Chapter 4: Lighting the Fire Reaction
-LONG POST-
ITS SO COLD IT BURNS SO GOOD. (?????)
THE FASTEST IVE PROBABLY PUT OUT A REACTION POST BECAUSE HOLY SHIT BALLS, MOM.
“You wait here, I’ll go check if the coast is clear.”
Yang is totally not buying into your bullshit, buddy.
Better get ready, just in cas-. THE GLOVE. AND THE ASS CAPES ARE COMING OFF.
You know what would be neat? Since Yang is kind of the ‘tank’ in the group, her new arm could use like, oh I don’t know, maybe a small shield?
“I can’t believe you were dumb enough to let me lead you here.”
Sorry buddy, but you’re the dumb one for leading her there.
They’re scared of the small barrel popping out of her right arm? I’d be more terrified of her, oh, I don’t know, HER OTHER ARM WITH A BELT FULL OF SHOTGUN SHELLS???
…Or maybe they’re all surprised because “OH, IT’S ALSO A GUN.”
LOOK AT THIS STRUT.
See, a small shield would be nice, but I guess she’s still fending off the bullets.
This string and percussion version of I Burn tho.
LOOK AT THIS BAKUGO ASS MOVE THO. APPROVE.
AND THEN THIS SLOW GUITAR OF ARMED AND READY.
You mess with the wrong bird, and I don’t mean Yang.
Ruby, please, you can-
RUBY, YOU LITTLE SHIT.
AND AT THIS MOMENT, OSCAR KNEW, HE FUCKED UP.
SMASH.
“You forgot to engage your aura, again.”
“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?!”
“Because this method makes you less likely to forget.”
I mean. Oz isn’t wrong. But.
“Not bad, Ms. Rose. But Oscar doesn’t have the years of training that you do. Or I do.”
HACKS ON. ENTERING THE AVATAR STATE.
THIS IS WHAT FEAR LOOKS LIKE. AT THIS MOMENT, RUBY KNEW. SHE WAS GONNA GET FUCKED UP.
YOU’RE A THOUSAND YEARS TOO EARLY TO BE FIGHTING ME.
Like. Literally a thousand years. Or more. Cuz Ozpin is apparently fucking immortal.
Sometimes I feel like everyone should rewatch the episode just for like, not necessarily screen shots, but to look for frames like these. Like. Even though it’s a straight forward shot, this is a nice shot.
Does anyone else do this in real life? I mean the whole talk and look at the person with one open eye thing. Me only? Ok, let’s just. Keep moving forward.
Idk why, but when Nora said Ren’s semblance can mask emtions, I immediately started playing Reflections from Mulan in my head. It really has nothing to do with the fact that Ren is supposed to be designed off of the idea of Mulan. Or maybe I did subconsciously. Hm. The song has NOTHING to do with his semblance either! Brain, what are you doing.
Two songs from Mulan in 2 review posts. And I haven’t watched the movie in ages.
WHOOOOOOOOOO ISSSSSSS THAT GIRRRRRRRRLLLLLLL I SSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE-
MORE POSITIVE REIGNFORCEMENT RUBY. YES.
5 Volumes in and we get an in-show description of what Semblances are. I know they talked about it in the World of Remnant shorts, but they were just that: Short. It’s nice to have it actually explained in the show since not many of us watched the short seri-
“Oh. Struck by lightning, didn’t die, Crazzzzzzy Thursday/”
NORA. PLEASE.
“Unlocking your semblance isn’t the end. It can still grow and evolve.”
HMMMM.
Just because Ruby.
THEY’RE. THEY HAVE GOT TO BE WITHIN 50 FT OF EACH OTHER BY THIS POINT.
OK. She’s opting for the stealth escape route.
THE LITTLE *DINK* SOUND EFFECT IT MADE. OMG. HAHAHAHA. YOU CAN DO IT LITTLE BUDDY. YOU’RE DOING GREAT.
“So after all this time, you decided to visit me.”
Mother- What?! YANG DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU WERE. IT’S NOT LIKE YOU WERE AT A RETIREMENT HOME OR SOMETHING?
“They started it.”
I heard this and was like “HAH. Like how a kid would try to make an excuse to their parent.”
“I’m not here for you. Ruby is somewhere in Mistral. She’s with Qrow and she’s going to need my help. I just need you to take me to her.”
You know, I get the feeling that a lot of people are gonna be like
“YOU FINALLY FOUND YOUR MOM. THE PERSON YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, FOR YEARS. AND YOU’RE JUST GONNA ASK HER TO TAKE YOU TO RUBY? DON’T YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY OR ASK?”
I do feel that to a certain extent, but at the same time I feel like Yang may also have grown out of it. Whatever the reason she had for looking for her mom before isn’t the same now. Yang obviously has questions for Raven, but she also knows how important it is to find Ruby, and she probably feels like that outweighs whatever personal things she has with her mom, it just so happens that Raven was also the answer to finding Ruby.
And besides. Yang now knows where Raven’s camp is. I suppose she could just come back, albeit she may not be welcomed with open arms. Or arm. Just the one. I’m sorry.
“Because we’re family.”
OHHHH, GET FUCKED, RAVEN. Your own daughter throwing that sarcastic shade at you.
So we’ve seen what Raven’s semblances is, but not how it works, until now. She ‘bonds to certain people’ and can make warp gates to them. Yang says that she has her, Tai, and Qrow marked. Yang also says to teleport her to Qrow, NOT Ruby. It could simply be that Raven had no reason to mark Ruby as someone to teleport to, or maybe it’s because Raven can only teleport to people that are close to her: Her Family.
That begin said, Raven seems to not like the whole family thing since she does say “Family - only come around when they need something.” Maybe her semblance was found due to the opposite nature of her personality. Having a semblance that literally takes her back to her family when she has such disdain for the idea does raise a few questions. But I’ll leave it at that.
Yeah. The way her face was animated and sass she threw in with her words. Badass/Evil mom status.
Before we move on I just want to know: What the fuck is that thing on her head? Like. I get it. RAVEN. FEATHERS. BUT LIKE. WHAT. IS THAT? Is it just like one giant super long hair extension or is that literally all part of her hair?
I laughed. SO HARD. At how long this shot was held for. Like.
Oh. Hi. Uhmmm. Uhh. Hello?
“Yang?????”
“…WHYiss you here?!”
THERE IT IS. FIRST CONTACT. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-
THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE IN VIDEO GAMES: CHOOSE STEALTH OR BUST OUT? OH YOU CHOSE STEALTH? TOO BAD, YOU’RE GOING TO BUST THE HELL OUT.
YASSSSSSS. IDC IF YALL HAVE SEEN GIFS AND SCREENSHOTS OF THIS ALREADY, THIS IS V IMPORTANT.
W: “What are you doing here?”
Y: “Well. That’s my mom. And she can take us to Ruby.”
-Slowly taking in what Yang just said.-
“That’s my mom.”
“That’s…
My….
…mom.” ?!?!?!?!?!?!
“… uhhhhhhh”
Never in my life have I thought I would hear those words. In any form of media.
Also let’s not forget that Raven straight up curb stomped Weiss in the face.
W: “YOUR MOM CURBED STOMPED ME. SHE KICKED ME IN THE FACE.”
Y: “… YOU DID WHAT!?”
Weiss’s knight could EASILY cleave through half that camp at that size. Jeez.
Spring Maiden putting a halt to this BS.
Weiss giving that stern anime look and pose.
“If you’re really going after your sister, then you need to know the truth.”
HMMMM. OKAY. SO HERE’S ANOTHER CHOSE YOUR ADVENTURE MOMENT:
So we know everything’s that been going on with Salem and Cinder and Ozpin and yaddie yaddie yadda. So once Raven tells Yang and Weiss everything, what’s going to happen? Are they still going to regroup with Ruby and join her with Qrow to fight against Salem’s assault on Haven with the White Fang? Or are Weiss and Yang going to try and convince Ruby to pull away from Haven because shit is about to get real and they shouldn’t haven’t to deal with it?
I HIGHLY doubt that Raven is going to tell them about how literally the Spring Maiden is within the camp grounds. But if she does, then??? Do the 2 of them stay? Or will Raven teleport Yang and Weiss, just to then later pick up camp and move to a new location? Cuz by then EVERYONES gonna know who and where the Spring Maiden is.
SO MANY POSSIBILITIES.
YES. FUCKING. FINALLY. YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. ONE OF THE MANY MOMENTS WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
I TEAR UP. EVERY TIME. AND IT DOESN’T HELP THAT THE BACKGROUND SONG IS “HOME”.
-UGLY HYSTERICAL SOBS-
I maybe reading into this too much, cuz you know, emotions rising, and with knowing the lyrics to the song, I want to talk about the symbolism in this last shot.
Weiss has gotten quite a bit of development coming from Volume 4 to now. And in my opinion, it started all when she was able to successfully summon her knight.
After being told she was no longer the heiress to her family’s company, she was held against her will to stay in her room. As soon as she was able to summon her knight, she decided to take action. She was able to escape with the help of Klein. He was probably going to be the last trust worthy person she knows that she’s going to see in a while. Even while doing so, she’s had her guard up the whole time because she knew she’s no longer in a safe place. All the way up to being captured by bandits, she still shows initiative to get out.
Then she reunites with Yang. She has finally found someone she cares and trusts. Someone she probably considers as part of her family, the family being Team RWBY. So the knight fading away in this last shot is visual representation of Weiss finally letting her guard down because now she’s with family. AND WHERE DO YOU USUALLY FIND FAMILY? HOME. THE TITLE OF THE SONG THAT’S PLAYING. AND I JUSTLKSA:LSKDJA:SLKJDWOIASK jEXCUSE ME WHILE I GO REPLAY THIS SCENE FOR THE REST OF TIME UNTIL MORE OF THE TEAM GETS BACK TOGETHER.
TL;DR: Weiss’s knight fading away at the end of this scene is the visual representation of Weiss finally letting her guard down now that she’s found Yang; a team mate, a friend, a person she might consider as family.
But I may just be reading into this too much. I MEAN HOW COULD YOU NOT?
GIVE ME THE NEXT EPISODE, PLEASE ;A;
P.S.:
I SUPPORT
SMOLS GETTING HUGS FROM SWOLS.
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