Talk:Summer Rose/@comment-28171999-20180927162039/@comment-4010415-20180930063739

@Glitchee Actually, the majority of the songs are canon. Jeff writes them using information that he gained from Monty, Miles, and Kerry.

In a livestream back in the Volume 1 days, they even specifically said that Red Like Roses Part 2 had been written because fans were disappointed that the first Red Like Roses didn't reveal much about Ruby herself.

We also have these big examples:


 * From Shadows - Made and released before Volume 1's premiere ~ Tells us all about the Faunus of the White Fang fighting against oppressive humans and such.

Wings - Volume 1 ~ Describes the plot of the episode Black and White. The song had to be written and recorded before that episode even premiered, considering it plays during the credits of that very episode. Big clue that it's about Black and White: "Twelve hours is a long time" Weiss literally states that they searched for Blake for 12 hours.

Boop - Volume 2 ~ Talked about how Nora is in love with Ren but has been keeping it secret, before the show actually really touched on it. As we've seen from the end of Volume 4, Nora and Ren really may become a couple, and she does have romantic interest in him (especially considering her gleeful smirk after pretending to be upset about Ren looking up her skirt).

I'm The One - Volume 3 ~ Mentioned things about Emerald and Mercury's backstories before we actually got to see those backstories. If I recall, the episode version uses the part about Mercury being "the one who was born in a nightmare, a murderer's son, overrun by the hate and the beatings, defiled by a father" and Emerald being "the one who rose out of filth and was loved by no one".

Divide - Volume 3 ~ Literally references Salem's speech from End of the Beginning. Again, as the finale's credits, this song had to be written and recorded before said finale.

Like Morning Follows Night - Volume 4 ~ Describes what's going on between Blake and Sun in Volume 4.

Bad Luck Charm - Volume 4 ~ Talks about Qrow's bad luck Semblance, which we weren't told about until after this song actually played in the show.

All Things Must Die - Volume 5 ~ Mentions how Cinder is defeated: "Embers extinguished in effigy." Embers = Cinder because... well... cinders. Extinguished = The cinders are snuffed out. Effigy = Dictionary definition is "a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument." Sooo, a statue. Cinder died/was defeated as a statue, or in this case, an ice sculpture. Again, this had to be written and recorded before the episode premiered.