#rwby blacksmith

[anthurak]

Okay so...

Given that the Blacksmith never introduces herself as "The Blacksmith", the fact that she was shown carving wooden figures in her workshop, and how The Girl Who Fell Through the World featured a character known as "The Lively Carpenter" who Team RWBY never actually encounters, what are the odds that the Lively Carpenter was just what Lewis called the Blacksmith?

After all, we only see her blacksmithing when communicating with RWBY. Who's to say she wouldn't perform OTHER creative tasks when speaking to different people?

So this is interesting one because on the one hand, I'm inclined to agree simply out of process of elimination, ie; the Blacksmith is kinda the only character we see in the Ever After left who could be 'The Lively Carpenter', and has just enough in common with that description to fit.

But on the other hand... we know that Alyx met with the Blacksmith, however do we know if LEWIS ever met her? It's entirely possible that he could have gone through the Ever After and returned to Remnant without being offered Ascension.

One note that particularly stands out to me is how Ruby clearly DOESN'T recognize the Blacksmith upon first meeting her in the marketplace. Ruby KNOWS the story of The Girl Who Fell Through the World, so if the Blacksmith is, or rather was the inspiration for, the Lively Carpenter, shouldn't Ruby have had at least made some connection?

[armenianwriterman]

Can I just say I love how rwby, a show with “has crazy weapons” as one of its main focal points, named the creator/god of the universe The Blacksmith?

[erros429]

rwby textpost memes pt8! except make it ao3 tags i stole from @/thefunniesttags

[desib717]

I though this was lost forever, how do you have it?

Nothing, no one, is ever truly lost

She chose to leave a part of herself behind

I won't be gone, I'll be a part of you!

A wish to fix what she had broken

I've been having Penny Thoughts™ again this morning and I sfhjdiualcs Penny's sword turning into Alyx's dagger in Ruby's hands while she was talking to the Blacksmith for the first time. A knife that represents Alyx desire to undo her mistakes and fix the things she broke. A knife that was passed on to Jaune, who is currently being very heavily weighed down a certain major mistake he made. A knife that restored Jaune to his former self with a flash of golden light.

I know this is super incoherent but like, do you see my vision????

[thepalestrose]

The Blacksmith working on the Herbalists new wings while she talks with Ruby in episode 5

[iamafanofcartoons]

It’s well worth the wait. 

#ThankYouCRWBY present and past for bringing us this this beautiful, heart-wrenching, and insightful volume. Definitely my favorite volume yet and it’s not over. Here’s to getting volume 10! Keep moving forward. And beyond. 

#RWBY #RWBY9 

#GREENLIGHTVOLUME10

Artist AG Nonsuch

 https://twitter.com/AG_Nonsuch/status/1649792727071031296

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Was ruminating while bored, and I realized that we've all been thinking about how the Blacksmith's words on balance apply to the gods and to Salem and Ozpin. "Balance cannot be restored through force or calculation, true balance finds its own equilibrium" is a reflection on how the Brothers failed in their attempts to create balance, which could also be read into Ironwood failing to control Atlas and how Ozpin's ending of the Great War by forcing the kingdoms to end things and accept surrender ultimately left serious flaws in the system. But I was thinking about it from the other end, about Salem's attempts to disrupt the balance.....and I realized that it applies both ways. Balance cannot be restored by force or calculation, but force and calculation cannot easily disrupt it, either.

Cinder's masterstroke at Beacon was meant to provoke war, but war doesn't come. Most of the other kingdoms are suspicious, yes, but they accepted Atlas' explanation, and Atlas' Dust embargo and isolation was imposed from the inside. Salem tried to hijack the Faunus rights movement for her own purposes, and the Faunus decided they didn't want to see their cause corrupted and foiled Salem's plan at Haven without even knowing about the secret war. (Salem doesn't learn from this, by the way, she just blames it all on Cinder, even dismissing Hazel when he tries to point out the Faunus militia's part in Haven.). The Crown tries to destroy Shade and reinstate a king...but Vacuo has moved on from kings and doesn't want one now, so they join the Academy's forces to destroy them. All of Salem's failures have one common factor: they weren't planned by Ozpin or any of the secret conspirators, but arose naturally from the simple weight of history and the desire for peace. The world is too vast and too complicated to reduced to a chessboard, no matter how powerful Salem is. When you create a wound, blood rushes to fill and seal it again.

Nature tends towards equilibrium, and change requires not a single action but a consistent force until a new equilibrium can be made. There are moments of imbalance, drastic imbalance perhaps, but stability is a force as well. Ozpin alone cannot force all the Kingdoms into harmony, but neither can Salem alone force them to break apart. "Balance is not two forces locked in endless struggle. Balance is an ecosystem, an organism. A living breathing thing.".

[madman479r]

This was it. For decades Jaune had longed for this moment, the time he would finally leave the Ever After and return home.

It honestly seemed sureal. Every now and then, Jaune feared he would awaken and be back in his cabin, ready to start a new day of keeping the Paper Pleasers safe and failing to find a way back to Remnant.

But no such soul crushing reality came.

He... he was really going home.

Jaune watched as team RWBY stepped through the portal and made to follow them until the voice of the Blacksmith stopped him.

"One last thing, Knight." Jaune turned as the Blacksmith came towards him, her larger form towering over him, but not in a form of intimidation.

"The Tree watched over you, saw what you did, how you put your own life at risk to save the Afterans. Such nobility, such heroism." Despite the Blacksmith's encouraging words, Jaune only frowned in disagreement.

"Nobility? Heroism? No. I was selfish, I forced the Paper Pleasers to live in such frail bodies. I played the hero just for the rush, the feeling of being the hero because I could never be one back home." Jaune was no hero. He was, and always will be a fraud.

The Blacksmith only shook her head. "You thought you were saving the Paper Pleasers because you come from a world where death is the end with no new beginning. You became a hero because that's what the Afterans needed. For all you've done, the Tree has decided to repay you."

Now Jaune was confused. "What do you mean "repay me"? I already have my youth back and I'm going home. What more could I need?"

"The gift of youth was from Alyx. The Tree has her own gift for you, she sees potential within you. The same potential your partner saw. Untapped power."

Jaune nearly choked. "Pyrrha?" What was she talking about? What did Pyrrha see in him? What untapped power?

"This gift will be given to you when the time is right. The unlocking of your true potential."

Now Jaune was baffled, but figured it was another Ever After strangeness he had come to expect. With a grateful nod, Jaune bid farewell and left through the portal.

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Jaune gritted his teeth as his shield took the brunt of Cinder's fireball, the force of the blast pushing him back a few feet but he remained standing.

Damnit, this was bad! He and Winter were on patrol in Vacuo, having received a mission about a few bandits attacking a settlement. That's where they met Carmine and Bertilak, a pair of veteran hunters and members of The Crown.

The Huntsman and Winter Maiden then found themselves ambushed by a new ally to the Crown, Cinder.

Winter was currently occupied with fighting off the veteran hunters, their combined skills and coordination giving the magic wielder a challenge, leaving Juane to fight Cinder alone.

Cinder smirked smugly, fire dancing in the palm of her hand, though she also had a twinge of respect in her eye. "I must admit, you certainly have gotten stronger, a better warrior altogether in such a short time. But it's still nothing compared to the power of a Maiden." Cinder then aimed her hand at Jaune and shot forward a wave of fire, completely engulfing Jaune.

Jaune put his shield up for protection but the fire came over him like water, simply crawling over the shield and directly into him. He felt the intense heat all over, his Aura working overtime to try and keep him safe but even his Aura had limits. His vision was becoming blurry, black spots clouding his eyes and he felt his body losing strength.

This was it. He was going to die. At the hands of Cinder no less.

It was a shame, he never got to avenge Pyrrha or Penny's deaths. Now he could at least join them in the after life.

But a voice called to him, one he never expected to hear again.

"This gift will be given to you when the time is right. The unlocking of your true potential."

And then Jaune saw a bright, blinding light.

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Cinder felt satisfaction killing the annoying knight. He had been a bigger thorn in her side then she ever thought he'd be. Especially when he denied her the Winter Maiden powers, but she'd have that power soon anyway.

Though she did feel a little disappointed, he didn't even give an scream of anguish in his final, fiery moments. Maybe she shouldn't have done it too hot, it completely evaporated him before he could even feel any pain.

Cinder's eye then widened in pure shock as a golden pillar of pure aura came from the flames, where the fraud stood in the blaze of heat.

Cinder was too focused on the sight, not noticing how the Schnee, Carmine and her partner also stopped in the middle of their fight to see the light.

Her fire vanished yet the pillar remained and a silhouette stood in the centre. The light then disappeared and the silhouette became clear.

It was a tall, and powerful looking Knight with rusty armour, complete with a helmet that showed only two glowing blue eyes in the darkness of the visor.

Cinder stood in disbelief. What... what was this? Was this the fool? What was that light?! What was this?!

The Knight, with Aura practically flowing out from his body, took a step forward and readied himself for a fight.

Cinder growled in frustrated rage. Why wouldn't this idiot just die?!

"Come on." Cinder used her magic to hover in the air before shooting at the Knight like a javelin. "What now?!" She screamed and shot her hand forward, directly into the helmet as a fireball formed, exploding on impact. The explosion was powerful enough to send dust, rocks and debris flying away, even the other combatants were pushed back slightly.

When the smoke cleared, Cinder expected to see a smoldering, melted mesh of metal and flesh but her heart dropped when the smoke parted, revealing the fraud to still be standing without so much as a scratch!

Cinder looked up and saw the blue glowing eyes glaring down at her, making her feel like the weak, helpless child she once was all those years ago.

Before Cinder realised what was going on, Jaune pulled back his fist and delivered a devastating haymaker right to Cinder's cheek!

The blow sent Cinder to the sandy ground, the force behind the punch made her bounce up only inches from the sand the before falling to the ground again. Cinder lay there dazed as her head shook, her eyes came unfocused and her ears rung, her disoriented mind needing a second to register the pain, only then did she also taste the bitter iron taste of blood in her mouth.

Jaune looked at his own hand, seeing the familiar rusted armour now in place. He could feel strength unlike anything he felt before coursing through his body, through his skin, his muscles, his veins and bones. He also saw what looked like gold vapor coming from all around his form. Was that his Aura, was it literally pouring out of him?

"Huh. Thanks, Tree. That gift came in handy, and not a moment too soon." Jaune clenched his fist again as he finished admiring himself before focusing on Cinder again. His determination saphire eyes meeting her bewildered and angry fiery eyes.

"Alright. Now the real fight starts." Jaune, the Rusted Knight said and launched himself at Cinder.

[rocknroll7575]

Nora sees her mom " jaune with ever afters time travel fruit?

Noras mom " yes he saved my life and i gave my hero a night of sloppy sex as a reward

Nora putting on jfom shiry " 😭😭😭😭 dam you fearless leader

*Nora eating cake with the rest of the JFOM club*

Jaune: Just remember... I have my ways to fuck your moms... and I will not stop until I've fucked every mom ever!

Jaune: And that included the Blacksmith... I just have to find a way to get into contact with the brothers and rub it in their faces!

[short-wooloo]

Holy crap

The four relics (and the entities within) are a compartmentalized recreation of the Blacksmith/Tree

They possess great knowledge

They offer choice

They "Destroy"

And from that destruction comes new raw materials to create

[hellalesbiangirl]

Look at the roots on her back! Shes vital to the ever after like the roots are to a tree! Shes one of the roots!

[anthurak]

Okay, so it seems like Ruby was sent to the Tree at the end of this episode.

And we still haven’t gotten our second meeting with the Mysterious Blacksmith where we get her ‘What if you could leave Ruby Rose behind...?’ line from the trailer.

Yeah, I’m calling it now that the Blacksmith and her forge have been inside the tree this whole time.

And of course, she’s who Ruby is going to be meeting next episode XD

[set-wingedwarrior]

I don't think Ruby will ascend.

The Blacksmith offered so many options to Ruby, that I doubt the first picked choice would be the final one. Like, in general I think that who gets to the tree also gets the chance to try out other things before making a choice. It would make sense, it would to help figuring out what works best for whatever objective they have.

So, I think Ruby will litterally put herself in Summer's place. "Try it out". And then we'll get back to what Weiss said: that even the most legendary huntsman must have had failed sometimes.

I think Ruby will understand that it doesn't matter what she chooses, the weight of the responsability won't leave her. That's because her goal hasn't changed. She's presented with weapons because she still wants to fight, she still wants to do good. Her mistake lies into thinking that her feeings and being overwhelmed come from herself being not enonugh instead of from the task being crushing.

And with that understanding, she'll come to accept that the problem isn't who she is but how she's approaching everything, how shutting her friends out because "she's the leader" was wrong. She'll come back anew and the same, at the same time.

That's my opinion at least, but I'm ready with the clown make-up just in case.

[thelittleastronautinspace]

How tall is the blacksmith

this was the question i asked myself

so, i took the volume 7 character sheet height charts

And this image of the team and the blacksmith together

and made this

THE BLACKSMITH IS 8′2 TALL

HOLY SHIT THEY ARE TALL

[aceironwood]

She/they Blacksmith real?

[lilithfairen]

The Blacksmith doesn't just reforge Ever Afterans.

Ascension doesn't simply bring an end to existence. It helps Ever Afterans find new forms that allow them to fulfill their desires, find new purposes. Whether it is someone who knows what they want to do but not how to do it, or someone who is burnt out and may not know what they want or need, or someone who knows exactly what they want and how to follow it.

The Blacksmith has listened to Ruby. She's answered Ruby's questions. She's asked Ruby questions, and never judged her for her answers or lack thereof. She's been calm and polite and understanding. She's assured Ruby that whatever will follow is Ruby's own choice. She's suggested, and appears to be guiding Ruby towards, the idea that there are options other than Ruby ceasing to be Ruby.

The Blacksmith doesn't just create new forms as part of Ascension.

The Blacksmith is a counsellor, helping Ever Afterans to realize their purpose and their desires, and how to fulfill both.

And right now, she's exactly what Ruby Rose needs.