#v9e4

[s4m-1hat]

do NOT do drugs!!!!

[blakeneedsahug]

The camera panning around WBY as they gave their speeches all ended on a reaction shot of their past selves, and they looked shocked. Not out of disbelief that current WBY wouldn’t accept their solutions, but in realisation that there was a way to grow from where they were.

WBY may have seen what they used to be, but their past selves got to see them stronger and as themselves.

[yinyangofnevermore]

THE CAT!

Maybe we shouldn’t worry about home? We’ve got enough problems to-

THE CAT!

*squeaky bouncing noises*

[deadly-knightshade]

I love how we all hoped for a Bumbleby kiss in Episode 4 but instead we got a trauma dump and self-growth.

I'm was okay with no Bumbleby kiss in this episode. I loved how much they all grown from their past (except poor Ruby 😭). Especially that the scene was parallel to Mountain Glenn conversation with Dr. Oobleck of team RWBY individually.

[swrrt]

The disposition in episode 4 of WBY with weapons pointed at their former selves, standing tall… and Ruby on her knees unarmed.

The realisation that before RWBY reunited, or especially BY, Yang had also been alone and unarmed. She wouldn’t be able to point her weapon at her former self if she hadn’t gone on to retrieve it, and that didn’t happen until reunited as a group.

👀

[hadesisqueer]

A lot of people feel that, since Yang's "learned her lesson" from her amputation, and think that the next step in her arc should be finding a way to grow her arm back.

Not to accept that it's impossible and she should adapt to her new normal, but so she can be "fixed" and have her happy ending, because they can't process that a "broken" person can be happy.

It's amazing how those people watched V9E4, saw Yang literally REJECT going back so she could be “whole” again, and yet still have the guts to draw her without her prosthetic and act like she can still be “fixed”, yeah.

Also, “grow her arm back” do they think Yang's an axolotl

[professorspork]

V9E4 | V9E8

"Who thought that was a helpful way to reincarnate?"

[indefatigababble]

“Isn’t that what you want?”

“Isn’t that what you want? To be free?”

In response to her past self, Weiss says SHE will define who she is and what her name stands for.

“To be something...simpler?”

Blake says a simple life isn’t her life, and to choose it is to betray who she is.

“To be whole again?”

Yang embraces her losses and failures. Whatever may still be missing from her, she will find if she moves forward.

Thumbing back to V9E4, what Weiss’, Blake’s and Yang’s shadow selves ask could also apply to Ruby. Does Ruby want to be free of the burden of her mother’s name and her designation as team leader? Does Ruby want a simpler life instead of this life that demands too much from her? Does Ruby want to be whole again, after being broken from the time she lost her mother to experiencing the ordeals of a Huntress?

And the realizations Weiss, Blake and Yang are all realizations Ruby must also arrive at, if she wants to move forward.

Ruby must realize that she is the only one who can define what it means to be Ruby Rose.

That choosing a simple life is not who she is.

That she may be broken now, but she can and will be whole again.

Ruby is now at the lowest point we have ever seen in the series, which means she is ripe for her greatest change. She is ready to metamorphose into a new Ruby Rose. This latest episode has been an extremely heavy trip, but the stage has been set for metamorphosis - what if, once she becomes a new Ruby, she adds a butterfly to her emblem instead of merely adopting Summer Rose’s? What if her new emblem becomes a combination of both a rose and a butterfly, to symbolize who she was, and who she is and will become?

[instantbee]

RWBY v1e3 vs RWBY v9e4

"Huntresses are heroes. We protect those who can't protect themselves."

"Life isn't like a fairy tale"

"It's up to us/you to make things better"

[waheelawhisperer]

Tell me you didn't just say RWBY running from a horde of monsters is the same thing as Ironwood abandoning Mantle and all who live in it to die.

Blake: You're right. And I think the right thing to do would be to stand our ground.

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Yang: But you're Huntsmen and Huntresses! You can't just back down from a fight!

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Ruby: We're loyal to the people counting on us to save them!

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These are all quotes directly from V7E11.

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Blake: Huntresses are heroes. We protect those who can’t protect themselves.

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This was from V9E4. Literally the episode before.

RWBY has consistently presented fighting in defense of others as the role of a Huntress. Admittedly, I do not give a shit about the Ever After or its denizens, but I do care about the show's messaging (Huntresses Are Heroes, Standing Your Ground Is Good, Running From The Enemy Is Bad), and that messaging falls flat when the heroes run from a fight against an enemy that has not been established as a credible threat to any combat-capable member of the main cast except for an unarmed and traumatized Ruby while a brainwashed noncombatant dies in their place.

Ironwood ran from a horde of monsters and Salem. Team RWBY ran from a much smaller and less intimidating horde of monsters and Neo.

Ironwood abandoned the people of Mantle who had not yet been evacuated and left them to their own devices. Team RWBY abandoned the Afterans who had not yet fled the Jabberwalker and left them to their own devices. See the similarities?

Also, Ironwood wasn't abandoning everyone who lived in Mantle to die, just the ones that hadn't previously been evacuated to Atlas. Do you think he's kicking refugees off the edge of his floating city or something?

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Ironwood: Because the safety of every citizen is imperative, the council and I have decided to evacuate everyone in Mantle to Atlas. I am withdrawing all defenses from Amity in order to assist with repelling the Grimm in Mantle.

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This quote is from V7E10 and demonstrates that Ironwood was, at the time, committed to evacuating the citizens of Mantle to safety.

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Weiss: Why would the general call us back without giving a reason?

Ren: Especially with evacuations still going on in Mantle.

Elm: You don't have to understand orders, kids. You just have to follow them.

Harriet: Civvy transports won't be stopping anytime soon. If the general says he needs us now, he needs us now.

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Ironwood: How do we know they didn't want us to bring people into Atlas by the thousands?

Vine: In trying to save everyone, we left ourselves most vulnerable.

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Blake: But we're nowhere near finished evacuating everyone! You'd be leaving Mantle to die.

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All of this was from V7E11. Ironwood was a dumbass and his decision to raise Atlas was motivated primarily by his own fear of Salem, but there is explicit textual evidence that he and his subordinates were working to evacuate the people of Mantle to Atlas prior to finding Cinder's chess piece in his office and that that evacuation had made significant progress, but was not close to finished. Ironwood is leaving a large number of people behind, but he is not abandoning all of Mantle's people to die. Just some of them!

Way to go, Jimmy.

[fandomtrxsh19]

V9E4 THOUGHTS

1. Just…. everything about the cat is so cool omg

2. Awwwwwww Little being scared of the Curious Cat

3.” Are you sure they’re not called the Constantly Annoying Cat?” “Got ‘em totally roasted” WEISS LOOKS SO PROUD I LOVE HER

4. “Did that ciel girl ever come back in a notable way” CIEEELLLL!!!! WE GOT A MENTIONS DUDES!!!

5. Alright, we got the caterpillar. sweet. THE DESIGN IS SO COOL!!!!

6.”You should really have a better understanding of who you are now.” Damn….. that’s deep

7. THIS IS TRIPPYYYYY OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

“To be free?” “To be something simpler?” “To be whole again?”

………..

p a i n

8. YESS THE CAT SAVING RUBY!!!!!!

[lilithfairen]

So, there's something about the Curious Cat that still perks my eyebrow...

CC said that they didn't know what went on at the tree with Alyx and Lewis in V9E6, but earlier in V9E4, when RWBY were asking The Cat about Alyx...

Blake: "Yeah, but she learned her lesson in the end, right?" Curious Cat: "I'd certainly say so."

Which implies that The Cat does know about whatever happened with Alyx, despite later speaking to the contrary. And we already know that The Cat is willing to not bother sharing pertinent information, like not telling RWBY about Jaune. It may be that The Cat doesn't know exactly what happened at the tree, but knows what became of Alyx as a result.

In short, The Cat is still On My List~

[internecion-witch]

What are your favorite Rwby fics?

Here's some of my favorites from my bookmarks in no particular order

Urban Fantasy Cop AU with white rose

A collection of works based around the Hound Ruby AU. I recommend reading the second work first.

Ruby has an identity crisis from having her aura merged with the fall maiden.

Angst, so much angst, so much fucking angst. Nothing is ok in this one. Be warned, it gets really dark in this one. Like seriously full warning, check the tags if your unsure.

The RWBY snaps and becomes a villain AU. Or antihero I guess here. Another idea with tragically little fanfics about it.

A little something that was written directly after V9E4 that continues to live in my brain rent free and probably will forever.

Qrow being a father figure for team RWBY

My favorite Faunus Weiss story. Has Bees Schnees too i guess but I'm not really all about that one. Background NND too.

Qrow being a dad to Whitley specifically and simultaneously a bad and good influence. Schrodinger's influence.

Thus we kindly scatter, not to be confused with the other fanfic with the incredibly similar name. Privated so you need an account for this one. Basically an AU where Salem chilled out with the 'death to all' thing a while ago and is now a tired immortal who makes friends with summer.

I've hit the link limit so I guess this is enough. Happy reading.

[yinyangofnevermore]

Huntress

[carharttlesbian]

consider this like one of those football squares

[yinyangofnevermore]

Clearly this is significant

The question is just HOW significant?