Yang & Nero

You’re here with me Just show me this and I’ll believe I am beautiful with you 

So I know I’m not the only one who thinks Blake is Baby Bear. Or at least I hope I’m not alone.

I mean then again I literally never really see anyone else posting about it other than people reblogging my posts so fucking maybe.

But I’m really latched onto this head canon and y’all better buckle up cause I’ve got new thoughts to add to this crackpot theory.

Now, I’ve made a semi lengthy post about this already, which can be found here, and y’all should really go read that first bc I’m gonna gloss over what over already talked about and y’all will be confused. Now that post really only talks about Blake’s introduction as Baby Bear. But now I’ve got for y’all all the reasons how Blake fills the role of Baby Bear/ being Just Right™️ for Yang.

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The first thing I wanna to clarify with y’all is the basics of Goldilocks and the three bears. Just cause I’m obv gonna talk about symbolism that I’m pulling from quite a lot and I want us all on the same page. So,

Goldilocks vs Papa Bear: porridge is too hot, bed is too stiff. Angry and mean, or passionate and protective.

Mama Bear: porridge is too cold, bed is too soft. Distant and bracing, or level headed and receptive.

But then Baby Bear’s stuff is Just Right™️. Y’all starting to get why I’ve also latched on to “Just Right™️”?

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Second thing I’m gonna come right out and clarify is that yes. I am aware that Junior’s name means Baby Bear. Actually his name means Black Bear, the nickname Junior is what makes it Baby Black Bear. But I’m imagining the titles being a little flexible and applicable to multiple characters.

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So cool, Yang fought two Ursai, one was “hot headed” and aggressive, attacked her up front. The other was a more “cool headed” passive one that watched at first, and the poof, Blake.

Baby Bear. But I wanna take it a step further. So let’s look at team RWBY

Papa Bear = Ruby. Yes I know, the Yang is far more hot headed and fiery than ruby but hear me out. In the scene immediately following Blake’s introductionas Baby Bear, we see Ruby rum into a situation without much thought. She makes a hot headed move to attack without double checking her surroundings and fucks up Weiss’ shot. Then, in the ensuing argument, Ruby loses her temper and cuts down a tree. That’s some pretty hot porridge right there.

Mama Bear = Weiss. I means come on, she’s literally called the ice queen. In the scene after Blake’s introduction as Baby Bear, Weiss is shown being ice cold and honestly a total bitch. She’s literally standing there surrounded by beowolves, slowly going down a check list. I’m not here to say that proper form isn’t important but woman. Don’t wait for the second ice age. Then after Ruby beats her to the punch she starts an argument and she’s really cold. Saying to Ruby that no, she’s not perfect but she’s leagues better than her. That porridge is FROZEN.

Baby Bear = Blake. Y’all. Do I even have to say it? They’re literally perfect for each other. Blake is Just Right™️ in so many ways. Blake’s the person that Yang has the deepest connection with. Blake’s the one who laughs/smiles the most at Yang’s stupid jokes or really even just at Yang because she’s there. Yang strives for Blake’s approval, she immediately tears up and visibly breaks down the second it seems like Blake doesn’t trust/believe her. And when Blake asks Yang to promise to her specifically, in return for Blake’s trust, Yang doesn’t even hesitate for a second. Makes eye contact and promises. Blake’s also like, the only person to show worry or concern over Yang in a fight. Then, after being separated from each other for around a year, they just fall back into sync as it nothing ever kept them apart. Sure, they had a bump of two I’m looking at you apathy barn but they were just that bumps that’s they got over in a snap.

I mean shit, even the color scheme lines up for team RWBY.

Next we get to look at our in-world family of bears: The Belladonna’s

Kali Belladonna. Y’all look at this sweet bean and tell me she isn’t the softest Mama Bear to ever soft.

Kali Belladonna isn’t ice cold in the way that Weiss is, she’s more cool and soft. She does silly things, teases her daughter about the boy that followed her home and doesn’t hesitate for a second to wrap her daughter up in a bear hug.

And damn if Ghira Belladonna isn’t intimidating as all shit

Ghira Belladonna is a damned force to be reckoned with. This man is the very definition of a hot headed, protective Papa Bear. Y’all cannot convince me other wise if you tried.

The Belladonna’s are admittedly a fav and I’m really just including them cause I can and it fits sooooooooo. Moving on:

So the last thing I wanna talk to y’all about is Yang’s abandonment issues. How we’ve seen it played out in the show and how it fits into my Baby Bear!Blake theory. And yes, I know this is reaching. Like shit, my spine popped, I was reaching so far up to this shelf but hear me out.

Yang has canonically been abandoned 3 times.

The first time was her birth mother, Raven Branwen.

Now we can only speculate on why Raven really left. Yang also, has no idea why Raven left, a fact that hit us over the head in V2. So for Yang’s entire life (tho she got some closure in V5) Yang has just built up bitterness and anger toward her mother. “How dare she leave, how could she just go, abandon her family like that.”

The second time was Summer Rose. But Summer didn’t chose to leave.

I mean yes she chose to leave for the mission, but she fully planned on returning. She was killed. The was a fight, a slip up, an accident, and Summer couldn’t make it back home. Yang more than likely spent her years wishing that maybe she or Tai or Qrow or anyone would have just gone with her, made sure that Summer was alright. Summer didn’t leave, she was taken away inexplicably and Yang would have felt sad. Lost and cold without her mother’s guidance.

The third time was Blake. And yes, our baby girl fucked up when she left, I’m not here to deny that.

So during the fall of beacon, Yang finds Blake on the ground under Adam who has just stabbed her. Keep in mind, Yang has spent the majority of her life wishing she or literally any one could have been there to save Summer. Wishing that someone could have prevented her loved one from being ripped away from her. And now, Blake is about to be killed in front of Yang’s very eyes.

Y’all damn know she flipped her shit. She is CRYING as she launches herself at Adam, so blinded by her need to make to Blake, to be there in time, to save her life. Y’all also know that she failed, pretty miserably in fact. But Blake didn’t care. She only cared that Yang had come at all, and was upset with herself for having brought Yang into her world of trauma. So she left. She left because she thought that that would protect Yang.

What’s different about Blake leaving is that she’s the only person who actually chose Yang. Sure the message didn’t come across to Yang right away, but that’s what happened. Blake chose Yang’s safety over her own safety, well being, and happiness.

And I know, I know, that what t probably hurt Yang more than anything was that Blake chose to leave her behind, like Raven had. Yang ultimately made her peace with Summer because that was out of anyone’s control. But Blake? We see in volume 5 we see that Yang is very VERY upset that Blake left. When Ruby tells Yang she wishes Blake was with them, Yang lashes out. Ruby pushed farther, prying, trying to force Yang into wanting Blake there and Yang snaps, of only for a moment.

Her eyes burn red and she is LIVID. Yang eventually gets up and sulks in her room while carressing Blake’s image in a group photo. And then, enter Weiss. Weiss says nothing as she enters the room. Just sits and lets Yang rant. Once Yang’s down Weiss speaks. Talks about her own traumas and her own family issues. And finally talks to Yang and convinces her to try and see things from Blake’s perspective.

I mean shit. The poor girl did her absolute best to remain distant, to keep her secrets, to keep her past away from the rest of them. But she opened up to Yang, they became very close friends and at some point (I’m looking at you Burning the Candle) it became a little more flirtatious and romantic. Then with all this going on, Adam appears of literally nowhere and maimes the one person in all of Beacon that Blake has truly opened up to. And like let’s not fucking forget that Blake is also the only person we see Yang open up to. I mean we see her open up to Weiss, but she’s literally opening up about her pain from Blake leaving soooooooo.

The last thing that sets Blake apart in this cycle of the three bears, and the reason why she gets to be Baby Bear/ Just Right™️ is because BLAKE CAME BACK.

This girl, who is notorious for running from her problems, to the point that her semblance which is an extension of her own soul, is literally a mechanism to run away, SHE CAME BACK.

Blake came back to Yang. And she’s promised she’s never going anywhere again. And Yang believes her, Yang trusts her, and y’all can damn well believe Yang LOVES her.

So yea. Blake’s Baby Bear. She’s Just Right™️ for Yang. Try and change my mind. You can’t.

This post has gotten really long, and I do have more thoughts, but maybe in another post cause again, this is already a fucking full length essay.

For y’all who wanted to be tagged:

“We’re rising like the moon.”

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love yang xiao long

When the demon that’s inside you is ready to begin~

“Let me be your bumblebee”.

There will be people telling us to shut up. “Yes, you were right, so what, shut up you got your rep now”

Don’t EVER shut up about this ship. If the bees are canon in the first 2 weeks of 2019?????? ICONIC.

Don’t EVER shut up about getting our rep with 2 powerful women who took down their abuser and the person who left them disabled.

Don’t EVER shut up about two broken souls finding love and support in one another.

Don’t EVER shut up about two people who had concrete walls around their hearts doing all they could to smash them down, to trust again, to love again, and to find themselves again.

Don’t EVER shut up about bumblebee.

Winter is what years of abuse and controlling her own emotions do to a very caring and passionate woman. Without a role model who inspired her to leave in the first place, the role model she was to Weiss later on, she most likely left her father after graduating from Atlas Academy and not before attending it like Weiss. Four years she has spent without being able to fully escape her father’s influence, years of crucial development.

There isn’t a huge difference between Volume 1 Weiss and Winter. Weiss only changed after she was under the influence of her teammates, something Winter never had like that, especially not when she was as young as Weiss is now. So before you judge her for her attitude, consider how she grew up. How she had even less support than Weiss ever did. That Weiss only managed to leave at a younger age than Winter because Winter inspired and helped her.

Without Winter, Weiss never would have left Atlas, and she wouldn’t be where she is now. Considering all circumstances, it’s remarkable how two victims of abuse were able to form the bond they have, a relationship that their father probably didn’t approve of.

Winter might be rough towards Weiss, but that’s coming from years of abuse and emotional neglect. She has never learned anything else, but she still didn’t want Weiss to end up like herself, which is showing in how she didn’t encourage Weiss to study under Ironwood like she probably did herself. Everything she did was to support and help Weiss, as good as she was able to.

Winter isn’t the bad guy here. She’s a victim of abuse who never got the chance that Weiss has now, but still did everything in her power so Weiss had it better than she did. She has never learned how to be warm, how to show emotions, how to show Weiss how much she cares, but everything she ever did was to help and support Weiss, and it’s because of her that Weiss is where she’s now.

Like, how many times do you think he’s used his scars to guilt trip her?

Lends a whole new depth to Blake wanting Yang to hate her, doesn’t it? Like, she’s probably been forcing herself not to blame herself for Adam’s scars even though he does, and then Beacon happens and Yang gets hurt, loses her arm. And this time it *is* her fault.

But Yang doesn’t blame her. Not at all.

This isn’t about what people did to Adam but what he did and is currently doing to Blake. Adam has used that scar so many times to try to guilt Blake and to justify his actions. If Blake did something he didn’t like it would be easy for him to say something like “It’s okay I’m used to people hurting me”. Because that’s what abusers do. Even without the scar he would still be like that because he could come up with any number of reasons the world has hurt him and why it makes what Blake is doing so bad and how dare Blake hurt him more on top of what the world has done to him.

Blake even seems to be aware of all of this because she says: “He was spite. Not hatred, not rage, spite, He won’t accept quality only suffering for what he thinks the world did to him.” She knows he thinks everyone owes him some debt which can never be paid, and Blake having been in a relationship with him had to suffer the burnt of that. He is stalking Blake and trying to kill her and Yang for what he thinks Blake owes him because Blake hurt him.

And to foil that Yang doesn’t want anything from Blake for being hurt. Yang doesn’t blame Blake at all for that night. It hurt her when Blake ran, but she doesn’t want an apology she just wants Blake back in her life. When I have said before that Blake doesn’t owe Yang anything it is not because I don’t think she wouldn’t willingly say she is sorry or thank Yang it’s because of this. It’s because Yang doesn’t think she is owed it. Because Yang did what she did because she loved Blake not because she ever thought by doing so she would get something from it. When you love someone you protect them (and now they protect each other).