#blackhakumen

No I understand where you’re coming from Black and it’s perfectly fine. I’m not sure if you read my response post to @piningforoscar but I pretty much had the same thought. For me, I’m hoping that what we saw in the trailer was actually Salem’s first attempt at capturing Oscar that ends up failing her since a) Yang, Ren and Jaune were in pursuit of the Bloodhound that captured Oscar and b) given the ending of V7, I feel as if Oscar could easily escape the Bloodhound on his own especially if Oz hits him with another memory surge.

Last season, we witnessed Oscar awaken the Lost Memory and his magical abilities to save himself (and Oz) from his plummet toward Mantle. We also saw that Oscar is able to project his magic from his body without the need for the cane as he used it to create a magical bubble shield that softened his landing.

If Oscar is able to project magic from his body like an energy wave then it wouldn’t surprise me if he uses this kind of strategy to escape the Bloodhound---producing just enough magic to startle the Bloodhound enough for it to let him go and allow him to fall to the ground below where all he’ll have to do is manifest the bubble shield to help him land.

A part of me would really love to see Oscar in his first one on one fight against a massive Grimm; one where he wouldn’t need to rely on Ruby to rescue or shield him this time since he’ll be able to take it down on his own thanks to Oz guiding him with Ozma’s memories.

I’d actually love to see Oscar defeat the Bloodhound just in time for Yang, Ren and Jaune to arrive and take him back home. However at this point, Oscar has already been marked as a target for Salem which means she will likely come for him again during the season.

For me personally, I want V8 to end on Salem overpowering our heroes despite their combined forces and efforts, claiming the Relic of Creation for herself and thus forcing Oscar to surrender himself over to Salem as a means of negotiating with the wicked witch to spare the lives of his friends.

What would actually be really, really good is if V8 does a neat nod to the RWBY Fairy Tales of Remnant book with Oscar. I’m not sure if you’ve read the book as yet Black but…there is one particular fable in that book titled “Infinite Man”.

I don’t want to spoil the story in case you haven’t read it as yet but…something happens in that story that makes me think it would be an excellent parallel to happen with Oscar. I really would like to see Oscar try to negotiate with with Salem to spare his friends’ lives if he gave himself up, much like the Infinite Man.

I really think it would be a noble thing for Oscar to do---to show how much his friends and teammates mean to him in spite of all that he’s been through with them.

I know you think Oscar being napped might be too premature, but in all honestly Black, the series hasn’t really done much with Oscar, at least in my opinion. Or rather, it’s a weird case where they present really great opportunities where Oscar’s character could be developed further only for them to either squander it off on an unrelated character or not do it at all despite setting it up.

Tilt his day; it still bothers me how V8 will open with Oscar finding the group despite how V7 ended. But for me, the Writers can make up for the missed chance to have Oscar go on a journey with Oz by having him become Salem’s captive.

Having Salem imprison Oscar and essentially Oz in the same manner her father once imprisoned her lifetimes ago is a wonderful parallel. To have Salem being the one to imprison the very incarnation of the man who once saved her---to turn the prisoner into the very person she once dared to escape---not only will this provide great development for Oscar in the realm of him potentially connecting with Oz while in captivity and isolation; but it’s also an intriguing way to connect to Salem and shed more light on her and her former relationship with Ozma.

I mean…I’m not saying this will be the case for the canon; I’m more saying it as my rationale for why I’m onboard with Oscar being kidnapped by Salem. This is a Pinehead headcanon  that this squiggle meister has been advocating for since V5 and it’d be interesting to see how the showrunners handle this thing for Oscar.

I’m curious to see how they’ll do it…..unless it turns out to be yet another Oscar development cop-out for the sake of advancing the PLOT. I really hope it isn’t. I’m honestly tired of those.

But…who knows? I guess we’ll see for V8. For now, that’s how I’m looking at it, fam.

“We’ll figure out how to get through this!”

Hey there Black! Aww shucks, no problem m’dude. You just keep up the awesome stuff with your fanfics. Thank you so much for the b-day wishes, fam!