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Is it sad that I just saw this entirely because you mentioned RWBY references?
It was surprisingly ok, I don't regret it.
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RWBYERA |OT| Volume 9: Zwei, I have a feeling we're not in Remnant anymore
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It was surprisingly ok, I don't regret it.
I forgot to respond to this, but it's mostly according to the writers that the 3 volumes are interconnected and Vol 9 is going to be shorter than 7 and 8
I'm also planning to see this next week because of the RWBY references lmao
A bit sad there wasn't a new clothes/weapons/looks reactions part but eh.
Ace Ops are cool. Quite fond of Elm, Harriet and Marrow so far. Vine's semblance weirds me out but it's neat. Clover also is cool but I'm not sure if I trust him...
Wonder what's up with Ruby's semblance...
Obligatory bees good comment but Qrow??? Is what I think is happening actually happening???
Ace Ops are cool. Quite fond of Elm, Harriet and Marrow so far. Vine's semblance weirds me out but it's neat. Clover also is cool but I'm not sure if I trust him...
Wonder what's up with Ruby's semblance...
Obligatory bees good comment but Qrow??? Is what I think is happening actually happening???
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Great episode, love the Ace Ops teamwork.
Can't imagine they're not purposefully teasing.
I don't think they are setting up for Qrow and Clover to be a thing. I think it's Qrow reacting to the fact Clover literally has the opposite semblance. Might be jealousy
A bit.
Some of the flirting stuff in this episode was eh, and it felt kinda outta the blue when Weiss apologized to Blake for what her family did to the Faunus.
Yeah, those were cringy and it only took like 6 volumes for Weiss to mention it again
Eh, not feeling the ace ops in general
Harriet's speed semblance is a very conventional super-speed - she moves faster, but still runs. Ruby's is different. She moves like a rocket. She either generates thrust or manipulates momentum.
WELL THEN.
Looks like Shonen RWBY is finally back after three years of absence.
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Looks like Shonen RWBY is finally back after three years of absence.
Nice to see Semblances actually mattering again after their slow fade into irrelevance in Volume 4.
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If I was paying attention to things right, looks like Tyrian just set up Mantle to erupt into wide-scale riots? I assume that was the Opposition Leader guy he murdered, right?
No, he murdered a follower of the opposition leader. I think it's going to get some coverage considering the guy was a vocal supporter of Robin Hyll and got arrested before Tyrian killed him
So Tyrian seems to be murdering supporters of Robyn huh, good way to cause riots, especially since dude JUST got arrested.
Also I got a huge grin on my face because LANDING STRATEGIES ARE BACK BABY
Also I got a huge grin on my face because LANDING STRATEGIES ARE BACK BABY
That Qrow and Clover scene made me go "Oh no they're gonna run with this
Fast woman with power armor literally shoryukens a ghost
She hit all the right boxes.
Her and Marrow are my favorites of that group. I like the idea of Clover, but his design is weird.
My favorite part was Ruby getting called out on her hypocrisy by Oscar. That was sorely needed. Vilifying Ozpin for something you turn around and do a volume later ain't it.
Other than that......I kinda still don't like the new designs, especially Yang's. The new Ops team is cool!
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I'd recommend using spoiler boxes since people don't have first or VRV
Being fair, Ruby never chastized Ozpin for lying to them. It was Yang and Qrow. And thankfully it was Yang who raised problems with what Ruby did
Yes! That scene was so cool! Her VA is doing an incredible job too.
Out of the Ace Ops my favorites are Harriet and Elm. Harriet because she's reeks of cool, and Elm because she comes off as a lovable goof.
Out of the Ace Ops my favorites are Harriet and Elm. Harriet because she's reeks of cool, and Elm because she comes off as a lovable goof.
It was Ruby who ultimately asked Jinn straight up to reveal what Ozpin was hiding from them. So to me, that act shows a major judgement of mistrust. I do hope Ruby is considering carefully when it comes to truth versus lies.
I did like that Yang at least brought up the issue too, that was good.
I did like that Yang at least brought up the issue too, that was good.
Good post on the flaws of the Faunus racism within RWBY
Is this another Adam post?
...sigh
Read through the whole thing, and some of the points are not great.
RWBY started as a show meant for younger people. This has been stated as being a direct contrast to RvB where the target audience at the start would be 12-14 and the show would grow up with them. Of course at the beginning racism is focused on the individual. And straight up the only reason Faunus and the plotline even exist is because Monty was adamant about having a cat girl. And the writers said that they did bite off more than they could chew, especially considering the fact the Trump election came and brought these issues in real life into the forefront.
That's the only thing I can find as an understandable point of view because in part she is right about why this plotline exists in the firstplace and why it's easy to criticize now. They bit off more than they could chew, and ultimately real world events made those flaws hard to hide.
But her takes on "reverse racism" and "antifa" are real bad.
As minority, a white woman telling me about "justifying racism" is really off putting. Does she actually think people will accept responsibility for their prejudice? In an ideal world, people would realize having prejudice is wrong, but the reality is people love grouping in generalizations. Complacency speaks volumes, and in many cases for victims of racism it is because many of them feel powerless to do anything. That's why extremists become generalized and prejudice spreads. Blake even says in her speech she doesn't have all the answers, but they shouldn't let Adam speak for all of them.
Her point about how "racist characters are caricatures" but then saying "they shouldn't receive depth to make them seem like real people" is jarring.
I ain't bothering with the Adam segment because I am so fucking tired talking about him, and I wish you'd stop constantly bringing him with whatever chance you get.
Honestly, the whole issue this volume where people microanalyzed and had fucking dumb takes about the "Weiss throws a racist in the trash" makes me believe that people straight up can't actually deal with racism when it's in the show. She also has the take of "Weiss being a white savior" which is nonsensical because all Weiss did was stand up for a friend. Weiss isn't going to single handedly save the Faunus.
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I figured the link would be some dumb ass hot take (which surprise-surprise, talks about Adam), thank you for sparing me from having to read it.
This was written before volume 7 though
I'm a minority as well and her point of how the people fighting racism are shown to be purely bad unlike the racists was a good one to me such as when we see Sienna and Cordovin
Your other points are valid though
Having read the article it really isn't. Adam is only one small section and the author has previously written how they like how Adam was handled and his role as Blake and Yang's enemy which was mentioned in the article itself. The last part in bold by TheChungusAmongUs is kind of a straw man as this was written before vol 7 and didn't say Weiss is a white saviour but expressed concern that she could be construed as one in vol 7 when they discuss the Faunus issue. It's not one of those idiotic takes who think Weiss was wrong for throwing the guy in the trash.
I thought you liked RWBY? Why would you compare it to such an abomination?
I kinda hope that we don't get the traitor plotline with the Ace Ops but i doubt that will happen. The OP already hinted at it
I kinda feel it's going that direction
Clover just kinda rubs me the wrong way. Something feels disingenuous about his demenor
If it's Elm or Harriet, that would be devastating.
Not gonna lie. These weapon names are kind of.....lame. I mean I like Harriet a lot Fast Knuckles seems boring.
It's a new arc.
A lot of the characters from previous arcs have been pushed to the background. Like Sun, Ilia, Neptune, Ghira, Kali, etc.
Only thing is how they plan on balancing them. Hero Aca also has tons of characters, but most of Class 1-A doesn't really matter until they interact with Deku.