One thing that really tops off making these scenes so sad or heart-wrenching (like, in general, not just the finale) is in the moments where the voice actors have had to scream/cry out about something.
Like just the past couple episodes alone: Jaune’s cry after Penny died, Winter crying out for Weiss, Blake screaming for Yang, Marrow’s “NO!” when he shielded the others from Watts’s drone, Harriet screaming when she realized Vine was sacrificing himself oh my god
And other times like May yelling for everyone to get to the mines, Penny screaming when Cinder got a big hit in, Willow shouting “ABOVE YOU!” when Weiss was looking for the Hound, I’m probably forgetting some other big ones but you get the point
They feel so real and/or terrified and painful to hear, and it really tops off whatever moment it’s suppose to accentuate so well. For real, props to the VAs















