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How Tyrian Callows Can Work as a Personal Enemy for Team RWBY

Tyrian is actually one of the easiest Salem agents to turn into a genuine, burning arch-enemy for every single member of the team. He’s already halfway there in canon.

Ruby This one is already canon and extremely personal. Tyrian was sent specifically to capture or kill her on Salem’s direct orders. They fought one-on-one in Volume 4, he poisoned Qrow (her uncle and father figure) right in front of her, and she’s the one who cut off his scorpion tail. From Ruby’s side: he almost murdered the person who raised her. From Tyrian’s side: she humiliated him, permanently maimed him, and caused him to fail Salem (who then brutalized him as punishment). Tyrian is completely unhinged and obsessive; Ruby is 100% his white whale. He wants her screaming, broken, or dead, in that order.

Weiss Weiss herself never met him in canon, but Winter clearly has, and she was visibly terrified at the mere prospect of fighting Tyrian again. That alone tells us he’s left trauma on the Schnee family. Possibilities that require almost zero retcon:

Tyrian was the one who carried out several high-profile political assassinations in Atlas that got quietly blamed on the Schnee family (or that he deliberately made look like Jacques ordered them).

He stalked or fought Winter off-screen during the Atlas years, leaving her with scars (physical or mental) she never talks about.

During the fall of Atlas he targets the remaining Schnees on purpose, maybe even corners Whitley or Klein just to send Weiss a message. Tyrian has zero morals about killing entire families for fun; the Schnees are just another prestigious bloodline to paint the walls with.

Blake Extremely easy and already heavily implied. Tyrian is a Faunus who became one of the most sadistic, genocidal monsters on Remnant, the exact kind of traitor the White Fang radical wing claimed all Faunus would become if they didn’t follow them. He’s Adam Taurus cranked to eleven: a Faunus who revels in violence and serves a human witch who wants to exterminate humanity (including Faunus). His “plastic soldiers and pawns” line is almost certainly a direct dig at the White Fang. Blake hears a Faunus call her people disposable cannon fodder while laughing about murder, and it’s not hard to see why she’d take that personally. Bonus: Tyrian would find Blake’s idealism hilarious and love breaking her spirit before he kills her.

Yang Also very straightforward. Tyrian nearly murdered Qrow (the closest thing she and Ruby have to a dad), poisoned him in front of her, laughed about it, and has been actively trying to kill or capture her little sister for years. On the flip side, Tyrian sees Yang as the loud, angry obstacle that keeps getting in the way of Ruby. He’d take great pleasure in taunting her about her lost arm, her abandonment issues, or how easy it would be to finish what Adam started. Their fighting styles are also perfect mirrors: raw power vs unhinged agility. Yang would love nothing more than to punch that grin off his face permanently.

Emerald: Ren! Nora! Oscar is missing!

Nora: Ah okay. Give him two days

Emerald:… You sound so used to this

Ren: Happens every year

Meanwhile

the most epic Fight in Rwby

I've been thinking about the Rwby symbolism, and something clicked me. Jaune and pyrrha vs Cinder Fall, would be one of the best fights in animation. I know it's crazy but the more I think about it, the better it is.

First is the duality of Jaune and Cinder, what ?? !! Yes, both appear in the series as subjects seeking power or strength to stand out. at any cost, jaune lying and cheating and cinder murdering anyone who grants him something. jaune understood that power is nothing if not to protect someone as we saw in v6. and cinder took the worst of the Paths and only cares about her own well-being, this clash of ideologies would be very good.

You may wonder where does pyrrha come into all of this?

second, the Soul in rwby is very important because, as we saw with the maidens, it is palpable and they blend with each other. Pyrrha decided to be the Fall Maiden, but Cinder did not allow the transaction to finish, and a little of Maiden's power entered Pyrrha, so at the time of being killed a small part of her Soul is in Cinder waiting to leave. But how will they fight together if she's dead?

third, pyrrha MUST not revive then as it will fight ?, in cinder's subconscious. Just imagine a fight sequence where jaune fights physically with cinder and pyrrha psychologically, interspersing again and again with a masterful choreography, it would be the best of the series, they would leave her devastated, because in her search for power, she made the mistake of ending the woman with the most courage and conviction that I have seen, who waited for the right moment to attack, fighting side by side with the only person she loved, and jaune demonstrating that power is nothing if it is not to protect as pyrrha taught her, giving a spectacular ending to pyrrha in which she rests in peace knowing that she helped her beloved, a very good fight for Jaune and a well justified death to Cinder. but you say, and Ruby? Well she must defeat Salem, because she is the protagonist and it would be fine, but with Cinder it would not make sense, since ruby ​​with flashing her and slitting her neck would already be very bored, but, can they take away the ability of her silver eyes? very forced if you ask me.

WARNING: Some of the fictional triggers contained within this article involve graphic content such as death, gore, violence, and child abuse.

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DISCLAIMER: All of the content written below are merely fan theories written by @sionanimations​ and @mood-owl​ for the sake of understanding the story of RWBY better. If you haven’t watched all of the episodes for RWBY, there are spoilers within this for seasons 4-7, so keep that in mind.

All referenced works will be linked in the google docs listed at the bottom of this article for your own benefit.

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TL;DR: 

The Juniper Tree (as linked) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812. It is based on the protagonist of the story, a young boy who is the child of the father and the father’s first wife, who is also Marlinchen’s stepbrother (or in other versions, her half-brother). The boy often afraid to return home from school since he would routinely be abused and beaten, he began to cry himself to sleep every night. Eventually, he is decapitated by his stepmother, she binds his head to the rest of his body with a bandage and props his corpus onto a chair outside, with an apple on his lap for his sister’s discovery. Later, after Marelen discovers that he is dead, his blood is drained and along with his body is cooked into “Blood-Soup/Black Pudding” by his stepmother. When his father returns home and questions where the boy is, she responds telling him that he has gone off to the country to live with his mother’s great uncle. The boy eventually reincarnates into a beautiful bird, returning with items: a golden chain (for his father), a pair of red boats (for his sister), and a millstone, which he uses to kill the stepmother in revenge and reverts back into his original human self by the end of the story. 

THEORY NOTES: 

I believe Oscar’s story is loosely based upon this fairy tale, but if he had lived through the traumatic experience. In RWBY Volume 4  Episode 1 - The Next Step, Oscar Pine is introduced to us upon waking up from a nightmare panicked, possibly indicating a traumatic experience from his past. Another thing noted to us in this episode is Oscar's outfit, much like the young boy in this tale, Oscar is presented wearing a bandage wrap around his neck, possibly indicating a former wound related to the traumatic experience. 

In the Grimm story, after the boy’s death the stepmother responds to her husband stating, "he has gone across the country to his mother's great uncle. He will stay there awhile." However, in this theory, Oscar lives through the ordeal and actually does go to the country in Mistal as a farmhand to live with his aunt. 

In the Grimm Brothers "The Juniper Tree," reincarnation plays a major role in the tale. Similarly to how the reincarnation of Ozma also plays a major theme in the tale of RWBY. However, Oscar is the reincarnation of a former like-minded soul (Ozma)  instead of a bird. 

But perhaps they didn’t entirely leave this out, in RWBY Volume 6 Chapter 8 - Lost, after Oscar is confronted by his teammates about Ozpin’s lies. Oscar, unsure of how to cope, retreats into the city and is later seen wearing a new outfit consisting of gold, green, and red - possibly a direct symbolism to the bird (often depicted as a pheasant) the boy reincarnated into in the story. 

“...fine red and green feathers he had, and how his neck was like pure gold, and how his eyes shone like stars in his head.” A symbolism of Oscar’s purity and innocence.

"Wife," said the shoemaker, "go into the shop. There is a pair of red shoes on the top shelf. Bring them down." Then the wife went and bought the shoes [for the bird]. In RWBY Oscar is shown wearing a pair of red shoes/boots, which he purchased while trying to cope. 

It is important to note here that in most instances red shoes in the Grimm fairy tales symbolize a curse or sin. - In the era of the Grimm Fairy Tales, red shoes were the symbolism of harbinger of evil due to the religious influence in society, where the church declared red as a symbol of the devil and unwanted attention.  

The story of the “Juniper Tree,” is the archetypal bridge between other fairy tale stories produced by the Grimm Brothers: Cinderella, Briar Rose, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Using an object (normally represented through nature) that watches after the main character. In the case of this story, it’s a juniper tree. 

The allusion of using a Juniper tree has long been recognized as one of the most powerful of all fairy tales trees. In the language of flowers, Juniper symbolizes perfect loveliness, beauty, and protection. 

The Juniper tree is in the Cupressaceae family closely related to the Pine tree, a possible reference to Oscar Pine’s name. 

Hopefully, like the boy in this tale, Oscar will be able to revert back into his former self at the end of the fairy tale, no longer another reincarnation of Ozma.

Google Docs Link:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dmrUTbvNouXAOTJPmfMVi45n_BWnB5d9X0zkzln4C8/edit?usp=sharing

So like most people after episode 2 I'm gonna have a mini theorizing/ gathering my general thoughts about the new grimm.

First things first. The Hound had been stalking Oscar out through that entire episode (which I didn't notice until I rewatched it). I know it was obvious from the get-go when we saw Salem ordering the Hound and giving it a scent that it would be coming after Oscar. But it's a cool little detail to show it following him through Mantle, instead of going for him on sight. It (in my opinion) made the Hound actually seem like it was tracking Oscar down throughout the city, and that it was a smart move to send something behind them at a time where that half of the group weren't watching their backs and were focusing on moving from point A to B as quickly as possible.

Soooo theory time:

1) The Hound is a result of grimm hybridisation/ fusion (basically what's happening to Cinder)

So the part of that made me consider this as what could've happened is the intelligence level the Hound shows (this isn't just talking about the talking). We haven't seen a grimm so far (to my knowledge, but I could be wrong) that has been smart enough to act how this one did, e.g. Using one of the weakest aura levelled humans (even though Oscar was it's target in the first place) as a shield. We know that the grimm are attracted to people's aura as well as negative emotions. It could likely sense YRJO's (I don't know if these four have an official team name) stress from trying to evacuate an entire city into the crater. From there it could likely deduce Oscar as both its target and the lowest aura so he'd be the easiest of the four to go for.

Now, we also know that grimm get more intelligent with age from when Oobleck was explaining to Ruby back in V2 why the Goliaths weren't immediately attacking. However, what we see the Hound doing seems to stretch more than 'this grimm's been around for 100+ years so it's developed this skill'. It seems to be human-like intelligence, it found the groups' weakness and it will exploit it to win. That, compared to the more instinctual approaches of other grimm e.g: work as a pack, overpower weak targets, etc, seems like an actual thought out tactic. Also the Hound was clearly under strict instructions to bring him back to Salem, there's no guarantee that any other grimm wouldn't try to kill him. But the Hound did exactly as it was told without any faults, as if she sent the best she had- maybe a former member of her circle who did something to disappoint Salem and this was their punishment?

2) Something Salem's been saving

As we see in the scene, the Hound possess most of the grimm we've seen into one: Long arms (Nuckelavee), wings (Wyverns), basically making itself look like a Beowolf. We saw at the end of V6 Salem was 'evolving' some Beringels to have wings at the black pools near her castle. Who's to say this hasn't been on the back burner for a while? Maybe when she made a new grimm she'd give one quality to the Hound. Salem's been around for thousands of years, in that time there would've been countless grimm produced. It's possible she could've been working on this as early back as when her and Ozma's kingdom fell and the next incarnation was running around, we don't have a timeframe for when any specific grimm came into existence.

It's main form seems to resemble an Usra but much bigger

and later it looks like a Beowolf.

However, this leaves the point that we see it's vocal cords form in it's throat just before it talks. Now the only human-like grimm we've seen are the Apathy. Yes these things didn't talk, but they could scream, which requires the use of vocal cords. It's entirely possible the Apathy had them (with them being made with only the capability to scream) and these were added to the Hound during its creation but were altered slightly to allow for coherent speech.

Another explanation for its speaking capabilities could be similar to the jellyfish grimm Salem uses to communicate with her people. Those grimm are able to be used basically like telephones, if Salem speaks, the people near will hear. It could be that the Hound is simply this and Salem's voice is distorted. Buuuuut I realise this is a bit of a stretch, even though it would be, and was, a good way to put fear into her enemies.

3) Salem's magic

So my last theory is arguably the weakest of the 3. Basically this theory suggests that the Hound was a rush job that was meant to be effective in both striking quickly and hoping Ozpin's group would stand down. We know Salem still has her magic, just like Oz from humanity's first run. The Hound could've been something she knew the black pools wouldn't be capable of creating and had to tap into her own magic to create what she needed. I'll admit though, apart from the maidens and relics, I don't really like the 'because magic' explanation if it isn't already cannon.

So what if in volume 7 Ruby and he gang run into Jacque in which he then grabs Weiss and tells her that's she's going with him but then Ruby grabs Weiss and just says "im not losing weiss again

Here's a thought. What if...

1. Qrow is the Scarecrow (always searching for info, or "brains")

2. Ironwood is the Tin Man ("heartless" and hopeless)

3. Lionheart is the Cowardly Lion (no "courage", seriously gutless)

And then look at team WTH....

1. Tyrian is the foil of the Scarecrow (the opposite of a mind, "insanity"

2. Hazel is the foil of the Tin Man (though working with evil, seems to have a "heart")

3. Watts is the Foil if the Cowardly Lion (aloof, "brazen")

And now, the new generation....

1. Jaune was the Scarecrow (he didn't know much, had to aquire knowledge and skills, "brains")

2. Ren was the Cowardly Lion (he was so "scared" as a child it led him to innaction)

3. Nora was the Tin Man (this was in the way that her emotion never really fluctuated. She always maintained a positive demeanor, covering what was in her "heart")

The thing is, each of JPR have overcome their flaws. Jaune has learned to focus and maintain effort in his training. Ren has learned to center himself and become brave. And Nora has let her mask slip, showing through her true feelings. This is something that it seems the old guard didn't accomplish, which led to their downfall. I believe that Summer was Dorothy, but their failure led to her death. Ruby is the new Dorothy, and as she overcomes her flaws her team is right beside her to help, support, and guide her as they each meet their goals and discover themselves along the "yellow brick" road.