Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27745396-20170213143845/@comment-25936766-20170528124528

171.253.7.48 wrote:

1-RWBY revolves around the 4 seasons right?

2-So, if based off the 4 Kingdom's emblems and climates, and the cycle of life we have: Spring: Vale, green - the begining of life, thus Creation

Summer: Mistral, blue - growth, through experiences, thus Choice

Autumn/Fall: Vacuo, amber-ish - aged, experienced, thus Knowledge

Winter: Atlas/Mantle, white - when life returns to the dust, thus Destruction

3-But wait! Doesn't Vale actually have what was hinted to be the Relic of Destruction, and Atlas/Mantle might have that of Knowledge?

4-Beacon: Destruction, the Ozking.

Haven: Creation, prosperity.

Shade: Choice, the nomads, free to make their own choices.

Atlas: Knowledge, they are literally a military research institute. 1-The 4 seasons only really apply to the Maidens. I mean, sure, you could connect the Kingdoms to a season each, but as far as we know the connection to seasons was only really intended with Maidens.

2-Question: What says each kingdom is connected to each season? What says it must be the "obvious" season?

I mean, why is Vale Spring and not Summer? Why is Vacuo Autumm and not Winter? Based on the kind of symbolism you try to apply there, let me try something:

-Vacuo: A barren deserted wasteland with a powerless government and abused by foreign entities, thus Destruction, Death, like Winter. But as long as you can pull your weight, you get respect regardless of race, reflecting how everyone dies, and no matter who or what you are and have done, death is the same.

-Atlas: Despite the dangerous conditions, the people were smart and were able to utilize the Dust in the area to form what became the most advanced kingdom in the world. You could say it reflects Growth, thus Summer. But given that it only happened because they were smart not only with how they developed, but also with where they developed, it reflects Knowledge, or at least Smart.

See? Nothing says X kingdom = X season and Y kingdomg = Y season. If we focus on the symbolism of each season, X kingdom = Y season.

3-Last time I checked, it was never even implied which relic each academy had, only that they had one each.

Vale could have Choice, for all we know.

4-Or...

Beacon: Knowledge, due to Ozpin.

Shade/Vacuo: Destruction, since Vacuo's people's freedom is esential anarchy due to the government being too weak to enforce order, and their kingdom is located in a wasteland, or rather became a wasteland.

Atlas: Prosperity and the most developed Kingdom, thus Creation (heck, you can stretch it to Penny, made by Atlas, thus literal creation of synthetic life). OR Choice, since it was made by people who chose to go to the apex of the world to survive.

Haven: Choice, assuming Atlas is not it, since it's the only power left. While seriously stretching it, the social divide in Mistral arguably reflects the aspect of making a choice at a "crossroad"; part of the people are rich, elegant, and everything good, while the other part is infamously made up of criminals of all kinds.