#rwby aura

[rachetmath]

Aura

 I’m sorry but I feel this needs to be said. Aura is by far the most under-used source in RWBY beside dust. Look I get it aura is used to make barriers and fuel semblances but that's it. I mean the semblances are sometimes horrible at best. Especially when they’re passive. Oh my, the worst semblance to me is sadly Qrow’s because anything could happen. You could be enjoying your day and something bad happens because you're there. But that’s minor.

Now some semblances are good. We got semblances that can stop time. We got some that can erase memories. We even got some that can create clones and summon creatures. Too bad summoning things is only in the Schnee department but still. However some of them can be both imitated and surpassed by other characters. For example, Adam, Yang and Tock. Adam creates a wave projectile to slice his enemies. Yang can build and store energy every time she takes damage from enemies and dish it back ten fold. Tock can literally take no damage until her timer goes off. Guess who can copy these abilities? Five characters; Ren, Blake, Fox, Qrow and yes, even Jaune can do it.

Four of these characters have managed to replicate Adam and Yang’s semblances. Blake and Qrow manage to create slashes in the air to launch at their opponents before. Though theirs are not strong as Adam’s they still performed the same function. Fox and Ren can do the same like Yang. I mean, in volume one and two, Ren and Fox made Grimm’s bodies explode. And the sad part about it is Jaune can do all this because of his aura reserves and his semblances. And this is why aura control is needed.

We need characters who are better skilled in aura. I understand semblances are supposed to be unique and tied more to the user but if you were a hunter and you never unlocked your semblance or if you did but it’s not as helpful as you hope, what would be your best source to fight with? Your aura, because so far semblances have been more of let down due to being similar to others. Examples are Harriet and Neon, both being fast characters. Or where it's just in their names. Like Vine with extended limbs; Elm being rooted to the ground; or Clover having good luck. But if you understand the basics and learn more ways to use your aura you can basically do anything. The prime demonstration is Hazel. Nora said herself, Hazel can recharge faster than most people. This means no matter how much damage they dish out Hazel will recover and still keep going.

(Bro I need to say this. Man I’m sorry but in my opinion Hazel is the strongest male character in the RWBY series. Bro, think about it, James was scared of Hazel more than he was of Cinder. And when we saw him fight Salem,… oh my god, these kids were lucky he didn’t really want to fight them because if he did they would all be dead. Like Hazel is the best example of both aura and dust users. He should have stayed alive. Maybe then the kids can finally have a functioning adult in their lives. Hazel solos.)

Okay, after explaining all this, how else can aura be used? Well other than being barriers, slash waving projectiles and a healing factor, it can also be used like haki, chakra or for this show like it was before Salem screwed the world over, magic. But only maidens have magic right? Well let me tell you why I disagree with that statement. But first let's talk about dust.

Dust is the second most under-used source in RWBY. The reason I say secondary is because at least it’s visible in the world. Not only that it is used in weapons, machines, and as ammunition. It is really a natural resource but no one ever uses it in its rawest form. No one except Hazel and maybe Weiss. And what makes it better is they are Remnants of magical elements. Dust in rawest form is more powerful than a gun. And if used properly you can rival maidens.

Maidens are supposed to be special due to them being able to control the elements without the need of dust. However, their power might as well be that of a semblance considering it requires aura to even use. I mean think about it Cinder and Raven. They have used the maiden powers which not only exhausted them as well decreased their aura to the point they break. Not only that they were able to be defeated or in Cinder’s case almost die multiple times. And to prove my case further, Salem is a magic user yet Hazel still killed her multiple times. Hell, Penny was able to beat Cinder even without maiden powers. Basically, the sad truth is the maidens are just keys. If Cinder crossed the wrong person she would be dead. Never mind that if Hazel, Watts and Tyrian wanted to, they actually would have killed her themselves. Especially if she keeps messing up they're plans.

So how does dust increase the use of aura? Well dust is part of the world. And so is the aura. So wouldn’t having more of a connection with the world increase aura and dust efficiency. I mean Vine said aura can be extended. So using the environment itself is good. Just like chakra, if you extend the aura enough to spread across an area enough while using gravity dust you can increase the pressure to keep opponents down. With plant dust trapping your enemies to a certain extent. Heck if you learn to control your aura and merge it with the element you can throw projectiles, create weapons, increase your speed and/or damage output. Effectively uses your whole body as a weapon.

Aura can even be used even without the need of dust. Like with haki it can harden your body against attacks. Extended to where you can locate upcoming enemies. Or when released all at once ,can be used to knock out enemies without engaging in combat.

Look, I am sorry. Please, forgive me but after thinking about this it made me ask this question, “What is a hunter?” Like really what is a hunter because so far this show has disappointed me on the term. We have seen hunters die whether be by non-hunter groups or Grimm who are arguably not that much of a threat. If anything, ordinary people can fight and kill them. Even semblances are starting to become nothing but excuses to why characters act the way they do, like with James who was determined to blow up Mantle because of his ability. Or having basic abilities that other characters should possess like Tyrian’s aura breaking ability. It’s sad really, aura is supposed to be this source of power but it's not as weaponized as I hoped it would be. But that’s my opinion.  

#rwby #lie ren #rwby fox #adam taurus #yang xiao long #qrow branwen #harriet bree #clover ebi #rwby vine #Tyrian Callows #hazel rainart #rwby salem #Jaune Arc #weiss schnee #cinder fall #raven branwen #rwby maidens #rwby aura

[howlingday]

Gillian: Hey, you. Do I stink?

Jaune: ...What? I... I don't smell anything from you.

Gillian: I'm trying a new perfume, but I think I put too much on.

Jaune: Oh, okay. Let me just get closer. (Sniffing at chest) Hm, I still don't smell anythi-

Gillian: (Holds his head, Sniffs hair) Hm~... Oh, nevermind~! You smell just fine~!

Jaune: ...What?

#rwby #jaune arc #gillian asturias #aura equilibrium

[rocknroll7575]

Silver and Bronze

Pyrrha looked at Gillian with a teary expression, "Why did he choose you?" She asked.

Gillian looked at her, her face unchanged, because she cared little for how the champion felt. "You don't know why he chose me, over you?"

Pyrrha nodded, "I-I know I left them behind, but I... I had too... I had to take the responsibility of being the Maiden-"

"You didn't," Gillian said. "You could've refused or could've come to Vacuo with them instead of leaving them behind... don't lie, you became the Maiden because you thought it was your destiny, you thought that you'd be the hero who'd save the world and get the happy ending with the man you love... but that's not how the world works," Gillian told her.

Pyrrha looked at her, "Would you have refused?" she asked.

"I did," Gillian told her. "When Theodore offered me to be the Summer Maiden, I had thought about all the things I could accomplish with that power, how I could be the hero I always wanted to be, how I could use that power to shape my ideal world... I thought that it would help me fulfill the Destiny I had for myself..."

"But?" Pyrrha asked with a raised brow.

"But then... I thought about what that power would cost me, what I'd give up to obtain it, and that's when I saw a future where there was no Jaune, no Carmine, no Emilio, no Ashara, no Nora, no Ren, and no Mercury... I saw a future without them and I didn't want that future, I didn't want to give them up, so... I said no,"

Pyrrha was baffled, "Just like that?" Pyrrha asked.

Gillian nodded, "Just like that," She told the Champion. "We both believed in destiny, but destiny has a great cost, and I didn't want my "destiny" to cost me the people I loved, so Pyrrha Nikos, the reason Jaune chose me over you, is simple... I chose him, over my Destiny... while you chose destiny, over him," Gillian told her.

#rwby #knightscrown #rwby knightscrown #gillian asturias #pyrrha nikos #rwby pyrrha nikos #rwby rising dawn au #rwby meme #rwby fanfiction #jaune x gillian #equilibrium aura #aura balance

[lovingdabeessss]

Yang xiao long has her mothers eyes when she is desperate and her lovers when she is kind welcome to my ted talk-

#get it? cause like ravens eyes are red and Blake’s soul/aura is purple #and Raven is characterized like a desperate animal clinging to any Chance of survival #running at the sight of danger clawing at the rest of the world #so Yang only looks like her when she is desperate and angry #Yang only sees her mother in her reflection when she is fighting for her life #she only met her mother when she was about to die #classic Yang #and then Yang normally is defined by her love #her little symbol thing is a heart of fire that’s all she is #she lives to love people and she’ll die loving #so her eyes reflect her love specifically reflecting blake #her little soulmate #specifically eyes and eye contact when it comes to Bumblby #is a thing about trust and honesty and love because Adam always covered his #so it’s a representation of her being defined by who she loves and how she loves them #and then as a little bonus recently her eyes have turned more gold when she uses her semblance #which is her own color so it’s like true strength is from herself not just her sacrifice for others and all that #rwby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby #rwby bumbleby #yang x blake #raven branwen #STRQ family #this is so dumb #I just did the longest English essay ever I’m so tired this is such nonsense #have a good night everyone

[flipomatic]

#rwby #rwby spoilers #rwby volume 9 #rwby volume 9 spoilers #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #weiss schnee #spoilers #rwby 9 #this is also a nice callback to an earlier move #and it's super cool #also #I had been wondering about their aura and semblances #semblances confirmed to be working #aura I'm still not sure about #but they do have more energy in this ep than in the prior ones

[aloysbians]

blakes color being solidified as purple yeah yeah

#RWBY #rwby spoilers #rwby vol 9 #i wasnt gonna post but brainrot got to me #people on that one poll saying her color wasnt purple annoyed me #like her AURA IS LITERALLY PURPLE and has been for years #rwby volume 9 spoilers #rwby volume 9

[gorillageek27]

Jaune: what are you doing?

Gillian: *starring at him* objectifying you

Jaune:...

#rwby #jaune arc #gillian asturias #equilibrium aura #knight's crown

[strqyr]

idk what it is but salem going "no. you can't leave! you can't leave!! come back!!" to the gods, to which dark replied "still demanding things of your creators" while light tells ozma that if humanity continues to demand their blessings, they will be found irredeemable and the world will be wiped from existence, and then, in her message—to which salem reacts to with a smile!!—ruby tells the world: "i hope amity tower will help bring us together. because in the end, that's how we'll win—", before it cuts short, before tai's "no! no, come back!"

the final story of the fairy tale book being the gift of the moon, a story about humans demanding things from the sun (light's creation), causing it to break, and everyone in the world coming together to fix it, using its spilled light to make a new sun while the old became the broken moon, not only replacing the god of light's creation, but improving upon it through their own ingenuity:

"you can't put the moon back together" is a well-known phrase that usually means something broken cannot be fixed. however, its original meaning, as traced back to this age-old fable, is this: if something cannot be fixed, you should start over.

it's all giving me something.

#rwby #the gods are fallible #they left the world they created behind as a remnant #broken pieces made into something new #magic that is now dust aura and semblances #it is not for the gods to come back and make humanity whole again #it is for everyone on remnant to come together to 'start over' away from the gods #( which they have done already. only the gods' threat that remains must be deal with. )

[etincelleart]

The more I think about it, the more I feel like Pietro wouldn't be the kind of man to just accept Penny's death like that 😭

I mean, this man already made her and took his Aura. Then she was gone and he REMADE HER and took MORE of his Aura. He never stopped

So I know he basically said in V7 that he would die if he rebuilt her a 3rd time, because he doesn't have enough Aura. But would he really stop trying ? He said he only cared about his daughter as well, idk I might be biased but this man already gave parts of himself for her twice 🫠I love Pietro but we know him as a character who sacrified parts of himself for her daughter twice, even with Maria at his side trying to help him through that, idk this must be hard for him...He's also a generous man, helping people in Mantle in his Pharmacy despite being sick and also working in Atlas. No wonder where Penny's sacrificial tendencies came from aha

#rwby #rwby theory #rwby analysis #analysis #pietro #pietro polendina #penny #penny polendina #ruby #ruby rose #winter #winter schnee #aura #soul #rwby volume 7 #rwby v7 #rwby volume 8 #rwby v8 #rwby volume 9 #rwby v9 #rwby volume 10 #rwby v10 #just my little delusional brain thinking about this

[yeahbumbleby]

nothing broke me more in yesterday's episode than realizing that the only reason why ruby doesn't describe weiss to little when looking for blake and yang simply is because she thinks weiss made it to vacuo. girlie already racking up seven different kinds of breakdowns and she doesn't even know her best friend's presence on the island is going to introduce a brand new one... please pray for ruby rose because she's about to eat dust this volume

#rwby v9 spoilers #v8 was truly all kinds of good but one of the best because it gave me v8c13/14 #which are simply masterpieces. like... yang sacrificing herself to save ruby and leading to her falling off the platform #IN FRONT OF BLAKE #who just got yang back #so obviously blake does the only thing she thinks of. and launches gambol shroud and MISSES #and then her next step is to try and follow yang because she PROMISED she wasn't leaving her again. and weiss holds her back #and she won't let her go over the edge #then they're back to fighting and blake tries to save ruby. and fails. and they're both falling #and weiss.... WEISS HAS TO WITNESS IT ALL #her friends her FAMILY seemingly fell to their deaths and there was nothing she could do #but it doesn't stop there. because then penny gets mortally wounded and jaune has to mercy kill her #and weiss sees it happening again. she lost so many people #AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN A TWO EPISODE SPAN #AND NOW THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH WHILE IN AN UNKNOWN REALM #AND MOST LIKELY WITHOUT THEIR AURAS #oh team rwby.... what emotional horrors are you going to face next. where is the line going to be drawn #when ruby finally can't take it anymore and snaps and lashes out and they all get a peek at the teenager ruby shouldve been #because she's finally the same age as them when it all started. they didn't get to be teens either #but on god they gotta make sure ruby gets to heal as well #im gonna fucking SCREAM #bumbleby #rwby

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

#rwby #jaune arc #poll #rwby poll #rwby polls #polls #arc en ciel #knight life #day and knight #rwby topaz #velveteen knight #silent knight #arcshot #knightscrown #rwby knightscrown #equilibrium aura

[rainy-knight]

Imagine whenever Jessica Cruz ever has some self-doubt. When a mission feels too rough and her insecurities start to cave her mind, she feels a warm, comforting hand on her shoulder.

And it's like she can breathe again.

Many of her teammates have seen her reach for her shoulder for something that's not there. They watch her worries melt, coming back to the fight with renewed bravery and courage.

When they ask, she never explains the real reason she does it. All she tells them is that she misses the warmth.

#jessica cruz #jaune arc #rwby #jl x rwby #rwby x jl #i imagine jaunes aura is like a warm blanket that any soul can wrap themselves in.

[howlingday]

Ruby: Wow! Look at you, Jaune! Growing out the beard again, huh?

Jaune: Yup! And I've got some proof it got me laid~.

Arc Child: Hi~!

Ruby: Aw~! What's your name~?

Arc Child: Cinder~!

Ruby: ...So we gonna talk about that, or-

Gillian: Talk about what? It's my grandmother's name.

Ruby: Talk... about what a great name it is! And that you can actually have children!

Gillian: I... What?

Ruby: Okay! Gotta go! BYE! (Speeds away)

Gillian: ...

Gillian: You're right. It is funnier to act like I don't know.

Jaune: Told ya~.

#rwby #ruby rose #jaune arc #gillian asturias #aura equilibrium #equilibrium aura #team four star #dragon ball z abridged #dbza #buu bits

[rocknroll7575]

Gillians Bow Problem

#rwby #rwby meme #rwby shitpost #gillian asturias #rwby knightscrown #knightscrown #rwby jaune x gillian #jaune x gillian #aura balance #equilibrium aura

[lafayverte]

I love how Ruby and Oscar's main colors are complementary on the color wheel. The first thing that drew my attention to it was how Blake's aura was purple in the V9 finale, which is complementary to Yang's yellow.

#rosegarden #rwby #ruby x oscar #ruby rose #oscar pine #also weiss has a light blue aura while Jaune has a yellow/light orange aura #also complimentary on the color wheel

[deadbeatbirdmom]

Unexpected new icon is unexpected! I commissioned @dae-stuff for Bees and got a bonus Raven as a surprise gift, and with this sideblog named what it is I thought she'd make a fitting icon. After getting permission to use it and post the art here - thanks Dae!

By @dae-stuff, I highly recommend commissioning her, she works fast and happily changes details when asked for, and great communication too. She also offers character sketches for Kofi.

Here's the screenshot I originally used for my icon, which I no longer intend to switch back to (and also why this Raven post is tagged for Yang too):

And the other screenshots I've used as temporary icons for fun:

And this one most recently:

#RWBY fanart #Raven Branwen #Yang Xiao Long #not my art #dae-stuff gave me permission to post it #deadbeatbirdmom posts #I love Raven's expression #and her hair #and the feathers #and the red outline around her #it makes me think of her Aura