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sae-midori · 3 months
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Even landscapes can have personalities! I'm making Weiss' nature scene a theatre of snow--the perfect balance of fluffy princess snowfall mirrored by the frostiest of icy waters, all fit for the Ice Queen herself.
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catsvrsdogscatswin · 3 months
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I've had this thought swirling in the back of my head for a while, but it's finally congealed enough that I think I can make a coherent pitch, which is: I think RWBY's problems with the more vitriolic part of its fanbase partially stems from the fact that RWBY is a deconstruction that doesn't advertise it's a deconstruction.
RWBY's status as a deconstruction is pretty textbook. It takes apart standard fantasy, shounen, and anime tropes in order to analyze them and their deeper meaning and then reassembles them in new and interesting ways for the plot/characters/series. Thing is, it never says that outright in promotional material, which can lead to later outrage in fans.
See, unless their way of discovering new shows is to close their eyes and stab their finger at random, most people tend to choose series to watch/read based on expectations. Maybe a friend said they'll like it because it has [insert thing], maybe they read the summary and were intrigued, maybe they thought the poster/cover art was cool, whatever. These small pieces of information are generally enough for people to make a snap-judgment of the style and genre of the series, which they can then gauge against their personal tastes and decide whether or not they want to try.
Most of the time, this works just fine. Well-written deconstructions also generally give the viewers some warning/buildup before they take a hard swerve. See Madoka Magica: the magical girl paradigm is shaded by the possibility of death as soon as we're introduced to it, then there's an onscreen death with blood, and then a few episodes later we eventually realize the Faustian bargain of it all. Even innocent viewers who stumbled into watching it, unaware of the show's reputation, would go "Oh, wait, this is not going in the direction magical girl shows usually go" by a third of the way through.
The thing is, with RWBY, this does not happen unless you're paying a lot of attention and/or looking for it. And neither the cover art nor the summary nor, I believe, the fanbase gives a lot of warning about the swerves ahead.
In fact, RWBY initially bills itself as a pretty standard shounen anime. The main protagonist is hinted to have Special Powers and gets into the Magic Monster-Hunting School in the first episode, and the first two-and-a-half seasons are taken up by her and her friends' superhero-esque slice-of-life shenanigans as they thwart robberies and terrorist attacks and gear up for a tournament arc against the looming background of a larger conspiracy.
Then in the last half of the third season the villains' entire Rube Goldberg machine of a scheme snaps into completion and the plot twists so hard the entire genre takes a hard right. If you're used to character analysis and common anime tropes, this is not completely a surprise -up until this point, RWBY's character arcs and plot have been subtly traveling in non-traditional directions that hint of greater flexibility in genre treatment ahead- but if you're not... well.
Thing is, people watching RWBY up until this point have signed up for pretty standard shounen and they've been getting it, but the third season's ending smashes that all to bits. From then on out in RWBY, it's like they ordered fries and suddenly got a hamburger. It might be delicious; but it's not what they asked for, what they wanted, or what they paid for, and they are, justifiably, displeased.
So when the reasonable people either adjusted their expectations or sighed, shook their heads, and clicked back out (perhaps with a grumble and a scowl), the unreasonable people dug their heels in and began insisting that everybody was Getting The Show/Character Wrong and that CRWBY is ruining it, because the fact that RWBY's method of deconstruction is to put standard tropes in a blender and then arrange what's left in deceptive patterns means that said unreasonable viewers can scan the bare surface and argue that all the stereotypical stuff is clearly still under there, somewhere.
So they're continually trying to drag RWBY back to the tracks of a typical shounen anime series (it's closest relative), which creates a dissonance between the show they're watching and the show they think they're watching. They're trying to turn the hamburger back into fries, basically, except that doesn't work and just frustrates everyone involved, because you're trying to make RWBY into something that it's not. Hence, this attitude probably starting/fueling some of the more contentious statements in the fandom, i.e.:
"Ironwood was right the whole time" (in most action movies and shounen anime, allied military leaders are trustworthy beyond reproach)
"Adam's character was wasted" (we all know how much shounen loves their powerful warrior antiheroes)
"Ruby and the others are in the wrong about [insert thing]/or for doing [insert thing], and this is bad writing!" (shounen protagonists don't usually make more than One Very Big Mistake over the course of their entire careers, which is usually fixed/overcome/redeemed via an appropriately rigorous training arc)
And to be clear, there's nothing wrong with shounen tropes or shounen anime. They're wonderful storytelling devices in their own way and their own time: but if you want standard by-the-book shounen without any new and interesting concoctions, then RWBY is definitely not the show for you. And most people don't find that out until it's too late.
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amelia-yap · 7 months
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puts them in a microwave
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sirazaroff · 6 months
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@evilrwbyfan breakfast is on the house today
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ninadove · 8 months
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So. There’s this show I really hate.
I didn’t even want to watch it, but I was forced to sit through literally all of it because my parents liked it for some reason that completely eludes me. Not only is the plot catastrophically bad and the characters inconsistent — it’s also very, very misogynistic in essence. Just thinking about it now makes me want to chew on the writing team’s bones.
I genuinely have nothing good to say about this show.
So. Do you know how many posts I uploaded to the corresponding tags?
ZERO (0)
Because there’s no point in spending energy on a thing I hate so passionately, and even less in ruining it for other people.
Don’t get me wrong — it’s OK to point out irregularities in writing, and to talk about specific aspects of a story that upset you. But uploading dozens of posts about how you Hate The Thing, Analysing The Thing Is Pointless, Everyone Who Worked On The Thing Is Stupid, and Everyone Who Loves The Thing Is Delusional, is maybe not the genius take you think it is.
It doesn’t make you smarter than everyone else. It just makes you boring.
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pweachfwoge · 2 months
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domestic shit, babes!!! - 🍮
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goldenamaranthe-blog · 3 months
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Farmer's Life
Yang: Gotta release the rams into the field with the ewes.
Weiss: .....Is that a euphemism?
Ruby: No?
Yang: If we want more kids to be birthed this year, we gotta let the males do their jobs.
Blake: (chokes on tea) You have kids?
Ruby: Baby goats.
Yang: (puts on her brimed hat and opens the door) I'll be back in about an hour with the rams.
Ruby: See you later, sis!
Weiss: I'm confused.
Blake: Chalk it up to farmer life?
-1 Hour Later-
Yang: Ruby! I'm back! Mind helping me with the trailer?
Ruby: On my way!
Blake & Weiss: (follow Ruby out of the house)
Weiss: I'm still confused. What's the- GOOD LORD!!!
Blake: (eyes wide and blinking in shock)
Yang: What's up?
Weiss: What in God's name are those?!
Ruby: Are what? (Glances at the rams trotting around the field) The... rams?
Weiss: No! The- The- The-
Blake: The basketballs hanging between their legs?!
Yang & Ruby: (blinks in confusion, glance back at the rams, and then back to Weiss and Blake) ....Their testicles?
Blake & Weiss: Their WHAT?!?!?!
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howlingday · 3 months
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Weasel!Faunus Roses: Natural Selection
Ruby: (Walking to the door)
Summer: Khm! Ruby. Where do you think you're going without your jacket?
Ruby: Ugh! Mom! I'm not wearing my coat this year! It's lame~!
Summer: You are going to stick out like a sore thumb if you don't wear your coat!
Taiyang: Ruby, listen to your mother.
Ruby: (Scoffs) Well... Well maybe I wanna stand out! Maybe I want to show the world I'm not like everyone else! Why is that such a bad thing?! (Swings open door) Individuality is a crime in this family! (Stompd outside, Slams door)
Ruby: (Opens door) And I wanna dance! (Slams again)
Pyrrha: (Jumps Ruby)
Ruby: (Muffled screaming, Tossed around)
Taiyang: ...I never said anything about her dancing.
Summer: Oh, I love her adorable little dances~!
Ruby: (Screaming grows distant)
Fun Fact! Listen to your parents.
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milfclarke · 25 days
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What do you see?😂
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gillytweed · 5 months
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At one point Flash asks Yang what happened to her arm and her response was “it doesn’t matter” which like fair. If she says “my girlfriends ex cut it off” there will be way more questions than this films run time has space for, and let’s not get started on the interdimensional child custody battle that would end up happening.
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almea · 1 year
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No but the way Blakes earnest words knocked that cheeky and jokingly cocky smile off of Yangs face immediately and she was reduced to a flustered mess and playing her hair after seeing how much Blake was so assure and stead set on her affections for her all translated with a single glance
This is really my favourite shot before the lighting changes and they just go wild with how soft and romantic everything is, because it's so amazing to see Yang realize Blake has decided to move on from the very sweet but simpler truths that they haven't voiced to each other and onto the deeper, more heartfelt truths that involve baring your heart and soul to each other.
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And she follows Blake's lead, even if she's so adorably shy and bashful about it.
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sae-midori · 11 months
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The whooooooole lotus pond! I’m so incredibly proud of myself for coming so far on this RWBY nature scene, and it’s almost dooooone! 🪷💞
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gymbuddy0 · 27 days
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Burayı kimler biliyorr
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dragynkeep · 7 months
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girl what are you on about
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I'm going to burn that house to the ground.
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rwby-tuesday · 2 months
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soccer break
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teddyashlee-boo · 5 days
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Feeling better today ❣️💋
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