#blueskyportrait

But now after vol 6 she's practically meek, soft spoken, and submissive. Her fire is gone. I do believe there is bias in place, especially when making bumbleby canon. Someone has to be the man of the relationship so it had to be Yang. Blake was left to be the woman and was changed to fit the role

I think it has a lot to do with the writers thinking that making Blake feminine and softer is the best way to show she's changed rather than leaning into the traits she possesses and building on them. While Blake can be outspoken she's also more withdrawn than the other characters. She has a bit of crossover with Ren in that aspect.

I think her coming off as more standoffish slightly meek upon reunion in a way could've worked if we had the group with tension upon her arrival. If she wasn't just immediately accepted back then her being unsure of how to bridge a gap because socializing isn't her strong suit would've worked.

Honestly I think going for a more hardheaded and "stand your ground" Blake who doesn't bend would've made much more sense for how they shaped her story in canon after the events of volume 6. I think that paired up with Yang who to me always read as the smooth talker in the group could've allowed for some fun duo dynamics where Blake was more quick to jump to the point vs yang who was more willing to worm her way towards it.

when the show infamously bad for handling suicide still manages to avoid the sexualization of suicide allegations in everything else wrong with those scenes, it might be that rwby just has a problem. or is just written by men with dicks for brains.

i have a lot of issues with hannah's suicide scene but what i will say is what we get when we focus on her character & not the shock factor, is haunting. hannah is broken, she has nothing left to keep her going & you see it in her eyes & even when she's committed the act, that haunting feeling sticks with you. you're watching a life being lost & you're desperate to save her.

also absolutely do not google this, they have graphic screencaps of the suicide method featuring blood in the first few images.

but then when we get to ruby's suicide, she's posed absolutely ridiculously & all we can think is why aren't her friends rushing to save her? there is a good amount of time between ruby making eye contact & then slowly sipping the drink: if you compare that to hannah's suicide, the frustration builds because hannah is alone. she is alone physically & she's alone emotionally, there is no one to save her in this moment. ruby had 4 people to save her or at least try.

this isn't heartbreaking or haunting, it's goofy. ruby looks stupid here & even more so when there's the sexualization angle of it because god forbid she exist as an emotionally broken teenager without the grown men behind the show ripping her outfit over her breasts & then having her pose basically in a sensual lounge.

Thank you, I appreciate it. I know I'm not alone with these fandom hot takes (that are lukewarm at best), but certains parts of this fandom get really defensive over canon (and for what? It's not like people disliking it makes it any less canon)

Also, because I must ruin everything with memes...

I'll start with PJO and then move on to HoO, because while I have my criticisms of PJO Percabeth, HoO Percabeth is... uff.

Also under a read more because this gets long, and to minimize upsetting people.

There are three answers here: Their favorite anime to watch together, their personal favorite anime of all time, and their favorite "current" anime (as in, no older than a few years).

Favorite to watch together is One Piece. It's fun, adventurous, and it has pirates and seafaring, so it appeals to both of them. They usually stop watching it for a few months and then just binge all they have missed.

Nico: favorite of all time is Saint Seiya, it appeals to his inner mythology nerd, and has a lot of very handsome men in intense fights and deep brotherhood. What's not to like? Current? Probably Jojo, I see him getting really into it and taking all its ridiculousness very seriously.

It is. Honestly I'm just surprised at how readily people ate it up.

Like, Voltron: Legendary Defender was rightfully criticized for it when Shiro married a random guy who had only appeared on background shots and had a brief scene in an episode about side characters (he was only named by the subtitles!), but with Nico? People were so excited over a nothing character being paired with him.

Oh gods, I hate answering that question, because there is no answer *laughs amused*

I can’t explain how I get ideas. I just... always get them. An average of like five new ideas a week, the majority getting canned due to being too raw, too similar to something else or simply because I only have two hands and not that much time. *grins amused*