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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What does it have to do with RWBY and RT? Is the show available somewhere besides the RT website?
VRV's RWBY page its official but also sticks with RT's First policy and makes it public a week later. I've always seen the chapter titles and description come from there before they premiere. I think RWBY is also on Crunchyroll?
Someone updated RWBY's wikipedia page with a title, description, and length for 13 but it hasn't been verified anywhere else. So I doubt it's legit. But it hasn't been deleted yet surprisingly.
 
My reaction down below:
Oh another flashing lights warning, Maiden brawl, or the bomb, maybe both?

Oh hey they addressed the whole "Will people go in these" thing right away, nice :D

Also trippy entrance, Joanna handled it better ;)

Oooh and a great point from Nora about the negativity, they've really thought this out, I love it!

Hahahahaha, oh that was some needed lightness of tone.

FIONA!

MAY!

Oooh Emerald is good, I love her as part of the team, also oof, not a great first impression, dramatic delivery though Ren, love it.

Well a shit ton of people just fell.

Cinder, so smug!

Well Cinder's regained her composure, Neo you are far too trusting, dang did not expect Emerald to not get to use the lamp but then again subverting the fairytale expectations makes sense, oof poor Jinn.

Oooh Cinder is not happy, muted but not happy with Emerald being there.

Oh my gosh Cinder just did diplomacy, with Watts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well that's a shit load of dead bodies.

Marrow, ma boi!

Also Harriet, Vine you bootlicking scrubs!

Jac sassing Ironwood is amusingly petty.

Oh gosh did Watts d that, it feels too dramatic for it not to have been staged.

Gaha cisd;faer fraef h;y shit Jac is dead!

Cinder is having a whale of a time (Ah we miss you Monstra)

Oh Neo you and your aesthetic.

Ruby!

YANG!!!

Blake goes from sobbing to murder and I am living but also dying, aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh did Cinder use the wind to control her voice?

Kick ass sword Penny

Bad ass move Weiss!

Cinder pulling out some V1 classics here!

Blake is so torn!

Oh I misjudged you Vine, my bad, but to be fair you've given me very little reason to trust you.

Grieving and then sudden interruption, I wonder how many dickheads will try and say Robyn is a villain for not being fucking psychic?

Oooh Qrow vs Harriet!

Watts!?!?!

Ironwood you fucking dick, also your aim is shit.

Badass line Winter, we love you!

A one way tcket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????

Grimm bats, fuck, aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

What the heck, how, I, mean, ahw; hiisfasw faswrfdragfdesrgf

Amazing work CRWBY my bloodpressure is through the roof, I am screaming!
 
I have a serious raised-eyebrow for...

Yang falling there in that specific way. Blake had enough time to run to the edge and try to throw a line, so Ruby could have gone petals and actually caught her. Yeah, she was surprised, but that's maybe a second there, and speed is kind of her thing.
 
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I have a serious raised-eyebrow for...

Yang falling there in that specific way. Blake had enough time to run to the edge and try to throw a line, so Ruby could have gone petals and actually caught her. Yeah, she was surprised, but that's maybe a second there, and speed is kind of her thing.

Maybe. She was fighting Neo though. And I'm pretty sure Yang isn't dead.
 
I have a serious raised-eyebrow for...

Yang falling there in that specific way. Blake had enough time to run to the edge and try to throw a line, so Ruby could have gone petals and actually caught her. Yeah, she was surprised, but that's maybe a second there, and speed is kind of her thing.
Eh, dramatic tension. Also, Yang isn't dead, and I'm pretty sure that most, if not all of her team will be going in to get her back.
 
I was confused by that moment where Penny basically gave Cinder a free hit. She seemed confused but Cinder hadn't done anything right then.


But this clears it up. She was expecting to use Floating Array but hadn't realized that it was gone. Damn you muscle memory!


Also the way she solved that issue continues to pile up evidence for her being some form of pure Aura being:





That's not elemental power like the ice swords she used earlier, that's her just manifesting swords out of pure Aura. The green sparkles that are taken straight from an Aura-break effect in particular helps sell it. And I find it interesting that her swords clearly have a robotic/digital aesthetic still. Methinks she's not just going to ditch her robotic roots entirely after her transformation.




edit2: Yeah, them's Aura sparkles:
 
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I have a serious raised-eyebrow for...

Yang falling there in that specific way. Blake had enough time to run to the edge and try to throw a line, so Ruby could have gone petals and actually caught her. Yeah, she was surprised, but that's maybe a second there, and speed is kind of her thing.
If you want an in-universe explanation, at this point they have spent several days fighting without sleep, they are running on the fumes of fumes at this point, and their reflexes probably aren't as sharp as they would be otherwise.
 
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I'm kind of hoping pissed Salem steps into OSHA's Nightmare and everyone (heroes, Cinder, civvies) just kind of freezes like "Oh shit, who's she killing first?"
 
I am screaming!
I have a serious raised-eyebrow for...

Yang falling there in that specific way. Blake had enough time to run to the edge and try to throw a line, so Ruby could have gone petals and actually caught her. Yeah, she was surprised, but that's maybe a second there, and speed is kind of her thing.
We see her:
Fighting

Also this is destroying me she is literally just, aaaaaaaahhhhh!
 
If you want an in-universe explanation, at this point they have spent several days fighting without sleep, they are running on the fumes of fumes at this point, and their reflexes probably aren't as sharp as they would be otherwise.
I am screaming!

We see her:
Fighting

Also this is destroying me she is literally just, aaaaaaaahhhhh!


'Reflexes aren't as sharp' is all well and good, but we know Ruby can basically fly while she's in petal form so even after Yang was all the way off the ledge, she could have been caught. I guess this comes down to whether you consider remembering her semblance to be something like looking for your glasses while they're on your face, or whether it's closer to forgetting you have hands. Personally it strikes me as more the latter. As for her scrapping with Neo, I don't think we've seen anything in Neo's arsenal that can interfere with Ruby just deciding to not be a body anymore. You'd have more of an argument with Cinder's AOE attacks, but there definitely seems to be an understanding between Neo and Cinder on the 'who gets to fight Ruby' subject.

Edit: I know they're setting up to have all of RWBY fall into the abyss to setup for later stuff, and I'm 100% for seeing the consequences of that. This execution was simply lacking for me, here. Hopefully the rest of it goes smoother.

Since when can Nora ride her weapon like a witch's broom?
 
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I just couldn't stop laughing throughout this episode. Every character just kept on trying to make themselves look like the dumbest person ever. Ruby forgets all about her powers and dooms Yang by being so inept. Blake can't even do one thing right and just stands still like a deer in the headlights while everyone else is fighting. Jacques sees a laser cannon pointed at him and doesn't back off from the cell door. Harriet insists on detonating a bomb on an empty city because she's sad about Clover dying for his own stupidity. Robyn tries to kamikaze a Pelican into the bomb. And then Winter says she's always fought to protect Atlas from people who'd harm it when she's done nothing but stand and watch Ironwood go insane when he needed her help to get out of his funk.
 
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