#STRQ family

[lovingdabeessss]

Yang and Ruby’s definition of love was based on each other as that’s the love they got

What do you think it did to them

What would it do if your definition of love had no choice but to hurt you what would you do if you had no choice but to hurt them back

Yang could be the best older sister in the world that won’t give her a bigger age gap it won’t give her a parenting guide book it won’t make her tall enough to reach a medicine cabinet at 5 years old it won’t bring her mom back to life or give her a healthy framework to base how she treats Ruby she can only guess and even with all the best guesses it would still mess Ruby up

Ruby could be the most well behaved kid in the world that won’t make her any less of a toddler it won’t make her less hungry it won’t make her less confused it won’t make her ok after her mom died it won’t make her any less upset when her needs can’t possibly be met it won’t save Yang it won’t bring their childhoods back

They love each other so so so much they kept each other alive in a broken situation after the tragedies that befell their family but their was no other options it had to hurt

#rwby #yang xiao long #ruby rose #strq sisters #strq family #the sisters xiao long rose #the sisters #I’m just saying shit at this point sorry I might be concussed

[strqyr]

in search of strq family lore, i wanna talk about this particular screenshot:

this is a happy memory. the first one ruby goes to try and concentrate to use her silver eyes. interestingly, there's no corresponding sad memory from ruby's childhood.

based on tai's and yang's appearances + the presence of the tiny red wagon, i'd say this takes place after summer's disappearance, but before yang goes looking for raven (i doubt yang would be that excited next to an object that would remind her of a traumatic experience of almost dying lol) which makes the 'only happy memories, no sad memories' even more interesting.

the sunflowers. they're overgrown. they're not in planters. were they wild to begin with? were they planted and taken care by summer? tai takes care of them in the present, it's a flower associated with him; a sign that he's doing much better now than he was back then? tell me your secrets sunflowers.

#rwby #strq family #obsessed with strq family is out #obsessed with these sunflowers is in

[aingeal98]

The new rwby short reminded me of one of my favourite aspects of team rwby. Which is that it starts with Weiss and Blake being two traumatised teens with dark backstories who meet Ruby and Yang who are like wow! You guys seem to have a lot of baggage and we'd like to help with that. We're just normal sisters but we'll do our best :D

And then cut to 9 seasons later when Weiss and Blake have conquered their demons, reconnected with their families and are slowly healing meanwhile every small drip of lore we get about Ruby and Yang's family feels like this

#Rwby #Rwby spoilers #Ruby rose #Yang xiao long #Team rwby #Strq #Weiss and Blake watching their partners go through it with no solid end in sight #due to the mysterious nature of their family drama: #“Am I... Am I the emotional support teammate now?” #Strq sisters

[artbyfuji]

#rwby #raven branwen #summer rose #ruby rose #str-crossed #my art #rosebird #featuring tai & little yang RAHHHHHH!! #rip to raven. folded like a chair but not the way she would want :( #qrow's unsent text would say “praying for you” yeah. you should. #summer rose <3 nicest person you will ever meet <3 DO NOT put her babies anywhere near your ebay weapon collection <3 #also: headcanon that tai & summer hunt down every hat with little ears they can find for ruby & yang. their little baby bears :'((( #anyway. #yang & ruby and their silly little strq family #also sorry to tai who has to replaster a wall after this.

[anthurak]

"Maybe we don't have the full picture."

You know as someone who has spent the last year talking about how Ruby and Yang (and by extension, WE the audience) don't actually know NEARLY enough about their family history as they/we have long assumed thanks to Tai and Qrow being SUPREMELY unreliable narrators...

Yeah, this ABSOLUTELY feels like foreshadowing.

#rwby #rwby beyond #rwby spoilers #Ruby Rose #Yang Xiao Long #Team STRQ #ruby and yang are headed for a RECKONING of family drama/revelations #in which we find out that STRQ is actually the MOST dysfunctional/messed-up family among Team RWBY

[iamafanofcartoons]

"Her name was Summer Rose....Baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters."  I was asked to provide more Xiao Long Rose Family positivity

https://twitter.com/ARTesst_R/status/1378844267481731073

#ARTesst_R #RWBY #rwby fanart #summer x taiyang #taiyang x summer #ruby rose #rwby ruby #rwby yang #yang xiao long #rwby ruby rose #xiao long rose family #rwby summer lovin #rwby seasonal depression #taiyangxsummer #rwby tiamat #tiamat #seasonal depression #summer lovin #strq #team strq #rwby strq #tai x summer #taixsummer #iamafanofcartoons

[professorspork]

V6E6 | V9E9 | V9E7

thinking about these scenes in conjunction for no particular reason I'm sure

#rwby #rwby spoilers #ruby rose #qrow branwen #the family strq #leah watches rwby

[astralwukong]

THREE RWBY SPIN-OFFS WE ABSOLUTELY NEED AS A COMMUNITY

1) TEAM STRQ SPIN OFF

2) BUMBLEBY SPIN OFF

3) SCHNEE FAMILY SPIN OFF

#rwby #team strq #bumbleby #schnee family #rwby9

[fandom-wind]

Arc family headcanon:

Papa Arc attended Beacon Academy with the STRQ team and graduated with honors. Physically, he was one of the best, walking on par with Taiyang Xiao Long.

Mama Arc was a doctor whose skills were passed on to her older daughters, but only to some of them.

Papa Arc, after graduating from the Academy, did not stay a hunter for long, after about two years he went to the police and ended up in a special unit of hunters.

Semblance of Mama Arc – Healing yourself and others. It was partly because of her likeness that she became a doctor, but only partly, for even without it she was an extremely capable specialist. Also, her semblance helped her during numerous births.

Semblance of Papa Arc – Berserk. No matter how much damage he took, he didn't care as long as he had an aura. From the received damage, he only became stronger and faster, which was convenient against a group of armed opponents. In addition to his semblance, Papa Arc has a huge amount of aura that makes him unstoppable. With prolonged use of the semblance, his skin begins to redden a little and the aura is consumed faster.

Papa Arc height is 189. Semblance doesn't make him bigger, and does not add muscle mass.

Mama Arc height is 176. She is taller than all her daughters, Jaune could only overtake her closer to 17 years.

Throughout his career as a hunter of other hunters, Papa Arc has encountered the Branwen twins several times, but only crossed swords with Raven. Their fight did not lead to anything and they just dispersed.

#papa arc #mama arc #jaune arc #team strq #arc family #rwby au

[drunkscythmaster]

Day 2: Old Memories

It was an old photo, the four of them together and smiling. Summer had made four copies, so they could stay together even when they were apart, and remind them of better times in the darkness of the work they did for Ozpin. Tai traced his fingers over the faces of his teammates, his family. It had taken everything he and Summer had in them to get the twins to smile, only for Summer to hide in her cloak.

He missed those days, when they were invincible, before darkness and doubt set in and taught them that they were not.

#taiyang xiao long #summer rose #qrow branwen #raven branwen #ozpin #found family #team is family #Team STRQ #STRQtober #Day 2 #Old Memories #100 word stories

[marcmarcmomarc]

RWBY Audio Description notes

This will be the type of DVS that has the narrator taking breaths from how much they’re describing. Think the American DVS track for Monsters University.

Be sure to read the Ultimate Guide to Audio Description on u3playmedia.com.

Category 1: character descriptions (incomplete)

Team RWBY (name revealed: 1x8)

Ruby Rose (name revealed: 1x1)

“A person in a red hood and flowing cloak” (the “Red” Trailer)

“The young girl” (recurring until her name reveal)

TBA (Volume 4 Character Short)

TBA (7x3)

“The silver-eyed Huntress” (recurring after 7x4)

“The silver-eyed girl” (recurring)

Weiss Schnee (name revealed: “White” Trailer)

“A young girl in white with a barely visible scar over her left eye” (the “White” Trailer)

TBA (4x2)

TBA (7x3)

“The heiress” (recurring)

Blake Belladonna (name revealed: “Black” Trailer)

“A young girl wearing a bow” (the “Black” Trailer until her name reveal)

TBA (4x3)

TBA (7x3)

“The mysterious girl” (recurring throughout V1)

“The cat Faunus” (recurring after 1x15)

Yang Xiao Long (name revealed: “Yellow” Trailer)

“Sporting a tall stature, purple eyes, and rugged yellow hair…” (the “Yellow” Trailer)

“The biker” (throughout the “Yellow” Trailer until her name reveal)

TBA (4x3)

TBA (7x3)

“The yellow-haired Huntress” (recurring after 7x4)

“The fiery girl” (recurring)

Team JNPR (name revealed: 1x8)

Jaune Arc (name revealed: 1x2)

“A blond boy” (1x1)

“The blond boy” (1x2 until his name reveal)

TBA (4x1)

TBA (7x3)

“A grown-up Jaune with long hair and a beard faces the girls.” (9x5)

“The strategist” (recurring)

Nora Valkyrie (name revealed: 1x4)

“An energetic redhead” (1x4 until her name reveal)

TBA (4x1)

TBA (4x10, young Nora)

TBA (7x3)

TBA (8x3)

TBA (recurring)

Pyrrha Nikos (name revealed: 1x4)

“Pyrrha, a tall girl with long red hair” (in 1x5)

“The celebrity” (recurring)

TBA (recurring)

Lie Ren (name revealed: 1x4)

“A boy with pink eyes” (1x4 until his name reveal)

TBA (4x1)

TBA (4x10, young Ren)

TBA (7x3)

TBA (recurring)

Beacon Academy Staff

Professor Ozpin (name revealed: 1x1)

“A bespectacled man” (1x1 until his name reveal)

“The ashen-haired headmaster” (recurring)

Glynda Goodwitch (name revealed: 1x1)

“A bespectacled woman” (1x1 until her name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Peter Port (name revealed: 1x10)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Bartholomew Oobleck (name revealed: 2x9)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Atlas Military

James Ironwood (name revealed: 2x2)

TBA (4x2)

TBA (7x1)

“The bearded general” (recurring throughout the Solitas arc)

TBA (8x1)

“The general” (recurring)

Winter Schnee (name revealed: 3x3)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

TBA (8x5)

Penny Polendina (name revealed: 1x15)

TBA (debut)

TBA (recurring)

TBA (7x1)

Caroline Cordovin (name revealed: 6x8)

“A short old woman” (6x8)

TBA (recurring)

Nubuck Guards

TBA

Fenix Atar

TBA

Ace-Operatives (name revealed: 7x1)

Clover Ebi (name revealed: 7x3)

TBA (debut)

“The alpha” (throughout 7x3 until his name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Vine Zeki (name revealed: 7x3)

TBA (7x3)

“The pale Ace-Op” (throughout 7x3 until his name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Elm Ederne (name revealed: 7x3)

“A big muscular Ace-Op” (7x2)

“The muscular Ace-Op” (throughout 7x3 until her name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Harriet “Hare” Bree (name revealed: 7x2)

“An Ace-Op with a mohawk” (7x2 right after her name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Marrow Amin (name revealed: 7x3)

TBA (7x2)

“The Ace-Op with the wolf tail” (throughout 7x3 until his name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Happy Huntresses

Robyn Hill (name revealed: 7x5)

TBA (7x1)

“…the woman from the posters in Mantle…”, “…she glares at the approaching truck under her white hair.” (7x5)

“Robyn extends a hand wearing a glove exposing her index finger.” (7x5)

TBA (recurring)

Joanna Greenleaf (name revealed: 7x5)

TBA (7x4)

TBA (recurring)

May Marigold (name revealed: 7x5)

TBA (7x5)

“May, the teal-haired Happy Huntress” (7x6)

TBA (recurring)

Fiona “Fi” Thyme (name revealed: 8x2)

“A woman with sheep ears” (7x4)

“The sheep Faunus” (recurring until 8x2 and afterwards)

TBA (recurring)

Team STRQ

Summer Rose (name revealed: 3x1 on tombstone, 9x10 on-screen)

TBA (6x13)

“A Huntress” (9x9)

“The Huntress” (9x10 until her name reveal)

Taiyang “Tai” Xiao Long (name revealed: 3x12)

TBA (4x3)

TBA (recurring)

Raven Branwen (name revealed: 4x4)

TBA (2x11)

TBA (2x12)

TBA (recurring)

Qrow Branwen (name revealed: 3x3)

TBA (3x3)

TBA (7x3)

TBA (recurring)

Salem’s Inner Circle

Salem (name revealed: 4x8, 6x2 on-screen)

TBA (3x12)

TBA (4x1)

TBA (recurring until her on-screen name reveal)

TBA (6x2)

TBA (6x2, post-Grimm pool)

TBA (7x13)

TBA (recurring)

Tock

TBA

Dr. Arthur Watts (name revealed: 4x1)

“A skinny man with a bushy mustache” (4x1)

TBA (recurring)

Tyrian Callows (name revealed: 4x1)

“A man with scars across his front” (4x1)

“…revealing a scorpion tail” (4x6)

TBA (6x8)

TBA (recurring)

“The scorpion Faunus” (recurring)

Hazel Rainart (name revealed: 4x1)

“A big man” (4x1)

TBA (recurring)

Emerald Sustrai (name revealed: 2x1)

TBA (2x1)

TBA (recurring)

Mercury Black (name revealed: 2x1)

TBA (2x1)

TBA (recurring)

Cinder’s Faction

Cinder Fall (name revealed: 2x1)

TBA (1x16)

TBA (3x1)

“A glass mask covers her scarred, closed eye socket, and her hair barely extends past her neck.” (4x1)

TBA (6x2)

“…wearing a black catsuit, cape, and eyepatch” (6x13)

TBA (recurring)

Roman Torchwick (name revealed: 1x1)

“An orange haired man wearing a bowler hat” (1x1)

TBA (recurring)

Neopolitan “Neo” (name revealed: 2x4)

TBA (2x4)

TBA (3x1)

TBA (3x7)

TBA (6x5)

TBA (6x13)

“…a waitress smirks under her green eyes.” (7x9)

“The short fighter” (recurring)

The White Fang (name revealed: 1x1)

Adam Taurus (name revealed: “Black” Trailer)

“A young man with bull horns sticking out of his hair” (debut in the “Black” Trailer)

TBA (6x11)

TBA (recurring)

Sienna Khan (name revealed: 5x2)

TBA

Corsac Albain (name revealed: 4x5)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Fennec Albain (name revealed: 4x5)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

White Fang Lieutenant

TBA

Ilia Amitola (name revealed: 4x9)

“…revealing themself as a young girl with chameleon-like spots across her skin” (4x9)

TBA (recurring)

Yuma (name revealed: 5x5)

TBA

Trifa (name revealed: 5x6)

TBA

Deery (name revealed: 2x4)

TBA

Perry (name revealed: 2x11)

TBA

Tukson (name revealed: 2x1)

TBA

Other Antagonists

Jacques Schnee (name revealed: 4x2)

TBA (4x2)

TBA (recurring)

Vernal (name revealed: 5x3)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Leonardo “Leo” Lionheart (name revealed: 5x1)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

The Hound (name revealed: 8x4)

TBA

TBA (8x8)

TBA (recurring)

Shay D. Mann

TBA

Xiong Family

Hei “Junior” Xiong (name revealed: “Yellow” Trailer)

“A suited man” (the “Yellow” Trailer)

TBA (recurring)

Lil’ Miss Malachite (name revealed: 6x2)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Miltia Malachite (name revealed: “Yellow” Trailer)

“Twins” (alongside Melanie in the “Yellow” Trailer)

Melanie Malachite (name revealed: “Yellow” Trailer)

“Twins” (alongside Miltia in the “Yellow” Trailer)

Team SSSN (name revealed: 3x2)

Sun Wukong (name revealed: 1x16)

“A person with a yellow monkey tail” (1x15)

TBA (recurring)

Scarlet David (name revealed: 3x2)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Sage Ayana

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Neptune Vasilias (name revealed: 2x2)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Team CRDL (name revealed: 1x8)

Cardin Winchester (name revealed: 1x8, 1x11 on screen)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Russel Thrush (name revealed: 1x8)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Dove Bronzewing (name revealed: 1x8)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Sky Lark (name revealed: 1x8)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Team CFVY (name revealed: 2x8)

Coco Adel (name revealed: 3x4)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Fox Alistair (name revealed: 2x12)

“A boy with pure white eyes” (2x12)

TBA (recurring)

Velvet Scarlatina (name revealed: 2x8)

“Cardin pulls on a girl’s rabbit ears.” (1x11)

“The rabbit Faunus” (recurring until her name reveal and afterward)

Yatsuhashi Daichi (name revealed: 2x8)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Menagerie

Ghira Belladonna (name revealed: 4x5)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Kali Belladonna (name revealed: 4x5)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Argus

Saphron “Saph” Cotta-Arc (name revealed: 6x7)

TBA (debut)

“Ruby looks at Jaune and Saph’s similar light blue eyes.” (6x7)

Terra Cotta-Arc (name revealed: 6x7)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Adrian Cotta-Arc

“Saph’s son” (debut)

TBA (recurring)

Atlas

Willow Schnee (name revealed: 8x8)

“Weiss’ disheveled, heavy-eyed mother” (7x8)

TBA (recurring)

Whitley Schnee (name revealed: 4x2)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Klein Sieben (name revealed: 4x2)

“A balding man” (4x1)

“His eyes turn red.” (4x2)

“As he sneezes, his eyes turn blue, then orange.” (4x2)

TBA (8x7)

TBA (recurring)

Ancient Times

Ozma (name revealed: 6x3)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

God of Light

TBA

TBA (recurring)

God of Darkness

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Jinn (name revealed: 6x2)

“…black hair appears behind a bare blue rear end. Qrow averts his eyes as chains wrap around a nude torso. A tall blue genie-like being wearing only jewelry and ornaments stretches and looks down at the awestruck group.” (6x2)

TBA (recurring)

Ambrosius (name revealed: 8x13)

“A blue muscle-bound genie-like entity” (8x13)

TBA (recurring)

Team ABRN (name revealed: 3x1)

Arslan Altan

TBA

Bolin Hori

TBA

Reese Chloris (name revealed: 3x1)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Nadir Shiko

TBA

Team BRNZ (name revealed: 3x1)

Brawnz Ni

TBA

Roy Stallion

TBA

Nolan Porfirio (name revealed: 3x2)

TBA

May Zedong

TBA

Team NDGO (name revealed: 3x2)

Nebula Violette

TBA

Dew Gayl

TBA

Gwen Darcy

TBA

Octavia Ember

TBA

Team FNKI (name revealed: 3x5)

Flynt Coal (name revealed: 3x5)

“A hat-wearing trumpeter” (3x5)

“The trumpeter” (throughout 3x5 until his name reveal)

TBA (recurring)

Neon Katt (name revealed: 3x5)

“A pigtailed skater” (3x5)

“The skater”/“The rainbow-spewing skater” (recurring throughout 3x5 until her name reveal and afterwards)

TBA (recurring)

Kobalt (name revealed: 7x5)

TBA

Ivori

TBA

Maidens

Amber (name revealed: 3x6)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Fria (name revealed: 7x5)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Other Characters

Oscar Pine (name revealed: 4x4, 4x7 on-screen)

“A freckled boy” (4x1)

“The farmhand” (recurring)

TBA (6x8)

Maria Calavera (name revealed: 6x2)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

TBA (6x7, young Maria)

Zwei (name revealed: 2x8)

“A black and white corgi” (2x8)

“The corgi” (recurring)

Dr. Pietro Polendina (name revealed: 7x1)

TBA

TBA (recurring)

Shopkeep

“An old man” (1x1)

“The old man”/“The old shopkeeper” (recurring)

Ciel Soleil (name revealed: 3x5)

TBA

Henry Marigold (name revealed: 4x6)

TBA

Li Ren (name revealed: 4x10)

TBA

An Ren (name revealed: 4x10)

TBA

Saber Rodentia

TBA

Mata (name revealed: 5x5)

TBA

Dee (name revealed: 6x1)

TBA

Dudley (name revealed: 6x1)

TBA

Forest

TBA

Councilman Sleet (name revealed: 7x8, 7x9 on-screen)

TBA

Councilwoman Camilla (name revealed: 7x8, 7x9 on-screen)

TBA

Lisa Lavender (name revealed: 1x1)

TBA

Captain

TBA

Matte Skye

TBA

Higanbana Waitress

TBA

Rhodes

TBA

The Ever After (name revealed: 9x1)

Little/Somewhat (name revealed: 9x1 as Little, 9x10 as Somewhat)

“A mouse” (debut)

“The mouse”/“The tiny mouse” (recurring)

“A bipedal mouse” (9x10, post-Ascension)

Curious Cat (name revealed: 9x3)

“A turquoise cat” (debut)

“The cat” (recurring)

TBA (9x10)

Jabberwalker (name revealed: 9x2, 9x7 on-screen)

TBA

Jinxy (name revealed: 9x2)

TBA

Red Prince (name revealed: 9x3)

TBA

Herb the Herbalist (name revealed: 9x4)

“A three-eyed caterpillar” (9x4)

“The herbalist” (recurring)

TBA (9x9, post-Ascension)

Blacksmith

“The blacksmith” (recurring)

TBA (9x9)

Juniper (name revealed: 9x5)

“A jackalope” (9x5)

Alyx (name revealed: 9x6)

TBA

Lewis (name revealed: 9x6)

TBA

Minor Characters from Vale, Patch, and Beacon

Crow Bar Bartender

TBA

Cross Continental Transit AI

TBA

Detectives

TBA

Minor Characters from Atlas

Businessman

TBA

Blue Four

TBA

Businesswoman

TBA

Schnee Corp Operator

TBA

Trophy Wife

TBA

Husband

TBA

Madame

TBA (recurring)

Step-Sisters

TBA (recurring)

Father

TBA

Child

TBA

Atlas Huntress

TBA

Minor Characters from Mantle

Drunk Mann

TBA

Drinking Buddy

TBA

Real Thirsty Moms

TBA

Shovel Mom

TBA

Mantle Child

TBA

Fiona’s Uncle

TBA

Disgruntled Grandmother

TBA

Minor Characters from Menagerie

Worried Mother

TBA

Menagerie Guard 1

TBA

Menagerie Guard 2

TBA

Menagerie Guard 3

TBA

Faunus Civilians

TBA

Minor Characters from Mistral

Heather Shields’ Daughter

TBA

Mistral Pilot

TBA

Mistral Police Captain

TBA

Mistral Woman

TBA

Ramen Shop Owner

TBA

Red Haired Woman

TBA

Minor Characters from the Vytal Tournament

Paramedics

TBA

Minor Characters from outside the Kingdoms

Blacksmith

TBA

Dying Huntsman

TBA

Just Rite Bartender

TBA

Mayor

TBA

Young Blacksmith

TBA

Tall Boy

TBA

Medium Boy

TBA

Short Boy

TBA

Minor Characters from Ancient Times

Salem’s daughters

TBA

Minor Characters from the Ever After

Mouse Leader

TBA

Ever After Townsperson

TBA

Toy Soldiers

TBA

Toy Guard

TBA

White Pawns

TBA

Hawker

TBA

The Teapot Lady (name revealed: 9x5)

“A teapot with eyes peeking from under its lid” (debut)

The Paper Pleasers (name revealed: 9x7)

“A star-shaped Afteran made of paper” (debut, blue Paper Pleaser)

“A red Paper Pleaser” (debut, the Paper Pleaser called Ruby)

The Genial Gems (name revealed: 9x9)

TBA

#rwby #audio description #descriptive video service #leilani jones wilmore #team rwby #team jnpr #beacon academy staff #atlas military #ace ops #happy huntresses #team strq #salem’s inner circle #cinder’s faction #the white fang #xiong family #team sssn #team crdl #team cfvy #menagerie #argus #atlas #team abrn #team brnz #team ndgo #team fnki #the ever after

[lovingdabeessss]

Thinking about how paranoid early Yang was about Ruby always getting in trouble and kidnapped and everything and even though she’s clearly constantly so god damn worried with the movie and everything she’s not completely going insane and I believe this is why

Ruby’s gotten robbed and kidnapped and had people killed in front of her and she’s just very incident prone and there’s only so many ways to deal with that that aren’t locking one inside and or tying them to something so they don’t run off

#rwby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby #ruby rose #STRQ’s kids #the siblings!!! #STRQ family #the tracker is sewn in her cloak

[strqyr]

in 1.1, ruby talks about her sister who is about to start beacon that year, and follows it up with "my parents always taught us to help others [...]" which comes of as little odd, but okay.

in 2.6, yang talks about her and her sister's childhood, and when she talks about their parents, it's very much "our parents", "our dad" and "our mom". but after she says summer's name and once she gets closer to the reveal, she switches it up: now it's "my dad", and then "my mom" when she talks about raven.

it's subtle but a clear indication that there's like. two separate family units in play here. it's not one big, broken family, where everyone used to be happy together and got along just fine; especially from yang's point of view, it's two broken families and somehow, she ended up being part of both.

#rwby #strq family

[maxiemumdamage]

Holy shit the fact half of team RWBY has their primary color change is also part of what makes them different from STRQ.

Red, White, Black, Yellow. It was the core idea behind the show, it was the basis of the main character designs.

And it’s the big visual connector between STRQ and RWBY.

But Weiss isn’t really represented by White — her family is. The more she comes into her own, the more prominent that blue becomes in her outfits, and she’s always had those red accents that made her outfits pop.

Similarly, Blake isn’t really Black — that was all Adam’s influence. Blake’s primary color is purple. And the further Blake and Weiss get from their abusers, the more they heal and grow, the more prominent their own colors become compared to those of others who influenced them.

Team RWBY changes because they overcome their past traumas and get away from the people who influenced them negatively. But their adult counterparts — the RWBY that failed — didn’t. STRQ stayed with their same color schemes into adulthood, while team RWBY has changed and grow.

#rwby meta #team rwby #rwby #team strq #strq #rwby color symbolism #rwby analysis #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #max.txt

[artbyfuji]

their chat logs must be crazy.

#rwby #ruby rose #yang xiao long #my art #hi raven i guess... she could probably fill a photo album with mugshots. it's like a game to her. #in my mind this is yang's equivalent of using “🗿🗿🗿” #yes this is a certified polyam str post. you all know the drill. #summer & tai all throughout college: stop taking pictures of my girlfriend she's got warrants 😠 #yang & ruby and their silly little strq family

[anthurak]

Something I find interesting about rewatching Yang’s scenes talking about her childhood in Volumes 2 and 5 is how she doesn’t really… defend Tai’s actions and the way he seemed to have effectively checked out on her and Ruby for several years after Summer’s disappearance.

Now sure, she doesn’t really decry him, but we don’t hear Yang trying to claim that her father ‘had his reasons’ for what he did or otherwise trying to justify his actions. She just presents what Taiyang did fairly matter-of-factly. Likewise, I think we can see a similarly frank assessment of Tai’s parenting from Ruby in Volume 9 when she directly acknowledges that Yang raised her.

Putting these together, I really get the sense that both Yang and Ruby are very much aware of Tai’s actions and how he let them down as a father, rather than trying to defend or cover for him.

So why has Yang and the story as a whole only given a general, indirect acknowledgement of Tai’s actions and never really confronted him directly about how he let his daughters down as a father?

Well, I think it’s because that rather than trying to defend or cover for their father’s actions, Yang and Ruby are engaging in that much less melodramatic but ALL too common practice of just… not talking about the problems of a close family member.

Rather than going through the surely difficult and ugly process of confronting Tai over how he failed them as a father, Yang and Ruby have taken the fair easier option of simply not talking about it. Even though both of them, particularly Yang, are very much aware of the problem.

It also probably doesn’t help that in the present of the show, Tai has grown into, if not a good parent per-say, at least a decent one. Which in turn probably gives Yang and Ruby even more reason to just… not talk about that time he kinda-sorta abandoned them for several of their formative years.

See also, what Tai does to help Yang’s recovery in Volume 4. Sure, some of his methods were questionable, but he did ultimately help Yang recover and move on, which I think in turn makes Yang all the more reluctant to confront him on his past failings as a father.

So where do I think this is all going?

Well, with the Volume 9 finale clearly sowing the seeds for a major arc of Ruby and Yang diving into aspects of their family history they never knew about, most notably the long-awaited truth of what REALLY happened to Summer, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if some other long-brewing issues started bubbling to the surface as well.

As I’ve stated in other recent posts, at this point Yang’s original recounting of her family history to Blake all the way back in Volume 2 now absolutely REEKS of ‘unreliable narration’, and that there is clearly a WHOLE fucking lot that Yang, and Ruby, have no idea about regarding their parents.

So if during the process of Ruby and Yang finally digging into their family past, they happened to discover that Tai and Qrow have been keeping some massively important pieces of information from them all this time, effectively lying to Ruby and Yang for YEARS?

(say about, I dunno… Ruby’s ‘real’ father actually being a certain angry/depressed bird woman?)

Well I’d say that would be just the thing that could blow the lid off right off a LOT of resentment towards her father that Yang has been bottling up all this time.

I’ve stated this before, but I think it’s worth keeping in mind that ALL of Team STRQ have been presented as well-meaning yet massively flawed/shitty/fuckup parents to Ruby and Yang in each their own way. For one, all of them bailed on their daughters in one way or another, whether it be Raven and Summer bailing physically, Taiyang emotionally/psychologically, or Qrow doing a bit of both.

Thus far, we’ve seen two members of Team STRQ confronted by either Ruby or Yang over their failings as a parent and been subsequently driven to improve: Raven by Yang in Volume 5, and Qrow by Ruby in Volume 6. Which in turn leaves Summer and Taiyang, the supposed ‘good parents’ as the more ‘overt’ text of the show has led us to assume.

Of course, over the course of the last three volumes, we got more and more hints, before the ending of Volume 9 confirmed, that Summer Rose was not in fact the perfect ‘supermom’ that Ruby and Yang remember her as, having lied to and walked out on her family to go on mysterious mission with Raven from which she never returned.

And reading between the lines, Tai’s own problems as a father have been sitting right in front of us since Volume 2, only just beneath the surface as Yang and Ruby decline to really talk about them.

So with a story arc focused on exploring the truth about Summer Rose looking to be close on the horizon, a long-simmering confrontation between Yang and her father (one that could likely strongly parallel her confrontation with Raven) seems likewise inevitable.

#rwby #rwby analysis #rwby theory #Yang Xiao Long #Ruby Rose #Team STRQ #Taiyang Xiao Long #Qrow Branwen #Raven Branwen #Summer Rose #rwby character analysis #rwby character development #team strq were ALL fuckup parents #i'm pretty sure the team strq family drama is somehow going to be even messier than the SCHNEEs