#rhodes rwby

[hadesisqueer]

Remember when Midnight came out and a lot of people said they didn't feel bad for Cinder and her backstory because she was a bad person and she deserved it? Y'all it's okay to hate her now and all but she was ten and a slave and tortured every day. If you think a 10yo deserved that then I think you need to reconsider. Also, you're missing the point: Cinder always saw the worst of humanity. The one person who was kind to her immediately turned against her, deciding she was a villain for [checks] snapping and defending herself after years of abuse he never did anything about except giving her training and a sword (what was he expecting, honestly). And then Salem found her, and she found herself stuck with another abuser, a much smarter and manipulative one.

The whole point of Cinder's backstory isn't to justify her current actions. It's to make us see that if someone—someone else, not Rhodes—had found her, someone who, again, has only seen the worst of humanity, and given her the help and kindness she really needed— Cinder wouldn't have turned out like she did. It's obvious and yet people still don't get it.

#rwby #cinder fall #rhodes rwby

[starlightshadowsworld]

The Haven exchange plot line is so underrated and it's a crime it was never bought up again.

Because the potential is sooo good.

The battle of Beacon gets so much more fucked if they acknowledge that.

Like Cinder genuinely caring for RWBY and JNPR and knowing she's going to destroy them.

Having to make that choice.

Which you know, Beacon is all about choices.

And just, in another life this was Cinder's dream.

To be a huntress.

It's a fairytale that she never got to live out.

And than the maiden power shifts from a stranger to a friend.

Than it becomes I have to kill my friend for power.

And under that, because if I don't Salem will kill me and I will no longer serve a purpose to her.

Everything I've done will mean nothing.

Pyyrah getting seperated from Jaune and going to Cinder.

Not to fight her.

But because Pyrrah trusts her.

It's Rhodes all over again.

And she can't even cry because it's her own fault.

Mercury seeing what he could be, and knowing for the plan to work yes going to have to ruin Yang's reputation.

Pretending it doesn't hurt to see the hurt in her eyes.

Emerald who wanted a family knowing this is just an illusion and no matter how much it hurts she has to destroy it.

This was never supposed to last.

Oz holding a hand out to Cinder like I know she's behind this.

We can fix this.

I can save you.

You don't have to do this.

And Cinder shaking her head because she knows he's lying.

You can't even save yourself from her, how can you save me?

Just this bittersweet understanding of the situation they are in.

Oz saying he's proud that she was his student. That it's okay, he can take the fall.

They both knew he will return but he won't be the same

Cinder saying goodbye and setting the place ablaze.

She makes herself watch and puts his cane somewhere safe for Qrow to find.

Salem praises her but Cinder just feels hollow.

Jaune calling her a murderer, that Pyrrah trusted her and she has to pretend she doesn't remember him for her own comfort.

That she knows she doesn't deserve.

She's a monster.

She will always be on the run.

Stabs Weiss and feels like she stabbed herself.

It takes everything in her not to scream.

Emerald joining up with the rest of them and it hurts knowing just how easily she slots into their group.

Like she'd always been apart of it.

And somehow that hurts even more.

Also just fitting with the theme of the schools falling because of a friends betrayal.

Cinder, Emerald and Mercury betrayal caused the fall of Beacon.

Leo's betrayal caused the fall of Haven.

Ironwood's betrayal caused the fall of Atlas.

But those 3 still living unlike the other two and they live to regret it.

If they didn't already.

#Rwby #cinder fall #mercury black #emerald sustrai #Ozpin #team jnpr #team rwby #professor ozpin #james ironwood #leonardo lionheart #salem rwby #rhodes rwby

[ignisgalaxia]

Broke: Child abuse made Cinder bitter and vengeful and evil so she killed her family as well as the man trying to help her in cold blood.

Woke: Rhodes was an Atlas elite that actually sympathized with Cinder and took time to train her so she could leave on her own but didn’t want to go against the system that actively supported him despite the fact that she was being abused and clearly needed to be rescued. So when she said fuck it I’m not suffering any longer and enacted her own justice against those that abused her he chose the easy route and chastised her for breaking the law even though it failed her.

#NUANCE! #my posts #rwby #rwby volume 8 #cinder fall #rhodes rwby

[rwbybutincorrect]

Rhodes: Don’t wish ill upon strangers.

Cinder: Great advice but remember if someone has slighted you they are no longer a stranger but an enemy <3 hope this helps

#cinder literally devoted her life to revenge on a teenage girl #who involuntarily incapacitated her after witnessing the murder of her close friend #and cinder was like oh this is a personal attack on me I need revenge #babes you just killed their friend? #anyways I digress #cinder fall #Rhodes rwby #rwby #incorrect rwby quotes #incorrect quotes #source: mr spider

[libraesthetiques]

♡ RWBY SHIP AESTHETICS: ironrhodes / james&rhodes. requested by anon.

it's rotten work. not if it's me. not if it's you.

#rwby #rwbyedit #james ironwood #rhodes #rhodes rwby #ironrhodes #mine: edits #mine: ship aes #mine: requests

[dragynkeep]

soulmatism ✨

#rwby #cinder fall #rhodes #rhodes rwby #charrmed #ais.txt #no cause was i not meant to ship this or.

[mewtheo2]

Rhodes character art

Yeah Rhodes is Mercury's uncle in this fic, had to do something with him.

#silver shadow #rwby #rwby au #ao3 fanfic #mewtheo2 #rhodes rwby

[doomatnight]

So Emerald has Qrow as her new daddy, will Cinder find one as well…?

Content: Daddy Kink, Age Gap

You know I was gonna say Tai but actually I think I have a better fit.

Rhodes. The man basically raised her and saved her from the Glass Unicorn, at first she pushed down her feelings for him, but one day just couldn't hold herself back and spilled how much she loved him.

She was afraid of rejection but Rhodes kissing her deeply and then fucking her brains out told her all she needed to know. Daddy will always be here for his Princess~

#lwde #rwby smut #rwby nsft #rwby lemon #nsft / #age gap / #doomlewd.txt #rhodes rwby #cinder fall

[celticcatgirl2]

“Whoa…so you’re like…Geralt from the Witcher in real life?”

#shut up alex #personal #rwby #cinder #rhodes #alice rewatches rwby #cinder fall #rhodes rwby

[hadesisqueer]

#rwby #rwby hottest character poll #qrow branwen #rhodes rwby

[bestworstcase]

very annoying thing this fandom does is describe exactly the intended point of a given scene ("cinder was treated unjustly and failed by everyone in her life!") or character ("raven isn't The Bad One to summer's Good One, people are more complicated than that!") and then go "ugh rwby is soooo simplistic" because they cannot wrap their heads around the fact that rwby. agrees with these ideas and is in fact using characters like raven or cinder or salem to criticize black-and-white moral thinking

#like how do u watch midnight and think we're supposed to agree with rhodes. are u stupid #how do u watch V5 and think we're supposed to take qrow's disdain and tai's blaming of raven at face value as objective fact. are u stupid #how do you watch the lost fable and think we're supposed to take everything jinn says at face value! that's preposterous! #meanwhile rwby is like HI. FAIRYTALES ARE PROPAGANDA AND THE HUNTSMEN ACADEMIES ARE A CULT. lmfao

[invincibleweasel]

#rwby #rwde #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #jaune arc #nora valkyrie #lie ren #oscar pine #qrow branwen #james ironwood #winter schnee #caroline cordovin #clover ebi #harriet bree #elm ederne #vine zeki #marrow amin #rhodes #adam taurus #cinder fall #emerald sustrai #neopolitan #the curious cat

[ficretus]

Jaune is anti Rhodes

This isn't really a new revelation or anything, just wanted to throw my thoughts about it.

As we briefly see in Cinder's flashback, Rhodes is model Huntsman, attracting attention of hotel visitors. Meanwhile Jaune is fraud. He enrolled with forged transcripts, he never finished his education at Beacon and got his Huntsman license ahead of time at Atlas. So they are already opposites in that regard, true Huntsman against pretender.

However, you can pit Jaune against any legitimate Huntsman in that regard, it doesn't make Rhodes any special. They are also opposites in their morality, more specifically, prioritization of upholding law or morality. Rhodes knew very well that Cinder was abused for years, yet he did bare minimum of teaching her how to fight. When she inevitably lashed out, he sided with the law and tried to apprehend her. So despite knowing what is happening to Cinder at Glass Unicorn is immoral, Rhodes does nothing because he knows it's within the law (I guess child protection laws at Atlas are dogshit) and only truly steps in when Cinder herself breaks the law. This is stark contrast to Jaune, especially Atlas arc Jaune. When faced with dilemma of either following orders or upholding his moral values he chooses latter and turns against Ironwood. This makes Rhodes real Huntsman but fake hero, while Jaune is fake Huntsman but real hero.

Similarities and contrasts even extending to their visual design. While in some regards similar design, both being knight like figures, chosen colors nicely contrast each other.

Rhodes has dark hair with purple glint- Jaune has blond hair

Rhodes has dark skin- Jaune has pale skin

Rhodes' breastplate is dark- Jaune's breastplate is white

Rhodes' sleeves are blue- Jaune's sleeves are black, but with orange details at elbows

Even their shades contast, Rhodes's colors being mostly dark and muted, while Jaune is very brightly colored.

I don't think their similarities and contrasts are coincidental. Cinder's flashback ties relatively well to her encounter with Jaune back in Volume 5. Blade she used to fight Jaune (after remarking she is starting to remember him) is retroactively made to resemble the blade Rhodes gave her back then. Her backstory and especially its conclusion feel like an answer to Jaune's rant (Jaune's rant ending with "all with that smile on your face" while Cinder's backstory ends with her cracking a pained smile after killing everyone).

This could have no major ramifications for the story, but I'd find it pretty interesting if they ended up tying it all back to Cinder. Because their initial encounter with her is another contrast. Rhodes sees her as a good kid that is being abused, Jaune sees her as evil abuser. However, when Cinder hits her low point of backstory, Rhodes turns his back on her and denounces her. We've never seen Jaune interact with Cinder at her low point, but it would be interesting if it once again contrasts Rhodes. If instead of seeing her as a monster he decides to help her.

#jaune arc #rwby jaune arc #cinder fall #rwby cinder fall #rwby volume 8 #rwby rhodes

[smokestarrules]

A lot of people have suggested Rhodes could have just reported Cinder's stepfamily to the authorities, but would that even work in Atlas? Cinder was blatantly being mistreated, but no one cared, and Rhodes couldn't just remove her from their care so he hoped "give her something to focus on until she's legally old enough to leave" would work. Was Cinder just inevitable?

Cinder wasn't inevitable in the slightest.

Her story is a tragedy because she's been failed so many times, including and especially by Rhodes. The line of thought that he did all he could stems from the idea that Atlas is fundamentally broken itself, which is true, but that doesn't make it right in the slightest. Legally, he did all he could, maybe, but legally isn't at all enough when a child is getting physically and verbally abused by her caretaker.

Huntsmen are supposed to protect people. I don't care what the law in Atlas says about standing up to rich ladies who are enslaving their wards, because Rhodes' response was not nearly enough, and Cinder suffered for it. His indecision and compliance with legality ruined her life even more, because she had the hope that it could one day be better. It wasn't.

If Rhodes hadn't been such a fucking cop about the whole situation, she might've turned out okay.

#cinder is such a good character bc every single time she's looked up to someone they've stabbed her in the back #salem's just smart enough to recognize that and use it for her own gain #though cinder's figuring it out slowly....lying to salem in the v8 finale was a Huge step for her #I just cant wait to see if that'll make her Better or Worse!!!!! #rwby #cinder fall #rhodes #smokey answers #anonymous

[dragynkeep]

Ironwood family au: Mercury edition

Rohdes going to the medic bay after a concerning message from James, finding him sitting down on a bench covered in blood.

He freaking out because he knew Marcus was a dangerous man. James just looking at him with empty eyes before crying, hugging his middle.

Rohdes just hugging him, having to hear the horrific story of how his husband almost killed Marcus and what he did to his son.

"He is just a boy"

James waiting by Mercury's bedside, being there for him when he wakes up, promising him no one will hurt him again

oh my heart.

james & rhodes are clearly going across remnant to adopt all the abandoned, abused, broken children & form their own mini orphanage & organize playdates with tai.

#rwby #james ironwood #rhodes #rhodes rwby #mercury black #marcus black #ais.txt #answered #q #au : ironrhodes family

[mewtheo2]

Silver Shadow returns Chapter 1

I'm gonna try and fill out this part even if nothing really important happens. And this one is a little bit longer than my other chapters.

#silver shadow #rwby au #rwby #ao3 fanfic #mercury black #apollo black #marcus black #adam taurus #silvershadow #mewtheo2 #viktor polendina #james ironwood #Rhodes RWBY