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The world SUCKS

For example Pyrrha's mantra:

For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee.

So, I'm wondering if Pyrrha is a full-fledged character. To do this, I need to find out what people can tell me about Pyrrha. How deeply people have been able to explore Pyrrha's character.

For example, regarding Raven's character, many different suggestions were put forward, and ultimately, we were able to more or less understand Raven's character. Raven is a character who is accustomed to living like a robber; that's the way she's become accustomed to, and it's something she'll return to every time she tries to change herself. Raven tried to become a better person, but she couldn't find the strength to keep trying. Raven often reverts to her old ways, to her familiar ways, to her habits. Raven thus runs away from problems she fears or that prove too difficult. Protecting the world? Unrealistic. Raising a daughter? Impossible. Communicating with loved ones? Painful. That's roughly how you could describe Raven in the show.

From what we've been thinking, there's a lot more to say about Raven... But I'd like to talk about Pyrrha, as she seems like a bit of an unknown character to me.

I don't think it takes a genius to see that the writers of RWBY were definitely going for body horror when it came to the Hound. However, they didn't go far enough. Aside from it being able to change its skeletal structure and sprout wings at will. I think the Hound should've been given the ability to contort its body in a way that would kill a normal person, grow extra appendages, and even "birth" lesser Grimm.

I think a way to make the Hound a formidable threat and make the heroes seem competent is to have Yang, Jaune, and Ren attack it at the same time, but Shadow Hands or tendrils emerge from the Hound’s back and counter attacks. As they keep attacking it, I’d have Grimm emerge from its back like half of an Apathy or Centinnels. Of course those newly made Grimm would serve as a distraction for the Hound to make a getaway with Oscar in tow.

How would I do the part in the scene where the Hound sprouts wings? I'd make it to the Hound climbs the side of a building and its wings sprout from its back almost immediately. As for its intelligence, I would keep the part when Ren shouts, "Give him back!" While also attacking the Grimm. The Hound would use Oscar as a shield to interrupt Ren's attack while countering. Then the Hound would growl, "noooo" before making its getaway.

As for the person inside the Hound, I think it would've had so much more impact if it was a character we already knew, like Lionheart. As a hellish punishment for his failure. Sorry if I'm a bit obsessed with the Hound, but I feel like the Grimm was absolutely wasted in its execution.

Previously, Jaune stood in front of the statue of a hero, and dreamed of becoming like them. But now, Jaune is standing in front of his friend's statue, regretting his foolish dreams.

I like this scene, it allows Jaune to grow up a bit. Jaune comes to realize how painfully meaningless his dream was. Jon captured how his friend became a Hero, posthumously. This scene pushes Jonah to realize how much weight, what price his fate has. If Jaune continues his hero's journey, then this time someone else will capture his heroism... And this is the choice that Jaune has made, a choice that Jaune will be faithful to until the very end.

I do not know if Jaune will die, most likely Jaune will find himself on the verge of death every time, fulfilling his duty as a hero, protecting those whom he must protect. But it has an interesting dramatic atmosphere.

My next off-topic post is to talk about our IRL pets!

Only divulge as much as you're comfortable with, and if you don't want to mention your current pets, maybe talk about past pets as well!

Or tell us your favorite animals: pet or not!

Let me remind you that Ruby Rose is a kind of Grim Reaper, haunted by the ghost of her mother, Summer. But in this scene, Ruby is also haunted by other ghosts of deceased people. All of these people died not because of Ruby, but for other reasons, just like Summer. I think this speaks volumes about Ruby, not just that she blames herself for their deaths, as liar syndrome or other psychological issues can lead Ruby to blame herself for other people's problems. It's also possible that it speaks volumes about Ruby's difficult time coping with the deaths of family, loved ones, and friends.

It's just interesting. Ruby's allusion to the Grim Reaper is usually a creature that leads people to another world. You could even say that the Grim Reaper finds the souls of dead people, and these souls wander and haunt the Grim Reaper until the Grim Reaper leads these souls to another world.

In a way, this applies to Ruby as well, as Ruby is also obsessed with images of dead people that Ruby must simply let go of.

I know people don't like it when I read too much into Allusions, when I add my own romanticism to what we know, but nevertheless, I couldn't help but share this detail.

By the way, I just realized that Crow's Allusion looks interesting compared to Ruby's Allusion. Crows are harbingers of Death, the Grim Reaper in a sense, and it looks interesting, although if you think about it, it's all meaningless. But whatever, it just looks funny.

I mean, what if Jinn or Ambrosius ascended? I have no doubt they could ascend, but then we wouldn't have all four relics to summon the gods. Ha-Ha. What other characters do you think could ascend? And if you watched the second season of Gen:LOCK, how common do you think it would be if ordinary people were able to approach the tree and ascend? It seems like it would be very common...