#watchbound

((I’ve been watching RT for a long ass time, and RWBY specifically since the Red Trailer stream at RTX. It has never failed to astound me the double standards fndm set for the main girls verses the bar for every other character in the show. Its been a wild ride watching people bend over backwards to excuse Adam Taurus for being an abusive cunt (including blaming Blake for his actions) or Ironwood’s current trip to antagonist town. 

Like, Adam in particular burns me because we have all we need to know about him from his short, from his character song, and all the time that he spent on screen. A horrible thing happened to him, and he took that abuse and decided to externalize it on everyone else. According to his character song, he wants to be lionized as a savoir. He’s not interested in justice for the faunus. He’s interested in having them raise him up as a savior, and interested in putting humans where he was. Adam Taurus is a goddamn murderous cult leader who made himself an infallible godlike figure. The reason he was so fixated on Blake was because she’s a high profile defection from his cult, someone who’s making him look bad. 

If he was going to regain any credibility, bringing Blake back into the fold when she resurfaced, or killing her, was the only option. Instead she humiliated him twice, and that was not something his ego could handle. It was only ever going to end one way with him.

RT’s villains are never simplistic. If you dont believe me, go check out Red vs Blue, their ostensible straight comedy that is like 60% dick jokes and saying Fuck a bunch. The MAIN antagonist for 10 seasons turned out to be an old man who was so depressed by the death of his wife that he got thousands killed in a quest to bring her back to life. Its horribly tragic and he’s a very sympathetic villain with a lot of layers to him. Even their silliest of villains is complex.

"Knock knock~” 

The knocking on the hotel room door isn’t loud or particularly dramatic, it’s careful and her voice, while an excitable-sounding chirp, is very calm. Almost gentle. And it’s still gentle when she continues speaking.

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When James was younger, he strived to become a pilot like his mother. She would always return home with tales of her latest adventures. Share with him all the pictures taken and the places she’d gone and the people she met. She was an absolute breath of fresh air. Open-minded and caring. Passionate about protecting the people and ensuring Remnant’s safety. This always included the Faunus. She was a known advocator for their rights, and would often go out of her way to assist their Faunus neighbors with anything they needed. If their car broke down, if they couldn’t afford rent that month, if Asshole A made threats toward them and/or their family, his mother was there. No hesitation. Often times departing from this family event or that one just to assist.

His father was much the same, but quieter in his support. Climbed the ranks of the military just to land himself a position of power that ensured he could assist the Faunus people most in need right now.

Clover’s grandparents basically treated him more like a ward than a grandson. His grandfather was mostly sick and barely recognized him, but his grandmother did everything for him. She was the one who trained him and because she was a retired special operative, she definitely wanted him to become something akin to that when he joined the military. She was tough as nails. (If I had to give a sort of feeling of who she was she be like lin beifong from lok) 

Ghira didn’t need to be told that to know it was true. The young man who’d stabbed him had managed to do a whole lot of damage. Though he was doing what he could to stop the bleeding, Ghira wasn’t sure it would be enough.

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hmm...Well, I think I’m going to add my little own spin to an overall I have seen around on my dash. And that is, despite running a toned down villain as my character, I think there’s a lot of instances where people SHOULD allow villains to be villains. Many of the fandom stuff I’ve seen in 7 years of being around here made me sigh with disappointment. There’s a certain weirdness about villains doing villain things within the Roleplay communities and I’ve often seen people don’t go through with it because it’s somehow would be seen as bad? 

You don’t have to write your crazy guy having this fluffy affectionate side to him. You don’t have to pretend your muse will do good stuff just for the convenience of a plot. Evil unapologetic bastards will always find enough plotting material and stuff to roleplay about, that is a fact. Villains are important. Villains are what create heroes, villains are what make heroes stronger. Both sides should not be afraid of villains being villains. 

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