#and Alyx is the story of the girl who fell through the world

[industrialorganiser]

Is anyone else terrified that Ruby is going to fall through the world and become a new person???

[pedanticat]

Volume 9 intro is really hammering in the fact that Neo and Ruby are meant to parallel the mysterious girl seen throughout the intro. Given the current arcs/problems Neo and Ruby are going through along with their similarities, there are several things I'm getting from this:

The girl seems to have the playfulness that both Ruby and Neo themselves have.

Similarly to Ruby and Neo, the girl may be running away from her problems instead of properly addressing them. Hence she covers up her pain with a smile.

She may be serving as a cautionary tale for the person Ruby and Neo themselves may become if they don't end up confronting the emotional distress that's consuming them.

[gorgynei]

who are YOU????? alyx?? but i would have assumed alyx would be a long standing inhabitant of the island.. not someone who JUST fell along with crescent rose. but shes definitely meant to be alice from alice in wonderland. fascinating.

[majoringinsarcasm]

I’m telling y’all Right Now of chapter nine opens with That Voice telling the story of the girl who fell through the world and it’s a Summer Rose reveal you won’t hear the end from me. I won’t even offer any good thoughts of theories I will simply howl at the moon and backflip into the ocean

[aj-thegreatest]

Thinking waaaay too hard on revamping my team WONDER team after peeking at Volume 9

[hadesisqueer]

So basically. Alyx regretted what she'd done to Jaune and the mess she'd caused at the Ever After. So she let Lewis go back to Remnant but she chose to stay, because she wanted to make up for her mistakes. And that fucking cat killed her for that.

So after all, it really was Lewis who wrote The Girl Who Fell Through The World. He went back to Remnant, saw that Alyx never made it back, and erased himself from the story so he could write one in which his sister had a happy ending. And he wrote the Cat as an ally because... well... he never knew.

Fuck that cat.

[anthurak]

Okay, CRAZY thought:

Everyone in the story is ASSUMING that Alyx wrote the story of The Girl Who Fell Through the World, because she was the only character from that story who they KNEW was from Remnant.

But what if Alyx DIDN’T actually write the story?

Because Alyx actually ended up being left in the Ever After while LEWIS was the one who made it back to Remnant. And HE wrote the story.

After all, his name is LEWIS.

As in, Lewis Carroll

[pilot-boi]

White Knight Time Travel idea : People are suspecting..

Jaune and Weiss are at the Vytal Festival , each one with their respective teams , their mission has gone..well.. so far. Even without trying to change so much some things never change like Team CVFY and Prof.Port saving the city or Ruby meeting Penny...

But that doesn't matter compared to the titanic work they would have to do during this specific moment..it was now or never

~Weiss Side~

Ruby:WE DID IIIT!!!!....Anyone esle is starving?....

Weiss listened to Ruby and Blake's chat from the side , each time they have this small moments the more she thinks how everyone took Beacon's days from granted

Having to relieve the fight against Team ABRN made her notice how..unprepared they were ; even herself with her "Competent" perfomance wasn't still not enough to face that monster..

Weiss..

The Grimm entering Beacon..

Weiss..

The Witch's inner circle playing right under their noses..

WEISS..

Pyrrha and Penny along many other students being casualties of the..

WEISSS!

Weiss:W-W-What?!

Yang: Your scroll is ringing , shouldn't you answer it?

Weiss noticed her scroll , the contact named "FATHER"..

Right..her time at Beacon was almost up..

Weiss:I will call him later , thanks for making me know Yang..

The Blonde Brawler has noticed her friend weird..this last few day , she can't say why..but it's there , spacing out of chats most of the time or reacting to certain words like Destiny , Maiden or even mentioning locations like Haven Academy can get her all shaky

Right now Ice Queen is looking at her Sis talking with Emerald and her silent friend like she's trying way too hard to keep herself civil , her face may not show it but that tense posture and hands behind shouted something was wrong

And to say the last person she saw acting this way her Dad after..her Supermom left was all she needed to know , Ice Queen's hiding something and she will find out

~Jaune's side~

Jaune did miss Beacon , the academy.. , but coming right back wouldn't make it any better..quite the contrary it shows him how somethings must remain as memories..

The Vytal Festival just started and the mood seems festive enough for him to enjoy a little. Children playing around , teens being themselves truly a moment to breathe fresh air

Miss : Gather around as I tell the story of the Girl who fell through the World!

Jaune tenses hearing that , it's just a woman reading a story to a bunch of kids..nothing dangerous..

Yet..

He takes a look at his armour , clean not rusted..his face is still young and Crocea Mors is still complete..

Ren: Jaune?

Jaune:W-What?!

Nora: You have been standing there for a while , did the story peak your interest? Alyx's story is a classic! The Curious Cat is my favorite character! So mischevious!

If looks could kill , Nora's smile would have been erased a while ago..

Jaune:That Cat is nothing but troubles..

Nora:What? Don't tell me you are a fan of the Red Prince? Or the Rusted Knight?

Sensing hostility , Ren tried to change the topic..

Ren:Why don't we go with Pyrrha? She's saved us a nice spot in that Mistralian restaurant.

Both teammates agree , Nora leaves because she has won another petty argument..but Jaune seemed so personal about it..The Girl who fell through the World is just a Children's story..why is he so defensive about it?

Lie Ren is someone who can read the room quite well and to his knowledge..there's something wrong with Jaune..

He acts like..an adult sometimes , there's nothing wrong with that but it seems off..

Even their stategies , they are a group of Four , Team JNPR..but Jaune always acts like only Nora and him are part of the team

Ren even hears his silent sobs when he has nightmares , the words "Cinder" "Kill" "Penny" "Pyrrha" is all he has as evidence , trying to make sense of said word it would be something like

Cinder will kill Pyrrha and Penny

That sounded so..dumb , Cinder is a student along her team but he would ask Jaune later right now they have a fight to win

👀👀👀

So many of these WK Time travel asks are from their POV, I LOVE this look into their friends’ view

[nerdlydelicious]

If the fact that I made 30+ memes about the topic didn’t make it clear enough, I’ve basically gone half feral over grizzled Rusted Knight Jaune. I can’t wait to learn more about his time in the Ever After and how he’s changed.

And yes, I do believe that he is the Rusted Knight from Alyx’s story, not just his heir or replacement. Maybe that will wind up not being the case, but we’ll have to wait and see.

But do you know what’s really wild about Jaune being the Rusted Knight?

Everyone knows who he is. ‘The Girl who Fell Through the World’ is obviously a classic that’s been read by just about everyone as children. All of his friends, his classmates, his family, those kids he walked to and from school in Mantle. Hell, even their parents.

Everyone knows who he is.

Imagine Blake listening to Kali or Ghira read her the story, waiting for her favorite part: when the Rusted Knight rides in on his Jackelope to save Alyx from the Jabberwalker.

Imagine Weiss daydreaming about a knight riding to the rescue of his princess on the back of a big bunny, sweeping her up in his arms and riding off into the sunset to live their happily ever after.

Imagine Yang eagerly listening to Tai or Summer describe the knight clashing with the Jabberwalker and cheering when he strikes it down. Imagine Ruby being inspired by the Rusted Knight to be just like him: a hero who’s always there when they’re needed.

Imagine Pyrrha wanting to become the very best warrior just like him, unaware that she would play a role in forging his legend.

Imagine Nora and Ren huddled up together in a cave, taking shelter from a storm and reading about how the Rusted Knight fought and slew the big monster, taking comfort in the fact that at least in the fairy tails the heroes always win.

And imagine Jaune with a toy shield and sword, pretending he’s the rusted knight, being carried on his father’s shoulders as he duels with an imaginary Jabberwalker, unaware that he’s recreating his own battles.

Imagine Cinder huddled under her thin sheets, reading the book by moonlight and wishing a knight would take her away to a magical world where everything was okay.

Imagine Emerald reading the story of the Ever After from a book she stole, using it to teach herself how to read word by word.

Imagine Mercury wishing a knight would fight his Jabberwalker and protect him from his own father.

Just think about how Blake of all people reacted when he arrived to fight the Jabberwalker. She was giddy with excitement at seeing one of her childhood heroes in the flesh. If Jaune hadn’t removed his helmet, she probably would have asked for his autograph.

From Vale to Menagerie, the children of Remnant know the story of Alyx’s journey, and they know the Rusted Knight. When they play Ever After they argue over who gets to be the Rusted Knight and fight the Jabberwalker. And some of those children, knowingly or otherwise, are influenced by him to grow up and fight their own world’s monsters, to become huntresses and huntsmen, to be the defenders of Remnant and the shield between the innocent and the Grimm. Just like how the Rusted Knight has defended the Ever After from the Jabberwalker.

Jaune is one of Remnant’s childhood heroes. And I think that’s beautiful.

And yes, I did cry a bit while writing this. Thank you for asking.

[howi99]

Pet AU

God...I feel sorry for jaune but also for his team. I can see Adam being hard on jaune as he is very weak and not prepared for combat.

I can say jaune would give it his all but he is very unprepared. But maybe there is a silver lining with this. Jaune was made leader his strength right now is his brains and strategy. Maybe he starts training with all his team mates every day to start trying to catch up?

PE class

Blake: You know, it's impressive how Jaune isn't actually dying on us.

Ilia: *shrug* If anything, he got a good amount of stamina for an untrained civilian.

Jaune: *Running laps with all his equipment on* How *huff* many *huff* more?

Adam: *behind him, running as well with a whistle in his mouth* "whistle" Less question, more running!

Jaune: *huff* Fuuuuu-

Blake: No swearing! Mo- i mean headmistress Kali is watching us.

Jaune: -dge.

Kali: *who is looking at everyone's training* You know Blake, I don't mind if you call me mom on campus.

Blake: It's weird.

Kali: *clenching her poor heart* My daughter is in her rebel phase. Oh the humanity!

Blake: *roll her eyes*

Adam: *whistle* Ok, we can stop.

Jaune: Oh thank god!

_____

Study time

Adam: ... I don't understand.

Jaune: What do you mean?

Adam: Why are we learning about literature instead of training to kill grimm?

Jaune: *looking at his own paper* I mean, we still need to be educated. Besides, i don't see Blake and Ilia complaining.

Blake and Ilia: *both reading the same book. They are both smiling like idiots*

Adam: They have... A weird obsession with that series. I think it's called ninja of love?

Jaune: *shrug* the prof said we could choose the book we wanted to write our dissertation about. As long as it's not porn, i don't care what they both are reading.

Adam: *was going to say that it probably was smut, then just give up* What did you choose?

Jaune: *give the book he was writing about to Adam* Take a look.

Adam: "The girl who fell through the world." Hey, i know that story.

Jaune: You do?

Adam: Yeah! I was always a fan of the rusted knight.

Jaune: *chuckle* like everyone else.

Adam: What? You prefer another one?

Jaune: Yeah, the Red Warrior. The man who saves the less fortunate and helps the rusted knight and Alyx during his adventures!

[thuskindlyshescatters]

They refused to identify the Female Voice ("This is the story of a girl...") but I'm betting it's Alyx, or the voice of someone reading The Girl Who Fell Through the World.

Penny is credited, so I think that confirms it was her voice yelling "Ruby" when she woke up on the beach.

The Jabberwock is referred to as the "Jabberwalker." As in, it jabbers as it moves. Fitting.

[professorspork]

Okay so something's been bothering me. And maybe it's just a continuity error, but... I'm willing to bet not.

Last episode, when Neo's Jabberwalker copies came to the market and everyone scattered in terror, the Curious Cat said this was VERY BAD. To which Blake, jumping into action, asked:

Which is really weird!

Sure, Blake would have no reason to know the lore the Cat then drops-- that if the Jabberwalker eats you, you can't Ascend-- but she's supposed to have heard of them. She brought them up in episode 2! It was among the things she listed that Alyx did:

This stuck in my craw last week and I didn't know what to make of it. Is it just sloppy phrasing? We're supposed to think Blake didn't realize the thing they'd encountered WAS a Jabberwalker? Why would that matter, if it was being referred to by name?

But now we've met Jaune, and he's the Rusted Knight. And one of his greatest concerns is...

This volume is having a real ball with fiction, and narratives, and what it means to be in a story or live up to a legacy or like. Be a person.

Undoubtedly, the reality of what's happening in the Ever After (and what's happened before, and will happen again) has deviated wildly from the book The Girl Who Fell Through The World, and most of that is because of whoever wrote it.

But if Blake's losing knowledge she should already have, what if the story is somehow getting retconned in real time?

How can you escape a story if it keeps changing on you?

[littlemisssquiggles]

In today’s episode, Jaune revealed that Lewis and Alyx were actually residents of Vacuo Kingdom (surprise, surprise) during a time before the Great War. And since we know that Lewis actually returned from the Ever After, it make wonder something curious.

If Lewis was the author of the Girl Who Fell Through the World fairy-tale then it would make perfect sense as to why he omitted himself from the written adventures in the Ever After and chose to make Alyx the protagonist. It makes sense since, unlike Lewis, Alyx never returned home and basically “died” in the Ever After.

So my assumption is that Lewis must’ve maintained his sister’s story through his story about her. That way Alyx’s legacy was able to live on in some shape or form despite the real Alyx practically ceasing to exist after never returning home.

Since Jaune was shown to still be have some qualms over his time in the Ever After, it got me thinking.

What if…Jaune were to (somehow) discover the original journal of Lewis which he had used to record his experience in the Ever After in the Vacuo archives?

What if…Jaune were to meet someone closely connected to Lewis and Alyx while in Vacuo? Like a surviving member of their family bloodline still thriving in modern Remnant.

What if… Headmaster Theodore was that surviving member? I know the main popular theory is that Lewis was one of Ozma’s reincarnations but imagine if Lewis wasn’t an Ozma reincarnation but Theo’s ancestor instead?

I haven’t read either of the RWBY After the Fall books so I’m not familiar with Headmaster Theodore in terms of characterization or like what his backstory is.

That being said, I do, however like the idea of the final maiden being connected to Theo in some shape or form.

For me, I like the prospect of the Summer Maiden being either Theo’s daughter or younger sister or cousin or niece or some important person to him as she’s probably the only family he has left.

Again, I don’t know anything about Theo but thus far, none of the other headmasters of the huntsmen academies have had any reason to be protective of their respective maiden outside of a moral obligation as per Ozpin’s instructions.

To make Theo stand out more, I think it would be a nice change of pace if Theo, the final headmaster, were to share an actual connection to the final  maiden as she is a beloved relative of his.

Why bring this up? Well I like the idea of Jaune forming a close relationship with another Maiden candidate. Maybe he could even fall in love with the Summer Maiden.

Technically, Jaune hasn’t had a legit love interest since Pyrhha and I don’t know about ya’ll but…after six seasons (and half a movie), I’m kind of tired of being reminded of Arkos, ya’ll.

It was the Ship that was meant to be that never got to be because Writers decided to kill it off early.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Arkos. Arkos was a great ship that was gone too soon.

To (finally) close the chapter on Jaune moving on from Pyrhha (since even after all of his growth, I still don't think he's over her as the show keeps constantly bringing up whenever they can)...

I think it actually might be cute if Jaune does end up being romantically involved with the Summer Maiden who he actually succeeds in protecting from Cinder when she comes to steal her powers.

I’ve grown tired of new maidens showing up in the story just to die for the sake of the powers being passed onto a main character.

Since Summer is the last maiden, it would be nice if Summer is the one to stop the cycle of original maiden deaths and she actually gets to live on even after opening the vault.

As much as I like WhiteKnight as a ship, I honestly gave up on it becoming canon after V5 dropped and nothing else was done to further develop Weiss and Jaune’s relationship as a prospective romance.

Yeah sure, V9 tossed us a crumb of Weiss being attracted to Jaune in his more mature Rusted Knight persona.

But after further deliberation, I’ve concluded that that little nugget of hope isn’t enough to get me back on the horse of hoping for a romance between these two.

Do you know what would actually be pretty wild?

If Jaune fell in love with the Summer Maiden who is not only a red-head (like Pyrhha) but is also a descendent of Lewis who is the author of the Girl Who Fell Through the World and thus a relative of Alyx.

And unlike Alyx and Pyrhha who Jaune failed to protect/help/save, Jaune is able to do just that with the Summer Maiden by protecting her from Cinder and thus, the two are able to live happily ever after.

That would actually be wild.

Not saying this would become true in the canon. I'm just tossing it out into the RWBY FNDM ether as a food for thought.

~LMS (2024)

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

So I will say it would might be hard but what about Harriet as the Rusted Knight stand in. Spending years dealing with guilt and horror of her willing to nuke a city just because she was told too. She could call the Lighting Trailer or something.

(Fun fact! When initially thinking about the major plot threads for the Sharc AU, I was actually going to have Harriet fall into the Ever After, find the time fruit and become the Juniper of the Sharc Universe. I have since decided against that, and feel safe sharing it.)

Blake: My Gods! It's the-

The Galvanic Squall: You kids have been getting up to a lot, huh?

Blake: Y- Yeah? Wait, how do you know we've been up to stuff?

Yang: Have you been watching us or-

The Galvanic Squall: That was one of the things I was meant to do, among all the other-

The Woman wrenches her face mask down while pulling off her goggles and hood.

Harriet Bree stood before them, her face wrinkled with old scars covering her face and ears, her hair pulled back into a mess of cable-like dreads, all streaked with dull gray and Electric Yellow.

Harriet: A Shit that Ironwood was ordering us to do- What the fuck happened!

Ruby: HARRIET?

Harriet: Yes! HELLO! I've been stuck here for-Fucking-ever!

Harriet: I mean, fuck I lost count after about the second month here, but I've been looking for- look, what was the last thing that happened to you?

RWBY: *Share worried looks*

Harriet: Okay, I get it, I'm in rough shape, just answer, alright!?

Weiss: uhm ... We only woke up here a day ago. before getting here, We evicted Atlas and Mantle to Vacuo using the Staff of Creation.

Harriet: Uh huh, Caused Atlas to sink, I'm aware.

Blake: Cinder Fall and one of her Cronies followed us into the In-between, and made us fall.

Harriet: Yep. I was Running Civies to the exit because Flame Girl and Polendina were fighting.

Yang: We all got knocked down here, obviously, and Salem got the Relic, but we know she doesn't have the maiden powers.

Harriet: Well. That doesn't sound great.

Ruby: Well, Neo, 'Cinder's Crony' fell with us. She hates my guts and ... It ... isn't good. Penny died. For real this time, no rebuilding, no recovering she's just ... gone.

Harriet: ... Oh. I- I uh.

Harriet: Wow. That's- I'm sorry. I know you two were close- she would never shut up- Er, Stop talking about you.

Ruby: We've all lost people. We can't sit around feeling sorry for ourselves. You Didn't.

_WBY: *look worriedly between each other and Ruby, who doesn't notice*

Harriet: Yeah, Well, I did my best to. Hell, I figured out how to dye my hair, gave me something to do while I waited.

Harriet: Also if you see a technicolor Cat, Don't Trust it. A couple kids Ran through years back and uh ... I couldn't find them. They just disappeared. If that Girl hadn't poisoned me I'd be certain they were just delusions.

Blake: A Girl? Was her name Alyx?

Harriet: *Squinting Suspiciously at Blake* ... How'd you know that?

Yang: It's a Book. The Girl that Fell Through the World. It's a classic!

Weiss: But there was only Alyx in the Story.

Harriet: The girl I met had a Brother. Lewis, and he was a lot more nervous and forward-thinking. And a hell of a lot more level headed. Lewis could stub his toe on a rock and he'd apologize to it. Alyx would stub her toe and make a guillotine for whatever tripped her up.

Blake: It sounds like we have a lot to talk about. Uh, do you have a place to stay or ...

Harriet: Yeah, I've got a cottage, let's move out.

Weiss: Well I'm glad you're not angry at us.

Harriet: Well, if it means anything ... I think you did the right thing standing up to the General. I know I made a mistake listening to him. *She beings walking*

Harriet: Come on, we might make it before sundown.

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Nice detail to know that Alyx and Lewis are from Vacuo from way before it got all it's resources depleted so it was still a pretty prosperous oasis, so they can dress all fancy.

Yup. Jaune is even surprised they're from Vacuo because nothing about their design says Vacuo or hardship or desert at all. They probably grew up happy, perhaps even rich.

And the Great War would also explain how and why The Girl Who Fell Through the World became enough of a fairy tale that they didn't know who the author was. Things got jumbled up and suddenly this fairy tale story from Vacuo (who cares who wrote it, it's from Vacuo, we'll just put in a disclaimer that it's "based on a Vacuo legend" and republish it as ours) is everywhere, but no one knows or even thinks that it might have been the creation of a single person. After all, fairy tales don't have authors. Alyx wasn't real anyway.

[bestworstcase]

What are all the different fractals of ozlem?

ALL of them? 😶

um.

(ghost quartet vc) THIS IS A CIRCULAR STORY…

romantic pairings (high confidence):

blake (oz) / yang (salem) – adam as their god of light – the tower is rootlessness – assorted Posts ren (oz) / nora (salem) – the nuckelavee as their light – the tower is homelessness [penny (oz)] -> oscar (oz) / ruby (salem) – ozpin as their god of light – the tower is summer rose

romantic pairings (unhinged speculation):

[pyrrha (oz)] -> gillian (oz) / jaune (salem) – laughs weakly. croci amour – the tree is the tower – og spit take – follow up – the I GUESS! moment – gill as ozma – thematic breakdown winter (oz) / cinder (salem) – ????????????????????? – the tower is destiny

whatever the hell is going on with STR:

– summer the ozma who took salems hand – (adam lunar eclipse?? foreshadowing) – raven the salem who followed ozma – tai the salem who never stopped waiting – glynda??? (<- narrative rule: ozlem MUST be equals) – QUESTION MARK.

uncategorized:

emerald (oz) + mercury (salem) – tentatively, tyrian is the tower – silver eyes?? – may or may not eventuate romantically – being cinder’s "children" complicates it – i don’t know – they’re definitely paired though – emerald the spy – mercury the messenger

non-romantic / unpaired fractals:

the cat (salem) + jabber (salem) – one is cursed and desperate – one is punished and demonized the red king/prince (oz) – must win his game at any cost – caged by self-inflicted purpose – becomes stuck in a child… the herbalist (oz) – bitter, jaded, going through motions – needs the cat to unblind him – sends somewhat to help the prince – (that’s oz fighting the curse) weiss as aroace ozlem – maiden who is her own knight neo (salem) + alyx (salem) – the girl in the tower – the girl who fell through the world – explore storyteller/perspective themes

character developing interactions:

cinder + weiss -> jaune – cinder challenges his hero complex – weiss is saved x2 then saves him sun + ilia -> blake – sun functions as an oz-mirror to blake – in that he abandons his team for her – like she abandoned hers for yang – ilia echoes salem (persecuted, desperate) – blake empathizes with + forgives her – foreshadowing ozlem reconciliation

THERE MAY BE OTHERS… i keep meaning to make a detailed chart. one day