Qrow’s Semblance is Fortune! 🐦⬛
I talked about this briefly before, having speculated that Clover’s pin carries on his good luck after death or that Qrow has just done a lot of training mentally and/or physically. @benevolentslut had some amazing additions as well & I want to sum up this theory for you as best as I can as we reached similar conclusions even before I had read her reblog.
Qrow has only been in the negative all his life, mentally and emotionally.
This man has had barely any positivity in his life.
"His whole life he's been the epitome of cynicism and pessimism." - @benevolentslut
Qrow grew up under constant stress & threat of those around him.
Needless to say, but I don't think he could trust anyone he grew up around except maybe Raven.
Then he has to constantly worry about being found out by the other huntsmen! Also growing up with the threat of huntsmen and Grimm the entire time!
Then Oz drops the whole Salem problem on him & I'm sure that didn't help his mental health in the slightest!
"His sister leaves him and their team, and then summer disappears." - @benevolentslut Yeahhhh he is losing everyone close to him in one way or another! That cannot be a fun experience!
This look like the face of a guy that's doing okay?
I'm just going to copy paste this here as I hadn't noticed it & it feels worth noting that the intensity of his misfortune seems to increase with the increasing mental strain.
While we don't know for sure that all of these things are a byproduct of Qrow's misfortune semblance, it certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility. Notice the worsening of his mental health resulting in potentially more disastrous outcomes. 😰
"we see him blaming himself constantly for everything that goes wrong, and it only causes that to become more true." - @benevolentslut
She lists a lot more examples of where Qrow's semblance has potentially worked this way in the original post. Clover comes along & starts lifting him up, giving him actual hope. He now has a little seed of hope planted in him. 🍀
Wow, Qrow is doing so good for himself lately! I sure hope nothing-
Oh... oh no. From his perspective Ruby & Yang could literally be dead. He is stricken with grief as he watches it all unfold & probably sunk back down into a negative spot mentally. He may even blame himself in some way.
When you're this low, there's a saying that goes "nowhere to go but up."
I firmly believe that Qrow would see things that way, especially after reaching his lowest point. He can only do his best to help those around him. Though he's the most alone he's ever been, he's becoming a part of a new community where people help one another. In that sense, it's impossible to be alone. In spite of it all, he slowly finds his mental health improving! Ruby's message to the world is bringing people together! 🌹
"and we see him take up clover's role, both in terms of how he's helping out around shade, and more literally, in the unmissable parallel where he catches the guy who trips." - @benevolentslut
Ruby & Clover have both filled him with hope & he's more optimistic than he's ever been, which results in bursts good fortune! ✨
There's also already a premise for shifts in mental health and trauma resulting in semblance evolution.
Cinder betrayed Neo & so she winds up in the Ever After & through her form changes is showing us that she now has negative feelings towards Cinder.
She's so upset that her semblance starts to make multiple clones of her which it has never been able to do before. Her Overactive Imagination semblance has evolved due to the state of her mental health.
Her semblance begins to evolve so much to where she can create entire architectural structures and buildings out of it!
She can even use it to talk through the people she recreates, something she's not physically capable of herself.
While we do have to take into account that the Ever After plays by rules that are a little bit different at times; this absolutely confirms that semblances, much like people, can change & grow! 💪
My conclusion: Volume 10 & beyond will show Qrow's personal semblance evolution as he finds out that his power is actually Fortune itself & the ability to control it, good and the bad.
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This is the drinks anecdote in fuller picture: "at the end of the night, she said "I want a drink" and I looked at her and I was yknow awed and I said "a drink drink or- or water?" "a drink drink" and there was nobody else around! it was meant for me! and I could've at that point gone "hey let me get changed and I'll see you" but instead I went (flustered) "ohhh! uh, well, you know, good night" that type of thing. and I missed a chance to have a drink and be a friend instead of an idol worshipper. and it was a missed opportunity I've regretted my whole life that I didn't take the chance and get to be her friend as opposed to an acolyte, a worshipper. we talked after that for years, off and on, often meeting at the theater or something and we were always very nice to each other and she was always very warm, she was lovely to me, but I couldn't step over the threshold of being in awe of her. and we could've been really good friends, I think."
Anon. Anon. Holy shit. You are giving me life. This anecdote is watering my crops and clearing my skin. I need you to know that I re-read this ask an embarrassing amount of times before I finally gathered my wits enough to attempt a response.
I just. Can you imagine. Beatrice Arthur. Telling you 'I want a drink'? Just writing it down is making me lightheaded. what the hell. what the hell. Lynnie Greene you are stronger than me just for the fact you didn't drop dead right then and there.
And her answer oh my god. 'A drink-drink or water'? Lynnie you're killing me I love you girl. Absolutely legendary response. The incarnation of gay panic. I have no words except iconic.
And Bea told her 'a drink-drink'? Like I just. Picture it. You're a young actress with a veneration for this legendary star of theater and television. You get a gig to actually work shoulder-to-shoulder with her (which is already. holy shit.). You're in the dressing room with her and this lady tells you she wants a drink. a drink-drink. you're the only people in the room. she can only be talking to you. Like are you seeing the mental picture i physically cannot be coherent about this. are you kidding.
Anon this is incredible information. Pride month has literally just started and this is already my favourite moment of it. Scratch that -- this is going straight to my year-in-highlights mental gallery. You're the hero of my pride month and I'm forever grateful. Holy shit.
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hi again lmao
so. if this is not cool it is completely okay. you’re v lenient and awesome w people exploring your concepts which is so baller of you, but this feels like a whole different playing field, so i GOTTA ask before even thinking of going further.
how would you feel abt me writing your iteration a theme song?
i completely understand if not. i’m personally a major control freak abt my own characters, and something as title card-y as a theme song is a hella vulnerable thing to just let someone else do. i will not be offended at all if this is too much of an intrusion!!
IF you are interested (cannot stress this enough: totally cool if not), i could either write the whole thing and surprise you, OR i could message you w deets (concept, lyrics, maybe show you the one i wrote for mine so you can decide if you even like my writing style or not, etc.) so you have a hand on the ball during the process.
what do you think? /nf
WHAT?! OH MY GOODNESS THAT IS SUCH A GENEROUS OFFER OMG!!! Oh my *gosh* that's like ;; so sick of you to offer something as huge as that. I'm having a really had time passing up an offer like that XD
ALTHOUGH, what you seem to be talking about is more lyrically based, while the idea I have in my head for a song would be much more about the instrumental. My ideal would be kind of a 3-5 second jingle of the main theme (kind of like for the 2012 version, when you'd hear the last few seconds of the theme song with no lyrics during commercials? Yk, like the guy going "coming up next, teenage mutant ninja turtles," and then you'd hear the theme song in the back, haha). That kind of thing would get the point across on the vibe of my tmnt, without needing a whole 2 minute song — much easier for sharing around online! So, as INCREDIBLY kinds as the offer is, I may have to pass up on it 😅
*such* a sweet offer tho, I cannot stress enough how much appreciation I have for something so nice — I'm honestly shocked that anyone would offer something as huge as that!! Thank you, genuinely. If I ever do need a legit song with lyrics though, I definitely know who to contact 💕💕
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