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Oh yeah, and which fanworks do you wish to see? For me it's…

-A synthwave/60s surf rock remix/cover/rendition of a score piece/song from the show
-A drawing of Nora in Roman's clothes ("We'll steal his Dust!" indeed.)
-An animated fan prequel called "STRQ"
-Melodramatic reading of Blood Rose

Personally. I would love to see a Fate/stay night/Tsukhime esque Rwby visual novel. The basic idea i came up with is that you play the guy that originally would have gone to Beacon instead of Jaune. He would more or less be the exact opposite of Jaune, a very good warrior who is kind of a jerk that has a hard time getting along with people.

There would be four different routes, each one focusing on one Rwby member. Who, in true Type-moon tradition, is also your love intrest.

I think it would be more interesting if you just came as a random extra student. After you get to the temple in the Emerald Forest, there's an extra chess piece, but the game doesn't say what it is until Ozpin asks you directly what you picked up. Depending on the choice you make then (EG: "I picked the rook/bishop/knight") you would be added as an extra team member to one of the pre-established groups.

The game could go on until the end of Volume 3, with multiple endings that you can get, like the canon ending (Pyrrha dies, you join RNJR on their quest), the "Everythings f*cked" ending (Everyone ends up dying at the Battle of Beacon), the Sacrifice ending (You end up taking Pyrrha's place, getting killed so she can live) or the "Golden" ending (You somehow manage to stop Beacon getting destroyed, but you never find out about Salem, and thus it's only good in the short-term. Ozpin then sends RWBYJNPR + you to find our enemies, for some reason)

And, of course, there's romance options if you want. They would be separate scenes, but they would still somewhat affect the ending.

I've never really played a visual novel, so I don't really know if this still sounds like one, but it's just an idea.

What you said is a bit cool for my liking, but I, too, never played a visual novel.

That could work. But i personally feel making it similar to Type-moon esque visual novels would be more interesting. Simply because those tend to have widely different story-lines depending on which route you take. Which could be used to explore some cool "What If?" scenarios.

I like that……. Also would be fun if you could meet up with side characters like, Ciel or Neon, or more protagonist likes , like Me, or Neptune.

I like that idea. It'd give a nice insight into what they're like. Maybe even put the focus on them as we all know what team RWBY was up too. This way, it could still provide an interesting and original story within the overall story.

I haven't played any dating sim visual novels (Only mystery/horror. One had romance options though…) but this does sound like it could work.

Correct.

Meanwhile (sorry this is going a bit off-topic so), getting into detail of a possible retrowave rendition, I think hearing a synthwave cover of Red Like Roses I/II, especially Boop and the song that plays during RWBY vs ABRN, would be a really nice thing to hear, as if Casey Lee William's songwriting bumped into the 80s and became close friends.

So… I found this…

Wonders….. Blake was standing at a dock or something? Curious where she is now. And since when cats go any near water?

Who thought I stopped making counterfeit Matt-captioned screencaps?

Edit: "The first day Yang decides to get back out there and live life a little, she loses her other arm in an unfortunate accident involving a particularly ravenous woodchipper. When she hears the news, a guilt-ridden Blake returns to offer to transplant one of her own arms to her partner, but ends up running away again before the surgery once she learns just how big the hospital bills will get." -Matt the Mammoth Rider

I've been wondering lately, is Blake a crappy friend? I mean, she ran away when Yang lost an arm, reinforcing the poor girl's abandonment issues. But she only did it because she thought Adam would follow her and do more bad things to Yang. So, I guess she kind of sucks as a friend, but at least her heart is in the right place.

I think she's an idiot, but she's not a bad friend.

In short, she would probably lead you into a bad situation (She's unlucky like a black cat, I just realised!), but when the two of you are in the thick of it there is no one else you would trust more to have your back.

Just don't expect her to wait around after you're safe.

I think she's an idiot, but she's not a bad friend.

In short, she would probably lead you into a bad situation (She's unlucky like a black cat, I just realised!), but when the two of you are in the thick of it there is no one else you would trust more to have your back.

Just don't expect her to wait around after you're safe.

I always assumed Blake left to solve the mystery of what happend in Vale the noir cop way. Aka, she's searching for answers and she's going to let her gun do all the talking, and her gun only knows one very loud word.

So she probally left because Yang and Ruby were in no condition to search for anything. Plus she probally wanted to make sure they didn't get involved wit hero antics.

I think her logic went something like this: No matter where I run, bad stuff from my past follows me. To protect my friends, I will stay away from them.

It's noble in a way, but also screwed over Yang. Blake could have at least stuck around to explain what she was going to do.

Exactly, but if she keeps up the running act, then I guess either Bumblebee will have holes blown or be sunk with fans retreating to another big Yang ship. Not only that, but it may as well bite her, Yang, RWBY, some other team, or some other important character in the ass.

So to differ a bit from the general topic, here's a post dedicated to our beloved Atlesian soldiers!

Not much we know about the Soldiers of Atlas, but something tells me next volume we see more of them. Honestly, I love these guys, their armor looks awesome! But that armor isn't just a fancy cover, it's actually provide few capabilities. They are seen to be able of the following, impact reduction. That can be seen when one of the soldiers chasing me and Ruby was able to halt a speeding car to full stop without flinching. But what else they can do? Let's start with the first, the boots.

They appear to wear somekind of a high-traction boots, good for traversing off-road terrain. But what else could a boot do? Well, back in time there was a certain show on Discovery Science, in that they mentioned a boot that can help people recover faster from sprinting or longer running, quicker. It's a variant of a certain handwear you all probably heard of already, the cooling gloves. But what else? Well also long time ago when Battlefield 2142 was a thing, there was a certain boot called the SAB-1b Shock Absorber Boot this pretty neat boot allows the user to reduce the fall damage. I wouldn't be surprised if the Atlas Soldiers' boots can do the same.

The armor. The armor is pretty much as said can help them survive a stronger blunt impact. The reason for this is probably some Grimms like to punch your blood out. Of course since it's quite unhealthy for you to get all of your blood punched out, you might wanna get some protection, aye? Now I can hear you saying "But Aura!" well no. Atlas Soldiers appear to be common folks, trained in CQC, sword fight and marksmanship but not in Aura combat, heck their Aura is probably locked. Why? Well, they are soldiers, not Hunters, which begs the question, who the hell would need an army which can't hold itself against Grimms as effectively as a Hunter?! The answer? God knows. But let's cover the rest of the armor as the vest part isn't interesting anymore.

The helmet! Now, this sounds about right, this is the most important part of an Atlas Soldier's attire, and probably the most useful too! What can this cutie do? Well, as you can clearly see on this image:

Their eyes along with most of their heads are covered by the helmet. This means they probably have sensors and awesome sight modes, such as Infra vision, night vision and maybe even X-ray or something. Also they have comms in it as well as probably a hotlink to an Airship or one of the Towers (probably depending on the distance from the Tower/Airship). I also believe they have a HUD and they can always get information on their known targets by looking at them (e.g.: If they look at a Beowulf, they get info on the Beowulfs, behaviour, weakness, abilities, etc.). Their weapons seem to be powered by Dust, and at it the same Dust that Neptune uses, which also looks like the Dust Weiss used to protect herself as well as the Dust was seen protecting the crowd within the Amity Colosseum. The Dust I just call Energy Dust. Now you see why. They also have a collapsible sword, which is quite cool actually.

And oh! a Side note: Cinder can run on rooftops.

She knows hand to hand combat.

And she hides knocked out enemies in bushes.

Cinder Fall is proven Assassin!
(God I really should stop this but it's too much fun!)

I like your parody of Tumblr over-analysis posts, especially the one on the Yellow Trailer.

Wait. When did I do that?

Sorry, just an interpretation. Thought it was one of the parodies. Nice post, nonetheless.

RWBY theories are serious business, son! We have no time to parody tumblr! Only to make puns and pull pranks!

Aren't there potato theories (Everyone is Neo, Yatsu is WFL, etc.) that made me laugh a couple times? Besides, not all RWBY theories are serious business, even if they do show evidence.

Honestly, at this point we theorise anything that has an inkling of being possible, even if it's unlikely to come up in the show.

You have to admit, they are fun to read about!

Gotta agree.

Anyways, back to the fan works you want to see. I'm putting in two additions to my list:
-A fan song about Qrow/Taiyang in a slow, sad classic country style with only a male lead, a harmonica, and an acoustic guitar.
-A fan-made song-based fight scene (text or video), though I'm already making one based on Evolution (Time is Pop Mix) (You can find it in the comment section of the entry of the show.), so it's kind of fulfilled already.

After watching that bootlegged recording of the Vol 4 preview, I had a bad thought enter my mind. My fear is that we will see a major change in the plot line and character development from what Monty wanted. Not just a noticeable change, but a major one. Yes, Miles and the gang has Monty's notes and all. It's just my gut tells me they will not adhere to them as gospel as others would want.

Realistically I know it won't all happen in this vol of course, but over time I think it will happen.

On another note, What do you suppose we'll get in this volume as world setting info dumps? I think we might be getting an explanation of the various regions of the world's culture and customs. Events in the past that changed the course of history. And maybe even a short and to the point listing and describing of the smaller towns and holding that are still important, even if they are not a powerful as the major cities.

With the added bonus of Ozpin still narrating it all.

You mean like a "World of Remnant" video? Totally. The past ones have always been relevant to what's happening in the show, and as we go to new places it's natural that the WoR would comment on it in some form.

As for the deviation from Monty's plan, it's only natural. Clearly he can't provide input on the creation of the story anymore, and so his influence will wane. As for his notes, I doubt they were incredibly detailed and they probably have tons of holes. In Monty's mind it might have been clear, but for anyone else it might not be clear how everything fits together.
So is it lamentable, yeah. But it's unavoidable, and I'm certain that the guys at RT are doing what they think is best. So I'm not worried.

Gotta admit it. Without Monty to keep the show as he envisioned, how would Miles and Kerry be able to keep the show fresh? Obviously, they could use Monty's notes (which reach up to Volume 5/10/whatever) to pay tribute, but sometimes, the problem may be the executives or other reasons. Going for the former, RT executives may sometimes interfere, and either M&K would have to either bow down to them in some way or another or find a workaround to preserve what remains of the idea the executives are messing with, right? Oh, and for the latter, whether it would be time constraints, budget issues, technical difficulties, their own deviations, or Barbara's dick jokes/puns, if either of them happens and they can't seem to solve them quick (exception for the deviation thing), the duo may have to either reduce the idea, change it, or remove it.

"Barb's dick puns a problem." I can see that!
Miles: "Barb you are suppossed to play a depressed Yang."
Barb: "Oh I guess, I mean it was pre-dick-table!"
Burnie: from the distance "God dammit Barb!"

Okay, let me just stop you right there a moment. "My fear is that we will see a major change in the plot line and character development form what monty wanted". Doesn't this imply that you believe you know what monty's vision would have been and what his desires for the plot and story were, more then the people who worked with him, co-wrote the story with him, and knew him personally? Like, what exactly do you think the characters future development or the plot line of the show would have been, and can you prove it was what monty would have wanted.

If the answer is no…then what difference does it make? How do you know the deviations weren't already occurring via volume 2 and seeing the fan feedback? Was it his original viison to have fan made costumes appear in the show proper, for example? Or did he change his vision as new ideas were introduced?

This is the problem when people try ot guess author intent and get super hung up on it. Especially for those who are either no longer alive, or no longer have anything to do with the projects they worked on. Their input kinda stopped mattering, harsh as that is to say.

Really, I would be more worried about the show continuing to improve its quality. Volume 1 had some major pacing issues. And Volume 2 isn't really well liked by a lot of RWBY fans from what I have seen. The animations were top notch, but really, can you honestly say the story of volume 1 was better then the story of volume 3? Not the potential story, or the implied story, but the actual story presented in the first volume versus the third?

My fear is that the show doesn't manage to keep up the excellent momentum its built. My fear is not whether or not a future we would never have known about or known the difference of in the first place comes to pass or not. Unless you have the only working Ouija Board, there's no way for you to ever know what was in the vision for the shows future or what wasn't. So you might as well enjoy it for what it is, instead of pinning for something that you don't even know exists.

LOL. Imagine Barb's jokes making the duo change some of Yang's dialogue just to include them.

I would laugh more at savage Tai, especially his terrible motivational jokes. Example #1:
Yang: "Dad, what is it? It has one arm and steals your money?"
Taiyang: "You?"
Yang: "Geez, dad! A one armed bandit!"
Taiyang: "What's the difference?"

Ow the sides, kind of. Now imagine if Yang managed to "disarm" Adam on both sides…

Seriously Yang needs some workout before trying to "disarm" Adam.

(After Yang managed to punch off Adam's arms…)
Yang: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!
Adam: Yes I have.
Yang: LOOK!
Adam: It's just a flesh wound.

BTW, yeah, she's gonna need it.

(After Yang managed to punch off Adam's arms…)
Yang: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!
Adam: Yes I have.
Yang: LOOK!
Adam: It's just a flesh wound.

BTW, yeah, she's gonna need it.

(shit, double post… DAMN YOU, SHOWERTIME!)
Hm… Anyway, I'm positive that Volume 4 may still hold most, or some, of the charm that it would have if Monty worked on it.

How would you feel about a cyborg Jaune, like the one from Dishwashers pic here ? I would be up for it, though I would hope for a look into Remant's cybernetics to show it is possible for him to survive and it not be an asspull. Some people on the subbredit say him being burned alive and turned into a cyborg could be his "death by fire", but instead of dying outright he's reborn as a cyborg warrior. It'd be even better with a bait an switch death flag.

Also robo-booty is absolutely necessary.

Ironwood already has a robo-booty, though it's only half-assed. Jokes aside, you made a good point. I'm now going to obviously explain how the writers of RWBY could avoid the asspull problem. If M&K were to do Jaune being burned and then later returning as a cyborg, they would have to do research on how a person can survive being burned, how he/she would feel and do during the burning, how long he/she can survive after the burning before dying, how he/she would be affected etc., and then effectively apply the research. If they do it right, not only would the burning scene have high tension, but it would serve as some of the most heartbreaking scenes in RWBY. Do it wrong, and it would end up as an asspull and fracture the RWBY fanbase, thus beginning the slow downfall of RWBY as a whole.

EDIT 3: BTW, a cyborg Jaune would be nice.

I agree, if done right that would be an excellent way for Jaune to grow. It'd have to be much, much later to avoid it feeling rushed or overcrowded events wise. Like, Vol 6 or 7 or 10.

This also gave me another idea. What if one of the characters (Doesn't have to be Jaune necessarily) starts getting cyber augments willingly? They are the best they can be and they think it's still not enough to save the day. Then they see someone with cyber-augments (Likely Yang's inevitable robo-arm) and they see it as a way to get better. Then they start getting various augments and maybe go a little crazy with it.

And in the future, if he/she keeps up the act, eventually, he/she could wound up becoming another Penny. Imagine it happening to Ruby.

No. Just no.

Well then. Okay, so say that someone else notices that the person has an unhealthy habit of getting cybernetics and tries to slap some sense into him/her, trying to snap him/her out of it before it's too late.

Right………..

Oh was I thinking! Since 6-8 months will pass, I wonder if I get to be rebuilt. And if so, where I will be? In my opinion, I will be part of Weiss story line…….

And I have to skip there cause I forgot to mention this…… So what if Volume 4 instead of following team RNJR only, it will follow each member of team RWBY? I mean why give new outfits, if they will not pop-up until Vol 5 or 6? Of course this doesn't mean they all magically end up in Mistral, no. Each will have their own stories in each Kingdom. Ruby in Mistral, Weiss in Atlas, Blake in Vacuo and Yang in Vale. Each will have their own teams, or friends to work with. Ruby has team JNR, Weiss will have me, Ciel and someone else (hopefully a new character), Blake will have team SSSN to help and Yang will probably get cheered up by Team CFVY, or just by Velvet.

That's rather messy from a story telling point of view. Having 4 separate major story arcs going at the same time is hard to keep track of for both the writers and the viewers. They could still do it so long as the focus is on one group (RNJR) and the other stories (WBY) are just short blips and hints.

If we were to follow a team member of RWBY individually, I think Ruby might have the least troubles, though she'll have emotional ones, such as missing her friends and trying to remember them the longest she can without forgetting them, while trying to manage the remnants of JN_R as team RNJR in Mistral. Following Weiss in Atlas would mean that we would possibly get to see more of Weiss' family and troubles, which is an interesting subject that may have given way to her initial, less friendly personality in Volume 1. Blake in Vacuo, well, I suspect that Vacuo is a combination of Nevada in country/kingdom/whatever form and some redneck towns/cities, so we'll get to see how life there really is. And Yang staying in Vale, which is now in the same state as Mt. Glenn, means that we might get some Mad Max-style action and scavenging, with semi-high pressure on keeping herself alive and well, as Vale has become more or less no man's land.

However, doing so may or may not reduce the show's title into a semi-artifact one, since RWBY are divided until later.

Not exactly. If they go as 1/4 of the Volume is telling team RNJR's misadventures up until some point where they meet the other members of team RWBY, probably before some big battle, then repeat the same with each member, they could be cool. God knows, maybe they leave the big battle for the opening of Volume 5.

So basically have 4 mini volumes in one volume? It could work, so long as none of the mini volumes feel rushed.

I feel that could work very well. Altough i do think they should probably have one final episode where the entire team is reunited.

Sure, I mean, what reasons there would be for the show to remain named "RWBY" if all four of its members continue to be separate?