RWBY Thread III: Time To Say Goodbye

Stop: So gotta few things that need to be said real quick.
so gotta few things that need to be said real quick.
We get a lot of reports from this thread. A lot of it is just a series of people yelling at each other over arguments that have been rehashed hundreds of times since the end of the recent Volume. And I get that the last Volume - and RWBY in general, really - has some controversial moments that people will want to discuss, argue about, debate, etc.

That's fine. We're not going to stop people from doing that, because that's literally what the point of the thread is. However, there's just a point where it gets to be a bit too much, and arguments about whether or not Ironwood was morally justified in his actions in the recent Volume, or if RWBY and her team were in the right for withholding information from Ironwood out of distrust, or whatever flavor of argument of the day descend into insulting other posters, expressing a demeaning attitude towards other's opinions, and just being overall unpleasant. That tends to happen a lot in this thread. We want it to stop happening in this thread.

So! As of now the thread is in a higher state of moderation. What that means is that any future infractions will result in a weeklong boot from the thread, and repeated offenders will likely be permanently removed. So please, everyone endeavor to actually respect the other's arguments, and even if you strongly disagree with them please stay civil and mindful when it comes to responding to others.

In addition, users should refrain from talking about off-site users in the thread. Bear in mind that this does not mean that you cannot continue to post tumblr posts, for example, that add onto the discussion in the thread, with the caveat that it's related to RWBY of course. But any objections to offsite users in the thread should be handled via PM, or they'll be treated as thread violations and infracted as such.
 
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I am surprised we didn't get either a sold date (Weren't most people saying Summer?) or an English VA trailer since uh, isn't this releasing in both English and Japanese at the same time?
 
so I see 2, maybe 3 differences
so in order they appear in the trailer;

1 - Weiss telling Ruby she doesn't deserve the leader role, Ruby yells back "You're so bossy! I hate you!", and Weiss looks hurt. I don't think I recall Weiss being the one to have a hurt look during their early days arguments.

2 - Yang telling Weiss to "Don't be silent, say something." and a frustrated Weiss responding "I don't know what to do!" Don't recall that scene.

3 - The one we all know at see clear as day, Weiss meet Weiss. >.<

so 2 and 3 are ones that are different from OGRWBY, but I am not sure about 1.
 
My feeling is we'll get one episode that's basically recapping Volume 1 with maybe some hints of something funky going on and some differences, maybe placing a bit more focus on Weiss, since Weiss is the one that the changed stuff in the trailer seem centered on. And then Midway-Towards the end of Episode 2 we get Weiss encountering the other Weiss.
 
So, update in that tweet from Ayrrn.

Not sure if this was brought up before, but apparently Tow Ubukata himself came on and talked with

https://twitter.com/ubukata_summit/status/1507356177843486720

It is unforgivable for my ex-wife that the Japanese police have done to me. I can't tell you the details because it's related to my ex-wife's life, but I still have a good relationship with my ex-wife and my children.

Take with a grain of salt because unverified.
 
Which also potentially makes their Blake design loop around from 'fucks sake' to 'INTERESTING'.
What are the odds alternate Blake is someone's "pet" given how much it focuses on her being a cat?
Okay so they'll probably condense things a bit since uh, six episodes is a lot for an anime to just retell things instead of getting to it's actual plot (The alt universe or whatever)
I wouldn't be surprised if it was mostly just quick clips to catch people up on when it is and remind them of the earlier parts with better animation.
 
Yeah the Blake outfit still makes me cringe. A lot. As does Tow Ubukata's involvement.

Just why put Blake in what effectively is raceplay themed fetish gear?!?!
 
... Hold still a minute, would you? *Raises bat*

More seriously, some sort of 'AU where the faunus rebellion went for the worse?
I mean alt!Weiss does look like she might became some sort of fusion of her Dad and Ironwood so this being a world where Faunus/Human relationships are worse or just Mantle won the war.

A thought, since Alt!Weiss seems to be an alternate version of Weiss that could mean all the alternate outfits are the other verisons of the characters, (Which hilariously means the only difference between the two Jaunes is mittens). Part of me is wondering if the reason Ruby is different is because in Queendom Timeline, Summer Rose is alive. Would Rooster Teeth allow actual Summer Rose content in an AU before canon though?
 
A thought, since Alt!Weiss seems to be an alternate version of Weiss that could mean all the alternate outfits are the other verisons of the characters, (Which hilariously means the only difference between the two Jaunes is mittens). Part of me is wondering if the reason Ruby is different is because in Queendom Timeline, Summer Rose is alive. Would Rooster Teeth allow actual Summer Rose content in an AU before canon though?
I mean, it wouldn't be hard to just say 'Summer is alive' and then just not show her. Maybe have a few lines from Ruby and Yang about her, but keep Summer herself off screen. Could go either way though.
 
So, it occurs to me that the English version of Ice Queendom could be introducing the new VAs for some characters that have been absent from the show proper. Torchwick, Glynda, Port, Oobleck... NONE of their VAs are likely to be invited back after past actions.
 
I mean, it wouldn't be hard to just say 'Summer is alive' and then just not show her. Maybe have a few lines from Ruby and Yang about her, but keep Summer herself off screen. Could go either way though.
Or they could show Summer because, while emotional for Yang and Ruby, it's not actually the mom they lost. Like Queendom!Weiss, Blake and Ruby's outfits do suggest vastly different lives. Hard to say.
 
So, it occurs to me that the English version of Ice Queendom could be introducing the new VAs for some characters that have been absent from the show proper. Torchwick, Glynda, Port, Oobleck... NONE of their VAs are likely to be invited back after past actions.
Wait, who was Port's VA?

*googles*

Oh, Ryan Haywoood. Fuck.
 
I'll check it out but given the 'costume' they're apparently putting Blake in......
I mean seriously, from everything I've seen in-show Faunus don't appear to enjoy getting treated like/referred to as animals. Why would they dress in a manner that prompts that?

Also Yang's appearance/build just seems slightly off to me. Yes, she's always been the 'fan service' design of the quartet; but she always seemed to have at least some definition to her limbs etc giving a sense of solidity/strength. Here, she just seems slimmer and more lightly built somehow.
 
I'll check it out but given the 'costume' they're apparently putting Blake in......
I mean seriously, from everything I've seen in-show Faunus don't appear to enjoy getting treated like/referred to as animals. Why would they dress in a manner that prompts that?

Also Yang's appearance/build just seems slightly off to me. Yes, she's always been the 'fan service' design of the quartet; but she always seemed to have at least some definition to her limbs etc giving a sense of solidity/strength. Here, she just seems slimmer and more lightly built somehow.
I mean the major theory right now is the alt costumes we see are alternate versions of the character so maybe Queendom!Yang is a little less muscled.
 
I'll check it out but given the 'costume' they're apparently putting Blake in......
I mean seriously, from everything I've seen in-show Faunus don't appear to enjoy getting treated like/referred to as animals. Why would they dress in a manner that prompts that?
The running theory right now is that she doesn't have much choice in the matter in whatever AU she's from
 
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