#salem*

[digitalgoat]

Fan art of @wolfertinger666’s Salem bc he inspired me to make this blog :]

[cloudofbutterflies92]

I miss seeing him live 🥺💚

[fallauween]

by austinrutland

[anthurak]

Hey, I'm doing a presentation workshop at work and as part of it we each have to give a presentation about something we're passionate about, so I'm doing RWBY and focusing on the subversion of tropes (like how Jaune and Ruby have swapped the traditional male anime protagonist role and the backup role usually for a girl around) and multiple allusions for each character (Norse, LOTR, fairy tale, wizard of Oz etc) and how they're shown.

Do you have any favourite theories or allusions around the main two teams, the Ozluminati or STRQ? Thanks!

Oooh, sounds fun! XD

That's a great question, and honestly when it comes to Team RWBY, I think my favorite allusions are simply how the story flips and twists the core allusions of the main girls:

Ruby is a Little Red Riding Hood who, rather then being menaced and hunted by a monster in the woods, is HERSELF a hunter of monsters. A Red Riding Hood who goes into the woods to hunt the monsters so that others may be safe.

Weiss is a Snow White who is both the 'Disney Princess' AND the 'Knight in Shining Armor'. A girl who probably would have been pushed into a traditional 'princess' role by her controlling, abusive father, but who instead essentially became the 'Knight' to rescue herself, and strives to be a noble figure to help others as well.

And of course, Blake being BOTH the 'Beauty' and 'The Beast' of her allusion. With Yang complimenting said allusion by likewise being both the 'Beast' to Blake's 'Beauty' and the 'Beauty' to Blake's 'Beast'. And how Adam manages to likewise represent both Gaston and the Cursed Rose.

There is also my 'Odin!Ruby' theories, though I will freely admit those are more 'fun headcanons' at the moment, rather then something really held up by the narrative.

There is also something just so damn cool about Salem essentially being 'The Wicked Witch of the West' crossed with SAURON (with a bit of 'Galadrial if she took the Ring' vibes thrown in) XD

And Cinder presenting just this AMAZING dark, tragic twist on Cinderella as a villain origin story. Where Cinderella finally fights back and even KILLS her wicked and cruel step-mother and sisters who so long kept her under their boot, only for the people/person she trusted most to turn on her and side with those very oppressors. Showing just how much the society she lived in was entirely okay with the terrible oppression that was done to her.

The fact that the show manages to give us a Wizard of Oz who really is a powerful wizard, yet also STILL turns out to be a massive fraud who lied to everyone.

Even after all this time, I think some of my favorite allusions in the show are still the ones at the core of the main characters.

[elextricbeauty]

Season of the Witch

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[howlingday]

Cinder, singing: Who cares if those orphans are sad/it feels good to be bad-" *Gets Stabbed*

RWBY_NPR: *Loud Complaining*

Jaune, confused: What!? She was singing for 2 minutes!

Nora: I WANTED TO HEAR THE WHOLE SONG!

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Salem: So you've finally arrived... Few people have ever entered my realm of

Salem: Here to summon the Brothers, are you? Such a task will only hasten

Salem: I've been waiting for this. The chance to exterminate you silver-eyed

Salem: Stop skipping my dialogue! I've got some dope ass exposition coming up

Salem: Seriously, stop it! This was the one moment Monty was most excited for

Salem: MOTHERFUCKER, I WILL PUNCH YOUR BALLS OFF!

[resetting37]

Happy “I’m finally picking up my tablet pen after so many months” day here is a quick salem and jean doodle to celebrate 🎉

[witchrealms]

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[alchemistmelody]

[beauzone]

a redraw

[vampiire-diary]

[failsquirrel]

wanted to make another fake ds screenshot so i made some fanart for @wolfertinger666

[halloweentrickortreat]

Salem, Massachusetts 🎃

[sqrkyclean]

this animal. the bnuuy @wolfertinger666

[orgath]

Decided to make some "slightly"... unhinged art of @wolfertinger666's trans rabbit man, Salem.

He has a very nice tummy.

[wis-art]

@wolfertinger666 i drawed salem