Turbo, Pitch Perfect 2, the Secret Life of Pets duology, Sing
Gaille Heideman
Hotel Transylvania, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Partysaurus Rex, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Minions, Hotel Transylvania 3
Hannah Johnson
The Angry Birds Movie
J.P. Karliak
The Emoji Movie, The Angry Birds Movie 2
Miles Neff
The Incredibles, Despicable Me
Derrin Revitz
Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs, Auntie Edna, Toy Story 4, Lamp Life, Cars on the Road
Leilani Jones Wilmore
The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Monsters, Inc. duology, the Finding Nemo duology, Shrek 2, the Cars trilogy, the High School Musical trilogy, Ratatouille, Cars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3, The Social Network, Toy Story Toons (Hawaiian Vacation & Small Fry), Gnomeo and Juliet, Brave, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Radiator Springs 500 1/2, Annie (2014), Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Despicable Me 3, The Boss Baby: Family Business, Sing 2, Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“Being back with my team helps, even though things aren’t the same. Ren and Nora have their own thing they’re working through, and I’m not the same boy they knew. I’m the Rusted Knight. Nora loves reminding people of that, by the way.”
The room where RWBY+J tell the gang where they’ve been and what they got up to throughout Volume 9, using Robyn’s Semblance to prove that they’re being honest and serious.
@stormage-writes Besides, between Torchwick, Khan, Fennec, Vernal, Leo, Tock, Adam, Clover, the Hound, Jacques, Watts, Ironwood, and the Curious Cat, since when has the death of a villain, no matter how rotten to the core they were, been portrayed by the narrative as this ceremonious, champagne-popping achievement that was the “right” option to make?
Torchwick’s death is semi-portrayed as a sympathetically sad thing for Neo
Khan’s death has Hazel, a reasonable antagonist (when he’s not beating up Oscar), reprimanding Adam for the coup
Fennec’s death is the least sympathetic of the lineup, but no one feels happy about it
Vernal’s death is already sad enough and is played as such as Raven closes her eyes with nothing satisfying about it, but it’s even more sad in hindsight now that we know about Raven’s turnaround that was hinted at in Volume 5 and will be starting in Volume 10
Leo’s death leaves us with a bit of pity for him watching him beg for Salem to spare his life
Tock’s death only leaves shock rather than satisfaction
Adam’s death has Blake collapsing in tears that she had to stoop to murdering him to get rid of him
Clover’s death leaves Qrow and the Ace-Ops grieving for all of Volume 8
The Hound’s death has Ruby feel bad that it was a silver-eyed person turned into a Grimm
Jacques’ death certainly doesn’t have Ironwood celebrating
Watts and Ironwood’s deaths have no happy music over them
The Cat’s death has Team RWBY outright horrified watching them get ripped apart and eaten alive
What we all need is @pmpknsoup’s post made into a reality.
No you don't get it, I need volume 10. I need Blake and Yang to announce their relationship and to see everyone being "Oh, you both are finally together? Congrats, so happy for you!" and Emerald being in the background confused like "Wait, what do you mean finally together? You guys mean they weren't dating already? What was that forehead touch about then?"
So who can't wait until V10 when RWBY and Friend tell Oscar all about the Ever After and Ozpin takes over just to do nothing but to stare blankly with Oscar's mouth gaping~
Seriously this was freaking amazing, I need RWBY to continue, to be finished by these amazing people!
(Swallows back tears)
OK, OK, OK, but like, this was such a brilliant way to show the passage of time, less one sequential event after another and more via a collection of different character perspectives that let us see how things have been going, each one colored by the various characters unique perspectives.
The contrast of Winter's despair and Qrow's optimism, of Nora taking the world on her shoulders & Ren trying to ease his loved one's burdens. Oscar & Ozpin actually being on the same page and fighting the merge. It's all so good and I love all the shots with secondary characters in each scene helping give us a stronger idea how they and by extension everyone else is coping or not coping with things. Seriously, just brilliant storytelling!
Also the fact the massive air fleet & Amity arrived at the same time as RWBY & Jaune, that fits the turning of the tides theme of V9's ending so perfectly and I can see why the Blacksmith sent the team back 'then' given that means a bunch of good things are going to happen at once and do a lot to restore hope.
I also love the general world building, discussing Vacuo's history of colonization, how settlements are being upkept, and gods the loss of Vale, S-assy girl on tumblr predicted it years ago but I still didn't see it coming to this extent. Low key glad Tai's not there cos I'm me and very intrigued about what Glynda is up to. Plys Tyrian, my favorite bastard man, he's here and the Crown is evidently not done with yet either!
Also is Ruby gonna have a cult? I think she should have a cult. It wouldn't help but it'd be interesting, also nice seeing the Happy Huntresses, love them. Plus Raven bringing the team in, ooh I just LOVE THIS!
Gods this is all so good and I need so much more, I have not felt this energized in a long time, thanks so much for sharing this with us, I love the directions everyone is taking!