User blog:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/RWBYBorne Souls?

Given how similar RWBY is to the famed Souls series, I'm suprised nobody has brought up any comparisons. I'm talking more Dark Souls 1 and 2 in particular in terms of coincidences seeing as I never played Demon Souls. This isn't really a blog about theory or speculation, just a blog pointing out the "huh, that reminds me of such-and-such" moments I had with both of these franchises. Besides, I just came back from vacation, so I thought this would show I'm still active as always.

But I digress, for starters lets look at the similar themes and elements between RWBY and Dark Souls:

Badass Dog: Zwei is to Ruby what Great Gray Wolf Sif is to Artorias. Both are canines with a knack for violence who are obedient to a fault to their masters. Dogs really a mans best friend, so nothing to strange about this trope.

The Lovable Dork: Jaune and Siegmeyer both wear armor, have big swords, have decent shields, and the overall same level of derp. Both require outside assistance in order to overcome an obstacle (Pyyrha and the Chosen Undead frequently assist Jaune and Siegmeyer respectively.) Yep, these two knuckleheads are very similar when you look at them up close, so I think this was worth listing.

Light Good! Dark Bad!: Both RWBY and Dark Souls have this power balance where Light and Dark are constantly at odds. It's much more apparent and obvious in RWBY, while Dark Souls is already very Dark. Although whether or not that was a good thing was left entirely up to your imagination in Dark Souls.

Katanas: The Iaido technique is utilized by Adam and Raven, similarly the Alonne Captains of Dark Souls 2 completely rely on this fighting style as well. On an unrelated note, Ravens mask is very reminiscent of Sir Alonnes helm, especially in the eye hole sections.

The Mighty #4: RWBY has four kingdoms, four basic forms of Dust, and teams are comprised of four hunters/Huntresses. Dark Souls takes this to the next level with there being four Lord Souls, Four Kings, four OTHER kings in DS2, four types of magic, and even four variations of Titanite pieces. Call it random, but four seems all the rage here.

Those were just a few familiarities I saw between the two, I'm sure I could find more of the same ideas in RWBY in other works as well. What do you think? More importantly, if your a Souls fando you agree with these observations or do you think they're a bit far far-fetched?

Either way, we got a comments section for a reason.