Rosegarden Week

Neo being reborn as a sentient god-like being connected to the Tree of the Ever After, replacing both the Curious Cat and the Jabberwalker and using her newfound abilities to aid Ruby in her second life as repayment for the horrible deeds she did to her in her past life; including using Oscar’s dying form to break her. I really like the potential parallel of Neo returning to use her powers to help Ruby this time by saving Oscar’s life. Perhaps Neo will become somewhat of an Avatar-like being---becoming a bridge between Remnant and the Ever After and being able to transport people to the other world freely and take them to the Tree.  

Oscar being taken to the Tree and undergoing his own metamorphosis; although his own is seen as being different from others considering that he was meant to be two souls in one.

Oscar’s transformation taking some time due to the uniqueness of his situation so during the interim period, he is kept safe in the Tree (thanks to Neo) and is visited often by Ruby who begins to realize her true feelings for him in his absence; paralleling the Rose from the Little Prince tale who didn’t return the prince’s feelings until he left her side. So as the little prince slept, his rose patiently waited for the day he would be reborn again and return to her.

Similar to how Ruby was able to see her mother’s memories by touching her weapon, Oscar would meet the Blacksmith and get to see more memories from his past lives including Ozpin’s who’s life we never got to see more of.

Since one can choose to become someone else while undergoing ascension, imagine if…unlike Ruby who chose herself in the end, let’s say Oscar’s time in the Tree is the opposite of Ruby’s. Imagine if Oscar does chose to become Ozma because he learns from the Blacksmith that he is Ozma. Once upon a time, I shared a Pinehead headcanon that Oscar is the true reincarnation of Ozma. That unlike previous Wizards in the cycle, Oscar is the reincarnation of Ozma’s former form that he never regained when he was revived the first time. So Oscar is the one true Ozma reborn in modern Remnant and that the Merge wasn’t meant to “kill him” but make him whole again. The cycle was always meant to end with Oscar. He was never meant to be just “another one of Ozma’s lives”. He was always destined to be the last one because he is one true Ozma.

So Oscar returns, as his fully realized self with the Long Memory taking a new form to reflect his transformation and complete rebirth. Bonus if we get another moment of Oscar saying "Not quite" as a nice callback to his V5 moment against Lionhart.

Oscar arriving to save/protect Ruby from eminent danger, paralleling all the times she has looked out for him over the seasons.

Oscar returning from the equivalent of death for Ruby because his love and unyielding desire to protect her was enough for him to return to her; mirroring Ozma who only agreed to the God of Light’s plans for him because it gave him a chance to be reunited with his beloved Salem.

Oscar and Ruby fighting together side by side for the first time (similar to Ozma and Salem in the Lost Fable) and their tag-team fight dynamic resembling somewhat of a dance between them throughout which they both exchange smiles with one another; particularly Ruby--- hearkening back to her V2 statement about her not being a “dance-y, prance-y, dance-y girl” only for her first official “dance” to be one on the battlefield where she’s most comfortable.

Oscar and Ruby escaping near danger together and ending up in a field of flowers (preferably roses) where they realize their love for one another; paralleling Salem and Ozma in the Lost Fable.