This is the sweetest thing ever: a RWBY children’s book! Created by Nonsuch and her partner – just lovely in every way.
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It exists IRL! Totally hoping that she can get RT to give permission to publish it!
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Some cool concept art from Volume 6, originally shared by Rooster Teeth on Twitter. Unfortunately, they did not credit the artist in either tweet, and I’ve been unable to identify the artist(s) myself.
I find the first one of the Argus Limited really interesting because it shows Mistral in the background!
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“Hello there lil’ lass, I’m Doctor Cammie MacCloud… all of us here in the lab have waited a long time to welcome you.”
gen:LOCK x RWBY by Bach Do
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Arryn will be appearing at the Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo this weekend! She’ll be featured on a panel at 2 pm CST on Sunday. That tweet is from a few days ago, so you now have to get your tickets at the door.
There’s a chance I might be going – if so, look for pictures!
is it just me overthinking or should the gang of asked how do we defeat Salem instead of how do we kill her
Okay, so this is obviously the key dilemma facing the team (and the world), right? If Salem can’t be killed, how can they win? Like everyone else, I’ve been thinking about this a lot since V6:E3, and here are some important points:
- The question Ozma asked was, “How do I destroy Salem?”
- Jinn’s answer was, “You can’t.”
One conclusion from that exchange is the one that the team jumped to immediately:
There are two possibilities that I see:
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Jinn was speaking literally, and she meant that OZMA couldn’t destroy Salem – leaving open the question of whether she can be destroyed by other means or persons (e.g., Team RWBYJNRQOM)
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Jinn did indeed mean that Salem can’t be destroyed/killed by ANYONE, but Ozma asked the wrong question because he assumed that her death was the only way she could be defeated: what he SHOULD have asked is, “How can Salem be defeated?”
At first, I thought that #1 was the likely explanation, but after rewatching V6, I’m pretty convinced that #2 is actually the real answer to the dilemma.
My reasoning is this: I think that #1 is too simplistic. It would mean the answer to such a critical issue depends on a single pronoun (“I” versus “we”) in the question Ozma asked. I think #2 is much more likely because it FITS with RWBY’s – and most importantly, Ruby’s – view that killing is to be avoided at all costs. Look what she says on the Argus Limited:
And of course, there’s Maria’s exhortation to Ruby when they’re facing the Apathy:
So my strong suspicion is that it’s NOT necessary to destroy Salem to defeat her. HOW to do that is an entirely different matter (and surely involves at least some of the Relics as well as Ruby’s newly-mastered powers).
I think it’s entirely possible that Ruby is going to realize this and end up using her last question for Jinn to discover the answer.
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My kids and I got to meet Arryn today in Huntsville! She is simply a lovely person – friendly, kind, and very funny. She autographed a couple of things for us, and we got to talk to her for a few minutes while she wasn’t busy. We also spent 45 minutes laughing with her during her panel. My daughter was so pleased that she drew a special picture for Arryn, which we showed her just before we left the convention center.
I just can’t say enough nice things about this lady!
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After a short hiatus, I’m back with some cool concept art & more to share!
First up is everyone’s favorite super mom – baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters: Summer Rose!
The artist is Jimmek Rankin, who worked on Summer’s model before he moved over to working on gen:LOCK. His ArtStation portfolio is here:
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Concept art by Sana Freeman for the Atlas Concert Hall where Weiss sang “This Life is Mine” in Vol 4 Ch 6
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I still ship white rose xd( ruby x weiss), my favourite opening is volume 2. I also need to do some catch up watching
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t begrudge anyone their favorite ship, but the reason I don’t find WR appealing at all is that there’s literally nothing in RWBY to support it. Ruby herself has shown no romantic interest in anyone. Ever. Blake describes her to Sun as the essence of purity – and I think that Miles and Kerry (and Monty) always meant for Ruby to embody love in a very chaste, non-sexual way. As for Weiss, she sees Ruby, Blake, and Yang as her family. She clearly loves them all, but it would go against that sense of family for her to have romantic feelings for Ruby – and of course, there’s never been any indication in the show that she feels that way.
Nevertheless, it’s fun to speculate about what might happen in the season to come. (October is such a long way off, though!!!)
For some reason, I really like the fact that she never has. I’m not entirely sure why, maybe because she’s younger? Something about her personality would be suppressed if she was in a relationship imo.
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From RT character artist Nicolas Sangervasi – JINN! 
I absolutely ADORE Jinn
Nic’s ArtStation portfolio:
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More Atlas concept art by Sana Freeman: the ballroom at the Schnee estate from “Tipping Point” (Vol 4 Ch 6)
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Spoilers for those who aren’t up to date with rwby
I don’t remember what thread it was were there was talk about specific wording of the question ozma asked Jinn about destroying Salem but just thought with that wording possibly being important, and Salem hunting down those with sliver eyes, I wonder what exactly would those eyes do to Salem? She’s human, immortal but she also submerged herself into Grimm too, so that’s interesting to think about.
It was this post:
I’ve wondered about the effect of the silver eyes on Salem as well … I mean, clearly she’s hunted down anyone with silver eyes (Maria, for certain, and presumably Summer as well). But I wonder whether she fears the silver eyes herself or whether it’s simply that without the forces of Grimm she controls, her path to victory would be much longer or perhaps unachievable.
Salem seems fairly unconcerned about Ruby, so I don’t think she sees her powers as a direct threat – not in the way Cinder does, for example. (No doubt that’s a mistake on Salem’s part – and it may well prove her undoing.) But that would seem to indicate that her concern about the silver eyed warriors is because of their ability to defeat her forces.
Now that Ruby has begun to master her power, perhaps we’ll soon learn more about how it works. Especially as it seems likely that they’ll encounter Cinder (and Neo!) in Atlas in Vol 7!
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Cinder is something else I wonder, I dunno if it was specified anywhere but if it was I feel like you’d know, why exactly was cinder effected by Ruby’s eyes at beacon when she only got Grimm attachments/power(?) after that fight?
Salem told Cinder that it was because of her maiden powers … but that’s hard to understand, as Maria said the silver eyes only affect Grimm. (My suspicion is that Maria’s knowledge is incomplete, however.)
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Ok that is odd the eyes affecting maidens but Salem would clearly know more on this than Maria would. Thanks for clarifying
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