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the common bond between the inner circle members is that the moment they learn the truth about salem and her immortality, their flaws take the center stage.

it happened with lionheart. it happened with qrow. and it happened with ironwood.

ozpin told his version of the truth to team strq and afterwards, raven went looking for more because she needed to know what else there was, and with each discovery, the more terrifying the world became.

raven was raised by bandits who send her to beacon to learn how to kill huntsmen. likely due to her upbringing, her survival instinct is strong, and she'll do anything, things others won't, to do so.

let's say the "we" raven talks about re: finding the spring maiden is the inner circle, and use that to paint a picture. say, that all these three things happened around the same time, let's say within a year:

raven learns the truth about salem after looking for information on her own

raven trains the spring maiden ["she... ran. abandoned her training, everyone."] ["and later, one of them chose to abandon her duties in favor of her own self-interest."] ["no matter how much training i put her through, she never learned!"]

yang is born

maybe raven didn't leave immediately after learning the truth. maybe it took a little bit longer, sticking around for one reason or another, be it yang or training the spring maiden or both, but the thought that salem is immortal being with powerful magic won't leave her mind.

and here she is, training the spring maiden who, in her mind, wasn't cut out for this world. who was weak and, as per the bandit tribe that raised her, the weak die, the strong live. those were the rules they lived by.

the world is a terrifying place; salem is terrifying, and at this point raven sees no way following ozpin doesn't end in early trip to the grave. unless... well

salem might be powerful, but the maidens are pretty powerful too. and there, in front of her, is a spring maiden who just won't learn, who's basically useless in terms of using the powers she has.

["you turned yourself into a monster, just for power." "look who's talking."]

raven wants to survive. she'll do anything to survive, and old habits die hard; she was raised by bandits—the weak die, the strong live; and raven can't be weak—, sent to beacon to learn how to kill huntsmen.

and just like with the other members of the inner circle once they learn about salem's immortality, raven's flaws come forth like a wrecking ball, and she backslides into the person she perhaps once when she first arrived at beacon.

and it horrifies her, because she had changed, and now all those years have gone to waste. she has a family, a baby, and now she feels like she can't do that anymore, can't have that life anymore, too afraid of what she might do if she stays... and so, she leaves.

with how raven has been described as complicated and troubled, i seriously doubt her reasons behind leaving were simple, and i think something akin to above fits the bill pretty well.

#rwby #raven branwen #i swear i will figure her out one day #rwby might end prematurely but i will still be here #talking about this disaster birb like my life depends on it

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crossing my fingers for cinder in beyond. it can be just a millisecond i just need to see her 🤞

#the art style is so pretty she must be in it #pls #(also i need her for an edit but that's. secondary.)

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idk if this is just my current 'the summer maiden is a child' brainrot talking, but even the epilogue has this focus on children; from the orphan kid to the two kids being brought food to the bunch of kids playing with happy huntresses, it all feels intentional. like hey, look at these kids, how they're handling this situation, how it started vs how it's going right now, etc.

it's like what clover said: "what good is saving the world without another generation waiting in the wings? hopefully they'll leave remnant better than we left it for them." the children are a focal point in the epilogue, in a way, and it would not surprise me if this was brought further, right into the main stage with the summer maiden.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #it works almost too well #(and as a bonus i don't have to worry about starr potentially dying lol) #(i can rest after having to worry about cinder raven and winter through all these years)

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and if qrow known for his cynicism is staying optimistic despite everything and raven who had lost all hope is keeping hope alive and it pays off?? what then???

#rwby #rwby spoilers #qrow branwen #raven branwen #obsessed with them

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...oh.

my sweet summer child.

lol

#we've had false spring #is it time for a sweet summer child?

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the mystery girl's cloak is purple. could have picked any color, but no

"could she be... the summer maiden?" please. purple.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #smh trying to cast doubt like that #i see purple i go the summer maiden 😌

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#heads up for y'all

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and if she is a child and winter & raven are tasked with looking after her / training her, and she says no? she doesn't want to fight?? that's scary???

like what are they going to do. winter saw penny being forced to do something against her will because she was a maiden, and raven we don't talk about what happened with spring was trained by the tribe since she was a child too and that probably wasn't fun, so. . .

both winter and raven have been described as strong and with resolve / being dedicated to whatever cause they thought was worth fighting for. if they decide to actually listen to this kid who's the summer maiden, she's not gonna have to do anything she doesn't want to.

the funniest thing they could do with the summer maiden, no matter who she is, is to make her someone who doesn't want to fight.

she's the maiden of destruction and instead of leaning into that she's like "training? no thanks, i'm good :)"

#rwby #rwby spoilers #winter schnee #raven branwen #the maidens will unionize #(thanks to a child)

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ya know... thinking about it a bit more... with how the cliffhanger was explained—team rwby + jaune are approached by someone (raven) while at their own memorial—, the epilogue including those in vacuo talking to those lost at the memorial stone, and the fact that raven has apparently been in vacuo for quite some time...

it very well could have just been raven's turn to talk to the stone, and instead she finds yang (and the rest) there. like, the others talked to the memorial bc they had, in one way or another, accepted that team rwby + jaune aren't coming back. and for some, that acceptance was more immediate; for some it took longer.

maybe raven was the last to accept bc of the nature of kindred link: she knew yang was alive but unreachable. and then, the day she goes fine, i'll visit the damn memorial, finally accepting that yang isn't coming back—

and there she is. yang is back.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #raven branwen #yang xiao long

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i needed this for my own conspiracy theory needs, so might as well post it here too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(one with a white border and one without)

#rwby #rwby beyond #sun wukong

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the funniest thing they could do with the summer maiden, no matter who she is, is to make her someone who doesn't want to fight.

she's the maiden of destruction and instead of leaning into that she's like "training? no thanks, i'm good :)"

#rwby #and IF she's a child #it's even better #with all the child soldier stuff going on #and how the maidens are controlled and dehumanized #like sir. let this child be a child please and thank you

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salem may be in vale but even if she has prohibited cinder from going to vacuo until they find the crown, if there's no tangible progress in that end there's a non-zero chance that cinder might just sneak out and go to vacuo anyway.

i mean, she sneaked out to amity arena, what difference is one trip from vale to vacuo going to make :P

#rwby #rwby spoilers #cinder fall #and this time going after the maiden would be intentional #and also interesting if the summer maiden is a child cos like #what's cinder “look who's talking” fall gonna do? #kill her?? be like raven???? i think not #checkmate cinder you spoke too soon

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i really hope it's raven herself who told everyone she's the spring maiden rather than yang telling everyone off-screen or there being some kind of a cop out where everyone somehow figured it out on their own.

like. . . it should be her choice. she's kept it a secret for so long, hid behind a decoy to do so, and it says so much more about her and how far she's come that she can be open about it now than have it be out of her control would.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #raven branwen #it's not just that the target has been lifted off her back #it's that there's clearly baggage behind how she got the powers #that her being forthcoming now is a big deal

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it's embarrassing really how much i've stared at the Meeting Scene™ like at this point i might as well make it my wallpaper it just brings me so much joy lmao

#erin winn's artwork too is just 💯💯💯

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four adults. two kids. sorry for my handwriting but my vision. do you see it.

#rwby #rwby beyond #rwby spoilers #forever thankful for this sun #finally i have a representation of myself when i'm in my theory zone LMAO

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at last it's the other way around 😌

#rwby #rwby beyond #rwby spoilers #me @ crwby: don't walk this back #keep it like this #and give sun his dark eyes back too while you're at it lol

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"some goofy, some somber, some sweet. maybe some teases." <- what eddy said about the four beyond episodes.

jr. detectives overall was very goofy, but it did end on more of a somber note, so maybe the next one (or two) is going be more somber, but turn sweet right at the end, which carries into the following episode.

and then the episode that takes place chronologically after the epilogue is going be full of teases /j

#rwby #rwby beyond #rwby spoilers #idk if i'm prepared for the somber one #can we just skip that one and go straight for the sweet 👉👈