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With the explanation of how reincarnation works in the Ever After and the Blacksmith saying “Nothing - no one - is ever truly lost” specifically in relation to Ruby asking about Penny’s sword  and the sword then showing Penny’s reflection right afterwards? - yeah, I don’t think the writers could spell out “Penny’s not truly gone” any clearer if they tried.

Actually the, “Little is Penny” theory is seeming crazy likely right now!

2 moments specifically stood out to me here:

1. Right after the moment above^ with Penny’s sword, the Blacksmith asks Ruby if she’s lost and if she’s alone, and right after that Little wakes up and answers the “Are you her guide?” question with “Yes, Ruby is my friend!”… mmm hmm, that had the same Penny-vibe as Little being excited to be called Ruby’s friend in E2. Also just like at the auction, Little is again involved in a “Ruby with Penny’s sword” scene, while the rest of Team RWBY is doing something else. Everyone else being busy with other stuff while Little is always in these “Penny’s sword” scenes in ways that feel meaningful is… well, it’s giving me *something*.

2. The curious cat’s explanation of reincarnation perfectly lines up with this theory. If the “central location” (the doorway-place between Atlas/Mantle & Vacuo) was already part of the Ever After, then Penny couldn’t have truly died there and would have instead gotten reincarnated as someone else without her memories.

And very specifically, when the Curious Cat talks about the Red King getting reincarnated as the Red Prince, they say this line: “While the Prince may not remember Alix’s deception after ascending, the heart very rarely forgets.”

THE HEART VERY RARELY FORGETS

Why have this line if not to foreshadow that someone else’s heart didn’t forget their fondness for Ruby?

I think this is the closest we ever got to seeing Blake actually fangirling in the main series and not just in Chibi

some old shitpost from way back 2021 lmao

There are too many variations so I just picked what I think also looks ok:

She's already super cool, being able to memorize the moves of every other fighter she meets and fight like them, but her biggest weakness is that she needs the person's weapon to fight like that, and at some point, Anesidora runs out of pictures.

Freezerburn x Snow White​ 🍎 [commission]

Weiss using only long range and her new summon to defend the cargo ship out of necessity, then getting whomped by Vernal due to not having fully figured it out yet (and yeah, Vernal's style and weapon effectively prove a challenge for Weiss's traditional approach), then being the "big gun" with the Queen Lancer summon.

Yang whomping the bandits with well-thought precision combat then filling a more psychological role during the climax, not once using her semblance.

Moving forward, roles become situational and nobody is a one-trick pony. Mm.