“…fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

• Oh Torchwick how I’ve missed your shenanigans
• Hearing Monty as Ren </3 breaks my heart every time
• I wonder what Ozpin was thinking when he saw Ruby (the silver eyed girl he was eventually planning on using to replace his previous silver eyed warrior, Summer) with the Schnee heiress as her partner. He seemed to be considering it very interesting when watching them in the Emerald Forest during initiation. 
• Pyrrha promised to watch over Jaune when unlocking his aura and idk if that’s just part of the aura unlocking saying or something, but its still so sweet 
• That scene in the Emerald Forest, after they all got the relics and were making their way back with Ruby leading, Yang just stares off after Ruby with this wistful smile on her face and you can just feel how proud she is and how much Ruby reminds her of Summer. It’s just such a sweet moment
• When the teams each face off against the grimm you can already see the raw talent that all of RWBY has and Ruby’s ability to analyze her new teams weapons and abilities to form a plan was so cool to see again. Like she just met them and she’s already got a wacky idea that works. Probably partially has to do with her love for weapons
• It’s easy to see with JNPR how inexperienced most of them are (with the exception of Pyrrha really) but it’s so fun to see how they already have a kind of connection. Once Jaune spots an opening with the deathstalker all he has to say is Pyrrha’s name and she gets the plan and same with Nora. They are more of a mess as a team than RWBY at this moment, but the beginnings of their teamwork abilities here really shine through. I also noticed that Jaune working off of pure instinct here was not completely inept at all! He was pretty calm in the face of the deathstalker, especially for someone who has never really fought. He also used his shield to block the pincer pretty well, which is pretty impressive for him at the beginning!
• Blake was so playful before everything with Torchwick and the White Fang came into her life again and dragged her right back down. Just look at her joining in on the Xiao Long-Rose sisters’ shenanigans. “Banzai!”
• I mean I’ve always known about Jaune’s self esteem issues. But hearing him say “I don’t care what you do to me” to Cardin was really jarring. Especially after hearing him say something similar to Cinder in Vol. 5. He’s always believed that his life doesn’t matter as much as his teammates. It hurts to see. It’ll get better and than worse my friend :/ I hope to see him realize his self-worth one day
• Our intro to Sun is that he’s chaos incarnate and I love that for him. How did he even make team leader?? I would love to know XD I love this “rapscallion”
• Penny is absolutely adorable I love her so much. Watching Vol. 1 Penny again after seeing her whole arc is pretty wild. You can really see how much she has grown into her own after meeting and becoming friends with Ruby. Also she has always been super perceptive and I love that about her
• Blakes hair when she was younger and more optimistic (baby Blake at the faunus rally) matches her new haircut in Vol. 7 once she has regained some of her optimism <3 idk if this was intentional, but what a great call back
• Trans-coded Penny immediately thinks Ruby saying that Blake “isn’t who they thought she was” means that Blake is a man xD amazing
• These early dynamics are so fun (only gonna talk about partners and teams cause otherwise it’d take me waaaay too long):
• Whiterose: a goddamn mess from the beginning lmao but it’s fun to watch Weiss and Ruby having each other’s backs as the Vol goes on even with little things like combat skirts. Like that’s such a little moment but it’s so cute. Weiss would never have high fived Ruby or anyone probably before getting to know her and now she holds out her hand for it. Expecting it
• Bumbleby: there’s always been this little understanding between them I feel like. And you can see how Blake immediately admires Yang’s strength and how much Yang cares for her younger sister and Yang defends Blake to Weiss even after she runs. They act like a married couple immediately with the way they look at each other and how Blake elbows her like “be polite and give the weird girl your name, honey.” I feel like they both just have so much fun together
• Team RWBY: they’re such a cute little family already even if they’re not quite used to each other yet and have lots of lil misunderstandings. By the end of the volume it’s plain to see how much they are starting to care for each other
• Arkos: immediately adorable. Jaune is just so clueless and Pyrrha humors him and that dynamic is funny but what makes it great is that Jaune admits when he is wrong, apologizes for his actions, and asks for help. Jaune just expects rejection from everyone and Pyrrha gives him nothing but support its very interesting to see play out. Although it really hurts to see how much Pyrrha puts her own feelings on the back burner. And it hurts even more knowing that she never got a chance to learn from that. Miss you Pyrrha, an incredibly kind and talented person throughout her time
• Renora: they’re so cute. Nora is just so flustered by him and Ren is just so endeared by her. They’re also so in sync especially when Nora is telling everyone about her dream and Ren is fixing details. They’ve clearly known each other forever. One day guys one day
• Team JNPR: we don’t get as much time with them as we do with Team RWBY but it’s clear to see they care about each other from the beginning as they’re all worried about Jaune when he’s with Cardin all of a sudden and all offer each other help in their own ways. Plus I find it super cute and very family-like that it seems like they have this tradition of Ren making pancakes and expect that Nora has eaten all the syrup
• Early Weiss is so prickly all the time but truly trying so hard to make that connection with her teammates by the end of the volume. She can’t quite let her walls down and just be nice but she really does care, even if it comes out in weird ways. These are the only people who have shown her any kind of care since Winter left probably and she’s had all her notions about faunus thrown into question by Blake. Her arc is just so fun to watch. For as much of a know-it-all as she pretends to be she really does try to question her preconceived notions and change them accordingly. Even if it does take her a bit to do it lol. It makes sense, coming from an abusive household it’s hard to change how you think about things. (Plus she’s just a naturally stubborn person xD) But it’s super cool to see that she is eventually pretty open to change once she’s away from that abuse. Kind of like how we see Whitley almost immediately change once Jacques is no longer around!

Percy&Vex , Caleb&Jester + Parallels 9.0

• Being the Calvary Captain for the Knights of Favonius, it’s rare for Kaeya to be there when you woke up. Most mornings, he’d gently wake you to say good morning and give a sleepy kiss before heading off to work.
• However, on those rare days when he can sleep in, he’ll still be awake before you. He won’t get out of bed, though. He’ll continue resting his eyes while holding you close, basking in the warmth of both the bed and your body. He takes this time to nurture his soul, which has felt the pain of abandonment time and time again.
• Will 100% find a way to tease you when you woke up, but is more forgiving on these lazy mornings. Good luck getting out of bed; Kaeya’s not releasing his hold on you until he’s had his fill.