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arc-misadventures · 2 years

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Trainer Woes: Had you decided on what, and who, Jaune's other Pokemon would be? Also, are we talking humanoid Mons (basically Faunus+ ?) or the depictions in the show and on the trading cards?

Humanoid Pokemon, or at least the more human looking Pokémon.

But, let’s just focus on adding one more to the story for now.

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Jealous Much~?

Jaune: Okay… Go, Yang!

Jaune tossed out a great-ball, and out from it came his prized Lopunny, Yang.

Yang: Mmmmm~!

She moaned as she arched her slender back, stretching out her sore muscles, before bouncing side-to-side on the spot loosing the rest of them. The usual light brown fluffs of fur, were more of a rich golden colour on his, Lopunny. But they moved, and shinned like gold as she moved.

After stretching her sore muscles from another bought of what, Jaune dubbed, ‘Pokéball cramps.’ She turned about, and saw her precious trainer before bouncing on him, wrapping her arms around him in a comforting embrace.

Yang: Bunnnn!

Yang: (Jaune~!)

Jaune: Ah-haha! Hi, Yang, missed me?

Yang: Lo!

Yang: (Always, love~!)

As, Yang nuzzled her cheek, against, Jaune’s she turned, and saw a fuming Gardivor glaring daggers at her.

Yang: (Oh, hey, Pyrrha! Jealous~?)

Pyrrha silently seethed with rage as she saw Yang, all but practically grind herself against their master, and crush.

Yang: (I’ll take that as a yes~!)

As, Jaune broke the hug to go retrieve something, Yang bounced over to, Pyrrha to tease her some more.

Yang: (You wished you could do that yourself, except you’d probably stab him if you tried!)

Yang, had an devious smile on her face, as she poked, Pyrrha’s chest horn. Causing, Pyrrha to blush furiously as she slapped her yang away from her.

Pyrrha: (Stop that!)

Yang: Fufufufu~!

Yang: (Oh yeah, you’re jelly~!)

Pyrrha: (Well, at least my powers have become strong enough he can hear my thoughts!)

Yang: (W-What?)

Pyrrha: (That’s right! I can speak with, Master, and unlike you, he knows exactly what I’m saying! Suck on that bitch! Fwahahahaha!)

Yang: (What did you two talk about?)

Pyrrha: (Wha…?)

Yang: (What did you two first talk about, cause whatever it is, would certainly explain why he’s keeping you at an arms length.)

Pyrrha: (What?!)

Pyrrha turned to see her master, Jaune citing his way around her, clearly giving her a wide bereth, as he looked at her nervously.

Yang: (What ever it is, must have been really juicy~!)

Pyrrha: ( … )

Pyrrha: (I mentally screamed at him that I wanted him to fuck me…)

Yang: (Pffft! Hahahahaha!)

Jaune watched carefully as he saw his prized, and precious Pokémon interact with one another. He had no idea what about, but clearly his Lopunny was laughing at his, Gardevoir.

As Jaune appeared before, Yang in gis hand he held a brush, of which as so as she saw she started to bounce up, and down for joy.

Jaune: Haha… Well, seems like I need not explain why I called you out then.

Yang: Pun, Pun, Pun!

Yang: (Yes! Brushing! I love brushing. Having, Master’s hands all over me~! Mmmm~! That’s the good stuff~!

Pyrrha: ( … )

As, Jaune sat down on his bed, he pulled up a stool before him, that he gently taped on gesturing, Yang to sit down. Yang however, had a better idea where to sit.

Yang: Lo?

Yang: (Hey, Pyr?)

Pyrrha: (What is it, Yang?)

Yang: Punny~!

Yang: (Let me show uou how you really seduce a man~!)

Pyrrha: Vo?!

Pyrrha: (W-What?!)

Yang pushed the stool to the side before sitting down upon, Jaune’s lap. She gently shook her butt as she teasingly pressed it against, Jaune’s crotch l, all in an attempt to get comfortable. She the turned her head to face him, bashfully blinking her eyes as him, as he just held his hands in the air, at his side.

Yang: Lo~?

Yang: (Jaune~? I’m ready~)

Jaune just laughed softly as he hands gently grasped one of her ears as he started to comb it. As he gently combed her ears, Yang couldn’t help, but melt against his body, as she gently moaned at the pleasure of his touch.

Yang: (Oooooohhh yeah~! That’s the spot~!)

Pyrrha: (Glad you’re enjoying it, Yang…)

Yang: (No, I’m loving this~!)

After awhile, Yang gave, Pyrrha wicked smirk, as she started to gyrate her hips, slowly rubbing against him. Pushing ever so harder against him as she went along. Causing, Jaune to start to stutter, and blush at her actions.

Jaune: Y-Yang, s-stop moving! You’re making it harder to come your ears.

Yang: Lop~?

Yang: (Yeah, it’s making you harder isn’t it, Master~? Having a hard time combing my ears while I make sure you fit snuggly in my bun, bun~!)

Pyrrha: Voir!

Pyrrha: (Yang! Stop that!)

Yang, continued her subtle movements as she stared, Pyrrha down.

Yang: (And, why should I~? You’re not the only one who wants, Master. So you can speak to him, big deal. You spoil your chance the first time he heard your voice in his head.)

Pyrrha: (I said, stop it!)

Yang: (Why, because you want my spot~?)

Pyrrha: (Stop, before I make you regret this!)

Yang: (How are you going to make me regret this? Me, my Master, his hard stiff rod poking between my soft squishy butt~! All, but a pesky but of moral fibre stopping us for basking in one another flesh in a fit of mad ecstasy~! How do you plan on stopping me, stopping us~?)

Pyrrha said nothing, but smiled smugly as she stared, Yang down. And, before Yang could ask what was so funny, she noticed the lack of a pleasing presence upon her ears. She turned her head to stare at her master, Jaune. His mouth hanging in shock, as a fierce blush spread across his face.

Yang: Lo…?

Yang: (Pyrrha’s been transmitting my thoughts to you hasn’t she?)

Jaune slowly nodded his head as he looked away from his previous, Lopunny.

Pyrrha: (Hell yeah, I have.)

Yang: (Oh… And, that was a bad thing how?)

Pyrrha: (What?)

Jaune: What?

Before, Jaune could act, Yang quickly spun around using her superior strength to pin his arms down to the bed. Stradling his waist as she rubbed against him.

Jaune: AHHH?! Yang?!

Yang: (Ah-Ha~! Now that I have you, I can finally let you know how I feel for you, Master~! How much I love you. How much I desire you~!$

Jaune: W-Wait! Y-You like me too?!

Yang: (We all love you, Master~! Each for our own reasons, but nonetheless we all love you. Not, as Pokémon, and trainer, but as a woman loves a man. And, since I have you just where I want you, I’ll show you just how I want you~!)

Jaune’s eyes widened in shock as he saw, Yang the perked her lips as she descended ever closer to his. Jaune knew he could easily move his head away from her lips, to stay as far away from her lips as possible. But, as she grew ever closer to his lips, he could not pull away.

Pyrrha: (YANG, S-S-STOP!)

Pyrrha was about to rush forward, and pull her off of their master when, Yang, quick as a rabbit, rushed forward, and kissed his cheek.

Jaune: W-Wha…?!

Yang: Fufufufufufu~!

Yang laughed as she climbed off their master, happy to know he responded so nicely to her antics.

Yang: (I do want to kiss you, Master. Honestly, I want to do a whole lot more than just, kissing you~!)

Jaune: B-Beg pardon?!

Yang: (But, you’re not ready for that yet, for any of us to be that intimate. But, at least you know how we feel. So, I don’t mind the wait, but don’t make a lady wait too long now~!)

Jaune: O-Okay…

Yang: (Good~!)

Yang turned to look at a fuming, Pyrrha with her cheeks all puffed out in silent rage as she stared down the giant bunny.

Yang: (That’s how you let him know you’re interested. Not, whatever it was that you did.)

Pyrrha stared at her ‘friend’ fora. Few minutes until she finally spoke.

Pyrrha: Vo…

Yang: (What did you just call me?!)

Jaune: PYRRHA?!

The duo of, Pokémon stared at the appalled expression on their trainers face.

Pyrrha: …

Yang: …

Pyrrha: (I was transmitting, wasn’t I?)

Jaune: YES!

Pyrrha: (Oops…)

Jaune: Into the timeout ball with you; Pyrrha return!

Pyrrha: (Ahh nuts…)

And, with that and a flash of red light, Pyrrha returned to the confines of her, Pokéball rethink her actions as of late.

Yang: Lop?

Jaune: Yeah, she’s been like this for a while now…

Yang: Pun…

Jaune: Yeah… pretty much…

#rwby #jaune arc #yang xiao long #pyrrha nikos #jaune x yang #yang x jaune #pyrrha x jaune #jaune x pyrrha #rwby arkos on fire #rwby dragonslayer #pokémon

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toasterdrake · 1 year

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remaking this bc i was silly and set it for a week instead of a day. oops. hi again

#my goofy ass cant wait that long for results i didnt know you couldnt keep constant tabs on votes my bad #bear with me this is my first poll #rwby #rwby poll #pyrrha nikos #milk and cereal #pyrruby #arkos #schneekos #north pole #purrha #greek fire #ruby rose #jaune arc #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #rwby au #rwby figure skating au

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violentlyscreaming · 1 year

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#arkos #schneekos #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #weiss schnee #electromagnetism #lie ren #Greek fire #green lotus #yang xiao long #Achilles heel #cinder fall #rwby #penny polendina #target practice

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pilot-boi · 27 days

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Arkos time travel au where they adopt Cinder.

Death isn’t painful, which is a surprise and a relief after the beating she took in her final moments. The flame hot pain that enveloped her body, centered on the point where the arrow entered her chest, vanishes in an instant.

The transition from death to waking is so smooth that for several moments Pyrrha doesn’t realize she’s alive.

She’s alive.

How is she alive?

She was dead, she died, she was never SUPPOSED to survive her journey up the tower.

Faced with unexpected future, after fulfilling her destiny in the most terminal way possible, Pyrrha realizes that for the first time in her life she doesn’t know what to do.

She doesn’t even know where she is.

She’s laying in a four-poster bed, in a room dressed in luxury. It reminds her of some of the hotels her agent would put her up in, although no Mistral hotel would be this opulent.

A door creaks open, and Pyrrha’s head whips up.

A young girl walks in, meets her eyes, and immediately flinches back and starts babbling apologies.

“I didn’t know you were here, I’m sorry, I thought this room was empty, I’m sorry, I won’t disturb you again, I’m sorry.”

Coal-black hair, ember-bright eyes. A collar on her neck, rags on her too-thin shoulders, and pleas dripping from her lips.

Do you believe in destiny?

Five words rasped from a dying Champion to a victorious Maiden. And if Pyrrha didn’t believe them then, she definitely would now, staring at what can only be a younger version of her murderer.

Gods, Cinder can’t be more than 10.

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Death is painful, which is an expected and a relief after the years of living in a paradise after committing the worst act a person could. His breaths choke in his throat, nausea and pain rising as something stiffens his joints one by one until he’s convulsing on the ground.

It’s not until Jaune’s staring up at Alyx’s remorseless face that he remembers, that he realizes that this is another way he’s ruined the story. “The Rusted Knight drinks the poison in her stead.”

She’s killing him, she killed him. The poison is in his heart. It’s nothing less than he deserves.

The transition from death to waking is so abrupt that for several moments Jaune doesn’t realize he’s no longer dying.

He’s not dying.

Why is he not dying?

He wasn’t planning on dying, he hadn’t expected to get poisoned when he sat down by the fire, but now that he’s not dying he just… doesn’t understand why.

This is how the story is supposed to end, and even now he’s messing it up.

And, secondary note, where the heck is he?

He’s laying in a bed, an actual bed, more comfortable than any he can remember. There’s furniture and actual glass in the windows, but what really throws him is the fireplace. Jaune is up and stamping it out in a panic before he realizes his surroundings aren’t made of paper.

Not only that, but he’s not in most of his armor. Breastplate, pauldrons, and bracers, but that’s it. And all shiny as the day he got them.

A door creaks open, and Jaune looks up in a daze.

A young girl walks in, meets his eyes, and immediately flinches back and starts babbling apologies.

“I didn’t mean to intrude, I’m sorry, I can remake the fire for you, I’m sorry, I won’t disturb you again, I’m sorry.”

Hair dark as soot, eyes bright as flame. Bruises on her wrists and face, the light of hunger wracking her frame, and apologies dripping from her lips.

How can you be so broken inside?

Seven words screamed by a broken Knight at an uncaring Maiden. And though Jaune didn’t understand then, he certainly does now. It would be just his luck to die and come back and still manage to be haunted by the one person who took so much from him, looking like everything has been taken from her.

Gods, Cinder can’t be more than 10.

#rwby #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #arkos #cinder fall #mine #asks #dicknouget #my writing

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brokentrafficknight · 3 months

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#rwby #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #cinder fall #knightfall #arkos on fire #arkos #pompeii

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rwby-encrusted-blog · 3 months

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Pyrrha: C'mon! Use your semblances! Please?

Jaune: ... Fine. *Hands Glow* You're lucky you're so cute.

Yang: *Burning* Yeah. It's adorable.

Pyrrha: ... Lamp~

Moths are not 'Attracted' to light sources, rather they mistake them for the Moon (By which the navigate) and get confused.

#rwby #jaune arc #yang xiao long #rwby shitpost #pyrrha nikos #arkos #greek fire #armoured dragon #armored dragon #moth!faunus Pyrrha

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verydeadaten · 1 year

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Jaune: These are my two girlfriends.

Jaune: *points to Pyrrha* One always tells the truth.

Jaune: *points to Cinder* The other only tells lies.

Jaune: And yes, they both smoke weed.

Yang: …Which girlfriend told you that?

Jaune:

#Rwby #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #cinder fall #arkos #knightfall #Arkos on fire #Nvm I found it

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superiorsturgeon · 5 months

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Camping Date

Pyrrha: *wearing a backpack, climbs to the top of a small hill overlooking a wooded valley* Aaah…! I just love going for a hike in the mountains like this!

Pyrrha: Isn’t the fresh air and scenery just lovely, Jaune?

Jaune: *struggling slightly to keep up* Phew! Yeah, it’s pretty cool! You really like coming way out in the wilderness, huh? 😮‍💨

Pyrrha: Oh, I simply love it…! The beautiful landscape, the fresh smells, and getting away from it all with my boyfriend…! 😊

Pyrrha: …especially getting away from certain people…! 😤

Elsewhere in the wilderness…

Paparazzo #1: *clothes torn and covered in mud* Damn it, Pyrrha Nikos is hard to keep up with…!

Paparazzo #2: *trying to repair damaged camera* I thought I saw something red through the trees, but it turned out to be a bird and it attacked its reflection in my lens!

Paparazzo #3: *looking over map* I don’t get it! We saw her take this trail with the blonde kid, but we’ve been hiking for miles with no sign of anyone! I’m not even sure if we’re still in Vale!

Back with the Arkos couple…

Pyrrha: …heh, heh, heh…try to interrupt my romantic weekend when you can’t even find me…! 😈

Jaune: *shades his eyes* Oh, wow! You can really see for miles up here! I’m going to start setting up camp!

Pyrrha: That sounds lovely…! I’ll go gather some sticks for a fire! 😊

Jaune: *bends over to start unpacking tent*

Pyrrha: *slyly stealing glances at the Arc booty while gathering wood* Yes, just you and me by a campfire under the stars, you cute blonde knight…! 😏

Paparazzo #4: Pyrrha Nikos! Oh, gods, I can’t believe I finally found you!

Pyrrha: Oh, for the love of…! 🤬

Paparazzo #4: I got separated from my coworkers and turned around a bit. Can you tell me how to get back to the base camp?

Pyrrha: Oh, well, I suppose I could do that…

Paparazzo #4: …and as long as I have you here, can I ask you a few questions about your partner?

Pyrrha: *shoves a compass into his hand and pushes*

Paparazzo #4: AAAAAAAaaaaaaaa…..*slides down cliff*

Pyrrha: *calls over the edge* If you head east now you should reach the road in about ten hours or so! Watch out for the bears…! 😊👋

#rwby #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #arkos #jaune x pyrrha #jaune arc x pyrrha nikos #it’s fun to get away from it all #but it’s a lot of work #Pyrrha is developing a reputation among reporters

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aspoonofsugar · 26 days

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Chemical Weddings: White Knight

Here it comes my second short meta on RWBY's chemical weddings. It is White Knight's turn! Feel free to skip the introduction, if you have already read it in my previous post (or if you already know what a chemical wedding is)

WHAT IS A CHEMICAL WEDDING?

A chemical wedding is a motif used in alchemical stories (aka stories, with symbols related to alchemy). It is a metaphorical union between characters and it represents two opposites coming together. Think of it as a motif that comments on a relationship and describes how it changes throughout a narrative. It shows how two characters' bond develops and how they integrate qualities of each other. Even if it is called "wedding", the union doesn't necessarily have to be romantic, but often it is. Like in RWBY's case.

RWBY uses chemical weddings to develop romantic relationships. How does the series do it? This meta by @hamliet explains it perfectly:

It uses some alchemical imagery (like plates from alchemical texts as reference)

It employs elemental motifs (water, fire, air and earth), which are keys to alchemy

It integrates other symbolism, like romantic subtext or fairy tale references

Both hamliet and I have already talked about RWBY ships and chemical weddings, so this short meta is just a quick review of White Knight’s ones, with some integrations.

Here are Whiteknight's posts, that I am going to reference:

Weiss and Jaune's foiling throughout the series

White Knight and Arkos (+ Whiterose)

White Knight's scenes in volume 9

White Knight's chemical wedding 2.0 by hamliet

Now, let's dig into White Knight's two (for now) weddings.

WHITE KNIGHT'S WEDDINGS

White Knight's weddings make use of this imagery:

There is a Mercurius (entity representative of change), who unites a man and a woman through impaling one of the two.

This is what happens to Weiss and Jaune twice:

In Mistral Cinder impales Weiss and in the Ever After the Curious Cat impales Jaune. Not only that, but both Cinder and the Cat make sure Weiss and Jaune indirectly hurt each other.

Cinder takes Jaune's heroic remarks and uses them as an excuse to mortally wound Weiss:

The Cat tricks Weiss into physically hitting Jaune:

These parallelisms lead us to two considerations:

The two weddings are inversions: this isn't any news because in RWBY the second wedding is always an inversion of the first. Still, when it comes to White Knight, this inversion is particularly through and it ties with an important motif of theirs. Weiss and Jaune are strong mirrors of each other.

Cinder and the Cat (our two antagonistic Mercurius) force Jaune and Weiss into specific gender roles. Both mock Jaune (the knight) and use Weiss (the damsel). This isn't by accident and it ties with the archetype explored by White Knight, aka that of the Anima/Animus.

MIRROR MIRROR = ANIMA + ANIMUS

Weiss and Jaune's weddings mirror each other in multiple ways. Let's see how.

Weiss and Jaune's first wedding starts with Cinder impaling Weiss and leaving her to die. Jaune rushes by her side and activates his semblance to save her. The whole scene ties in their respective fairy tale symbolism. As a matter of fact Jaune performs a miracle as Jeanne. Weiss instead gets resurrected by the Prince and crowns herself Queen Snowhite through the Queen Lancer.

Weiss and Jaune's second wedding starts at the end of volume 8, when Cinder defeats them both and reiterates their trauma. She forces Jaune to kill a maiden and targets Weiss to hurt Winter. She is also the reason why Weiss and Jaune end up together in the Ever After, where their wedding reaches its climax. In this magical world, Weiss guides Jaune towards self-realization and metaphorically has him fall, so that he can integrate Alyx and resurrect. Their interaction in volume 9 references another alchemical text, knowns as the Splendor Solis. Specifically, it alludes to this plate:

This plate has:

2 miners excavating a hill (a metaphor for making the stone from the prima materia). It is important that the two characters wear respectively a golden and a silver robe, which call back to the Sun and Moon

The Sun and Moon mirroring each other. The Sun is in the sky (air) and the Moon is in the river (water). They are opposites balancing each other

Eshter's story pictured in the frame of the pedestal. Eshter is a biblical character and the second wife of King Ahasuerus, who is determined to kill the Jews. Still, Eshter (a Jews herself) steps in, touches the King's staff and convinces him to let her people live

The plate's theme is the beginning (prima materia) of a union (sun and moon) through communication (Eshter's parable).

It is referenced here:

The Genial Gems create a giant white hill, which clearly alludes to the philosopher stone. Jaune and Weiss play the Solar King and the Lunar Queen:

Jaune is linked to the sun and masculine (gold), while Weiss to the moon and feminine (silver). They grow closer thanks to empathy.

In particular, their interaction is an inversion of King Ahasuerus and Eshter's. In the biblical episode, the King wants to kill the Jews and Eshter stops him. In RWBY, Jaune doesn't want to let the Paper Pleasers ascend and Weiss tries to get through to him (together with BY):

Weiss: Then why do you care so much about this village?! Jaune: Because I can actually PROTECT these people!!

Just like Esther touches the King's staff, Weiss grabs Jaune's sword:

Eshter's gesture is a symbol of intimacy and connection. Similarly, using another person's weapon in RWBY shows closeness.

In short, both weddings are rich of symbolism, but the first focuses on the fairy tale allusion, whereas the second explores alchemical imagery. This isn't the only difference, though, as the two situations are perfect parallels/inversions of each other:

In Mistral, Cinder kills Weiss to hurt Jaune, whereas in Atlas, she forces Jaune to kill Penny. Moreover, both times she negates Weiss's agency and uses her as a pawn to hurt someone else (Jaune and Winter).

In Mistral, Jaune and Weiss go through a crisis together, but they emerge victorious. In Atlas/Ever After, Jaune and Weiss lose, but grow closer as they come to terms with this defeat.

In Mistral, Jaune hurts Weiss because of his psychological issues, but saves her physically. In the Ever After, Weiss saves Jaune psychologically, but hurts him physically. Both are responsible for the death and resurrection of the other.

In Mistral Jaune unlocks his semblance (changes spiritually), whereas in the Ever After he becomes young again (changes physically). Both in Mistral and in the Ever After Weiss ends the wedding by unlocking a new summon. She conjures the Queen Lancer in Mistral and the Nevermore in the Ever After.

In Mistral, Jaune is led by Pyrrha towards his ideal-self, whereas in the Ever After, he is led by Weiss towards his real-self. Symbolically, he goes through two stages of the anima integration. From Pyrrha/Mary (devotion and idealism) to Weiss/Sophia (understanding and reality).

In Mistral, the resurrected Weiss unlocks her Queen Lancer, which is key to fighting Hazel. In the Ever After, Jaune integrates Alyx and is reborn after a trial of fire. Once he comes back, he is key in defeating Neo and the Cat with his plan to separate them. Both do not "win" the conflict, but are instrumental to its solution (Weiss through heart and Jaune through mind).

In general, both times Jaune and Weiss make important steps to integrate their anima/animus, which their bond represents. The anima/animus is the feminine (anima) and the masculine (animus).

In Mistral:

Weiss integrates her animus and summons a Queen Lancer, an entity which is both queen (feminine) and knight (masculine)

Jaune integrates his anima (feminine) by discovering himself a healer (traditionally feminine quality)

In the Ever After:

Weiss integrates her animus by acting as Jaune's Knight. She summons her Knight while fighting side by side with him. Moreover, throughout the whole volume Weiss looks for someone who can guide her home. It turns out in the climax she herself is the guide, the knight, who leads Jaune and the others to the tree. As a matter of fact she is the one who teaches the others the theme of "acceptance".

Jaune integrates his anima by accepting he is no hero (no Knight) and by realizing Alyx is a part of himself. He faces her and integrates her spiritually (her vision in the smoke) and physically (her knife):

In volume 9, both Weiss and Jaune regress and go back to their stereotypical selves. Weiss is stuck as the damsel and Jaune rusts as the knight. However, they move on thanks to each other. They are reborn.

WHITE KNIGHT= REBIRTH

The focus of White Knight is rebirth (coagula). In Mistral they get a victory and in Atlas they get a loss. Still, both weddings climaxes in resurrections. Weiss is reborn in volume 5 and Jaune is reborn in volume 9. Not only that, but after White Knight's Ever After wedding Ruby herself is reborn:

This renewal of the self is celebrated by a full Nevermore:

This marks White Knight's second wedding as their nevermore wedding, which has them overcome grief through love.

NEVERMORE

Weiss summons her full Nevermore in the finale. This Grimm is tied to both Ruby and Jaune.

It is symbolic of Ruby's rebirth, as it is the first Grimm team RWBY killed together and Ruby landed the final blow. Weiss is able to manifest it because by the end her team is whole again and Ruby is back.

It celebrates Jaune and Weiss's wedding, as our Lunar Queen conjures it after her interaction with Jaune. Their exchange is the pivotal moment for Weiss in volume 9, as she helps herself by helping Jaune. She teaches Jaune to forgive himself and learns to forgive herself at the same time. As a result, she unlocks this summoning, which is symbolic of the self:

Its glyph is in fact a mix of all the other ones, as Weiss is a sum of all her avatars.

Jaune too makes a decisive step towards the self:

Alyx: Maybe it’s time for a change, to be the kind of man you always wanted to be.

He accepts Alyx and gets a second chance to grow up as a result:

His new self has a white streak of hair to show he has successfully integrated with Weiss (white) and has obtained wisdom.

FROM UNCONSCIOUS TO CONSCIOUS

There is one final difference between White Knight's two weddings. The first has Weiss and Jaune's metaphorical union happen unconsciously. The second instead has this process become conscious. Let's consider this:

In Mistral Jaune instinctively activates his semblance and Weiss unconsciously unlocks her summon. Their actions happen because of internal and unconscious changes that are not elaborated on. They are quick transformations and the wedding itself is quick.

In the Ever After Weiss consciously encourages Jaune. By doing so both characters find a catharsis for their unconscious feelings. They make them conscious. Similarly, Jaune can consciously face Alyx and integrate with her. Weiss's own summoning is not quick and raw, but it is the result of a process that starts in volume 8 (when she fails to materialize the Grimm), goes on in the chess fight (she has the wings appear) and is finally complete at the end of volume 9 (the full Nevermore manifests itself). The wedding is also very slow and distributed throughout two volumes.

This choice makes sense, as Weiss and Jaune's dynamic is about them slowly realize who they are and who the other is. They have been each other's mirrors since the beginning and as they better understand themselves, they can better relate to the other and accept them.

#rwby #rwby chemical weddings #chemical weddings #white knight #weiss schnee #jaune arc #rwby meta #rwby alchemy

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