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What are you talking about? Everyone lived to see the brightest days. They were in Vol 1. I'm just waiting to dust off my "The end is nigh" sign for next vol.
For real though, it'll happen. Eventually, but it will.

This reminds me the good ol' "Volume 1 was the best" debacle. I'm just gonna say this, get it over, move on. The world will end anyway. I'm not going to cry if I never get rebuilt or if I do, I'll be just Ruby's sex doll-robot.

What? She'll just use your unscrewed head as a blow-up gloryhole? Geez…

Yea, that's just so wrong.

WHAAAAAT?!

"Pink Circle, whaaaaaaaaaaaAAAHHH!"
Oh man, I got that reference!

This whole thing is a running riot.

Anyway, I'm maybe gonna post this few times in the upcoming months but don't forget, no RWBY spoilers until Sunday. The reason for this, well, no one likes spoilers, I'm not gonna wait for the accountless and YT users, so get a free RT account and can watch episodes on Sunday, at which time is wary, since we all live around the whole globe. So no spoilers until Sunday, okay?

P.S.: I mean Volume spoilers, Chibi spoilers are okay.

I would love to see new faces in Volume 4. Like um… Blake's mom.

Sure! Here's her photo!

Yeah don't expect she will be alive.

What's more better? Neopolitan's backstory.

With a twist! It will be a '30s cartoon-ish style, monochrome, silent episode about how Roman and Neo met. Something like this!

I would pay Roosterteeth for Neo to kill someone with ye olde fashion Piano Murder.

Calling it now: Blake and I are secretly twins separated at birth. Blake got the recessive genes while I got the dominant ones, causing my father to throw out my mother after she wouldn't give Blake up. This is why she's able to use Dust in her semblance so effectively without ever using it in a fight before.

Yes, I know, I'm making this up based on literally no evidence. I'm just making it up for my own amusement, honestly. But still, it's an interesting story idea, at least.

What's with Winter? You two are like twins! Also it would be an interesting twist. Not even mention you two are enemies by nature. SDC/White Fang, White/Black, Order/Chaos, Human/Faunus.

Is that a sorry excuse for you to have a chance to have incestous moment with Blake, Ice Queen?

What the- that's disgusting! I would never do anything like that to my own sister!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have bonda- um… restraint lessons from Winter to get to!

Yeah, you go do that. Excuse me too since I'm busy killing bad people for good reasons.

Heh… Time to collect my bounty.

Alright then I'm gonna go and Mast- ……. ermm…. Mast-er the elements! hic

Wait, how can you be able to? You're made out of metal.

She's a metalbender as well

Been watching the Sonic SatAM intro, and wondered if I should make a Ruby Rose version… The answer was obvious.

Okay, this episode was the best of RWBY Chibi! Mainly cause we finally heard Professor Ozpin's calming, smooth voice again! I get charmed whenever I hear it! long sigh

Okay a little food for thoughts. What could possibly happen in RWBY Volume 4 Chapter 1? Before we jump into that, let's point some basics. Time for start. So far we know the time skip is 6-8 months, I say overally 8 months, but the actual time Team RNJR spent in Mistral is 6 months. How? Quite simple. During Volume 3 (It's brawl in the family) Ruby stated the current season is Fall. But at the end we saw a little time-skip, an estimated 2 months, why just 2 months and not 8? Cause first, there was snow, 2 months is totally enough to change from Fall to Winter, secondly, their clothes were still the regular clothes. Pretty sure Ruby wasn't sitting on her ass for 2 months, so probably we will see some flashbacks about this 2 months which will be crucial information for us, the viewers. As for the rest? Well here are alongside the points of possible events.

After going straight to Haven Academy, and figuring out there's not a single clue there that could answer their questions, team RNJR, head out of the city, when they came across a village under attack by Grimms, of course Ruby and co. saved the locals' ass and after this spent the next 6 months saving settlement after settlement, like fuckin' Preston Garvey became their coach or something. So however after 6 months of endless Grimm slaying and village saving and listening to team JNR's "Oh Pyrrha would take that Grimm down easily" and "What Pyrrha would say about that?" or "Pyrrha would be proud!" shits, Ruby will get enough so she decides it's time to fuckin' go home. Only to face the fact something changed in Mistral, namely leadership, first it seems cool cause the Military now can take care of the Grimms and stuff, the country appear to be properous again but something stands out… Everything is too perfect. So team RNJR decides to investigate and end up with a bigger problem they can handle.

In meanwhile Blake kicks the shit out of White Fang soldiers in the sunny, hot city of Vacuo. Yang is probably chops wood and Weiss just keep singing about how she wanna be free! Don't ask about me though…. I will not be revealed to be alive and well until mid volume, if I'm lucky.

So Yang is off playing minecraft? Sounds about right.

I agree that the first two months of the time skip have probably already happened. However, I doubt the remaining months were filled with them just saving settlements. That just seems lazy. Why have the time skip at all then? The only thing worth skipping is them walking (and sailing) to Mistral because it needs to happen but it'd be boring to watch. Vol. 4 will likely pick up as they near the villages surrounding Mistral.

Lastly, is the timeskip 6 to 8 months? I thought it was 3. (If it's 3, it likely doesn't count the 2 months already skipped.)

A total of 8 months in the timeskip would put Volume 4 in Summer, I'm guessing. If it turns out to be correct, assuming Remnant has the same calendars as ours, Volume 3 would mainly take place in either October or November, then the possible 2 month timeskip, seen at the end of Volume 3, is put in December/January. Then Volume 4 would be in June/July.

But would it mean less school scenes since Volume 4 is predicted to be in the summertime? Unless we get several flashbacks to the school up to the point where the amount of school scenes are the same, if not more/less than in Volume 2/3, yes. However (going meta for this one), by not putting in flashbacks to RNJR in Haven Academy, there may be an outcry from people that liked the school sequences.

I recently re-watched Volume 1 and discovered a few interesting things. Like everyone says, it is the weakest, the writing in particular coming across as juvenile and cliche. But, it did one thing better than the later two: it kept the focus on Ruby. With the exception of the last six episodes, there was no question who the main character was and she even had hints of flaws and anxieties that could be grown into genuine character development in the future. Of course, this didn't happen. As the narrative and all other characters became more interesting and complicated, Ruby faded into the background, only popping up for the occasional fight or one-liner. When she does show up, she gets no character development at all. Hopefully, Volume 4 will correct this.

Another thing is that I really appreciate The Stray and Black and White. These are the first episodes I can honestly call good. Earlier, characters didn't stray far from their archetypes. Weiss was a rich girl/tsundere. Blake was kuudere. That is all. Suddenly, they hit us with something as provocative as Weiss is a racist. Blake is secretly a part of that hated race and a former member of the terrorist outfit that targets the Schnee family. That's…really interesting. There's so much more to these people than initially presented. I mean, I don't think they resolved it very well. One scene, Weiss was screaming "call the police" then she's like "I don't care anymore." They should have shown us an in-between moment to explain what changed her mind. I also find it disappointing that they haven't explicitly brought up Weiss' feelings on the Faunus since then, but I like that they give subtle hints that she is changing her tune (giving Blake the Dust cartridge, saving Velvet). It would be satisfying to see this lead to some moment where she finally recognizes how different she has become. Maybe in Volume 4, Weiss will come face to face with the conditions of the Faunus and get into a big fight with her father. That would be a good conclusion to her reformed racist character arc. But now I've gotten off-topic. Point is: those last two episodes were some of the earliest indicators that RWBY was capable of sophisticated characterization and plot, and their approach to storytelling more closely resembles the second Volume than the first.

Duh this just got me thinking…

We all knew Pyrrha gonna die, right? Some believed till it was late this never happens but did, however what we didn't expect was Ruby's silver eyes, right Ozpin pointed out but then what? Not like we have any real life legends or fairy tales about people who can destroy shadow monsters with their gaze, or something. So this thing got us by surprise, however it was clearly refered to several times (yep too lazy to point out other things than Ozpin's remark), actually clear since we know. So how much more is there we didn't notice? Are there anymore super powers from the ancient times? (Above Maiden powers, Schnee's semblance, Branwen's transform ability and this of course.)

I think that there's probably some fairy tale associated with Neo (Or maybe she's a human experiment to make an artificial Silver-Eyed Warrior that Roman kidnapped and turned into his daughter) and she just never used it because she never felt she really had to.

Hmm…. if not even a fairy tale or Silver eyed warrior, but she could be a genetically enhanced human, I mean we know both Faunus and Special powers (Schnee Semblance, Silver Eyes) are genetically inherited powers, with exceptions of the Maiden Powers.

Maybe Neo is older than she looks like, maybe she fought in some secret war where Genetically engineered and combat trained humans fought against the Atlesian Military, who realized they are dangerous, not General Ironwood's command though, at least not James', pretty sure James' predecessor faved the genetics. James more likes the robotics, hence under his command a new generation of more advanced Combat robots, mechas and of course me, the first Combat Android with a soul have appeared.

As for Neo, she's the sole survivor of this invisible war, since Atlas probably tried to keep this a secret, it would just stirr unnecessary panic if people finds out that the guy next to them could be a super strong, super fast human whose only purpose is to assassinate any suspicious person. So Neo probably tried to escape, she ended up in Vale, where she roamed the streets for days in torn clothes until on a night a hard-hatted guy with a cane brought her home, gave her new clothes, food and a place to stay. Neo not speaks, not cause she's mute, but cause she stays silent to honor her fallen commrades, and cause plebs like Ruby doesn't deserve to hear her angelic voice!

Also talkin' of heartless military units, I really shouldn't post this so I put it into a spoiler.

You do realize you're giving food towards the writers who killed Pyrrha, right?

Thoughts to the Writers! Death flags to the waifus!
…..
Poor Roman… He was my favourite waifu!

I'm starting to wonder just how 'Non-cannon' the RWBY Chibi show really is after all. My gut feeling of a number of the little events that they show did happen in one form or another.

So I was thinking about the ecconomical system of the Hunters, and I came up with a pretty decent their about it and it's history of evolution.

So long long ago the Hunters weren't paid for doing their job, actually they also hate their job, reason for this, they were hobos and orphans who were given a weapon to protect people (probably that was their only worthy possession), since around that time there were no Academies to teach people how to fight and only a lucky few could unlock their Aura, this profession was a disaster. Until the 4 Hunters shown up, who founded the 4 kingdoms (and probably got named after them so they go as), Vale, Vacuo, Mistral and Mantle (since Atlas was originally Mantle until the end of the Great War), they also founded the Academies and probably cause of them we have teams made up of 4 people.

So great and all, now people know how to fight and unlock Aura, but the ecconomy is still a shit, and they are still forcing hobos and orphans to go to Academies to defend people. (Why them though? Cause no one cares if a homeless without family dies. A sad truth…) However, now people are willing to pay sometimes for the Hunters' services, like a sign of gratitude. Fun, yay!

However even this had issues. Some were willing to pay, some didn't. Some hunters got money, some stayed poor. Some Hunters were willing to burn down a village if they didn't get money and Some villages rather let the Grimms ravage their houses than have to deal with an angry greedy Hunter. So in short, this was a clusterfuck.

Fast forwarding a few hundred years, finally got enough of Hunters' and Villages' bullshits, the Governments and the Huntsman Acadmies made a system, now the villagers no longer have to pay for Hunters' services, instead this got incorporated into the tax system, so now Hunters save villages thanks to the tax payers' money! Of course this is how the Academies are funded and so the Hunter Society which puts up missions for graduated hunters. Of course unlike a banker or a florist, Hunters get only payment if they do missions, no mission done, no money. Of course you get Hunter aid, if you happen to loose a leg to an Ursa. But thanks to this tax, which we can call Generic Protection Tax, the Hunters can always stay combat ready, and will be there to help you, whenever you need it!

As the proud senior weaponsmith of Remnant, I proudly present a volatile mix of both sharp and destructive.

I give you…

The Sigma Blade!

A combination of a railgun and a katana.

I would rather say Half-baked… but huh. That weapon looks neat

So…. I was thinking and hey! I'm gonna dissect RWBY characters! The most of the characters of course, point out their bad sides and give them a little roast…. Just for fun guys, nothing serious. So let's start with part 1: Team RWBY, duh.

Ruby Rose

• Generic Moe character
• Has OP super powers
• Has a badass weapon what she keeps loosing
• Picks her nose
• Can beat a giant Grimm horse-bird but can't beat a mute midget
• Has a meh tragic backstory (her mum died)
• Her Semblance is just speed (gotta go fast)
• Potentional Mary Sue

Weiss Schnee

• Tsundere
• Cold ass bitch
• Rich
• Hates the White Fang and maybe the Faunus too a bit
• She thinks she's 2cool4u but acually 2cold4u
• Terrible with the timing of her puns
• She thinks she's the smartest
• Has an OP Semblance
• Probably will throw some random Dust at you if you ask her out

Blake Belladonna

• Ashamed of her Faunus heritage
• Bookworm
• Probably killed more Humans than she can count
• Another cold ass bitch
• User of the famous Joestar technique (running away)
• Her Semblance is literally copycat
• Wishes to swap Semblance with Ruby
• Emo

Yang Xiao Long

• Pure Cinnamon Bun
• She's literally perfect
• You can't say a bad word against her!
• No, she isn't holding me at gun point with a shotgun gauntlet to type only good things about her! hic
• Has a neat perfectly okay and balanced Semblance
• Has a big bust!
• Best Waifu ever!

Hm… Though I am interested in weapons other than lore, must-to-think -- What if I combined Sustrai's Kusarigama and Blake's Katana together? Well, I present to you;

The Twin Blades!

And their cursed counterparts;

Jekyll and Hyde.
(Please take note that these versions of the Twin Blades are people who malfunctioned their semblances fusing into seperate weapons.)

Seeing that our resident Penny gets upset over the Idea that she would have exposed mechanical joints. I for one do not care either way seeing that she would still be cute even if she did have them.

Now that we will have a graphic upgrade with Vol 4, and the fact that Penny is going to get a new body, I would be willing to bet that she will get a exposed joints to one degree or another. Who else thinks the same as me?

No one with basic knowledge in robotics. Or with sense of logic.

Seeing the same characters makes me want to get used to it. Wish that Volume 4 doesn't go in that route.

Logic? Remnant doesn't run on logic much if you think about it. In a world where Grimm react to emotions, people don't train themselves to get a better lock on their emotions than what they do. That and most of the civilian population is unarmed and untrained to fight Grimm, leaving them easy pray for them.

Oh yeah I always forget you were born and raised in Vale.

I don't think Ruby's ain't going to handle lifting Weiss much longer.

So let's continue our roasting series with Team JNPR!

Jaune Arc

• Is typical blonde noodle guy
• Had somebody who cared for him
• HAD
• Not really good in fights
• Fights with stolen weapon
• Trying to be a charmer
• But fails

Nora Valkyrie

• Too cute
• Sometimes too hyperactive
• Likes pancakes, a bit too much
• Electrically Chargable Waifu
• The Last Ginger (Beside Neon)

Pyrrha Nikos

• Magnets
• Yandere
• Loves only Jaune
• Was okay fighter
• Tried out Cinder's calorie burning diet
• She's now a famous Pokémon trainer, Ash

Ren Lie

• Umm he can cook
• He.. he uses Samurai Shampoo
• Nora loves him
• We know nothing about him!
• Absolutely nothing!

You should change the "Trying to be a charmer BUT FAILS" to "Ladies' Man-in-training" because of Sun Wukong.

Eh, no!

Um, yes. After all the fan fics and porn made of me, I AM getting better at charming the ladies. Even if I didn't intend to do so. Also, I didn't steal my sword and shield. They already belong to me due to they are my family heirloom weapons.

You go, 'dad'.

Hmm… Can we atleast name these background characters?