#branwen twins

[hadesisqueer]

RWBY as Tweets: Canon Bees edition (part 2)

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[cyan-orange-studio]

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#RWBY #Raven Branwen #Qrow Branwen #Branwen Twins #STRQ

[wondertrails]

Baby birbs

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[strqyr]

my fave branwen things:

raven has red eyes and lightish red aura & qrow has lightish red eyes and red aura

hero / monster dichotomy

"the branwen twins have always been... interesting, to say the least." <- thank you oobleck for the food

their weapons are named harbinger & omen, like who came up with the name first and who followed along or was it a team effort? i need answers.

what is up with their semblances, they're so in sync in the angstiest way possible that i'm just AUGH

speaking of angst: their backstory is painful but also super interesting to explore. would like to see it one day :')

they really are birds

#rwby #raven branwen #qrow branwen #branwen twins #there's sure to be more but i forget

[hiraganasakura]

Hi so me being me I've decided to hyperanalyze the conversation Qrow and Raven had in Higanbana practically line by line bcus I have Many Thoughts and this is the best way I can think of to get them all out. If you can't tell I'm absolutely obsessed with these two. Btw.

Thanks to the RWBY wiki for providing transcripts for every episode, otherwise I definitely would have missed smth despite having just watched this scene recently lol

I put it under the read more for easier scrolling due to how long this post got!

I immediately noticed smth in the very first lines of the interaction:

Raven: "Hello, brother." Qrow: "...Raven."

You'll notice throughout the whole conversation that Raven never calls Qrow by his name, only condescendingly referring to him as "brother" this one time and never calling him anything else. Meanwhile, Qrow directly refers to Raven a total of three times throughout the conversation, and only one doesn't call Raven by her name (which we'll get to shortly)

On the other hand, Qrow doesn't bother with even so much as a greeting beyond simply stating Raven's name

It's different ways of communicating their distance. While Raven holds her relationship with Qrow over his head — never once, even outside of this scene, does she call him "brother" with affection iirc, only derision and condescension — Qrow doesn't seem to rly know how to greet her. He hesitates before saying her name and approaching her, as if trying to assess the situation before acting

Qrow: "So, what do you want?" Raven: "A girl can't just catch up with her family?" Qrow: "She can, but you're not. Now how 'bout we get on with it? Unless you plan on keeping these [drinks] comin'."

Again, Raven seems to bring up her familial ties with Qrow as a tactic to get him to do what she wants — in this case, stick around to talk to her despite him not seeming to rly want to. Frankly, it feels manipulative. We're gonna put a pin in this for now and come back to it in just a moment

Additionally, Qrow already knows that Raven's not just here for a friendly chat between two siblings, and sees right thru her facade that it is. Raven is here bcus she wants smth from him. But interestingly, it is Raven in V5 that says, in an almost frustrated/disappointed tone, "Family. Only coming around when they need something." There's another pin; keep both in mind

Raven: "Does she have it?" Qrow: "...Did you know Yang lost her arm?" Raven: "That's not—" Qrow: "Rhetorical question, I know you know. It's just obnoxious that you'd bring up family and then carry on like your own daughter doesn't exist." Raven: "I saved her." Qrow: "Once. Because that was your rule, right? Real 'Mom of the Year' material, sis."

Qrow dodges Raven's question about the Relic and instead brings up her hypocrisy in how she treats family. And it's a good point. Here she is lording her siblingship with Qrow over his head while simultaneously defending and upholding her rule that she is only obligated to help her own daughter a single time. Another pinpoint on our little conspiracy board

Also, here's the one time in this conversation Qrow refers to Raven as "sis". Like Raven's use of "brother", Qrow's use of "sis" is very pointed and with intent. But it's not to manipulate Raven, it's a snarky jab meant to rly hammer home Qrow's point

Raven: "I told you Beacon would fall, and it did. I told you Ozpin would fail, and he has. Now you tell me. Does. Salem. Have it?" Qrow: "I thought you weren't interested in all of that." Raven: "I just want to know what we are up against." Qrow: "And which 'we' are you referring to?"

A few things of note here. At some point in the past, Raven expressed an outright disinterest in Ozpin's inner circle, at least to Qrow. Qrow also feels excluded in the "we" Raven mentions being against Salem. To me, there seems to be a distinct possibility here that it wasn't that Raven felt personally disinterested in Ozpin's operations, but that she somehow felt excluded and feigned a lack of interest in order to protect herself. An idea that is further supported in my eyes by the following dialogue:

Qrow: "You should come back, Raven. The only way we'd beat her is by working together. All of us." Raven: "You're the one who left. The tribe raised us, and you turned your back on them." Qrow: "They were killers and thieves." Raven: "They were your family." Qrow: "You have a very skewed perception of that word."

And there it is. Raven's problem is laid out here for us, loud and clear: She feels like she was the one abandoned, not the one running away. She says it outright! "You're the one who left." To her, Qrow is the traitor, the one who left their family behind. If you ask Qrow (or, for that matter, Tai, Yang, and even Summer based on the scene in V9), it's the opposite

Bcus they have different definitions of family

Another thing to pin (I promise this will all become clear soon)

Raven: "I lead our people now. And as leader, I will do everything in my power to ensure our survival." Qrow: "I saw. The people of Shion saw, too." Raven: "The weak die. The strong live. Those are the rules." Qrow: "Well, you've certainly got someone strong on your side. I've seen the damage." Raven: "We couldn't have known the Grimm would set in as quickly as they did." Qrow: "I'm not talking about the Grimm. And I'm not talking about you, either."

Notice Raven's shift from "the tribe" to "our people". More of that guilt tripping!

Additionally, Raven is *obsessed* with rules. One save. The weak die, the strong live. Raven lives and breathes rules, even seemingly arbitrary ones. Guess what this is? Another pin!

Raven: "If you don't know where the Relic is, then we have nothing left to talk about." Qrow: "I don't know where the Spring Maiden is, either, but if you do, I need you to tell me." Raven: "And why would I do that?" Qrow: "Because without her, we're all going to die." Raven: "...And which 'we' are you referring to?"

Qrow's "either" here implies that he also doesn't know where the Crown of Choice is, which is... interesting. He's one of Ozpin's closest lieutenants, and is in the dark on where Beacon's Relic is? Wherever it is, it is such a closely kept secret that even Ozpin's best spy doesn't know where it is (maybe so that in the event Qrow gets captured by Salem he can't be forced into giving her the information?)

Meanwhile, Raven's "And why would I [tell you]?" implies that she does know who the Spring Maiden is (obviously. Raven's the Spring Maiden lol) but refuses to disclose to Qrow

A lantern sputters out after Qrow says "Without [Spring] we're all going to die." Now, I genuinely can't remember if this is headcanon or canon, but iirc Misfortune seems to act up when Qrow's upset. He's clearly tired of this little game of dancing around topics that Raven's been playing with him

And once again, Raven indicates a feeling of exclusion from Qrow's life in the iconic final line. She gets the final word in before leaving

We've finally reached the end of the conversation. Now what does all of this tell us?

And here is where all of those pins I wrote down are relevant. As I mentioned, the twins view family very differently

Qrow's view is pretty obvious: he views family as the ppl in his life who matter most to him. Unlike Raven, he does not view the tribe as family despite the fact that they raised him, disgustedly referring to them as "killers and thieves". It's implied that he was, in fact, neglected and/or likely abused by the Branwen tribe, saying in V6C4, "No one wanted me... I was cursed..." further explaining his distaste for them. Furthermore, despite not being related to Ruby by blood, they clearly consider one another family throughout the series, and he even seems closer to her than he seems to his niece who's actually blood related to him (I personally headcanon that he keeps more of a distance from Yang bcus she reminds him too much of Raven, who he feels abandoned and hurt by, but that's neither here nor there). Bloodlines and debts are secondary compared to loyalty, if they're considered at all. He is obviously furious that Raven only insists on saving Yang once and never directly interacting with her beyond that, despite Raven constantly guilting Qrow over abandoning his so-called "family" of the tribe. And yet. And yet. He still offers Raven a place back in his life, even if only to unite against Salem

Raven's view, to me, has been an enigma for a while. But after hyperanalyzing this conversation, after noting down all of those points of interest, I feel like I've finally cracked the code. Raven views family as an obligation, an exchange that always has an ulterior motive behind it. She seeks out Qrow only bcus she desires smth from him despite showing distaste when someone does the same to her; condescendingly calls Qrow "brother" more than his actual name and calls the tribe their "family" to try guilting him into doing what she wants; and feels fierce loyalty to the tribe but barely interacts with her daughter, only seeming to count one of the two as true family. She views the concept of family with cynicism and seems to feel an obligation to the tribe, as if she "owes" them for raising her

I think the two's perceptions of what defines family are all to do with the way the tribe treated both of them. This crosses a bit into headcanon territory, but as you can see by the above quotes and analysis, I rly don't think I'm just making it up entirely

As I already mentioned, I think it's implied that the Branwen tribe neglected/abused Qrow. In fact, we could probably blame their treatment of him for the deep self-loathing he has due to his "cursed" Semblance. But what about Raven?

Well, it's simple: I think she was abused, too, just in a different way. While Qrow was likely shown and told on a consistent basis that he was unwanted, unloved, undeserving of good things, Raven may have been shown and told she was wanted, loved, and deserving of good things... if she did what the tribe told her. If she repaid them for raising her and her brother, for being her "family". The way she uses her familial ties with Qrow as almost blackmail may be exactly the way the tribe treated her. Her obsession with following rules may stem from the fact that she had to follow the rules the tribe set for her in order to be accepted and deemed worth smth

As for her distance from Yang... honestly, I wonder if Raven is aware that Yang deserves better and keeps her distance as her way of doing that. When Summer confronts Raven in the V9 scene, Raven says, "...You're better at that life. Better than I was." She seems to have a fear and insecurity about being a good family member, a good mother, and maybe that's why she fled. Maybe she was scared of being like her abusers due to how she emulates them as a self-preservation tactic in so many other ways. Not entirely sure about this point tho

And I think too this is why the twins don't rly understand one another. They may have been unaware of the different ways in which the other was treated. Qrow, constantly unwanted and loathed, can't understand why Raven sticks around with the tribe; Raven, who obeyed the tribe and, in doing so, garnered enough of their favor to even eventually become leader, can't understand why Qrow can't just be "good", earn respect, and stay

This dissonance between the two experiences may also be completely intentional on the part of the tribe; abusers will often eliminate their targets' support systems in order to make them completely reliant on the abuser, so it's highly likely that the wedge was intentionally driven between the two siblings so that they could not find support in one another. This would also tie into why the twins seem to feel excluded from one another's lives and abandoned by one another: bcus they were made to feel that way by their common abusers, and did nothing to challenge these assumptions bcus they saw no reason to — and only seemed to keep proving one another right if they did

Which rly has some disturbing implications about how the Branwen tribe works. Like, do they just pick orphaned kids up off the street and abuse them into being perfect little bandits, molded to be of the greatest possible use and discarded if they're deemed worthless? Plus Qrow says his Semblance is how he got his name, which implies that the tribe also renames the kids they scoop up (possibly as a form of control or a way to make sure they can't be tracked down by any remaining family)? Plus there's the whole thing where Qrow and Raven were originally sent to Beacon to learn how to kill Huntsmen, which carries with it the implication that the Branwen tribe grooms literal orphan children into becoming stone-hearted murderers? What. The heck.

And if I'm right, if the Branwen tribe is that severely abusive, then like... wow, no wonder Qrow and Raven are Like That. They're both very deeply hurt people expressing it in different ways

I was considering adding their conversation at the Battle of Haven to this post, but I think that would be better as its own thing. Also I haven't gotten there on my rewatch yet so I may miss some details if I try to analyze it rn; it's better to wait overall methinks

But I have reached the point of my rewatch where we see Weiss and Whitley interact, and I think it would be very efficient to sum up what Qrow and Raven's relationship seems to be by using those siblings as a point of reference. Qrow = Weiss, actively trying to break free from and fight back against their abusers in different ways, while Raven = Whitley, continuing to do as their abusers want and have wanted as a method of self-preservation. Only, unlike Weiss and Whitley, Qrow and Raven have yet to come to a point where they can understand one another. I think that's a good way to briefly summarize the uh. Absolutely massive post this is.

In conclusion, I may have cracked the majority of the Branwen twins' pre-Beacon backstory purely by hyperanalyzing a single conversation. Oopsies

#original post #'hey hira why are you so obsessed with these two—' autism. i hope that answers your question! #ok but srsly. i've genuinely worked rly hard on this post for the past like. 3 days? #i didn't think it'd lead to me deducing all of this about the twins' pasts but here we are lol #this'll probably flop due to the length but like. i don't mind tbh! this is mostly to satisfy my own silly brain [affectionate] anyway #i'm genuinely looking forward to seeing them in v10 #since the storyboard for the scrapped v9 epilogue had raven in it #i hope they somehow reconcile and come to understand one another like weiss and whitley did #tho. i have a bad feeling that even if they do it will end in one (or both?) of them tragically dying before the other's eyes #but that's not rly relevant lol #anyhow i am not sry for inflicting you all with my branwen twin brainrot. it will happen again #i'm having sooo many thoughts on this rewatch and they just keep on coming #rwby #qrow branwen #raven branwen #branwen twins #rwby9 spoilers #i hope there's no glaring errors here. i read thru this post multiple times to be sure but it's so huge i may have missed smth irjnfbpbne

[sugarspikesart]

I tried SO HARD to make them look like twins

Qrow is taller tho it seems? Man I really gotta work on proportions

#rwby #rwby fanart #jet set radio #rwby au #jsr #rwby x jsr #qrow branwen #raven branwen #branwen twins #they're birds #raven also has her emblem tattooed #in her back specifically #qrow tattooed her #they're in good terms in this au #siblings getting along #i love them

[gaymakima]

Qrow was named for his bad luck. Logical conclusion = the twins were given names later than usual. Did they have names before? Did they forget their names because they were too young to remember, did they just not have names, or is Qrow's name just a coincidence (considering what he says in V4, it doesn't seem likely)?

But then we also have Raven. 'Raven' and 'Qrow', twins with matching names. Qrow was named after his semblance; why was Raven given that name? Was it just something said as a throwaway, is there a deeper meaning behind it? Or was it a name she gave herself to match with Qrow?

#my post #rwby #branwen twins #raven branwen #qrow branwen #many MANY thoughts abt these two and their childhood #and what their names mean to them #personally i think branwen is a family name they made up for infiltrating beacon #just. bites them.

[thesparringpanther]

Qrow: Are you banging my partner, Raven?

Raven: Of course not.

Qrow: That's a reli-

Raven, smugly: She's banging me.

Qrow:

Qrow, horrified: I didn't need to know that-

Raven: You asked!

#rwby #strq #rosebird #branwen twins #incorrect rwby quotes #incorrect strq quotes #incorrect rosebird #incorrect branwen twins #qrow branwen #raven branwen #summer rose

[sedlex]

*cough*BranwenTwins*cough*

#rwby #rwby ice queendom #rwby ice queendom spoilers #branwen twins

[doomalade]

Branwens

The Branwen Bandits is a small gang located in Central Mistral.

While some might think they are nomadic, they really have their main camp set up outside Shion.

Their crimes and influence span all of Mistral, and they often collaborate with the Xiong Mafia.

Robberies, muggings, assassinations, and smuggling are just a few of the crimes they act upon daily.

Their leader is known as the Bandit Queen of Mistral, never showing her face outside of the camp. Forever she hides behind a Nevermore mask carved out of Grimm bone, with a yellow dash down the middle of it.

Some have speculated that the yellow is meant to draw attention to the mask, others that it is her way of mourning someone.

Or perhaps the decision to leave someone behind...

#rwby: amity #rwby #rwby au #rwby fanfic #rwby fanfiction #doom.txt #branwen twins #raven branwen

[hadesisqueer]

Thinking about Qrow and Robyn's scenes in volume 8 and how in the v8 commentary Robyn was described as being sort of like a replacement sister to him, and like. Yeah she was a better sister to him in two days that Raven's been in the last 19 years at least lmao. The fact that she is named after a bird too just makes it funnier.

#rwby #qrow branwen #robyn hill #raven branwen #branwen twins #rwby memes

[ajga-artz]

TW: underage drinking

Bird Bastard Baby Branwens some people found my old concept of the young Branwen twins so I drew them again

#rwby #qrow branwen #raven branwen #Branwen Twins #MyArt

[nothingbutfilthx]

Qrow Branwen (rwby) headcannons

(after volume 6 , so im not romanticising alcoholism)

Sfw

- start of dating hes distant, he's cautious because of his semblance.

- when hes certain that his semblance wont ruin shit (i believe) he's cuddly.

- protective as fuck (hes a huntsman so ofc he is)

- admires your strength and kindness

- let's face it. He definitely loves butt grabs. He likes short skirts..so ofc hes an ass guy.

- when hes away on missions he messages you to check in. neofre he leaves tells you he loves you five times.

-upon his return from missions, forst words are "i love you" followed by a warm tight hug

- hes not the sappy romantic guy, but i feel like he's the fun kinda romance , like carnivals? Or adrenaline places..(man i cant word that well)

- carries you fireman style or piggyback

- the most romantic thing hes done? You woke up to find him in his bird form , delivering you, one of ypur favourite flowers.

-loves when you play with his hair

- kisses! Kisses! Man loves kissing you. (Uses tongue when kissing)

- rough but passionate kissing

- loves how well you get along with his neices. He loves seeing all three of his favourite people happy together.

- qrow is cynical. He loves that he can lay in your arms and talk about it.

- my girl, beautiful, babe, my(his)good luck charm (<this one 😭)

- best dressed couple.

- neck kisses. He loves giving and getting them.

Nsfw

(oh dear lucifer forgive me for this)

- okay. First of all. Qrow. %100 brat tamer. In the show he has said "i like brats" .you cant change my mind on this.

- neck kisses? He'll mark your neck. And hopes to god you'll return the favour.

- he's playful. Definitely likes teasing and edging till your begging him. Very mean about it too.

- big dick energy. Well yeah you'd be right. Width, length at least 8+inch .. he's hitting every spot imaginable

- likes choking, his grip is gentle yet tight, will not take his rings off when choking you (or fingering you)

- talk about a pussy pleaserr, loves going down between your thighs, will have two of his long skilled fingers in you as he licks and sucks at your slit.

- rough but passionate, super grip on your hips as he slams into you, spanks your ass.

- praising/degrading kink. (Will not call you a slut or whore, -unless u ask- , hes a goodboy)

- doggy style, adores the sight of how well you take him + your ass smacking against him its a sight he could burn into his eyes

- growls. (This is definitely more a self want from him)

- wouldn't appose to you riding him in fact he wants you to use him. The thought of you using him to get yourself off seems to get him so fkn hard

- stamina + multiple rounds. Man is a god in both. One of those men that only cum after hes pleased with the mess hes made of his s/o

- breeding kink (qrow never wanted to be a dad. He didnt think he was fit to be one, what with his semblance and his missions. But seeing ruby and yang, helping train/raise them occasionally, gave him a sort of.. feeling maybe he could)

(~i will happily be baby momma for him~)

- 69. He likes the way you both please each other ..more importantly he likes that he can make you moan on his dick, the vibratorions from that 😫

- his face when he cums? His head will fall back, his eyes will close, mouth agape, deep groan.

#qrow branwen #rwby fanfiction #qrow branwen smut #rwby smut #qrow #branwen twins #rwby au

[strqyr]

the fact that raven and qrow's emblems are so tied to ozpin makes me wonder when they actually like, made them, and how deep that tie is because—

okay. gears and clock -> obviously inspired by ozpin. together with the wings, they form two eyes -> raven and qrow were ozpin's spies, his eyes where he could not be; "the last eye is blinded..." salem knows that, too.

here's the thing: before, i thought that that was it, essentially. their emblems forming eyes, the inner part, that's "all" that they took from ozpin; the wing itself is something from them.

BUT. if them being spies is already part of it... the wing part could be from ozpin giving them shapeshifting, which would mean that there's.. nothing really in their emblems that is just them; the only difference, the only part that implies a choice made by each of them, is the inner part: a clock or a gear.

yet, it's still tied to ozpin.

emblems haven't been given the same kind of This Is A Big Deal!! as weapons are—"they're extensions of ourselves! they're a part of us!"—but they're still a way to identify someone, their property, etc. like... it's about one's identity.

what does it say about raven and qrow, about their past before beacon, before meeting ozpin, when their emblems are all him?

#rwby #raven branwen #qrow branwen #branwen twins

[starwarskawaii]

I just remembered my autistic Branwen twins hc

#i am going to be sooooooo annoying #qrow branwen #raven branwen #branwen twins #rwby

[hiraganasakura]

Ok so if anyone was wondering which of the Branwen twins was taller, I think I have the answer! It's Qrow. I think

It's hard to tell cus they're both leaning forward in the shot but when they're clashing swords at the Battle of Haven, Qrow is a bit taller, even tho Raven is in heeled boots

And I don't think it's a fluke either; looking at their scene together in Higanbana, Qrow is slouching to look shorter than Raven, but if he sat up straight for once he'd probably be taller

I thought Raven was taller since she seems to be in the Team STRQ photo, but a) since they haven't updated their wardrobes since Beacon for some reason, Raven was probably in heels there too, and b) Qrow seems to have had a last minute growth spurt since then

#original post #if you hc raven to be taller tho that's great! she's taller spiritually anyway [joking] #ok but srsly: hc that this is part of the reason raven insists on calling out qrow for being younger despite the fact that they're twins #she has to make it clear that qrow may be taller but SHE'S the big sister actually #like. mario and luigi (cus mario's older but luigi's taller. only i don't think they're twins) #i went down quite the rabbit hole last night trying to figure this out to come to a conclusion that a lot of ppl probably already knew lol #rwby #raven branwen #qrow branwen #branwen twins