User blog:B4k4 de arimasu/RWBY Speculations

So there is a lot of speculation as to what will be going on in RWBY, and it is pretty exciting as we anticipate episode 2's release. I just wanted to compile some of the good observations I've seen and maybe add to them.

One interesting aspect of the story is going to be the conflict between humans and "fauna". This conflict has already been established by clues in the trailers. The news clip in episode 1 tells us that White Fang has violently disrupted a pro-fauna rally. White Fang is an extremist (terrorist) faction within the anti-fauna movement. We saw White Fang's pro-fauna enemies in the Black trailer. Adam and Blake attack a train while the music's lyrics talk about rising above "cruel, ruthless human rule". Adam's mask looks like the masks worn by some animal creatures in the episode 1 end credits, furthering the connection between them and "fauna". Throughout the trailer, Blake shows conflicted feelings about what they are doing and in the end, she deserts Adam, setting the stage for a new alliance with the RWBY team.

I'm interested to see where RWBY fits into this human/fauna conflict. Seeing as how the members are human, I'd assume they are pro-human, meaning Blake joining the team makes her a traitor. Many have pointed out the black/white color contrast which signals there may be tension between Blake and Weiss. Further supporting this is the fact that Weiss' snowflake logo is on the cargo of the train Blake and Adam attack.

Episode 1's intro suggests that fauna are the villains, but that is only if the creatures that tried to crush man (in the lore) are fauna. Meanwhile, the Black trailer makes the fauna out to be the oppressed race fighting a human Empire. I'm wondering if the creatures that man conquered with "dust" are fauna, or a different thing entirely.

This brings up another intersting point. R, B, and Y all use ammunition in their weapons, but Weiss uses dust. Dust is made out to be a unique invention and tool of humans, and it is also the thing that gave humans the advantage and victory over the other creatures. Weiss is associated with the snowflake logo, and dust, and indirectly (by color symbolism) related to "White Fang", and she is a princess/well to do type of character... Monty Oum is building a HUGE contrast between her and Blake who is associated with fauna, black shadows, and a seemingly lower-class/outcast background.

I'm very interested to see how Weiss and Blake will interact, and how they feel about their respective backgrounds. I get the feeling that both are conflicted about their pasts. Oum has shared that Weiss is somewhat rebellious against her controlled upbringing, so that rebellion might also go against the racial supremacy that the story is building into the human/Schnee/White Fang side of the story. We'll see how it plays out.