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And the foreshadowing set up in Volume 5 finally comes full circle!

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I think it would be a little funny if Nora was like ‘we have Ozpins reincarnation with us’ and Theo was like ‘even after a lifetime I could always recognize my friend’ but then goes to hug Ren

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The Tin Man is going insane and the Snow Queen wants to blow up Moby Dick so Jeanne, Mulan and Goldilocks volunteer to go inside and save Tip (who is finally on speaking terms with the spirit of Princess Ozma). Tip manages to convince Hansel and Aladdin to turn good by showing them the Genie, but they are found by the Wicked Witch of the West.

Hansel realizes being evil goes against Gretel’s memory, so he takes all the steroids he has to beat up the Wicked Witch and hold her down while Tip causes a nuclear explosion that blows up her alongside Moby Dick.

RWBY: the show that made people cry because Mulan and Thor held hands. 

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I really love Watts’ mood stages during this entire thing.

- When she first grabs him he’s nervous and in shock but he calms down and talks casually since she’s only holding him above the ground

- When she pushes him over the edge his voice is shaking but his ego takes over “you can’t treat me like everyone else”

- He tries dealing with her ”Salem told you to get me back”, but when Cinder says “Salem isn’t here right now” he starts being scared. His eyes dart around looking for a way to escape

- He is freaking out since she might actually kill him, but then he starts laughing. “You know what? If I’m gonna get thrown off a building by this tantruming child I’m gonna go out telling the brat what she needs to hear!“

He even lets go of Cinder’s arm, the only thing holding him to life. This was a suicide run, she might let go at any second so he gave her a verbal smackdown she needed.

It’s like the 4 stages of getting threatened: shock, bluff, bargaining, panic, acceptance

Watts really decided to finally tear her a new one while she literally has his life in her hands and honestly that’s a power move and I respect it.

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And on top of that she has an unknown number of Grimm powers. She can stretch her body like the Nuckelavee, She can use goo webs to pull people in and then there are her grimm arms that she can summon wherever she wants to trap people. (And also control any Grimm in the area to her whim.)

The Volume 8 intro shows Salem with the Hound’s wings. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a hint to her having mutation powers similar to the Hound, possibly creating wings or extra arms.

(And maybe she has her own version of Cinder’s arm and is capable of directly absorbing magic.)

Honestly, if she was a fighter her Grimm powers alone would make her a top level threat. But she is a mage type with flashy magic lasers

How Powerful Is Salem Really?

At the end of volume 3 when Salem was revealed to be the main antagonist of the series, I was under the impression that she was the most powerful character in all of Remnant. Yet between watching volume 8 and looking back at past scenes involving her something dawned on me. Salem really isn’t as powerful as she makes people believe. Its like Oz said: 

There’s also other lines that emphasize that Salem isn’t that powerful such as Oscar pointing out how Salem knows she can’t take on the whole world by herself and Ruby pointing out that if she was so powerful, she wouldn’t have acted with such caution. Sure, she may have gotten stronger since her days of having to be rescued from the tower by Ozma due to being cursed with immortality and getting powers that lets her control grimm, manipulate them and even summon pbut that doesn’t really make her a highly skilled combatant. After all, in their first battle, Oz managed to kill Salem multiple times. The only reason why Salem won and managed to kill Oz was because she had the infinite life cheat code. 

In a one on one battle, Salem can probably fend for herself between her magic and immortality. But between the fact that she probably doesn’t know any actual combat skills like a Huntsman/Huntress due to probably relying solely on her magic and immortality when in a fight, she’d be in a losing battle against multiple opponents. Furthermore, an opponent wouldn’t really have to kill Salem to necessarily win. If they could knock her out unconscious and lock her up in something, she’d be pretty powerless. I actually like the fact that as a villain, Salem greatest strength isn’t her magic or immortality, but instead her intellect and strategic mind. 

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(This is a fantastic post, thank you!)

I feel like forgetting was the only thing Salem could do.

By giving Salem immortality the Gods made sure she will never learn the importance of life. They forced her to live for millennia in a world without humanity so she would would go mad, and even after humanity came back her immortality makes it impossible to create any sort of connection. She is ancient, people die around her faster than she can blink.Humans are Mayflies to her. Even if she would try to connect with someone they are so fragile compared to her.

Ozma is complaining about a curse, but at least he has some change that keeps it interesting, a different viewpoint every few decades, but not Salem, her curse is so much worse, a neverending stagnant existence.

Not to say she isn’t a victim, she could probably try growing as a person, but she is such a victim in all of this and her curse is cruel and evil.

Do you guys realize how important the reincarnation cycle is for Ozma, though? And how crucial it is for differentiating him from Salem, and her own form of immortality?

A very common trope in modern fiction is that immortals just become… out of touch with humanity. How can you relat to someone who’s life is a flash, a brief moment, compared to your unchanging, unending, interminable stagnation through history? How long until you lose the ability to empathize with the small, day-to-day troubles of these brief flashes in a pan we call life?

How many times has Ozpin met Team RWBY throughout the ages? Not the same people, but - the optimistic hero? The rebellious princess? The revolutinary? The protective firebrand? How many times has seen people just like them live, fight, and die? How long until they all start blurring together, and all you can see is their coming end?

It’d be so easy to forget that these people you’re protecting are people, not just faces. And from there it’s a short jump to start asking yourself… why? They’ll just die in a few years anyway. Why does it matter?

It’d be so easy.

People like Oscar, like Ozpin, like all the countless lives Ozma’s soul has passed through over Brother’s know how many eons, are so crucial because they remind him. Ozma isn’t just continuing through the ages like Salem is, he’s experiencing the lives of other people - their families, their friends, their hopes, dreams, fears, and deaths. He’s constantly reminded of the importance of the little, miniscule moments of life, because as old as he is, he’s constantly re-experiencing them through the eyes of people living them for the first time.

How many times has Ozma met people like Team RWBY? Countless. How many times has Oscar? Once. And that makes so much difference.

“Why do you keep coming back?” Salem asks. Because he hasn’t forgotten. Not like she has.

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What if Watts built his own Penny?

After the initial post where I initially thought this idea up, I brought it up on the Team RAIN discord and we kinda workshopped it all together. This is the result!

(by the way you should check out my rwby fan comic)

Keep reading

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oscar unionizing salem’s crew is all I’ve been able to think about

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the reason why i’m not afraid of death is bc they made the grim reaper hot.

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What if Rhodes is Rhodopis

What if Rhodes is an allusion to Rhodopis, which is the earliest version of the Cinderella Story!? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodopis

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RWBY X MAJOR ARCANA

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So..... I had a weird idea.... what if I draw team wtch as super paper mario characters....

Now at first I thought „Ah yes I can simply base every Rwby villain on a super paper mario villain!“ but F-ing mimi and dimentio made that impossible.... so...

Tyrian was the first one I’ve drawn and I‘m gonna be honest I didn’t know how to draw in the style so I traced of a pic of nastasia, and used that as a base to create this... also I used Tyrian purple as the main shading for him.

Next was Watts and he‘s based of Mr. L mainly cause Mr. L has a moustache. I like how he tuned out.

This was the most frustrating picture! You would think that cause I traced over O‘chunks picture, that it‘ll be easy but... so many details! And colours! I didn’t think he would have that many but than I coloured him... and the hair was I pain to draw too... god that took me so long...

At first I wanted to base cinder on mimi.... and oh boi did that not fit! So I based her on nastasia. Based not traced, btw I didn’t feel the need to do that at that point in time. I think it turned out good...

Last but not least, the queen herself! Salem! The most original drawing on this post! The cape is loosely based on count blacks cape... but except that... was that completely my own Fan Art. I like how it turned out. To me it seems very close to the original style but still being clearly Salem. Also I like that from a far it looks like she is friendly smiling and than you look closer and it‘s an evil smile.

This was fun! I really like the paper mario style. And I’m kinda sad that I’m already finished. Maybe I’ll do it again one day.

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Um... since when is Cinder tortured by her decisions? She seems loud and proud about them.

You know what? I’m sorry, you’re right.

Cinder’s made a lot of great choices in her life.

She’s hanging out with people who love her and don’t abuse her…

…living out her fantasies…

…and she’s totally got a new sense of depth in the world.

She’s got a good sense of balance.

She’s really learned to reach out.

Let down her defenses.

And sometimes, you know, just…chill. 

It’s slow going, but hey, sometimes you’ve gotta crawl before you can leap, right?

But as long as you mingle with the right people, things will always look up.

After all, the streets are a fine home if you know what you’re doing.

You’re right, she’s really enjoying herself.

Growing into a brand-new person.

She’s a girl who made a wish many years ago, and at long last…

…she’s become her own woman.

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Callbacks are fun. Also showing why someone acted the way they did..

Weiss' scene is from Volume 1 Episode 15 (The Stray) and Jacques' scene is from Volume 8 Episode 2 (Refuge)

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Oscar REALLY doesn't have good experience with Nora. Either she tackles him or he's nearly killed by someone with her face!

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Turned my post into a video. Yay for learning how to edit.

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Killing off Adam without ever putting him in a position where he got to meet and fight Weiss is a huge thematic mistake