#rwby winter maiden

[strqyr]

sometimes dreams come true 🥰

#rwby #rwby beyond #rwby spoilers #winter schnee #raven branwen #(ft. summer maiden?) #cinder is there in spirit #i believe ✊

[intooned]

Honeymoon of the Rusted Knight and the Winter Maiden

Jaune: "...Honey please, just pick one."

Winter: "I-I'm trying, just let me think!"

#winter schnee #winter arc #jaune arc #winterknight #winter knight #jaune x winter #winter x jaune #rwby #jnpr #specialist schnee #winter maiden #rusted knight

[averagemrfox]

Yea ok but if that really is the Summer Maiden behind them and she’s just a kid and they put these two in charge of training and guiding her

The mother who abandoned her own child and killed the prior Spring Maiden both out of fear and the sibling who was loyal to the wrong person until it was almost too late and was unable to save her baby sister… I’m sure they’re coping fine with that responsibility

#rwby #raven branwen #yang xiao long #winter schnee #weiss schnee #well we know for a fact that Winter ain’t coping well with shit right now lmfao #in particular I GOTTA see Yang’s reaction to whatever relationship Raven has now with the Summer Maiden (assuming she’s a kid) #Raven seems like she’s softened a bit since we saw her last #is she motherly towards the SM at all? is Yang gonna see that and be upset bc why couldn’t Raven be that for her? #or will she be angry bc Raven decided this maiden is worth training and not just some scared little kid that she ‘mercy killed’ #plsssss I gotta know everything that’s been going on with Raven I need that Xiao Long-Rose-Branwen family therapy session #greenlight volume 10

[earth-unicorn]

We finally got to see Headmaster Theodore. I love his design.

And we got a Summer Maiden teaser.

#rwby #raven branwen #winter schnee #oscar pine #headmaster theodore #summer maiden #rwby beyond #save rwby #greenlight volume 10

[hadesisqueer]

RWBY Maiden Plots so far

Someone tell the Summer Maiden she is being dragged into their bullshit next volume.

#rwby #rwby maidens #rwvy volume 9 #fall maiden #spring maiden #winter maiden #summer maiden #cinder fall #penny polendina #amber rwby #winter schnee #raven branwen #rwby fria #rwby memes

[midnightechoes]

RAVEN MY BELOVED! I'm so happy to see her again! And with the good side no less. 🥲

I hope we get to see a bit about how she got from the end of v5 to now.

And I'm so glad that they had Winter keep the Pontail, she looks so good with it.

I really enjoyed the first RWBY Beyond, I hope they get to make more even after the initial four

#rwby #raven branwen #winter schnee #greenlight rwby volume 10 #greenlight volume 10 #headmaster theodore #winter maiden #spring maiden #summer maiden? #save rwby #rwby beyond

[anthurak]

Theory: Penny the Great and Powerful

A while back, I did a post theorizing on how Penny could return another time, specifically due to having essentially ‘piggybacked’ her consciousness onto the Winter Maiden powers before they transferred to Winter, likely with the hope that she could be extracted from Winter at a later date.

And ever since I made that post, I’ve only become more convinced that this IS indeed where the story is going. For one, looking back at Penny’s final moments, I think it’s clear that SOMETHING is being set up for later. I mean just look at Penny’s final words to Jaune:

“Trust me.”

This wasn’t some apology, a call to action or some last goodbye. Penny had a PLAN.

Then of course there’s her final words to Winter: “I won’t be gone. I’ll be a part of you.”

Now sure, at the time we were all thinking the same thing as Winter, that this was Penny echoing Winter’s own figurative words when Fria passed the powers to her at the end of the last volume.

Buuuuttt… what if Penny was speaking LITERALLY? I mean, speaking literally while everyone else is speaking figuratively/metaphorically IS kinda Penny’s thing.

And on top of all this, Penny attaching herself to the Maiden powers frankly makes perfect sense when we consider just where the powers came from.

I think at this point it’s safe to assume that the ‘Maiden Transference’ is really just the Oz Reincarnation Cycle at work. I mean think about it; upon the death of the holder, the Maiden Powers jump to a new host that fits a certain set of criteria, just like Oz does.

When Oz split his powers among the four original Maidens, I imagine they ALSO got the reincarnation protocol. However, because the reincarnation program was made specifically for Ozma, this meant that the consciousness/memories of Maidens didn’t transfer. Instead, it’s just been the raw magic alone that’s been reincarnating into new hosts.

I imagine that this is likely due to Oz’s own lack of knowledge/understanding of both his magic and the reincarnation cycle. He may have believed that simply giving these girls the magic would allow them to start reincarnating just he like does, not knowing or understanding that additional steps needed to be taken in order to ‘key’ their own spirits to the magic in place of his own. Or perhaps Oz simply didn’t expect the reincarnation magic to transfer at all.

Incidentally, this would also explain why the Maiden transference can seem to be so random. Oz’s reincarnation protocol is keyed specifically to HIS consciousness, and thus has very specific criteria to look for when selecting a new host, a ‘like-minded soul’ as various people have put it. Whereas because the Maiden Powers aren’t transferring a consciousness/spirit, their criteria for selecting a new host is likely as basic and general as possible. Heck, the age-range criteria may have been a built-in base-criteria, given how Oz also always seems to transfer into young men/boys, meaning that literally the only new criteria for the Maiden Powers’ reincarnation protocol was ‘girl/woman’. Which in turn explains the whole ‘goes to whoever’s in the host’s final thoughts’ thing. The criteria for the next host are SO general/nebulous/vague that the previous host can actually influence/guide where the powers are going to go.

Basically, the Maiden Powers have been reincarnating into new hosts just like Oz has, just simply absent of any conscious spirit attached to them.

Until now.

THIS is the bit I’ve gotten particularly interested in just now.

What if Penny was able to figure out HOW the Maiden Transference/Reincarnation Cycle worked and in turn was able to key her own consciousness/spirit to the reincarnation program just as Oz was?

Which in turn, would effectively make Penny another Oz-spirit.

I mean, they ARE both associated with the color green…

Now I know that everyone reading this is probably immediately thinking about the unsettling implications this could have for Winter, ie; does this mean Penny’s consciousness is going to overtake and merge with Winter’s just like Oz does with his hosts?

But let’s not forget a KEY aspect of RWBY’s character dynamics is contrast. Meaning that Penny becoming another reincarnating spirit like Oz means that she would end up representing a FOIL to him. Which would mean that Penny’s situation would be decidedly DIFFERENT.

What if everyone is at first terrified that Penny and Winter are going to merge just like Oz has with all of his hosts, but after a while it becomes clear that the merging… isn’t happening.

What if Penny has wound up gaining a far greater knowledge and understanding of the reincarnation cycle/protocol, and has figured how to simply STOP the merging process from happening. Something that Oz never could do himself.

Or perhaps, something that Oz never TRIED to do himself.

I think it’s all too likely that Oz has always simply assumed that there was nothing that could be done to stop his spirit from merging with those of his hosts. After all, this reincarnation cycle was created by the God of Light, the all-powerful creator of the world. How could he, a mere mortal, possibly hope to stop, alter or even understand such a power?

While Penny is under NO such compulsion and could have spent a LOT of time poking around in the metaphysical program files of her new maiden powers to figure out how they worked. Possibly even getting some ideas of how to extract herself from Winter, with or without the Maiden Powers. She may even have some ideas of how to extract Oz himself…

And of course, this would all thematically tie in PERFECTLY with the whole ‘actually the gods aren’t so all-powerful’ revelations that Team RWBY will be bringing.

#rwby #rwby theory #rwby analysis #Penny Polendina #penny revival theory #winter schnee #ozpin #ozma #rwby maidens #rwby gods #character parallels #character foils

[heyahs]

team rwby as the four maidens

ruby as fall maiden

weiss as winter maiden

blake as spring maiden

yang as summer maiden

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the tale of the four maidens is obviously the story of how ozpin met them. could it be that when he looked at the rwby team at the beacon academy he remembered his old maiden friends? 👀

#rwby #rwby fanart #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladona #yang xiao long #team rwby #rwby au #the four maidens #fairytale #rwby as #fall maiden #winter maiden #spring maiden #summer maiden #headmaster ozpin

[thefirstinkred]

Winter

#winter #winter schnee #winter rwby #rwby #rwby fanart #fanart #rwby vol 8 #winter maiden

[desib717]

I think the main reason I don't like the theory of Team RWBY becoming the Maidens boils down to the fact that Maidenhood has always felt like a nice way to give characters outside the central cast some main-plot relevance, so giving the powers to Team RWBY just feels like taking that away

#that and i really want the Winter Maiden powers to end up being split between Winter and Penny lmao #i've seen a few posts abt this idea since yesterdays Beyond episode and very time i'm like Ehhhh :/ #rwby #greenlight volume 10 #save rwby

[strqyr]

winter was supposed to be the winter maiden after fria. no doubt she was offered to get the powers immediately via the aura transfer machine, but she wanted to do things her own way, actually spending time with fria and getting to know her.

"it should have been me." had she taken the atm route in the first place, penny—whose death is tied to being the winter maiden—could still be alive. but she chose differently, and now the guilt of that choice is eating her up and it's not like she could have foreseen what would happen, how south things would go let alone how quickly and now the survivor's guilt is real and i'm AAAAAAAAAAAHH

#rwby #winter schnee #being a maiden is suffering #part “i lost count”

[daniels-rwby-blog]

RWBY BEYOND! EP1!

Spoilers ahead go watch for free on

So first look at Theodore and a likely the summer maiden in just 1 episode!

Wow...I'm actually a little cautious about that much in 3 minutes, I'm worried that RB is trying to rush out lore and try to catch some loose threads out of fear there won't be a V10, which might make V10 harder to pace should it ever happen, I understand the theory Im just a little apprehensive about it.

But yeah this was a great first episode, hearing Neptune and Sun again is really nice and I love the art style, it's more different to world of remnant than I thought and I love it, plus that team rocket reference at the end was great

Can't wait for more

#rwby #rooster teeth #vol10 greenlight #spoilers #neptune #rwby beyond #ep 1 #sun wukong #rwby neptune #Theodore Rwby #headmaster #RWBY headmaster #RWBY Theodore #rwby raven #raven branwen #qrow branwen #rwby qrow #rwby theory #rwby shitpost #bumbleby #rwby sun wukong #rwby winter #winter schnee #tyrian callows #taiyang xiao long #Summer maiden Rwby #rt #rwby gifs

[jayz4dayz]

Team RWBY will become the next generation of Maidens

(Disclaimer, none of the edited images above are mine! I just found them on google lol. Also, SPOILERS FOR VOLUME 9!!!)

So this is kind of just a random theory of mine that I’ve been brewing for a while and I’m sure someone has mentioned it before, but I’m simply gonna explain why this would be the logical and plausible ending for the entire show. 

We know the identity of the current three maidens. Cinder Fall is the Fall Maiden, Winter Schnee is the Winter Maiden, Raven Branwen is the Spring Maiden, but we have interestingly never had a confirmation on the identity of the Summer Maiden. Some fans (including myself) speculate one of two things: the Summer Maiden is someone completely random/character we haven’t been introduced to yet, or... Summer Rose is the Summer Maiden. Now if this were the case, then that means Summer Rose isn’t actually dead. 

The very first scene in the final episode of Volume 9, we see a private conversation take place between Summer and Raven about a secret mission Summer embarks on alone. We aren’t sure about the details of the secret mission except for the fact she had lied to her friends and family about it. To me, that sounds an awful lot like she either faked her own death or nobody found a body when she dissapeared and assumed she was dead. I think Mama Rose is still alive somewhere (possibly lurking around in the Ever After which I’ll circle back on)

As for the transference of the Maiden Powers to Team RWBY, I must address the elephant in the room. A few of our beloved side characters must die. 

I’ll start with the obvious. Raven and Yang.

This one is pretty self-explanatory. Raven takes a fatal blow in a battle either from Salam’s forces or possibly even a Cinder battle 2.0 or Salem herself. I know damn well the final person in her thoughts would be her daughter. Go ahead and tell me I’m wrong. She knows out of everyone, Yang is the most trust-worthy and deserving of such power. Even Ozpin himself had once told her “Your mother must trust you a great deal” when Raven told Yang about how Ozpin turned her and Qrow into birds. In this case, it will be Raven’s final act of protection for her daughter to assure she’ll have a better chance of survival. Not only this, the transference of powers scene between her and Yang would be the most memorable and meaningful moment between them in the entire series. (And gods, Yang out of all of Team RWBY would make the most sense to become a maiden. Her hair ignites on fire for crying out loud!)

Next we have Winter and Weiss.

This one will be considerably more painful to witness considering how strong their relationship is and everything they’ve been through growing up together. My best guess is Winter will die battling Salem or possibly alongside Weiss in battle against a different antagonist, but I’m confident it will happen the soonest. And I mean like Volume 10 or 11 kind of soon. Winter and Weiss will likely be reunited in Volume 10 and near the end Winter will meet her fate, giving the Maiden Powers to her sister who will benefit the most from them. With Weiss gaining these powers, imagine her dust glyphs on steroids. She’d be a fucking unit against Salem’s forces (as I’m sure Winter would be too.)

Then, Blake and Cinder.

I actually have quite a bit of evidence to back this one up. Cinder really doesn’t have anybody close to her that she would even consider giving up her powers for. She’s a greedy bitch and would probably think nobody would receive her powers if she just didn’t think of anyone when she died, only come to find out the final person to look into her eyes before her final breath is the one to take the powers from her. Ironwood once mentioned that it’s not uncommon for the powers to be transferred to an enemy who the Maiden faced in her final moments. Blake absolutely deserves the right to send Cinder to meet her makers and snatch up her Maiden powers. It would be so satisfying to see Cinder and Blake meet up in the holding space between life and death, but Cinder becomes furious when she realizes Blake will be the one to take HER precious power. It’s the ultimate justice and the best revenge Blake could ever obtain. (Also, Blake would become the first Faunus Maiden that we know of and she'd be such a girlboss for it ;p)

And finally, Summer and Ruby.

In the end, I think it would be a wonderful way to wrap up the entire series by making all of Team RWBY into Maidens and would be the most logical way they could defeat Salem. Of course, this is also assuming they somehow are able to get all of the relics and use that to assist them in defeating Salem once and for all. Also, for shipping purposes, it pretty much sums up the soulmate parallels for the four of them to become maidens. Blake (Fall Maiden) + Yang (Spring Maiden); Weiss (Winter Maiden) + Ruby (Summer Maiden). I think it just fits all of them so well!

As I previously mentioned, Summer being alive and the current Summer Maiden would open the door for Ruby to receive Maiden powers. I’m not entirely sure how it would look and I could theorize for hours to try and explain it, so I’ll keep this short. My current belief is that Summer is in the Ever After which would mean at some point Team RWBY would have to return to deal with Neo’s bullshit and at some point come across Summer. In a heated battle, Summer knows her time to ascend has come. If we take a look at Ruby’s ascension, she technically didn’t even ascend at all. She chose herself which means she didn’t become a new person with no memories of her past or who she is. However, I’m fully confident that Summer will choose to become a different person. She knows she would lose all her memories of her family, her Team, and everything that makes her Summer Rose. This includes her Maiden Powers. It would make the most logical sense that she’d transfer them to her daughter Ruby as her final act of a mother’s love. It would be poetic and the perfect character development for both Summer and Ruby. Plus, imagine how much more powerful Ruby’s silver eyes will become. With Maiden Powers, her petrifying glow from her eyes might be powerful enough to trap anything that’s Grim, including Salem. She wouldn’t be dead, but she’d be imprisoned in stone and petrify for the rest of time.

[Another minor theory in relation to this: Summer is actually dead and passed on her Maiden Powers to Ruby when she was still an infant which means Ruby's powers would be dormant until the time is right]

#rwby #rwby theory #the ever after #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #maidens #raven branwen #summer rose #cinder fall #winter schnee #team rwby

[etincelleart]

I rewatched some stuff from RWBY Volume 8 and some specific moments in Volume 9 too, and like. With some distance all of the topic of life and death is truly even weirder. I know I talked about it already, but the contrast between the end of Volume 8 and the overall Volume 9 around death and Penny's death is so strange : they constantly jump from a tragic death to ascension/reincarnation + the Cat being shocked because "goodness no", people don't have to die someday, + "nothing, no one is ever truly lost" and it directly be ABOUT Penny's sword and by extension Penny herself, I mean. And there's this epilogue with Winter feeling guilty about "Penny gone forever" while right before that in the V8 finale Penny tell her she'll be a part of her.

I know things aren't supposed to be always taken literally or to be completely true but still, my senses are tingling it feels like they cook something big but we can't tell or confirm anything and this is soooo interesting and frustrating and so great but AAH --

Just to be clear, even if Penny doesn't come back I'm still enjoying so much theorizing and thinking about the narrative of her character and RWBY, but I mean. Overall I still can't help but think that there's more, truly I don't understand why people don't talk more about this scene in V9 Chapter 5 with the Blacksmith, is it because we saw it in the trailer ? Everytime I saw people react they were like "here we go, the scene from the trailer", but it's MORE than that don't you think ? Of course we saw Penny's reflection in her sword but what Ruby and the Blacksmith are saying is so important too, also why is Ruby able to see Penny's reflection (and Alyx, and Summer as well) in her weapon ? WHY EXACTLY I NEED TO KNOW-

I'm really curious about this scene specifically and I just feel like because a bit of it was in the trailer, not a lot of people are actually thinking about it and understanding what it is and what is said, and WHY. It wasn't even just about Ruby herself here, they started to talk because of Penny's sword. How did it get here ? Was it an illusion ? Or was it real but the Blacksmith changed it ? But in the end, the Blacksmith know what all of these weapons are and who it belonged to before. So she/they have to know more than we think but we can only speculate on everything rn. At this point I'm starting to doubt and analyse everything krkr-

Also, back from Volume 8 : what is really weird that many people talked about already is Penny's Aura during the transfer. WHY is is gold/yellow. It doesn't make sense, is that because of her own body ? Because I looked back at the "creation" sequence with Ambrosius and there's also a gold light when he separates her Aura from her robot body. So is that linked or is it different ? Is that because the place Winter and Penny were is magical/different as well ? Is it because it was easier to make a gold/yellow Aura than a green Aura for the transfer ? But even on Winter who has a blue Aura, it wouldn't be a big change of color or difficult to see at the moment, so I don't really get it.

I don't know if us Penny fans are all losing our brain or if there is TRULY something more to come, but man I'm so hyped for all of these revival theories oh my god xD

#rwby #penny #penny polendina #penny revival #i'm losing my brain oh my god #i NEED TO KNOOOW #winter #winter schnee #transfer #maiden #maiden powers #rwby v8 #rwby volume 8 #rwby v9 #rwby volume 9 #curious cat #ascension #reincarnation #blacksmith

[hadesisqueer]

The idea of Coco being the Summer Maiden at some point is funny because Winter, Cinder and Raven all use swords and then Coco just starts fucking blasting and hitting Cinder with her handbag

#rwby #coco adel #summer maiden #cinder fall #winter schnee #raven branwen

[scattered-winter]

favorite thing about the rwby rewatch is the large scale grimm attacks. because brother i am thinking so hard about that god damn rwby au

#have i written anything more for it?? no. am i constantly thinking about silver eyes shiro and spring maiden allura #and everyone with their super cool weapons slaying shadow monsters???? of course #winter speaks #rwby #voltron #kphl #<- the au tag for those of u just joining