#rwby 1940s au

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The Morality of Fandom Activities

This might as well be an essay, so apologies for my long asf post. Just a few heads up: this is in no way talking about people who support incest irl and MAPS. Those are extreme cases that I'm not qualified myself to talk about, I only know that I don't want them on my page 😭

I stopped having a very active social media presence when I was finishing high school. For me, this was a huge deal, because as the token weird queer kid all my life, Tumblr and fandom culture provided a safe space for self-expression, developing my writing skills and exploring myself. Fandoms usually play a huge role for teens, since their interactions and their experiences shape their mindsets into the primary form their adult brain takes. Whenever I look at my old posts, I can see the points where I was maturing, I could see my opinions change very clearly without always connecting old posts to significant life events.

What is very important to take into account is that I was in ALL the "red flag" fandoms, even some niche ones. BNHA, Homestuck, RWBY, Okegom, Voltron, you name it. I was into it, I had Instagram edits of it saved on my phone. As a result, I am familiar with all kinds of fujoshi, yuri bros, proshippers, etc. I'm not here to inform you about my entire digital footprint though. I'm here to discuss fandom morality. Fair warning, I will be referring to a bunch of dark themes vaguely.

I want to start by saying I understand the appeal of a toxic ship. A ship that is straight-up problematic given the context of the story. Be it because the characters are abusive to each other, a very big age gap or them being blood relatives - I get it, even if I'm one of the people who's easily repelled by this shit. I get why Junjou Romantica, for example, became so popular. The big body proportions, the "forbidden romance" trope, the guilty pleasure, I get it. I understand how nerdy young women would fawn over yaoi because they craved a soft male touch. I understand the south park proshippers because they inserted their younger selves into the characters and imagined scenarios where their own fucked-up childhoods would make sense.

My experience with Funamusea helped me understand that things that are taboo can be appealing in a fictional form. There were a lot of issues because the horror used in Funa's games was centered around sexual battery and assault. To me, that made perfect sense. Funa games are packed to the brim with gore, war, mental abuse, and disturbing characters. Of course, there would be SA in such a fucked up setting. Rape is a horrifying thing that no one should face because it is a subcategory of violence. VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING NO ONE SHOULD EVER COME ACROSS. Therefore, why is it that people who write stories containing this trope receive so much hate, but 1940s war aus for example get praised? Why is FMA a pacifist masterpiece and not torture porn?

For "glorifying" real-life horrors? Triggering people? Let's broaden this.

Think of your favorite slasher film. Your favorite best-seller horror book. Do you think that the people behind these stories are freaks and murderers? Psychopaths are capable of fitting in anywhere they want, even fucking churches. So it is useless to assume creators are moral instigators for their VILLAINS. Now let's think about Colleen Hoover and Sara J Maas (or as I like to call her, Sara J Ass). Their "love" stories are super popular because of the immense marketing that they have received, despite profiting off romanticized harmful content. Backlash is still minimized in contrast to anime niche, because they are backed by million-dollar industries and the fact that they conform to the norms of a straight story. Although that, is a topic for another discussion - how problematic characteristics are "musts" in irl relationships.

Lastly, I want to talk about the so-called community saviors who want to protect these platforms. Those who want to build a safe environment so that no predators infiltrate our sacred grounds where we discuss Persona 5 ABO dynamics. A lot of them are oftentimes victims of this sort of abuse. I myself have come across groomers. But tbh 15yo kids who reblog Shiro X Keith are not really the enemy? Anyway, that's a little besides the point. I want to directly talk to these people right now, hear me out: you are hypocrites. You only pretend to care about Tumblr communities but do not hesitate to accuse someone of abuse (any kind) and tell them to end their life. How are you protecting anyone like this? How are you a positive role model for the children partaking in fandom activities when you show clearly that you wish death upon someone. VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING NO ONE SHOULD EVER COME ACROSS, I re-iterate and you possibly agree, but YOU ARE STILL VIOLENT, and justify it by being "virtuous". How are you any different from @\hivliving? Her actions will forever be engraved in her victims' heads, even if she was humiliated in the end. Then again, it would have been better for her to write a shitty low-quality fic about Hamilton having HIV or whatever the fuck, if looking up basic things about HIV was so difficult. After 7 years in & out of fandoms, there's one thing I'm fine with, and that's bad fics.

Ultimately there is so much more I want to say. I might cover this topic on my bestie and I's podcast sometime (soz it's in Greek). The bottom line here though is not about keeping a neutral stance on problematic media. It is to enjoy whatever the fuck you want just because it makes you happy. It is to differentiate what's a wolf in sheep's clothing from what's a sheep. It is to accept that kids will ALWAYS lie about their age to access all sorts of NSFW. God knows I did so. It is to recognize them and realize that their creators and fans are most likely not going to act out every bad thing that occurs in said story. Because if that were the case, with the rise of all the Yeagerists, we'd have so many bitchless college students trying to start little rumblings of their own, and the world would be a much funnier place.

Now go outside and spread your moral philosophies to people outside your Discord server

#SEND ME DEATH THREATS I'M TRYING TO PROVE A POINT #my posts #voltron #hamilton #mogeko #funamusea #rant #proshipping #fujoshi discourse #anti purity culture #ship discourse #fuck proshitters #anti proship #tumblr morality is a fucking joke #bnha #homestuck #fma #all these fandoms are mentioned but i really want this post to grab people's attention #call me a clout chaser in my dms it gets me off #childhood trauma #vent art #gore lover #hivliving

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"You have put a curse on me, darling. Maybe just a charm. You've bewitched both my body and soul." RWBY 1940s AU 21/? Ironwitch ( @cheesequeenmiu ironwitch!!!)

#glynda goodwitch #james ironwood #ironwitch #rwby #rwby 1940s au #rwby1940sau #rwby moodboard #ironwitch moodboard

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WW2-era RWBY Girls

#rwby #ruby rose #weiss schnee #Blake Belladonna #yang xiao long #1940s au #my art #i played a little loose with the clothes but leave me be pls fddsfgfdg #i know Blake looks tall i didnt realize how the size was

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1940s RWBY (mostly Qrowin) AU

Ozpin runs the most unorthodoxly-organized division of Remnant’s Intelligence and Counterintelligence agency. Their goal is to find Salem’s agents and keep surveillance on them. If necessary, they will take them out.

Glynda is Ozpin’s longtime secretary who is known to do occasional fieldwork. Good at intimidating those who need it. Code-breaking expert and fastest typist in Vale.

also the one who brings cookies for Penny and Winter. She’s basically their “mother” when the world gets tough.

Ironwood is a friend that Ozpin has come to trust. A strategist who kept out of the war because of a mostly-paralyzed arm. Did his best to help on the homefront.

Qrow is the veteran with more than a touch of PTSD, drinking to cope. Still doesn’t like Ironwood, mostly because the man acts like Qrow should be fine, but he’s not the one that saw a battlefield everyday. The unit’s best field agent by far.

Summer Rose was a best friend, and a nurse who lost her life on the front. Qrow didn’t want her there, and Tai more or less blames him for being the reason she wanted to go to front so badly.

For all his teasing, he actually has a lot of respect for Winter. Most of the time.

In this universe, I’m still trying to figure out how team RWBY work in, if they do at all.

Loves Errol Flynn movies. Secretly wishes he was Errol Flynn. Thinks Veronica Lake is beautiful, if a little tiny. 

Winter is Ironwood’s protege. Wanting to help in some way, she joined the WAC while in college. Papa Schnee did not approve and she was cut off from her inheritance in Schnee Oil. Winter is fine with this, and prefers finding her own way in the world. 

Everyone except her own unit questions why she’s there. Intelligence is not supposed to be women’s work, but golly-gee she’s good at getting information from targets. 

She’s been forced into being Qrow’s partner for fieldwork more than once. Not a fan of his unconventional methods. Not a fan of him in general.

She doesn’t realize she’s falling for him until she’s already in over her head. It’s a real “Oh, shoot” moment for her.

Her favorite Hollywood star is Veronica Lake (Winter bears a definite resemblance, am I right?) , but she also loves Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. And Errol Flynn, but she’ll never admit to it though.

Peterson (“Penny”) is Ironwood’s new assistant and the trainee of the bunch. 

#mostly for myself #RWBY #RWBY AU

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"You must be a dream, my dear, because in real life I could never be lucky enough for you." RWBY 1940s AU Part 16/? Qrowin--Qrow Branwen and Winter Schnee

#qrowin #snowbirds #crowflake #winter schnee #qrow branwen #rwby #rwby 1940s au

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Woaahhhh She’s on tumblr on her computer?! Concept! 

Anyways, the RWBY 1940s AU is still burning in my mind and so here’s a compilation of the next four: TEAM JNPR

Part Five: Jaune Arc

Part Six: Nora Valkyrie 

Part Seven: Pyrrha Nikos

Part Eight: Lie Ren

#rwby1940sau #rwby1940s #rwby #rwbyaus #rwby 1940s au #team jnpr #arkos #jaune arc #renora #lie ren #pyrrha nikos #nora valkyrie #jnpr #jnpr1940s

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"Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it." RWBY 1940s AU Part 14/? Glynda Goodwitch

#glynda goodwitch #rwby glynda #glynda #rwby #rwbyaus #rwby aus #rwby 1940s #rwby 1940s au

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“Remember your training Weiss. Head up, shoulders back, right foot forward - not that forward! - slow your breathing, wait for the right time to strike…”

RWBY 1940s AU 2/?

Weiss Schnee

Part One

#rwby #weiss schnee #right foot forward #rwby 1940s au #1940sau #rwby1940sau

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"Despite what the world thinks, we're not just teachers or generals or headmasters. The people in this room, the leaders of the other two academies, we're the ones that keep the world safe..." RWBY 1940s AU Part 12/? Qrow Branwen

#qrow #qrow branwen #rwby #rwby1940sau #rwby 1940s au #rwby aus #rwby moodboards #team strq #strq #uncle qrow

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“There’s too much wrong in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption… Someone has to stop it.”

RWBY 1940s AU Part 3/?

Blake Belladonna

Part One

Part Two

#blake belladonna #rwby #rwby aus #rwby 1940s au #rwby1940sau #blake rwby

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"You can do whatever you put your mind to. So whenever you're ready to stop moping and get back out there, I'll be there for you." RWBY 1940s AU Part 10/? Taiyang Xiao Long

#taiyang #taiyang xiao long #rwby #rwby aus #team strq #strq #rwby 1940s au #rwby1940sau

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FULL LIST: RWBY 1940s AU Moodboards (so far)

TEAM RWBY:

Part One: Ruby Rose

Part Two: Weiss Schnee

Part Three: Blake Belladonna

Part Four: Yang Xiao Long

TEAM JNPR:

Part Five: Jaune Arc

Part Six: Nora Valkyrie

Part Seven: Pyrrha Nikos

Part Eight: Lie Ren

TEAM STRQ:

Part Nine: Summer Rose

Part Ten: Taiyang Xiao Long

Part Eleven: Raven Branwen

Part Twelve: Qrow Branwen

TEAM, there used to be an order but now everything’s messed up:

Part Thirteen: Winter Schnee

Part Fourteen: Glynda Goodwitch

Part Fifteen: James Ironwood

Part Sixteen: Qrowin

Part Seventeen: Oscar Pine

Part Eighteen: Sun Wukong

Part Nineteen: Neptune Vasilias

Part Twenty: Penny Polendina

#rwby #team rwby #team jnpr #team strq #winter schnee #glynda goodwitch #qrowin #james ironwood #oscar pine #sun wukong #neptune vasilias #penny polendina #summer rose #taiyang xiao long #raven branwen #qrow branwen #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #jaune arc #nora valkyrie #lie ren #pyrrha nikos #rwby1940s #rwyb1940sua

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"Most girls are born, but I was made. I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura! I'm not real..." RWBY 1940s au Part 20/? Penny Polendina

#penny polendina #rwby #rwby1940s #rwbyaus #penny rwby

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"Yeah, that chameleon friend of yours got me pretty good. But I'd do it all again if it meant protecting you." RWBY 1940s AU part 18/? Sun Wukong

#rwby #sun wukong #1940sau #rwby1940sau #rwby1940s #im back #rwbyaus

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"You got some good friends looking out for you." RWBY 1940s AU Part 19/? Neptune Vasilias

#neptune vasilias #rwby #rwby1940s #rwby1940sau #rwbyneptune #rwbymoodboard #teamsssn

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"It's strange, I've only had this cane for a few weeks, but... I feel like I've had it for a lifetime. Longer, even." RWBY 1940s AU Part 17/? Oscar Pine

#rwby1940sau #rwby1940s #oscar pine #o(z)car #ozpin #rwby