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I expected Penelope to just let out one last bark at the end as the punchline tbh.

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fuck it homebrew boop button. reblog this post to boop the person you reblogged from.

#THWACK THWACK THWACK #Is what this feels like #boop #tumblr boop #boop cat #cat paw boop #cat paws

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RWBY Relic Pieces in Volume 1, Symbolism of the Pieces, and How It Ties To the Broader Narrative.

Did a quick searchup on the symbolism of chess pieces, and taking what I saw into consideration (note that this is very abridged, and possibly not entirely correct):

CRDL and the Black Bishop

Bishops are representative of religion, as well as spirituality, morality, and wisdom, and a direct reference to Cardin's mythological reference, the Cardinal of Winchester. In regards to the broader narrative that RWBY sets up, he can be considered V1's partial representation of the institution of Huntsmen, more specifically the deeply flawed and darker side standing opposite to the better/neutral aspects of Huntsmen that RWBY/JNPR represent, due to being a racist bully who stands against Grimm, yet also willfully persecutes and harms the people he's supposed to fight for, such as minority groups like Faunus and (given Jaune at this point is basically a civilian in huntsmen's clothing and training wheels) the people depending on the circumstances. Also acts as a form of foreshadowing to the other deeply flawed or outright bad huntsmen we'd come to see later in the series, as well as highlighting the lack of wisdom and morality that can blight the institutions that Huntsmen are supposed to be, represent and protect.

The Black pieces in chess always move second, which highlights how the Huntsmen are a highly reactive organization, and how this severely limits their ability to truly tackle the bigger problems regarding threats like the Grimm, Salem, society's deep internal problems, and in the bigger picture, Ozpin's divine mission.

JNPR and the White Rook

Rooks are representative of the land, being symbolic of the fortress that guards a city or land and its royalty, and how they essentially "guard" the other pieces, as well as representing stability. The majority of JNPR come from civilians compared to the likes of RWBY, with this becoming completely the case after Pyrrha's death and Oscar's inclusion, and they're shown consistently throughout the series as having the strongest connections to civilians on a personal level. They also frequently as the bedrock and stabilizing influence, through Jaune, Nora and Ren's friendships and roles as supporting characters. Being white pieces also highlights how as time goes on, they would develop an increasingly proactive role through the questioning of the narrative told to them by the metaphorical "royals" (in this case, Ozpin's secret circle) and the latter's failure to actually protect them.

This is especially notable in regards to Jaune, Nora, and from a story perspective Ren, given how the former consistently questions Ozpin and his inner circle's shadier actions throughout most of V4 - V8, and Nora and Ren were failed miserably and made orphans due to the lack of huntsmen and the society around them failing to protect them, while putting them into a situation where their only recourse is to become part of the system that failed them.

RWBY and the White Knight

Knight pieces are representative of the medieval military, fitting given the status of Huntsmen, as well as being considered adventurous, valorous, and unpredictable due to their unique fighting style allowing them a level of unpredictability that other pieces don't have, fitting of how RWBY are the main proactive force to pushing Ozpin and the true nature of the secret war against Salem out into uncharted territory, forcing them to actually change and grow.

Knights are also often historically drawn from nobility, much like how every major character in RWBY has some kind of tie to Remnant's most illustrious groups or some kind of major player (Ruby and Yang being part of major Huntsmen lineages, Weiss being a rich heiress to the most powerful corporation in the world, and Blake being effectively the Princess of the Faunus, as well as having ties to the most prominent civil rights activists and movements in all iterations of the White Fang).

Much like JNPR, they are far more proactive compared to the royals they serve, actively pushing the latter outside their comfort zone in a two-pronged attack alongside JNPR, but the series also strives to highlight and deconstruct the messier aspects of their relationship as huntsmen (and thus a form of warrior caste/mercenary, with the following tension in that relationship with the people they are trying to protect) and how the unpredictable nature of their changes results in as much positive and messier forms of change, for better or worse.

This got way longer than I thought it would.

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hey hey! don’t do this!

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#bears being cute #cute animals #so pettable #yet also likely to maul my face apart

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RWBY Beyond: Jaune Episode "A Knight's Journal" late night speculation

You know, I wonder if the "journal" is gonna have Jaune recounting elements of it that initially start off in his normal voice that steadily ages, matching his initial outer appearance.

But by the end, when he's reverted back to a younger man, his inner voice is still the haunted, broken older man, feeling uncertain of how to feel about everything and feeling just a bit...off? Like he just doesn't really know who he is anymore. He's in the body of a younger man, but his years of trauma and the effects of aging without really growing have left him feeling all over the place.

And there ends up being a small scene or two where he ends up being able to relate to Oscar a bit because of it.

EDIT: Also this is probably like, the first major RWBY related post specifically about RWBY speculation and theorizing that I didn't post on someone else's ask in a long time.

#rwby beyond spoilers #rwby spoilers

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HI WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BABY GOOSE

#pinecone goose shall be immortalized #goose

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my adblocker prevented the nyt from loading the paywall banner so all i got was this

#why are american skull

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Zelenogorsk is sand bathing

Zelenogorsk is sand bathing

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Fair enough. I just wanted to clarify my original point. Wasn't sure if it was clear enough.

If you ever forget that TV Tropes can suck sometimes, visit the RWBY page every now and again to remind yourselves.

(Seriously, every single example of a trope being edited to be a multi sentence word vomit, almost all the rwby tv tropes pages are controlled by one guy the staff favors, multiple attempts to claim non-binary characters are not actually non binary, RWDE videos like Judgemental Critter are used as "objective factual" examples of certain tropes even though all the clips are her going on bad faith rants about everything she doesn't like)

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Okay, I need to clarify because I think there's some misunderstanding that I probably accidentally made here: When I say that "If they find anything RWBY related on a different page, there's a non-zero chance that if it doesn't fit what they view is right, it'll just get changed or deleted.", I meant that they would just be very nitpicky and basically alter or delete it based on whether it fit according to a very specific interpretation of the trope that the RWBY section is put under.

It's not them outright completely eradicating it for no reason, just arguably questionably and not without some substantial bias, if that makes any sense.

If you ever forget that TV Tropes can suck sometimes, visit the RWBY page every now and again to remind yourselves.

(Seriously, every single example of a trope being edited to be a multi sentence word vomit, almost all the rwby tv tropes pages are controlled by one guy the staff favors, multiple attempts to claim non-binary characters are not actually non binary, RWDE videos like Judgemental Critter are used as "objective factual" examples of certain tropes even though all the clips are her going on bad faith rants about everything she doesn't like)

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I recently had surgery, and at the time I came home, I had both my cat and one of my grandma's cats staying with me.

- Within hours of surgery, I wake up from a nap to my cat gently sniffing at my incisions with great alarm.

- I was not allowed to shower the first day after surgery, and the cats, seeing that The Large Cat is not observing its cleaning ritual, decided I must be gravely disabled and compensated by licking all the exposed skin on my arms, face, and legs.

- I currently have to sleep with a pillow over my abdomen because my cat insists on climbing on top of me and covering my incisions with her body while I sleep (which is very sweet but not exactly comfortable without the pillow). She also lays across me facing my bedroom door, presumably on guard for attackers who may try to harm me while I'm sleeping and injured.

That's love. 🐈‍⬛🐈❤️

#cats #cute animals #awwww

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It's even more obnoxious because they keep on also making these kinds of edits to ANY TROPE that brings up anything RWBY related outside of the RWBY page as well. If they find anything RWBY related on a different page, there's a non-zero chance that if it doesn't fit what they view is right, it'll just get changed or deleted. You pretty much have to frame everything as carefully as possible so that they don't come along and start editing everything, and even then it's 50/50.

If you ever forget that TV Tropes can suck sometimes, visit the RWBY page every now and again to remind yourselves.

(Seriously, every single example of a trope being edited to be a multi sentence word vomit, almost all the rwby tv tropes pages are controlled by one guy the staff favors, multiple attempts to claim non-binary characters are not actually non binary, RWDE videos like Judgemental Critter are used as "objective factual" examples of certain tropes even though all the clips are her going on bad faith rants about everything she doesn't like)

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It's amazing how the past year have probably done more to sour me on the idea of radicalization being a good thing.

Because it's pretty blatantly obvious that radicalization doesn't make one a better person, since without compassion, intelligence, the willingness to understand and truly think about WHAT one is being radicalized on, and understanding one's own biases, radicalization just makes one an easily manipulated idiot/asshole whom the worst of the worst of society can twist for their own purposes.

And it also exposes how far too many people have no real principles at all, only a desire to couch their own selfish bloodlust in the most progressive sounding language to hide just how little they truly care about anyone except themselves.

Yup. At a certain point you've got to ask yourself: are your politics based on helping people, or finding which people you are allowed to hurt?

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Yeah, it's honestly like night and day. Even just scrolling through Japanese Twitter for their screening on RWBY's 10th anniversary, the behavior is just much more thoughtful and polite.

there's a new anime out that's animated using CG models instead of normal 2D animation, so naturally this has drawn comparisons to RWB/Y - with the western weeb dipshits this has primarily been "this is so much better than RWB/Y, RWB/Y wishes it was this but it's not because RWB/Y is poo poo", and then every tweet i see in Japanese that mentions RWB/Y almost always translates out to some variation of "i like this because it reminds me of the animation in RWB/Y"

like it really just hammers in how much of the hatred for the show is artificial and primarily an extremely vocal minority who think they speak for everyone and because they don't like something, that means no one does

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Old Chloé Redemption fics have such an interesting vibe to them. You can genuinely feel how the authors didn't believe it was a question of "If" She gets redeemed, only a question of "When" and "How"

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During the 2008 recession, my aunt lost her job. Her, her partner, and my three cousins moved across the country to stay with us while they got back on their feet. My house turned from a family of four to a family of nine overnight, complete with three dogs and five cats between us.

It took a few years for them to get a place of their own, but after a few rentals and apartments, they now own a split level ranch in a town nearby. I’ve lost track of how many coworkers and friends have stayed with them when they were in a tight spot. A mother and son getting out of an abusive relationship, a divorcee trying to stay local for his kids while they work out a custody agreement, you name it. My aunt and uncle knew first hand what that kindness meant, and always find space for someone who needed it, the way my parents had for them.

That same aunt and uncle visited me in [redacted] city last year. They are prolific drinkers, so we spent most of the day bar hopping. As we wandered the city, any time we passed a homeless person, my uncle would pull out a fresh cigarette and ask them if they had a light. Regardless of if they had a lighter on hand or not, he offered them a few bucks in exchange, which he explained to me after was because he felt it would be easier for them to accept in exchange for a service, no matter how small.

I work for a company that produces a lot of fabric waste. Every few weeks, I bring two big black trash bags full of discarded material over to a woman who works down the hall. She distributes them to local churches, quilting clubs, and teachers who can use them for crafts. She’s currently in the process of working with our building to set up a recycling program for the smaller pieces of fabric that are harder to find use for.

One of my best friends gives monthly donations to four or five local organizations. She’s fortunate enough to have a tech job that gives her a good salary, and she knows that a recurring donation is more valuable to a non-profit because they can rely on that money month after month, and can plan ways to stretch that dollar for maximum impact. One of those organizations is a native plant trust, and once she’s out of her apartment complex and in a home with a yard, she has plans to convert it into a haven of local flora.

My partner works for a company that is working to help regulate crypto and hold the current bad actors in the space accountable for their actions. We unfortunately live in a time where technology develops far too fast for bureaucracy to keep up with, but just because people use a technology for ill gain doesn’t mean the technology itself is bad. The blockchain is something that she finds fascinating and powerful, and she is using her degree and her expertise to turn it into a tool for good.

I knew someone who always had a bag of treats in their purse, on the odd chance they came across a stray cat or dog, they had something to offer them.

I follow artists who post about every local election they know of, because they know their platform gives them more reach than the average person, and that they can leverage that platform to encourage people to vote in elections that get less attention, but in many ways have more impact on the direction our country is going to go.

All of this to say, there’s more than one way to do good in the world. Social media leads us to believe that the loudest, the most vocal, the most prolific poster is the most virtuous, but they are only a piece of the puzzle. (And if virtue for virtues sake is your end goal, you’ve already lost, but that’s a different post). Community is built of people leveraging their privileges to help those without them. We need people doing all of those things and more, because no individual can or should do all of it. You would be stretched too thin, your efforts valiant, but less effective in your ambition.

None of this is to encourage inaction. Identify your unique strengths, skills, and privileges, and put them to use. Determine what causes are important to you, and commit to doing what you can to help them. Collective action is how change is made, but don’t forget that we need diversity in actions taken.