The Actual Episodes Of Rwby Ice Queendom Haven't Even Started And I'm Already Unhinged Just From The

The actual episodes of Rwby Ice Queendom haven't even started and I'm already unhinged just from the pre-release livestream

i wanna. Strangle Elon Musk.

No one:

Amphibia, The Owl House, and RWBY fans: here's why someone's gonna lose an eye

Too add on to the "red eyes symbolize protecting those close to you" part, the two other characters with red eyes are Emerald, who's primary motivation was loyalty to Cinder and tried to protect her on multiple occasions, and Qrow who seems to spend like 50% of his fights trying to keep everyone else alive.

whenever yang's eyes turn red, whenever she uses her semblance due to an emotional outburst, it's always been out of anger or frustration. always to attack someone.

not in worthy, though. she's not angry, or frustrated, nor is she trying to attack neo. it's fear and worry for ruby's life, her goal is to push ruby out of the way of harm, and her semblance activates and her eyes turn red along with it.

and i feel like that's noteworthy, because it's not like yang's semblance gives her more defense, it's purely offensive semblance—if anything, using it just spent more of her aura. so why did it activate in that moment, so unlike any usage of it has been before?

all i can think of is symbolic meaning. eyes are important, and with yang and ruby especially they tie them to their mothers. silver eyes are fueled by desire to protect life, and they do that by targeting grimm. outside of silver eyes, red eyes are only other eye color that has been mentioned in the show—first in reference to grimm, which nicely makes them "opposite" of silver eyes, and second time in reference to raven.

yet yang's eyes turned red by using her semblance in a moment where her sole focus was to protect someone; not by attacking the person threatening them, but by pushing them out of the way. with all this in mind, it's certainly a change from the past, but i can't find it unexpected; raven's semblance seemingly allows her to know when someone she's bonded to is in danger / about to die, and gives her a quick way to protect them.

and i find it neat, that we have two different eye colors, silver and red, one so very anti-grimm and the other grimm-like, yet both symbolize protection in their own way.

Okay so I know a lot of people are proposing Summer as the narrator, but that just doesn't sound right to me.

For one, the voice just sounds a little younger than I would've expected summer to sound.

For two, I'm unconvinced they'd reveal summer in a teaser rather than leaving it for a big moment in the show itself.

And three, the actual wording of the narration seems to ve talking about the story of the girl who fell through the world (while obviously drawing a parallel for us, the audience, to Ruby), and who would know that story in the ever after if not Alyx herself.

So yeah, I think the narrator is Alyx not Summer, no I do not have any strong evidence for that claim. It's purely vibes based atm.

It is interesting that when Yang was leaving in volume 4 it never even seemed to be a question between them whether Tai was staying or not. I mean both of his daughters, his ex-wife and his brother-in-law were either in, or heading to anima. From what Oobleck and Port said during their visit the situation in Vale was... not exactly great, but under control. No one would've faulted Tai for going after his family, but he didn't.

And as enjoyable as theories about the relic of choice being hidden under the house and guarded by Tai are, I find it much more moving the idea that he stayed simply to make sure everything was still standing when they got back. That this man who has lost some of the most important people in his life is capable of tamping down on his own overprotectiveness and trust his family to look after each other when he's not there. To stay at home and try and actually improve the situation in Vale while everyone runs off on their big-picture save the world journey.

And it makes sense that its what he'd do, he's been doing the same thing for Qrow for years at this point. He's used to it, no matter how much the worry must eat at him.

Its definitely a trademark xiao long "this is definitely hurting me but its also the thing the people I care about need, so I'm gonna do it anyway" move.

both yang and especially ruby have this thing where they... not quite ignore but definitely shove their own problems aside for the moment to be there for others, even to the point of traveling across continents if so required. it's all about staying by others' side. 'until the end', a ruby song, says it best for ruby; i promise i'll be here until the end.

i can near guarantee they did not get this trait from summer or raven or qrow, all three who have either left and kept their distance; all either confirmed or heavily hinted as a way to protect their family.

no, this is a trait they got from taiyang, the depressed single father who worries about his daughters a lot. the one who stayed, no matter what, doing his best to be there for ruby and yang, even when his emotional state wasn't the greatest.

(and that's something ruby and yang definitely picked up on; those little changes, when his smile turns almost sad at something they said or did, when all the memories come flooding back, a reminder of a time that once was but can never be brought back)

like, tai stayed, so much so that even when everyone else left, he's still home, taking care of everything so that his kids have a home to return to.

to sum it up; the whole "there's no time to deal with our own problems there are others depending on us" is a certified xiao long trait and gods they need therapy.