, as apparently not everyone knew songbirds as well as she did.

"A songbird?" Jaune asked.

"Resident of the the Mantle Coast." Blake soulfully said, and shrugged.

"Did you hear the passion in how she said it?" Yang gleefully asked.

"Not that I am opposed," Weiss voiced, "but I would like to remind everyone I am a Heron."

"Heron's beautiful coat," Jaune said, "And songbird's enchanting voice."

Weiss felt weak the knees, but bowed only momentarily before standing back to a proper attention.

"I think she likes it." Yang stated, and Weiss nervously looked downward. "Alright, Kitty-Cat and Songbird, and, what I am? Something big-titted and babelicious."

"Maybe a swallow." Nora said, which cause Yang to start snickering.

"We can work on nicknames later." Qrow stated, "But for now, my point was that maybe Blake should get something she won't be afraid to hit people with."

"Like what?" Ruby asked.

"Or get better at hand-to-hand combat." Qrow added with a shrug.

"You are a cat," Yang said to her, "do you have claws."

Blake rolled her eyes, "You know how Faunus work, we only get one visible trait... and my father had the claws."

"And what does your mom have?" Yang asked.

"Ears like me."

"Are they as adorable?" Ruby and Jaune asked at the same time, causing her to blush and looked down and away.

"Alright," Qrow said, "lessons over. You guys can all think about it. NORA, you want your chance to see if you can beat up a scruffy old man?"

"DO I?" Nora eagerly replied.

#rwby #firen lhain #faunus au #pollinated knight

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im-the-king-of-the-ocean · 4 years ago

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Dead Souls Living - Ch11 Preview

An official chapter update to Souls is still on delay (cause I’m currently in the thick of grad school applications and those take precedence), but it occurred to me last night that I can give you guys a preview of what’s to come (since the first portion of ch11 was written and heavily edited before all this).

So, please enjoy this look at what comes next in Souls! A return to Ruby’s POV, picking up where ch10 left off, with her breaking out of Atlas Academy.

Dead Souls Living is available here on AO3

In the aftermath of the Fall of Beacon, Ruby Rose is declared dead, a casualty of battle.

But, she's not dead.

It’s all a lie fabricated by the Atlesian government, who want to see if they can weaponize her silver eyes. One that’s a well-kept secret from the world, including Ruby’s family.

Ruby skids to a stop at the end of the hallway she’s been running down. She looks to the right, then the left. Both her options for which way to run next look exactly the same. She searches, tries to find any distinguishing features, but comes up empty. It’s just nondescript, windowless, white-walled corridors, without any sort of marker on which way it might be to the exit, extending as far as she can see.

Penny, I don’t—there’s nothing!

Ruby attempts, and fails, to get her heart rate under control. She looks over her shoulder for General Ironwood, but he hasn’t appeared yet. He’s coming though. She heard the loud crunching and cracking sounds of the ice she trapped him in as she fled. It won’t take him long to catch up with her and, unlike her, he has a weapon.

Ruby glances down at her hands. The maiden powers are still with her. She could blast through walls until she reaches the outside world…

Except that would probably destroy the structural integrity of Atlas Academy itself. As much as Ruby currently dislikes being here, the academy is still home to hundreds of students who have nothing to do with what’s happened to her. She’s not going to hurt them if she can help it.

She groans, and shuts her eyes for a second. Beacon hadn’t been this hard to navigate. Okay, maybe a little, in the beginning, but she’d figured it out quickly enough. Atlas Academy, by comparison, is a nightmare. A terrible, twisting, labyrinthine nightmare.

Ruby, comes the soothing presence of Penny in her head. It’s okay. Stay calm.

I know. I know. Ruby chooses the left corridor and starts running again. It’s hard. I’m scared, Penny. If they catch me, if I can’t get to you, or you to me first, and they—I can’t go back.

The corridor Ruby chose empties out into a lobby with stiff looking seats set up in a lounge space, albeit one where comfort was discarded for practicality. She stops.

Do you recognize this area at all? Ruby asks Penny while sending over a mental image of her surroundings.

That’s a computer lab over to your left, I think, Penny replies. It looks like the type of ones that are open to both student and faculty use. So, you’re in an academy common area. That’s good! It narrows things down. I just have to cross reference what common areas are located close to medical wings to know which you might’ve been in and where you are now.

Okay. Ruby paces. She hates pausing like this, but, on her own, she’d probably just continue to be lost. She needs to know the right way to go.

Ruby takes a calming breath. Ironwood hasn’t caught up to her yet. There’s no alarms blaring. She’s fine. She’s fine. She can still get out of here. Make it back home. She will make it back home.

Ruby’s eyes land back on the computer lab. It occurs to her that she could send a message out. Maybe to Weiss? She has to be in Atlas, right? Surely, she’d help. Plus, she’s a Schnee and they have like a lot of power here, so maybe—

You’d need to login to a user account, Penny interrupts Ruby’s train of thought. Since they’re talking in their heads, she has no tone of voice, but Penny’s words come across as sad, apologetic, regardless. I have one, but it notifies Ironwood whenever I’m active and he has to give confirmation before any message I want to send goes through.

Oh.

Yeah. I’m sorry, Ruby. There’s a pause from Penny, before she adds, I know where the Schnee Mansion is though. Once we’re out of the academy, I could take you there, if you’re certain Weiss will help?

Yes. Ruby can’t help but smile thinking of her partner, and how shocked she’ll be to see Ruby here in Atlas. Well that, and also alive.

Ruby’s smile falls away. She’s tried so hard not to consider what it means that everyone she cares about (well everyone she cares about excluding Penny) believes her dead. That they’ve probably mourned her. Maybe even moved on. She didn’t know Weiss and Blake very long, after all. Why would they—

Weiss will help, Ruby tells herself resolutely. She will. And she’ll use her Schnee connections to help you get home, and you’ll see Dad and Yang again, and Blake probably stuck around with Yang on Patch too, so she’ll be there, and it’ll be a great big reunion, and…

I’ll be the one who came back.

Ruby shoves away the thought as soon as she’s had it. Dad and Yang always tried to shield her from knowing how much Raven abandoning them and Mom never coming back from her last mission affected them. She picked up on their sorrow anyway. Seen the grief written across their faces in those moments when they thought she wasn’t looking. She��d promised herself, ever since she was a small child, that she wouldn’t hurt them like that, wouldn’t leave like that.

Except she had.

She’s here, and they think she’s dead, and, and, and…

You’ll be with your family again, Ruby. Penny’s presence in her head sweeps Ruby up, warm and comforting. I promise. We’ll get you home to them.

Ruby sniffles. She wipes the tears from her eyes before they can fall. She takes a breath. Do you know where I am yet?

I’ve got it down to three possibilities. Can you see anything that says a building name or floor level?

Looking around, Ruby notices an elevator bank on the other side of the lobby area from the computer lab. She makes her way over to it. On a small, black square next to one set of elevator doors, is a capital ‘G’ followed by the number, 32. Ruby relays this information to Penny.

That’s the G Sector possibility! Penny shouts happily in Ruby’s head. You’re on the 32nd Floor. I’ve plotted a route for you to get out. Just follow these instructions—

Before Penny can give Ruby her first direction, a light above one of the elevators comes on. A sharp, cheerful ding cuts through the silence.

Ruby’s eyes go wide. Instinctively she uses her semblance to dive behind one of the seats in the lounge space. Her heart hammers so loudly she’s sure it can be heard.

The elevator doors softly slide open. A pair of heels click against the tile floor. They walk slowly. Far too slowly.

Ironwood doesn’t wear heels, Ruby tells herself. It’s probably just some random faculty person out doing official faculty stuff. In the middle of the night, which, okay, is kind of odd, but then academy faculty can be kind of odd, given Oobleck exists. Although he’s a Beacon professor, and this is Atlas, which is far more strict and stern and…

The footsteps walk around the lounge area, coming closer to Ruby. She tenses. They don’t know she’s here, she tells herself. They aren’t looking for her. They have their own business. They’ll leave.

They don’t.

Pressing herself to the ground, Ruby looks through the gap between the seat she’s hiding behind and the floor. She can see the pair of heels come to a stop right on the other side.

“I know you’re there,” a sharp, female voice informs Ruby. “I can hear you breathing. Come out. You won’t get in trouble for whatever prank you’re up to, so long as you haven’t already—”

Ruby runs. She sees a hallway—not the same one she entered from—and charges toward it.

#rwby #nuts and dolts #ruby rose #penny polendina #whirls writing #dead souls living #anyone wanna guess who that is at the end there? annnyyyyoone

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blake-belladonna-defence-force · 5 years ago

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@maxiemumdamage made this post https://maxiemumdamage.tumblr.com/post/189720122172/potential-rwby-interactions-for-chapter-8 about the things that they wished for in the next episode. I was inspired to write some platonic ladybug bonding.

I’m actually pretty unsure about writing Ruby. I really don’t know if I pulled it off but I gave it a go.

Here ya go 😊 ladybug friendship with a side of gremlin Blake and annoying little sister Ruby!

And a little bit of our ultimate wing women Ruby and Weiss.

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“Blake?”

Blake let out a small hum of acknowledgement as she put the finishing touches on her makeup, stepping back to admire her work.

“You’re wearing a suit?” Ruby asked curiously as she stepped into the bathroom, picking up Blake’s black jacket from the counter for a moment and examining it before putting it down again.

“Mhm. Just because I’m going to play civil with Jacques, by no means am I going to adhere to his expectations.” Blake turned to face Ruby, adjusting her collar and smirking at her friend. “Besides… I want to see how he reacts when a “filthy faunus” manages to look better in a suit than he ever will.”

Ruby let out an amused snicker, before giving Blake a nervous smile.

“You look great! Um. Could I ask for a favour?”

“Of course, Ruby. What is it?”

“Help me with my makeup?”

Blake froze before turning to her friend and quirking an eyebrow.

“Ruby, you do know that you don’t have to wear makeup, right?” She said gently. “You look lovely as you are.”

“Yeah, But I don’t wanna embarrass Weiss.” Ruby shrugged awkwardly. “And you’re really good with makeup. And Yang’s terrible at it so I can’t go to her and Weiss is already stressed and-“

“Ruby.” Blake gently cut off her friend’s rambling and smiled. “Of course I’ll help you. Now, scoot your boot so I can grab that stool.”

“Wow.” Ruby snickered. “You’ve been hanging out with Yang too much. You’re starting to sound like her.”

“Shut up.” Blake grumbled, planting the stool down and watching as Ruby jumped up.

“It’s not bad! You guys are super sweet!” Ruby have her a cheeky grin. “She’s totally going to melt when she sees you, by the way.” She said with a playful wink.

“Ruby. Here’s some advice.” Blake said, narrowing her eyes at the younger girl playfully. “Never aggravate the woman that is about to put something with point on it near your eyes.”

Ruby merely snickered, knowing full well how badly she was flustering her friend. And they both knew that Blake wouldn’t make good on her threat to any capacity.

“I’m just saying.” She smiled sweetly up at Blake as she started applying a simple, natural makeup look on Ruby. Nothing that would make the girl uncomfortable.

“Brat.” Blake mumbled affectionately as she worked, gently tilting Ruby’s head as she moved to different areas of her face.

“You love me.” Ruby snickered.

“Yes, I suppose I do.” Blake murmured softly, smiling a She felt a wave of affection for the younger girl. “We’re family, after all.”

Ruby seemed a little taken aback by that and remained silent, a small, touched smile making its home on her face. A companionable quiet fell, both young women quietly enjoying the other’s company. It was almost similar to the days spent in Blake’s bunk, reading quietly together until Ruby fell asleep against Blake’s shoulder.

Yang still cooes at Blake and teases her about it to this day.

“Blake?”

“Hmm?”

“I’m really glad you’re back. I really missed you. We all did. Especially Yang.” The younger girl sounded almost nervous, though there was a determined glint in her eyes. “And I know you’re here to stay. I trust you. Yang trusts you. All I ask is that you don’t hurt her. You’re really important to her.”

Blake stayed silent, putting in the last bit of mascara to Ruby’s eyes and pulled away, satisfied with her work, and knelt in front of her friend and leader.

“Ruby. I-“ Blake blinked back tears. “I promise you, as your teammate and your friend, I will do everything within my power to ensure that I never hurt Yang again. She means so much to me. I never want to give her a reason to think other wise.”

Ruby met her gaze for a moment before a large smile grew on her face and she stood up, pulling Blake up with her and stepped forward, resting her chin in Blake’s shoulder and pulling her into a hug.

“I know. I just needed to hear you say it.” Ruby mumbled as Blake curled her arms around her in a tight hug. “Thank you.”

The two women stood like that for a moment before Ruby spoke up.

“Soooo… Does that mean I can introduce you as my sister-in-law now?”

“Okay, I’m leaving.”

Blake snorted, face burning as she pushed Ruby away and stormed out as the young leader giggled…

… and walked right back in, glowering, so that she could grab her jacket and tie.

This time, her embarrassed exit was met by cackles as Ruby leaned on the counter.

She had always wanted a little sister when she was growing up… maybe she should have been more careful what she wished for.

But as Ruby came out, wobbling like a new born filly, Blake couldn’t bring herself to be mad about it.

She rolled her eyes and adjusted her jacket, walking over to Ruby and offering her arm to help the girl walk as they made their way to the hire cars.

She’d ignore the cocky little “I told you” that was sung into her ear when Yang nearly fell over when she saw Blake. She’d ignore Ruby’s quiet whisper of “go get her, tiger!” As Weiss walked over to help Ruby. She’d ignore both Ruby and Weiss’s knowing smirks as they purposely piled everyone into the first two cars, leaving an entirely empty one for her and Yang.

And who knows? Maybe one day she really could officially call Ruby her sister-in-law.

#rwby #blake belladonna #bumbleby #yang xiao long #rwby spoilers #rwby7 #rwby vol 7 spoilers #rwby7 spoilers #fanfic

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wu-sisyphus-gang · 4 years ago

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Motion Sickness: ~165, Gainsborough interlude VII

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(Rosé PoV)

Cloud looked good in a suit. He made the boys around the hall look immature and scraggly. It gave me problems in my thighs and knees to look at him those slacks. He had a simple jacket and light blue collared shirt with no tie. It showed off his chest just a little with that too button undone. He looked cut. Fuck me sideways but he looked even taller and more handsome than he did in his hunter get up. He'd dropped that dangerous edge and just looked dashing all out. His hair was still spikey and messy. It flared all over the place and I bet running my fingers through it would be so satisfying, like yellow silk and warm as sunshine.

I looked cute and adorable in my dress. It was a pink gown that made my hair flair brightly in my ponytail. I had a diamond tiara and necklace that made my eyes glow. I was at my best and I had more than a touch of make-up to my face to accent my cheek bones and make my face rosy.

Unfortunately Weiss Schnee looked beautiful. She was wearing a blue dress slit at the thigh all the way up to her waist and it showed off her right leg extravagantly. I t teased the imagination with a swish of crystal blue. Her long waist length hair was down and flowing over her shoulders and down her back. It looked smooth and velvety. Her breasts looked full and I was fairly confident that she was only wearing a little eyeliner and that bullshit was just natural. Her beauty was otherworldly with that pale skin and blue eyes. She was good looking even for a huntress. She stood out even in a room full of huntresses looking their best.

She made me look like a kid that was trying too hard. I hated that. It looked effortless too. She walked around in heels like she was made for them. Her curves just flowed and she made the boys stare. They couldn’t help but double take at her. I hated them for that. I hated her.

I didn’t think I could hate her more but then Cloud walked over to her and gently guided her by the hand out onto the dance floor. She smirked at him with that scar accenting her face and whispered something that only he could hear. He laughed at her words. His laugh was smooth and rich and full of sex.

They danced together elegantly like two rivers meeting. She swayed with her hips close to his pelvis. Not so close that they were grinding but close enough that it would turn most men on. They stepped in unison and I was sure they could taste each other’s aura. I knew Cloud’s flavor was delicious and dangerous but I had no idea what Schnee’s consisted of. Cloud took her hand and spun her in a circle. Her tight dress didn’t flare out like mine would have. Instead the slit in her dress flashed over her hip bone and just hinted at everything beneath the tight gown.

Cloud grabbed her by the waist and easily tossed her into the air. Weiss Schnee couldn’t have weighed more than one hundred twenty pounds and Cloud could bench press a truck. He must have thrown her gently ten feet in the air but rather than squeal in surprise as I might have done she handled it with grace. She knew he would catch her. She shut her eyes and let out a laugh and twirled in the air like she was made for it. She landed in both of his arms in a bridal position.

“Just dropping in?” He asked.

It must have been some private joke.

“Did you really just…?” she laughed and hit his chest with the back of her hand. I bet she got a good feel for him when she did that. A nice shot of his aura straight to hers and a touch of his muscles. He had broad shoulders with thick chest muscles that led to a narrow, dangerous waist. “You remember that?”

“Of course…” He whispered but I caught the words by the way he moved his mouth. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hung off of him while he held her. She pulled in on him and he moved his head low and kissed her. There was no tongue but it was full with meaning and deep.

I looked away.

“Yikes,” Peach mumbled.

“I know, I know. I’m looking at the same thing you are,” I agreed.

“It’s quite the spectacle. Who would have thought he could dance too?” Pine asked. “Ready to pack this in, girls? Maybe get some punch?”

“Oh, I’m thirsty,” Peach disagreed.

Cloud set Schnee down. Schnee leaned in close and whispered something directly into his ear. Cloud sighed but nodded. Schnee turned on her heels and walked out of the hall. He watched her go with so much force I thought it might burn her. He shook his head a little then made his way over to the punch.

“Now’s our shot,” Peach said.

“Don’t try it,” Pine warned resignedly.

“I’m going for it,” I decided.

I left my friends.

I walked up to Cloud.

“Miss Gainsborough?” Ouch. A stab there. “Here for the punch?” No, you fucking idiot.

“I actually wanted to ask you for a dance.”

“I see…” something scared lurked there in his tone. What could frighten him? He swallowed punch without meeting my eye. “Of course. I’d be happy to dance with you.”

Really?

“It won’t bother your girlfriend, will it?”

“She’s my fiancé now.” He had a quiet smile and he was watching my face. There was trepidation in his gaze. “A recent development. And we have both yet to ask Ruby. Weiss is confident she’ll say ‘yes.’”

Oh shit.

“Still… I wouldn’t want to step on any toes by accident.” I would love to stomp on Schnee’s feet very hard given half the chance.

“No… it should be alright. It’s just a dance.”

“Just a dance,” I echoed.

“In fact she rather warned me something like this might happen. Told me to be ready. Shall we?”

What the fuck?

He tugged me out onto the floor by the hand much like he did with Schnee. He led well in the dance. One hand by my side above my hips rather than on them and the other hand clasping mine. His aura went down smooth at this proximity. Ozone and rich spice. He hummed with power even though he held me at just under arm’s length. He twirled me and I couldn't help but smile.

I was never able to get very close to him and let him feel my body. And compared to Schnee’s body I wasn’t sure I wanted to try. Maybe it would be for the best if I held my cards close to the chest and didn't try and compete with Schnee like that directly. Despite all that, he spun me easily in his arms and I felt more like a princess than I had in all my life. His hands were on my waist and in my own as he led the way. He smiled at me gently but there was something fearful and resigned as I looked back up at him. I couldn’t quite place it. Was he afraid of his fiancé? What was happening?

I was holding my breath. We were so close. I could feel him through my skin. He spun me around so my back was close to him and my arms were crossed and holding his hands. We swayed together so close that it was intense. The heat of it was torching me. He was closer than he had ever been beyond training and melee but still it lacked that intimacy that I wanted. He still held my butt away from his pelvis. I wanted to be even closer to him but he kept me distant. I felt like I was going to be struck by lightning or set on fire or something else disastrous was about to happen. I was just waiting for the spark and then, soaked in gasoline, I would light up.

The song ended and so did our dance. He bowed to me a little and shuffled uncomfortably. I felt on edge. I needed some air. In that moment I knew that he knew.

"Thank you…" I murmured.

"Of course," he acknowledged quietly, just a murmur like he was afraid his voice would shatter me like glass. Peach was waiting in the wings by the punch to get a dance of her own.

He knew. How did he know?

I strode away. Out of the hall and to a balcony. The doors closed behind me and only then did I manage to breath.

I made my way to the edge and leaned over it and drank in the cool night air. I hadn’t realized how hot I was and I had worked up a light sweat dancing. But that wasn’t what left me breathless. He did. It had been everything I wanted. So what was missing? A certain je ne sais quoi. It made me feel scared.

He knew.

I heard the doors to the balcony open behind me. The click of heels followed.

“He's a good dancer, isn't he? He was always a good dancer,” I heard the woman’s voice that I wanted to hear less than any other in the entire world.

I didn't try and pretend like she didn't know. I said nothing but she continued.

“Even before he was Cloud. And he became Cloud quite a bit earlier than he knows, I think. But he was always a good dancer. One of the things that his father taught him.”

"His father?" I turned to gaze out at Weiss Schnee from where I leaned on the balcony. “What are you talking about?” I demanded.

“He used to be Jaune Arc. Then Beacon fell and he became Cloud Strife. He changed in his entirety. He was one person then another. Jaune Arc died.”

“Jaune Arc?” I asked.

“His name before he knew himself. He asked me out incessantly before midterms. I always turned him down. It was bothersome. I didn’t need him annoying me all the time. I couldn’t see it then.”

“You turned him down? Why? He asked you out and you shut him down? But now you’re engaged to him? How did that pan out?” I couldn't imagine turning Cloud down if he ever asked me. It was shocking to hear that Schnee had. And they ended up together anyways.

“He came on with this fake personality. Over confident. I’m sure you know the type, what with your being a princess. You’ve met the occasional boy like that at galas and balls. Boisterous with nothing to back it up. They think they can pull off the ‘ladies man’ and win the girl. It’s so transparent. And Jaune Arc wasn’t even good at pretending at it or playing the role required. It was pathetic to be completely honest." Cloud? Pathetic? It was alien to my ears like she was speaking another language. "Surprised?" She asked.

"A little. It's hard to ever see him as pathetic. Maybe a little dense but never pathetic."

She laughed and it was a sound that would have made even Pine's bell-like laugh sound empty. "Yes, he is maybe still a little more than a little dense. It turns out it was because he himself had no idea who he was that made him act that way but then who could blame me? I do bear some fault but some of it was happenstance. He was the weakest person at Beacon bar none. He had no talent. He was clever but not wise so he came across as dull."

I did know the type of boy she was talking about. They were the least genuine people in the world. They lied to everyone including themselves. I’d danced with some before at balls and concerts. I guess the Schnee had too. We had that in common. We had more than that in common if I really thought about it. But to hear that he’d been the weakest student at Beacon was a shock. He was so powerful now that you could feel it if you stood close to him. Your aura gave you a dull throbbing warning that something hazardous to your health was nearby. I’d grown to like it a little. He was so dangerous it was sexy.

“But all that changed,” I interpreted. “He isn’t like that any more.”

“His partner died. He gave up the act. He worked hard. That’s what his semblance actually does. I’m sure you’ve seen it. You’re the one he trained before he taught here. He wrote about you often. Maybe you have heard the name: Limit Break?”

“I didn’t know that was it’s name.”

“A semblance is the manifestation of yourself. And his manifested as the ability to push himself past his limits. What does that say about him?” Schnee pressed.

“He trains hard.”

“But he works that hard at everything that he does. When I next saw him after Beacon fell he had given up that false facade. He let the mask go and he was alarmingly competent. He had real experience behind him. He didn’t hit on me again but he did look after me in a sort of odd distant fashion. He crushed people’s skulls for me. He dropped the act and became himself. He didn’t really care about trying to impress me but he did anyway. Instead of being the weakest of us he was among the strongest and only growing in power. At Beacon I never saw that in him. That spark. I regret that. His partner saw it. My partner saw it. I couldn’t see it. I usually pride myself regarding my ability to see through people but I missed it in him.”

“What do you want?” I demanded. Had she come just to rub it in my face?

“To explain why I let you dance with him.” My stomach dropped a little and I felt wary of Pine’s warnings. It had been a trap after all. Schnee had set me up. I should have been even more afraid that I got the dance than if I didn’t. She’d seen me coming and others like me. She had been ready. Walking out had been a trick all along. She’d given Yuma, Peach, and I the opportunity but only so that she could pin us down. “Or are you not interested?” She asked. She raised a delicate eyebrow over her scar and I wanted to punch her in her perfect face.

“Let’s hear it.”

“He has poor self esteem. He hates himself. I think that’s a part of what pushes him to be better. That’s my fault in part. I rejected him… cruelly... at times. Slammed the door in his face literally and metaphorically. It influenced him during the formative period of his life. He doesn’t believe that he’s attractive. I told him that there would be plenty of girls who would ask him to dance tonight given the opportunity.”

“You used me.”

“You used me,” she shot back. “How long did I leave the hall for before you were on my fiancé and drinking in his aura like a high voltage wire? I let you dance with him. You ought to be grateful to me because I allowed it. I granted you permission to touch him and I’m a jealous, possessive woman.”

“You share him.”

“With Ruby, yes. I share everything with Ruby. All my secrets and flaws. And what's a man compared to that? I love her as well. She also belongs to me. That’s hardly the same as letting some foreign, alien, stranger paw away at what is mine. And he is mine. I didn’t see his potential before but I was given a second chance. I’m not about to let that go now. And if you served the purpose of reducing his self hatred and improving his image of himself just a little then it was worth it.”

I fell into furious silence. I glared at the woman before me.

Inside a song stopped and a new one started before I spoke again.

“I should have had a shot. He never told me about you. Either of you. I had no idea he was taken. So yeah, I fell for him. It’s on you that you didn’t when you first met him. That’s your fault. It should have been your loss. And if you rejected him harshly and he’s still dealing with that then that’s on you too. Then you used me for leverage. That’s not fair.”

“You deserved a shot? His partner deserved a shot. That’s what’s not fair. She’s the real heroine here. She saw it from the start. She kept him alive. Thank the merciful gods she kept him alive and taught him what he needed to know. He would have died alongside her given the choice. He resents his survival but I don’t. She opened the door to his potential. And the lucky survivors gain the spoils. Pyrrha Nikos deserved it more than anyone. He's not over her death and I don't think he ever will be and I struggle to hold that against him. She was his second friend after Ruby and the first person in his entire life to ever really believe in him. I think he loved her. He might still. She played such a huge role in the beginning of his life. And I’m sorry he didn’t tell you about us. He is reserved. He’s that way about his family and relationships. He’s always been that way. And the trauma he has experienced hasn’t helped. But you’re right about one thing. I should have been out. Luckily Ruby wanted me and him both. She begged him not to make her choose. Luckily she was willing to share him with me and he’s willing to share her with me. I could have been out. Just like that.” She snapped her fingers. “I got lucky. I got a second chance. And you want to talk to me about fairness? After making moves on what’s clearly mine? I used you and you used me. That’s about as fair as it gets in this world. That’s business, princess.”

“You told him I was in love with him. That was for me to share if ever I wanted to. He was afraid of me the entire time we danced.”

“Afraid of you, afraid for you. He never would have realized if I hadn’t told him. And all I told him was that he should be ready for girls to swarm him at the dance. Then I informed him that a girl wouldn’t ask him unless she liked him. That’s just how we function. You played yourself. You walked into it and revealed your hand. That’s not my fault. And you got your dance with another woman’s man. That’s more than you ever would have received otherwise. And let's not act like if you knew he had a distant girlfriend that would have stopped you from falling in love. It didn’t stop me from falling in love with Ruby and Cloud when they were together. That happens to people irregardless.”

“So what happens now?”

“You move on. You’ve had your fun but he deserves rest and to not be worrying about every other girl’s heart. I’m going to ask Ruby to marry me. Cloud’s going to ask her to marry him. She’s going to say yes to both of us. It was her idea, this trio. She wants it. I’m going to get Cloud to stop abusing propsychotics. That blank stare scares me more than his frown. And he will give it up if I ask him to. Then we’re going to get married. And after that we’ll have our family.”

“In the time you have left.”

“Before…?” she wondered.

“Before Cloud dies,” I clarified.

“He told you? He must have thought you two were good friends. Ruby and I still hold out hope for a cure but we intend to make the most of what time we have."

“Are we not still friends?” I wondered.

“I’m willing to bet that’s up to you. Cloud will be uncomfortable with the notion he held your heart in his hands. But he can move past it if you give him the chance. And then you’ll be friends for keeps. And he’s a good friend when it comes down to it.”

“I deserved my shot.”

“You never had a chance. But that’s life. I got two chances, Ruby seized her’s, and you and Pyrrha never had any. It happens. We live in a cruel world. It hurts. It’s bullshit but it’s a fact of life. It kills us. It’s the worst. But it does have it’s bright moments if you can find them. Cloud can still be your friend. You can have that, yet. But he will be my husband. That’s happening for certain. How you deal with that is on you. Enjoy your evening.”

Then she turned and left me out on the balcony to go crush Peach and Yuma's hearts after she flattened mine. I turned back out over the Vista and cried silent tears.

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-WG

To celebrate 100 followers looking at my shitstorm blog have this chapter of motionsickness 15 chapters early.

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mystech-master · 5 years ago

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So, let’s go through each of the BBTAG fights in the 4 o.g. story modes and see which ones are necessary for character stuff. I may not want to use a fight if there is another fight with the same characters I want to interact but doesn’t have a dumb joke assigned to it.

Now I know Tag Team means tag-in-tag-out stuff, but I am just going to look at these fights as two on two fights with a designated opponent for each fighter.

Episode Blazblue

Ragna and Rachel vs Waldstein and Linne: Initial fight so kind of necessary. Linne and Rachel having some banter, maybe Rachel being able to find out about Linne’s curse, meanwhile, you got Wald tossing around Ragna before Ragna goes Grim Reaper on his ass.

Ragna and Gordeau vs Ruby and Blake: 1. I like Ragna and Gordeau’s interaction, 2. Have members of RWBY learn of Gordeau and Ragna’s Soul Stealing Powers and 3. Really you can switch up who fights who, because with Ragna vs Ruby and Gordeau vs Blake you got similar color schemes, but the other way with Ragna vs Blake and Gordeau vs Ruby you got actual Sword vs Sword and Scythe vs Scythe.

Ragna and Chie vs Hakumen and Carmine: Obviously Ragna has to fight Hakumen and Chie against Carmine b/c Hakumen would CRUSH Chie, plus this is where Ragna could earn some point with the I.T. by helping Chie. Of course, since this is post-CS/Pre-CP Ragna he’s a bit more gruff, blunt and not as nice with it, but he’s still helping kind of. Kind of like how Shinjiro was with Minato (yes I use that name STFU), Yukari, and Junpei when they were about to get mugged in P3.

Ragna and Waldstein vs Kanji and Azrael: Like I said, ignoring this one. Dumb joke, no good interactions, and I prefer Ragna and Kanji’s interactions in Episode P4A.

Ragna and Nu-13 vs Aigis and Vatista: As much as I don’t want Ragna to suffer this, this is the only way for him to have any contact with Aigis, the Shadow Operative, so she can report it back to Mitsuru when this is all over.

Ragna and Noel vs Hyde and Linne: This meet up is necessary since this is where they talk about plot stuff, Ragna’s hostility here is understandable considering everyone before his was all like “LET’S FIGHT!” without using any brain cells. While it starts out hostile they do become more amicable over the course of the conversation.

Side note: I do like it when Ragna says Observer, of course either meaning an overseer or the Blazblue term as one who makes things reality by acknowledging them, and Linne sees the term as “Supervisor”. It’s just stuff like that in crossovers that I like, the clashing terminology and stuff.

Ragna and Hazama vs Weiss and Orie: Weiss and Orie becoming aware of Ragna’s bounty, thus allowing some tensions during later meet ups. Although IDK how this will affect Hazama trying to act all friendly with the other worlds when Weiss and Orie saw him all chumy with Ragna, plus if they later see both Ragna and Hazama activating their Blazblues, with the similar activation codes, and they learn that Hazama/Terumi made the Azure Grimoire, with Ragna’s being a prototype in a way. That might not work out for him.

I’m skipping the Es fights since IDK if I’d even add Es in this.

Episode P4A (most of these I feel like should be kept since this is the only fight where almost the entire faction all joins up)

Yu and Yosuke vs Gordeau and Carmine: initial battle, so necessary. Could be someone different, since these itneractions don’t really matter.

Yu and Chie vs Tager and Makoto: Electric vs Electric and fist vs foot, since I’m trying not to flanderize them, Makoto and Chie won’t immediatly be all “KUNG FU *WATCHYA*!” so I’d tone that down a bit considering the situation.

Yu and Yukiko vs Hakumen and Rachel: Like I said before, I’d like to see how Hakumen, and maybe Rachel, reacts to the Wild Card. Since in Arena, Yu’s Wild Card Power of Friendship aura made Elizabeth, aka the one who oneshots Erebus (the manifestation of mankind’s desire for Death) every other month, step back. So imagine how Hakumen, mr. Power of Order/killer of the Black Beast would react to that.

Yu and Chie vs Jubei and Platinum: Kind of wish Kanji was here since this is his intro in the episode, that and Platinum needs to get smacked, but making it a girl on girl fight is fine I guess. Then you have maybe Jubei’s reaction to the Wild Card and Yu’s truth powers (I wonder if the Orb of Sight could reveal Terumi’s true form like Jubei’s Sekigan?)

.....wait is Kanji just not playable b/c he was DLC at the time, okay then screw that noise.

Yu and Yosuke vs Linne and Orie: Okay Naoto has no excuse for not fighting here like Kanji excpet for maybe beign DLC at the time, so Yu and Naoto vs Linne and Orie. Come on seeing Orie’s Thanatos clash with a Persona would be cool. Or at the very least the Persona characters assuming she has a Persona, it wouldn’t be a stretch for them.

Yu and Ragna vs Weiss and Ruby: Should I keep this in? Since it is a moment where people call Ruby and Weiss idiots for blindly trusting System inspite of being the one who summoned them. Plus a lot fo stupid lines from Ruby. The ony thing this does is give Ragna a chance to prove himself to the I.T.

Ignoring Es fights like I said but I do want to keep the offscreen fight of Ragna and Kanii vs Hakumen and Rachel (Kanji’s lighting resistance against Rachel, HA!). Also they were playing Naoto’s theme from the Arena games at the time, so that was kind of off for me.

Episode Under Night In-Birth (half of these is just Hyde’s “Must Save The Girl” tendencies coming in)

Hyde and Waldstein vs Rachel and Naoto: No good interactiosn outside fo seeing how Hde and Wald fight as a team, like maybe Wald pulling a fastball special with Hyde.

Hyde and Ruby vs Yosuke and Chie: Stupid reason to start with Hyde thinking they were bullying Ruby when it was a mistake, and well all know that even if Ruby is like a year or two younger tha Hyde she’d kick his ass. But I know people want to have Ruby be amazed at the Insulator, but I won’t have her be all “YOU HAVE COOL WEAPONS! LET’S FIGHT!” Like I wanted RUby to have more of a personality, but this is too much.

Kind of a side note, but when Ruby brought up weapons with Jaune in Volume 1, she wasn’t all in his face about it immediately, they were apparently talking for a while before bring it up naturaly in a conversation. It felt more....real, to me.

Hyde and Gordeau vs Makoto and Blake: Only here for the Makoto and Blake interactions.

Hyde and Weiss vs Azrael and Carmine: no one here should be fighting with, against, or near Azrael. This is just here for Hyde to play knight in shining armor to Weiss. You Hyde/Ruby shippers might want this so he can earn points with Ruby for protecting her BFF.

Hyde and Yukiko vs Platinum and Noel. More bad cooking jokes, that all of a sudden make Yukiko good, but I think that’s just to make Noel the focus of the joke since this is BLAZBLUE Cross Tag Battle. More Hyde saving the girl in a way, but I’m slightly more for it since Platinum suffers. And hey, System said the losing TEAM had to eat it, so maybe Noel eating her own food can result in her getting better.

I mean seriously, Yukiko apparently got better at the end of her Social Link in Persona 4 (If I recall) and I THINK that there was one line about Fuuka improving in Arena or something (someone please help me on that, I know she gets better in P3P as part of her SL there, but I really don’t think one should cook, even if they like it, if they suck at it), taking that away from them is kind of insulting.

Hyde and Yu vs Jubei and Jin: Insulator vs Musashi (the swords that cut through anything) and Power of Friendship vs Power of Order. I got asked a while ago on what would happen if Isnulator and Musashi clashed and this would be a good chance to explore that. Plus Jubei seeing both the Wild Card and the Insulator would be interesting.

Also, Jubei with Jin goes with Blazblue canon, as at this point (between Cs and CP) Jubei is training Jin on the Power of Order).

Ignoring Es fight

Episode RWBY (this’ll be hard b/c I am TRYING to tone back the anime bullshit with RWBY)

Ruby and Weiss vs Noel and Makoto: System didn’t intervene here and they were just like “We have to fight over the Keystone”, considering RWBY’s themes of unity and such you’d think they’d try and be amicable, before System jumps in. Weiss could even TRY and be civil with the apparent Faunus in front fo them dressed rdiduclously (seriously IDK who else in RWBY during Vol 1-3 wears shit like Makoto who, as Kokonoe said in one of the HMPK segements “Is a strong breeze or a cough away from a major wardrobe malfunction”).

But still Weiss and Makoto on the front with Ruby and Noel as long range support wiht their guns.

I do think Weiss saying they should split up is dumb though.

Ruby and Hazama vs Hyde and Carmine: Alowing Hazama to get some connection with Ruby so he has someone to vouch for him at Beacon when/if he tries something there.

Ruby and Rachel vs Vatista and Platinum: Rachel landed on Ruby, gave her snark, because Platinum and Vatista were trying to ask her questions about the situation, Ruby is TRYING to be cool-headed and ask questions, but Rachel is being a butt and forms a tag team with Ruby just to shut Vatista and Platinum up. This could be used as a way to make Rachel seem untrustworthy.

side note, Vatista asks if she “should switch to a beefy, macho, muchle-type body...” So....can Vatista shapeshift? I mean we know she had an older looking form before she gave up one of her wings to give the Insulator to Kuon in UNI’s backstory. SO does that mean she doesn’t have to be a loli and maybe this form is just o conserve energy or something?

Ruby and Waldstein vs Hakumen and Tager: Hakumen attacks Ruby and Tager tries to intervene, Hakumen says smething interesting “This world may be jeopardized if elements from conflicting worlds interact” in this case Ruby and the keysone.

And like....seithr, ars magus, personas, EXS, and Dust and aura coliding WON’T cause things to fuck up? Especially Hakumen, who has kind of a messed up existence at the moment.

and whe Ruby brings up what Rachel told her, Hakumen gets all on the offense, once again maing Rachel seem untrustworthy. Or at the very least not willing to be cooperative.

Hakumen begins to do his thing but Wald pulls a Hyde and comes in to scold them for attacking a little girl.

I would like to see Hakumen sense the Silver Eye power lying dormant in Ruby, and then lay down some cryptic words here though.

Like comparing the Silver Eyes to the Power of Order is interesting b/c the SIlver Eyes work with love and protection, unlike the Power of Order which is mostly used as a weapon.

Ruby and Weiss vs Gordeau and Orie: scythe and scythe vs rapier and rapier.

1, Orie blowing her cover by saying she is with Licht Kreis, although given the circumstances I doubt that matters. Also she kind of fights on Hyde’s behalf for Ruby getting Hyde’s keystone, and speaking up when she heard his name.

2, Weiss being all too eagar to fight, IDK if this would be in character for canon Weiss.

3. Orie mentioned a restriction. Didn’t System just say there was a punishment? Is it both?

4. Once again Weiss being all too eager to mock and fight. But maybe she is in a bad mood because she has also been having to deal with neandertha;s who don’t care about the situation and are just like “FUCK YEAH, FIGHTING!”

5. Now I may not be too up to date on UNI’s Chornicle Mode, but I don’t know if Orie being THIS against working with Amneisa would be what she would be like.

6. Gordeau is being amicable, but him saying “hate the monk, not his robes”, makes it sound like he is still a member of Amnesia. But if I recall, he quit. Does him working for them as a mercenary count?

7. Orie saying she is devoted to her mission with her ego being secondary should be kept in mind when characters want to be major assholes and make demands of people instead of being nice.

Okay I’m done with that

Ruby and Es vs Yosuke and Yukiko: with that stupid Ninja and Geisha comment, plus I already said I was ignoring Es.....yeah I’m going to skip this and the next one, even though by that logic Ragna won’t meet Ruby. I can fidn some way for this to work, sionce Ragna saving Ruby gets him points with Yang and the RWBY characters.

Alright that seems to be all. Blake got a few fights in but no Yang. What fight would you guys want to see her in that I could add onto here?

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danurso · 6 years ago

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Into jauneverse

*during a bright day, RWBY and JNPR were walking back to beacon after watching a movie in the theaters*

Ruby: that movie was so awesome!

Weiss: it was...enjoyable.

Yang: having spruce willis in the cast is already guaranteed fun for me.

Blake: since you love explosions right?

Nora: what's wrong with explosions? I love explosions! They make me happy!

Ren: i don’t think she was talking to you nora.

Jaune: soo...did you liked the movie?

Pyrrha: yeah, it was really fun. I didn’t knew action movies could be so funny like that.

Jaune: that's because we’re huntsmans, we’re used to real danger so whatever we see in these action movies looks more like comedy, if you we’re in spruce willis’ role the movie would’ve ended by the first act.

Pyrrha: yeah...i mean, you saw how many guys he fought in only one scene by the middle of the movie, why was it so hard to deal with three of them at the beginning?

Jaune: i have no idea.

Pyrrha: neither i do.

Jaune: ...so, there’s a marathon of spruce willis marked for tonight, we could use one of the common rooms to make some popcorn and watch all night long, i don’t think it's going to be a problem since tomorrow is sunday.

Pyrrha: that sounds lovely, although i think the couches from the common rooms are to small for all of us.

Jaune: *blushing a bit* actually...i was thinking if we could watch alone...i mean...you and i.

Pyrrha: *blushing* o-oh...right…

Jaune: i-its too weird right? Forget it, forget that i said anythi-

Pyrrha: no! T-there’s no need for that, i really like the idea.

Jaune: really?

Pyrrha: *nods*

Jaune: *with a dumb smile* o-okay then, once we get back i’ll prepare the popcorn, the blankets and the-

???: NOT SO FAST FAKER!!

RWBY/JNPR: *stops*

Jaune: ...wait, who said that?

Pyrrha: *looking around* i don’t knoOOHH!! *gets picked up*

Jaune: PYRRHA!!!

???: *tries to leap away*

Pyrrha: *breaks free falling back on her feet* who are you and what do you wa- *freezes staring at jaune, clad in a white armor with blue details and a blue cape* w-wha...jaune?

Knight jaune: *holds her hand with a charming smile* yes my lady? Tell me what do you want i’ll go through hell to make your wish come true.

Pyrrha: *blushing* w-what? Jaune, w-what happened to y-

Jaune: pyrrha!

Pyrrha: *looks back at jaune, standing besides her friends with his normal clothes* eh!? Wait. *looks back ahead to see jaune in armor* what? *looks back again to see normal jaune* w-what is going on? Why there is two jaunes?

Knight jaune: the explanation is simple my lady, that man is a faker using my appearance to try and steal you away from me. *now holding both of her hands with a determined expression* but i promise you my lady, i won’t let anyone get in the way of our love.

Pyrrha: *blushing again* l-love!?

Jaune: hey! I'm not a faker, let pyrrha go!

Knight jaune: i can’t do that faker! This lady has a place inside my heart, and i won’t let anyone steal her from me!

???: are you sure about that?

Pyrrha: AHH! *feels a rope wrap around her waist before getting yanked back* oof! *lands into something soft and looks up to see jaune, now wearing a large hat with a feather, an eyepatch and buccaneer clothes* w-what? Jaune?

Pirate jaune: hehehe, correct milady. I hope you don’t mind me stealing you for a bit, your heart is a treasure way too precious for me to let it in the hands of these bilge rats.

Pyrrha: *blushing again* m-my heart is what?

Pirate jaune: *with a charming smile* an treasure that not even all the gold in the sea could buy milady.

Pyrrha: *blushes deeply*

Knight jaune: TAKE YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF MY LADY YOU PIRATE SCUM!!

Pirate jaune: never! An true pirate will never let anyone take his treasure away so easily.

???: then you better think fast.

Pirate jaune: wha- *looks around trying to find pyrrha* where did she go!?

???: right here.

Pirate/Knight jaune: *looks back to another jaune, this one was composed by robotic parts until his jaw*

Cyborg jaune: hey there pyr, sorry i was late for the party.

Pyrrha: *really confused* j-jaune?

Cyborg jaune: of course it's me, i may have a metal heart, but it beats only for you, so of course i would be here.

Pyrrha: *blushing yet again*

Pirate jaune: *drawing his sword* you better give her back to me before i feed you to the sharks!

Knight jaune: *pulls out a golden sword* release my lady before i cut your head off metalic monster!

Cyborg jaune: not gonna happen. *pulls out a high frequency katana* you want her, you take her away from my dead body.

???: ENOUGH!!

Pyrrha: *flies up colliding with something* what is going o- *freezes staring at another jaune, this one with light amber triskele eyes, long white hair and four featherly wings on his back*

Angel jaune: don’t worry my dear, i won’t let this fight continue.

Pyrrha: w-who are you?

Angel jaune: *with a small smile* im your angel my dear, and you’re my goddess.

Pyrrha: *blushing once more* i-AAHHH *gets yanked again*

???: if she is anyone’s goddess, then she’s my goddess.

Pyrrha: *stares at another jaune, this one now wearing clothes made out of darkness, with dark purple eyes and a big black tattoo on his forehead*

Demon jaune: *holding her chin with a sultry grin* don’t worry my little maiden, i’ll be sure to finish this quickly so we can enjoy our time together.

Pyrrha: *blushing even more*

Angel jaune: *creating a small sun over his hand* i will not allow that to happen, you will stay away from my dear pyrrha.

Cyborg jaune: *with an red aura, scarlet eyes and a dark smirk* close your eyes pyr, i’ll have to teach them what happens when they stand between you and me.

Pirate jaune: out of my way you fools! This treasure belongs to me and me only! *raises his sword summoning a horde of ghost ships from the skies*

Knight jaune: *sword starts glowing* if you don’t get away from my lady, i will be forced to show you the power of my excalibur!

Demon jaune: *releases pyrrha, cracking his knuckles and with dark aura flaring like flames* bring it on, but be quick, i don’t want to waste my time here when i could be besides my little maiden.

Jaunes: *charging at each other and starting a devastating battle*

Pyrrha: oh my god, w-what is going oOON*gets yanked into an alley* not aga-

Jaune: *motions for her to stay quiet and whispers* look, i have no idea what's going on, i just know that we need to get out of here okay?

Pyrrha: nods.

Jaune: here, inside this building, they won’t find you here.

Pyrrha: *gets inside the building along with normal jaune and sighs* just what is going on now...where are these jaunes coming from?

Jaune: ...

Pyrrha: i mean, they can’t just be coming out of nowhere ri- *gets pressed against the wall* j-jaune?

Jaune: im sorry pyrrha...i can't hold back anymore.

Pyrrha: *red* w-what do you mean?

Jaune: ...i love you pyrrha...i love you more than anything in this world.

Pyrrha: *dark red* y-you do?

Jaune: yes...and i know im probably not as strong as the other jaunes out there, but i’ll do everything i can to make you happy pyrrha, so please, would you accept to be mine?

Pyrrha: i-i-i…

Jaune: *resting his head on her shoulder* please give me an answer...i’ll go crazy if you don’t give me one. *presses his face on her neck* i can feel your scent taking my reasoning away from me, i don’t think i can hold back for much longer. *wraps hands on her waist* so please tell me pyrrha. *raises his head, facing her and keeping his lips just a few centimeters from hers* do you love me as well?

Pyrrha: i...*slowly getting closer* love... *already feeling his warm breath* yo-

Nora: *barges in the dorm* HEY THERE PYRRHA!!

Pyrrha: KYAAA!!! *shuffling on her bed and quickly hiding a textbook below her pillow.* g-good afternoon nora. *sweating bullets* how are you today?

Nora: ...... *grins* you were writing fanfiction again weren't you?

Pyrrha: *dark red* w-wha-! I-i-i wasn’t wr-

Nora: aww it's okay pyrrha, i love your fanfictions, specially that one you wrote about jaune being a badass soul reaper.

Pyrrha: *atomic red* y-you read!?

Nora: yup, you probably shouldn’t store your fics bellow your bed, someone might find and read by accident.

Pyrrha: *mortified and speechless*

Nora: *we’re waiting for you in the dinner hall ‘kay? Bye pyrrha, good luck with the fics!

Pyrrha: *passes out by sheer embarrassment*

#rwby #arkos #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #jaune x pyrrha

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Decoding D&D’s Playlist

OK, In early Spring, D.B. Weiss and Daniel Benioff helped create a new Spotify playlist: Game of Thrones: The End Is Coming. Upon doing so, they told For the Record in an email, “The answer to the ending is one hundred percent hidden in the playlist choices. No one will believe us, but it’s true.”

I have spent the last couple of weeks going through each song and trying to figure out which character, which scenario, arc, storyline each song was about. I could be completely way-off, but it was fun. So here you. Enjoy! (Note: All songs link to full lyrics.)

Fair warning, this is long. Very long. So long that I’m going to put a cut. I will say... yeah, this playlist screams Gendrya endgame.

Sleep Now in the Fire - Rage Against the Machine

Dany as Mad Queen.

The world is my expense The cost of my desire Jesus blessed me with its future And I protect it with fire So raise your fists and march around Dont dare take what you need I’ll jail and bury those committed And smother the rest in greed Crawl with me into tomorrow Or i’ll drag you to your grave I’m deep inside your children They’ll betray you in my name

Her Black Wings - Danzig

This one seems to fit Arya in the first three episodes of the season.

She brings the lust Supernatural Ceasing never On and On and On Her stride is such Mortals freeze When she walks past And she comes down to me And she offers me sleep Under her black wings

Think about Arya flying down to kill the Night King, that fits with the “Under her black wings.” And “Mortals freeze when she falls by" and the mention of the "supernatural," all fit the Faceless men training and her overall ability to walk silent and her skills.

Entwined with love Unclean she is

Everything Arya is doing, everything that she has done, every kill has been done for love, to avenge the people she loves, to protect those she loves. And yet, she's so surrounded, covered, engulfed in death that she's unclean.

See she comes Blacker than pitch Have to make this fallen bitch All I want All I crave Demoness calls The bitch is come For those who wait Cross the breach in hell See she is Bedeviled with breasts Enchantment on legs

This stanza here even fits her if you take into account the fact that the Hound calls her a bitch all the time, and the last two lines, well, we do see Arya as a woman for the first time this season.

Immigrant Song (Remaster) - Led Zeppelin

The Army of the Undead want to take over Westeros.

The End (Remaster) - The Doors

This could certainly be about Tyrion with regards to Jaime and Cersei, but something about it just says the Hound (and Arya) a bit more to me because of a line in the final stanza: “You’ll never follow me.” Plus, there is a reference to a “Stranger” in the song. The Hound’s horse was named “Stranger” and, of course, as was established (in my opinion) in the final season, the Hound=death and in the faith of the Seven, the Stranger represented death.

This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend

The end Of our elaborate plans The end Of everything that stands The end No safety or surprise The end I'll never look into your eyes Again

Can you picture what will be So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land

Arya is the Hound’s only friend now that Gendry has become something more. And with what happened in "The Bells," it was the end of their journey together.

Now there is this stanza which is why one could think it references Tyrion thinking about his family with the references to father, brother and sister:

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he Paid a visit to his brother, and then he He walked on down the hall, and And he came to a door...and he looked inside "Father?" "Yes, son." "I want to kill you." "Mother, I want to fuck you"

But I took that as more allegorical, the Hound being the killer who is ready to finally kill his family, i.e., his brother. Furthermore, Ray Manzarek said about this song that Morrison "was giving voice in a rock ‘n’ roll setting to the Oedipus complex" and the lines about the father and mother derive from that mythology and essentially boil down to one principle, you can't escape your fate.

Oedipus' father banishes him because he is told that Oedipus will kill him and sleep with his mother. Years later, Oedipus meets a beautiful woman, they fall into bed, Oedipus fathers catches them and lo and behold!, it's his wife... and Oedipus' mother but neither know that, because Oedipus' father banished him to avoid the prophecy. Oedipus and his father fight, and boom! Oedipus kills his father. Ergo, you can't escape your fate. So... does that apply to the Hound killing his brother or Tyrion and his siblings? Could be both. I just think it leans more towards the Hound.

Then we come to the end of the song and it is full of profanity after profanity, the Hound’s calling card before leading to death and then the bolded line that just scream the Hound to Arya.

C'mon, yeah, c'mon, yeah Fuck me, baby, fuck yeah Fuck, fuck, fuck, yeah! Fuck, yeah! C'mon, baby Fuck me, baby, fuck, fuck, yeah Whoa, whoa, yeah, fuck, baby C'mon, yeah, huh, huh, huh, huh, yeah All right [...] It hurts to set you free But you'll never follow me The end of laughter and soft lies The end of nights we tried to die This is the end

On the other hand, if you take out the Stranger references and look at those specific references to brother, sister, father and how Tyrion had to let go of Jaime and Cersei and the Lannister of it all to move forward in many ways, it fits him best. Also, if you look at the line in the final stanza that is italicized that fits Tyrion with his brother *and* sister.

So honestly, I could go either way even if I do lean a bit more towards the Hound.

Girl From the North Country - Bob Dylan

Yes, I know there is a line in this song that references the girl's long hair lying past her breast, but regardless, everything else about this song just screams pre-season Gendry and Arya. It totally, totally does. It just totally is Gendry pining for Arya. Nothing else makes sense. N-O-T-H-I-N-G!

If you're travelin' in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine

If you go when the snowflakes storm When the rivers freeze and summer ends Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm To keep her from the howlin' winds

I know that some have tried to fit it with Sansa and Tyrion, and I love them, but it just doesn't fit them. Sansa is in no way Tyrion’s true love, she just isn't. He hasn't been thinking of her throughout his time away from her. We know that. We absolutely know that. It does not fit them, sorry Sanrion fans (I’m one of them).

Now, if there is some time jump that we see in episode 06 before Arya goes to Gendry (because, yes, I'm still convinced that we are getting an Arya/Gendry endgame), then maybe this will apply to *that* timeframe, but as of now, I still see it as pre-season 08 Gendrya, just the feeling, the tenor and tone of it. Think of Gendry's line to her in the second episode:

The last time you saw me, you asked me to come to Winterfell. I took the long road…

Yeah.

Mama Kin (Live Version) - Guns n Roses

(FYI: These are the lyrics for the live version, so they may differ slightly.)

I believe this one is about Cersei and how her life has been spent living a lie, putting on a show, but it’s all just that, a show.

losin’ touch with all that’s real Whole lotta lover, keepin’ undercover

Cersei so often just can’t face the reality of all the shit going on around her, through most of her relationship with Jaime, she kept that a secret and even kept her other lovers a secret from him.

You’ve been fadin’, always out paradin’

Cersei has always been hiding who she really is, pretending to be the perfect queen, the perfect wife, perfect mother.

Spittin’ fire from your mouth just like a dragon

She does incest like the Targaryens. She's crazy like the Targaryens, but she's not a Targaryen.

You better check it out ‘cause someday soon You’ll have to climb back on the wagon

It’s not going to last, she’s not going to get her happy ending. (Duh.)

It ain’t easy livin’ like you want to

She became the queen, the ruler of the seven kingdoms, but NOTHING has come easy and it’s still hard for and she never had peace or happiness.

And workin’ for daddy’s such a drag You still stuff your mouth With his beans

She as always under Twyin’s control, she hated it, but she was always under his thumb, always playing by his rules.

This was all about Cersei not being good enough, wanting more, but never getting it, giving up everything and never getting it. She should have cherished what mattered, but she didn’t and lost everything consequently.

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Dany as Mad Queen. Now, this could have been about Cersei, but there’s a line that screams treason, so… Dany.

I'm gonna fight 'em off A seven nation army couldn't hold me back They're gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back And I'm talkin' to myself at night Because I can't forget Back and forth through my mind

Howlin For You - The Black Keys

This is so obviously Gendry about Arya that they might as well have revealed it as such after episode 02 in the "Inside the Episode" video.

I must admit I can't explain Any of these thoughts racing Through my brain

It's true Baby I'm howlin' for you

Can't you see Little girl's Got a hold on me

Like glue Baby I'm howlin' for you

War - Grandson

Pretty clearly not just about the war against the Undead, but that the war for the Iron Throne still raged on despite the fate of humanity and that victory should have been something that brought everyone together, but you know... humanity.

And it's war in the east War in the west War up north War down south

Everywhere is war It's a war Oh, everywhere is war It's a war

Let Me Live/Let Me Die - Des Rocs

Arya again, specifically with Beric sacrificing himself to save her and then her going to kill the Night King. And then leading to her decision to live or to die in "The Bells."

I know pain, I know dread Wicked veins, they turn to lead Tears don’t stop the fire It's killing time

Back from the dead See, their eyes got nothing left Kiss me, I am the cobra It's killing time

Flugufrelsarinn - Sigur Ros

This was in Icelandic and here is the translation:

Hullabaloo, I rushed down to the lake A savior I made a ship and said a short prayer Because I was scared The sun shown and the lake flowed Sunflowers, sunflowers, the flies die But today I must save as many flies as possible In each hand I carry a string, determined I throw them into the abyss and try To draw the flies in before The smolts reach them where they fight The stream and water And so the day passes on Going on board, I had begun fighting the stream Which had already killed so many I can't breathe and I'm getting heavier with every wave I need a miracle Because I'm drowning sins I try to get onboard I pull ashore and save myself onto Onto the beach I lay on a hot rock and let myself dry again I throw myself into the abyss and try To draw in the flies before The smolts reach them where they fight The stream and water A breeze, completely soaked Bold, feels how the boat is out of the strongest current And the land slowly approaches He is both onboard, Sea and on land saving The flies that die here Though especially himself Eternal war and peace nowhere But someone has to sacrifice himself The days are long

With the references to a savior, a sacrifice, the water, the waves, the drowning and the sins, I think it's clear that this is about Theon and his sacrifice for Bran. Especially when you take into account what the title of the song translate to: "The Fly's Savior," and Bran is, after all, the Three-Eyed Raven. The last stanza absolutely screams Theon (on sea, on land) trying to save the "flies" that die here and always trying to save himself until the end "someone has to sacrifice himself." Makes me a bit teary-eyed. Very beautiful.

You can hear the song (with the Icelandic lyrics/English translation on the screen--well most of them and some vary, but they're mostly there) here.

Can't Stop The Bleeding - Tom Morello feat. Gary Clark Jr. and Gramatik

An interesting note is that this song was added *right before* the finale. I thought after I first heard it that it would be about Tyrion realizing that Dany was not the one to break the wheel and that he would do would do something drastic about it. Yes, he made that realization, but quitting his job was not that drastic.

On the other hand... Jon's action in finding out that Daenerys was basically going to burn the world down if people didn't follow her vision, including his sisters? Well, that was pretty drastic. So I now believe this was about Jon and Jon realizing that no matter how much he loved her that he couldn't stop the bleeding of his heart, but he had to stop the bleeding of the world.

Frayed like myth, every fool caught it Sound like this, every fool bought itCan't stop the bleeding, calling Can't stop the bleeding, ohFill my soul, it's hard to see Trouble found and trouble lost

Tyrion was duped into believing that Daenerys was the Princess that was Promised, and I think he's going to something drastic about it.

Fire - Barns Courtney

Ceganebowl!

Oh, a thousand faces staring at me Thousand times I've fallen Thousand voices dead at my feet Now I'm gone, now I'm gone, now I'm gone

And my mother told me, "Son, let it be." Sold my soul to the calling Sold my soul to a sweet melody Now I'm gone, now I'm gone, now I'm gone

Oh, gimme that fire Oh, gimme that fire Oh, gimme that fire Burn, burn, burn

The mother in the song is metaphorical or one could take it as the Mother of the New Gods and the Mother stands, among other things, for mercy and peace. And we all know that the Hound is not going to 'Let it be" so it's pretty clear that this is the Hound facing his deepest fear--diving headfirst into fire--at the same time finally getting his soul's desire and taking out his brother.

Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea - MISSIO

The pretty gross relationship between Euron and Cersei, and after episode 05, more specifically, the demise of Euron Greyjoy! (The crowd cheers!)

Wave of Mutilation - Pixies

This one's about Theon.

cease to resist, giving my goodbye drive my car into the ocean you'll think i'm dead, but i sail away on a wave of mutilation a wave wave

i've kissed mermaids, rode the el nino walked the sand with the crustaceans could find my way to mariana on a wave of mutilation, wave of mutilation wave of mutilation wave

Saying goodbye to Yara, the ocean references, "What is dead may never die" = "you'll think i'm dead, but i sail away," the mutilation" theme. Yeah, good ole Theon.

Wolf Like Me - TV On the Radio

I think this is about Sansa to Tyrion, using him to get to Dany.

Say Say my playmate Won't you lay your hands on me Mirror my malady Transfer my tragedy

"Playmate" as in someone who is playing the 'game' with her, and the final two lines, the two of them sharing their fears, their miseries, knowing what the other has been through.

We could jet in a stolen car But I bet we wouldn't get too far Before the transformation takes And bloodlust tanks and Crave gets slaked

They could work together, maybe even try marriage again, but both of them know it wouldn't last because there are too many ambitions and lusts and powerplays going on, not necessarily just within them but around them.

My mind has changed My body's frame but god I like it My hearts aflame My body's strained but god I like it

Sansa has become stronger and smarter, she's changed and it's been hard and it's still hard, but she likes it.

Gonna teach you tricks that'll blow your Mongrel mind Baby doll I recognize You're a hideous thing inside If ever there were a lucky kind it's You you you you

She recognizes his flaws, where she can manipulate him now because she learned from Cersei and Littlefinger, and she knows that it wasn't just his brains that got him this far, but he's had luck help him too. Of course, Tyrion is not a "hideous thing inside" and I don't believe that's how Sansa sees him, but this whole section is how she manipulated him, how she used him, because she did. It's about her being able to manipulate him as Cersei and Littlefinger taught her. The only truly hideous characters inside left this season were Euron and Cersei and none of the Starks would have interacted with them to fit this song; that was just one part of the song that was definitely metaphorical.

Writhing under your riding hood

I just think that the reference to "riding hood" was a key to this being about Sansa with the immediate jump to "red" from that phrase and Sansa's red hair.

POWER - Kanye West

The best I can make of this is that it's about Sansa getting through all that she has been through to be in control where she is and she's now determined that one person is not going to be in power of all of them, especially not the North.

Rumble young man, rumble Life is a trip so sometimes we gon' stumble You gotta go through pain in order to become you But once the world numbs you, you'll feel like it's only one you Man, you got the power to do anything you want to Until you ask yourself, "Is that what it's all come to?" Looking at life through sunglasses in the sunroof Do you have the power to get out from up under you Fuck all these labels, fuck what everybody wants from you

I could be totally and absolutely wrong with this one.

Let’s Have a War - Fear

Cersei's perspective re: the battle of King’s Landing.

There's so many of us There's so many of us There's so many There's so many of us There's so many of us There's so many

Let's have a war So you can go and die Let's have a war We could all use the money

Let's have a war We need the space Let's have a war Clean out this place

Powa - Tune-Yards

Dany breaking her promise to Tyrion about burning King's Landing if the bells rang.

Rebel, rebel, no Lightening dances in my head Devil, devil, whoa, oh, oh Burning steady as a motor

[...]

'Cause you bomb me with lies, humiliations everyday You bomb me so many times

I never find my way Come on and bomb me Why won't you bomb me? Come on and bomb Go on and whoa

Listen to the Lion - Van Morrison

The first half of this just screams the end of Jaime and Cersei:

And all my love come down All my love come tumblin' down All my love come tumblin' down All my love come tumblin' down Oh, listen listen To the lion Oh, listen listen listen To the lion... Inside of me Oh, oh, oh

And I shall search my soul I shall search my very soul And I shall search my very soul I shall search my very so-o-oul

For the lion For the lion For the lion For the lion... Inside of me Oh, oh, yeah

And all my tears have flown All my tears like water flown

Right? That's their end. Things literally came tumbling down on them, the lion inside Cersei, the Lannister sigil is the Lion, she's pregnant with their last child. All tears have flown because they gonna die, can't cry no more, right? So, obviously this song is about the end of Jaime and Cersei, except... for the next part of the song.

And we sailed, and we sailed... And we sailed, and we sailed... And we sailed, and we sailed... ... sailed to Caledonia

And we sailed, and we sailed, And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed... Away from Denmark Way up to Caledonia Away from Denmark Way up to Caledonia

And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed... All around the World And we sailed..., and we sailed..., and we sailed... Looking for a brand new start

(They sailed to a few more places, but you get the point.) So, clearly Jaime and Cersei aren't doing that... unless, they did somehow escape those tumbling rocks and we'll see them in the final episode, then, yeah, this song *is* about them. If not and they do be dead and gone, then, well, yeah, I could see this song being about Ser Brienne of Tarth. Because the first part of the song would totally fit her too... if she, like Cersei, had a Jaime Lannister Lion inside her. Uh huh.

We shall see.

Cold Cold Cold - Cage the Elephants

I'm thinking this one's about Jon and his conflict over his identity, because first off we start early on with this line:

I've been breathing air but there's no sign of life

Jon, technically, isn't alive, being a fire wight and all, so, I'm just saying.

Tell me how hard will I fall if I live a double life

Jon Snow / Aegon Targaryen. Uh huh.

And as the darkness falls it fills up both my eyes My life before me like a flash in the night With my arms open wide

Well it's cold, cold, cold, cold inside Cold, cold, cold, cold inside Cold, cold, cold, cold inside Doctor can you help me cause something don't feel right Something don't feel right, something just ain't right

He found out all of this right before the Long Night.

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age

This is absolutely about Arya and the whole the Hound=Death and Gendry=Life theory.

And I realize you’re mine Indeed a fool am I And I realize you’re mine Indeed a fool am I Ahh

Gendry proposed, offered himself to her, asked her to be with him... and she totes is gonna realize that she was a fool because he is hers.

Heaven smiles above me What a gift here below But no one knows A gift that you give to me No one knows

The Hound gave Arya a gift, he made her realize that it's time to LIVE her life, instead of dying everyday just waiting for death. Once upon a time, Arya was No One. Yuppers.

Wolves of Winter - Biffy Clyro

This has got to be Sansa giving some straight talk to Dany.

Justify your reasons, now it is my turn We are the wolves! How's it gonna feel when there's no one to support ya? How's it gonna feel when you're standing there alone?

We have achieved so much more than you possibly thought we could (I love that you're seething) You can achieve anything, just remember no I in team (But there's two in brilliant) We are the wolves of winter We live in a kingdom of blood

Go to War - Nothing More

Dany to Jon episode 04 is what this is feels like this is referencing.

Screaming at the ones we love Like we forgot who we can trust Screaming at the top of our lungs On the grounds where we feel safe Do we feel safe? Do we feel safe?

She's lost so many people and feels like those she has she can't completely trust. She doesn't feel safe.

Hush, my baby, make no sound Maybe we can wait each other out It's a cold war Let's go to war

With every settled score I thought that fighting with meant fighting for But you turn it around But you turn it around (War, war, war!)

She doesn't feel she has anyone completely on her side anymore.

Every feeling in my bones Tells me to lash out and tell you to fuck off You've got my heart and I've got your soul But are we better off alone? With every battle we lose a little more Remember everything that we'd die for You are everything that I'd die for

Dany still loves and wants Jon, but Jon no longer can love her like *that.* And Dany keeps losing more and more with every battle, and she hasn't forgotten what she's fighting and what everyone that she loves has died for.

Little Monster - Royal Blood

I think this one is about Jon taking on Tyrion.

Hey little monster, I got my eye on you Where are you going, where you running to? Hey little monster, you know it's all ok I'm gonna love you, no matter what you say

I think this may be about Jon and Tyrion trying to come to terms with what Dany is doing before they part ways on how to deal with her IF my speculation is correct that Tyrion winds up killing her to protect the realm. And then from that point on, things change between Jon and Tyrion. The next part of the song is more about Jon's feelings for Dany and how Tyrion is going to see the Wolf in Jon Snow.

I got love on my fingers Lust on my tongue You say you got nothing, So come out and get some Heartache to Heartache, I'm your wolf- I'm your man I say run little monster, Before you know who I am

Jon had Daenerys' love and Tyrion didn’t. Tyrion took Dany out to protect the realm and Jon understands that it came from a place from honor and that Tyrion loved Dany, but it doesn't matter, Jon is going to show avenge her.

I could be totes wrong, though. We'll find out tomorrow!

Burn the Fleet - Thrice

This is the first attack on King’s Landing.

Sister - Prince

Uhm, yeah, just read the lyrics. It doesn't perfectly describe their situation, but it's the overall tenor and theme. It's clearly about Jaime’s conflict over Cersei.

Dire Wolf - Grateful Dead

The living the night before the Battle of Winterfell, there's just a pervasive sense of a feeling of dread the night before someone's going to die.

the wolves are running round The winter was so hard and cold froze ten feet neath the ground

Don't murder me I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me

Devil’s Spoke - Laura Marling

OK, I could be wrong, but I'm thinking this is about Arya deciding to start a new life, making that conscious choice and be with Gendry.

All of this can be broken All of this can be broken Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground

Basically, this is saying that the choices you've made can be changed and you can take your hang-up (your devil) and cast it away, pin it down.

But the love of your life lives, but lies no more And where she lay your flowers grow

Arya is the love of Gendry's life, and she's no longer lying to herself, and one can take that second line in two ways. 1) as in his hopes grew, or 2) metaphorically, that when they lie together, she got pregnant.

The arms are fed and the babes that wed The backs that bled keeping her in tow But I am your keeper And I hold your face away from light I am yours till they come

The first two lines read to me like Arya's take on society's role for women that she will not be a part of it, and the last three lines are her saying that as long as they are true to who they are and each other, she is his.

Queen - Perfume Genius

I can't see this as anything other than Dany as Mad Queen.

Don't you know your queen? Ripped, heaving Flower bloom at my feet Don't you know your queen? Cracked, peeling Riddled with disease Don't you know me?

No family is safe When I sashay

It just gives the overall feel of insanity.

Cruel - St. Vincent

From Dany’s perspective because the North didn’t appreciate her, Westeros wasn’t clamoring for her, she didn’t have their love like she did in Essos.

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you? For you could want that, too They could take or leave you So they took you, and they left you How could they be casually cruel? Cruel, cruel, oh

Crown on the Ground - Sleigh Bells

Cersei losing everything.

You need to know how, To say you'll backtrack, Between the clear bag, Somewhere in your habitat, You have a little thing, You think you're bothering, The class is ending, ending, ending, You never did know, You don't wanna know, There's another show playing in your window, The perm'nent thought of you, Has never bothered you, You're gonna have to, have to, have to,

Set, set that crown on the ground

Mother - The Amazons

Tyrion trying to fix everything he’s fucked up because he still wants to believe.

Friends want to kill me But I give them all my loving anyway If god won't forgive me I'm not the only one to make amends

Bronn's trying to kill him. Tyrion is still trying to make amends, as is Jaime.

Mother, it's not in my hands Try to understand, it's only 'cause I can Fools believe they can erase All that they've done before

Tyrion telling the Mother--as in one of the Seven--that he is still trying to believe he can make up for his past sins and mistakes.

Hot Blood - KALEO

Jon’s conflict and shame over his love for Dany, his aunt.

You turn your back, you’re a broken man You come around and just dying to shake your hand I don’t expect you to understand Just keep telling yourself there’s no shame

This was when he was still trying to convince himself it was OK, but then, of course he pulled away from their kiss.

They don’t know 'bout who we are They don’t know 'bout you and I They ain’t know 'bout the stars of your eyes Oh hot blood love is gonna get ya

Before the secret was out...

You wanna prove you’re the better man You wanna reach for the things that nobody can Oh all you need is to break away, yeah Just keep telling yourself there’s no shame

Jon Snow/Aegon Targaryen is a honorable man just like his real father, Ned Stark, and nothing can change that.

War Pigs/Luke’s Wall - Black Sabbath

The end of Cersei who never cared about any of her subjects.

Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight?

Cersei until nearly the very end up there safe in her tower watching all of the bloodshed and destruction.

They leave that role for the poor, yeah Time will tell on their power minds, Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess, Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah

She could have helped, she knew that by playing her games, thousands and thousands of people could and would die, but she didn't care.

Now in darkness world stops turning, Ashes where the bodies burning No more War Pigs have the power, Hand of God has struck the hour Day of judgement, God is calling On their knees the war pigs crawling, Begging mercies for their sins Satan, laughing, spreads his wings

The end of Cersei, ashes falling, bodies burning. Not Satan, but Drogon.

Dead Skin Mask - Slayer

Dany the Mad Queen, again.

Graze the skin with my finger tips The brush of dead cold flesh pacifies the means Provocative images delicate features so smooth A pleasant fragrance in the light of the moon

Dance with the dead in my dreams Listen to their hallowed screams The dead have taken my soul Temptation’s lost all control Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes Lose all mind control rationale declines

Dany's dreams with Drogo and her baby. So many screams that she has listened to, and we all know that temptation has taken over, no more control, rationale is gone.

Empty eyes enslave the creations Of placid faces and lifeless pageants In the depths of a mind insane Fantasy and reality are the same

The coin has landed on the side of insanity.

Killer Wolf - Danzig

Arya and her awesome power, as a killer, as a woman (see: one smitten Gendry err Rivers Baratheon).

I’m the wolf I’m the one you want I’m the killer wolf I’m 'onna pound you home I’m the wolf Howlin’ all night I curl up next to you When you’re all alone

How her deadly abilities, her killer ways have become so much a part of who she is.

I’m the wolf Howlin’ all night I’m the king wolf I put the chill in your bones I’m the wolf Hunting you down I ain’t no back door wolf I don’t scratch at no doors

She has no fear, she’s in control, and numb to the world in generally for the most part.

Just one kiss, yes From my lips Rake your soul Over burning coals Just one touch, yes From my love Make you howl 'Til the sun comes up I’m the wolf

And how with a few well-placed comments, eyebrow lifts, sultry looks and deadly knife throws gets Gendry all hot and bothered like that. Boy's just gone for her. In the immortal words of Joe Dempsie, he's spruuuung!

The Time Is Now - Atreyu

I just can't see this being about anything other than Arya after episode 05 being ready to start a new life--one that is not about death. And since I firmly believe that the Hound=Death, and Gendry=life, and both are crazy entangled up with Arya this season, that therefore means the new life she starts will be with Gendry.

I've been dreaming 'bout, hope for better days Time for dreaming's done, time to face the sun

(Flying high above the world) It's a new life, it's a new mind And I will never fall

Arya rode away on that white horse, flying high and you know she will not fall. It's just too hopeful and happy to be about Daenerys.

(The time is now) I can't contain myself, I never felt so alive (The time is now) I'm past the breaking point, I set my soul on fire

"I never felt so alive..." For the first time, Arya has given herself permission to live.

(Hey-ay, hey-ay, hey-ay, yeah) The time is now!

Yup, the time is now.

Be My Fire - The Blue Stones

Dany wanting so much for Jon to still love her as his love, wanting him to trust her, to be true to her, to be with her forever.

Baby, be my fire Baby, be my flame Baby, be the softly burning embers

You need a man in whom You can depend Well I'd be the gasoline To keep you alive And I'd be the cold So unbreakable We'd burn together Straight through the night That's alright Baby, be my fire

Yes, it says "man," but eh, the point still gets across. I think this is about them. I think.

Rise Above - Black Flag

I think this is about Sansa and representing the North wanting their independence back.

we are tired of your abuse try to stop us but its no use

societys arm's out of control rise above we're gonna rise above think there smart cant think for themselves rise above we're gonna rise above laugh at us behind our backs rise above we're gonna rise above i find satisfaction in what they lack rise above we're gonna rise above

Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers

I had no clue what this song was about… I had to go to Song Meanings since I’m not from Ireland and don’t know much about the politics, the Punk Rock scen or the political dynamics going on there. The bottom line is that this song is about seeing beyond the divisions. Therefore, this song… is Jon’s point of view. We all are in this together: The Living against the Undead.

This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life - Young Ruffians

This whole song is about someone trying to figure things out. It’s about someone who frankly knows nothing… so, uhm, yeah, Jon Snow, and his identity crisis and trying to figure out what the fuck to do.

I need to know who I am and what I'm going to do while I'm on earth I need to understand everything and everybody's lives

The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn - The Pogues

This one’s about Tyrion… the song is very Celtic with lots of history about the people. Basically, it's about the urge to self-destruct and about a man's life-long descent into alcoholism. SO, yeah, Tyrion.

Winterlong - Neil Young

Well, this certainly seems to apply to Gendry after Arya turned down his proposal. Very promising though is the fact that nothing in the song is definite. It was all “if…” “you seem to be…”

I waited for you, Winterlong You seem to be where I belong. It's all illusion anyway.

“You seem...” that leaves it to open, the possibility of her coming back is not closed off. The "illusion" could refer to the title and castle.

If things should ever turn out wrong And all the love we have is gone, It won't be easy on that day.

"If" and "it won't be easy on that day" makes it clear he hasn't given up, he's still waiting for his girl to come to him.

Furr - Blitzen Trapper

OK, guys, this is it. I know I keep saying it, but yeah, Arya and Gendry? Are absolutely endgame. This song sounds absolutely like Arya deciding to give up her Stark-ways, being the killer with a list, etc. and joining Gendry. I mean, for reals! I'm just putting all the lyrics here bolding key phrases.

Yeah, when I was only 17, I could hear the angels whispering So I droned into the words and Wondered aimlessly about till I heard my mother shouting through the fog It turned out to be the howling of a dog Or a wolf to be exact. The sound sent shivers down my back But I was drawn into the pack. And before long, they allowed me To join in and sing their song. So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah We would gladly get our fill, Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn. And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong. For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah And my thoughts, they surely were turned to Instinct and obedience to God.

[Chorus] You can wear your fur Like the river on fire. But you better be sure If you’re makin' God a liar. I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fuel on fire. So if you're gonna' get made, Don't be afraid of what you've learned.

On the day that I turned 23, I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree. When suddenly a girl With skin the color of a pearl, Wandered aimlessly, But she didn't seem to see. She was listenin' for the angels just like me. So I stood and looked about. I brushed the leaves off of my snout. And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees. You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees. So I took her by the arm We settled down upon a farm. And raised our children up as Gently as you pleased.

And now my fur has turned to skin. And I've been quickly ushered in To a world that I confess I do not know. But I still dream of running careless through the snow. An' through the howlin' winds that blow, Across the ancient distant flow, It fill our bodies up like water till we know.

[Chorus]

OK, now aside from the very, very obviousness of the fact that if you switch the genders--which, when a song THIS PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES Arya and Gendry's story with references to wolves and packs and settling in a farm (forest lass), etc. one can not worry about the gender not matching perfectly--there's another very key thing one has to bear in mind.

The song is called "Furr." That title clearly references the narrator (who in this case would be Arya) being a wolf. The group name is Blitzen Trapper. Blitzen is, of course, famously known as one of the reindeer who pulled Santa's sleigh. While science has now proven that all of Santa's reindeer were likely female as male reindeer shed their antlers in December, it is highly unlikely that when the tale was first told that such was known therefore we're going with the original conception that Blitzen is indeed male. And since Blitzen is known as a male reindeer, well, another name for a male deer is a... stag. So, not only does the song itself alone scream an Arya and Gendrya endgame (it really, really, REALLY does).

The group name + the song title + the meaning of the song = The Stag caught the Wolf with his love.

At this point, let me remind ya'll that Benioff and Weiss said about this playlist, "The answer to the ending is one hundred percent hidden in the playlist choices. No one will believe us, but it’s true." Uh huh. I believe you!

Power - AJ Ghent

There are no lyrics for this one, so I just listened to it and really, I think it might be the beginning of the season when Dany was feeling confident about taking on the Army of the Dead and Cersei. OR it could be Cersei feeling confident about taking on Dany with her greater numbers. It’s easier to analyze it when you can look at the lyrics. :shrugs:

Toxicity - System of a Down

This song is really about nature being corrupted and capitalism taking over the world, so all I can really take from it is in relation to the endgame that it's Sansa and her opinion of Dany and how she thinks that she is a conqueror set on taking over Westeros by any means necessary.

Born For Greatness - Papa Roach

Oh, my heart. I think this is about Varys, whom I’ve always loved. He's my sixth fave character in the whole series.

I am a man at war And I am fighting for All of the broken people All of the people thrown overboard They always tried to shame us But they don't speak our language No, we're not nameless, we're not faceless We were born for greatness

Yup, and he fought all the way to the end.

Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I could be totally wrong, but all I can think here is Cersei’s downfall and her and Jaime’s death although he tried to rescue her.

Gold lion's gonna tell me where the light is, Gold lion's gonna tell me where the light is, Take our hands out of control, Take our hands out of control

Now, tell me what you saw, Tell me what you saw, There was a crowd of seeds, Inside, outside, I must have done a dozen each

It was the height I threw, the weight, The shell was crushing you, I've been around a few

Here’s Your Future - The Thermals

There’s gonna be a lot of death and destruction and people are going to pay for their sins, and someone is going to be sacrificed for sins that they did not commit, maybe not in death, but that person won’t be happy. And I think that person will be Jon.

God reached his hand down from the sky He flooded the land and he set it afire He said fear me again and know I'm your father And remember that no one can breathe underwater

The deaths Dany caused, Theon's death, all the Ironborn deaths, including Euron's mens' deaths.

God told his son it's time to come home I promise you won't have to die all alone I need you to pay for the sins I create Son said I will but dad I'm afraid

Jon's no Jesus, but he's the closest thing to a sacrificial lamb this show has. He's already died once and risen for the sins of others.

Love is Blindness - U2

Dany and Jon. Period.

Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my heart Love is blindness

They don't want to know what they know about Jon's parentage. It's as simple as that. It changed everything for them.

And that’s all she wrote. Agree, disagree... thoughts? I’d really like to know what other people think.

#game of thrones #got meta #arya x gendry #gendrya #arya stark #gendry baratheon #got songs #daenerys targaryen #jon snow #tyrion lannister #sansa stark #varys #theon greyjoy

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RWBY Volume 6 Episodes 12/13 “Seeing Red” and “Our Way” Micksterecaps: TWO RECAPS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO doggie, youse KNOW I can’t wait to talk about the finale, so you get not one but TWO recaps! Also doing the same thing with Gen:Lock as they released the first two eps of that on the same day-EITHER WAY LET’S GET TO DANCIN’!

THE EP STARTS OFF WITH-

-the ARGUS MILITARY-watching their boss waste military hardware, while being away from their FREAKING STATIONS-where a threat the Colossus was MADE to fight is coming close to the city. ALL WHILE RUBY-

-HANGS-in there? EH?! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEH?!

After a nice little cliff climb, Oscar informs the team that the shields go down EVERY time Cordo fires missiles, which is the time to STRIKE! Ruby while on board-DOES-point out the difficulty of it though.

Ruby:-I’d have to be practically staring down the barrel of her canon.

FORESHADOWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

Ruby than jumps onto their legitimately stolen airship, while Maria does what she does best-

Maria: HEY CORDO-your mother wears NON-combat boots!

Cordo: SHUT UP I HAVE ALL THE MISSILES!

SADLY-though-

-sheeeeeeeeeeee catches on.

*BANG*

*TING*

*CLOSE*

Cordo: SURELY you know Atlas perfected missile launcher door quick-closing technology!

Ruby: BITCH YOU GOT LUCKY AND YOU KNOW IT!

Cordo: FUCK YOU I HAVE A LIGHTNING CANON!

OOH-and she WINGS them even, DAMN that’s gotta smart!

OOH-spoke too soon, Maria got the worst of it! MAN-that’s gotta sting.

Looks like its up to farmboy to SAVE THE DA-

*CRASH*

...EH-he’s a 14 year old farmboy, did the best he could with no fly knowledge or help (WINK).

See that? A NICE clean crash, Launchpad McQuack would be proud!

Ruby realizing how fucked things are, decides to pull a make or break move-RIGHT BEFORE-this scene-

Qrow: Ruby, stop!

Ruby: I need you, to trust me.

And he then lets go of her hand. Its a small yet powerful scene, and I really loved it, just wanted to point that out.

Ruby then makes a passionate speech to Cordo about how they only stole from her because she gave them no choice, especially since their supposed to be on the same side, and hopes she listens to reason.

Cordo: Hm....

Cordo:...NAH-I’ll just kill you.

CAROLINE CORDOVIN FOLKS-the defi-NITION of excessive force!

But does THAT scare Rubelubes?!

FUCK NO-she dashes herself RIGHT in there! SEE-foreshadowing!

She sees the target-

-LINES up the shot-

-while Cordo reevaluates recent life choices-

-gives herself a nice SNIPER breath-

-SHOOTS THAT FUCKER-and with-in a SECOND-

-PETALS HERSELF AWAY! Ace huntress right here! ALL right before-

-THAT FUCKER GETS CRYSTALIZED-good on you Ruby!

OOH-still got that aftershock crackle though! Thankfully Weiss uses her reverse gravity glyphs to slow her down ‘cause she’s a GOOD girlfriend, either figuratively OR literally(Bumblebee is canon fo sho, but STILL not sure on Iceflower, BUT still hopeful).

Qrow then catches her, and Ruby smugly replies with-

Ruby: ...toldja.

Oh Ruby, you SASS!

End the scene with a bit of Maria sass-

Maria: OH-don’t tell me I MISSED it!

AND CUT TO OUR FAVORITE NEW POWER COUPLE!

7:25

BEHOLD the holding of the hands, FEEL the gay energy it creates, while pissing off Blake’s creepy predatory ex, who was probably a creepy senior like Daniel Tosh when they started dating and needs to die(WINK).

Blake then says she and Yang are gonna KICK HIS ASS, because she made a promise to stick with the people she cares about-PROMPTING ADAM-to say this-

Adam: Y’know, she made a promise to me once, that she’d always be at MY side. HA-and look how well she’s kept it.

Your ex likes girls dude, GET OVER IT!

Either way it prompts Yang to say THIS badassery:

Yang: Did she make that promise to you? Or to the person you were PRETENDING to be?

Fuck yes. Either way, time for talk is over-ITS ACTION SCENE TIME-

-OOH-start out with a splitscreen, NICE!

Blake and Yang keep hitting him from both sides-

-and uses her shot-gauntlets to get distance, as a STRATEGIST does!

Blake goes in on the offensive, but ADAM ATTACKS-

-HER SHADOW-because he keeps forgetting how her semblance works like the dirty bitch he is!

Blake somersaults over him-

-KICKS-him back in the best pic I could get, because it happens in like a MICROSECOND-

-to a Yang Xiao Long that’s RARING to go with her shaunt-gauntlets-

-AND YANG KNOCKS HIM BACK...trust me, she did, this fight has a LOT of quick action and getting the pics I want is a nightmare.

The battle is INTENSE y’all, either way Blake gets ENOUGH distance-

-to get her partially broken gunsword back-

-tttttttttttthrows it over to fuckface magee-

-OOH-but he blocks it, no goal for you Blake-BUT-

-YANG GETS CONTROL OF THE BLADE-they may just make this count-

-she flings her over withe classic “infinitely stretchy band of stretchiness” to INITIATE-

-BATTLE CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH-but WAIT-

-OOH-knock back on both sides-

-Adam lands on his feet while Blake-

-OOH-she got crackle folks, we’re nearing the endgame (copyright Marvel studios...nah just kidding, RWBY’s a DC property). It ALSO almost knocks her off the cliff-

...I feel there’s a joke about a cat poster I can make here, but I’m not sure if right now is the right time to say it.

Yang is of course READY to save her-

-WHILE giving Adam an obvious deathglare for obvious reasons(MURDER HIM).

SADLY though Adam uses his greatest power of all-

Adam: MOMENT of truth Yang, do you think your faster than you were at Beacon?

*GASP*

EMOTIONAL manipulation( MURDER HIM, MURDER HIM). ALSO-sorry for the arrows, they wouldn’t go away and I couldn’t edit them out without ruining the gravitas of the shot.

Then a punch, A KICK, Yang’s on the ropes, will her aura hold out? CAN BLAKE HANG ON?!

OOH-apparently she can! MAN-the endurance these young women had, she lost a forcefield and now she’s climbing a MOUNTAIN, made of STEEL that one!

Adam than acts like the most OBVIOUS psycho-ex ever-

Adam: What does she even SEE in you?!

Yang: A person who doesn’t let their psychological baggage be an excuse to be an abuser!

Blake: Someone in my own age group who isn’t a creep who peaked his senior year of High school!

Adam: YOU SHUT UP I’M A PERFECT SUNFLOWER!

Adam then uses MOONSLASH on Yang but if you don’t know our girl-

Yang: Gotcha.

-you’d know it’d be NOT very effective y’all-SUPER SAYAIN YANG ACTIVATE!

FUCK YEAH-punch him OUT!

-AND HE GOT THE CRCKLE Y’ALL-its aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallmost over!

OOH-but so does Yang, BUT she’s got his sword so ADVANTAGE Bumbleby!

EITHER WAY-everyone’s running on fumes, its SUDDEN DEATH SMASH TIME Y’ALL!

And dear lord...its amazing-

-Yang THROWS that shit off a cliff-

-Adam goes after it-

Blake: SHURIYUKEN!

Yang: Wait I saw you climb UP the mountain, how’d you get back there-

Blake: WHATEVER-let’s kill this guy!

She sees the broken sword at her feet-

-she grabs ONE half-

-Yang graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabs the other-

Yang: RAH!

Blake: EYAH!

YANG/BLAKE USED DOUBLE STRIKE-

Adam:...oh-

*SPLASH*

-and its SUPER effective-CRITICAL HIT! RPG BUZZWORDS! AND THEN BUMBLEBY-

-gives themselves a tender cry scene while both promise to be there for each other. DAMN that was a fight scene, emotion, action, DEATH, I love this show!

Blake: *SNIFF* I just really really-REALLY-hope he stays dead!

Yang: Don’t worry, he can’t get maiden powers so he’s gone for good.

Blake: I love you babe.

Yang: I love you to.

A THEN CUT TO-

-CORDO-dealing with the consequences of her actions in MORE ways than one!

Nubuck: HEY UH M’AM-

-Godzillallegory is on the horizon-

- and it brought a BUNCH of friends, we could REALLY use the giant Collossus mech made SPECIFICALLY for fighting giant Grimm!

Cordo:...I am SO fired.

AND THAT’S ep 12, SEE YOU...in 2 SECONDS for the next Micksterecap as this is a DOUBLE feature!

The FINALE starts off WITH-

-with a VERY nice airship! Look at that woodwork, now THAT is craftsmanship! The ship opens TO REVEAL-

-NEO-and her SNAZZY new look! Look at that jacket, just FULL of snazz! SPEAKING OF SNAZZYNESS-

-HOT DAMN-I never thought wearing a cape the wrong way could look GOOD but Cinder proved me wrong! After the minor fashion show-ITS SHIP SHIFTING TIME!

Cinder:(DAMN I am im-PRESSED by this, SO glad we’re friends now!)

We get it Neo, your semblance is OP, QUIT SHOWIN’ OFF!

Either way, our girls are looking fly as hell and are READY to fight Team FWBYQOMJNR....NEXT volume. Yeah, turns out it was one of THOSE build-ups where its for next season. I know, I’m pissed of too.

But enough about that-A CUT TO-

GOJIRA-slowly making his way to Tokyo bay to REEK ATOMIC TERROR!

This is the time when one could REALLY use a giant robot with a laser canon-

-if not for the fact that a senile old racist wasted it on minor offenders like a crazy person.

After the team realizes that they had a SLIGHT hand in ruining Argus’ defenses against a kaiju level threat, they decide to FLY OFF! Right before CORDOVIN-

“This is YOUR fault, your fault....

....your...fault”.

-ADMITS her own guilt in this to herself! Didn’t expect character development from her, NOW all she has to do is apologize to Blake for casual racism and it’ll be AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL good!

MEANWHILE-on the ship-

-Blake apologizes for her psycho Ex stalking them, ALL while only her, Yang, Nora and Maria(off panel) are sitting down. YOU ARE IN A PLANE-I do not believe that they are hogging all the seats!

Despite the obvious chaos, Maria basically suggests this-

Maria: Okay...what if we just BAIL?!

Everyone:...

Maria:...YEAH I know, gotta be superheroes and what-not, I just REALLY want Cordo to die.

They then all decide to get up close and personal with the thing, Ren and Jaune plan to do their combo move a.k.a. the ONLY semblance Jaune will boost this season-BUT THEN-the monster resurfaces!

*RESIN COATED GLOVE AGAINST A BASS GUITAR!*

Look it up bitches. Its ALSO at this point that Mrs.Terra Cotta-Arc-

-regrets recent life choices that inadvertently lead to her brother in-law and his entourage to destroying Argus’s last defense...also what’s up with that girl in the background? The one with the diamond logo and the bare mid-riff? She a superhero or something? If so...GET TO WORK-there’s a monster to fight!

AW-she’s there for her family and...I’m sorry I just can’t get over that background character’s design, I mean LOOK AT HER-does she have ANY hips to speak of?! I know its just a background character, but STILL bad design.

BUT LUCKILY FOR ARGUS-

-THE SHIELDS GO UP-which I’m sure won’t be damaged at all!

SEE-look at that, COMPLETELY impenetrable!

BAM-even blocks the beast’s elemental attack, NOTHING can break this shie-

*BOOM*

...w...WAIT A MINUTE-the SHIELDS are impenetrable but the pylons MANAGING the shields AREN’T?! That is...a HUGE design flaw, DAMMIT CORDOVIN, this is what you get for spending your defense budget on your Gundam hobby!

This is when everybody just wants to get the HELL out of there but Ruby calls it in-

Ruby: EVERYBODY-me and my scrappy team of rogues is gonna take on that beast, we JUST need you to back us up!

Nubuck: UH-no thank you, we’re nameless soldiers in a fantasy story, WE KNOW what happens to us in this situation!

Either way Ruby is ready to use her magical laser eyes to slow down the beast, by her OWN dang self!

Ruby: Fine, we’ll do it alone if we have to.

Ruby: Let me repeat, I-A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL-am going to fight a monster ALL by myself...with NO military support...alone.

Look at Cordo, see the GUILT emanating from her!

Either way the plan is set-SUPER TEAMWORK COMBO-

-EMOTION MASK TIMES TWO! Seriously, the ONLY semblance he enhances this season.

They then fly undetected through the chaos while ONE plane gets hit! Exactly ONE...no lie, maybe this army isn’t as bad as I thought if only one plane got knocked down so far.

After just NARROWLY avoiding the blast-

-the beast takes out the SECOND barrier due to the worst design flaw in the world-

-DESTROYING THE TOP TO EXACTLY ONE BUILDING! DAMN-lucky Argus, this is a generally destruction free monster attack!

OOOH-but also RIGHT at the moment Ren and Jaune get crackle, CLOAKS DOWN PEOPLE-cloak is DOWN!

But have no fear-OUR LEADER HAS A PLAN!

Weiss:...giant bee?

Ruby: GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIANT BEE!

Yang: You rang?

Blake: Oh YOU!

Nora and Yang give cover fire while Blake just...stands there, because her weapon broke. Hey, sometimes your ex smashes your gun-sword in half, it happens.

SEE BLAKE-you just upgraded yourself to Weiss...holder, way to seize the initiative and HOLD THAT WEISS!

Ruby: I know this is stressful but riding a giant bee is still FREAKING AWESOME!

Nora: I CALL NEXT!

Yang: Aw man, I wanted to fly next.

Qrow: QUIT YAMMERING AND KEEP SHOOTING!

Rubalubes than squares up with the great beast and then-

-STARTS A CLIP SHOW TO PSYCHE HER POWERS UP! She ALSO-

-throws that PESKY earpiece RIGHT into the ocean...because turning it OFF is impossible apparently(freakin’ Atlas tech, TOO many design flaws). Either way-CLIP SHOW TIME!

What NICE memories, nothing that would trigger feelings of doubt which would mess with her hea-

SHIT-memories of the dead almost girlfriend-SHIFT FOCUS!

YES-memories of the vomit boy-FOCUS ON THAT!

Nooooooooooooooooooo-

-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

Focus focus focus FOCUS!

NOT ON THAT!

NOR THAT!

Stay calm, STAY calm-

-AND she’s boned.

Ruby: DAMMIT silver eyes, WORK WHEN I WANT YOU TO WORK!

The beast is in her sights, her powers aren’t working, only ONE thing that can save her now!

Ruby: JINN!

*SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW*

Yang: Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

DEUS EX MACHINA-because TELEVISION! Also really wish I could show the illusion of time slowing down better in simple pictures

Pouty Jinn is pouty. Either way she tells her that she’ll only allow her to summon her this this ONE time without asking a question.

Jinn: I must admit, this WAS clever.

Ruby: Heh, yeah, to be FAIR I wasn’t sure if you ACTUALLY slowed down time, or if that was like a “Bill Cipher” style illusion, but yeah I’ll have a real question next time.

Either way-CLIP SHOW RESTART!

Time re-starting is ALSO hard to show with still pictures.

*WAVES MOVE SLIGHTLY FASTER*

You enjoying this so far? You COULD be re-watching the show instead of a slow clip-show of it but O-kay!

Yes, GOOD memories of Pyrrha, GOOD ones!

*MORE SUBTLE TIME RESTARTING*

OH YEAH-she’s still in front of a monster! DAMN-that’s a good timestop, full on ZA WARUDO!

That’s right, good memory of Penny, DON’T PSYCHE OUT!

And just when you thought they weren’t gonna hit us with a feelsbomb-

SUMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER! ALSO-confirmation that Ruby knew what her mom looked like, I wasn’t sure as she died when Rubes was REALLY yong, either way HUZZAH! ALSO-this shot-

Summer’s eyes-

RUBY’S EEYS!

“THERE’S A LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT THERE TO SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE-

- “ AND ITS POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWER IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!”

Bless you Casey Williams, BLESS you!

Look at the well designed background characters being showed off by Rooster Teeth, THEY ARE PLEASED! Also, look at that glasses wearing mother fucker in the purple jacket, he a WIZARD or something? We coulda used a WIZARD y’know, just saying.

Nubuck1: YEAH-that girl we refused to help stopped the beast!

Nubuck2:...are we terrible at our jobs?

Nubuck3: Just shut up and keep cheering!

Ruby then marvels at the site of a major city that SURVIVED a kaiju-class Grimm attack for once-BUT ALL IS NOT WELL-

*CRACKLE CRACKLE*

*ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!*

Ruby: DAMMIT-I meant to fire DISINTEGRATING beams, not FREEZING!

Maria: I now, its LITERALLY the most fickle super power.

But worry not-FOR ALL IS NOT LOST!

Cordo: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE I COME, TO SAVE THE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Ruby:...okay, thanks for the help, but HOW did you rip your mech’s arm off?

Cordo: HM?! Oh nothing fancy-

Cordo: JUST A BAD ASS DRILL THAT I WILL USE TO PIERCE HEAVEN!

Ruby:...why the HELL didn’t you use that on us before?

Cordo: Honestly I forgot it was there...as well as SEVERAL functions on this mech. Really I shouldn’t be in charge of anything.

Either way-

-she drills the FUCK out of that thing! KILL IT! KILL IT WITH SPINNING!

Man, that’s some NICE dusting!

Once again, the background characters are pleased, including lady hipless over there! Oh lady hipless, I will NEVER understand you.

And even 2/3rds of the Cotta-Arc household are completely enjoying it, while Terra is REALLY hoping this mess won’t come back to her.

Ruby then thanks AND apologizes to Cordo because she’s a NICE young lady, while Cordo gives her team the go ahead to fly out tho Atlas. DOESN’T make up for her mean comment to Blake, BUT progress is progress.

A THEN CUT TO-

-BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED CLOUDS! MAN this show loves to show off and I LOVE IT!

INSIDE the ship-

Ruby’s mentors give her WELL deserved props and Qrow celebrates BY-

-NOT drinking! GOOD ON YOU Qrow, PROGRESS!

D’aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw.

The mentors than have a NICE quick moment.

Maria: For a depressed drunk, you make a great uncle and huntsman.

Qrow: That is...LITERALLY the best compliment you can give me.

Speaking of sweet moments-

FUCK YEAH-hand holding! Now let them KISS dammit!

ALL WHILE-

-RUBY deflects praise like a body does, EVEN points out how Oscar landed a clean crash...OR DID HE?!

Oscar: I...DIDN’T land the plane on my own.

YUP-Ozpin helped him, in a scene that’s BASICALLY this-

Oz: The force Oscar, USE the force!

The team briefly discuss the fact that their creepy wizard principal is most DEFINITELY spying on them before Qrow points out-

THE UNIVERSITY OF CAROLINA IN THE SK-I mean-THE CITY OF ATLAS! Anyone...old enough to get that reference? Scott Pilgrim? Its a story about a guy who dates a 17 year old, dumps her for someone cooler, and we’re supposed to see him as the hero? WEIRDLY good read despite the what the synopsis will make you believe.

We also briefly see-

-THE UNDERCITY OF MANTLE...which...looks like its near an active volcano I think! NO WAIT I see, that’s where the floating city came from...still feel BAD for the poor people of Mantle though.

Either way, they get up there and EVERYTHING is fi-

-ZOOP military blockade, never mind. And we end the adventure of Team RWBYQOMJNR with a MYSTERIOUS line-

Voice: Manta 5-1, welcome home.

Oooooooh, Weiss is in TROUBLLLLLLLE!

And that’s it for them, credits start rolling-NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVERMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE- and then a we get a TEASER because Joss Whedon!

Mercury: I like being depressed in here, it makes me look DEEP!

Emerald also walks in to slightly foreshadow her defection from the Legion of Doom but notices how FREAKED he is...why?

Cause Salem’s making flying MONKEYS that’s why! We ALSO-get a Hazel cameo!

Hazel: There’s an old saying, if you want something done right-

-do it yourself.

WELL-team RWBY’s boned. EITHER WAY, a fantastic season, personally I feel episode 12 had better finale energy than episode 13, BUT outside of a malfunctioning force field still good. I’m also KINDA mad that Neo and Cinder, and pretty much EVERY member of Salem’s faction didn’t get many times to really shine, BUT there’s always next season!

AND WITH THAT-I’l see you either next season of RWBY, or on my Gen:Lock recaps on MICKSTERECAP! Peace out folks.

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codyswritings · 6 years ago

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Reliving Summer

Brunswick Farms. Finally, a place to rest and get away from this snow. It was a little eerie how it was abandoned, but at this point, Ruby figured it was better than nothing.

They entered the farmhouse, and were greeted with silence. The inside looked just as abandoned as the outside, with dusty old furniture, broken, boarded up windows, no sense of light anywhere.

“Well, it’s not pretty, but it’ll do for now.” Qrow commented, taking another swig of his flask.

“At least we’re finally out of that snow.” said Blake, rubbing her arms to keep warm despite wearing a coat.

“You’re telling me!” Maria agreed, already making her way down a hallway across from the entrance.

“Where are you going?” Yang asked.

Maria looked back and answered, “To find myself a bath.” and left of her own accord.

“We should all try and find rooms.” Qrow suggested. “It’s gonna be a long night.”

Everyone broke off in search to find their rooms. A farmhouse this big had to have a lot. Thankfully, they were right, and they each managed to find their own to sleep in. After a nice, hot shower, Ruby was grateful to finally be able to get some rest. Though, she was sad their weren’t any bunk-beds this time.

She was also upset she couldn’t sleep. So much happened in such a short amount of time, it was hard to push it all away. Ozpin and Salem, the Gods, immortality and reincarnation, so much was shown at once the moment Ruby spoke Jinn’s name.

The relic stood on a nightstand beside Ruby’s bed, emitting a soft blue glow like its own personal night-light. Ruby kept her eyes on it, watching it, wondering exactly what the final question she should ask be.

Salem was immortal, there was no beating her. Ozpin lied to them with no plan of attack. The most important questions she had were already answered. What else was there?

A knock on the door broke her thoughts, “Ruby?” Yang’s voice called from behind.

“Come in!” Ruby answered, shifting over to sit on the edge of her bed.

The door opened, and in walked the rest of her team, closing the door behind them. Yang, Weiss and Blake stood around Ruby, eyeing the relic.

“Have you thought about what to ask it next?” Weiss asked.

Ruby took a moment, “No.” and hung her head low.

“Well, if you ask me,” Yang spoke, crossing her arms, “I think we should it what to do with Ozpin.”

Ruby shot her head to protest, “Yang...”

“Ruby, he lied to us! He signed us up in a war against Salem, and she can’t even be killed!”

Though they both didn’t like it, Blake and Weiss had to agree.

“You saw what Jinn showed us.” Blake added. “And you heard what Ozpin said.”

Ruby hung her head again. She understood her team’s feelings, she felt them too. She was angry, and confused, and sad at the same time. How can they fight someone who can’t be beaten? How can they trust someone who constantly lied to them? Ugh, it was all so frustrating!

Weiss must’ve known what she was feeling, as she sat next to Ruby on her bedside, and wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulder.

“I know it’s not easy to comprehend, Ruby, so maybe you can ask the relic a question that doesn’t...” she glared at Yang, “...deal with immortals and Gods.”

Yang could only look at her boots.

“What kind of question should we ask it?” Blake wondered, kneeling down to eye-level with the relic.

“I’ve got one.” Uncle Qrow’s voice took their attention. Of course, he was drunk again. Pushing himself off the doorframe, Qrow stumbled and slurred, “How about you ask it why I spent my life... following a pathological liar. Or, how about why that liar... lied to me? OR...”

“QROW!” Ruby exclaimed, standing up from her bed. Qrow stopped in his tracks. The small leader sighed, “I know you’re all angry. I am, too! But this is something I need to think about! So, please, let me think.”

Every went silent. Qrow sighed, “Do whatever you think is best, kiddo.”

Ruby turned her attention to the relic, taking it in her hands. After a deep breathe, she spoke the name, “Jinn.”

From her hands, the relic floated, stopping at the center of the room. From the blue smoke, the blue beauty Jinn appeared, just as coy as before. “My, this is a surprise! I haven’t been summoned this before! So tell me, what knowledge do you seek?”

Ruby took a moment to think. If she couldn’t ask about Ozpin or Salem anymore, than maybe... “Jinn, you can answer any question.”

“Correct, little one. As long as it’s not about the future.” Jinn crossed her arms.

Ruby’s hand hovered above her chest, her eyes locked on her cape that was neatly folded on the nightstand behind her, next to where the relic was previously. “But you can show the past.” she brought her attention back to Jinn.

“Of course.”

“Than...” it was now, or never. “Can... you tell me... what happened to my Mom?”

The mood in the room skidded and crashed. Everyone was shocked, Yang, Weiss, Blake. Qrow’s flask fell from his hands, crashing to the floor with a clink and a thud. “Ruby...” was all he could say, before everything went white.

“Ruby...?” he called out into the void. “Ruby!” but nothing was there, until a wall of blue smoke ascended around him. After a moment of clarity, Qrow finally began to see where he was. He recognized the wooden structure, he recognized the kitchen, he recognized the furniture and the pictures...

And he recognized the white hood. “No...”

There, standing at the center of the living room with Tai, was Summer Rose.

“Mom?” Yang said in a state of shock. It had been so long since she’d seen her and Dad together.

“Do you really have to go?” Tai asked in concern.

“I’m sorry, Tai, but Ozpin needs me on this mission, and you and Qrow need to look after our daughters.”

Qrow was frozen. Summer was there, right there. He instinctively went to reach out for her, but pulled back remembering, even in his drunken state, he couldn’t touch her.

Tai sighed, lowering his head. “I don’t like it. I should be there with you.”

Summer placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, and smiled. “I know, honey. But you’re needed here. Besides, Yang needs to make sure you and Qrow are kept in line.”

They both shared a good laugh. Qrow actually forgot what her laugh sounded like. It nearly brought tears to his eyes.

When they calmed down, Tai only put his hands around her shoulders and said, “Just... be safe, okay?”

Summer smiled, “I promise.” and they both embraced. They would’ve stayed in each other’s arms forever, had Yang not ran in.

“Mommy! Mommy!” the little blonde in the orange t-shirt and pigtails shouted in excitement, a little Ruby behind her looking nervous. Yang was still, taken aback by how young she and her sister looked. But other than that, “I remember this day.”

Breaking away from Tai and crouching to look at her daughters, Summer asked, “What is it, sweetie?”

“Ruby wants to show you something!”

Summer’s eyes lit up, and her attention was on her littlest one, “What is it, Ruby?”

Yang’s heart strings were suddenly being tugged, “No...” she didn’t want to see it again.

The little Ruby, in her own red t-shirt and black skirt, held a piece of paper in her hands. She looked nervous, as if she was afraid her Mom wouldn’t like it.

“It’s okay, Ruby. You can show me.” Summer assured her, giving Ruby a smile neither Qrow nor Yang had seen in so long.

With a whimper, Ruby held out the piece of paper to her Mom. Summer accepted it, turning it over to see what it had. When she saw, she gasped. It was a drawing of her, and Ruby... together, with the words, “My Hero” written in crayon.

To anyone else, it would’ve looked crude and sloppy, bu to Summer, it was a masterpiece. One that brought tears to the Super Mom’s silver eyes.

“Oh, Ruby... it’s beautiful. I love it.” she brought her daughter in for a hug.

“Can-can I be like you, Mommy?” little Ruby’s voice tugged at Qrow and Yang’s heart even more, like they were being ripped out of their chests.

“Of course you can, my little petal. And when I get back, I’ll make you all the cookies you want!”

Ruby gasped, her little eyes lighting up with joy, “Really?!”

Summer separated from her daughter, “Yes, sweetie. I promise!” she then looked to Yang. “And you, Yang...” she placed a gentle hand on her daughter’s head.

Yang didn’t want to hear it again. “Please, don’t say it, Mom.”

“Promise me you’ll look after your little sister, for all your days. Remember, you’re my sunny little dragon, and Ruby is your treasure.”

“Don’t worry, Mommy, I’ll be the strongest dragon ever!” little Yang exclaimed, pumping her arms up like a champion.

Those words brought Yang to her knees.

“Yes, you will!” Summer giggled, and brought her beloved, laughing children in for a group hug.

Another cloud of blue engulfed the world, and Ruby found herself in a field. Only... the field was black, littered with... Grimm!

Ruby suddenly jumped at the sound of a beowulf’s roar, turning around to see it hovering over her, standing on its hind legs ready to strike. Whether on instinct or habit, Ruby went to reach for her scythe, but stopped when she saw a white blur zip past her, cutting through the beowulf like a knife through butter.

The Grimm fell in half, joining the pile, and standing tall, her own scythe in hand, was Summer Rose. Qrow watched his former teammate walk past with such confidence, it was almost scary. So many lay dead at her feet, and she barely had a scratch on her.

An army of Grimm stood before her. Beowulves, Ursa’s, Nevermore’s in the air, boarbatusk’s. It didn’t matter, in the end. As they charged towards the Silver-Eyed Huntress, Summer continued her stride, not a shot of fear evident on her face. She didn’t care how many there were, they would all fall.

To Qrow, watching Summer fight again was like reliving the past. It was as if he was there with her again, as teammates, as partners. The way she sliced off an Ursa’s head, jumped up into the air and manage to cut off a Nevermore’s wing so it crashed into a group of three beowulve’s, and spun on her back like a dance move to use her scythe to slice apart any Grimm that dared to get close...

For Yang, watching Summer only reminded her of Ruby. The way she moved, the way she fought, the way she smirked in the face of danger. Watching her Mother use her own scythe as a spear to chuck into two Beowulve’s and an Ursa, and somehow manage to dodge every oncoming strike around her like a cat, and then use that Grimm spear to flip herself over to smash it into a charging boarbatusk like a Grimm hammer...

It was like watching a ghost.

A number of Grimm still remained, and Summer found herself swarmed. With no other option left, she decided to bring out the big guns. Flashing her eyes open, just as the Grimm were ready to pounce on her, Summer’s silver eyes flowed, and a flash of light engulfed the area around her. When the light dissipated, all that remained was black dust, floating in the air, forgotten. Summer confidently walked through the darkness, stopping directly, coincidentally... in front of Ruby.

For Ruby... watching Summer... was the hardest thing to do. This was her Mother? This was Super Mom? A Silver-Eyed Warrior? Feelings of pride, of sadness, or joy, and sorrow, they all fought inside Ruby the same way Summer fought off the Grimm.

Summer phased through Ruby, the smaller Huntress never taking her eyes off her Mother, as she confidently made her way down the trail. A puff of smoke appeared in the distance, and in its place, was a massive cave.

Not a second later, the blue smoke took Ruby inside the cave, following her Mother. No source of light shined aside from the entrance, but the deeper they went, the darker it got. After a long trek inside, something rumbled. Ruby, startled, jumped when she heard a deep, menacing growl from the darkness.

That was when the eyes opened. Ruby gasped, watching those all-too familiar yellow eyes dart up high into the air, followed by a menacing claw just barely missing Summer as it stomped its way into the ground. From the darkness, Ruby could finally see what awaited her Mother...

A Grimm dragon.

The beast let out a menacing roar, while Summer readied her scythe, and her eyes started to glow. Ruby watched the whole thing as if it were in slow-motion, her Mother and the dragon charging, head-to-head, in a battle of light and dark, when her Mom’s Silver Eyes bathed the cave with light.

It took a second for the light to dissipate, but once it did, Ruby was left confused. She was... back in her room? Her team and Uncle Qrow with her?

“Wh... what happened?”

Jinn answered, “I showed you what happened.”

While Ruby was still overcoming her confusion, Yang was the first to speak, tears still running down her face, “What do you mean?! That can’t be it! You have to tell us what happened!”

Weiss and Blake were too shell-shocked to say anything. Qrow was left staring at the floor, still trying to come to grips with what he just saw.

Jinn answered, “I can’t show you what happened, because that’s all there was to show, and since you’ve already asked your third and final question, I’m afraid I have to leave now.”

And just like, Jinn disappeared into the relic, an angry Yang darting for her, “NO! YOU CAN’T JUST LEAVE US LIKE THAT! SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED!”

“Yang...?” Blake went to reach for her partner, now on one knee in a crying fit.

“Show us... please...” was all Yang could say.

Weiss turned her attention to Ruby, who hadn’t moved since they returned. She looked so... confused, broken. The red-headed Huntress had this look on her face Weiss couldn’t figure out.

“Ruby?” she carefully stepped towards her partner, just as Blake did for Yang. “Ruby? Are you okay?”

Ruby’s thousand yard stare scared Weiss. Where there was once the happy-go-lucky leader and friend she knew, now there was this... broken, speechless little girl, who couldn’t even form words, as tears ran down her face, and suddenly, the walls Ruby had kept up for so long, suddenly broke down, and she collapsed into Weiss’ arms.

Weiss could do nothing but hold her partner, as close as she could. Blake could only do the same. Qrow could only stand there, watching his nieces break down in front of him, unable to do anything, but pick up his flask... and take another swig.

#rwby #ruby rose #summer rose #yang xiao long #qrow branwen #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #jinn

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runephoenix6769 · 6 years ago

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Winter Solstice Part 7

Teenage Winter Schnee Fic.

Previous chapters here.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16500653/chapters/38646758

It is often said that in the world of Remnant, the cruellest and hardest place is Vacuo and only the strong survive. Obviously, none of them have ever visited the Schnee Estate”.

Part 7

In the cavernous dining room, dominated by a long cherry wood dining table, Winter and her siblings stood obediently and silent by their respective seats, waiting for their parents to arrive. Within the gargantuan intricately carved fireplace, the fire crackled. Even with its large size it failed to heat the vast space.

Light from mixture of dust infused candles and the fireplace twinkled off the silverware and place settings dotted along the surface of the luxurious, gleaming wood, casting the far corners in gloom. At intervals, serving staff stood to attention, barely visible in depths of the shadows where the mood lighting could not reach, helped by their carefully chosen blue and grey uniforms created specifically to conceal them from their Master’s eyes.

Winter’s gaze landed on the hideous artwork her Father had chosen to replace what had once been a beautiful oil painting of the Schnee family, depicting her grandfather, mother, grandmother and uncle in their younger days.

The doors on the left suddenly opened allowing in a bright shaft of light that caused the silverware to glitter and wink briefly before her father entered, casting his shadow, long and looming across the table’s surface. Opposite her, Weiss stood to stiff attention and little Whitley’s hair, stark white in contrast to the dark accents of the furnishings, was just visible over the lip of the table’s edge.

Winter tried to remain focused on the garish painting. It was said to depict some great conquest during the Great War, but if you looked closely enough you could make out the slight Faunus traits of the slaughtered and the subtle likeness of their father upon the features of the victorious leader.

The sound of a wooden chair being scrapped back across the polished floorboards indicated that he had taken his place at the head of the table. Each child remained as if a statue carved from granite, knowing the reprimand that they would face if they were to break the rigorously enforced etiquette expected of their status.

Her little sister began to crinkle her nose, bobbing up and down like an Atleasian marchhare. She moved as is to scratch it, pausing when she caught Winter’s barely detectable shake of her head.

The teenager felt his critical gaze lingering before he cast it upon Weiss. She watched him out of the corner of her eye, checking his silver pocket watch.

“Where is she?”

A servant hesitantly offered,

“Mistress Willow was in the East Wing, Sir.”

Whitley began to fidget

The businessman’s moustache twitched with a sickle of dissatisfaction.

“She is aware….”

Suddenly their mother swept open the double doors behind their father, a waft of lillies proceeding her.

“Sorry, darlings.”

Dressed in a gown of whites and light blues, she swept into the room walking with a grace very few naturally possessed or could perfect. Approaching Winter, she gently touched her shoulder, leaning down to lay a gentle kiss upon the teenager’s cheek, causing her to flinch as soft lips faintly pressed against her injury. Pulling back, her mother tenderly examined her face, her grey eyes alighting on her cheek,

“Darling, what happened to your face?”

Having no wish to mar Weiss’ special day by causing an argument, Winter avoided her gaze,

“I was careless during training.”

This close, Winter witnessed the minuscule steely flicker of a glance in the direction of Jacques before coming back to rest on her. Without a hint of reproach, her mother parted,

“You must wear your mask at all times, Darling.”

Registering the loaded meaning, Winter gave a weak nod, belying the urge to seek out the comfort she so greatly wished for.

Over at the far side of the table the little boy began to fuss. Willow gave him a smile, gesturing for them to sit. Whitley, too small to make it onto the booster seat looked around, holding out his arms to his mother only for a servant to swoop in and situate the little boy. In a bid to hide her disappointment, Willow announced,

“Winter, I think that moving onto the Sabre is a marvellous idea, keeping Father’s legacy alive. Your Opa would be proud, as am I-” Winter and Weiss both took their seats sparking the various servants to quickly come to life as their mother continued, “- I believe that with this progression, you shall be in need of a new instructor.-”

A waiter began to move about the room, decanting clear crisp water into the children’s glasses,

From his vantage point, Jacques held out his whiskey tumbler,

“Yes… I “

“The necessary arrangements have been made.” Taking a sip of her water, Willow motioned for the wine to be decanted. “I think you will find him to your liking..”

“Who?” Her father growled.

Winter observed as her father fixed Willow with a glare. If her mother noticed, she ignored it as satisfied with her beverage, she waved away the servant.

“He is an old pupil of my father’s and a champion in his own right. …” She took a moderate sip of her wine.”- We were lucky to get him as it would seem that he is in high demand.” She turned her attentions to her youngest daughter. “- Weiss, sweetheart, which menu did you decide upon.”

The little girl opened her mouth as if to speak only to be cut off by her father with a steely tone,

“You know I don’t like it when I am not consulted.”

“I think in this particular for instance I am far more qualified than you.”

The servants and wait staff began to enter the room in an endless stream, arms laden with dishes from which wafted delicious smells that caused Winter’s stomach to rumble. Made from ingredients from the far flung corners of Remnant, no expense had been spared, as the opulent and beautifully crafted dishes were slowly revealed. Weiss and Whitley’s eyes sparkled at the artistic creations.

Jacques ignored the serving staff,

“Still-” Never taking his eyes off his wife, he shook out his napkin, tucking it into his shirt collar, “- I wish to be consulted.”

Willow elegantly teased her own napkin from its silver holder, demurely placing it on her lap as was correct etiquette in their circles.

“The opportunity didn’t arise.”

Taking the cue from their mother the two girls copied her whilst Whitley was helped by a member of the serving staff. Plucking fresh tomatoes still on the vine, Jacques added peevishly,

“A scroll call wouldn’t have been remiss.”

Willow gave him a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes, as she selected olives from a nearby dish,

“Well, you are always telling me how busy you are, and quite frankly I felt it would be of no concern to you.”

A muscle began to work in Jacques jaw and his eyebrows furrowed.

Winter steeled herself for the barrage, focusing on a particular whorl in the cherry wood.

Her father would whittle away, passing snide remarks until their mother would retreat to the sun lounge in the East Wing, but recently their embittered squabbling had begun to take a turn for the worse, frequently devolving into full blown screaming arguments.

Could they not for one day leave it at the door, for Weiss’ sake?

“Miss?” She looked up at the server in his pristine uniform and stark white gloves, that Winter could only assume served the purpose to make his jobs more difficult, waiting expectantly, “Starter?”

“What would you suggest?”

“The bisque, Miss. It comes from the finest ingredients from the seas at the southernmost tip of Vale. I believe it is Miss Weiss’ favourite.”

Looking at her sister, who vibrated, Winter gave the server a nod. She leaned back slightly as he began to ladle the thick liquid into a finebone Mistrali bowl, hating every action he took, how he used the silver tongs to select the soft white rolls, how he placed a small bowl of butter beside her.

She observed as Weiss and Whitley pointed at the rolls they wished for and waited patiently for their servers to prepare them.

Every time it made her feel as if she was an invalid. He went as if to break the roll and spread butter on it. Winter stopped him, taking the roll from the tongs,

“It’s fine, I can do it myself.”

Once done, the servers disappeared back into the shadows. Overwhelmingly oppressive silence filled the room, broken only by the sounds of silverware against porcelain, the wood crackling in the hearth and the laborious ticking of the grandfather clock in the far corner. Winter shivered against the coldness in the vast distance between her parents that no amount of heat could thaw. Her mother indicated for another glass of wine as her father finished his famed Mountain Glen whiskey.

Whitley happily humming to himself as Weiss primly placed her soup spoon to the side indicating that she had finished. Another round of servers cleared their dishes and the whole rig moral began again, as each person selected their main. Winter’s fork hovered over her grouse as she heard her mother begin,

“I went to the office today.”

Without missing a beat, Jacques’ pink tongue flicked out to catch the pale flesh of veal that threatened to tip from his fork,

“Is that so?” The meat continued on its journey around his mouth, it was as if witnessing a troughing Boartusk. “I was under the impression that you were with the other useless socialite housewives.”

“Imagine my surprise,” Willow paused to put down her silverware, “- When it was brought to my attention that you have called off the search for the missing miners.”

Her father continued to attack his meal with gusto,

“As is company policy.”

“Then change it.”

“We have adhered to our legal obligation.”

Winter resumed moving the bright pink meat around her plate in a bid to avoid catching either of her parent’s eyes. Their bickering reminding the teenager of her fencing matches.

“It has only been the minimum of days, Jacques.”

The man stabbed a piece of asparagus,

“Well within regulation.. Besides, if anybody survived, which I highly doubt, they will more than likely be frozen to death.”

With her hands palm down on the table and leaning slightly forward, Willow appealed,

“Jacques, they are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, they have loved ones.”

Jacques chewed on the green stalk,

“And they will be compensated handsomely.”

Willow rose slightly from her seat, pushing her advantage,

“They don’t want our money. They want their loved ones returned to them.. If my father was alive he wouldn’t rest until every last one of them was brought to the surface, safe or not.”

Dropping the fork onto to the plate, her father peevishly spat,

“Well he isn’t, is he?”

Using the napkin, Jacques wiped his mouth and moustache. Crumpling it in his hands he tossed it harshly onto the table. Winter waited for the tell-tale excuses, the tired old rhetoric he would always spout when he lost face and was goaded into showing his true colours.

“Mama, Father, please!” Keeping her head bowed, Winter said, “It is Weiss’ birthday.”

Before she could incur her father’s wrath the doors opened. Proudly wheeling his creation in front of him, the specially employed cake chef entered. With a huge smile, he spoke in a heavy Valish accent,

“Sir, Madam.” He bowed to Weiss, “My Lady.” Weiss beamed at the attention, “I have brought to you today, a work of art like no other.”

Carefully placing it on the table close to the birthday girl, he unveiled it with a flourish.

No attention to detail had been spared. Over a tier and a half of fondant, was a beautifully crafted replica of the Atlas National Opera Stage. A delicately created Weiss stood centre stage, each member of the audience individually crafted. 10 candles were hidden within the fondant, their flames fluttering at the cusp of the dias and above the orchestra pit giving the impression of stage lights. In places the bare velvet cake had been used to give the impression of the luxurious material that hung from the private boxes. Whitley began to enthusiastically clap in delight as the chef took great care to point out to the young girl the miniature recreations of her family in their private box.

“Mama, look!”

Getting up from her seat, Willow began to examine the birthday cake in awe. Touching her hand to the red jewels at her neck, Willow returned the chef’s smile,

“You have simply out done yourself… Thankyou”

Even her father looked slightly impressed. For a moment, in the candle light, they could be mistaken for a happy family, coming together to celebrate. Willow graciously thanked the serving staff, indicating that they could leave.

From the trolley, she retrieved small plates and a cake cutter.

“It seems almost a shame to cut it, doesn’t it?”

Weiss enthusiastically nodded.

Placing the utensils on the table and giving her youngest daughter a squeeze, she asked,

“Winter, let’s get a photograph with your scroll.”

No sooner had the last servant closed the door, Jacques picked back up the argument,

“You do not know the lengths I have gone to keep this family afloat? The hard decisions that need to be made on a daily basis. Imagine the PR disaster, dead Humans with the faunus being brought to the surface. The press would have a field day.”

“As opposed to leaving them in an icy grave?”

Weiss face broke with a look of disappointment as their parents resumed their bickering. Fidgeting in her chair, the young girl was barely able to conceal her eagerness to blow out the candles before the dripping wax threatened to melt the carefully crafted fondant. Forgetting the birthday celebration, Willow pressed,

“If you won’t change the policy, then I shall.”

Jacques lit a match, his lips wrapping around a thick cigar,

“My dear, I think you may find that rather difficult.” His eyes became hooded in a bid to hide from the blue smoke that curled at the edges, “After the tragic demise of Russell by the White Fang terrorists ….” Satisfied it was lit, he watched the flames burn the wood down to the very last millimetre before he dunked it in his water glass, “-His vote falls to the CEO of the SDC.”

“Yes me..”

Leisurely, the business man sat back in his chair, resting his ankle on his knee,

“No, You, my dear, are merely a figurehead.. I am the CEO, the vote falls to me.” He tapped the ash on the floor, “- Until a suitable candidate can be found.”

Drawing herself up to her full height, Willow took a step towards him,

“I will contest it. I will bring it up in front of the board.”

With a smug grin, he gestured with his glass, the amber liquid threatening to spill over the rim,

“By all means, go ahead, but I think you will find that the board will not vote in favour of a socialite who prefers to remain cloistered behind her palace walls, who once referred to her duties as, what was it… ah yes, a burden.”

A deep red came to Willow’s ivory cheeks,

“You know that was not what I meant.. That I chose to remain here to take care of the children. To take care of Father.”

Taking a huge inhale, he seemed to hold it for a brief moment before thick tendrils of acrid smoke unfurled from his nose giving him the appearance of a dragon,

“ Yes.. It was honourable of you... A dutiful and doting daughter choosing to take care of her ailing Father. But I think you will find that the Board will put their trust in a man who has steered the company in the right direction for many years. In a man who has turned a profit every quarter even in these trying times.”

Winter observed as her mother’s hands balled into fists, taking on an accusatory tone,

“By cutting funding and putting employees lives in danger?”

Tipping his head,

“We are well within industry regulations.”

“Regulations you have dictated by lobbying the Minister for Industry.” Her mother began to move towards the door with purpose, “I shall not put up with this. First thing in the morning I am invoking my right to call a meeting of the board.”

Ignoring her, he finished off his drink,

“Don’t be ridiculous…. You shall continue on with your frivolous philanthropist duties on behalf of the SDC whilst I continue to take care of the business, guiding it in the right direction in these dark times,” His voice became viperous, “ -To ‘ensure’ the future of our children.”

Her mother stopped dead in her tracks,

Winter flinched at the thinly veiled threat and Weiss’ head swivelled between her parents.

Willow’s shoulders drooped as if with the weight of Atlas. Turning to look at her husband, her voice came out barely a whisper,

“Did you ever love me?”

Jacques took another pull of the cigar as he coolly regarded his wife. Again he cadishly tapped the ash on the floor,

“If you have to ask, then I am sure you already know the answer.”

“I want to hear you say it! In front of the children –“ Her voice became shrill. “-Say it!”

“If you insist…”

A deep silence that seemed to swell and distort the space rolled out. Winter dug her finger nails into the back of her hand. It seemed to suck in all the oxygen as the teenager struggled to gasp for air. Please no, not today. Weiss’ face became pinched, her tiny eyebrows furrowed in concern. Winter began,

“Father.. Please.. Don’t.”

Taking no heed of his daughter’s pleas, he instead remained focused on his wife. He took time as if savouring the moment making a big display of leaving the cigar on the edge of armrest, the corner of his lip twitched up as he coldly announced,

“- I only married you for the company.”

The candles on the cake flickered and died.

Willow’s eyes flickered to each of her children, Winter watched as her mother seemed to recoil, her face crumbled and she fled

Weiss bottom lip trembled… Whitley let out a loud wail..

Jacques spat.

“Oh for the sake of the gods.. Shut up that infernal racket!

Bolting from her chair, Winter scooped up her little brother and held out her hand in encouragement

“Weiss .”

The little girl scrambled from her seat, eagerly grasping her big sisters hand.

Winter briefly paused in the doorway, watching as Jacques bit into a purple plum, the soft flesh breaking, spilling dark venous juices down his chin.

He looked up. Holding his gaze, she stood back with Whitley on her hip and Weiss holding her hand. Activating a glyph on each handle she concentrated all of her rage. Under the sheer pressure, the doors began to shake and rattle in their hinges.

“I hate you!”

Catching the brief flicker of surprise on his features, she let go. The force exerted was enough to slam the doors closed with a resounding boom and caused the solid timber to splinter in its frame.

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formerlyrunephoenix6769 · 6 years ago

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Winter Solstice: Chapter 7

(Winter Schnee Fanfic from my h/c I used to have from my old blog. I shall be tagging this under formerlyrunephoenix6769 rwby fanfic to make chapters easier to find)

A Fondant Charade.

Her little sister began to crinkle her nose, bobbing up and down like an Atleasian marchhare. She moved as is to scratch it, pausing when she caught Winter’s barely detectable shake of her head. The teenager felt his critical gaze lingering before he cast it upon Weiss. She watched him out of the corner of her eye, checking his silver pocket watch.

“Where is she?”

A servant hesitantly offered,

“Mistress Willow was in the East Wing, Sir.”

Whitely began to fidget.

The businessman's moustache twitched with a sickle of dissatisfaction.

“She is aware….”

Suddenly their mother swept open the double doors behind their father, a waft of lillies proceeding her.

“Sorry, darlings.”

“Darling, what happened to your face?”

Having no wish to mar Weiss’ special day by causing an argument, Winter avoided her gaze,

“I was careless during training.”

This close, Winter witnessed the miniscule steely flicker of a glance in the direction of Jacques before coming back to rest on her. Without a hint of reproach, her mother parted,

“You must wear your mask at all times, Darling.”

Registering the loaded meaning, Winter gave a weak nod, belying the urge to seek out the comfort she so greatly wished for. Over at the far side of the table the little boy began to fuss. Willow gave him a smile, gesturing for them to sit. Whitley, too small to make it onto the booster seat looked around, holding out his arms to his mother only for a servant to swoop in and situate the little boy. In a bid to hide her disappointment, Willow announced,

A waiter began to move about the room, decanting clear crisp water into everyone's glasses. From his vantage point, Jacques held out his whiskey tumbler,

“Yes… I “

“All the necessary arrangements have been made.” Taking a sip of her water, Willow motioned for the wine to be decanted. “I think you will find him to your liking..”

“Who?” Her father growled.

Winter observed as her father fixed Willow with a glare. If her mother noticed, she ignored it as satisfied with her beverage, she waved away the servant.

The little girl opened her mouth as if to speak only to be cut off by her father with a steely tone,

“You know I don’t like it when I am not consulted.”

“I think in this particular for instance I am far more qualified than you.”

“Still-” Never taking his eyes off his wife, he shook out his napkin, tucking it into his shirt collar, “- I wish to be consulted.”

Willow elegantly teased her own napkin from its silver holder, demurely placing it on her lap as was correct etiquette in their circles.

“The opportunity didn’t arise.”

Taking the cue from their mother the two girls copied her whilst Whitley was helped by a member of the serving staff. Plucking fresh tomatoes still on the vine, Jacques added peevishly,

“A scroll call wouldn’t have been remiss.”

Willow gave him a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes, as she selected olives from a nearby dish,

“Well, you are always telling me how busy you are, and quite frankly I felt it would be of no concern to you.”

A muscle began to work in Jacques jaw and his eyebrows furrowed.

Winter steeled herself for the barrage, focusing on a particular whorl in the cherry wood.

Could they not for one day leave it at the door, for Weiss’ sake?

“What would you suggest?”

“The bisque, Miss. It comes from the finest ingredients from the seas at the southernmost tip of Vale. I believe it is Miss Weiss’ favourite.”

She observed as Weiss and Whitley pointed at the rolls they wished for and waited patiently for their servers to prepare them. Every time it made her feel as if she was an invalid. He went as if to break the roll and spread butter on it. Winter stopped him, taking the roll from the tongs,

“It’s fine, I can do it myself.”

“I went to the office today.”

Without missing a beat, Jacques’ pink tongue flicked out to catch the pale flesh of veal that threatened to tip from his fork, “Is that so?” The meat continued on its journey around his mouth, it was as if witnessing a troughing Boartusk. “I was under the impression that you were with the other useless socialite housewives.”

“Imagine my surprise,” Willow paused to put down her silverware, “- When it was brought to my attention that you have called off the search for the missing miners.”

Her father continued to attack his meal with gusto,

“As is company policy.”

“Then change it.”

“We have adhered to our legal obligation.”

Winter resumed moving the bright pink meat around her plate in a bid to avoid catching either of her parent’s eyes. Their bickering reminding the teenager of her fencing matches.

“It has only been the minimum of days, Jacques.”

The man stabbed a piece of asparagus,

“Well within regulation.. Besides, if anybody survived, which I highly doubt, they will more than likely be frozen to death.”

With her hands palm down on the table and leaning slightly forward, Willow appealed,

“Jacques, they are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, they have loved ones.”

Jacques chewed on the green stalk,

“And they will be compensated handsomely.”

Willow rose slightly from her seat, pushing her advantage,

“They don’t want our money. They want their loved ones returned to them.. If my father was alive he wouldn’t rest until every last one of them was brought to the surface, safe or not.”

Dropping the fork onto to the plate, her father peevishly spat,

“Well he isn’t, is he?”

“Mama, Father, please!” Keeping her head bowed, Winter said, “It is Weiss’ birthday.”

“Sir, Madam.” He bowed to Weiss, “My Lady.” Weiss beamed at the attention, “I have brought to you today, a work of art like no other.”

Carefully placing it on the table close to the birthday girl, he unveiled it with a flourish.

“Mama, look!”

Getting up from her seat, Willow began to examine the birthday cake in awe. Touching her hand to the red jewels at her neck, Willow returned the chef’s smile,

“You have simply out done yourself… Thankyou”

From the trolley, she retrieved small plates and a cake cutter.

“It seems almost a shame to cut it, doesn’t it?”

Weiss enthusiastically nodded.

Placing the utensils on the table and giving her youngest daughter a squeeze, she asked,

“Winter, let’s get a photograph with your scroll.”

No sooner had the last servant closed the door, Jacques picked back up the argument,

“As opposed to leaving them in an icy grave?”

“If you won’t change the policy, then I shall.”

Jacques lit a match, his lips wrapping around a thick cigar,

“Yes me..”

Leisurely, the business man sat back in his chair, resting his ankle on his knee, his highly polished black dress shoe in stark contrast with the pristine white of his suit.

“No, You, my dear, are merely a figurehead.. I am the CEO, the vote falls to me.” He tapped the ash on the floor, “- Until a suitable candidate can be found.”

Drawing herself up to her full height, Willow took a step towards him,

“I will contest it. I will bring it up in front of the board.”

With a smug grin, he gestured with his glass, the amber liquid threatening to spill over the rim,

A deep red came to Willow’s ivory cheeks,

“You know that was not what I meant.. That I chose to remain here to take care of the children....To take care of Father."

Taking a huge inhale, he seemed to hold it for a brief moment before thick tendrils of acrid smoke unfurled from his nose giving him the appearance of a dragon,

Winter observed as her mother’s hands balled into fists, taking on an accusatory tone,

“By cutting funding and putting employees lives in danger?”

“Well, we are within industry regulations.”

Ignoring her, he finished off his drink,

Her mother stopped dead in her tracks. Winter flinched at the thinly veiled threat and Weiss’ head swivelled between her parents. Willow’s shoulders drooped as if with the weight of Atlas. Turning to look at her husband, her voice came out barely a whisper,

“Did you ever love me?"

Jacques took another pull of the cigar as he coolly regarded his wife. Again he cadishly tapped the ash on the floor,

“If you have to ask, then I am sure you already know the answer.”

“I want to hear you say it! In front of the children –“ Her voice became shrill. “-Say it!”

“If you insist…”

“Father.. Please.. Don’t.”

The candles on the cake flickered and died.

Willow’s eyes flickered to each of her children, Winter watched as her mother seemed to recoil, her face crumbled and she fled Weiss bottom lip trembled… Whitley let out a loud wail.

Jacques spat.

“Oh for the sake of the gods.. Shut up with that infernal racket!

Bolting from her chair, Winter scooped up her little brother and held out her hand in encouragement.

“Weiss .”

The little girl scrambled from her seat, eagerly grasping her big sisters hand.

Winter briefly paused in the doorway, watching as Jacques bit into a purple plum, the soft flesh breaking, spilling dark venous juices down his chin.

“I hate you!”

Catching the brief flicker of surprise on his features, she let go. The force exerted was enough to slam the doors closed with a resounding boom and caused the solid timber to splinter in its frame.

Swiftly she made her way to her bedroom, grateful when Klein arrived hot on her heels.

“Miss, can I be of service?”

She gave the butler a wane but thankful smile as she gently unpeeled Whitley’s tight grasp around her neck as he hung like a drop bear,unwilling to let go.

“Please remain here with them and get them settled.” She softly rubbed the small boy’s back as he continued to sob in small hitches,”- They can stay here with me this evening.” Winter lay a comforting hand on Weiss shoulder as the young girl began to look panicked, “It’s ok, I shall return shortly.” Her voice soft and assuring, “- I must check on Mama.”

“I’ll order hot cocoa and make sure to retrieve some of that cake.” The two small children slightly perked up, “- Would you both like that little master and mistress?”

Winter watched as the butler began to attempt to settle the two children on the bed, a warm domestic scene in stark contrast with the events that had previously unfolded.

Satisfied at their safety, she quietly slipped out of the door.

Taking the back stairs and servant’s passage ways so as to avoid any run in with her father she quickly made her way to the East Wing. Rounding the corner, she spied two members of the security team hovering at the main entrance to the hallway that would lead to her mother’s rooms.

With her back straight and shoulders set, she drew herself up to her full height as she approached

They moved as if to block her.

“I wish to see my Mother. Step aside!”

“I’m afraid we cant do that.”

Winter’s eyes narrowed, as she haughtily snapped,

“Why not?”

“We are under strict orders not allow anyone down here. For your own safety.”

“I hardly think I am in any danger from my own mother.” The guards looked at each other. Winter continued, trying to keep the shake from her voice, “- My mother sent for me, and as you both know punctuality is a must in this household. What do you think is going to happen when I have to explain why I was late?”

Both guards took a moment before stepping aside.

“Thankyou gentleman, I think you will find you have made the right choice. If you make your way to the servants kitchen there might just be some left over cake. I would hurry if I were you.”

Gently she rapped her knuckles on the door. Waiting patiently for a reply. Finding none she cautiously cracked open the door, calling out,

"Mama?"

The room was in disarray, clothes strewn round the room, the contents of the dresser scattered all over the floor. The wardrobe looked like it had bore the brunt of an explosion, splintered and hanging in its frame.

In the centre of the room, Willow lay slumped on the floor. As Winter quietly approached the woman struggled to sit up, her head lolling. Her eyes seemed unable to focus. Crouching down beside her, Winter took the wine bottle from her mother’s unresisting grasp. Her mother’s once beautiful features were marred by swollen cheeks and puffy red rimmed eyes. Her makeup was smeared and her bun was askew.

"Mama, are you ok?"

Winter slowly helped her mother get unsteadily to her feet, struggling under the extra weight as she leaned on her for support. Willow suddenly pulled her daughter into a hug. She smelt of perfume and alcohol that caused Winter’s nose to burn.

"Promise me you will get away from here!"

"Yes, Mama."

Letting go, Willow slurred as Winter guided her over to the bed.,

"He will never willingly let you go.... You must make him....... Do what ever it takes to get away from here.... To get away from him!"

Biting back her tears, Winter dutifully replied,

“I know, Mama.”

With nimble and gentle fingers, Winter unzipped the back of her mother’s gown, not caring as it pooled as it pooled on the floor. Giving her mother much needed support, she waited as older woman stepped out of it. Winter pulled back the covers on the queen sized bed and gently eased her mother onto the mattress, tucking the sheet up around her.

"Weiss and Whitley?"

"I am taking care of them, Mama."

"You're a good girl, Winter. I dont tell you.. Your father.. He.,.. " Willow sniffed, "I am sorry, Winter."

Winter tenderly stroked her mother’s hair out of her face and pressed her lips against her forehead as she tenderly murmured,

"Hush now, Mama."

"I'm sorry."

“I know.”

“I love you, Winter.”

Tears began to prickle like an over flowing dam,

“I know Mama. I love you too.”

Once more stroking her mother’s hair, she turned on the small bedside lamp. Retrieving the empty bottle, she rushed out of the door.

Out in the hallway, she let loose the rising tide and like the levees that broke, tears began to pour.

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lucius-morningstar · 7 years ago

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Reasons I ship Bumblebee/Bumbleby

(Re uploading due to some issues sorry for bugging people.) Please keep in mind that these are my reasons and yes while a lot of them might not make the greatest of sense some might not even appeal to you. A few of these I did get from watching a video or reading a topic but a lot of this I try to explain in the best way I can. Enjoy and if you have any you’d like me to throw in for a future topic please don’t hesitate to ask or message or whatever you want. I ask for no hate please if you disagree that’s fine not everyone has to agree with me but please don’t hate or attack because you don’t ship them. —————- Now before I begin this let me go ahead and explain to you that this will be a long journal. This may or may not take some hits from or towards other ships and I may rant and kinda drift off for a moment but let me do my best. It will start off with an analysis of each character and how compatible they are among the other reasons why they should be together. First things first we are going to look at the lyrics of some of the songs. Ones that stand point out Blake and Yang in a sense and while yes this doesn’t really prove much to the ship being canon but it already points out a few significant points to the characters as a whole. I will not take the Bmblb song into consideration because it was denied to be a song towards that ship. Whether it’s denial to stop fanbases from fighting or genuinely true is for us fans to consider but I will not add it in here as a bit of proof on my end. Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test Black the beast descends from shadows Yellow beauty burns gold While this is the lyrics to Red Like Roses Part 1 it actually goes into a bit of detail of each character with only just a few words. Of course we’ll be focusing on the third and fourth verse. Black the beast descends from shadows and Yellow beauty burns gold. Thus giving away Blake and Yang. Now we all know who Blake and Yang are suppose to represent within the fairy tail world. Blake is meant to be belle from beauty and the beast while Yang is meant to be goldilocks not a great connection I know but when you dive further into the story itself you see there is far more to Yang then simply beauty just as there is far more to Blake then dark and mysterious though it suits them both just as well. There is also a song on the v1 volume known as Wings. Which if listened to could be directed to Yang talking to Blake. However this is just for speculation it isn’t confirmed either but if you listen to some of the lyrics here it kinda makes you think. However I am more or less taking this bit here from a youtuber known as RarityDash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHLCU9a0KKI (Go to 2:53 if you want to hear his side or listen to the whole video.) A lot of these will come from other people’s perspectives too so keep in mind I will try my best to give credit where credit is due. ———————————— Now with this introduction lets get to know each character personality wise. Looking up Yang’s information on her personality this is what we get, Note it will not be the full personality because it dives into v3 and I’m trying to focus on what we know around v1-v2. And yes I know a moment from v5 is kind of in here but it might help along when I forget. Yang’s voice actor, Barbara Dunkelman, has said that when Yang’s character was described to her, she was described as “the kind of person who would teach someone how to swim by pushing them in the water”. This speaks volumes about how Yang approaches most things in life. She is very straightforward and confident. Yang is also described as being a cheerful, energetic and bright young lady. She is arguably the most flippant, carefree and adventurous member of her team, frequently making sarcastic comments and jokes even in the heat of battle and often taking combat and hostile situations lightly. Yang is very sociable and extroverted, even in unfamiliar situations. Blake considers Yang the personification of the word “strength”. However, Yang’s “brawler” fighting style is evocative of her personality. Her anger, one of her main assets in battle, can lead her to act predictably. —- As it states Yang is more or less a down to earth confident young woman with a cheerful attitude and a straight forward sense of direction. She is also a huge extrovert but like many she has her faults. One of which is her anger that as stated can lead her to act predictably. It causes her to run head on in the face of danger not thinking before acting which we’ve all seen where that leads. But I’ll get more into that later, For now lets focus on our next character. Blake Belladonna. —- Blake is described as being “mellow” by her voice actress, Arryn Zech. She displays a cool, reserved, and serious personality most of the time but does not lack a humorous side usually in the form of dry wit and sarcasm. Blake is a righteous person, respecting other people’s lives regardless of whether they are Faunus. She strongly despises those who judge and discriminate based on racial prejudice. Blake is outspoken, going so far as to indirectly insult the Schnee Dust Company in front of its heiress and defend Faunus of any kind. Blake is shown to be an introvert. Though she reads books to distance herself from the discussion at hand, as the series continues, she is shown to be more facetious and friendly. Blake appears most conversant when discussing the history and plight of her people. As a Faunus, Blake has faced discrimination in the past and wears a bow when around humans in order to be treated for her character and not her species. However, despite having no hate for Humans, she has seen how the real world works and wonders how she can undo so many years of hate and pain. —- As this personality information states Blake is more or less closed off and always hidden. She prefers to keep to herself and likes to keep her past in the past. Because of all the years of pain she’s had to go through both by human and faunus Blake has major trust issues, even with other faunus (Like Velvet or others) Blake comes off as kind of a well as the post says an introvert, Blake has no desire to make friends or get close to anyone she just wants to become stronger and find a better way to figure out her life all while running from her past. She prefers to be by herself and in this is where things start to get a little interesting to me. —- V-1 & V-2 analysts: Blake and Yang’s introduction to one another and their development through v1 and v2. Now to get off upon Blake and Yang’s very first meeting is more or less. Stiff I guess would be the best way to put it. The one character that actually brings the two together is Yang’s younger sister (half sister) Ruby. Wanting to encourage her sister to make more friends Yang tries to converse with Blake as she reads. Yang tries very hard multiple times to get Blake to open up and make conversation, going out of her way to compliment everything about her but it is ultimately shot down just as many times as she tries. After growing frustrated she proceeds to tell Ruby that she’s a lost cause. This is within the first episode of all of them meeting keep in mind these episodes we’re insanely shorten the beginning of it’s run time. Now lets go to the first initiation, where the teammates are meant to find their partners on their own being sent off into the woods one by one and the first person they make contact with is the first person they’re destined to be with for the next four years. We see Yang looking for anyone but is intending to try to find her sister Ruby but instead finds a few rather agitated Ursa who waste little to no time starting a fight with our lovely blonde heroine. Upon fighting the ursa the first one is taken out with little to no problem up until it cuts her hair which Yang ends up going on a rampage and destroying it within seconds. Taking out the second was easy an she was pumped to take out the third only for Blake to come out of nowhere and take it out for her. Yang implies she could have taken him and honestly I think Blake knew that. So here’s where my curiosity gets the better of me lets skip back just a little. Now skip back a little a few seconds back into the video and before Yang finds the ursa you see something shift past the screen. That something if paused at the right time is more or less identified as Blake. Now here’s something that interested me, Yang openly admitted that Blake was a lost cause the very night before, Blake showed little to no interest in talking to Yang and going out of her way to ignore her kind actions as best as she possibly could. Yet Blake is following Yang willingly stalking her until the perfect moment. Blake could have very well picked anyone else but she chose to be Yang’s partner. She witness Yang take on an ursa by herself, witness her anger get the better of her and that alone should have been a red flag to find someone else but she chose to stay and chose to reveal herself to Yang. Chose to be her partner, right off the bat something is off here. Blake was made out to be an introvert who wants as little human interaction as possible or at least as little interaction with people as possible. She didn’t come to beacon to make friends we find that out later on so why choose the second most friendly and outgoing person in the bunch. One who is the complete opposite of her in almost every way where Blake prefers the dark, Yang shines in the light and where Blake prefers to be alone, Yang prefers to be in the crowd. These two are more opposite then you can get and yet somehow they make it work, Blake even smiles a few times at Yang’s rather dorky yet sometimes slightly oblivious behavior. So my question for this is what made her pick Yang over anyone else. She could have chose Weiss, the two would have avoided each other barely became friends or chose Ruby someone who of course wants to be friends but is too shy to really be open and talk about anything other then books which probably would have settled better with Blake. (NOTE: This is more from an idea on how I think Blake’s perspective would be before Team RWBY was even assigned) However she chose someone who actually wants to get to know her and here’s where my reasoning comes into play. ————– Blake was always someone who was judged simply on her looks never one to be approached with a kind nature and her somewhat stiff persona often led others away then towards. Yang however was more then willing to outright introduce herself knowing nothing about Blake but never stopped to try to make her feel like she could be comfortable if that makes sense. Also if we take into account the first thing Yang compliments is Blake’s bow the one thing Blake uses to hide her secret that she feels would change how the people acted around her, as we find out a little later on Blake wants people to like her for who she is not for what she is. Yang right off the bat accepts every part of Blake without even knowing anything about her. Yang while wanting to know about Blake never pushed her into giving away more then she was comfortable with. While Yang is a boisterous character with a somewhat childish personality at times she genuinely shows a great amount of care and respect for the people she meets something Blake probably didn’t come into contact with often. In her eyes out of the choices she had Yang was probably the best choice by far. ————– Now lets go to episode 15 of Volume 1: After a fight with Weiss over a group known as the White Fang, a group of faunus who thrive to make the world better for the faunus but have turned rather dark over the years. Blake accidentally lets it slip that she was not only a member but is also in fact a faunus upon discovering this she wastes no time in leaving for fearing they would not accept her. During their search for Blake, Yang is kinda well not harsh but firm on Weiss for not being more concerned about their teammate. Ruby wanting to know Blake’s side of things while Weiss is quick to judge Yang’s only concern is for Blake’s safety, they’ hear her side of the story when they found her and when they knew she was safe. That was Yang’s first and only concern for the time being was for Blake’s safety. She not only goes out of her way to worry for her saftey but is more inclined to hear her side of the story before jumping to any harsh conclusions like Weiss did, meanwhile Ruby is honestly just trying to be the neutral party wanting to avoid as much conflict between her friends as possible. Eventually she does grow frustrated with Weiss asking if she even cares if they find Blake putting Yang in a more frustrated state of mind but does put that behind her for the sake of Blake being safely found. In Volume 2 episode 1 Blake is staring at her notebook while looking a bit out of it which causes Yang’s once again kind nature to shine on through and ask if Blake’s alright. Again something I’ve noticed with Yang is she tries not to force the situation when Blake doesn’t want to talk but instead of pushing the issue she goes straight to trying to cheer her up. Making her smile and laugh quite a bit in this episode more near the end though I’ll admit it was mostly just a food fight scene so it’s kinda hard to really look into this episode in any other way but comedic. Anyway in the next episode Blake is once again troubled and when she opens up to her friends on what she wants to do. Yang is one of the first to agree stating in a rather odd tone that she says and I quote.“Yes, I love it when you’re feisty.” and Blake even kinda gives a small smile to it enjoying the fact that Yang loves that she’s passionate about something that means so much to her and is enthusiastically wanting to help fight along side her. The tone alone in how Yang says that line however kinda leads you thinking and wondering what Yang really meant and for me it was more of a curiosity as to how often is Blake feisty around Yang that she has to point out how much she loves it. Anyway lets keep going. In volume 2, chapter 4 Blake shows a lot of concern for Yang while she��s fighting against the paladin. Now here’s something that has been also pointed out by RarityDash. Blake was aware of Yang’s semblance, she has seen it in action during the initiation yet still shows a great deal of concern towards Yang when she’s hit. She’s been with Yang long enough to know how her semblance works yet calls out for her like this is the first time she’s seen it. Now comes to the more obvious scenes people have grown to love and that is Chapter 6 of Volume 2, When Blake goes into an all out funk trying to figure out the White Fang’s plans, barely eating, barely sleeping and not stopping to just relax and have fun not only does it worry Ruby but it also worries Yang. While Yang doesn’t show it she makes it clear that whether Blake wants to or not she does intend for Blake to be at the dance one way or another. After a rather amusing way of distracting Blake to follow Yang, she takes her off somewhere alone so they can talk in private. Instead of Yang giving her a hard time or forcing her to relax she opens up to Blake, she bares the pain of losing her mother both her real and her step mom as well as her abandonment issues too. Sharing a part of her that one can only assume she never really shared with Ruby. Her being too young to know any better and Yang being too ashamed of her own mistake at the fact that she had put her and her sister’s life in danger just to get answers. She had opened up a deep wound for herself on how her mother abandoned her for reasons she hadn’t ever got a chance to figure out. She explains to Blake that her selfishness to finding answers should have gotten her and her sister killed, More or less telling Blake that she’s afraid if Blake continues to go down this road it could very well lead her to her death. Blake is-or at least tries to be understand but also gently pushes Yang’s bode aside claiming that she isn’t a child and that show knows better which eventually does anger Yang and in this flares up her semblance. Something else I took notice too that when it comes to Blake, Yang can turn it on and off at any given moment. She expresses a great deal of concern walking up to Blake looking angry before hugging her and telling her that she doesn’t want her to stop she just wants he to slow down for her and for the people she cares about. Her plan was to put her trust out to Blake and hope Blake would trust her judgement enough to give herself a break if only for a night so she could relax and enjoy herself. Yang believed Blake trusted her that much and was willing to give that trust back ten fold just so she’d rest going out of her way to share something that deeply troubled her in hopes Blake would let it go at least for a night. That right there should speak in volumes on how much Yang cares for Blake. Not to mention the scene that happens after their open conversation but this is a scene that really set it for the fans was Yang actually temps Blake by telling her if she shows up, she’ll even save her a dance before winking at her and then walking away. She says and I quote.“And if you feel like coming out tomorrow, I’ll save you a dance.” This scene alone told me Yang was flirting and inviting Blake to join her for a night of fun and no I don’t mean the dirty kind but pretty much asking her to dance with her just came off as a bit more flirty then it should have. This scene didn’t even need to be added but RT threw it in anyway. If there was nothing there or no hopes of anything being there why throw in Yang teasing Blake this way. The talk sure but the flirting was just something they didn’t need to add if they didn’t intend for us to think something like this. Now Blake does go to the dance with Sun but makes it clear her first dance was spoken for which I found odd. Yang said she’d save Blake a dance, never insinuated that he first dance had to be with Yang yet she went out of her way to dance with Yang first and for the rest of the night while Blake’s having fun. Yang just watches, she doesn’t join in, doesn’t dance with anyone else she just kinda watches Blake from a distance. Even when dancing with Sun Blake looks in Yang’s direction if only for a few brief moments before continuing to dance. Now lets go to episode 9 of volume 2. During the teams first mission. Profess-..Doctor Oobleck goes out of his way to ask why Weiss, Blake and Yang want to be huntresses which they give but while their motives are clear they start to slowly question why they’re here, why they really chose it and what their real reasons really we’re. The three do talk it over each expressing their own insecurities on what they’ll do with their career. After hearing Weiss get down from her choices Yang doesn’t fall too far behind, however this kinda changes once Blake admits that she doesn’t know how she’s going to help her people. Yang’s attitude changes right off the bat as she tries to comfort Blake telling her that she’ll figure it out and she’s never one to back down from a challenge. In the second part of this episode (Episode 10 volume 2) Blake is still showing a lot of uncertainty on how she’s going to fix her problems. Claiming all she knows how to do is run which again Yang goes out of her way to make it clear she’ll figure it out. ———————- Now we’re onto v3 and v4 During the fight with Mercury while everyone is clapping Blake is actually the only one out of the team to stand up and clap for Yang (Again this is another part I got from RariDash, a lot will be used from other youtubers and topic post makers but I will be doing my best to add my own into it as well. After the fight with Mercury however and Yang is sentence on lock down Weiss and Ruby show no hesitation in believing Yang when she says Mercury attacked her first even if they din’t see it happen that way. However Blake is hesitate and that alone greatly worries Yang, she fears she is losing Blake’s trust and that hurts her more then anything else, she breaks down into tears almost begging for Blake to believe her. When Blake explains why. claiming “I had someone very dear to me change, It wasn’t in an instant. It was gradual, little choices that began to pile up.He told me not to worry, at first they we’re accidents, then it was self defense. Before long even I began to think he was right. This is all just very familiar..” she finds it hard to believe Yang she goes into detail that she her previous quote on quote partner (Romantic partner at that) had changed so quickly and part of her was afraid to give Yang that trust back in fear she was becoming like Adam. The fact that Blake compares the two of them says a lot on how she felt for Adam says even more about how she could possibly feel for Yang. The fact that Ruby and Weiss saw Yang attack Mercury but we’re still willing to believe her over what they actually saw barely gets any real reaction from Yang because all she wants is Blake’s trust in her. She wants Blake to believe her and the way she says Blake’s name just kinda breaks your heart it doesn’t sound like a friend hurt you no it sounds like someone who is very close broke your heart in a matter of seconds. This alone, the way Yang acts and the pleading in her voice makes Blake second guess herself, telling yang and I quote and is willing to believe Yang even after momentarily witnessing it for herself she is willing to put past what she saw and put her trust in Yang even if she has a slight bit of doubt she is willing to put that aside for the sake of Yang. After explaining her situation Blake then counters with.”But you’re not him, and you’ve never done anything like this before. So I want to trust you. I will trust you but first I need you to look me in the eyes and tell me he attacked you, I need you to promise me you regret having to do what you did.” After Yang confirms that Mercury attacked her first Blake just simply closes her eyes smiles a little and says.”Okay.” She is willing to put her own trust on the line simply because Yang told her so. The fact that she was willing to believe so much after being hurt by someone like Adam again it speaks in volumes on how much trust and care she has for Yang. When the battle for beacon finally does start Blake’s very first action is to call Yang and make sure she’s safe they both continuously make sure the other is okay. Her first concern is Yang and Yang’s first concern is Blake, something I found odd was that she didn’t dial Yang’s number on her scroll she just flipped it open and Yang popped up which brings to question does she have Yang on speed dial lmao sorry sorry anyway back to the topic at hand another scene that comes into play is something that always bugged me and made me wonder why. Upon Blake and Weiss splitting up, Yang doesn’t question where her sister is, her first and only concern is where Blake is. She puts her sister’s safety on Weiss who is very much tired and goes off to find Blake on her own. The fact no one has any idea where Ruby is doesn’t even get to Yang as she dashes off to find Blake. Now here’s something that got to me. Upon Blake and Adam’s fight once Blake is pinned down Adam makes to point out these exact words.“I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love.” Literally no sooner does he say that does Yang come into view calling out for Blake. Upon seeing Blake’s reaction Adam continues with “Starting with her.” Which given v5’s sudden reveal it is possible that Blake is confirmed to be bi to some extent. Or at least curious. He actually stabs Blake in the gut just to get a reaction out of Yang and the reaction that Yang has when seeing Blake hurt is one that is both terrifying and heart breaking. She screams at Adam to get away from Blake before launching herself straight at him, eyes red filling with tears, hair ablaze and Blake is left witnessing in horror as Yang is easily cut through. Her arm is sliced like fucking butter I kid you not he makes it look too easy and Yang passes out from her aura being completely drained from her as well as probably from the pain in her arm (Or lack there of.) sorry. Adam goes to finish Yang off and despite Blake’s injury she puts herself in front of Yang to try and save her. Now here’s something people have been pointing out. Blake actually managed to make her semblance stronger due to needing to protect Yang. Meaning she not only made a duplicate of herself but quite possibly of Yang as well so she could get away with her. The fact Blake is able to get away holding Yang as well as dealing with her own injury again should speak in volumes. Then we have that heart breaking scene of Blake clutching Yang’s hand saying nothing but sorry over and over again while Yang lays unconscious. Now during V4 a lot of people complained about this but this volume was literally a recovery volume. For people to get over everything that happened at Beacon and to heal from their injuries both mental and otherwise. The ones who had to heal the most we’re Yang and Blake. Blake left in fear Adam would hurt or kill Yang so she went to the one place she assumes Adam wouldn’t think to look back home while Yang has to once again suffer through the fact she was abandoned by the people she trusted most. First she loses her mother, then she loses Summer, then her father goes into his own bout of depression leaving Yang to raise Ruby alone for a little while. Qrow constantly leaves on missions leaving Yang alone with her thoughts. As V5 explained Yang had no one she had to deal with this loneliness by herself. Also while this might not be something really big we can cling too if you to the episode with Yang watching TV she’ll stop and just glance over at a stack of books. Just staring at them for a moment before her father walks in. A lot of people speculate she was either A: Thinking of Blake, B: Thinking of Ruby or C: Just wanting to read. I can go with either first two choices, just figured I’d point that out. While she is dealing with her own personal demons as well as some triggering PTSD. We often go to Blake who is trying to come to terms that because of her Yang got hurt. Her guilt made her run, while it put these thoughts in her head that Yang would be safe if she left. As we delve in deeper Blake does nearly break down in front of her father after he apologizes for worrying about her. If Sun hadn’t come in I am almost willing to bet Blake would have poured her heart out to her father. Not confessing anything just how she felt and how she felt when Yang was hurt how and in v5 as Weiss somewhat put it “Everything she was afraid would happen did happen the second she let those walls down.” During that time we are introduced to Ilia who had triggered another fear out of Blake when she had hurt Sun. Blake was furious with Sun before she once again poured her heart out. She never asked for them to put their lives on the line for her, she wants them to hate her because she feels like it would be easier to be hated then to be loved, She tells Sun she’s done seeing her friends hurt because of her, admits that every day she thinks about them and listing off each character Yang’s comes out the worst. Weiss and Ruby are equally missed but Yang. Blake comes off as if Yang is someone she misses so terribly that it hurts to even say her name. While yes she does admit that she loves them, all of them. The way she says Yang’s name leads me to believe that when she says “They we’re my friends, I love them like I never thought I could love anybody”. She thinks no- she believes they’d be better off without her that no one can help her and she’s better off doing everything alone, then Sun kinda does something out of character, for someone who has feelings for Blake he actually in my eyes it seems like he willingly admits defeat by saying this. “You think you’re being selfless but you’re not, and yea your chameleon friend got me good. But I’d do it all again if it meant protecting you and I can promise Yang would say the same.” He didn’t have to add Yang into that statement. He could have just kept it at I’d do it all again if it meant protecting you but instead he added Yang to it knowing how much Blake cares for her. Then he goes and adds to it by saying. “ You can make you’re own choices sure, but you don’t get to make ours. When your friends fight for you, it’s because we want too. So stop pushing us out, it hurts more then anything the bad guys could ever do to us.” In my head this is also something that is triggered towards Yang cause once again in V5 we see Yang state that Blake doesn’t have to do it alone and that she needs her as much as Blake needs Yang. ————————- EDIT: I Added a little more I had missed out on. It’s things like these if they’re small or insignificant to you that’s fine. Everyone has their reasoning for why they like something if my reasoning isn’t enough that’s fine. I just wanted to share. Sorry this was long and I’m sorry I didn’t offer pictures. Tumblr and the way it works is still an odd thing for me. But I hope you all enjoy reading it just the same. Also someone suggested I try White Rose next. I just might actually. I know it’s less likely to be canon but that doesn’t mean I won’t try and think of reasons.

#Rwby #Rwby fandom #rwby bumblebee #Rwby Bumbleby #rwby blake #rwby yang #Blake Belladonna #Yang Xiao Long #ship discussion #Blake x Yang #rwby weiss #rwby ruby

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mdwatchestv · 7 years ago

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Game of Thrones 7x06: Run Joe, Run

Woo boy that was A LOT. Like a lot, a lot. In so many different ways. I would even go so far as to describe some elements as 'extra'. Yes there was excitement, action, and feels. I even admit to screaming bloody murder when the zombie bear came from a direction I didn't expect. But when all was said and done I couldn't help but feel a bit...used. This season, although boasting some great moments, has felt undeniably different than previous years. Instead of focussing on building out a world and the characters that inhabit it, the show is now rocketing towards a foregone conclusion. If the world of Game of Thrones is a chess board and we have spent the past several years watching knights and queens slowly slide around the squares jockeying for position, this season is the equivalent of knocking it all to the ground and letting the pieces literally fall where they may. Alternatively, if the world of Game of Thrones was a high-end Barbie collector's basement, this is the season his eight-year-old niece broke in, ripped 1993 Holiday Barbie out of her box and made her make out with 1960 1st edition Ken. And neither of those things are inherently bad, playing with dolls and knocking a boring game on the floor are both entertaining in and of themselves, but they are also a departure from what we have come to expect.

Before this season I never thought about things like "Wait- how many long miles IS Westeros? What is the land speed of a laden Raven? What's the MPH on a dragon? How long by air? How long by sea?" I wasn't worried about the logistics, the tech specs. We had other things to worry about, like battle strategies, familial strain, and tyrannical kings. But now it feels as if the curtain is starting to be pulled aside and we are for the first time seeing the mechanics at work behind the scenes. While there were thrills to be had in this super-sized penultimate outing of season seven, they came at a price. In the after-episode special Benioff and Weiss openly admitted to essentially reverse-engineering the entire episode in order to get the final shock of zombie dragon, rather than letting it be the consequence of an organic series of events. One of the reasons Game of Thrones works so well is that consequences, even the upsetting ones, feel earned. The Red Wedding, for example, tragic as it was, was ultimately palatable because it made sense in the larger story. It was the tangible result of a series of connectable actions, not a gambit for ratings. Often the killing of beloved characters leads fan to become disillusioned with a show because it's done in the service of shock value, rather than organic storytelling. But as major characters drop on Game of Thrones, it only acts to draw the audience in further because it’s done in a way that rewards previous storytelling. The idea that characters are existing in a real world with real stakes and consequences is compelling and rare. Up until this season Game of Thrones never had characters rendered immortal by their series regular contracts, or even clear-cut heroes and villains. Yes, we root for different characters and houses, but at this point no one has a clean moral conscious. Those qualities are exactly what made Game of Thrones so good, and what it is seemingly starting to lose. It's worth pointing out that up until recently the show has had source material to rely on for guidance, and is now having to pick it's own path to the end. Viewer’s theories about the show’s endgame have become increasingly out there, perhaps in response to a world where outcome is not necessarily determined by prior events. For better or worse, anything is possible.

This episode was some moments of interest strung together with moments of "what?!?!?". Let's begin. ZARTF (Zombie Acquisition and Retrieval Task Force), as well as a few randos clearly marked for death, sally forth into the north. This whole episode gave me greatest hits of Lord of the Rings vibes, including "walking in a straight line across a mountain", "being rescued by a giant winged beast at the last second", and "rolling up half dead on a horse". I really gotta carve out 10 hours to rewatch those. To pass the time tromping through the snow our seven "heroes" try and work through their daddy issues (a little late imo), and Jon makes a half-assed attempt to give Longclaw back to Jorah (conveniently failing to mention it's like the only thing that kills White Walkers). The first sign of trouble comes when the group is set upon by a zombie bear! You hate to see that. Some of the red shirts are killed, Top Knot McGillicutty is wounded, and Jorah saves the day with his dragon glass dagger. Which I guess they all have? Or just Jorah? Unclear. This scene is what we like to call in the biz a foreshadowing.

Meanwhile in Dragonstone Dany is mooning over Jon Snow, even though he is a short stack (he IS super little) and ignores Tyrion who is attempting to invent democracy. In their exchange it's reiterated that Dany can never have babies (beyond her dragon babies), making a potential hold on the Iron Throne tenuous at best (Jon is still the *true* heir, but doesn't seem like Bran is going to tell anyone that anytime soon). Dany would rather not talk about any of that though, and would rather crush/not crush on the King of the Short. Speaking of women on the edge, the Sisters Stark are also failing to see eye to eye. After discovering Arya's BAG OF FACES (I have so many questions about the logistics of face wearing, but I am simply too tired to get into it), Sansa is understandably concerned. These concerns are heightened when creepy-ass Arya pops in to play a decidedly threatening game of questions. Arya seems to think Sansa is out to usurp Jon because she is a Cersei-in-training. Sansa thinks Arya is a terrifying demon child. This is a relationship that has also become frustrating centering around a conflict that doesn't ring true. While it's true that Arya and Sansa have become very different young women, there is more that unites than divides them at this point and Arya's extreme aggression towards her sister feels unwarranted. The core characteristic of the Stark family is that they ARE the Stark family. Arya put aside her dreams of Cersei killing in order to reclaim her heritage, and with the pack dwindling the remaining wolves have to stick together now more than ever. Both of these women have been through extreme trauma, both of them have had to make unthinkable choices in order to survive, and both of them have been continually underestimated by their male cohorts. I'm not saying this is a relationship that should not be without conflict, but their animosity lacks nuance. Granted this show doesn't have a lot of experience with complicated female relationships, but Sansa and Arya attempting to reconnect as complex young women in a time of crisis feels like a real missed opportunity.

And I have seen the Twitter theories that say that the two girls are gaming Littlefinger together, that Sansa sending Brienne away (to an I think prematurely scheduled zombie viewing) right after Littlefinger advised her to use Brienne against Arya is concrete proof. As much as I hope this is all true, it just doesn't seem likely at this point. But maybe Sansa's bizarrely abrupt send off of her last loyal subject really was a clue to a larger plot, or maybe it's just an excuse to put Brienne back in Jaime's path to give him a last second shot of moral obligation. I would love nothing more for my pessimistic theories surrounding two of my long time favs to be proven wrong. These two characters, no matter their ultimate fate, deserve the chance at a final team up.

Back up north, our band of brothers conveniently stumble upon a manageable squadron of zombies led by a White Walker. After dispatching the Walker all the zombies but *one* turn into dust. The plan is going smoothly! However the last zombie calls the rest of the hoard and they are well and truly fucked. The group sends good old Gendry to run back to the Wall (an unknown distance) to raven Dany for help, while the rest of the pack becomes stranded on a rock in the middle of an ice lake surrounded by the entire undead army. Here's where I have questions. Question 1: If Ole One Eye and Top Knot McGee can make fire whenever they want, why cant they have a fire on the island? Or at least gather around one of the swords? Question 2: Can the zombies not use bows? It seems like our group would be pretty easy to take down with a couple dozen arrows. Question 3: How long are they waiting/expecting to wait? How long does it take for the raven to get to Dany? More questions to come later. Anyway Top Knot succumbs to his wounds, meaning that One Eye is now on his final life. The Hound, who was pretty useless most of this episode, continues to be useless by alerting the zombie hoard that the ice is safe to walk on. Our party engages in a seemingly hopeless battle against an untold number of assailants, hoping against hope for a dragony miracle to happen.

And it does! Dany swoops in with her brood in the last second, blasting the zombies with fire, and rocking a seriously fabulous white fur coat, to save the day! Not only is her winter wardrobe literally to die for, it also looks like she may have skinned Ghost to make it, symbolizing her new allegiance (romance?) with Jon. I also have to ask at this point why this wasn't the original plan. Dany made pretty good time getting up there, didn't have to tromp through the snow, and likely could have had Drogon pick up a zombie in his talons- all in seemingly less than a day! But I guess that would have been much less macho than grimly marching through the snow. It looks like the tables have turned in favor of our hereos when suddenly....the Night King picks up an ice spear and takes out Viserion! Nooooo.

This was a genuinely heart-wrenching moment, as an audience we have watched Dany's dragons grow from hatchlings to giant death machines, and seeing one of them ripped out of the sky was just as painful as losing any beloved human character. Again this was a moment that delivered an emotional punch, but the journey to that payoff was not as satisfyingly authentic as it could have been. Jon, realizing the White Walkers are somehow ready for dragon combat, sacrifices himself so Drogon can take off with his payload safely. But it's an empty sacrifice, because Jon is last minute rescued by BENJEN STARK, who is part ice monster, part North of the Wall lifeguard, all Stark all the time. If you recall Benjen, or Cold Hands I guess is his nickname, previously came in for the save with his swinging lantern when he rescued Meera and Bran. But Benjen's last minute saving days are over as he is eaten by zombies in order to allow Jon to escape. Sad.

Back at the wall Dany ignores Daddy Jorah in favor of wistfully staring out over the tundra, hoping for Jon to appear. And appear he does! Jon is more than fine, especially shirtless and wrapped in furs on Dany's pleasure yacht. The two have some weird flirting where Dany reveals she can never have children, and Jon actually refers to her as 'Dany'. Good thing they are both so hot, because that banter wouldn't cut it anywhere else. Also she's his aunt. I simply cannot stress that enough.

As a final coda to this decades long episode, we see the Night Army dragging the corpse of Viserion out of the lake only to reanimate him into an ice zombie dragon! Gah! Shit is most definitely getting real, as the Night King adds some real power to his arsenal. Will zombie dragon still breathe fire? Ice? Freezing rain? Excited to find out. Next week (the season finale???) looks like it will be the zombie summit down in King's Landing. I have zero predictions for this. My only hope is that Euron will be there, I miss him. In a world of uncertainty, Euron brings the party.

Stuff I didn't get to:

Stop shipping Dany/Jon, START shipping Brienne/Beardy

They almost took Beardy from me after I SPECIFICALLY asked them not too.

Beardy learned the word dick <3

Beardy rode a dragon!!!

MVP: Beardy. I don't have to defend myself.

XO MD

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mewmewchann · 7 years ago

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RWBY: Y.v.S - Roadblock

While Ruby is trying to find Penny, she ends up meeting with a familiar face. But as the struggle against the Grimm continues, the unexpected happens...

(Sorry about the long wait, guys! I REALLY had trouble writing the ending of the chapter, but I hope you enjoy it!)

(If you have any questions about RWBY: Y.v.S, don’t be afraid to ask!)

"GAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Ruby was still flying through the air on a cylinder-like tower of water. Penny was still miles in front of her, and she had no idea how to control her current mode of transport.

"HOW THE HECK DO I PILOT THIS THING!?"

She didn't want to use her semblance, as she feared that it would send her flying off the water cylinder entirely. Then, she remembered something she learned when she was taught about landing strategies.

If you want to speed up, make sure your form is streamlined.

Ruby tried to streamline her body more by moving her arms closer to her sides, and it caused her to gain more speed.

Finally…She thought.

Penny noticed her as she started to speed up, and sent four of her swords to stop her.

Crap. I don’t know how to steer.

She leaned on her right foot a little, hoping that it would work, and somehow, it did. The water moved to the right, caught the four swords and spat them out to the side. Penny used the strings on them to reel them back to her backpack.

Is Marina still controlling the water? Ruby thought to herself. It can’t be doing this itself…

She was unfortunately too distracted by her thoughts to pay attention to Penny. She had completely disappeared and an Atlesian ship was in front of her.

She must be on that ship.

Ruby sped forwards, got off of the water tower and landed on the outside of the ship. The water she was on retracted backwards, supposedly back to Marina’s gourd.

Okay, Ruby thought. Now I just need to find-

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a click behind her. She turned around.

Neopolitan, Roman Torchwick’s assistant, was behind her and had her scroll in her hand. Neo put the scroll down and greeted Ruby with a casual wink.

Inside the ship, someone was checking their scroll with a distasteful expression.

“You have GOT to be kidding me...” He muttered, before exiting to the ship’s exterior.

Blake was chasing after a White Fang Bullhead which had started releasing Beowolves into Beacon’s campus. It wasn’t sending out any Grimm at the moment, and was moving to another area of the school, and she was sprinting after it.

She was clutching the dust that Weiss had gave her in her left hand. She hadn’t used any of it. Not yet.

The bullhead stopped near a school building, the ship’s door opening to reveal a pack of Beowolves – which had looked like they hadn’t eaten for days. They jumped out one by one; some landing on the ground and some had clawed onto the walls of the building. Blake took out her gun and put a bullet into every one of them. As the Grimm disintegrated and the Bullhead flew off again, Blake decided to check inside the building to see if any students were inside before she chased after it. She ran over to an opening to inside and called out.

“Hello? Is anyone in ther-”

Something she saw stopped her dead.

A huntsman had just slashed another Beowolf out of his path with a dark red sword. He wore mostly black, and had a long black coat with a red and white pattern on it’s left side. He was wearing one of the White Fang’s Grimm masks, but it had been decorated with red, almost flame-like patterns. His hair was mostly red, and a portion of it in the back was brown – but it also revealed a small pair of horns.

Blake's eyes widened in horror. She recognised him almost immediately.

"No..." Blake said, terrified. "A-Adam?"

A sinister grin crept across his face.

"Hello, my darling."

Weiss had been fighting Grimm and helping other huntsmen for a while now. She had no idea where Blake or Yang were, but she knew that she had to do something to help in this dire situation.

A Nevermore had landed in front of her. Weiss readied her sword, Myertenaster, so that she could attack it, but a flash of light-blue dust flew from behind her and landed onto the Grimm's right wing, generating a small cluster of ice crystals where it landed. Weiss turned around to see who fired the attack.

Rose was standing behind her with her ice cannon, which shifted back into it’s hammer form.

“Sorry about the intrusion!” She said chirpily. “It’s Rose, by the way.”

“Uh, thanks.” Weiss replied. “Why the hell are you wearing ice skates?”

“Eh. Because of my semblance, I’d rather skate then walk.”

Oh. Weiss thought. She has a cryokinetic semblance. That makes sense.

The rest of team CLMR arrived on the scene, followed closely by Fox and Velvet.

“You’re here!” Weiss exclaimed in surprise. “Where were yo-”

“Ruby needed help taking down a Nevermore in the arena.” Fox replied monotonely, wiping some blood from a cut on his right arm.

“Oh. Okay.” Weiss replied.

“Is the rest of your team with you?” Velvet asked. “Blake and Yang? Are they anywhere?”

“Blake went after a White Fang Bullhead.” Weiss explained, gesturing over to the direction her teammate went in. “That way.”

Velvet nodded. “Need any help?”

Weiss shrugged. “I think I’ll be fine. But thanks for the offer, Velvet.”

Crimson, who had her sword ready, added her input. “I think we should help the others in the city. Those Grimm aren’t gonna kill themselves.”

“Yes,” Velvet replied. “But we need to wait for Fox to recover.”

Fox sighed. “I’m okay, Vel. I can still fight.”

“Fox, you got injured when you fought that Nevermore!”

“It’s just a graze. It doesn’t stop me from holding a sword.”

“Come on!” Crimson called out. “Let’s roll, people! We have some serious killing to do!”

Lucifer, Marina and Rose followed their team leader out towards the city.

“Aren’t you going to help?” Weiss asked, looking at Velvet.

“I will,” She replied. “But one sec!”

She took out her camera and took a picture of Weiss with her sword. She put it away and took her teammate by the hand.

“Okay. Let’s go, Fox!”

They both ran off towards the city. Weiss watched them go, then checked her sword.

All of the dust cartridges looked okay, but one of them was completely black.

It’s never done that before…

She eventually shrugged and decided to go nearer to the city.

A nearby Beowolf, who was sharpening it’s teeth on a broken pillar, had noticed a slightly weak aura suddenly dart past. It cocked it’s ear curiously and slowly began to follow.

Yang was still running through the city. By now, she had become used to people shoving her out of their way while she was running. But she couldn’t get the team she met earlier out of her head.

Why the hell did they want to go the arena? She thought.

Her thoughts were cut short when she heard a Grimm roaring behind her. She turned around, and was suddenly face to face with an Ursa.

Yang backed away, readied her gauntlets and tried to fire one.

It was then that she realised that they weren’t loaded.

“OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE!” She exclaimed, before the Ursa swiped at her, knocking her backwards.

Despite the fact that she knew how to use her fists, Yang knew that punching with an unloaded gauntlet would do next to nothing to the monster. The Ursa prepared another attack.

This is it…She thought, closing her eyes and readying for the end.

But instead of dying, Yang heard a clang of the Ursa’s claws against metal. She opened her eyes, and saw that someone had blocked the attack.

It took her about three seconds to realise who it was.

“SAGE!?” She exclaimed in disbelief.

He didn’t reply, and swiftly decapitated the Ursa.

As the Grimm’s body began to disintegrate, Yang took a deep breath and spoke again.

“Thank you.”

He still didn’t reply.

Yang didn’t think he had heard her, so she continued. “This is the last thing I thought you’d do, so thank-”

“Don’t say it.”

Yang was taken aback by the bitterness in Sage’s reply. “Wh...Wha?”

“Don’t say it.” He said. “The only reason I spared you...” He turned towards Yang and gave her a cold glare. “...Is because I will be the one to kill you.”

Yang’s eyes widened. “Come on,” She started desperately. “You don’t...Mean that, right?”

He didn’t reply, but she could tell that he did mean it.

“Sage, we’re over here!” A voice called out from the other side of the area. Sun was a few meters away, with his staff readied. Neptune was nearby holding his trident.

Sage sighed bitterly and ran off to join the remainder of his team.

Yang remained totally silent. She couldn’t believe what she had just heard, and Sage’s words were repeating in her mind.

“Yang?” Someone said behind her. It was Coco. “What’re you doing? You can’t just sit there for the rest of the night.”

“Oh.” Yang replied as she helped her up.

“The others are in the city,” Coco continued. “There’s a lot of Grimm to hold back. Coming?”

Yang decided to look behind for a split second. Sage, Sun and Neptune had left.

“Sure,” Yang said, turning back towards Coco. “I’ll come.”

Weiss had gotten to a part of the city that seemed relatively empty. There was no-one around, and there weren’t any Grimm in this area either. She could see Velvet far off in the distance, helping Fox fend off a pack of Griffons using a hard-light copy of Ruby’s scythe.

Weiss smiled to herself. Velvet’s weapon copied others. Who would’ve guessed?

Her train of thought was interrupted by a growl behind her. She turned around to find a Beowolf a short distance behind.

Weiss smirked and fired off some dust from her weapon.

Or, at least, that’s what she wanted to do.

It took her a second to realise that nothing had happened.

The smirk melted off her face as she tried again, only to have the same result.

“What...The hell?” She said to herself as she inspected her sword.

All of the dust in it’s cartridges had gone completely black.

To her horror, she realised that the dust in her sword was corrupted.

When dust gets corrupted, it renders it completely unusable.

In simple terms, her weapon was completely useless.

Shit…She thought. I guess I’ll just have to use melee-

Her thoughts were cut off again. This time because the Beowolf was ready to leap on her.

Weiss didn’t move out of the way in time.

Her sword was sent to another part of the area, and the Grimm had her pinned to the ground.

Weiss desperately tried to shove it off, but to no avail.

Leaving no other option, she cried for help.

Fox and Velvet had finished off a wave of Griffons in another part of the city. Velvet had used her weapon a lot during the fight, and was currently waiting for it to recharge.

“Nice moves.” Fox said, semi-breathlessly.

“Thanks- wait.” Velvet replied. “How could you see what I was doing?”

Fox shrugged. “I have my ways.”

Velvet gave him a smile.

Yatsuhashi was ahead of them, having just finished off a Nevermore.

“More Grimm are on their way,” He said to them. “We need to hold them back before they decimate the academy.”

Lucifer was also nearby. He was standing on the side of a building holding his bat.

“Not to mention,” He added. “We still have the White Fang to worry about.”

Fox sighed. “As if an army of Grimm weren’t enough...”

Velvet continued his sentence. “We also have a group of maniacs releasing MORE armies of Grimm.”

“Exactly.” Yatsuhashi replied. “All the more reason for the need to hold them back.”

Lucifer nodded. “We’ll take care of things. Also, just letting you know, Marina’s helping to hold back the White Fang.”

“Wait,” Velvet started. “Isn’t Marina, like, 12!? How can she deal with the White Fang on her own!?”

Lucifer laughed in reply.

“Let’s just say...She has a special way of dealing with them.”

He jumped off the side of the building just in time to knock a Griffon out of the sky with his bat.

Velvet was about to run to his aid, when she heard someone crying for help.

It’s Weiss! She thought.

“I have to go.”

“What!?” Yatsuhashi replied. “Why!?”

“Someone’s getting attacked! I need to help them!”

Yatsuhashi looked over towards Fox.

“Go on.” Fox said. “If they need help, then you need to help them.”

Velvet nodded. “I’ll try to get back to you as fast as I can!”

Even though where she wanted to go was pretty far away, she ran off.

In another part of the city, Neptune was holding off Grimm with help from Crimson.

“Thanks for helping me out.” He said as he finished off a Beowolf. “...Sorry, what’s your name again?”

“Crimson.” She replied. “And no prob.”

Sun and Sage were also holding off the Grimm, but in different parts of the area.

“Uh, guys?” A voice called out. Rose was running towards them.

“What is it?” Sun asked.

“Let’s just say,” Rose replied. “Code black and red.”

“Code black and red!?” Neptune said. “What the hell’s that supposed to mean!?”

Marina, who had just arrived, answered his question with another question.

“Which organisation has a black and red flag or logo?”

“Well, the only one that comes to mind is the White Fa- oh.”

“Exactly.” Rose answered. “And one of their fanatics is headed right in our direction. Also, he has a chainsaw.”

“A CHAINSAW!?” Sun exclaimed.

“Yes.” Marina replied. “A chainsaw. Did you not hear her?”

“OF COURSE I HEARD!”

“Then why are you asking?”

“Oh, you little-!”

“Now isn’t the time for messing around, people!” Crimson said suddenly. “As Rose said, there’s a crazy guy with a chainsaw headed for us RIGHT NOW.”

Crimson was right. There was a white fang lieutenant of some kind headed right towards them with a chainsaw in hand.

“Shit!” Neptune muttered, readying his trident.

“Hold on.” Marina said, raising her hand as an indication for Neptune to lower his weapon.

When he did, she continued.

“I’ll take care of this.”

A pillar of water shot out of her gourd. Neptune flinched a little and jumped back.

Crimson picked up on this. “Seriously? You’re afraid of water? YOUR NAME IS NEPTUNE!”

“EXACTLY MY POINT!” Sun called out from far off.

The pillar of water shaped itself into a hand, which grabbed the chainsaw out of the attacker’s hand and threw it away, before retreating back into the gourd.

Marina’s staff folded into a shotgun, which she used to fire a few rounds at the White Fang member.

He was dazed by the shots, and a small flash showed that his aura had been completely depleted.

Marina’s weapon swiftly changed back into a staff.

“His aura’s down!” Neptune exclaimed, semi-happily. “He can’t fight us anymo-”

Marina suddenly darted towards the White Fang lieutenant, staff raised.

When she got to him, she swung her staff directly at his head.

The resulting smash could be heard from a mile away.

The lieutenant dropped lifelessly to the ground, blood pouring from his head onto the stone floor.

Marina moved her staff to her side. The bottom half of it was covered in blood.

Neptune was in shock at what he just saw.

“You...” He started. “YOU JUST KILLED THAT GUY!”

Marina turned around. Her expression was cold and emotionless.

“...So?” She replied.

“’So’? What do you mean, ‘so’!?” He continued. “You just killed someone!”

“Exactly.” Marina answered. “And he’s not coming back.”

“THAT’S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM!”

“And it’s also exactly the point.”

“Wh...What’re you-”

“If you just deplete his aura, he’ll come back to get you when his aura recovers. It may take a long time, but he’ll still come back eventually.” She tapped her staff lightly on the ground so the blood came off. “However, if you prevent him from coming back permanently, he won’t bother you anymore.”

“But...” Neptune started. “Killing people is what the White Fang do! Wouldn’t that just make us as bad as them!?”

“Well...Isn’t it about time we started fighting fire with fire?”

Neptune realised at this point that there was no point in arguing with her. He could see Marina’s point, but knew that it was still, in a way, wrong.

It was at this point where he heard someone desperately crying for help in the distance. He recognised who it was almost instantly.

None of his teammates would notice that he was gone, so Neptune sprinted off towards Weiss’ general direction.

Weiss knew she’d be in this kind of situation at some point. She just didn’t think it would come this quickly.

The Beowolf had her pinned to the ground and wouldn’t let her move. She was honestly surprised at how long it was taking for the Grimm to do anything to her, but she knew it was going to come.

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by someone suddenly running into the area.

“Weiss!” They called out. It was Neptune.

Weiss was shocked to see him. Why is he trying to save me? She thought. I’m pretty sure what Yang did to Scarlet has caused him to hate me!

Neptune’s weapon folded quickly into it’s gun form. He aimed a shot at the Grimm’s head and fired.

To his horror, nothing came out.

“Shit!”

He tried pulling the trigger again. And again. And again. His gun’s trigger had jammed.

“No, no, no, no, NO!”

Weiss could see that Neptune was panicking. There was nothing he could do to change the outcome.

For a while, she honestly felt bad for him.

The Beowolf on top of her turned around to face him and roared.

Oh, no… Weiss thought. He’s getting too negative and attracting it towards him…!

“Neptune, get back!” She called out.

“WHAT!?” Neptune replied incredulously. “But what about-”

“Don’t worry about me! Just get back!”

By this point, the Beowolf had leapt off her and was slowly moving towards him.

Velvet, after what felt like ages of running, had arrived at the scene.

“What are you doing!?” She said. “It’s too dangerous! You need to get back!”

Neptune was still trying to fire his gun. “I can’t. I have to-”

“Forget about me!” Weiss replied. “You need to get out of here!”

“But-”

Before Neptune could say anything else, Velvet grabbed him by the arm and ran off.

“Wha-!? LET ME GO!”

Velvet shook her head.

“Neither of us could’ve been able to fight it off. My weapon takes ages to recharge, and your weapon is jammed. It was too dangerous! I’m sorry, but I had to get you out of there somehow!”

“She needs help! I need to go back!”

“But-”

Neptune decided that he had enough and forced himself out of Velvet’s grip.

“Neptune, wait!” She desperately called out.

Neptune ran as fast as he possibly could to try and get back to the scene before anything bad happened.

But she wasn’t there when he got there.

There was a small pool of blood in the middle of the area. Weiss’ sword, Myrtenaster, had been thrown to the side.

Everything was deathly silent for a moment.

“Neptune? NEPTUNE!”

He didn’t even hear his team leader approach.

“What the hell are you doing back here!?” Sun asked, running over to him. “We’re in the middle of a Grimm fight, and you just decided to run off! What is your problem!?”

Neptune didn’t reply. Sun didn’t notice, but there were tears running down from his eyes.

“ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?”

It took a while for Neptune to finally answer.

“It’s...” He started. His voice was choked with tears. “...It’s Weiss...”

“What?” Sun answered. “What is it?”

“She...She’s dead!”

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