reblog for something very lgbt to happen to you on nov 5th
huh, okay, that shouldn't be too hard
oh. fuck
AU where one of the computers just doesn't turn on. Workaholic sitting in the hallway waiting for the blackout and it just never happens. Incompetent, Posh and (a probably unconscious by this point) Renegade leave the archive and see him there on the ground, sopping wet and handcuffed to a pipe. "well this is awkward"
so is NO ONE gonna talk about Raine's Belos goop scars being their own tears
Merrin: Dragons are such wonderful creatures... It's a shame I only have Lady Veyle and the Divine One to talk to.
*cut to Nel, Rafal, Zelestia, Roy, Byleth, Corrin, Camilla, Tiki, Soren and Robin taking a nap in the Somniel treasury*
Merrin: Such a shame.
on second watch, I've realised Volume 9 feels like a love letter to not just early fans, but also to Monty
the focus on Neo and her relationship with Roman
acknowledgement of Pyrrha's sacrifice and the guilt Ruby feels over it
reversed Whiteknight dynamic
Ruby breaking down for the first time since V3
RWBY using their team attacks
and his specialty: fight scenes with story and character
an emphasis is put on Blake and Yang fighting side-by-side, because their feelings are finally out in the open and they're more in sync than ever. Weiss using all sorts of glyphs and dust and summons, because she no longer cares about being prim and proper and noble, she will be as loud and chaotic as she likes so long as it keeps her friends alive
and Ruby,
Ruby doesn't fight at all until the finale, because she doesn't feel like she can. she stays out of the way and never really tries to defend herself. even when she's being tortured by Neo's illusions, even after her Aura breaks, she doesn't fight back until she's right on death's doorstep. but then she speaks to the Blacksmith, and she hears that her mother loves her, and she knows that she is enough. she always has been, since the very start
so, she goes back to the start. whirling and spinning, using her Semblance, zipping around with her scythe in a way reminiscent of Monty's choreography, as if reliving the Red trailer in her mind. and once she's had that chance to show her newfound confidence, what she's truly capable of, her teammates step in to help her, because now she finally sees that they are there, and they finally see that they weren't there enough. they don't even have to talk to understand what's changed. Ruby grew the most, but they all learned from this, so she takes the lead at first but they finish it together
I just think Monty would've liked this volume
I'm not caught up with Prime Defenders yet and at this point I'm scared to, did Wiwi fucking kill someone?? like I'm already spoiled on him drugging Tide, just tell me if he has blood on his hands so I can sleep at night
when one of them is trying to change the law to help people and the other is acting outside the law to help people
no idea what the dynamic's called but please give your own examples, I'm starving