"Uh, Penn? Are we absolutely, positively certain this is going to work?"
"Yes, Sunset! You couldn't be in safer hands! Penn's voice replied through her earpiece. Isis already calculated your trajectory and Missy's in position to catch you. Right, Missy?"
"You betcha, Penn! Witch, Lantern, and me are gonna be right here to catch you just below the treeline, Sunset!"
Sunset narrowed her eyes, trying to see if she could spot the spirits she was currently entrusting her life to. Her anxiety only grew worse when, true to her word, Missy's hiding place under the canopy of the forest was invisible from above. On the bright side, at least the guy beside her seemed equally nervous.
"Uh, sir? I-I've got a- uhm- question. So, this 'landing strategy' thing... Wh-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off, or something?"
"No. You will be falling." The headmaster replied, his indifference seeming to be as cold as Sunset was certain that mug of coffee he was holding had to be by now.
"Oh, I see! So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?" the boy beside her replied, sounding hopeful. As much as Sunset wished he was right, Penn had already told her that there was NOT going to be a parachute. The line of students was quickly diminishing was they were each catapulted off the top of the cliff by the platforms they were standing on.
"No, you will be using your own landing strategy."
"Ah... That. So, what exactly is a landing strateGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" His question devolved into a shriek of terror as he was flung into the air. Sunset's heart skipped a beat and her entire body clenched in preparation as she knew she was next.
A moment later, she was flying through the air, hundreds of feet above the forest with only her wits to protect her on the way down.
Sunset had flown before. Equestrian magic had given her all kinds of experiences no normal person would ever get to have, prepared her for just about anything life could throw at her. This was nothing like that.
As she reached the apex of her arc, Sunset tried to remember WHY she was putting herself through this.
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"Is that what I think it is?"
They all stared, dumbfounded, at the shimmering air in front of them. Sunset had seen it before, and she knew exactly what it was.
"Yup. That's another dimensional boundary. Just like when we went after the daleks."
"It's covering the entire highway! Someone could drive right through!"
"Someone probably has!" Missy chimed in.
They watched together as Isis emerged from the other side of the portal.
"I am happy to report that there is no immediate danger on the other side. The atmosphere is breathable, and the area appears remote and devoid of observers."
"Is your geode still saying we should go that way?"
Sunset reached down and lifted up her necklace, allowing the geode to hang freely. Sure enough, it pulled forward towards the portal, as if drawn by a magnet.
"WOOHOO! New world, here we come!" Missy cheered, not even bothering to wait for the car as she flew straight into the shimmering veil and disappeared.
"Missy! Wait for... us." Penn rolled his eyes. "Isis, can you make sure she stays out of trouble?"
"Affirmative."
Sunset smiled as she sat herself in the passenger seat again. "Isis said it was safe on the other side, she should be fine! Try to tone down that big brother instinct a little."
Ch-ch-ch-ch-vrroooom! The Oldsmobile gave its normal resistance to starting up, but began to run just the same.
"What Isis said was that it was remote and no one was watching, that doesn't mean there aren't dangerous things out there! We should still be ready in case something goes wrong!"
Sunset paused as a thought came to her mind. "You get nervous every time somebody's out of your sight, don't you?"
"Last time I let you out of my sight your soul got sent to hell, what do you think?"
Sunset raised her hands defensively as they began to drive forward. "Look, I'm just saying that if you don't learn to relax, there's going to be six more of us you'll be trying to keep an eye on at once when we find my friends! What'll you do then?"
"I dunno, maybe I'll tie a bell around your neck, or something! Now hold on, we're going through!"
Sunset braced herself, but passing through the portal seemed to have no effect on them as the world outside the car began to blur and warp.
Suddenly, she felt a shock run through her side of the car that lifted her completely out of her seat. A moment later, the entire front end of the car lurched downwards with the ground of grinding metal and they came to a sudden stop.
"SHOOT!" Penn grunted through gritted teeth.
"What was that?"
Both of them jumped out of their doors and ran to the front of the car. The sight that awaited them hurt Sunset just to look at.
"Are- are your tires pointing in different directions?"
A quick glance made it obvious that Penn wasn't taking the news well at all, both hands covering his face and mouth to mute his scream. After several seconds, he finally released himself enough to pull his hands away, and he was calm again.
"Isis, could you possibly send us a new tie rod? It looks like our old one snapped." He leaned over, taking a better look at Sunset's side of the car. "Probably when we hit that log. That would have been nice to see coming..."
"Affirmative. It has been added to the next supply drop."
The tie rod: a piece that held the front wheels at an even distance so they would stay aligned with the steering wheel. Sunset remembered that much from building their tour bus, mostly because the original had been broken there, as well. It had fallen on Rainbow Dash's head the first time they had lifted it up to get to the underside. With the mystery of their sudden stop solved, Sunset took in their surroundings.
It was an entirely different climate from where they had been moments before, a dense forest of red-leaved trees. Even the grass in this place was a deep crimson, and every breeze filled the air with more fallen leaves to thicken the blanket. In the distance, she could make out a massive, castle-like building nestled at the base of several mountains. It kind of looks like Canterlot... "Hey, Penn?"
"Ugh, this is going to be a headache to fix, I've never replaced a tie rod before! Isis, can you pull up some instructions? Missy, would you do me a favor and help me get the jack out of the trunk?" Penn seemed totally oblivious to their beautiful autumnesqe surroundings, laying on the ground to try and get a peek under the car.
"Penn, do you know where we are?"
"The front is actually on the ground, we'll have to bring the jack in from the side... Missy! I'll get the jack if you can get the jack stands and my socket wrenches!"
"PENN!"
He finally seemed to notice her, freezing mid-step on his way to the back of the car. "Huh?"
"Where are we?"
He paused and turned his head from side to side. He let out a low whistle. "Beautiful... It almost looks like-" His eyes widened as he caught sight of the distant castle. "Nope. Nope!" He shook his head and walked back around to the front of the car, pushing himself against the front shoulder-first. "Nope nope nope nope!"
"What is it, what's wrong? Are we in danger?" Sunset ran over to him, watching his actions with a measure of concern. "What are you doing?"
"I'm pushing Sylvia right back out that portal, I am NOT dealing with this crummy universe! We'll go around, there was an off-ramp a half-mile back!"
Sunset narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "I am not pushing the car a half-mile, even if you COULD move it in this condition, which you can't. What, are we in danger?"
"Of bad writing, maybe..." he muttered. With a final groan of effort, he gave up and slumped down against the front of the car. "This..." he motioned to the beauty around them, "is the forest of Forever Fall. THAT-" he pointed to the far-off group of buildings, "is Beacon Academy. Which means that we're in the RWBY universe."
"Ruby universe? That would explain why everything's red..."
"No, RWBY. R-W-B-Y. It's the initials of the main characters. Everything in this forest being red is just a coincidence." He pressed the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes. "Okay, how do I explain this..."
"This world is a techno-fantasy world where humanity exists alongside a bunch of creepy monsters called 'Grimm.' The Grimm hunt humans, and humans fight back by training to hunt the Grimm right back with advanced, transforming weapons that are the absolute coolest thing about the show. The men and women who train to hunt them are, appropriately, called Hunters and Huntresses." He pointed up into the distance. "That is Beacon Academy, the most prestigious school for Hunters and Huntresses on the continent, and some consider it the best in the world."
"Okay, so there's dangerous monsters here, and that's why you want to get out of here?"
"No. Well, that too, but that's not the MAIN reason."
"Is there something worse than Grimm monsters?"
"Yeah, the writing." He rose back up onto his feet and walked to the back of the car. With a light pop, the trunk was open and he was soon buried up to his shoulders in it head-first. "After season 3- ouch! Stupid portal gun pointy bits! -the entire status quo was thrown out the window, along with most of the fan-favorite characters! Three of the four main characters went AWOL, one was maimed and traumatized, Beacon Academy was destroyed, and the bad guys pretty much won!" He grunted loudly as he lifted a heavy-looking hydraulic jack out of the trunk. "Penny? Dead. Pyrrha? Dead. Torchwick? Dead." He paused for a second before giving her a nervous glance. "Kinda feels like they just culled the redheads, in retrospect."
Sunset swallowed and unconsciously reached up to her shortened locks.
"Neopolitan? MIA. The great villain they'd been building up since episode one? Crippled and made into a mook for a bigger, badder one we'd never so much as seen before. And worst of all..." he set down the jack and placed a hand over his heart. "One of the greatest animators of our time, the man who conceptualized it all, who took it from a single trailer to a stunning adventure shared with people all around the world... was lost in a tragic accident, leaving it in the hands of other writers."
Sunset had to admit, she was gobsmacked. The world around her seemed so beautiful, so peaceful. The idea that so much hardship could come to a place like this seemed absurd.
"So, we're going to get out of here before things go off the rails!" he declared as he fitted the handle of the jack into its appointed slot and began to pump up and down. Inch by inch, the front of the car began to rise up off the ground. "If Isis expedites that delivery and it's here tomorrow, I should be able to get the new tie rod in and get us out of here in a day or two!"
"Wait, what?"
"Well, it's not the hardest fix in the world, a buddy of mine had his break and it only took the mechanic a day! I'm no mechanic, but-"
"No, I mean we're just going to LEAVE?" Sunset motioned to the academy. "That doesn't look destroyed to me! Maybe all that bad stuff hasn't happened yet! Maybe we can help stop it from happening!"
There was a beat of silence as he stared at her, jaw agape.
"Sunset Shimmer, my good friend, are you suggesting that we alter established events in another world's history?"
"She has a point, Penn! If we know what's going to happen, we could stop it!" Missy chimed in, holding a pair of triangular metal stands in her hands and hanging a black case off of her foot. "Maybe we could save some of the people who died, like Pyrrha!"
"Et tu, Missy?" Penn reached out and took the two stands from her. Lowering himself to one knee, he began to position the first one in the gap created by the jack. "Look, if we're going to go where no one's gone before, we need to maintain Star Trek's prime directive: Not interfering in the development of other worlds! We couldn't be certain we would just make things worse, too! A LOT of important characters made it out of there by the skin of their teeth, what if trying to save one person kills three more? And what if one of those three was a part of the group that eventually saves the world or something, huh? Even if we DID help in the short term, we could cause monumental harm in the long term!"
Missy folded her arms over her chest and glared down at him. "And what about the Spider-Man prime directive, huh? With great power comes great responsibility!"
"And knowledge IS power!" Sunset added, earning herself a fist bump from Missy.
Penn's eyes narrowed in a frustrated glare. "Okay, first of all, don't quote Spider-Man at me, I was reading his comics when you were still a glimmer in Kazuki Takahashi's eye, Missy! Second of all, having a command of thoroughly useless information isn't going to help me when I'm staring down a killer mecha or a Grimm three times taller than me!" He pointed down at Sunset's belt, then Missy's chest. "It's easy for you two to say that you want to help, you have magic, a bunch of monsters and traps that actually work when you summon them, and a freakin' lightsaber! You know what I've got?" He reached out, snatching the case that was hanging from Missy's foot and popping it open. Inside was a small tool and a set of differently-sized attachments. "I have a SOCKET WRENCH!"
His shout echoed through the forest, and when it finally faded, Sunset couldn't help feeling slightly hurt and betrayed at the outburst. It must have been obvious on her face, because Penn seemed to instantly backpedal.
"Sorry, I- I'm upset about the car, and I'm taking it out on you. That's wrong of me, I shouldn't have yelled. I apologize." He looked down at the ground in shame. "It's very clear that we're standing on opposite sides of the Time Traveler's Dilemma: to change history and send it on an entirely unpredictable new path, or do nothing and let the world suffer for the sake of the future we know." He walked away, placing himself on the other side of the car to position the second stand under the space. "We're at an impasse and... oh no." He slapped himself in the forehead. "Isis? Get ready to add more parts to the list of what we need, scraping on the ground after the tie rod broke looks as if it did a real number on some other stuff. I can see oil and bits of metal down there."
"Affirmative."
He let out another long sigh and leaned his head against the car door. "As I was saying, we're at an impasse, and it's obvious we're not going to agree. But, because you're my friend..." He mimed the act of rolling up his short-sleeved shirt's sleeves and laid himself on his back to scoot under the car. "I'm going to be VERY focused on these car repairs. Very. Focused. In fact, I think the only thing I'll take notice of is if someone were to call me on my phone with questions any time they get confused! You could probably just walk away and do anything you want and I wouldn't even know it, let alone be able to do anything about it!"
Sunset and Missy looked at one another, and Missy made a jabbing motion with her thumb in the direction of Beacon Academy. Sunset cast one more longing glance at Penn, who had half-disappeared under the car. With a final huff, she turned her back on him and began walking in the direction of the school.
Fine! If he's not going to help people, then I will! Because that's what heroes do! Because it's RIGHT, no matter what Penn says!
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"The starter hit some kind of rock, it's been bashed to pieces. We'll need a new one. The oil pan has also been torn to shreds, I can see holes straight through it, so we'll need a new pan AND fresh oil. I've been meaning to do an oil change, anyway. I'm going to take a closer look at the transmission filter, see if it's leaking from that compartment."
"Affirmative. The new parts have been added to the list."
After approximately another minute, Elijah emerged from underneath the Oldsmobile and grabbed a handful of the shop towels he had retrieved from the trunk to wipe his hands clean. "Well, good news is it looks like it's just the tie rod, the starter, and the oil pan. I've replaced the starter before and the oil pan should be relatively straightforward, just bolting the new one into place. The tie rod ought to be the trickiest of the bunch."
"You were unusually callous today. Prior data would have suggested that you would follow Sunset Shimmer no matter what the path may be. You also seemed unusually lacking in empathy for those who suffer due to actions you know how to prevent. It is a considerable deviation from my behavioral models."
Elijah turned and gave her an irritated look. "Aaand there we go. You too, huh?"
"I am merely noting the deviation and bringing it to your attention for self-diagnostic purposes."
"There's NOTHING wrong with me!" He threw his hands up, ignoring the flecks of oil it sprayed through the air. "I just know that what happened- what's going to happen- is a very delicate situation! If just one villain feels pressured more than they were- are going to be- they might aim for a killing blow where they didn't before! They might move their plans faster or change their targets to be more efficient, more ruthless! And even if I stopped watching, I DO keep tabs on the show!" he pointed an accusatory finger at her. "Everything that happened winds up making the core team stronger, it's character development! Without it, Team RWBY won't make it to their happy ending, because the show is going to have a happy ending!"
"I did not claim you were ignorant. However, is the idea that RWBY is moving towards a 'happy ending' conjecture?"
"I mean, it's basic narrative story structure. Giving it a downer ending would be suicide for Rooster Teeth's animation division."
"Did they not also end Red vs Blue's Season 10 on a melancholy note?"
"RWBY and Red vs Blue are very different shows, Isis..."
"However, it has set a precedent."
She could see him computing fresh variables, adjusting parameters in his mind. After a few seconds, however, he seemed to reset and gave her a look she recognized as suspicion. "You want to step in too, don't you? I would have thought you'd recognize the paradox of altering a timeline using knowledge from observing that SAME timeline. If we change what we saw, then we change what we knew when we chose to change it. It becomes a logical loop sending constantly changing information back in time to ourselves!"
"Theoretically, this may not be the same timeline you came to know as the web series. Perhaps your data comes from a secondary timeline in which you did not interfere? Consider the Many Worlds Theory. When you make a decision, the timeline could split, creating two worlds: one in which you interfere, and one in which you do not. Consider further that what you consider the 'source material' is merely the timeline in which you did NOT interfere."
Isis knew that Elijah was a visual learner and used the tip of her tail to burn a small illustration into the grass, a Y shape representing a diverging timeline.
"If that were the case, then what you have seen can not only not be altered, but could serve you as a cautionary tale of the consequences of NOT taking initiative. And instead, this is the timeline in which you CAN intervene."
She moved her tail from one side of the Y to the other, indicating a change between timelines due to their presence.
"Assuming that other universes are allowed only one timeline is very much against the evidence we have seen regarding the existence of many worlds. It is illogical to worry so. One of my directives is to protect the free agency and happiness of those whom I serve, and I would be acting against that directive to allow you to continue to think that you have no free will in these matters. If so, you may regret your inaction."
"So you think-"
"It is not a matter of what I think. This is not a matter of voting. It is a matter of splitting the party, and I can be present with both. It is a matter of what YOU think, and the fact that it may be erroneous."
He took more time to process, there were more variables and scenarios to consider. Infinite variables, taking into account the Many Worlds Theory. This seemed to result in an error, as he shook his head and laid back down to return under the car.
"I'll think about it. For now, let's get this busted starter out of there, it's wedged in pretty tight and I think one of the bolts is bent."
A cutting tool would be required. Thankfully, the angle grinder in this unit's tail would more than suffice.
A remarkable thing about organic brains was that they had involuntary parallel processing. Even if she discussed the matter no further, the "data" of the idea had been entered, and would continue to consume processing power until he had settled upon a solution. And despite the earlier deviation, she knew what course his moral alignment would inevitably settle upon.
"Affirmative. New bolts have been added to tomorrow's care package.
Please, allow me to help."
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"Ugh, I can't BELIEVE him! Of all the stubborn, pigheaded- GAH!"
Sunset was working herself up, and she knew it. But she couldn't stop herself.
"He's scared!" Missy declared. "He's more scared of messing up the precious timeline than he is of innocent people DYING!"
"It's all just a show to him, just another stupid TV show!" Sunset volleyed back. "He's so detached, so above it all! Sure, he'll risk life and limb if it's a show he LIKES or if it's HIS world at stake, but put him in something he doesn't care about and suddenly none of it matters!"
"Though... I will admit, I don't know WHAT we're going to do..." Missy muttered. "What's the plan, again?"
Sunset hesitated for a moment. She had been so upset, she'd stormed off with hardly a thought of what she actually planned to DO, just that she was going to do it. "Well... My geode led us here, right? We'll keep following it until a course of action presents itself!" Overhead, she could see metal airships flying to and from the school. The closer they got, the more she could see that it was a hub of activity.
"Hey, maybe one of your friends is AT Beacon, and that's why the geode is leading us there!" Missy exclaimed.
The thought HAD occurred to Sunset, and she had been silently hoping that was the case. She felt her phone begin to buzz in her pocket.
"I took the liberty of looking into Beacon Academy, as an exploratory drone landed here some time ago. The new semester is about to begin. If you wish, I could prepare a falsified transcript for you and have you enrolled."
"You mean... have me GO to the school?"
"There would be no better way to check the student body for signs of the Rainbooms. This world has established hard light technology, your lightsaber would be an acceptable, if somewhat unusual, weapon. Your martial arts training would be serviceable to get by in combat. You are also the only member of the party who could convincingly pass as the appropriate age."
Missy hummed happily to herself. "Looks like a course of action's presenting itself, isn't it?"
Sunset pondered the situation. It's not like I have any better ideas, right? If I want to help, it's best to be in the center of everything.
"Isis, sign me up!"
"Affirmative. I am happy to help."
1. Fangasming intensifies
2. Elijah doesn't know a good show when he sees it, RWBY is an awesome show, and despite season 4 being a little lackluster, it gets a lot better after that
3. Ironically enough, I was reading a RWBY fanfic when this came out
Regarding Penn's choice, how much is not caring for RWBY as Sunset and Missy claim, and how much is the fear of a paradox or provoking a tragedy?
Just have to say, love RWBY, even if it took a little turn with the new writers. But overall, I love everything Monty has made as an animator and writer.
I like how you keep it chronologically accurate since this fanfiction started just after Red Vs Blue season 10.
And I agree with Penn, wanting to change to something for the better doesn't or will not turn out to be at all good in the long run.
Will Penn mention to Sunset the correlation between the RWBY characters and fairytales?
I tried to get into RWBY once... couldn’t get through the first episode. Something about the art direction is just too "uncanny valley" to me.
And no, it's not just Early Installment Weirdness. Ads for it show up on Crunchyroll, and it still looks off.
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Funny enough, it didn't bother me with RWBY, but that's the reason I can't get into The Dragon Prince.
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Time will tell if Penn has to tell her or if Sunset will figure it out herself!
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I'd have to say it's about 75% fear about the timeline, 20% fear of the Grimm/other threats, 5% dislike for the show/universe.
I do kinda wish RWBY hadn't killed off those characters (though they did bring back Penny), but I still think it's a pretty good show. Man, I need to catch up on Volume 7.
Well I have a lot to say about this chapter (don’t worry, is not related to RWBY, as I never heard anything of the show until knows) but first: HAPPY NEW YEAR Pennington Inkwell, and everyone who’s reading this!!! \(^_^)/
At first I thought that bad writing mean cringe dialogues, robotic conversations, and teasing things to never elaborate on them, but man this is worse, and honestly Penn is in all his right to want to get the hell out of there, specially considering that at this point he doesn’t know exactly when he is, this will be the equivalent of travelling in time and landing in Poland and only knowing that it’s 1939 (the beginning of WW2), or in the US in 1929 (the year the Great Depression started) of course he will try to get the hell out of there as soon as possible, instead of staying to figure out how much time is left until shit hits the fan.
By the way I wonder if the portal gun will come in handy for this story arc 🤔
I don’t why, but this hole discussion remained me of the 33th thing Dr. Bright is not allowed to do at the SCP foundation:
Dr. Bright is not from an alternate timeline.
(Here’s the rest of the list for anyone who is interested: http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation, keep in mind that a lot of this are internal jokes that you are not going to understand if you don’t know about the SCP wiki, and that the list is a joke and a is not canon)
Any way, if I was in this situation, as much as I will like to avoid people form suffering a terrible death, I will also put all my efforts in avoiding making changes to the time line, considering how affected reality must be with the dimensional colapse, changing the time line by using knowledge of the future is probably a really REALLY bad idea, I mean if time lines are already so sensitive that a small change can fuck up everything, imagine doing that when reality in self it’s already broken, add to that the fact that if this (altering the past with information from a future that will inevitable change) can be considered a paradox and you have a recipe for disaster.
Now true, you later explained that this is basically a different time line, a satisfied enough explanation, and a good one as well, so I will shut up about what can go wrong with changing the time line, that been said, I think you can make little nods to the fact that the time line is changing , maybe some things can get a little distorted, but noting serious
Also, Penn little furry episode, makes a little of sense at the beginning, untIl he mentions the fact that Sunset can summon yu gi oh monsters wile he can’t, that makes it obvious that he was mostly talking for the sake of talking; by the way, I wonder what rill penn’s card collection will play in all this, specially considering he’s showing up in world were humans hunt monsters, controlling a bunch of monsters never seen in that world, that will rice a few eyebrows to say the least
Oh dear... it's the World of the Red Ruby Rodent and her Amazing Friends (Plus Weiss Schnee!)...
The fan will be hit by the Poop soon
I agree with Penn. DO NOT MESS WITH TIME. I live rwby great show. But changing events will and always will have drastic consequences. Solve one problem have a bigger problem in the future. If you watch rwby and spoiler for volume 7 how open and Salem relationship failed. You know what's going to happen if beacon spoiler too for volume 3 didn't fall. The truth of ozpin and Salem would be revealed on a bigger scale. But hey that's my opinion. You type up a great story you can change the timeline if rwby as much as you want. It's just my opinion on changing history in irl and rwby
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The way I see it, if "every fiction" exists as a universe, then that would include fanfiction. Meaning, of course, that the baseline world of the show/book/game/etc. can never be entered from outside it, as such entry would mark it as a fanfic world (barring specified visits in said original material).
In other words, the source of the "future knowledge" would NOT be affected by anything done in a fiction world, and thus cannot result in any paradoxes.
As a fan of RWBY I can say the end of Volume 3 did suck, 4 and 5 split up the group and was just a slog to get through and even when they did reunite it was done in such an unceremonious matter making it a bit of a disappointment. That said I did still enjoy them, loved 6 and 7 have been really solid so far.
I'll be honest the whole reason I started to read was theres a chapter titled "it's also a gun" I love RWBY but also respect your opinion about the show. Cant wait to see what's next. Just saying pinky and nora would be a great match.
I'm the neutral/passive reader here on the RWBY front as i'm not a fan of the show all i have here is basic knowledge of this show so i can't have an opinion here as i know next to nothing of the show so i am a passive in this situation but i can say i love what this writer has made thus far
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Thank you!
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It’s RWBY TIME!!!
Hello again. I'm rereading this arc now that I've actually watched most of RWBY.
I love that the title is a line from Volume 1's theme song.
There goes Vomit Boy.
Sunset, let me be the first so say...
Welcome to a world of new solutions!
Welcome to a world of bloody evolution!
That and the soundtrack. I love many of theme songs and other songs.
I think the worst part about it was how they all died in such quick succession in the last episodes of Volume 3. Though in Volume 7, Penny comes back at least.
I'm kind of with Penn on post Volume 3 RWBY. It got pretty dark afterwards and lost much of the lightheartedness of the first two volumes. Though I did like seeing more of the world of Remnant, it did irk me that Team RWBY doesn't reunite until the very end of Volume 5. But you know what, at least the animation improved at the series went on, leading to some really great action sequences.
Looking forward to experiencing this arc with fresh silver eyes now that I've seen RWBY.
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Glad to hear my story pointed you in the direction of watching the show! It really is worth a watch, in spite of the drama around it. Always fun to go back and re-read something with more experience and information!
Personally, I love RWBY.
The volume 3 finale was certainly jarring and could definitely have been handled better, but I would like it to the sudden shift in Mulan when "A Girl Worth Fighting For" ended. It, somewhat sloppily, gave way to a sudden narrative shift that I found interesting enough to keep watching.
Also, I may be alone on this, but I don't really invest on criticising a show until it's over. I like to keep everything in context is all. Not to say that I don't criticize individual episodes and seasons, but I like to keep the overall story in mind as well.
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I have watch a bit of the show and have notice something odd. Season 2&3 do not have the exact same designs. However season 3&4 first have does. But recently the show is more like season 2. I think there is something to the two timelines. It isn’t that clear but when you want to show it you have to be vague about it.
The Winx Club is a perfect example of this.
The normal series has a massive plot hole in it.
In season 4 we met a 16 year old Roxy while the main cast is in their early 20s. We learn that the earth lost it’s magic when roxy was a girl no more then 4-6 years old. But in season 1 we learn that bloom was sent to an earth that had already forgotten about magic as an infant. That means Roxy should be in her 30s not the teens. However in magical adventure movie only some of them shows an adult with pink hair with orange tips running off screen with a shadow of a dog running along side too. So a lot of fans are calling the main series a second time and the false timeline
They do that to force arguments to bring fans in. Even my little pony friendship is magic did it. May I point out at Alicorn Twilight. And it happened again with season 7 finale forcing the fact that Equestria Girls is 100% cannon. And with friendship games forcing the anon-a-miss is cannon which is still being argue about to this day.
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R u planning to bring in the others yet? At least Spike?
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How did MLPEG become canon in season 7? Can u tell me? Because I just searched up the episode and I don't remember any mentions of the HuMane 7
I love how you write her
As in the terms she uses for Morality or Thought as processing and data
I think it's great
I don't get it. How could the timeline possibly preserved when the multiverse is busy integrating/disintegrating like this? The original timeline is already hosed. May as well make the best of it.
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A lesson thoroughly learned in this arc by all involved.
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please reference episodes/give quotes. you've got me burning with questions
Now that I've finally seen Volume 7 of RWBY, which does influence some events as the arc progresses, am I really going to read the RWBY arc again?
Yes. Yes, I am.
It's my favorite arc so far, and it's what finally got me into RWBY.
Several quotations from Death of the Discworld apply here;
The first "To change the fate of one individual is to change the world...For us, time is only a place. It is all spread out. There is what is, what will be. If you change that, you carry the responsibility for the change. And that is too heavy to bear."
The second; "You prattle on about changing the world. Could you find the courage to accept it? To know what must be done and to do it whatever the cost? Is there one human anywhere in the world who knows what duty means?"
As much as it hurt, I do love volume 3s ending. The status quo was altered and now suddenly our favorite characters were not invincible. However, post v3 was an absolute mess. RIP Monty.
RWBY has been one of my favorite shows, I recognized it immediatelyfrom that opening. I did watch it up until vol 7-8, roughly, but then they seemingly cut an important clip to stick in politics and i haven't watched the show for a bit. I'm loving your fic so far! It's been a highly enjoyable read.
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I'm glad you like it!
There's a lot of re-treading the first 3 volumes in this arc, since they were my favorites, but I'm actually currently working on what I call the "Return to Remnant" arc, which introduces a lot more original elements to throw at Remnant. I hope you'll enjoy them both!