#grimm!ruby

[aromiekimart]

Wow, this one's very old fanart! Big Boy Beowolf

NOW AVAILABLE AS A PRINT HERE ON MY INPRNT!

[howlingday]

Nora's Arc Wedding

Qrow: If anyone can give just cause as to why these two may not be lawfully wed, speak now or forever hold your peace...

Nora: (Grinning ear-to-ear)

Jaune: (Bound and gagged)

Cinder: (Smashes through the window) MWAHAHA~! I've got you now, Arc~! Prepare for my-

Nora: (Pulls out Magnhild) NOT NOW! (Throws)

Cinder: (Sent flying) WE'LL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE FOR TUUUESDAAAY~! (Bling~!)

Nora: (Huffing, Straightens herself) Now then... Mr. Ruby's Uncle, if you would~?

Qrow: Uh, yeah... Like I was sayin', if anyone has any reason these two should not be married, speak now or forever-

Grimm Hound: (Smashes through ceiling)

Nora: (Boots him through the ceiling) WOULD YOU GET OUT OF HERE, YOU BODY HORROR LET-DOWN?! Nothing is getting between me and the happiest day of my life~! Ruby's Uncle!

Qrow: If anyone can give just cause as to why this couple cannot be lawfully-

Oscar: Oh, there you two are. I've been looking...

Nora: (Killing instinct emanates from her)

Ozpin: (Blinks) ...How did I end up in my old body?

Nora: MARRY! NOW!

Qrow: ...If any- (Doors swing open)

Ruby: YOU DIDN'T MAKE ME YOUR FLOWER GIRL?!

Nora: Uh oh.

Qrow: May the Brothers have mercy on your soul. (Turns into a bird, Flies away)

Nora: Uh... R-Ruby... Let's take a deep breath and-

Ruby: GET HER, YANG!

Jaune: (Tossed outside)

Nora: WAGH! Ruby, this was a big misunderstanding, I swear~!

Jaune: ...

Nora: JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUNE~!

[lyricthecat-12]

Tribute to my favorites RWBY Post-V3 Fight Scenes

Monty Oum certainly had a gift, and it will always be a shame that such a talented and kind person was taken from us so soon, but we have to admit that CRWBY has also managed to give us some great fights over time. So to give them a little appreciation, I decided to put together an edit of some of my favorite post-V3 action clips.

I hope Volume 10 continues to bring us more thrilling action. 🤩 🌹❄️🖤🔥

[magentacat]

I could be working on my WIP or be making memes about it.

[barrel-fish]

Messing around with the hound designs in between pokemon drawings, trying to find something I like.

[spectralpixelsredone]

grimm

[bestworstcase]

“unreliable narrators” is not code for “arbitrarily cherry-pick what you believe to be true from the text based on vibes and what you want to happen, and ignore any textual evidence that contradicts your theory-fanfic on the grounds that narrators are unreliable” it means you have to be skeptical and think critically about what every character says. only by evaluating the text in a holistic manner is it possible to determine the narrative truth.

you cannot just say “well this character is just lying/wrong, because unreliable narrators” – you need to actually interrogate the context. are there discrepancies between what this character said and what has been said by other characters? what about things we’ve been shown, not recounted to us through the lens of a character’s dialogue? does this character have a motivation to lie? are there relevant facts of which this character is not aware that might change their view? is the character stating a conclusion based on logical reasoning from the information they have or are they speaking from emotion? does the character have any biases that might inform their interpretation of what they know or see?

[anthurak]

Why I think Grimm!Summer is Going to Happen

So over the last few months I’ve seen a bit of discussion and theorizing on the prospect of Grimm!Summer actually being a red-herring for an even bigger reveal, such as Summer having actually joined Salem and is working with her entirely willingly. With what seems to be a decent chunk of this idea borne out of the idea that Ruby just straight up figuring out the Grimm!Summer twist in Volume 8 feeling like an ‘obvious’ setup for a fakeout.

The thing is (and this is rather ironic given that I was pushing the idea of Grimm!Summer being a red-herring pre-Volume 9), I think we’re not only getting Grimm-Hybrid Summer, but also that Ruby’s big ‘That’s what happened to Mom…’ theory in Volume 8 is actually basically LEGIT. And furthermore, that the writers have actually kind of ‘locked in’ Grimm!Summer to the point that doing some kind of fake-out would significantly undermine and even outright contradict some major plot points in Volume 8.

But to begin, let’s talk about “That’s what happened to Mom…”

The thing is, I totally get why some people might be suspicious of a fake-out here. After all, the main character essentially piecing together what is clearly a massive twist BEFORE the big reveal is something we very much DON’T normally see. This is basically Luke Skywalker walking out of the Dagobah cave in Episode V, sitting down next to Yoda with an absolutely HAUNTED look and straight up stating: “Vader is my father, isn’t he?”

But when has RWBY ever done things NORMAL with fantasy tropes? And Ruby in particular has always been a very ATYPICAL protagonist. So I’d say RWBY’s heroine piecing together a major reveal ahead of time would actually be rather appropriate.

Furthermore, I think what we see play out in this scene is actually very important to one of RWBY’s major overriding narratives: The counterpoint to the repeated use of Unreliable Narrators. With how much RWBY has made use of this trope, that naturally raises the question ‘How can we/the characters be sure of ANYTHING?’ And I think we’re seeing the answer here:

The characters have to piece the answers together themselves.

Ruby finding out that her mother was taken by Salem and turned into a horrific grimm hybrid monstrosity is very much NOT a case of the Unreliable Narrator. Nobody TOLD Ruby this information, she simply figured it out herself.

First, Ruby learned from Tyrian back in Volume 4 that Salem specifically wants her alive.

Then in Volume 6, Ruby learned from Maria that Salem used to simply have Silver Eyed Warriors hunted down and killed. Meaning that something must have changed between Maria’s time and now.

Then in Volume 7, Ruby learned that her mother apparently MET Salem on that fateful final mission of hers.

Finally in Volume 8, Ruby sees this horrifying, monstrous Grimm Hybrid that Salem has created… with a Silver Eyed Warrior inside it.

And with that, the pieces fall into place:

As Ruby herself puts it: “Salem used to kill people with Silver Eyes, like Maria. But she’s always wanted ME alive. But why would that change unless… When she met Mom, she learned she could do something new.”

This isn’t even the first time the show has done something like this. Back in Volume 6, Maria’s and Ruby’s theory that the Silver Eyes originate from or are otherwise connected to the God of Light is NOT something they are ‘told’ but rather something they infer based on observations made during Jinn’s vision.

Given how much RWBY has made use of Unreliable Narrators, I think it’s actually only natural that the information our heroines come across and piece together themselves would be the far more legit answers.

Obviously it might not be the whole story, but it is at least the START of it.

Next let’s talk about Grimm!Summer herself and why I think Summer turning out to have joined and is serving Salem entirely willingly… doesn’t really WORK with everything that’s been set up so far.

The thing is, the big Hound reveal in Volume 8 essentially ‘locks-in’ Summer being the ‘Patient Zero’ of Salem’s whole Grimm Hybrid project. Again, as Ruby herself laid out; Salem used to kill people with Silver Eyes. But now she seems to want them, like Ruby, alive. And it turns out she actually met Summer Rose in the meantime. And now Salem is making horrific Grimm Hybrids using Silver Eyes Warriors. Ergo, meeting Summer is when Salem ‘learned she could do something new’.

So if Grimm!Summer turns out to be a red-herring… then WHERE did the Hybrids come from? Are we supposed to find out that ‘Oh, it wasn’t actually Summer, but rather thanks to some OTHER Silver Eyed Warrior who also just so happened to fight Salem that she learned she could start making Grimm Hybrids’?

Because I don’t think I need to explain why that would be an EXTREMELY UNSATISFYING as a twist. In the ‘red-herring that exists ONLY to be a red-herring’ kind of way.

And with Grimm!Summer as the starting point of Salem’s Hybrids essentially locked-in, I think that kills any possibility that Summer has joined and is working with Salem willingly. After all, I think it’s hard to imagine Summer working with/for Salem fully willingly if she’s also spent years as effectively the Patient Zero for Salem’s twisted hybrid experiments. As I’ve stated elsewhere, I think Summer’s mental state at this point is that she’s ‘willingly’ working for Salem, but only because she’s been so psychologically BROKEN by everything she’s been put through.

Finally, there’s this idea that Ruby ‘figuring out the twist’ in Volume 8 somehow ‘kills the reveal’ of Summer being a Grimm Hybrid. To which I not only VEHEMENTLY disagree with, but I also think it actually MASSIVELY ratchets up the tension surrounding Summer’s fate going forward.

Thanks to essentially figuring the reveal out early, now Ruby has to LIVE with this knowledge. Now this fact of Summer not only being alive, but likely some terrible grimm monstrosity can LOOM over Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake, as well as Qrow, Raven, Tai and others who were close to Summer once RWBY fills them in. Going forward, this knowledge will be sitting ominously in the back of Ruby’s mind. I mean it’s pretty clear that this was one of the things weighing HEAVILY on Ruby during Volume 9.

And it gives the appearance of more Grimm Hybrid further down the line an ominous, haunting inevitability for Ruby and her family. Because now she KNOWS that one of these monstrosities isn’t just a silver-eyed warrior like her, but her MOTHER.

It’s basically Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘bomb under the table’ theorem applied to long-form storytelling.

All in all, I do think there’s certainly a lot of really interesting ideas to Summer joining Salem willingly. I just think they don’t line up with where the story seems to be going.

[soundkiller0017]

RNJR was a incredible team.

[aromiekimart]

Sphinx and Manticore Grimm encounter. I got to design them for the actual show! They were a blast to do, and it was an honor to be given the opportunity

This image is available as a high-quality print on my INPRNT!

[howlingday]

Paladin Jaune Interactions

Yang: (Golden Dragon) Jaune... Never thought you had this kinda strength before. Not bad. What say we spar like this~?

Jaune: (Paladin Armor) You know me; I'm never satisfied with just "good enough". I've never been this strong before, either. Let's see if I can get any stronger like this...

--------------------------------------------------

Cinder: (V8) Wh... What is this power?! Don't tell me there's a strength more powerful than a Maiden!

Jaune: Heh... Gotta say, this is gonna be cathartic with how hard I'm about to put you in the ground.

--------------------------------------------------

Magnum: (Nora's Arc son) Hey, Dad! Let's spar together!

Jaune: Geez, Mags... Sometimes I can't tell if you're my kid or Yang's...

--------------------------------------------------

Nora: (V8) Jaune...? No, wait, my bad! Sorry, sorry, I thought you were someone else...

Jaune: No, honey, it's me. I promise, I just... Hah... How would I even begin to explain?

--------------------------------------------------

Jaune: Well, Pyrrha always did say the hardest fight would be with who you were yesterday.

Jaune: I would say you're Neo, but I think you copied more than just how I look.

--------------------------------------------------

Jaune: Ruby... Whattaya think of my new power? Pretty cool, huh?

Ruby: (Silver Eyed Warrior) Well, I think it's safe to say that you're definitely the strongest huntsman.

--------------------------------------------------

Hound: (Alpha Hound) UNG... GRAAAAAGH!

Jaune: What's the matter? Too scared to make the first move? Fine... Then allow me!

--------------------------------------------------

Jaune: Hmph... So you're big. I've fought bigger.

Salem: Who are you to dare challenge the Witch Queen, Salem?!

[superiorsturgeon]

Packed Lunch

Ruby: It’s really a shame that Jaune couldn’t come along on this mission!

Yang: *rolling her shoulder* Yeah, not that we NEED it, but one of his shiny aura-boosts would’ve made things a lot easier back there!

Weiss: You just like that it makes you look like that cartoon you used to watch!

Yang: Hey, Dragonfightingball GZ is a cultural icon and I will not apologize for enjoying it!

Blake: So, where is Jaune, anyway?

Pyrrha: *adjusting her backpack* Oh, there’s a flu going around the preschool, so Jaune insisted on staying home with our son. He loves being a huntsman, but ever since we became parents his priorities changed!

Nora: Plus, his semblance can help soothe tummy aches!

RWBY__PR: *noises of agreement, remembering the morning after their graduation party*

Ruby: Well, there’s always next time! So, what’s for dinner tonight?

RWBY_NPR: …

Weiss: …I thought it was your turn to make dinner?

Ruby: What? I did it two nights ago! I thought it was Blake’s turn!

Blake: I thought it was Nora’s!

Nora: No way! I don’t have any ingredients!

Yang: Why not Ren? He’s the best cook out of all of us!

Ren: Don’t look at me. I don’t have any ingredients either! The last fight with the Grimm damaged my pack.

Yang: Mine too!

Ruby: So that’s it? We’re in the middle of nowhere and none of us have any food? We’re all licensed huntresses! What kind of rookie mistake is this?!

_WBY_N_R: 😰 *hungry depressed noises*

Pyrrha: Don’t worry everyone! I’ll save the day! *takes off her pack*

Pyrrha: Allow me to present the Arc family’s second-best creation!

Nora: *covers her mouth* You don’t mean…?! 😲

Pyrrha: I do!

Pyrrha: *holds a big container of tender brisket, carrots, and mashed potatoes over her head* The Arc special make-ahead Roast Brisket for Ten!

RWBY_N_R: 😃 *cheering*

Pyrrha: …complete with personalized “I Love You” notes from Jaune to each of us!

RWBY_N_R: 😆 *cheering louder*

Pyrrha: *holds up a smaller container* And “Mission Well-Done” brownies!

RWBY_N_R: 😍 WOOO JAUNE!!!

Pyrrha: *proud champion noises* 😌

———————————————————————

Jaune: *taking Arkos kid’s temperature* Your old man will go kick Grimm butt next time, right?

Arkos kid: 🤒

[magentacat]

Ruby’s Grimm Life: Blood Moon (Pt III)

At Team JNPR's dorm, on Jeanne's bed.

Ruby never woke up as relaxed as that morning. The sun gently caressed her face. She was warm, comfy and resting on the softest pair of pillows she's ever felt.

Wait. Pair?

Ruby's eyes shot open, as she looked down and recognized the familiar Pumpkin Pete hoodie, she slowly lifted her gaze up to see the owner of said hoodie.

Ruby: Oh no.

Jeanne: Good morning, Ruby.

Ruby: Hi... Jeanne...

Jeanne: Would you mind to un-dig your claws from my side?

Ruby: Oh crud! *quickly stops hugging Jeanne*

Jeanne: *relieved sigh* Thank you. *still staring at the ceiling* You may want to dress up too.

Ruby: *eyes widen* Did you undress...

Jeanne: *quickly* Nope. *sighing in resignation, avoiding eye contact* You were like that.

Ruby winces.

Jeanne: When you tackled me.

Ruby winces harder.

Jeanne: And fell asleep on me.

Ruby clenches her eyes shut, whishing this was just a bad dream.

Ruby: *hoping still* At least no one else saw, right?

Jeanne: *silence*

Ruby: *louder* At least no one else saw! Right Jeanne?

Yang: *entering the room, bringing Ruby's clothes* Good morning Rubes.

Ruby, blushing hard, Petal Bursts out of Team JNPR's room and into her own, hiding into a tight shame burrito on her bunk bed.

Ruby: *thinking* I'm never leaving this bed ever again.

--

And that concludes Grimm Ruby's blood moon misadventure. I am writing a whole story around the concept, but I wanted to try it out on a short bit first.

Hope you liked it.

[st-whalefall]

I’m taking a big ol’ swing with this one so everyone please keep your limbs inside the vehicle until we reach our destination (let me cook)

So, what happened here? For this to go from-

Goofy ass grin <3

Summer: “Trust me..”

To this-

Raven: “The creatures of Grimm have a master named Salem. She can’t be stopped, she can’t be reasoned with, and she will not rest until humanity crumbles at her feet.”

Raven: To Ruby with disdain, “You sound just like your mother.”

Let me lay some of my cards on the table. I’m in the “Summer is still alive” camp and I got thoughts on: if Summer is still alive, why has she not been in Yang and Ruby’s life?

Not even a peep? For 14 years?

Something BIG had to have happened to her to keep her away from them.

Now, a lot of folks will go straight to where Ruby jumped to: Summer got Grimm hound-ed by Salem

But I think that’s takes a lot of agency away from Summer and the building revelation of her character and the purpose she serves in the narrative.

If Summer has been grimmified, I posit it was by her own doing, by choice. And her choice alone.

Qrow: “You’re special the same way your mom was…The creatures of Grimm were afraid of those silver eyed warriors.”

Salem: “Do you feel it? Don’t fight it girl. It can sense your trepidation. You must make it dread you.”

How does Salem illustrate the melding of Cinders flesh with the Grimm arm and mastery over it?

In the few instances we get, how are silver eyes described in their effect on Grimm? Obliteration, yes. Resistance to their influence? Possibly (see Ruby & the apathy). But command over them? Let’s explore that.

We are working with a pretty small dataset here, so you’ll forgive me for mostly drawing from Cinder for this (separate post I think the hound is a reanimated corpse and so different from true living hybrids like Cinder (& hypothetically Summer)).

Grimm evolve and Grimm hybrids, like Cinder, adapt.

From vol4 to vol8, Cinder’s Grimm arm grows. It spreads. And she becomes more comfortable with it as time progresses.

Cinders Grimm arm has become an integral part of her and, side note, I dislike theories that revolve her hypothetical redemption around her being purified of evil (Grimm) by silver eyes.

[But that’s just me, I want the monstrous to stay monstrous rather than erased or watered down for easy digestion. Let the monster stay a monster in its appearance and still be worthy of love, and so on and so forth.]

So, we come back to Summer Rose.

Summer confronted Salem, learned something earth shattering, destroyed Raven’s faith and trust in her, and did something that prevented her from returning to her daughters for more than a decade.

What did Summer do? Agency, we’re thinking strong choices here.

Choices that are radical but in line for a character with strong convictions, an alluded to pedestal she stands upon and all the complexes that comes with, perhaps a little self destructive, and a big heart. Big enough to sympathize with the devil and do something about it.

The thing that could be preventing Summer from returning home could be as simple as:

After she learned the truth about Oz’s shadow war, she joined Salem’s side, and won’t return until she’s seen it through to the end.

But I want to put some spice on there because what if:

After learning whatever it was Salem told Summer, that turned her world upside down, Summer looked down into the pools of black and took the plunge

To understand Salem on a molecular level

To be Grimm as Salem is Grimm

To be a world changer

In the world of Remnant, that’s what the Grimm are. A force of destructive change, like hurricanes and wildfires, they shape the world through calamity. Disaster doesn’t feel any one way about you, it just is. It is devastating, but it doesn’t hate you. And it doesn’t love you either.

So, what would that make Summer?

How do you think that’s changed her, fundamentally?

Bloody evolution indeed.

And that’s why she stayed away. Summer changed, and now she looks a little more on the outside how she feels on the inside. But to the rest of the world, she is something horrifying. Unspeakable.

She didn’t want to give her girls nightmares.

Yeah, Summer was the inspiration for the Hound, and Cinder’s Grimm arm. But not in the way Ruby thinks.

[lez-bichi-lover]

My bff @pinktrapped made a western au with the bugs called ~HALLOWEST~ and I JUST COULDN'T RESIST DEAR LORD

Idrew her designs and added Radiance

[tumblingxelian]

Hello again!

Sorry for the long wait, this time of year is hard on everyone, but not so hard that we cant celebrate great writing and Ruby Rose's birthday! (Woot!)

To honor this special and soooky occasion, let's discuss how CRWBY handle the Horror genre Thanks for tuning in!