Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-92.232.230.34-20130719223612/@comment-11188061-20131217035446

What I mean is that something is preventing the Grimm from going berserk on mankind, and one of my deductions is that the moon was somehow related to it. Right now the Grimm is just loitering about, and unless provoked (or hungry, whatever - at any rate, it's natural animalistic behavior) they won't actually try to attack a human purposefully. This does not coincide with the history of Grimm, where humanity was nearly driven to extinction.

So my take on this is that someone had found a way to keep the Grimm docile (or about as docile as any fearsome predators can be), and this method unfortunately requires a sacrifice (of any kind). The moon is possibly a result of that sacrifice which generates the desired effect, and for many, many years mankind has enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity through this terrible but very necessary ceremony that has turned into a tradition (it's much easier going up against the Grimm now where they are neutral-aggressive parties, rather than outright enemies).

I'll even bet that the Vytal Festival is strongly tied to this tradition.

Anyway, my take is this: Summer Rose sacrificed herself to this tradition to preserve the peace and the moon being the result, but I suspect that the ceremony is somehow imperfect due to another's interference. Therefore, within just a short amount of time the moon was already failing and the higher authorities needed to find another suitable Aura user to take the place (the 'absolution' in the lyrics - do it, or see all of mankind fall because on one selfish whim). I'll agree that Ruby Rose and Jaune Arc may very well be suitable candidates for it - Ruby because of her silver eyes (symbolizing something), and Jaune Arc because his parents seemed to be trying to keep him away from the path of a Huntsman. He may be some sort of a hero reincarnate.

On the other hand, I think any powerful Aura user can offer themselves to become a sacrifice - remember what Monty said about a RWBY character is going to die? I'm hedging my bets on Ozpin or Qrow right now, most likely Ozpin. He's going to do it in order to spare the kids from the terrible fate - it's just that the power won't last nearly as long as a suitable candidate.

'This will be the day we've waited for. This will be the day we open up the door. I don't wanna hear your absolution; Hope your ready for a revolution. Welcome to a world of new solutions. Welcome to a world of bloody evolution.'

Now then, the lyrics themselves. I'm deducing that after this character's death (Ozpin/Qrow/etc), the students who were directly involved - Team RWBY and Team JNPR - in the incident decided to fight back. At the same time, it was also the day they truly lived the dream as a Huntsmen or Huntresses, to live the life of a hero that wasn't nearly as glorious and wonderful as they had imagined it. They are the center of a revolution they may or may not have started themselves, and one way or another they're going to find a way to break through this dilemma. They acknowledge that the fight will be very bloody, and they're practically pincered between the Grimm, the people who wanted to continue the tradition, and the enemies who lurked within the dark trying to destroy all of mankind.

But they will stand through it all. They may be the last light left amidst the growing darkness, and even Beacon might succumb and cease its brilliant light just like all others. But as mentioned before, as long as there are people still willing to fight, as long as there are people who are still willing to hope for a better day, then it will not be the end.

In time, your heart will open minds, A story will be told, And victory is in a simple soul.

Who ever said that this 'simple soul' points to a specific individual? Who ever said that a simple soul was special? All of us - you, me, even Team CDRL - all of us are the simple souls. They are the idiots who won't give up inspite facing up against overwhelming odds. They are the people who fought for the simplest and poorest of reasons, ranging from trying to save a loved one's life or protecting their friends or just not wanting to die. It is true that their dreams were nothing so grand as defending world peace or the opposite of things, it is true that their wishes may not even measure up to the opposition's, or even justified in the grand scheme of things.

So what? That did not mean that they are going to give up their dreams and hopes. They aren't going to roll over and just die. They will continue to fight for what they believe because that is the only thing they could do, and they're going to carve out with their heart and soul that happy ending everyone wished for no matter what. So you say that life isn't a fairy tale. It didn't matter. So you say that there's no such thing as a happy-ever-after. That didn't mean they aren't going to try. They're simple, alright. The bad way of putting it would be to call them stupid.

Sometimes though, that stupidity is what it takes to do the impossible.