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soapofbar · 1 year

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I said in my previous post related to RWBY that I stopped watching after Volume 8, because what happened to Penny and how she was treated throughout the volume was very, very distasteful to me. It's the biggest reason, although there are also a bunch of smaller reasons surrounding it. This is still true, I haven't watched V9 and I don't really plan to. I may, some day, out of curiosity/boredom, but I have somewhat been kept in the know even as I move onto other things due to still knowing people who are interested in RWBY, along with fandom talk and all that.

The main thing I want to talk about is the supposed message of V9, and how it relates back to Penny. More specifically, how it strikes as hypocritical and tone-deaf after everything that happened to her.

The core message of V9, as stated by Kerry on Twitter and pretty much blasted at the viewer in the volume's finale, is that you are enough, just the way you are. Ruby chooses to be herself rather than trying to emulate her mother/be the flawless leader/etc. and she's able to get back up and save the day. It's an alright message to send.

The problem: What about Penny?

Penny, in V2, expresses some self-doubt about an android. Feeling that she isn't as real as the actual flesh and blood humans around her, she's comforted by Ruby that she's just as much of a real girl as anyone else, and from then on she doesn't seem to express any discomfort about being a robot. She seems quite happy to be one, even, as she rebukes May for simply calling her "Robo-Girl" in V8E3

Then V8E12 comes around, and the text all but implies that Penny is a girl trapped in a robot body. Ambrosious expresses concern at what's left when he strips all the robot parts from her and Blake replies that there will be "Penny, the girl who's always been there underneath". Yang holds her metal arm and says that those pieces are just "extra". That being a robot doesn't define Penny and it's not who she is and the implication is that it's even holding her back. She's then turned into a real girl by Ambrosious. A thing, which, to my memory, she never asked to have happened to her.

Hell, the whole process is very similar to ascension in the Ever After, even. Penny's original body dies and in it's place is a new, "better" one.

The implication here is the opposite of what V9 is trying to say. That Penny isn't enough. That she's not "perfect just the way she is". The robot parts are just "extra" after all (they're not, and I will always hate that line with a fiery passion).

It's just...it feels so incredibly, incredibly jarring. Penny's arc in V8 was already incredibly bad, and full of ableism, and then we turn around and apply a message which COULD work for Penny and is probably even the one she should have had with her arc...and apply it to the conventionally-bodied protagonist who never had to struggle with her entire person-hood. Who never had to question if she was even a human being or not.

It's just all so frustrating. Penny deserved so much better.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #rwde #crtq #penny polendina #my rambles

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faboover · 2 months

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Last week, I posted a blog about my journey making videos about RWBY Volume 6. At the end of that post, I explained how I was gonna be challenging myself to write, record, edit, and put out a video discussing a specific scene from RWBY. That scene was the fight between Ruby and The Furious Cat.

I was able to successfully complete my challenge.

The thing about the major topic regarding Shot | Reverse Shot is that it was gonna be a topic for the Thoughts Animation Video for RWBY Volume 7 if I had stayed consistent with putting out my Thoughts Videos on RWBY for Volume 6.

#rwby #blog #video #youtube #crtq #rwby9 #rwby analysis #discussion #Ruby #Ruby Rose #The Curious Cat #The Cat #The Furious Cat #Fight Scene #review #action #Red Like Roses #Guide My Way #Youtube

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princeoftheroses · 1 year

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okay wait one last rwby poll i promise this is the last one

do you think that penny will come back alive again? if so, would you like that or do you think it's not worth it?

(i'm not saying i want her back to life i'm just saying i'm curious since i've seen ppl very divided on it)

#rwby #rwby penny #penny polendina #rwde #crtq #?#not really but im used to tagging all my posts rwde #poll

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hyperfixation-hideout · 2 years

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So we're not getting rwby tell 2023

I knowwwww I saw that :'( like damn RT, stop working on a million side projects like the fairy tales series and arrowfell and just let us have the main show 😭 (I say this knowing it takes a ton of time and effort to put a volume together and I far prefer waiting a bit longer to crew members being overworked! Especially with how animators at RT have been treated in the past)

I just can't help but feel a little jilted somehow cause we all assumed "it'll be in 2022!" meant it'd be like, Jan-April 2022 at the latest and now they waited till RTX to tell us "sorry, one more year!" Wish they'd've told us when they knew tbh, corporate reasons be damned

And yes I am biased because every character arc I'm invested in right now is in Vacuo, and I'm terrified of a possible time skip brushing over everything they've set up for them. I want to have more faith that they won't do that, that they know how bad that would be for a litany of reasons I won't ramble about yet again... but given how the show's been written thus far, I can absolutely see them doing that for a surprise factor. I don't wanna wait till 2025 only to find "hey the merge happened offscreen 🙃" at least that'd be consistent with most of Oscar's other major plot points who said that?

#rwby news #rwby volume 9 #ok ok this is a little rwde so I'll tag it as such #rwde #crtq #not really a critique though ig #more rwby crit?#or crwby crit?#idk #but I'm getting ahead of myself and being upset over something that hasn't even happened yet so we'll see #the teaser did look super cool though #I just need to know how long I have to wait to see my blorbos again #you killed penny off! AGAIN!#oscar and nora are my lifelines now #and rosegarden nowadays so maybe there'll be some reflection on that with ruby #considering the 'little prince and his rose' realized how they feel about each other while separated in different worlds #and the little prince was trapped in a desert #so I guess there's that possibility but I'm not counting on it #crwby my hyperfixation might've dwindled by then please I need a timeline!#oh wait they don't KEEP timelines cause it ''causes plot holes'' ARGH #ok THAT was a little on the rwde side lmao but i stand by it! how do you not keep a timeline for a show like this what-#nope no tag rants today quinnie #quinanswer

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strqyr · 2 years

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i try to keep my blog a mostly positive space bc i'm here to have fun, but sometimes i think too long about yang during the fall of beacon and i have to wonder what the hell happened here???

i mean i know the answer is Plot™ but what makes it more frustrating is that there's an easy solution to that that doesn't sacrifice yang's character and still makes the Plot™ happen.

#is this #crtq #? idk but there's a tag if you want to blacklist or filter it #this has been on my mind for YEARS now so if you're worried there will be more critique / negative stuff in my blog #uh. don't. this is caused by my anxiety bc i have a dentist appointment later today #and i need to distract myself lmao

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dutchwinter · 1 year

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i put some albums from artists i like into the animal crossing pattern editor, here are most of them. all are new horizons paint by number. i'll probably add more to this occasionally as i think of more albums.

albums in order, along with design codes for each if you have online:

creator code: MA-7018-2012-7588

folie a deux by fall out boy: MO-JBH6-2QGW-51W3

i disagree by poppy: MO-L11C-YX9B-X86P

barriers by frank iero and the future violents: MO-CBN9-WBKF-CN9Y

i brought you my bullets, you brought me your love by my chemical romance: MO-PJFL-GVNV-SWGX

past lives by l. s. dunes: MO-Q1H7-93CV-VB9D

renaissance by utsu-p: MO-7FHX-T8LF-6874

razzmatazz by i dont know how but they found me: MO-0F29-0YX2-LFFF

shi-bou by pinocchiop: MO-2JFC-V5KL-LGK5

how to work a room by superet: MO-2HM1-D06C-W66F

no devolucion by thursday: MO-C244-MDB3-Y16W

violent things by the brobecks: MO-8J6P-Y64W-B8T4

call the doctor by sleater-kinney: MO-DC33-QN3S-NV9D

sonder by the wrecks: MO-6M01-BFVL-R4W7

along the shadow by saosin: MO-3BRN-CRTQ-G60D

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whitleyschn33 · 2 years

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Is...is there anything you do not complain about?

I typed in rwde into tumblr search, and its like a little boy complaining about so many things, I do not know where to start.

RWDE should not stand for Rude, but for Whining.

Seriously, would you like some vintage cheese to go with that whine?

Alright, first of all -

I don't barge into your house complaining about your tagged content.

Second - aside from the Arizal post, I haven't posted in the rwde tag in a couple weeks, so odds are you haven't seen any of my posts (unless I got in the top listing, but I doubt it, this is a fairly small blog in terms of notes), so I have no idea why you're messaging me instead of literally anyone else that posts far more frequently. I probably shouldn't have tagged the Arizal post with rwde, but it was to keep people like you from finding my blog through the normal routes, because if you take this much offense at rwde content, I would have thought you would have blocked it.

Third - everyone is allowed to bitch about things, it's not a crime, and that's the reason the rwde tag exists. We acknowledged that some people don't want to see negative content about a show they like, so we use a separate tag so people can block and filter it out. Of course it's all going to be negative, that's what the tag is designed to do - collect all the negative or critical content so it can be easily filtered out. Personally, I wish someone had had some backbone and made crtq the go-to tag instead of rwde, because criticism is not the same as bitching and they shouldn't have to be lumped together, but here we are.

Fourth - There's an old saying in Fandom spaces - don't like, don't read. I'm sorry if me or anyone else criticizing a cartoon show gets you up in arms, but there is a lovely little feature called "filtering" that you can use to literally never see my content or anyone else's that has issues with RWBY. That's why rwde exists in the first place, so you can cater your content.

Fifth - actually, yeah, I'm running low on cheese, haven't been able to make a grocery run this week. Can I get some mozzarella or asiago?

#why is there all this negative content in the tag #thats used to keep negative content out of the feeds of anyone that doesnt want to see it #ask reply #rwby #rwde #like

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nightmare-foundation · 7 months

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I agree for the most part, but only because there was a squandered opportunity for character development on Yang's part. I can see where Yang's attitude is coming from, i.e. being influenced by Raven's words whether she intended to or not, and this leads to her making a snap, unfair judgement against Oz. The thing is that Yang herself is hiding information about her mother being the Spring Maiden (contrary to what some around here will argue, there is NO concrete evidence that Yang told anyone the full story). This hypocrisy could have been a cool opportunity for Yang's character. Have her reflect on what she said and did here, realize she was wrong, and come away understanding where Oz was coming from given her own reasons for concealing the truth.

But of course, that didn't happen. Not only has this detail been completely overlooked by the narrative and likely will never come up again, but having Oz's reemergence have him take all the blame for what happened wipes away any potential for growth on Yang's part. At least Ruby had her conflict with Ironwood to make her understand Oz's reason's better. With Yang we had...nothing. As a result, Yang's character feels like it's stagnating while also, combined with some of her other actions and disputes in the later seasons, making it seem like Yang can do no wrong and must always be in the right by default.

Also, on the tagging note, I'd personally use #crtq instead. "rwde" tends to be chock full of people arguing in bad faith about stuff and whining about their headcanons not being validated. Your critiques are far more balanced.

THANK YOU. I actually completely agree with you! I genuinely love yang, and you put my thoughts into words exactly. Yang feels more stagnant than the others, and I couldn't pinpoint why. This would've been a REALLY good way to develop her more and to open up about Raven being the spring Maiden.

I like yang, but I couldn't pinpoint why her having no consequences about that bugged me so badly. Hopefully in the future she'll come clean.

Also, thank you for the tagging tip, and for being respectful. Other asks I've been getting have been fairly rude, so thank you for giving me your thoughts on that.

#felix (host)#rwby #ozpin #yang xiao long #crtq #raven branwen

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crtq · 3 years

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I realize this will be a controversial take in both the FNDM and critic communities, but here goes.

I feel like a good portion of the RWBY fans who explain away criticism aren’t just ignoring storytelling rules or not paying attention, etc. From what I’ve seen, it’s mostly filling in blanks and making connections that aren’t in the show, and in doing so, make the show better than the writers did. So many arguments defending the show’s choices are based in either headcanon or speculative analysis, and that’s not bad to do! (Goodness knows I overspeculate plenty.) But it also means they’re putting more thought into the plot and characters than the writers did, because MKEK isn’t showing these things to us. The FNDM is. So it’s not like everyone “turns off their brain” to watch RWBY (though I have seen many fans tell critics to do that); more commonly, they’re using their own critical thinking skills and creativity to make the show better than it is, and not realizing they’re utilizing the show’s potential to a fuller extent than canon.

#crtq #rwby fndm #rwby crit #fndm crit #rwde #my crtqs #I believe in the benefit of the doubt when it comes to writing and such #but a lot of defenses simply aren't supported by canon - which is unfortunate cause they're so often more nuanced than canon!#often not but that's bound to happen in any fandom #listen I do this too and it's why I took so long to realize the rwde community is vastly not in bad faith #that sounds like I'm calling myself better than the writers ugh that's not what I meant #point is #it's easy to read into things that aren't there #remember english class? ''The curtains are just blue''

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greenteaandtattoos · 3 years

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Still greatly upset by the complete lack of Oscar/Penny interactions while in Atlas...

#honestly?#thats my biggest criticism for the atlas arc #how could you not take two character who are arguably the most similar #in more ways than one #and not have them interact ONCE #the biggest missed opportunity #rwby #oscar pine #penny polendina #crtq

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anomalous-fox · 3 years

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What was actually said about Ironwood’s Semblance at RTX 2020:

Eddy: “The whole thing is just this, kinda like um, iron resolve slash will, almost like a very stubbornly narrow set focus, like, mindset on things. To kinda like, push himself to do what he’s decided he’s gonna do.

Kerry: “It kinda helps him hyperfocus.“

Miles: “...Or like, push through something like searing the flesh off your arm. If like this is the goal he needs to accomplish, everything else goes by the wayside.”

Eddy: “So that’s kind of running in the background of seven and eight a little bit. We really wanted to put it onscreen in either one of those volumes but at both the opportunities we had to put it onscreen it was not the most important thing that needed to be said. And so it felt a little weird and then, we never really got it on the page. But, you can actually see it happening.”

Miles: “Every second of volume 7 and 8 is so precious. Like, so precious. But maybe we can slip it in somewhere in the WayForward game or something like that. I’d like that.”

So no, rwde bloggers and the like, Ironwood’s semblance is not demonized ADHD, nor is it Evil Man Brain Worms that are holding the “real him” hostage and suppressing his free will. It’s a manifestation of his willpower, which allows him to tolerate pain (as in the stalemate with Watts) and overextend himself past his limit to accomplish his goals.

#rwby mettle #James Ironwood #rwde #rwby #ableism mention #ironwood #general ironwood #mettle #crtq #It's been on my mind lately. How woefully uninformed so many people who parrot the same apologia about Ironwood seem to be.#So here.

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soapofbar · 1 year

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the staff of creation is really bad because it makes everyone who was even slightly aware of it's existence look like an idiot but it especially makes Ozpin look like an idiot because he literally could've solved his problems at any point he had it and the lamp.

You have a lamp which can answer any question about past or present knowledge and you have a staff which can make anything as long as you have a blueprint for it. Even if Oz isn't personally smart enough to figure out how to make some kind of cage for Salem he could just, ask Jinn.

Oz: "Hey Jinn, how can I use the Staff of Creation to stop anyone from entering or exiting the continent Salem lives on?"

Jinn: detailed instructions

Oz: "Hey Ambrosius, build that."

instead we made rich people float, and I don't think that was ever explained why.

#rwde #this isn't ozpin bashing because like #i don't think he was MEANT to be a moron #crtq #my rambles

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the-wonderful-imp-of-ozcar · 3 years

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Thinking about what I talked about in this post again and what a big moment it was for Oscar when he came up with the plan to (paraphrased) "sow descent in Salem's ranks using the truth" and how I am slightly bugged by how the show seems to treat it. Under Read More since it is a CRTQ on the show and could absolutely be considered RWDE.

So whether u chalk Oscar's decision to try to make Hazel see the truth as a stroke of cunning or kindness, we can all admit that it was a big moment for Oscar. The fact that he not only thought of that plan, but bravely implemented it despite the fact that it would only bring him more pain was an incredible move by our favorite farmboy. He chose to try to do this over trying to escape, showcasing some of the strongest resolve we've ever seen on this show, and really letting Oscar shine not only as the newest Ozcarnation, but as a hero in his own right. My issue is, that the show doesn't really treat it this way. Now it's no secret v8 was rushed, but something that really bothers me is that the fact that Oscar (and by extension Oz) get a lot done this volume compared to most anyone else- with their action culminating in them basically escaping Salem thanks to the allies they gained through Oscar's plan. However, not only does the show not acknowledge this- it actually gives credit to Oscar's escape where it is least due: to Yang, Ren, and Jaune. The only real mention of Oscar's time with Salem and subsequent escape is this line here:

In this scene, Yang is absolutely meant to be seen as correct in what she says; and while I have A LOT to say about this scene in general, one of the things that most irks me is how the show has essentially given a large part of the credit to Oscar's escape to Yang's group... who actually just made everything worse. I'm sure it's simply due to the issues in producing v8, but we didn't get Yang's crew actually assisting in Oscar's escape, but instead make things worse. They got inside the whale, got caught by a Seer dragging Salem's attention to them, lost a fight to Salem, got captured, got freed by Hazel, ran away, and the situation with Salem was brought to an end by Oscar using his pocket nuke. Whether one likes the characters or not, this is what factually happened. By contrast Oscar: Stayed calm in the face of horrific circumstances and made a plan to strike at Salem, enacted the plan with Oz's help, turned one of Salem's most powerful allies who agreed to help him escape and get his weapon back, enacted a plan to sneak out and was able to nearly implement it*, got nearly to the entrance with the help of Emerald and Hazel, and took out Salem long enough for everyone to get away and regroup safely. (One might say that w/o Yang's group getting discovered, Oscar would have been found out when Salem questioned him as Hazel. However going by Salem's reaction-

we can just as easily chalk this up to Neo stealing the lamp causing the place to "go on high alert" as Hazel and Emerald mentioned would happen earlier.) Oscar's escape was thanks mostly to Oscar, with help from Oz, Hazel, and Emerald. He took on a proactive role despite the situation and was able to turn a major player around and gain a valuable teammate which helped set up his escape. However the show ends up defaulting to the idea that Yang Ren and Jaune were some sort of (if not the) major factors in his escape- and then it isn't brought up again. And idk, Oscar's actions just... deserve more than that.

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princeoftheroses · 2 years

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i feel like rwby volume 8 was, with the exception of the finale, incredibly ambitious, while at the same time incredibly afraid to commit to it's ambitions. there were a lot of good ideas, lots of plot lines or conflicts that began, but never really went anywhere & were snuffed out too early - either because the writers were afraid of its potential or didn't fully think it out.

the finale on the other hand was so set on shocking the audience and being memorable that it felt like it wasn't properly realizing what it was committing to & how much wasted potential it was leaving behind. most of the volume was afraid of permanent change, while the finale jumped right into it without thinking.

i feel like both approaches will not pan out in the end & don't set the stage well for volume 9.

#just my thoughts #maybe ill elaborate more later with specific examples but rn its 6 am and i need to aleep #rwde #crtq #rwby #rwby critical

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hyperfixation-hideout · 2 years

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MARROW AMIN for ask meme please.

oh wow, this went differently than I anticipated... please don't hate me XD

this chart REALLY doesn't lend itself well to my thoughts on Marrow lol so I'll explain that wonkiness I drew. I know he's not dead so there is still potential, so that's just about the potential he had in the atlas arc and how it was utilized. I have that line pointing to the connecty line of "didn't get enough/got too much screentime," because it all boils down to how he was used and why he was included. There were little moments of "oh that's why he's here, this is how he services the worldbuilding/plot/other characters" and those were great! I wanted MORE of that! Like in the mines talking about Faunus exploitation, or how he as a faunus in the military views the inequality differently from the Happy Huntresses, despite the systemic issues being lawful, and he is there to uphold the law (to an extent, idk how cops work in this show but they're different).

I just have to ask myself, why was he included? I mean I could say that about the ace ops in general (minus clover?) but this is about Marrow lol. Like, as a person? He's a sweetheart! Love him! Love his little interactions with Jaune and his challenging of Winter and his outburst at Ironwood! So it's like, if they expanded on the things that make him unique as pertaining to the world, I'd want more of that (aka more screentime), but... actually as I'm saying this I think I should scratch "too much screentime" cause that's kinda covered by "why was he in the work at all" -- since he IS in the work, in order for his character to be done justice, I'd say either more screentime or more efficiently utilized screentime.

Show more of him talking to Blake about Faunus rights, debating Robyn or May about their differing methods of fighting for justice, interacting with Weiss and Blake as a bridge between their worlds, learning that operating within the law can be amoral, etc., etc.! (Also fewer dog jokes please, I love puns but this is the remnant racial structure c'mon). It'll be interesting to see what they do with him now that James is dead and Atlas has fallen; he's in a whole new situation now and that's very 👀

I love Marrow personality-wise and would absolutely be his friend <3 And his semblance is rad as hell. Also hot take but everyone else can shut up I LOVE HIS WEAPON. I just hope that if he's gonna be important in upcoming volumes that they expand on his complexities. Maybe I should've stamped "they're deeper than they seem" in hindsight...

I just looked at the chart and saw "I don't have much to say about them." Apparently I did.

#marrow amin #marrow stans please don't hate me XD I had no idea I had all these thoughts lol #again I like the guy #but like #why is he There #not like oh without him everything would be the same cause it wouldn't!#someone needed to call winter out and break the ace ops' silence #but in the sense of what does he add to the story and how was it used #ik they don't have a lotta time and they do have a LOT of characters but that's kinda my point #crtq #rwde #quinanswer #ask game

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owletarc · 4 years

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With Blake I just never found her interesting. Her story about seeking justice but also running away from a cult, ex abusive boyfriend and her family that we never knew existed was poorly executed. They should've picked one story and stuck with it. Volume 4 and onwards made her so awful though, if it were me I'd change the age she ran away to 16, make Adam either just her mentor or one year older than her, make her an orphan, or have her parents be alive but normal everyday citizens.

post volume 3 blake for me just took such a change in personality that she became massively unlikable (and the way it’s excused by the fndm doesn’t help) and the difference between volume 1 - 3 blake and volume 7 blake is astronomical tbh. this blake no longer cares about justice, for the faunus, against the sdc, any of it ; she’d rather go to a party with a team she doesn’t like. she isn’t allowed to interact with the rest of her team. she isn’t allowed to process her trauma except for 1 scene with yang and i’m like this is bizzaro blake bc og blake would never.

i vibe with these suggestions, esp. adam’s age and changing her backstory to being an orphan, because her being a runaway at 12 would still make sense if they had died when she was young (as in my blake’s canon) or they were civilians who couldn’t find her against the respective power of the white fang.

#rwby #blake belladonna #crtq #owl speaks.#post，answered.#fandom，rwby.#q.#vol 1 - 3 blake was my fave and i'll #forever be smad the writing did That™ to her #angrycat.png

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