#Joanna Elm

[author-mandi-bean]

On writing in Mexico.

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[moolysart]

White haired final survivors 😴🪓

[dragynkeep]

Black people in RWBY either gets sexualized or demonized I fucking hate it hereeeee

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& added on because i had no further space but the company behind this show is incredibly antiblack. there was documented abuse of a notable black woman, including telling her to kill herself & writing the n slur around the workplace that continued until hr famous father had to get involved & call them out.

miles has said the n slur. other employees have done blackface & also said antiblack slurs. various antiblack stereotypes have also been employed in the show, including the basis of flynt's entire character.

as well as centering all of these black characters around their white counterparts. they are not allowed to exist in their own space without becoming a white characters subservient, villain or thrown off screen.

[strqyr]

there's only one thing i'll say about the movie part 2 and it's that i find it funny how they obviously aged them up by who knows how much y'all moms don't even look like that lmao

[kdinjenzen]

Only the weak willed and small minded are unable to appreciate the beauty that is a thicc, big boobad, werewolf! It's why Elm from RWBY and Luisa from Encanto were so loved!

And yet the companies that created both characters don’t expect you to enjoy or be attracted to characters that look like that, which is why they never make any merch or promote those characters at all.

[mac-darf]

Evil Dead Rise Spoilers.

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The movie is very good. It's genuinely a fun watch. The gore is a bit torture-porn-esque but significantly less so than the 2013 movie. Humor is IMMENSELY downplayed in the film compared to the original trilogy and especially Ash Vs, but it has more jokes than the 2013 movie? At least as far as I remember. It's good. Please god let this fucking movie get a sequel. The worst thing about the 2013 movie was how it never got a continuation. That movie needed a sequel to properly plant itself into people's memory of Evil Dead as a series. I am sad that we've gotten two reboots of the Evil Dead series starting from scratch and neither try to be anything other than a horror film.

Evil Dead 2 is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time because of how it's a horror-comedy. Yet for some reason whenever a new filmmaker joins this series they just make a horror movie. There's more to this series than that.

However that being said, I do understand how much content I have with silly Evil Dead. Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness and 3 seasons of Ash Vs, along with silly continuations like My Name is Bruce. So people want scary Evil Dead more than silly due to oversaturation I suppose.

ANYWAY. Now for my nerd rant.

Lore.

This movie clearly wants to be a loose continuation of the original trilogy and the 2013 movie. But uh. It kinda. Can't be? Evil Dead Rise says that there're three volumes of the Book of the Dead. This implies that the Book from this film is a separate book from the 2013 Book and the Necromancion from Ash vs and the original trilogy. But uh. This movie takes place in 2023. And uh. In Ash Vs there's a nuclear apocalypse that takes place in 2018. So I guess the movies are canon but Ash Vs isn't? And like holy shit. The demons in this movie are crazy.

The demons in the original could be defeated by bodily dismemberment or flame. In 2013 the rules are basically the same. Even for the big demon itself, the Abomination. A chainsaw could kill the top dog in that movie. In Ash Vs/the OT the demons would die from simple wounds and would dissolve from the Kandarian Dagger. The demons in EDR? They cannot be killed. It's explicitly stated they cannot be killed and the film treats that as true.

So if this is canon to the OT and/or the 2013 movie and if this gets a sequel, I expect the Dagger to appear. Something about how it's the only way to defeat the demons or whatever.

Although if Ash Vs really isn't canon then that makes me wonder how tf Bruce Campbell could return. If Sam Raimi directs another Evil Dead and Ash Vs isn't canon... What's Ash gonna be doing?

Oh right back to reviewing EDR. Every performance was great and the fact that the first gore thing to happen is a teen getting scalped rocked and that little kid who got mutilated was cool. Plus the ratking looking demon thing was baller.

Mia was a better main character tho. This one wasn't bad but uh. Jane Levi in another Evil Dead please.

Here's the best lines in the movie

"We're watching all the Freddy movies."

"Even the bad ones"

"THERE ARE NO BAD ONES"

[rainbow-multishipper]

A RWBY ship just occured to me and I would love to get your name/headcanons for it: Elm Ederne x Joanna Greenleaf

Ah, I've already tagged this one in!

Personally I use Timber, but as a joke I also love Tree Babes, hehe.

Thanks for the suggestion! Remember ask box is OPEN for Ship Summaries, Headcannon Requests and Ship Trials!

[snow-byrd]

[iamafanofcartoons]

RWBY is a good show, and I’m tired of people pretending its not!

I’m sorry, I’m just so tired of all these random claims that RWBY is “boring anime cliche” or “racist white male writing”, So...let’s go over them in segments

Female characters:

Aren’t walking fanservice shots and aren’t sexualized

Aren’t degraded in their field (combat, tactics, dust usage, etc) to boost up male characters (cause seemingly female characters being too skilled at something is emasculating to incels)

When a woman says no to a man, the man takes no for an answer and doesn’t keep trying. (So dear Hbomberguy, stop claiming that Weiss x Jaune was ever a thing)

Women don’t require a man to “Defend their honor” (This is in response to the dude who harassed me in anonymous about V5 who was upset that Yang punched a creep)

Aren’t woobified or emotionally weakened, instead having reactions to things like normal human beings. (Sorry Shonen anime which loves to make women woobified or emotionally weakened vs men) Being capable of emotions but also doing things effectively.

Aren’t made into waifu for male characters. Nora is still a badass and even being allowed to explore who she is outside of Ren, which runs against the usual anime/manga bs. Weiss didn’t get with Jaune after finding out he helped w/ Neptune. Blake actually defended her boundaries when Sun crossed certain lines (even though they’re brotp not romantic, he’s a male character that could’ve been put as a pseudo-love interest). Yang is also shown to be more than just Blake’s GF as we see in Ruby Yang interactions, Yang vs Salem, Yang ageeing to talk with Robyn. They’re all their own characters not trying to be the perfect wife for a male character.

LGBT+ characters:

aren’t in a world of “everyone is gay or straight”, so for me at least coming across as more impactful

have Ilia (lesbian); Coco (lesbian); Terra (wlw) and Saphron (wlw) also married and w/ kid that aren’t treated different to any other couple; Scarlet (gay-male); Nolan (implied, I think its at this point and not confirmed, mlm); May (non-deadnamed, voiced by and helped crafted with the help of a trans VA, and not having her trans status be the central element of her character trans character); Blake (bi) and Yang (wlw) that are a main pair that are being allowed to build to a relationship at the same pacing as the hetero alt. pairing. BB being naturally built up and not rushed into a relationship, though still soft-canon locked in via Nora.

Are ALL ALIVE (funny how the straight white male characters get killed off?)

PoC characters:

Includes Marrow, Pietro, Joanna, Flynt, Yatsuhashi, Lie Ren, and Robyn as default heroes side

Includes Emerald having switched to the heroes side after having it foreshadowed in v3. Also possibly Elm and Harriet, depending on where they go in the future.

includes Sienna, who was admittedly actual wasted potential, being contrasted against Adam as the morally better version of violence in activism. A controlled violence actually giving a shit rights activist leader vs. a co-opting murderous abusive bloodthirsty psychopathic terrorist.

are easily the lesser in villain count vs. Caucasian villains.

So can the RWDE please stop trying to claim how RWBY isn’t better than anime/manga at least, but overall “isn’t progressive” in these areas.

Adam Taurus represents a very real element in real life regarding “Radical civil rights movements” ; extremism and co-opters; While the actual faunus rights aspect on its own is given a sympathetic light repeatedly. We also have Ilia Amitola, the female POC lesbian, get a redemption. While Adam Taurus, the cis white male edgelord? Is Evil  and gets his death by double penetration at the hands of two lesbians. (Edit: yes, I know Blake is Bi, as is her VA. It was an expression explaining how cis white male “authority” individuals get emasculated)

The WF has a lot of references, not specifically the Black Panther one. Also the WF on its own is fine, its the version that gets corrupted by Adam’s psychotic co-opting terrorist ass that is the problem.

 Reflective of reality where if any group for any cause crosses into violence that involves innocent bystanders; then they lose any credibility and are nothing more than terrorists. I don’t care what the cause is. Which is exactly what the WF under Adam presents; but is just 1 vein of it with Sienna’s vein existing, Ghira’s, and even Blake’s. Was it handled perfectly? No, you could have easily have shaved time from Adam to give to Sienna and had her live to continue. Personally I found Sienna to be the actual wasted potential, but EruptionFang naturally loves cis white male evil men as his favorite Meow Meows. Don’t even try to recommend a gay or bisexual dude to rwby critics, they’ll flip and call it pandering.

The MC’s aren’t remotely “paper thin”, nor secondaries. Heck the only ones that fit that bill are characters in the tertiary vein that are supposed to be that way. The “two traits” falls apart if one actually pays attention to the characters.

And most fixit fanfics not only sexualize the characters in a show with no fanservice...

Sadly they also overfocus on male characters and have their favorite male characters talk down the female main characters.

Robyn Hill represents the people standing up NOT against the military, but against fascism/totalitarianism. We see that for all the “good intentions” that Ironwood MAY have? It is always sabotaged by him. Ironwood backstabs Ozpin, brings an Army as a show of force, does multiple projects behind people’s backs, and yet displays more than few acts of hypocrisy. Volume 7 literally showed him acting as a dictator because he believed that only he knew the answer to everyone’s problems. Yet the consequences of HIS actions are what led to Atlas Downfall. Yang and Blake even tried to get Robyn to work with Ironwood and Robyn was literally willing to do so. Which of course pissed off Ironwood stans that anyone, especially a POC hero of the people, would stand against a Cis White Male Authority figure. The elections in V7 meant that anyone’s authority could be challenged by the people. Of COURSE Ironwood stans REFUSE to acknowledge the election part was good.

The attempt to balance idealism with realism is pretty interesting. What do you do against an enemy with an unlimited army, immortality, and agents who seek to turn everyone against each other? Do you submit to the “inevitable?” Or do you keep fighting to the end, instead prolonging the end?

You can think of this as having borrowed a theme or two from dark souls!

RWBY is at the very least leaps and bounds beyond most anime it's close in genre with. I remember seeing, partially in jest, the idea that RWBY has half the fanbase it does for being an action anime with a female case and no fanservice and I think it might almost literally be true.

It is depressingly hard to find a decent action show with a female cast that doesn't sexualize them in gross ways. Even shows I like on the whole end up doing that.

Of course, the points regarding love are helped by the fact that a good chunk of the female cast is front and center in the story. They’re largely in the driver seat and aren’t secondary to any male titular protagonist. Thus you don’t get cases where a girl on the main cast is there to be… the girl.

In any other story, Oscar and/or Jaune  would be front and center. Heck, the three creators of RWBY are guys before their team grew so you’d think they’d “write what they know.” Yet they stick to their guns on having girls get shit done.

One Anime a person I know felt came close to this was, if you can believe it, Fairy Tail where Natsu might’ve been the prominent ass kicker but Erza is the one effectively leader the team, Wendy goes on an arc of learning to love herself and Lucy grows into the wizard that leads the charge against Acnologia.

Yet it sent mixed signals with how the girls (those of age) had designs that left little to the imagination. I can appreciate an artist honest in his horniness… but the Anime did something right when it came to Erza’s torture in Tartaros that helped sell the gravitas of the traumatic experience.

RWBY feels like the above but far more refined in execution. There’s a time and place for schlocky cheesecake but not when it clashes with the narrative and themes overall.

So tell me...without using Hbomberguys’ repeated false information about the “love triangle” or “self-insert” slander...how would YOU respectfully criticize RWBY?  How would you claim to be “a critic” yet still encourage people to watch RWBY? 

If you try to bring up Hbomb’s 2.5 hour hate video, then anyone who tries to claim that a video from 2 years ago no longer is relevant is just being hypocritical. (Looking at you, RWDE Apologist, you know who you are)

Oh, one more thing. RWBY seasons 1-3 were the weakest in terms of writing and animation. But even so, the fact of the matter is that anything that happened in those seasons are ignored by critics, theorists, and straight shippers.

Material Inspired from   https://www.tumblr.com/crimsonxe/691425946111295488/since-i-ran-across-a-dumbass-earlier-that-tried-to 

[hadesisqueer]

Okay, since I am extremely bored, I am doing the second edition of the RWBY Hottest Character Poll. A few characters are different from the first one; for example, Oobleck isn't on this one, and I don't think Jinn was in the first one but she's in the second one.

Anyway.

List of Characters:

1) Blake Belladonna

2) Yang Xiao Long

3) Weiss Schnee

4) Jaune Arc

5) Nora Valkyrie

6) Lie Ren

7) Ambrosius

8) Qrow Branwen

9) Raven Branwen

10) Young María Calavera

11) Coco Adel

12) Velvet Scarlatina

13) Yatsuhashi Daichi

14) Fox Alistair

15) Neopolitan

16) Roman Torchwick

17) Cinder Fall

18) Emerald Sustrai

19) Mercury Black

20) Salem

21) Ozpin

22) OG Ozma

23) James Ironwood

24) Winter Schnee

25) Pyrrha Nikos

26) Kali Belladonna

27) Ghira Belladonna

28) Sun Wukong

29) Neptune Vasilias

30) Marrow Amin

31) Taiyang Xiao Long

32) Harriet Bree

33) Sienna Khan

34) Clover Ebi

35) Scarlet David

36) Nolan Porfirio

37) Amber

38) Vine Zeki

39) Elm Ederne

40) Jacques Schnee

41) Adam Taurus

42) Ilia Amitola

43) Saphron Cotta-Arc

44) Terra Cotta-Arc

45) Jinn

46) Summer Rose

47) Caroline Cordovin

48) Sage Ayana

49) Tyrian Callows

50) Arthur Watts

51) Robyn Hill

52) May Marigold

53) Fionna Thyme

54) Joanna Greenleaf

55) Hazel Rainart

56) Klein Sieben

57) Willow Schnee

58) Neon Katt

59) Vernal

60) Flynt Coal

61) Glynda Goodwitch

62) Leonardo Lionheart

63) Rhodes

64) Blacksmith Lady

Obviously, just like in the first one, I didn't add underage characters such as Ruby, Oscar or Whitley. Pyrrha is there because since her confirmed birthday was on April and the Vytal Festival took place in the Fall, then she had most likely turned 18 by volume 3.

I randomized all the pairs, but still I made sure most guys were with other guys because considering how gay this fandom is, all the guys would be out of the poll in the first round if they were against women.

[juanarc-thethird]

In your expert opinion, what butt does everyone on RWBY have?

Ok this is going to be a long list and to make it a little easier for me is going to be in alphabetical order. I also want to add that this is just my opinion and is for fun. If anyone disagree with me, that's totally understandable. So after saying all that, let's do it!

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Amber: Norm, in the scenes where she appears, she looks normal.

An Ren: Norm, same here. She looks normal. I think all the characters that only appear once are Norm.

Arslan Altan: Muscle, since she does martial arts, I feel like this suits her.

Blake Belladonna: Badonk, I think we can all agree with this. No explanation need it.

Carmine Esclados: Thick, Just by looking at the art they made for the mobile game, you know that she is Thiccc with three c's

Ciel Soleil: Bubble, She looks like she works out regularly, so I think she would be this one.

Cinder Fall: Donk, She has that extra cushion in the back

Coco Adel: Hourgalss, She's like a model so this one fits her well.

Deery: Apple, Yeah, I don't know what to say, only that this one fits her.

Dew Gayl: Hourglass, She has the hips.

Elm Ederne: Double Wide, Remember that Aku meme about Extra thick? She is that.

Emerald Sustrai: Hourglass, I would like to have them as my pillow. (I'm sorry)

Fiona Thyme: Apple, I mean, she's small, it fits her.

Glynda Goodwitch: Thick, Mommy, sorry, Mommy, sorry, Mommy, sorry. (Jk)

Gwen Darcy: Bubble, It's hard to know which one would fit her, since she's always in a dress, but I think this one looks good on her.

Harriet Bree: Hourglass, I mean just look at those thighs.

Ilia Amitola: Apple, She is slim so this one fits her well.

Jinn: Badonk, Three words: Big Thick Woman

Joanna Greenleaf: Muscle, Again, it's hard to see, so this one suits you better.

Kali Belladonna: Badonk, I mean, blake had to get it from somewhere.

Lil' Miss Malachite: Double wide, I think this one was obvious.

Lisa Lavender: Norm, We've only seen his face so I'll play it safe.

Maria Calavera (Young): Hourglass, She seems to do a lot of walking on her travels so I think this one fits her.

May Marigold: Hourgalss, Why did I choose this? Yes.

May Zedong: Hourgalss, She has a slim waist and has to move around a lot when using her sniper so….

Melanie Malachite: Bubble, She's skinny so I think this one suits her.

Miltia Malachite: Bubble, Just like her sister, she is skinny so I think this one suits her.

Nebula Violette: Donk, I'm going with that.

Neon Katt: Bubble, Anything else would have been a lie.

Neopolitan: Bubble, She has some, but not much.

Nora Valkyrie: Badonk, Do you think that having thunder thighs doesn't have its benefits? Give me a break

Octavia Ember: Badonk, Okay hear me out, the way her dress fits her body, she definitely has it.

Penny Polendina: Donk, She got that upgrade~

Pyrrha Nikos: Thick, Cereal may not be good for your health, but it is good for something else~

Raven Branwen: Badonk, Living in the forest has its benefits.

Reese Chloris: Norm, I like Reese, but I have to be honest.

Robyn Hill: Thick, I'll just say she has my vote.

Ruby Rose: Hourglass, All those cookies put in one place.

Salem: Badonk, Is it a problem that I like dangerous women? Yes. Is it my Hispanic blood's fault? Probably.

Saphron Cotta-Arc: Donk, Do you think that terra only noticed her because of her personality? Yes she did, but she also wanted some of that famous Arc booty.

Sienna Khan: Thick, The tiger is the second most dangerous predator, Sienna is in first place.

Summer Rose: Donk, Besides being a super mom, she was a super mommy~

Terra Cotta-Arc: Bubble, Again, do you think Saphron only noticed her because of her big ass? Yes, this time yes. And it was the best decision of her life.

Tock: Hourglass, Watch where you touch or you will lose your hand.

Trifa: Bubble, Cute spider girl.

Velvet Scarlatina: Hourglass, I need to drink some water.

Vernal: Donk, I would let her hurt me.

Weiss Schnee: Hourglass, The only thing she got from her mom.

Willow Schnee: Badonk, The living definition of a MILF.

Winter Schnee: Hourglass, That's Atlas Ass.

Yang Xiao Long: Donk, All that training paid off.

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So that's all. Again, this is my opinion, it may be wrong.

[crimsonxe]

Since I ran across a dumbass earlier that tried to bash RWBY with how its “not really progressive”/questioning its fixes to anime/manga :

Female characters:

aren’t walking fanservice shots and aren’t sexualized

aren’t degraded in their field (combat, tactics, dust usage, etc) to boost up male characters (cause seemingly female characters being too skilled at something is emasculating to incels)

aren’t woobified or emotionally weakened, instead having reactions to things like normal human beings. Being capable of emotions but also doing shit

aren’t made into waifu for male characters. Nora is still a badass and even being allowed to explore who she is outside of Ren, which runs against the usual anime/manga bullshit. Weiss didn’t get with Jaune after finding out he helped w/ Neptune. Blake actually defended her boundaries when Sun crossed certain lines (even though they’re brotp not romantic, he’s a male character that could’ve been put as a pseudo-love interest).They’re all their own characters not trying to be the perfect wife for a male character

LGBT+ characters:

aren’t in a world of gay, so for me at least coming across as more impactful

have Ilia (lesbian); Coco (lesbian); Terra (wlw) and Saphron (wlw) also married and w/ kid that aren’t treated different to any other couple; Scarlet (gay-male); Nolan (implied, I think its at this point and not confirmed, mlm); May (non-deadnamed, voiced by and helped crafted with the help of a trans VA, and not having her trans status be the central element of her character trans character); Blake (bi) and Yang (wlw) that are a main pair that are being allowed to build to a relationship at the same pacing as the hetero alt. pairing. BB being naturally built up and not rushed into a relationship, though still soft-canon locked in via Nora.

are all alive

PoC characters:

includes Marrow, Pietro, Joanna, Flynt, Yatsuhashi, Lie Ren, and Robyn as default heroes side

includes Emerald having switched to the heroes side after having it foreshadowed in v3. Also possibly Elm and Harriet, depending on where they go in the future.

includes Sienna, who was admittedly actual wasted potential, being contrasted against Adam as the morally better version of violence in activism. A controlled violence actually giving a shit rights activist leader vs. a co-opting murderous abusive bloodthirsty psychopathic terrorist.

are easily the lesser in villain count vs. Caucasian villains

So miss my ass with the bullshit trying to claim how RWBY isn’t better than anime/manga at least, but overall “isn’t progressive” in these areas.

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[ryuto12]

Fiona Isn't Short

No no, hear me out. Don't walk away just yet. Listen to me.

Fiona is about the average woman on Remnant height, she's just surrounded by women who are too fucking tall.

Fiona is 5'4, surpassing both Nora and Weiss in height, and matching Ruby.

It's just that May is 5'10, Robyn is 5'11, and Joanna stands at 6'3, making her the third tallest female character, only surpassed by Elm and Glynda at 6'5. Joanna is actually a whole inch taller than Jaune and Fox at 6'2.

Joanna is the canonically sixth tallest character not including the brothers. She is only beaten by, Ghira, Yatsuhashi, Hazel, alongside Elm and Glynda who are matched for fifth.

Fiona is not short, she's surrounded by height queens so we can't tell.

[doomalade]

Nitpick November Day 5

Welcome to the finale of “why does this thing not have a name?”

Semblances!

Remember when semblances used to be properly named or established?

Instead of having to guess if a character has a semblance or not.

Does Watts have a semblance?

Does Joanna have a semblance?

Do Ivori and Kobalt have semblances?

What were the names of Vine and Elm’s semblances again?

How about Harriet’s? Is it really just “speed”?

I’m sure glad that not properly establishing semblances hasn’t caused any issues within the plot…cough cough Ironwood cough

[arc-misadventures]

Smol AU: Do the Happy Huntress go to Lunaris to treat with the smol king and gazed at the glorious manly beard?

The Truth Of Liers

Robyn: Okay… This place is… massive…

Fiona: Didn’t they say this place was was a town…?

May: A town: this place is a city?! I heard it had a population of just three hundred, now they say it has nearly seven thousand!

Joanna: With enough food to feed them for two years, enough dust to last a lifetime, and has a military on par with, Atlas.

Robyn: And, this place has only excited for two weeks…

Fiona: Do you really think we can get their help?

May: They’re anti-Atlas, of course they’ll help us!

Robyn: Mantle, is Atlas, and Atlas is, Mantle. It is one, and the same. That fact alone will give them pause.

Fiona: That doesn’t sound good to me.

Joanna: Sounds better to me then how, Atlas has been treating us.

May: That’s a reassuring thought.

Robyn: Enough, all we can do is the best we can do. That will be enough.

Fiona: I hope so…

Soon the quartet of Huntresses stopped before a large gate, a small girl with orange hair dressed in bulky silver white armour with pink fabric underneath slammed her massive war hammer upon the ground, stopping their procession dead in its tracks as she stared them down.

: I am, Nora Valkyrie! Thunder of the Mountain, Knight-Commander of the King’s Shield Guard! Who dares approach the Mountain King!

Robyn: I am, Robyn Hill, of Mantle. I wish to speak to your King.

Nora: And, what do you seek?

Robyn: Aid to help us defend, Mantle from the, Grimm.

Nora stood there for a moment before she made a small grunt sound, and called forth for her second-in-command. A woman wearing bulky towering over her commander in her armour that the quartet all recognized, but one that none expected to find here.

Robyn: Elm? Elm Ederne? What are you doing here.

Elm: I am here serving as the second to the Knight-Commander.

Joanna: But, don’t you serve, Atlas, and General Ironwood?

Elm: I renounce my loyalty to, Atlas, and General Ironwood. I now serve the King of Lunaris; both as his protector, and one of his many lovers.

May: You quit?!

Fiona: L-Lovers…?

Nora: Enough! Lieutenant. Alert his Majesty that a group of individuals wish an audience with him!

Elm: As you command, Knight-Commander!

Elm pounder her fist to her chest plate as a salute to her commander before the doors to the throne room opened long enough for her to disappear behind it. The doors soon shutting with a thunderous clash as it echoed throughout the vast unground kingdom.

Joanna: Well, this seems to be going easier than we expected…

Robyn: It’s not over yet, stand on your guard, and watch your words.

May: Got it!

Fiona: Let’s do this!

Soon the doors opened, far wider this time, as Elm walked out she stood behind her Knight-Commander, bending down to whisper in her ear, before standing back at attention behind her.

Nora: His Majesty; King Jaune Arc the Engraver. King of Lunaris, grants you the pleasure of an audience with him.

The duo soon stood to the side, as a contingent of the Shield Guard slammed their poleaxes, as the duo stood to the side as the quartet slowly made their way inside.

The Throne Room to the King of the Mountain was massive, dozens of civil servants, and officials littered the hall way. A deep blie carpet, with finely woven gold threads marks its path to the Throne. Alcoves rested along the wall, a dozen of them in total, upon each of them sat a rather small bulky looking individual. A flight of stairs lead to a throne high above all, upon it sat one figure, he was smaller then most, but his piercing blue eyes made him appear as if he was staring down on all, even if he was eye level with, Robyn, and her party. He was above them all.

A small figure stepped towards them, he wore a deep grey blue cloak, keeping his face hidden, showing nothing, but the thick white beard he sported, and his glowing eyes of ice, and snow. He stepped forward, slamming his staff on the ground, drawing everyone’s attention towards him, as the raven atop his staffed cawed out silencing all before them.

: I am, Wojtek, the Storm Caller! Counsellor, and High Shaman for his majesty, King Jaune Arc the Engraver, King of Lunaris! Speaketh thy names, and why thou do seek a audince with da, King!

Robyn: I am Robyn Hill, of Mantle, Leader of the Happy Huntresses. And, these are my companions, Fiona Thyme, May Marigold, and Joanna Greenleaf. We wish to ask for aide in the defence of, Mantle.

: Da Happy Huntresses…? Da fuck kind of name is dat! Sounds more like a name they’d give to some young whelps kiddy show!

Laughter echoed throughout the hall as the quartet turned to stare at a small woman, encase in deep scarlet armour with auburn gold details about it.

May: Told you we need to do some rebranding…

Wojtek: Kenina the Burnt One, of Clan Azar Blades. Have thou something to say?

Kenina: No, High-Shaman Wortjek. I have nothing to say.

Wojtek: Den’ allow our guest ta speak der minds.

Kenina bowed her head in respect to, Wortjek who bowed his in response. He then gestured with his hand to, Robyn to continue speaking.

Robyn: Thank you. We have come here today to first offer our warm greetings to the mountain folk, and ask for your help for the people of, Mantle.

Silence hung in the air, a few whispered words blew throughout the throne room until one voice spoke. It was a voice that echoed throughout the vastness of the mines with a might roar. A voice that struck like a hammer against blazing steel spoke. From upon the throne, a man with a crown of gold embedded with sapphires, and with a thick golden beard with clasps of silver, and ruby’s woven into it. Thick plated armour, of white, with gold rest upon his body, as he sat upon his throne as if he was carved from the throne itself.

For before them sat the King of the Mountain, King of the Kingdom of Lunaris. Jaune Arc, the Engraver.

Jaune: And, what… does da people of Mantle demand of my people, dat dey can’t beg from doe’s arrogant, Atlasian bastards?

Robyn: We don’t demand anything of you, we just ask for your help for the sake of the people of, Mantle.

Jaune: Da lines between, asking, begging, and demanding is, but a tone of ones voice.

It was a simple phrase that that effortlessly put, Robyn on the back foot. A simple phrase delivered with such gravity that shook their world to the core. But nonetheless, Robyn would not back down.

Jaune: However… I have yet ta ear yer request. So, tell me, ‘Little Bird…’ What do you ask of da, King of Lunaris?

Robyn: We ask for supplies: Supplies to help rebuild the walls of, Mantle. And, food to feed the people of, Mantle.

Jaune: Da walls of, Mantle are broken, and Atlas has not sought ta fix it: Why?

Robyn: Yes, the Grimm have breached the walls, and invaded, Mantle. They are in a desperate need of repair, and Atlas are not offering anything to fix this.

Jaune: Dat is an explanation, not an answer…

: My King. I wish to speak.

The group turned to see a short man, with a finely trimmed, and combed beard. A pair of black tinted glasses rested on his nose as he wipped a pipe with a handkerchief.

Jaune: Speak, Siriden the Forbidden Ismênê, of da’ Duibhin Clan?

Siriden: My thanks, my King. From what da Ravens say: Atlas is buildn sometin. Sometin dat requires a vast amount of der resorces ta build. What dat is, we know not.

Jaune: Hmmm… Do ye know, ‘Little Bird?’

Robyn: No; We have seen a massive amount of supplies being transported into the middle of the wastelands. We have tried to learn what they are doing, but no one is willing to tell us anything about it. We have asked time, and time again for their help, but they have offered us nothing.

Jaune: And, what do ye offer us for our aid?

Robyn: We offer our help to improve relations with, Atlas, and Mantle. One that will further benefit the Kingdom of Lunarisfor years to come.

A roaring cries of laughter soon erupted the halls of the throne room. Robyn, and her team looked about the hall in disbelief as it appeared they were all part of some sort of hidden joke.

Jaune: HAHAHA! I’m afraid ye offer of support in such a manner, is meaningless to us.

Robyn: What do you mean?

Jaune: Worjek.

Wojtek: Yes, my King?

Jaune: Summon da, Levana Fox.

Worjek bowed his head as held out his hand, the raven perched atop his staff landed on his out stretched hand. He whispered a few words to the bird before sending it flying away.

Minutes passed, the only sound being heard was the sounds of pipes being lit, and the sounds of smoke being blown through open lips. Soon the raven returned, and landed upon, Worjek’s staff. Soon a pair of door were heard opening, and from behind the kings throne entered a sight they did not expect to see.

: You summoned me, my King?

Joanna: What the hell?!

Fiona: I-Isn’t that, Winter Schnee? Specialist Winter Schnee?!

May; The fuck is going on?!

From the side of the throne, stood, Winter Schnee, dressed in an icy blue dress with bands of silver jewels with deep blue jewels embedded within them. Upon her head rested a circlet of gold, and silver. A smaller companion that matched against, Jaune’s crown.

Winter: You are both correct, and wrong. I am indeed Winter Schnee, but, I am no longer a Specialist in the service of, Atlas.

Robyn: Then, what are you…?

Winter: I am the Levana Fox. Consort to his majesty, Jaune Arc, the Engraver; King of Lunaris.

May: You’re his wife?!

Fiona: You’re the Queen then?

Joanna: Typical for a Schnee…

Winter: I am not the, Queen. That position belongs to another far more worthy of such a position.

Robyn: Wait… You have two wives…?!

Winter: More than two actually.

RFMJ: WHAT?!!

Winter: Do you have need of me, My King?

Jaune: Indeed. The, ‘Little Bird’ ere wishes for us ta give her, and Mantle, our elp. She’s offered to elp improve relations with der people of, Mantel. Splain to dem why dat ain’t happening.

Winter: Since this relates to me I believe it is for the best that I do as you ask, My King.

Winter, bowed to her lover, and king before she turned to address their guests.

Winter: As soon as I came here, I pledged myself to my, King. To be his consort, or whatever he decided of me. Graciously he accepted me as one of his many lovers.

Robyn: So you just met him, and asked to marry him…?

Winter: For a price.

May: What price?

Winter: I offered to help the kingdom smooth out their relations with the SDC, and the Kingdom of Atlas. However, despite my best efforts, they have both made impossible demands of us that we have most whole heartily refused. Such is the behaviour of my father, and General James Ironwood. They both see us as a threat that must be crushed: My father as a rival, and a threat for his Dust monopoly, and the General for our rapid, and overwhelming military strength. Because of this, I see little to no possibility for good relations between our two great kingdoms.

Robyn: No, there is a possibility of their being good relations between us!

Winter: And, how is that?

Robyn: The supplies we asked for, they are for the people of, Mantle, not Atlas. We ask for you to offer your support to the people of, Mantle, in doing so we can spread word of your good will to the people, and help provide the bases for good relations between our two great kingdoms.

Winter: That is a possibility… If enough of the people of, Mantle see us in a good light, Atlas will reap the benefits of such relatiobs. It should gradually ease the worried tensions the General has for us. My father, Jacques Schnee would still be upset however.

Robyn: Is there any way we could ease tensions between, Lunaris, and the SDC.

Winter: Short of the removal of my father from the, SDC. No, there isn’t.

The King stroked his beard as he hummed softly. He chuckled softly as he eyes scanning the room as he spoke.

Jaune: Where is, Gawen the Creator, of da Enver Clan! Is he ere, or is da git hobbled away in his lab again?

A small chortle of laughter broke out, soon followed by a cry of alert.

Gawen: Aye, my Lord, I am ere!

They saw a short man smoking on a pipe wave towards him. His thick, and long beard, was fazzled, and slightly burnt in some places. A thick leather apron covered him, filled with a wide assortment of craftsmen tools across his apron.

Jaune: Good. Lords, and Ladies, of da Arven Council! We shall offer aide to da citizens of, Mantle. First we we send them supplies of food. Gawen, send two of yer finest workers to inspect der walls. After dat, send forth a request for supplies to fix der walls. Understood?

Gawen: It will be done my, Lord.

Robyn: You willing to do this?!

Jaune: Indeed I am. Atlas, fears we desire war with dem. We desire peace, dis should help pave da way for said peace.

Robyn: I offer you my thanks, King Arc! This should help both the people of, Mantle. And, spread word of the kindness of the kindred of, Lunaris!

Jaune: I deed it shall. Now, go. We have much to do, and ye need yer rest. We shall talk more tomorrow.

Robyn, and her team respectfully bowed to the Mountain King as the made their way out of the throne room, with a smile on their faces, and pride at a job well done.

Fiona: We actually got help!

Joanna: Id didn’t think that would work…

May: I heard he was a hard ass, immovable like a mountain! But, I guess that rumour is just that, a rumour.

Fiona: Yeah, he seems far more appeasing than I thought too.

Robyn: Whether he is, or isn’t doesn’t matter. Now we have a chance to really help the people of, Mantle! And, that is all that matters, so come on girls, we have work to do!

FMJ: YEAH!

As the Happy Huntresses left the throne room, the King, and his councillors waited there for a moment before they resumed there council meeting.

Kenina: Is dis a wise decision, my King? Givin supplies to dos, ‘Happy Huntresses?’

Jaune: It is indeed; for how else da ya think we can test, Atlas?

Siriden: Ahh… You want ta see how dem, Atlasian’s will react ta us sending food ta, Mantle. If dey let, Mantle take da food, it’ll show, Atlas is willing ta work with us.

Winter: And, if they confiscate something as simple as food, it shows an unwillingness to cooperate with us on anything. And, based upon how the act, it will either make the people of, Mantle look favourably upon the Kingdom of Lunaris, or deepen the resentment of the people, Mantle towards the people of, Atlas.

Siriden: It is a lose, lose scenario for, Atlas. Damned if dey don’t, damed id dey do. Excellent choice my, King!

Jaune: Der request was simple… And, good favour may benefit us… But, knowledge on how da others see us, is far more valuable than a barrel of grain. Dis is a good test to see how dey will react to us. All that matters now is ta wait for da results…

Wojtek: But, what about da, ‘Discerner of Lies?’ What is your test for her, My King?

Winter: A test? What are we testing, Robyn Hill for?

Jaune: She was given da power ta ascertain truth from lies, and lies from truth. It tells us many things, my Love. Chief among dem is dat she is untrusting of others unless you agree with her truth, wholeheartedly.

Winter: Her truth?

Jaune: Aye, her truth… For a lie is da truth ta one, and da lie ta another. And, who is she ta say we are liars… Siriden!

Siriden: Yes, My King?

Jaune: Make sure da, Raven’s know der faces! And, make sure to inform me of der results!

Siriden: It will be done, My King.

Jaune: Good, very good… Now den… Let us wait, and see, what da, ‘Little Bird’ does…

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Ahh! It took me days to write this! But, it is done! World building for the, Kingdom of Lunaris has begun!

Do enjoy~!

[thatringboy]

Now I’m so curious as to the Paths of the rwby characters omg. You said they’re gonna be mostly The Hunt, but that some are gonna change?

Yeah they’re all almost entirely The Hunt/the Path of their home nation with some exceptions.

For reference, Atlas follows Erudition, Mistral follows Harmony, Vale and Vacuo follow Hunt, White Fang follow Nihility, and the Grimm come from Propagation and Finality

Each character and their Path is what they are as of their most recent appearance in RWBY canon, whether that’s time of death, last scene, or as of the v9 epilogue. Some minor characters have not been included as I don’t believe they are necessarily Pathwalkers/forgot about them when this list was made. It’s safe to assume that any non-mentioned Huntsmen follow the Path of The Hunt

Additional note, the line in my post about there only being 4 Emanators in Remnant outside of Ozpin and Salem is still technically true as of the information that Ozpin knows. All other Emanators are mysteries to him and were not intentional. The wills of the Aeons is strange…

Team RWBY

Ruby Rose, The Hunt, wind

Weiss Schnee, The Erudition, ice

Blake Belladonna, The Harmony, formally Nihility, quantum 

Yang Xiao-Long, The Preservation, fire

Team JNPR -> ORNJ

Jaune Arc, The Preservation, physical 

Nora Valkyrie, The Destruction, lightning 

Pyrrha Nikos, The Hunt, physical 

Lie Ren, The Harmony, formerly The Hunt, physical

Oscar Pine, The Trailblaze, imaginary

Beacon Teachers

Ozpin, The Hunt, Emanator, formerly Permanence, Emanator, imaginary

Glynda Goodwitch, The Erudition, quantum

Bartholomew Oobleck, The Erudition, fire

Peter Port, The Erudition, physical 

Beacon Alumni

Qrow Branwen, The Preservation, quantum 

Raven Branwen, The Nihility, Emanator, quantum

Taiyang Xiao-Long, The Abundance, physical

Coco Adel, The Beauty, physical

Fox Alistair, The Hunt, physical

Velvet Scarlatina, The Hunt, imaginary

Yatsuhashi Daichi, The Hunt, formerly Remembrance, physical

Salem’s Circle

Salem, The Finality, Emanator, formerly The Propagation, Emanator, quantum 

Cinder, The Destruction, Emanator, fire

Leonardo Lionheart, The Finality, formally Harmony, physical

Mercury Black, The Finality, formerly Nihility, physical

Emerald Sustrai, The Nihility, imaginary

Hazel Rainhart, The Nihility, formerly Preservation, lightning 

Arthur Watts, The Finality, formerly Erudition, quantum

Tyrian Callows, The Finality, wind

Tock, The Finality, imaginary 

Atlas Citizens

James Ironwood, The Abundance, Emanator, formally Preservation, physical 

Winter Schnee, The Erudition, Emanator, ice

Clover Ebi, The Equilibrium, physical

Harriet Bree, The Equilibrium, physical 

Vine Zeki, The Equilibrium, imaginary

Elm Ederne, The Equilibrium, imaginary 

Marrow Amin, The Equilibrium, quantum

Robyn Hill, The Preservation, imaginary

May Marigold, The Preservation, quantum 

Fiona Thyme, The Preservation, imaginary 

Joanna Greenleaf, The Preservation, physical

Jacques Schnee, ew.

Willow Schnee, The Erudition, ice

Penny Polendina, The Erudition, Emanator, ice, formerly physical

The White Fang

Adam Taurus, The Nihility, fire

Ghira Belladonna, The Harmony, physical

Kali Belladonna, mother of Blake

Illia Amitola, The Trailblaze, formerly The Nihility, lightning

Fennec and Corsac Albain, The Nihility, fire & wind

These Two

Roman Torchwick, The Elation, physical 

Neo Politan, The Elation, Emanator, quantum 

Team SSSN -> SSSNN

Sun Wukong, The Trailblaze, imaginary

Scarlet David, The Hunt, wind

Sage Ayana, The Hunt, physical

Neptune Vasilias, The Preservation, lightning 

Nolan Porfirio, The Hunt, lightning

Other Huntsmen

Arslan Atlan, The Hunt, physical 

Bolin Hori, The Hunt, physical

Reese Chloris, The Hunt, quantum

Nadir Shiko, The Hunt, physical 

Brawnz Ni, The Hunt, physical 

Roy Stallion, The Hunt, physical 

May Zedong, The Hunt, physical 

Nebula Violette, The Hunt, physical 

Dew Gayle, The Hunt, wind 

Gwen Darcy, The Hunt, physical 

Octavia Ember, The Hunt, fire

Maria Calavera, The Hunt, Emanator, quantum

Book Only

Carmine Esclados, The Beauty, wind

Bertilak Celadon, The Nihility, physical

If you’ve got any further questions about this AU, feel free to send them my way!!

[ecoamerica]

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