Blake started off as a quiet, pessimistic girl who didn’t believe in fantasy. One of her first lines in the show is in response to Ruby, saying “That’s very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the world isn’t like a fairy tale.” And now, Blake Belladonna is taking charge and living the life of a character in their favourite fantasy book. She is living that fairy tale, and actually has hope for the world that she never possessed before.

Ruby, however, was the exact opposite. When she was speaking with Blake, she said she wanted to be like those people in the books, prompting Blake’s response. And then Ruby says, “Well, that’s why we’re here.” Ruby had so much hope, so much good to give to the broken world. But instead of her delicate nature helping to heal it, it turned on her and broke her instead.

Weiss was the privileged heir to the Schnee Dust Company, completely set and confident in herself and where she came from. She was proud of her name, proud of her home, and eager to tell off anyone who insulted either. Starting in V7, she started to reject the name more forcefully and actually put consequences on what her family had done. She was starting to break the ties, but still had pride that she could change it. That is, until her home came crashing down. Now, she has no anchor, she has no sense of self, because what is left? Her home and her name are gone, all that’s left is herself.

The Bumbleby hand reaching. They obviously aren’t looking at each other’s hands so they don’t know what the other is doing. Blake reaches first, but thinks against it and pulls back. Yang - whether she felt it or she just felt the same urge to hold her hand- reaches for her hand, too. They barely missed actually brushing fingertips, and who knows what would’ve happened if it had.

The “knowing what it’s like to be loved” line. Obviously the audience knows the length to which Blake loves Yang, but why would Yang? She is so focused on what “love” means to her from her mother and father that she doesn’t even consider a type of love that falls out of those boundaries. Aside from that, bevause if everything she has been through, she can’t fathom anyone else loving her the way she loves other people. She sees and shows her love by protecting the people she cares about, and that’s how she defines it. She is always the one sacrificing herself and putting herself in front of the people she loves. She doesn’t even consider that, instead of them hiding behind her back, they are there protecting it.