RWBY - The Hindenburg on which Rooster Teeth rests its hopes, dreams and future

[HumanHive]

I said it earlier, but it has to be repeated with this talk about politics about how a season that is built on an election is fundamentally unimportant and would have changed nothing had it all gone to plan. I get that its just "Orange man bad" pandering crap, but the election didn't fucking matter because the position on "the council" (whatever they do) has effectively no power since apparently Ironwood holds two seats (however that works) and more or less has near complete controls the government and military. Nothing would have changed had Hilary's awkward stand in actually won the election nor would it have mattered if Orange man's stand in won. It makes the entire plot built on this stupid election meaningless.

I dunno, as a result of all that Atlas is ironically now the most unique and fleshed out nation. Not even Vale got such attention.

 

[Chilson]

I dunno, as a result of all that Atlas is ironically now the most unique and fleshed out nation. Not even Vale got such attention.

Oh yeah, even if the politics make no fucking sense at least we have some idea how this nation is structured internally. All I know about Vale is that there WAS a king at one point in time and Mistrel....yeah I don't really remember Mistrel.

 

[HumanHive]

Oh yeah, even if the politics make no fucking sense at least we have some idea how this nation is structured internally. All I know about Vale is that there WAS a king at one point in time and Mistrel....yeah I don't really remember Mistrel.

Something something patchwork fantasy culture land with no consistency.

What’s always been infuriating to me about woketards is for all their worshipping of diversity, they are utterly ignorant of how it happens in the real world. Take the history of Spain for example - with its waves of being dominated by Celts, Romans, Gothic tribes, Muslims, and so forth. The very architecture of many cities in Spain can tell you which side of the Reconquesta it was on. Culturally diverse for very clear reasons; thus a great model for any worldbuilder.

But in RWBY you have a Greek inspired culture in the same “kingdom” as a Chinese inspired culture, for no reason. It ain’t autism here that’s getting me riled, but sheer squandered potential. You could write a little story just from the distribution of culture across the region, but nope it’s all there because a blind idiot god thought it was cool or diverse or whatever.

 

[Juan's Sombrero]

Also, how come there's only 4 countries?

Vale's continent alone could fit another one in there.

Because Russia is a big country full of empty territory maybe?

That's largely from how Russia's core population was concentrated in the Western areas with the East having raiders and savages. All we see of Vale's continent points to most of it being green.

Actual answer: Monty's ketchup map just happened to work out like that, and there are only four main elements in the Earth/Wind/Water/Fire dynamic. Somebody had to get shortchanged.

You think Monty’s ketchup map wouldn’t be bashed it the show wasn’t ass?

Honestly I think his idea of how to create a map was a good one, it's just that he had to divide it into 4 nations (because anime tropes) which is causing the problem.

So, the rule of 4 RWBY is implementing is buying it in the ass. Got it.

Four also means death in certain cultures, or considered an unlucky omen.

 

[TheAmbiguousLurker]

Oh yeah, three days until RT play their RWBY DnD Session:

Laura Yates on Twitter

“Hope you guys enjoy #TheGrimmCampaign... premiering AUG 15th! It's been an absolute blast getting to play Arrastra Skye - she's smart, strategic, & always a step ahead! Big thanks to the immensely talented @nickromancer21, for capturing her perfectly! P.S. Ya girl's got ups 😉”

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Chris Kokkinos, M.P.S.E. on Twitter

“Say hello to Fenix Nemean! I'm playing this big handsome in #TheGrimmCampaign that releases its first episode on Aug 15th. It's been so much fun and I hope you enjoy! When thinking of his design, I really wanted to highlight my Grecian heritage and @nickromancer21 nailed it! 🦁”

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Kerry Shawcross on Twitter

“Super excited to play Pyke Rite, this very good boy, in #TheGrimmCampaign starting August 15th! Thanks to Susie Combs for the amazing concept art!”

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[Rondo Richter Belmont]

Oh yeah, even if the politics make no fucking sense at least we have some idea how this nation is structured internally. All I know about Vale is that there WAS a king at one point in time and Mistrel....yeah I don't really remember Mistrel.

The only notable thing about Mistral is that RNJR, Oscar, and Qrow spent time locked in some shitty house blasting farts while waiting around...We also see the supposed racism of Faunus by a sign in that bar Qrow went to for info, and mostly generic sights of uninteresting shit if it wasn’t still images.

Mistral’s most interesting shit is sadly never shown, and the fucking wiki tells you more than what our heroes see.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

Something something patchwork fantasy culture land with no consistency.

What’s always been infuriating to me about woketards is for all their worshipping of diversity, they are utterly ignorant of how it happens in the real world. Take the history of Spain for example - with its waves of being dominated by Celts, Romans, Gothic tribes, Muslims, and so forth. The very architecture of many cities in Spain can tell you which side of the Reconquesta it was on. Culturally diverse for very clear reasons; thus a great model for any worldbuilder.

But in RWBY you have a Greek inspired culture in the same “kingdom” as a Chinese inspired culture, for no reason. It ain’t autism here that’s getting me riled, but sheer squandered potential. You could write a little story just from the distribution of culture across the region, but nope it’s all there because a blind idiot god thought it was cool or diverse or whatever.

Japanese games/anime does that "Culture Rummage Sale" crap a lot, so this is where RWBY probably gets it from. Hell, even Tolkien indulged in this a little, making the elves and humans in his stories dress in medieval fashion and the Hobbits dress like 18th Century landowners (despite them being not too far removed from Humans culturally.).

Spoiler: Autistic rant about crappy game fashion.

The sad thing is, making a unique architecture/fashion for a setting is probably one of the easiest ways to worldbuild. A good example would be Dune. In House Atreides, everyone dressed in elegant, somewhat futuro-medieval fashion with lighter colors. In House Harkonnen, everyone dressed like they shopped at H.R. Giger's garage sale, on the planet Dune, the Fremen wore suits that conserved their water and protected them from the harsh environment, and the Bene Gesserit dressed like sexy, creepy nuns. In Lynch's version, the architecture and ships were also very distinctive. Suits, houses and vehicles must all be linked to the environment they're made/worn in. The people of those places will also be competing with each other to uphold the fashions of the day. If popular women start wearing bustles, or corsets or start binding their feet, other women will copy them. Important places like the capital cities of Empires will also have a lot of influence on the fashions of the surrounding areas, so people wearing fashions from the opposite side of the globe would be a rarity. Small items, fabrics and bits of artwork might be imported from across the globe and have influence on a dominant culture, but you're very unlikely to find outfits from two totally different cultures together on the street, unless one of the cultures is slowly taking over the other culture.

I guess what I'm saying with all this is that I'm kind of sick of Japanese fantasy games/manga where two kingdoms are next door to each other, and in one, everyone wears kimonos and samurai swords and in the other, everyone dresses like they're from Generic Medieval Setting #275. If they're on floating islands and have had no contact with each other for centuries, I could understand this happening, but if they've been trading/immigrating between each other and speaking the same language for years? No. The worst offender for the "Rummage Sale Fantasy Look" has to be Final Fantasy X. Some of the people in that game wear Japanese style robes, some wear bondage fetish gear, and Lulu wears something that no one in a tropical locale would even think of wearing, unless they wanted to die of heatstroke within 30 minutes. (Also, is Lulu rich or something? Leather belts, fur, and lace/embroidery have been something that only the very rich could afford in non-industrial societies. The world of FFX is supposed to be one that has specifically eschewed technology apart from rare cases, so there are no factories cranking out these kinds of outfits. So where did Lulu get all of that fancy shit she's wearing on a remote, tropical island?) The fashion of Final Fantasy has always seemed really half-assed to me, and I've always thought that every game was placed in some kind of futuristic magic-tek world specifically so the game designers could put in impossible looking, overdesigned nightmare costumes that are more made to wow an audience, than to relate to the setting they exist in.

 

[Tism the Return]

Oh yeah, three days until RT play their RWBY DnD Session:

Laura Yates on Twitter

“Hope you guys enjoy #TheGrimmCampaign... premiering AUG 15th! It's been an absolute blast getting to play Arrastra Skye - she's smart, strategic, & always a step ahead! Big thanks to the immensely talented @nickromancer21, for capturing her perfectly! P.S. Ya girl's got ups 😉”

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Chris Kokkinos, M.P.S.E. on Twitter

“Say hello to Fenix Nemean! I'm playing this big handsome in #TheGrimmCampaign that releases its first episode on Aug 15th. It's been so much fun and I hope you enjoy! When thinking of his design, I really wanted to highlight my Grecian heritage and @nickromancer21 nailed it! 🦁”

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Kerry Shawcross on Twitter

“Super excited to play Pyke Rite, this very good boy, in #TheGrimmCampaign starting August 15th! Thanks to Susie Combs for the amazing concept art!”

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I can only imagine the kind of people that'd tune up to watch RWBY DnD. Can the human body even contain that much soy?

 

[SheerHeartAttack]

Why use DnD when you already have a RWBY TTRPG system?

 

[Random Internet Person]

I meant to post this earlier, but I got caught up with the whole Ralph situation and watching the corn stream Null had.

 

[Juan's Sombrero]

I meant to post this earlier, but I got caught up with the whole Ralph situation and watching the corn stream Null had. View attachment 1516828

I sincerely hope that is sarcasm.

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

I meant to post this earlier, but I got caught up with the whole Ralph situation and watching the corn stream Null had. View attachment 1516828

They very much are self inserts.

 

[Random Internet Person]

In regards to RT saying they’re looking back and evaluating their old content. http://archive.is/qKrtd

 

[TheAmbiguousLurker]

"Respect my experience while I don't respect yours!"

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

In regards to RT saying they’re looking back and evaluating their old content. http://archive.md/qKrtd

Wow, fast turn around on shooting themselves in the foot. Who saw that coming.

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

In regards to RT saying they’re looking back and evaluating their old content. http://archive.md/qKrtd

TBF, I myself never knew who to blame for this gayfag bullshittery, should I blame CRWBY for ruining Qrow more in that season, even without Clover, or should I blame the FNDM which already yuri-fags to ruin to girls even further & then yaoi-fags who tried to find the very thin vibe of gay in this & tried to cancel RT when they didn't get their ship, which I myself never saw at the time happening, unlike the fandom.

In fact, I just now am reading in the archive that the animators indeed bait them by being yaoi-fags themselves.

 

[Rondo Richter Belmont]

TBF, I myself never knew who to blame for this gayfag bullshittery, should I blame CRWBY for ruining him more in that season, even without Clover, or should I blame the FNDM which already yuri-fags to ruin to girls even further & then yaoi-fags who tried to find the very thin vibe of gay in this & tried to cancel RT when they didn't get their ship, which I myself never saw at the time happening, unlike the fandom.

In fact, I just now am reading in the archive that the animators indeed bait them by being yaoi-fags themselves.

Both are to blame, but the animators and CRWBY deserve it more.

They should’ve never hyped up Clover x Qrow in any sort of way because Fujoshits are literally the worst types to deal with in any fandom, and contributing to the ‘tism like said people was massively retarded. Special mention to the dumbass who animated the death scene, but apparently does Fair Game romance outta the show? What a maroon you are.

Have we learned nothing from the Voltron Legendary Defender dumpsterfire?

 

[Random Internet Person]

Can we get an F in the chat? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294169347343241217.html

 

[Juan's Sombrero]

Can we get an F in the chat? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294169347343241217.html

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[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

Can we get an F in the chat? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294169347343241217.html

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