"you look alright, I guess."

ID: A picture of one woman kissing another's hands on a gradient light blue to dark blue background. The woman on the left is Weiss Schnee, a white woman with white hair, wearing a blue-themed outfit. She's crying as she grasps Ruby's hands and kisses them. On the right is Ruby Rose, a half-Asian, half-white woman wearing a red-themed outfit, looking down at her hands and Weiss in fear and sorrow.

rwby!!!

1. Emerald and Mercury have a mutual crush on Pyrrha.

2. Emerald and Mercury turn themselves in to the Atlas Rebels (tm). Mercury encounters Yang, Emerald reunites with Penny.

3. Might fully color this one, but Emerald and Mercury redemption, Edition Two, where they run away with Ruby.

RWBY ocs finally make an appearance!!!!!

This first team is one I designed from repurposed old ocs, that, shamelessly I will say that I drew as a 14 year old to be like. LIs for the Ninja Turtles but those character designs were too fun and there were 4 of them so they’re either in a universe where they art heist or they’re a RWBY combat team which goes unnamed. Character summaries as follows:

Headband/romper: Grew up with money, wants to organize the art heists in the first place either to steal art from imperialist systems or just bc she wants to grab it. Was going to be the Leonardo insert so Team Leader (TM) but she’s more into art and fashion, her color scheme is maroon and green

Headset: The Michelangelo counterpart, made her the ~gamer girl~ but also the one who’s like. Scanning computers and stuff. Every heist team needs the person in the earpiece, that’s her. Sweet but also sassy. Defined by her square frames. We love her.

Pigtails: Was going to be Raphael’s but the main thing is she designs the getaway vehicle. Loves mechanics and repair. 

Pixie Cut: Was going to be Donatello’s. Want her to kind of subvert her appearance somehow but that’s as far as I went with her. 

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so I was reading Echo Base, and there’s a line at the end (mild spoilers) about how the ace ops have began to work with Salem. Of course, with me and my worm brain loving Emerald and Mercury, I figured that Cinder might dump them on have them work as assistance to the ace ops. 

and hey, if the current gang all got outfit changes, I figured these two, who’ve been wearing the same outfits since nearly the beginning of the series, might change it up. notes about design and updates to follow:

I overestimated how much red is in all the ace ops’ outfits. I need to keep it to once accent piece or else it looks a bit much. 

Since Emerald parallels Aladdin, I’ve maintained that she’ll eventually get a “prince ali” upgrade in her outfit. I referenced that heavily for this, as it added the convenience of being all white as well.

Dealt away with nearly all of her old outfit too, because listen. I’m gay as the next rwby fan, but that top isn’t a fighting look.

I also sort of intentionally added inquisitor-esque designs to their outfits. It’s both because I’m me and that the ace ops have similar lines in their outfits. You can see it in Emerald’s cape and shirt, and Mercury’s belt.

Emerald’s cape also looks like Ruby’s from v4-6.

Emerald can keep her heels but she gets traction on her boots, at least. It’s winter, you Texans writing/designing the show,

I’m less settled on Mercury’s, as I’m trying to incorporate his colors into an ace ops aesthetic. Unfortunately, black clashes with navy. I also gave him too much red.

I was going for a “v3 Yang” look with his kneepads, but it doesn’t match the streamlined military aesthetic.

His armor is shinier since he got it replaced!