#RWBY 1-6

[useless-lesbian-weiss]

Thank you.

A lot of people don't know what maturity (and good vs. bad upbringing) looks like.

I think Monty may have made this whole thing intentional, because he wanted to set up a starting point for Weiss to develop as a character. I myself, DID NOT like (nor identify) with Weiss when the show had just started releasing- and was watching volume 1-2 (aged the same as Weiss)- and that's because: she was being deliberately horrible to people, putting them down to feel better about herself- (which I always tried to avoid doing, no matter how horrible I was being treated IRL / online) and I only had my general life- as well as my home life (etc.) get bad enough to make me "snap" and become meaner and more distant (like her) later in life... when trauma, grief, depression + other mental health issues were starting to catch up to me (up to age 23), from fked up things that happened in my childhood and teenagehood.

Your environment growing up can significantly influence you (usually negatively) and change you in ways you cannot really predict. I had to undo a lot of messed up things people (including my parents) had imprinted on me. I feel like this doesn't get talked about enough in RWBY. The show, up to volume 6, with Weiss developing as a person and emancipating herself, has helped me understand myself better and heal from a lot of trauma... more so than many of the therapists I saw during my teenagehood...

... All of this to say that Weiss was not a good person, who, by behaving the way she did, was in a way giving out her own cry for help. She felt isolated, mistrustful of others, constantly pushed to compete and prove her worth... All while she was worthy from the start, but did not have supportive parents to show her that, who were either neglectful / not present / acting like children themselves, indirectly parentifying her, or pushing her to the limit with narcissistic expectations and abuse.

Honestly, she got really lucky by finding her own family in a group of friends (team RWBY). Healing on your own and making so many mistakes in the process, is deeply devastating. I still struggle to form bonds with people and trust others. I didn't get to have a Ruby Rose to show me unconditional love and patience, always believing in me (though I briefly had my Italian gran resembling her to a T in that, character wise- hence why I ship Ruby and Weiss together so badly...? She was exactly what Weiss needed). I also didn't get to have a wise, witty and emotionally attuned Blake, who could see things from such a different perspective- and make me question my own beliefs and moral standing... or a Yang, to teach me the importance of setting differences aside- stand up for myself when being disrespected / abused- and be confident in the things I am good at.

I had to be my own (remainder of) team R_BY, and I won't lie: it has sucked. Terribly so.

Thanks to RWBY, I was able to make the right decisions to take control of (and take back) my life:

- My narcissistic, deranged and abusive father is not in the picture anymore (went NC).

- My neglectful mother is hanging on the fringes of my life (by choice. She's been just as awful as Willow in ways, if not worse).

I undid very bad imprinting- and put up healthy boundaries, by distancing myself from both, eradicating the possibility that I might accidentally fall into the trap of re-enacting or being on the receiving end of their abusive / neglectful dynamic with someone else (it doesn't sound like much on paper, but this has essentially saved me from abusive relationships).

... As for the rest of my so called "family", I don't really have a relationship to "Winter" (moved away, leaving family behind) or "Whitley" anymore, despite having spent a significant part of my childhood around them. I tried to maintain the friendship and kinship I used to have with "Winter", but some of the family trauma she experienced was so bad it just drove her away for good. And when it comes to "Whitley", I never really had much of a good relationship to him, to begin with. We were mostly forced to co-exist around each other.

I still hear from "Klein" and I worry about him. He really needs to start paying attention to his health and what he eats. He landed himself in hospital lately, due to fatty buildup in his coronary artery.

As for me... FML. I don't really know what the hell I'm doing now that I've found inner peace and am experiencing my own physical health issues (with my mental health finally being in a good place). Not sure what I am trying to do by partaking in an entrepreneurship programme and trying to start a business in this economy. Guess it's my way of screaming "I don't wanna die in a soul-sucking retail job". Idk.

I won't forget the important lessons I've learned from the strange parallels the universe has handed me, between my life and this show. RWBY has been a beacon (no pun intended) of hope when, many times, I thought all hope was lost. V1 - V6 have a special place in my heart. Always will.

Maybe I won't get to experience a found family- or a deep partnership, such as the bond Ruby and Weiss had up until V6... or love, for the matter, which I 100% believe would have blossomed between them, had the show been left in the hands of better (and more openly LGBT supportive) writers / producers, following Monty's passing... but despite all of that, it still gives me something to hang onto.

It's a light that keeps on giving, despite how some people I used to know having cast darkness on it, by making things weird and / or twisted on numerous occasions (no, I'm not naming any names- but the people I'm talking about would know exactly who they are if they were to read this).

Last but not least (to wrap up this novel-sized post), RWBY reignited my love for writing as of late... and I want to leave behind a small hoard of fanfics I never got to work on, finish and publish in the past 7 years where I have loved the show and shipped Whiterose.

People think Weiss is the more mature one between her and Ruby in Volume 1 because she's mean and a lot of people think nice=childish-and-stupid.

Like, the sheer NUMBER of people who think Ruby believes the world to be like a fairy tale is BAFFLING when you remember Ruby herself acknowledges that the world is a cruel and unfair place in episode 3.

Yeah! Exactly! Weiss is in fact being a snippy catty mean girl for no reason other than that she can and it's emotionally gratifying to lash out at others. Which is kind of a terrible attitude for someone who wants to fight nightmare fear monsters that are attracted to negative emotions.

But Ruby's constant willingness to extend an olive branch, say "let's put the past behind us and start over (because we have to be able to work together and get along)" is in fact way more mature than Weiss holding a grudge because Ruby bumped into her.

(And also for causing an explosion, but like...I maintain that that was equally Weiss's fault for not noticing her highly volatile ammo was leaking everywhere and instead continuing to wave it around.)

Ruby is a really patient, kind, and well-intentioned young lady...but because she's socially awkward and optimistic where Weiss is arrogant and cynical, everyone acts like Weiss is the mature one.

Let's not forget that Weiss is the one who overslept, yet the fandom acts like she's the Team Mom dragging everyone out of bed to class on time.

[bobauthorman]

Pyrrha: You made it to Beacon. That speaks volumes of what you are capable of!

While Jaune took this badly because he used false transcripts to get into Beacon Academy, there is another way to look at it. Rather than solving the problem (Getting into Beacon) with arduous physical effort (Combat training) he used a more indirect method (Obtaining fraudulent credentials) to get it done. This would foreshadow Jaune's role not as a direct combatant, but as a strategist who can look at a situation from a different perspective.

Though considering he gets Team RRAYNBOW (Is that what we call the RWBY gang, now) into Atlas with even more criminal methods, one wonders what kind of 'family' he was part of.

[zeropsworld]

Happy 1 year anniversary to this beautiful scene and beautiful couple Blake and Yang for inventing love!! 🖤💛

[tenuous-grace]

I didn't see a post about this yet so I'm going to do it! RWBY dvd rerelease FUCK YEAH!!! If you don't have them physically and love the show consider getting them because the fandom has fucked around and found out that being lost media SUCKS.

[ssourskittlez]

decided to angst for this one (idk if this counts for byw but oh well)

day 6 : chivalry 🫂!

[pictures-of-yxl]

[faboover]

Jaune Arc has been one of my Favorite Characters in RWBY. In this video, I get into Jaune's Story and Journey as a Character over the course of RWBY Volumes 1 through 6. Capping the video off with an explanation as to why I got so interested in Jaune to begin with and what I wished we got to explore more with Jaune.

This video was also originally made as a part of my Final Thoughts Video for RWBY Volume 6 I put out late last year, which is linked below. Know that the script for this video was written and recorded before RWBY Volume 9 Premiered and the Full Final Thoughts Video was put out long after RWBY Volume 9 end. If you enjoy this video, please check out my previous video talking about Ruby VS The Furious Cat and the Final Thoughts this video about Jaune was originally a part of.

Previous RWBY Videos:

Ruby VS The Furious Cat - The EVOLUTION of Shot | Reverse-Shot https://youtu.be/Cvri0c3doww

Final Thoughts - RWBY Volume 6 https://youtu.be/t9deNZf0zVo

Another Video about Jaune and Ruby you should check out that also covers them in RWBY Volumes 7-9!

Hello My Name Is Joe  - Jaune is Ruby's Ultimate Foil https://youtu.be/u2xK76mBG04?si=2iVOp77cuBPchGl0

[burstfoot]

Bonus: tag one of your fandoms in the tags and rate where you think they end up

[lyricthecat-12]

My RWBY Fights Tier List:

[darklight-owl]

Wait speaking of nostalgia i can actually just rewatch RWBY. I can just do that for free. Woah.

[bobauthorman]

Please be aware that Ozpin most likely KNEW Jaune Arc was a total scrub and STILL chucked his butt into the Emerald Forest.

Pinhead straight up tried to kill Vomit Boy just for asking too many questions. At the time, we laugh.

Then Oz-car snaps when Yang needles him about hiding the Lantern being a Grimm-magnet and his lies / secrecy in general. That is when we see the True Oz.

And THEN Ruby asks Jinn what's it all about, and Oz assaults her.

Now it's not so funny.

[ineedarealitycheck]

Man, first RWBY and now Voltron. 2024 is the year I learn I need to invest in CDs/DVDs/Blurays before steaming/online media I love becomes lost media. 💀💀💀

[kobadashi]

Updating my commissions!

My commissions are open! $5 per 1k words! I mostly do NSFW. Some chapters are available on my profile, but most of my stuff is on AO3!

I’ll write for fandoms like JJBA, CSM, JJK, Demon Slayer, Dark Souls, What We Do in the Shadows, Elden Ring, Ancient Magus’ Bride, RWBY, Transformers, Attack on Titan, Fire Punch, Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil 4, Mortal Kombat, Goodnight Punpun, Tokyo Revengers, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Soul Eater, Junji Ito, and non-fandom stuff, just no real people!

I’m open to write lots of things, but naturally, there are things I won’t write. I’ll listt those here!

I won’t write minors or animals in sexual situations. I also won’t write ageplay, bodily gas, or weight gain/feederism.

my own likes are pretty strange, don’t be afraid if you think your idea is too weird! I’ll never be mean, I’ll likely write it, but if not, I’ll politely tell you it’s not for me :3

Here’s my AO3 link where you can view nearly everything I’ve written!

[dream-eating-youkai]

God i hate when there's a show that's either bad or mid but the world they set up is really good for ocs. Like bnha is agressively mid (at least the season i saw was) but peoples ocs for it are so cool and i love looking at them! i have a few of my own even cause they're super duper fun to make! another example is rwby. the show is, at its best, extremely mid and at its worst straight up bad but i have like 5 ocs for it and regularely look at other peoples ocs for it cause they're so goshdarn fun to make. a show can either be great for ocs or a good show

[rosavulpes]

OOC : Regardless of what happens with RWBY, my muse for Blake will always remain.

[fandom]

Ships

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Ineffable Husbands +17 Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Steddie Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson, Stranger Things

Destiel Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

Byler -3 Will Byers & Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things

Wenclair Wednesday Addams & Enid Sinclair, Wednesday

Bowuigi Bowser & Luigi, the Super Mario Bros. franchise

Huntlow +7 Hunter & Willow Park, The Owl House

Avatrice Ava Silva & Beatrice, Warrior Nun

Hannigram +2 Hannibal Lecter & Will Graham, Hannibal

Buddie -4 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Vashwood Vash the Stampede & Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Trigun Stampede

Zelink +80 Zelda & Link, The Legend of Zelda

Lumity -6 Luz Noceda & Amity Blight, The Owl House

Ghostsoap Simon “Ghost” Riley & John “Soap” MacTavish, the Call of Duty franchise

Blackbonnet -11 Edward Teach/Blackbeard & Stede Bonnet, Our Flag Means Death

Wolfstar +8 Remus Lupin & Sirius Black, the Harry Potter universe

Merthur +12 Merlin & Arthur Pendragon, Merlin

Jegulus +25 James Potter & Regulus Black, the Harry Potter universe

Bumbleby +48 Yang Xiao Long & Blake Belladonna, RWBY

Bakudeku -4 Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Boku no Hero Academia

Dreamling -1 Dream of the Endless & Hob Gadling, The Sandman

Soukoku +60 Nakahara Chuuya & Dazai Osamu, Bungou Stray Dogs

Firstprince Alex Claremont-Diaz & Prince Henry of Wales, Red, White & Royal Blue

Wesper Wylan Van Eck & Jesper Fahey, the Grishaverse

Wangxian -8 Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian, Mo Dao Zu Shi

Satosugu +23 Gojo Satoru & Geto Suguru, Jujutsu Kaisen

Imodna +8 Imogen Temult & Laudna, Critical Role

Kanej +44 Kaz Brekker & Inej Ghafa, the Grishaverse

Bubbline Princess Bubblegum & Marceline, Adventure Time

Ladynoir -17 Ladybug & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Twiyor +6 Loid Forger & Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Loustat +43 Louis de Pointe du Lac & Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire

Zosan Roronoa Zoro & Vinsmoke Sanji, One Piece

Marichat -12 Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Serirei +65 Serizawa Katsuya & Reigen Arataka, Mob Psycho 100

Adrienette -21 Adrien Agreste & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Chenford +24 Lucy Chen & Tim Bradford, The Rookie

Petrigrof Simon Petrikov & Betty Grof, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Kavetham Kaveh & Alhaitham, Genshin Impact

Griddlehark +54 Gideon Nav & Harrowhark Nonagesimus, The Locked Tomb series

Raeda -13 Raine Whispers & Eda Clawthorne, The Owl House

Tomgreg -19 Tom Wambsgans & Greg Hirsch, Succession

Hanamusa Jessie & Delia Ketchum, the Pokémon franchise

Zolu Roronoa Zoro & Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece

Narumitsu -12 Phoenix Wright & Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney

Sonadow +23 Sonic & Shadow, Sonic the Hedgehog

Ineffable Bureaucracy Archangel Gabriel & Beelzebub, Good Omens

Spirk +9 Spock & James Kirk, Star Trek

Ballister x Ambrosius Ballister Boldheart & Ambrosius Goldenloin, Nimona

Nandermo -42 Nandor the Relentless & Guillermo de la Cruz, What We Do in the Shadows

Jonmartin -15 Jonathan Sims & Martin Blackwood, The Magnus Archives

Punkflower Hobie Brown & Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

AkiAngel Aki Hayakawa & the Angel Devil, Chainsaw Man

Ronance -49 Robin Buckley & Nancy Wheeler, Stranger Things

Superbat -11 Superman & Batman, the DC universe

Shuake Ren Amamiya/Joker & Goro Akechi, Persona 5

Geraskier -48 Geralt of Rivia & Jaskier, The Witcher

Hualian -18 Hua Cheng & Xie Lian, Tian Guan Ci Fu

Sulemio Suletta Mercury & Miorine Rembran, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Sterek -5 Stiles Stilinski & Derek Hale, Teen Wolf

Gumlee Prince Gumball & Marshall Lee, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Shadowpeach Sun Wukong & the Six-Eared Macaque, Lego Monkie Kid

Drarry -29 Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, the Harry Potter universe

Wilmon Prince Wilhelm & Simon Eriksson, Young Royals

Harringrove -34 Steve Harrington & Billy Hargrove, Stranger Things

Kazurei Suwa Rei & Kurusu Kazuki, Buddy Daddies

Lestappen Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen, Formula 1 drivers

Zukka -5 Zuko & Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Codywan +8 Commander Cody & Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Solangelo -23 Will Solace & Nico di Angelo, the Percy Jackson universe

Catradora Catra & Adora, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Shadowgast -4 Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss, Critical Role

Stucky -43 Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, the Marvel universe

Tarlos -18 TK Strand & Carlos Reyes, 9-1-1: Lone Star

Johnlock +21 John Watson & Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock

Sasunaru -24 Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Naruto

Locklyle Anthony Lockwood & Lucy Carlyle, Lockwood & Co.

Lokius Loki Laufeyson & Mobius M. Mobius, the Marvel universe

Supercorp -67 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl

Piltover's Finest Caitlyn Kiramman & Vi, Arcane

Helnik Matthias Helvar & Nina Zenik, the Grishaverse

Prohibitedwish Scarab & Prismo, Adventure Time

Klance -12 Keith & Lance, Voltron: Legendary Defender

Reylo Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

Hanazawa Teruki & Kageyama Shigeo, Mob Psycho 100

Cockles -44 Misha Collins & Jensen Ackles, Actors

Percabeth -46 Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase, the Percy Jackson universe

Astarion x Tav Astarion & Tav, Baldur's Gate 3

Timkon Tim Drake & Conner Kent, Young Justice

Davekat Dave Strider & Karkat Vantas, Homestuck

Cynonari Cyno & Tighnari, Genshin Impact

Creek Craig Tucker & Tweek Tweak, South Park

Klapollo Apollo Justice & Klavier Gavin, Ace Attorney

Style Stan Marsh & Kyle Brovlofski, South Park

Korrasami -11 Korra & Asami Sato, The Legend of Korra

Bill x Frank Bill & Frank, The Last of Us

Nick x Charlie -51 Nick Nelson & Charlie Spring, Heartstopper

Dreamnotfound -50 Dreamwastaken & GeorgeNotFound, Streamers

Dinluke -33 Din Djarin & Luke Skywalker, the Star Wars universe

Rhaenicent Rhaenyra Targaryen & Alicent Hightower, House of the Dragon

The number in italics indicates how many spots a ship moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded ships weren’t on the list last year. Explore your desires on Feeld. Within a safer, inclusive space, you can feel free to connect more intimately to yourself and others. Choose from over 20 gender and sexuality options and explore solo, or with a partner. Curious? Download the app today.