Okay so I’m gonna mainly focus on Ren and Nora on this one and I’ll get to everything else in the next post. And the finale post I’ll post after that. But in case you’re wondering, yes I finished volume 4! And now, onto the review:

So Team RNJR is carrying Qrow to hopefully the nearest doctor who could heal his wounds. And they reach a fork in the road. Mistrial is up ahead. Unfortunately they have to get through a mountain pass and considering Qrow’s current condition, that’s not an option. The only other option is to go to kuroyuri. But Ren made it clear that the village was destroyed years ago and that no one is gonna help them. Ren has some emotions going through his mind. Nora suggested they split up and my first thought was “no don’t split up 😭, it’s no horror show but the last thing we should do is split up.” When freaking Fred Jones says “let’s split up gang.” No. Don’t do that 😅. I get the sentiment though, it’s not like we have other options and the closest thing they have to a guardian angel is dying so it’s a necessary move.

They agreed and they’re on their separate ways. Ruby reassures Jaune that they’ll be okay but considering what happened with Pyrrha, he doesn’t sound or look too confident and neither does Ruby.

AND NOW, THE BACKSTORY…

I gotta say, little Ren is adorable. He finds a flower and wants to take it home but his mother denies it and instead suggests to find a little something for his father’s return after a hunting trip. He tried a couple of stands but it didn’t work out. Right outside the bakery he hears some children picking on someone and wouldn’t you know it, it was Nora. This poor baby bean looks like she’s been through it before she even met Ren. I wonder what happened to her parents because she looks homeless 🥺. It looked like Ren was gonna do something before losing that courage and ran in the opposite directions before bumping into his father (great design btw). I like what he says to him how sometimes the worst action you can take, is taking no action at all. It’s like the opposite phrase of “sometimes the best course of action is to do nothing.” And it reminds me of another quote: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.”

And so… here comes the tragedy:

Ren is awoken by his mom urging him to leave. His mother suggests they go to the safe house while he suggests they go while he stays and fights. Ren is scared, his mom tries to assure him that everything is okay………… and then she died. The worst part about it was how abrupt it felt. I was absolutely stunned by the unfortunate events happening. His father (still injured) is trying to carry his son to safety. And it’s not looking good for him as he’s too injured to go much further. Despite Ren’s lack of bravery, his father gives him his small knife and encouragement that he needs to be brave and that he’s capable of said bravery. Ren runs away while his father makes a final stand against the Grimm enemy.

There’s Nevermores flying all over the village and little REN is in fear and panic when he spots little Nora hiding underneath a house. He finally gained some courage and ran to Nora side to comfort her. Encouraging her to be brave too. And it’s here where I finally know what his semblance is: Stealth. And he can pass it on to others as well. I was curious for the longest time what his semblance was since he’s the only member we didn’t get to see or know what it was. When the coast was mostly clear, Ren went out and got her a little wooden hammer which melted my heart 🥺. I shed a tear when he said that they’ll keep each other safe.

PRESENT DAY:

Ren and Nora reached the higher ground of the mountains and I love how comforting/supportive they are of each other. This backstory gives their relationship a whole new dimension looking back in the series up until now. They really do mean a lot to each other because they’ve been through a lot together. They spot a cave and before deciding on whether they should go in or not. A fabric that belonged to the now deceased huntsman a few episodes ago, caught Ren’s attention and he ran inside. And at first I thought it was a graveyard for all the dead huntsmen and women that gave their lives. Ohhh it’s a graveyard alright. But not the kind I was thinking. Oh and speaking of that episode, remember when I said that I thought that thing on the ground was a symbol that may belong to a group? Well let’s just say that I was dead wrong…

Amazing episode, yes I cried a little shut up 😅😭. Now I kinda wanna know what have these two been up to from then to their first appearance. They must’ve been on their own traveling for a very long time. Also Nora’s throwaway line in the volume 3 premiere about how her and Ren had no home to return to makes complete sense in a very heartbreaking way.

And that’s just one of the many examples the original series tackles WHILE being a general audience show. Korra in some ways is more political than the original series. What’s this film’s excuse?

I don’t know how true this statement is (god I hope it’s nothing but a rumor) but if it ends up being true then at this point, what are we doing with this franchise anymore 🤦.

I sometimes have random thoughts and questions appearing in my mind about a show and characters and I figured I can share those kinds of questions/thoughts once every week until season 3 airs lol.

I know alongside Louman, she’s been raised by these 3 and the old Granny. They’re basically family so I do wonder which one Maomao has the closest bond with. Also assuming majority of season 3 takes place in the Pleasure District, I’m excited to know more about them.

So Team RNJR comes across another village although this time around, it’s not destroyed or in ruins like the previous one. It looks more unfinished. The place was called: Oniyuri. According to Ren, the richest members of Mistral gathered together to try to put this place together due to being upset for how things were running in the kingdom. Even his parents were involved (we’re getting closer to that Ren backstory I can feel it). Sadly, they were attacked by Grimm but Ren said not just any, one. I wonder what he meant by that 🤔?

They pressed on but then Tyrian the crazy psychopath who’s giving the Joker a run for his money comes in to attack. Now I won’t breakdown this fight completely since I got a history lesson I wanna get to. However I will make a few highlights because so far this is the best fight of the volume.

1. Say what you will about the dude, he’s a very skill fighter and I can definitely tell the animators and his VA is having a blast with this character.

2. Was I the only one who for a split second forgot that Nora’s Semblance was to absorb electric energy after Ruby hit her 😅?

3. Holy $#!% he’s a Faunus?! This can’t be good.

4. Thank goodness uncle Qrow came in clutch 😮‍💨. But man this guy’s really good.

5. 🤣🤣 Qrow really pulled a “I might be out of powers/weapons, but I ain’t out of options!” And decked him in the face lol. How is he so cool 😎?

6. We got a nice tag team, looks solid. OMG! He got graced by the tail! 🫢 also I was shocked when Tyrian called Ruby a b——-. Like dude! Language 😭! Actually is RWBY considered a PG show or a PG-13/TV-14 show? Because I feel like it’s somewhere between a hard PG and a soft PG-13. Anyway, great fight. Onto the rest….

So they’re at the campfire after Qrow catches them up on what’s going on. Side note: I love how when they were asking him questions, his response was: What’s your favorite Fairy Tale like Ozpin did for Pyrrha (I wonder if a book about Remnants fairy tales exists?). Now yeah this is a lot to take. He explains the existence of The 4 Maidens and how they use Magic (still a wild concept in this universe apparently lol) instead of Dust. And he explains how the passing of the powers is done. Unfortunately, this hits a very sensitive spot for Jaune because he knows exactly this is what happened with Pyrrha that night.

Now as we know they weren’t successful in retrieving those powers and now they’re in the hands of a madwoman. Jaune accuses of this being forced on her and while yes the decision was done in a stressful/dire situation, she still made the choice to go through with it. Also I figure her having this whole silver eyes is gonna make her a massive target, I guess I slightly underestimate how serious that is. After a small yet understandable crashout from Jaune demanding answers, we get some interesting history.

Bear with me as I try to summarize the lore we’ve gathered so far: so we have two brothers born of creation (light) and destruction (darkness). Because they had different ideas of How things worked, The younger brother during the night would create all kinds of problems and negative attributes out of disgust of his brother’s life creation. When he realized that life is always being recreated afterwards, he set to create something that would manifest the desire to destroy and thus, the Grimm was born. After many disagreements, the older brother decided that they should combine their abilities to make one final creation and the younger brother actually agreed. This creation would be given the power to create and destroy. As well as the power to choose and the gift of knowledge. And thus, humanity was created into existence.

Now apparently the 4 gifts given to humanity wasn’t just metaphorical, they actually physically exist in the form of 4 relics. One of each being heavily guarded by each school academy. So the Huntsman academies were created for two purposes: to train future huntsmen/huntswomen and to guard each of the relics (which is a smart idea ngl). And this was done to prevent them from getting into the hands of the enemy because if they gained all 4 then they would receive **PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER!** Now I don’t know why she wants these relics but I can’t imagine it’s anything good 😭. I just know that she works in the shadows to try to divide humanity. And so far, it’s working.

After what happened at Beacon, the other 3 kingdoms are at high alert and keeping guard. And honestly, them keeping quiet about all this makes sense. The last thing they want to do is spread panic, which last time led to a Great War. And on top of the fact that more people knowing would risk the wrong group of people utilizing that information to further their bad agendas and goals.

Man this was a lot to take in I haven’t even gotten to the other things I wanted to talk about and oh my goodness I almost forgot that Qrow is poisoned and is potentially dying 😭. I swear to god we better not lose Qrow or I’m gonna lose it. I can’t imagine how brutal it was for those watching these episodes live and getting left on a cliffhanger and having to wait a week or two for the next episode 😮‍💨. I’ll talk about other miscellaneous things I haven’t gotten to in a future post. Thank y’all for reading. Nice that we’ve gotten some history of the world and I’m hoping to see Yang soon because it’s been 4 episodes and I like to know how she’s doing 😅.

Yeah this whole section is gonna be about Weiss and a mini rant on this absolute loser of a man. But first:

I haven’t heard Weiss sing since her debut trailer and I standby what I said that she has an amazing singing voice. I mean, it’s no competition since she’s the only character who’s known for singing 😅. I wonder how often she sings in her free time? Anyway, I feel bad because while I’m sure it was a wonderful performance, it was done out of obligation and not because she wanted to 😑.

So the Charitable party continues and Weiss tries to leave but Jacque tries to keep her close. Firstly, you get your disgusting dirty rich hands off her you pompous old di-

He lets Weiss go anyway so he can continue to chat along annoyingly with the guests (he’s so one of those guys who makes those annoying rich people laughs. Y’all know the ones I’m referring to). She walks up to a painting and all of this doesn’t sit right with her.

After turning down a guy who was trying too hard to flirt/make conversation. She overhears a conversation between a couple when the woman made a claim that Vale had it coming. Honestly I’d be just as peeved as Weiss because wdym?! “Oh I’m here in my fancy mansion in my gorgeous clothes and my safe and secure kingdom” “they didn’t have proper kingdom defense like we do so therefore they deserve what happened to them and their kingdom.” Jacque you stay out of this! I don’t give a $#!% about your reputation and what did I say about laying your hands on Weiss 😠?

She accidentally summoned Grimm Pumbaa that’s about to attack the woman (I’m not one for unnecessary violence but you know what I’ll make an exception). Unfortunately, Ironwood shot it down and she had the AUDACITY to say that Weiss should be arrested for her actions and he delivers the best line: “She's the only one making sense around here.” You know, I wasn’t sure about Ironwood in the beginning but you know what? He’s alright! He’s good in my book because y’all privileged people are just jerks.

Jacque is furious at her (can’t imagine why) because her display is making them (him) look bad and Weiss rightfully stands her ground! From day one she’s been doing everything she can to uphold her family’s name.

And this guy, this self righteous, arrogant, a$$hole has the audacity, the gall, the absolute GUMPTION, to slap Weiss in the face! That honestly got me heated. Like who does he think he is?! Treating her this way. Putting his hands on her like that!Something about parents/parental figures slapping their children like that just triggers me 😡. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a father do that to a daughter before in an animated show so yeah I’m mad and now he’s keeping her locked away until she’s told otherwise. I hope he gets hit by a truck. Matter of fact, where’s the phone so I can call the cops? This guy’s going to jail! And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he decided to strip her status of heiress of the company due to a bs excuse he came up with and now it’s passed onto her brother Whitney.

And so when she confronted Whitney about all this, he apparently knew about all this and wanted this to happen like unbelievable 😑😑. Idk if it’s just an act or not but he’s not looking good right now 😒. I just feel so bad for Weiss. Everyone else is making progress or moving forward while she’s basically trapped. Idk if she’s planning on running away or not but at this point I don’t blame her if she did. She needs to escape this hellhole.

Man I’ve gotten really defensive but you guys weren’t kidding when you said that I was really gonna hate this guy. Congratulations Jacque, you get to join Cinder and Adam on my hate list. Raven, you better pray that you don’t have to join them.

1. Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
2. Hugo from Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeast
3. Peridot from Steven Universe
4. Baron Draxum from Rise of the TMNT
5. Starlight Glimmer from MLP: Friendship is Magic
6. Varian from Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure

It was either that or Meet the Parents as a title 😅.

Anyway, our Faunus duo have arrived at Menagerie and it looks beautiful. So many Faunus in one area living together in peace and harmony. It’s a shame that they’re mostly isolated on this one island because the rest of the world can’t treat them as equals 😞. Oh did I say little island? Nah it’s more like 30-40% of it. Everything else is dangerous wildlife 😭😭. It’s an interesting take on this whole prejudices storyline between the humans and the Faunus. Something that I definitely want to get into more in a future post. For now, I wanna see where this goes. There’s those who want equality and are either too afraid to speak/fight for it, or they’re willing to fight for equality and freedom but some groups take it to extreme measures (aka Adam and the White Fang).

But as unfortunate as it is, it’s nice to see that the community there feels safe and comfortable where they are. And yes I was surprised to see Blake’s House like holy smokes she’s either an important figure or she’s a closeted rich person. Sun looked as surprised as I was.

And we finally meet her Parents Kali and Ghira Belladonna and OMG I LOVE THEM! And I love their designs. It’s just just so nice to see two loving parents in this show who are also both alive (which is more than what I can say about The obnoxious Rich a$$hole of a father Jacque is. Don’t worry, I’ll get to him later 😠). They catch up a bit over some tea. Sun is not making the best impression with Blake’s dad which is kinda to be expected 😅. Well at least her mom finds him endearing so he’s halfway there lol.

Unfortunately the reunion is cut short due to a couple of representatives members of the White Fang show up 😬. Also maybe I missed something but who’s Khan? Blake and Sun are rightfully furious about their arrival as Fennec and Corsac are trying to play it off like they’re not as ferocious as many would claim and that what happened was nothing more than an unfortunate incident. Hey listen, stepping on someone’s foot at a movie theater is an incident. What you guys did was clearly a massacre! They weren’t even aware of what the White Fang has done, Sun and Blake were there to witness it all. Also it’s interesting how Ghira was once a high leader of the White Fang before he voluntarily stepped down and became chief of the island. Before it gotten any further he proposes to continue another time so he can properly catch up with his daughter. Also Sister llia? Not sure who that is but I’m sure I’ll find out soon. And now they’re about to inform Adam of I’m assuming of Blake’s whereabouts and that’s not good 😭😓.

Good episode, nice to see Blake’s family and her hometown. Curious to see where the rest of her story goes and if Sun will ever earn Ghira’s respect (I have faith he will 😅). Also yikes 😬 that crazy dude is on their trail 😭.

Bonus: Who would be the best leader of this hero lineup?

1. Ben
2. Ladybug/Marinette
3. Robin
4. Moon Girl/Lunella
5. Danny
6. Adora/She-Ra

1. Okay they’re showing this kid again (who I now know is named Oscar), so now I’m convinced he’s important. That and the way he was looking at himself in the mirror and gotten the most polite jumpscare I’ve ever seen. So Ozpin is here and now I’m curious, he’s either living in the mirror (highly unlikely), this is spiritual situation, or he’s somehow sharing a body/mind with Oscar. I’m not too familiar with Wizard of Oz lore and I wonder if his fate is based on that or there’s no correlation between the two except for names only.

2. When Team RNJR arrives at the already destroyed village, Ren in particular looked extremely distraught by all this. He and Nora looked especially serious when they saw a specific Symbol on the ground like they know what that is. And something tells me this is gonna lead into some Nora and Ren backstory that’s gonna hit me like a truck 😭. I mean I did want to know more about them and their history, hence one of the reasons why I was excited about them Joining Ruby on this quest so we not only get some interactions between the 4 but also learn more about them because up until now I don’t know much about Ren and Nora so this volume or next volume could be it.

3. Cinder is getting her treatment to get better from Salem and it looks extremely painful (I almost feel sorry for her. Almost but not quite 😆.). She summons this creepy Grimm looking Jellyfish that I thought was a little lie detector (don’t ask why lol). And she used all her energy to utter a single word to confirm that Ozpin is indeed dead. Now listen, I’ve seen enough media to know that unless I see a body or see them get axed onscreen, I don’t believe they’re dead. Now yes there’s some exceptions and confirmed offscreen deaths are possible, but this feels like one of those shows where they’re not afraid to show a prominent character die on screen. And after whatever is happening with Oscar, I’m even more convinced that he’s alive somehow. So either Cinder is Lying, or she believes she has but isn’t fully confident herself that she killed him. Salem is after some Relic, not sure what it is but I’m gonna assume is bad and move on 😅. Oh and Mercury and Emerald is here too I guess lol.

4. Ohh Raven, I’ve been saving you for last because I for the life of me have no idea what to make of you. You have a cool design and all, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t understand why Qrow doesn’t see eye to eye on how you go about things. Like are you a good guy? Bad guy? An Antihero? Like I know that you know everything about what happened or what will happen and I’m sure you have good intentions but from first glance, your approach has been questionable at best. Also I can’t get over how your own daughter gets one save and that’s it. Mom of the year woohoo 🎉. I’m sure there’s more to her, heck she comes from what sounded like a cutthroat, ruthless village that Qrow strayed away from. Also I’m betting she knows where the Spring Maiden is but she’s keeping it to herself 😭. I am curious about this relic they’re trying to get because I’m just gonna take a wild guess that in Salem’s hands, the world is gonna end or something 😅😭. I’ll have more to say about her as I continue watching but man the inevitable Yang and Raven interaction is going to be very interesting.

I had 3 different versions of this title 😅.

Anyway we’re here to check and see how Yang has been up holding up. The answer: She’s going through it…. She’s depressed, she’s having nightmares and flashes of the a$$hole who sliced her arm off. Seeing her jump in fear when she dropped the glass cup got to me. Yang is nearly tied with Ruby as one of my favorite characters of Team RWBY. Shoot, she reached top 5 favorite characters for me during volume 3. So to see her being not her usual spunky, fiery, bada$$ self is understandable given what she went through but it’s also very hard to watch 🥺.

Tai got her a new metal arm thanks to Ironwood and his engineers. But she’s not quite ready to wear it. It’s just really hard and I’m glad that he’s willing to stick by her side until she’s feeling better (hence one of the reasons why he hasn’t gone after Ruby, plus Qrow is watching over her and Team RNJR), we appreciate good parenting around here unlike a certain Raven I know but we’ll get to that in it’s own post.

After the nightmare she goes downstairs to see Professor Port and Doctor Oobleck just hanging with her dad and just laughing about the good ole days and I gotta say how wholesome this scene was. Despite everything that’s happened, despite most of the characters haven’t been feeling the best emotionally and mentally wise, it’s nice to see characters just chilling and having a good laugh. Just enjoying the company with the time they have. I was a little concerned that this was the doom and gloom season where it’s all serious and no more fun interactions with the characters. But I believe because we’ve gotten that short time skip, we still have those moments where the characters are more locked in and are still emotionally wrecked after what happened, but we basically skipped what could’ve been the most melodramatic volume where we basically watch the characters moping around for 12 episodes. It makes for good drama but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Small tangent aside, it’s great stuff. Yang joins in, there’s a slight disagreement between her and Tai (ngl the bit about the same 3 condescending phrases is kinda funny when you think about it, it’s basically true 😅, you could argue it’s warranted depending on the situation lol.), so the usual daddy and daughter debate lol. I’m looking like Oobleck and Port like “this is awkward 😬”. Oh My Goodness when he made that arm comment my jaw was basically on the floor and my mind went through 100 scenarios in my head of how this plays out. What I didn’t expect, was her to just laugh it off 😮. Like it’s definitely in character for Yang and tbf Dark Humor always catches me off guard so ofc they’d be into it lol.

Anyway, they try to convince her that despite everything, she shouldn’t let fear stop her from moving forward and pursuing her path and I appreciate that. Honestly a genuine talk and laugh with her dad and her teachers was something she needed because she was going through it. And seeing Yang being her usual bright self even if it’s just a laugh is a win in my book.

In the end, she finally puts on the metal arm and it looks like she’s about to start training with it with her Dad so we’ll see how that goes. Overall another great episode and honestly might be my favorite of the 4 I’ve seen so far 😇. I will say though, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve witnessed an animated character lose an arm and replaced it with a metal one, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice right? (Iykyk 😉).

And that’s not even going into whoever the Immortal Maiden is and whatever her deal is. This season is about to go crazy and I’m excited to join y’all to watch it in real time! 😁😇

This will probably be on the shorter side of things but I’ll talk about Yang in the next post. For now…

Based on the Ruby trailer, the small glimpse of Blake at the end led me to believe that she’s gonna be out to sea going somewhere (which we find out later in the episode that she’s going to her hometown: Menagerie). She’s out there all alone with no attachments and a whole lot of regrets. It is kinda symbolic in a way that she actually lets her bow go and allowing her true self to show.

And just when Blake was about to continue on her Zuko Alone type journey a Giant grim sea serpent/dragon appears! At this point I’m convinced that the only normal animals around here are Zwei 😭. They got grim of every creature from land, air, even the freaking sea 😓. At this point I’m expecting a grim dinosaur to burst from the ground. Anyway the Captain is all hands on deck firing everything the ship’s got while Blake is off to fight that thing when suddenly…

My GOAT the Monkey King himself Sun has joined the battle! I was a little nervous about the hooded figure but I’m so glad it’s a friendly face. Now we got two fighters with cloning abilities 😁. Also maybe it’s because I’m also watching the 6th season of Miraculous but am I the only one who’s getting early seasons Cat Noir from Sun 🤣? I mean come on, the playful/slight flirting with Blake in the middle of battle, his overall attitude, the only thing lacking is the quips lol. No? Just me? Okay, I guess I don’t know too many Miraculous peeps around here 😅.

Anyway, the fight is awesome 😎. The captain and the crew blew its head off and Blake gave Sun a high five… to the face 😅😅. I mean I get it, a lot has happened and she’s trying to figure some stuff out and didn’t want no one to get involved in whatever turmoil she’s dealing with. But I think it’s noble and sweet that Sun still decided to look out for her for support even if she didn’t want it. I mean, he’d bring his crew but one of them won’t even touch water (how are you named Neptune but can’t even touch water? That irony is so thick Tony Stark is making a suit out of it lol. Hope we see them again soon.) So he’s on his own. Not like Blake would make him swim back so he’s along for the ride.

Great episode, nice to see Blake and Sun again. I’m glad he’s tagged along because his optimistic and funny attitude meshes well with Blake’s emo/down in the dumps attitude. Even if she doesn’t want the company, there was no way she’s gonna handle all this by herself especially with the White Fang going after her.

Now do I Ship Blake and Sun (don’t know their ship name)? Well I’m leaning towards yes because they have been kinda hinting at it since their first outing together in volume 1 if not as far back as Volume 2. It’s clear that he likes her and obviously he’s ride or die for her. And it’s shown briefly that Blake likes him too even if she doesn’t always show it and is going through her own struggles. So I see the vision for these two.

My only issue is that last time I rooted for a ship, one of them got incinerated. And while I don’t fully believe they’ll kill off Blake, they might be daring enough to kill off Sun and then I got my hopes up for another ship I liked because one of them is dead 😭. So do I ship them? Yes. Am I afraid they’ll axe off the ship by killing one of them? Can you blame me if I said yes 😅😭?

Now if you haven’t seen my part 1 review, here you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/RWBYcritics/s/IuXL32DFj7. Now you might be wondering why didn’t I include Weiss’s part in the original review? Well 1. It was starting to become a bit too long but more importantly 2. I get the feeling this volume is gonna be structured differently compared to the previous 3. Even the new opening shows that our four main girls are separated all over the world of Remnant so I feel like we’re gonna be switching perspectives a lot this volume. So this time around, I’m gonna focus each review based on the focus the characters have received. Part one I mostly covered the RNJR side of things, now this review will solely be about Weiss.

Now first off, she looks wonderful in this new style. I like Weiss’s previous look but something about this one blows it out of the water. I’ll have to see the other characters updated looks but she’s definitely top 5 in terms of new designs. Now onto
the family drama…

So Weiss’s whole thing with her family was hinted at back in Volume Two when she went to make call to the Schnee headquarters and she didn’t seem pretty happy about it. She even seemed pretty hesitant on having her father being involved in the call, so there’s definitely been some hints as to something going on with her and her home life. But we had more pressing matters so we’ll just put a pin in that lol.

In Volume 3 due to her not answering his calls, he cuts her off of her fundings (Classic Rich a$$hole parent move), basically forcing her into contacting him herself or at least answering her scroll. And after what happened at Beacon, he took her back to Atlas and now she’s in the last place she wants to be right now: home.

Now we’re here. He’s called her over to have a chat and immediately I was like: “I’m gonna hate this aren’t I?” And so we get a good glimpse into some of the areas of the mansion and oh my goodness I would hate to be in a place like this 😭. It looks amazing don’t get me wrong but everything is so blue and white that I’m too anxious to mess something up accidentally. Like you could easily get lost in a place like this. It looks fancy for sure but you get the feeling that something feels wrong.

Anyway we come across her brother Whitney Schnee. He’s quite the character. It’s interesting because he and Winter upon her first appearance were giving… not pompous but like… self centered, thinking they’re above you, spoiled individuals. I’m not sure if I’m describing it correctly but basically I thought they would be like how Weiss was back in volume 1. But just like Weiss, there’s definitely more to them than the surface level stuff we’ve seen. Like yeah they still have their moments where they’re perfectionists personified, but it’s very clear that they cared for one another even if they don’t show it in a traditional sense like Ruby and Yang does. And just from my own experiences and observations, if a sibling has to give you a warning about the parents being in a bad mood, that’s usually not a good sign as it’s basically an indicator that the relationship between the parent and the children isn’t looking all that good… Also the fact that the mother is drinking what appears to be early in the morning is also another indication of the family drama going on. Honestly, that one glance at their family portrait tells me everything.

Nice to see Ironwood again. I thought it was cool that he told Weiss that she always has a home in Atlas academy. He seems close with the Schnee so I’m guessing he’s aware of their family dynamics. I trust him more than I trust her Dad tbh. Speaking of which… He’s talking to Jacque Schnee about some standard politics that I don’t have the energy to discuss. Listen, I’m not a fan of politics. And maybe it’s because today’s politics in the real world has caused me so much anxiety and stress on top of frustration/anger because these old farts don’t know what they’re doing! (Inhale) 😮‍💨. But I’m not a huge political person. Yes fictional politics are far more interesting than real life politics but that’s not really a high bar. So maybe I’ll make a separate post so we can go into the politics of RWBY but right now I gotta give my unfortunate attention to the Mr. Monopoly’s rejected cousin.

The second Ironwood leaves I can already feel the tension between the two. “Did you forget your manners while you’re away?” Nice to see you too dad 😒, great way to start the conversation. Anyway, he’s miffed that now their company is forbidden to exporting dust to other Kingdoms. So they decided to host a charity event that sounded good at first but then… wants Weiss to perform just for reputation purposes. This line of dialogue is very telling: “Are you asking me if I want to sing or telling me?” (Which is what I asked as well) and he goes “I think it’ll make a lot of people happy.” Ofc she accepts and man do I not like him 😒. I already have 2 characters in the most hated list don’t make me add you too. Matter of fact, you’re going in the $#!tty Dads list.

When in doubt, there’s always the butler of the rich people who are the most human and humble people in the household. Cline seems pretty cool and as it shows he clearly respects Weiss more than Jacque. Right down to mocking him. Also, what’s with his eyes? Does he have Multiple personalities? Or is it his Semblance? Either way, he made Weiss Smile and that’s what she needed after that bs.

It’s interesting because out of the 4 characters, Weiss role feels like the most wild card. Like I know what Ruby is doing, I’ll find out more what Yang and Blake are doing but I have a solid idea. Weiss is stuck at home with no where to go so her storyline this volume could go anywhere from here. All in all, nice to catch up with the Ice Queen herself and another great episode. Man, can I get 1 current show where someone within the main cast doesn’t have mommy and/or daddy issues 😅😂? It’s not a real complaint, I’m just saying Like the past few shows I’m currently watching has at least 1 character in the main cast with Daddy issues, mommy issues, or both 😭.

So before anyone types away, no I actually enjoyed the first two episodes. They’re honestly an amazing and interesting start to the new status quo of the series. I’m already used to the new animation though maybe it’s because I see it as more of an evolution of the previous animation vs a whole new style 😅. Now you might be wondering: what is it then?

First off, $&#%ing Cinder is alive?! Great, a character I grew to love gets turned into ash and my most hated character in this show gets to live? This is bull$#!t. Oh and Emerald and Mercury are there too I guess lol. Aww she lost her eye and she’s unable to speak? Oh boo hoo 😢. Allow me to play a sad song on the world’s smallest violin 🎻. Sorry Cinder fans/Simps but She ain’t getting sympathy from me anytime soon 😂. Her charming looks and voice can’t save her now.

Okay back to what looks like the Grimm Underworld or something like that. It appears to be a meeting going on between Cinder and her Posse, 3 new characters: Watts, Hazel, and Tyrian (who I swear put Crack in his morning coffee before he came here because he seems unhinged as heck 😭). And we have the leader (who I was told was named Salem), who I’m guessing is going to be the main villain of the story. Yeah despite Cinder’s success, she’s now benched for the foreseeable future. Good. Salem’s got a cool design and it appears that they’re targeting all 4 maidens. Why? I’m not sure. If it’s a spoiler don’t tell me lol. I just know that the powers they hold shouldn’t be in the wrong hands. And now that they know that Ruby has Silver eyes, she’s got a massive target on her back.

So the rest of the episode: first we get a small montage of a farm boy doing his daily chores (why do I get the feeling he’s either gonna be important or we’re gonna meet him sometime soon?). Anyway, Team RNJR (I love you Nora but It sounds better than Team JNRR) who all look amazing btw, love the updated designs. Are out fighting what I thought to be an evolved Pokemon 😂. Nope it’s actually a ghost grim possessing a bunch of boulders which is an interesting concept. I’m loving the Teamwork, Juane is doing his best not to die lol. They finish it off with a Ruby/Nora combo move (they must’ve been grinding/training a lot these past few weeks or so to be so in sync with one another).

They successfully protected another village and Jaune got an upgrade to his Armor and weaponry which was inspired by Pyrrha (my heart broke a little 🥺). Was I the only one who didn’t know he had a hoodie underneath? Honestly the bunny was so cute and I’m glad to know that Ruby’s Childlike innocence/attitude isn’t completely stripped away though that giant head jumpscare of hers was something else lol.

Anyway, now for something I didn’t signed up for this early: Trauma and angst. Yay… 😭. Truthfully I knew what I signed up for since this is taking place after the Fall of Beacon, but that doesn’t make me feel any more excited about it 😭. So before and after coming across a destroyed village they were too late to save, to add insult to injury Ruby was having PTSD dreams of what happened that night and I was wondering why was Ruby having these specific dreams and hearing Pyrrha’s voice. When she went to investigate, in a scene that brought me to tears, Juane had been using her recordings train. I know it hasn’t been that long compared to the individuals watching this live but it still hurts knowing she’s gone and the characters are going through it. I bet she wanted to say I love you to Jaune but refrain from doing so. I’m glad she didn’t because that would’ve made me cry myself to sleep 😭.

Jaune clearly misses her like you could hear the pain and sorrow he feels when he’s swinging his sword. Ruby just like Jaune probably feels guilt about not reaching her in time to prevent her unfortunate loss (on top of watching her die after seeing two of her teammates injured on top of another close friend of hers getting ripped apart.) oh my goodness get her and everyone else some Therapy please 🥺.

Now you might be wondering why I haven’t touched on Weiss yet. I’ll get to that in the next post which should be a few hours from now. Despite some EMOTIONAL DAMAGE, great start to the volume so far. Though this is gonna be a long healing process 😭.

I sometimes have random thoughts and questions appearing in my mind about a show and characters and I figured I can share those kinds of questions/thoughts once every week until season 3 airs lol.

Like since her trailer it seems to be a lot of history between these two individuals and now after Volume 3, I’m not sure if they were a thing or if they weren’t a thing but Adam kept on pursuing his advances onto her in the worst way possible.

Like I can’t be the only person that gotten a weird vibe with the way he talks to her during their encounter right?

I wouldn’t mind knowing more about their history and I hope Blake finally faces him head on with no fear in her eyes. And let Yang join in too because she needs her get back after what he did to her 😂.

Btw this is the last post I’ll make before I jump into volume 4. No more stalling. Let’s do this!

I love Yang and Ruby’s sister dynamic and it’s very clear that they care for each other. Honestly my heart broke when Ruby said “I love you” but there was no response. I can’t even be upset with Yang because she’s going through it too and Idk what happened between their last conversation to when Ruby joined Jaune, Ren, and Nora. But from an audience perspective, that was probably the last time they’d talked.

Yeah not the kind of post I expected to make today 😭😅. Originally I was going to ask y’all opinions on Lancaster but I’ll save that for later. Btw, depending on how the next couple of days play out, I’m gonna begin volume 4 of RWBY in just a few days so stay tuned as I prep myself.

Yeah I just found out that’s their ship names lol.

Also side note: the way they’re doing the teasing of the ships in the chibi series is diabolical 😅😭. Especially since it came out after volume 3. Like y’all took this away from us, we could’ve had these two actually be a cute loving couple but nooo. We couldn’t have it in the Chibi show either because we don’t deserve nice things so now I gotta watch Jaune constantly persue Weiss while being oblivious to Pyrrha’s feelings for him because eff me I guess 😂.

Okay I’m done lol.

Honestly they look like they could’ve been related lol. Their eye color is nearly identical.

This was the post credit scene of volume 2 when Yang came across her mom and interacted with her. I was waiting for it to be mentioned but only the incident on the train was mentioned. So either that was a dream or I missed something.