“I just wanted to highlight an awesome RWBY creator on YouTube who helped with making Volume 9 an amazing experience for me”
The creator in question is named ave_r_ie, also known as Avery. I discovered ave_r_ie's channel following the release of their Episode 6 reaction video, and it absolutely warmed my heart to see just how wonderful their reaction to the Bumbleby confession scene was. Over next several weeks, I decided to check out the rest of ave_r_ie's Volume 9 reactions as each video released. Getting to hear Avery talk about their mental health struggles and how they related to what Ruby was going through really affected me in a pretty profound way. Like Ruby and ave_r_ie, I too am dealing with my own issues with my mental health.
Without getting too much into specifics, I'm going through my own identity struggles at the moment, and find myself in a similar position to what ave_r_ie has described. In a way, these videos have absolutely helped me process my own thoughts regarding my own journey of self-discovery I'm going through, and I think they've done a lot for improving my overall thoughts on Volume 9 as a whole. Discussions like these just go to show and powerful and thoughtful of a series RWBY can be, and I definitely think the CRWBY writers deserve a ton of credit for tackling difficult subjects like mental health in a pretty impactful way.
In the off chance that Avery does actually end up reading this, I just want to say thank you so much for being such a positive force in the RWBY community. Your discussions about mental health and how Volume 9 has affected you both as a fan of the show and just in general have been amazing to watch. I wish you nothing but the best in conquering your own struggles, however long and difficult of a journey that may be. And thank you for demonstrating that this show matters. For all the negativity that can surround this community, your positivity has been incredibly refreshing.
I sincerely hope we can eventually get Volume 10, and if creators like ave_r_ie can help make this a reality through their love and dedication for the series, then I think we really need to support that. Seek out ave_r_ie's channel if you haven't already. Not only that, but spread some love for this amazing series. Lastly, for anyone who needs to hear this today:
You will always be enough.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RWBY/comments/133aupf/not_sure_if_this_is_the_right_place_for_this_but/
https://www.youtube.com/@ave_r_ie
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Hey. I have a stereo type of rwde and I want to prove it that it's not true. So if you can, what do you like about rwby and why do you still watch it? and no pointing out is flaws and saying what could have been done better.
Thanks for asking! I relish the challenge.
So RWDE, much like the main fandom, is made up of people with different views. For every Adam stan in RWDE, there's another who doesn't like him. For every person who hates Team RWBY, another loves them, etc.
To answer the second question, I have a very large investment in RWBY. I started watching just before Volume 2, around the time the Production Diaries were coming out, and I was hooked. While most members of RWDE are different, I think most of them agree that either now or in the past, they did like RWBY.
You can sort of picture it the same way some people that are huge Star Wars fans do not like the sequel trilogy, but may still love watching The Mandalorian or Andor. It's not as straightforward as "I hate all of Star Wars, it's all shit" or "I love every single Star Wars show, they're all 10/10". The same goes for RWBY.
I loved Volumes 1 and 2. This is regardless of its quality. Meaning even if Volume 1 is considered the worst Volume by most people, I still love watching it. A lot of it is nostalgia yes, and I may give reasons why I prefer them over newer Volumes, but in the end it's my subjective experience. Ask anyone which Volume is their favourite and you'll get wildly different answers with different reasons for each.
I do not like the more recent Volumes, but I really enjoyed the manga: the first by Shirow Miwa, the official by Bunta Kinami, and all the anthologies. I have physical copies of all of them, save for the JNPR anthology. And I think it's because one of my favourite things about RWBY is seeing other people's interpretations of it, whether in official content or not.
I loved Mark's SLVR trailers. I love watching fan animations like R.U.B.Y. and DARK. I watch a lot of RWBY reactor channels, from channels who started with RWBY and grew big like All Ages Of Geek, to hidden but lost gems like Charfox, and I know Volume 1 pretty much from heart just from watching so many reactors starting the show. And every time I watch them react to Players and Pieces and Ruby slingshots herself towards the Nevermore, I get the same chills I got when I first watched it on my own. I enjoy watching other people enjoy RWBY.
I remember a time where JACOneManBand was a growing RWBY YouTuber, who at the time was the only other person besides MurderOfBirds making RWBY content on YouTube, and playing his RWBY Theory and RWBY Hunger Games videos in the background while I was drawing. Could you imagine a time where there were only TWO RWBY YouTubers? I fuckin' remember. It was such a fun time - we barely knew anything about Remnant, and theory/lore videos were the fandom's lifeblood. Back then, there was no RWDE. There was only the RWBY Fandom, and we were all happy to be a part of it.
Yes, believe it or not, there was a time where YouTube wasn't filled with RWBY critique and rewrite videos, and I loved it! I loved it when everyone could just enjoy the show and make videos talking about its lore, make OCs for it and make their own fan animations. It was a simple, innocent time where we placed full trust in RWBY and into Rooster Teeth.
So really, if you ask me, when someone from anti-RWDE says that RWDE hates RWBY, it barely scratches the truth. Just because I don't enjoy the new, canon Volumes, doesn't mean I don't enjoy reading RWBY manga, or watching reactions, or reading fan theories, or looking at fanart. I enjoy all of those things, things that are so much wider beyond the scope of the canon show - I just don't like the canon show's current Volumes.
Back to the Star Wars analogy. Someone can not like Episode 9 or even the whole sequel trilogy, but you know what? They can love the original trilogy, the prequels, The Mandalorian, Andor, the Solo movie, Rogue One, going to Star Wars fan conventions, reading Star Wars comics, cosplaying as a stormtrooper, etc.
And if they're a real fan, they would have no problems letting others enjoy things that they don't, and have no problems letting others not enjoy things that they do. Does that make them a fake fan, or a hater? Absolutely not! To think so is to have an incredibly narrow view of what being a "fan" means, and the same goes for RWBY.
I still watch RWBY because I am still a fan of RWBY as a franchise; I'm just not a fan of the main show. That may be hard to really grasp, but that's how it goes - the Volumes are the main reason the RWBY fandom keeps going, but they aren't the be-all and end-all of things to love about RWBY.
So yeah. I am only a part of RWDE because people like me are pressured to use a specific hashtag, away from the larger community. But that is a label that other people have imposed on us. I consider myself a RWBY fan, and nothing anyone can say about my opinions or my character can change that. They may not like it, but that's what I and a lot of other people are.
And the sooner they acknowledge that and we see eye-to-eye, that we all can like and dislike what we want and not be treated as unknowable aliens, dangerous outsiders or some stupid secret conspiracy trying to destroy RWBY, the sooner we can go back to those golden years, where there are no "true fans", "hatedom" or "critics". Just the RWBY fandom.
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My Second Life Despises Me
Rebirth AU
Jaune, and Jeanne when the duo were left alone in their dorm room at, Beacon Academy
Jaune: …
Jaune: Jeanne?
Jeanne: Yes, Daddy~?
Jaune: It will never happen…
Jeanne: Not even to save the world?
Jaune: Not even if the Gods told me to themselves!
Jeanne: Not even after I spiked your food with an aphrodisiac~?
Jaune: …
Jaune: Y-You didn’t…
Jeanne: Tee-Hee~!
Jaune: You’re such a bitch…
Jeanne: For you I will be~!
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