Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25436552-20140918220808

This is just a guess that I am making, a theory that probably isn't true, but I was reading a discussion a while back about The Wizard of Oz ties and there was talk of when Dorothy would get involved and such.

I think she might already be involved, in a sense. I think it might all be revolving around the theme of The Wizard of Oz. Some of the things I'm going to point out may seem a little farfetched on their own, but when all looked at together in relation to my believed theme, it does make some sense (I hope).



First thing to address is the quite obvious links to The Wizard of Oz. Ozpin and Glynda for example. And I believe (despite her inspiration being Cinderella) that Cinder is a representation of the Wicked Witch of the West. Besides that she seems to be the big bad right now, there is also the fire manipulation, a power of The Wicked Witch. This will be addressed more with my next point.



Dorothy! I think she is already here, in a sense. I think she is Ruby. Ruby's inspiration is Little Red Riding Hood, I know, but it was Ozpin's comment upon meeting her that got me thinking. He says "You have silver eyes." So far, an uncommon eye colour as far as I'm aware. And I think this is a reference to the Silver Shoes of The Wizard of Oz. Or, as most know them, the Ruby Slippers. (Doesn't that colour sound familiar?) In the original book they were silver, not ruby. The fact that she seems like she'll be getting sent off by Ozpin and Glynda to fight Cinder (Wicked Witch) doesn't help matters.

Connected to this, Cinder's symbol is a pair of high heels together. Funnily enough, the Cinderella story calls them glass slippers. I know this seems like such a little thing that doesn't even sound like anything they would do, but they have made smaller references before.



<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now onto team RWBY. I think they might be a reference to the three companions of Dorothy. For starters, a four person team with what seems to be the Dorothy of this story as their leader? That's enough to go on right there, but it gets better when we take into account that one of them is a faunus. A CAT faunus. I call a reference to the Lion.

<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Tin Man and Scarecrow are harder, and I'm still trying to work out which one relates to Weiss and Yang. Some would guess the Tin Man for Yang due to her symbol, a flaming heart, but I find it hard to link Weiss with the Scarecrow. However, the link between Ruby and Dorothy were quite obscure and small so it could just be something I'm missing.

<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">If we take personality into account however, it would work. The Tin Man and Scarecrow both thought they lacked something (a heart and a brain respectively) but they in fact were most known for them. The Scarecrow was known as the smartest in all of Oz and Tin Man was the most emotional and loving of the companions.

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<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Weiss reflects the logical and smart personality that the Scarecrow has. In her fights, she relies on her training and logical steps. This is shown in Episode 7 of Season 1 when she is knocked back by the Beowolf and speaks to herself in her head "remember your training Weiss" and goes through her steps to get the right fighting stance.

<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yang reflects the Tin Man in that she relies primarily on her emotions. This is particularly prevalent when concerning her Semblance (or aura, it's never explained what causes the anger and fire). Not only this, but when Velvet, the rabbit faunus, is being bullied by Cardin, she is the most sympathetic and concerned of the group, and also with Blake in Season 2.

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<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even the world itself seems somewhat reminiscent of the strange and wonderful setting that is Oz.

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<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">So that's my theory, that Ruby is Dorothy, Team RWBY is the group from The Wizard of Oz and that this is all based on that story.

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<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let me know what you think.

<p style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Matt <ac_metadata title="Team RWBY - The Wizard of Oz group" related_topics="RWBY (team)"> </ac_metadata>