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One thing that always feels so funny for me when it comes to the Rosebird Parents Theory isn’t when people simply disagree with the theory, but rather people apparently seeing the prospect of a ‘Raven is Ruby’s real father’ reveal to be this totally unthinkable thing and how could anyone ever think this could happen?!

Because once you get past the whole ‘two ladies making a baby’ hurtle, Raven being Ruby’s dad really fits into so many well-known fantasy/sci-fi tropes. Many of which RWBY notably has not done yet, or have already been tied to Raven herself.

I mean, the mysterious villainous and/or anti-heroic loner with ties to the family pulling an ‘I am your Father’ reveal on the protagonist? That’s a fucking CLASSIC. Hell, let’s consider a few things about Raven:

Big, intimidating helmet.

Clear Samurai inspiration.

Wields a katana-like sword that technically has an energy blade (dust=energy) which is generally RED-colored.

Possesses mysterious and terrible over-worldly powers.

Has a mysterious past tied to our protagonist’(s) family.

Was probably in love with our protagonist’s (apparently) dead mother.

Yeah I’d say Raven makes for a pretty good Darth Vader-expy.*

Beyond that specific case, we’ve already seen the story connect Raven to a BUNCH of ‘mysterious and angsty deadbeat dad who left their kid for unclear reasons’ tropes when it comes to Yang. Why not have those apply to Ruby as well? People have been clamoring for years about wanting to see Summer’s narrative dynamic with Yang explored as much as the one she has with Ruby, so why not have the reverse be true with Raven and Ruby as well?

After all, it seems that the story has now given Ruby a reason to seek Raven for answers just as Yang once did.

And as I’ve noted in previous Rosebird Parents posts, No I don’t believe Raven also being Ruby’s deadbeat dad would be somehow ‘redundant’. Particularly because the context is completely different: Yang has known that Raven is her birth-mother for most of her life, whereas Ruby would only just now be finding out that Raven is her birth-father. Far from being redundant, this would allow the story to explore two very different responses of kids to an absent parent: One who has had to live with the knowledge of that absent parent for years, and one who hasn’t and has to deal with this NEW information suddenly getting dropped on her.

Plus, as I alluded to earlier, it’s rather notable that RWBY hasn’t done some big ‘dramatic parent reveal’, given how much of a staple it is to the genre. And given how reimagining, twisting and flipping classic and well-worn fairytale/folklore/fantasy tropes (often via playing with gender-roles) is basically RWBY’s bread and butter at this point, I’d say giving the series heroine an ‘I am your father’ reveal from a woman would fit PERFECTLY in this series.

And if you’re going to ask ‘but how do two ladies make baby?!?’,

Raven can be intersex. Boom. Done.

Alternatively, magic.

As an aside, yes Summer being trans is a perfectly viable alternative. I just think logistically speaking, Raven being intersex and being Ruby’s ‘father’ makes a dramatic reveal a bit more streamlined. Also, the idea of Raven managing to be BOTH a deadbeat mom AND a deadbeat dad is just too funny XD

*Of course, this comparison gets even more fun when we consider Summer having her own Vader-parallels, ie; Summer almost certainly being taken by Salem and given what we can probably assume to be a Vader-esque makeover via grimm-hybridization in setup for a big reveal. So when we combine this with Raven, I think we can view what happened on their last mission as ‘What if Padme/Obi-wan got turned into Vader INSTEAD of Anakin?’ Like Raven in the present is basically Anakin doing Obi-wan’s traumatized hermit shtick, except all angry and edgy because it’s still Anakin.

Okay so I have a thought/headcanon about Spy X Family.

Anya always does a little hand pat on people when she notices they're upset as a comfort. Which is super cute.

But what's even cuter is, I think she got is from Loid.

In the first episode, when he officially decides to keep her after rescuing her from the thugs, he acknowledges it by putting his hand on her head:

And then in episode 2, when Anya gets worried that Loid having her is preventing him from finding a wife, he again reaches out and rubs her head while assuring her it's not her fault:

He also pats her head in the episode after she gets accepted into Eden and she tells him she's going to do her best.

I think there's some others but I don't feel like trying to find them 😅

Anyway, I think Anya pats people to comfort them because she felt loved when Loid did it to her. I would guess she's never really been given physical affection before, and so Loid doing that made an impact on her, and that's why she does it to others.

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need v10 for many reasons but most of all to get this scene

Happy anniversary ❤️❤️❤️

FE3H: Gaydelgard von Thirstvelg 50

Some other bangers;

there's also "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" which conservatives are oh so fond of saying

bootstraps are, well, straps on your boots. you cannot physically pull yourself up by them, and that's what the original phrase meant. "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps" is meant to be an impossible task

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness."

The second part really matters.

Some more:

Writers were too weak to make them happen but I am not

I understand people might think about #RWBY first as passionate viewers over the years, but please think about these people who lost not only their jobs but their studio, the place where they work with friends for years. Everyone was crying at the RT live. Think about that first

the way is not always perfect there are many difficulties but we're going to keep moving forward

this is not the end, there is still hope, rwby will find a new home and crwby will continue the story 🤍

+ not gif version

Alright. Gonna start with some advice. Maybe not good advice either, but advice nonetheless.

If there's any RT merch you've ever thought you might've wanted, get it. Get it now. Figures? Shirts? Hats? Pins? Get it. Don't wait for the liquidation sale, I was on the RT store @ 2pm yesterday and bought some shit that was sold out by 5pm. Raid the RT store, raid Amazon, raid HotTopic, raid fuckin WalMart. You will NEVER get the chance to buy this merch again, and what's in circulation NOW is likely what will forever be in circulation- and it'll only get more expensive next year when RT's dissolved. Buy it, buy it, buy it. Because you don't wanna regret never having got it later.

Content! If there's a song, Achievement Hunter episode, series, etc that's ever made you laugh, download it. Download the RageQuit Impossible Game series. Download the entire RvB series. Download RWBY. Download the entire Achievement Hunter Minecraft Let's Play series. Download Falling Towards the Sky. WB has a long history burying content that it owns and making sure people can never find it again. In 20 years, you don't wanna go looking across YouTube just to find out that "SWISS FUCKING CHEESE!" or "I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL!" has been deleted. To find out BMBLB or Boop has been scrubbed off Spotify. Download if, keep it in a hard drive somewhere, and maybe in 2051 you can still sit down with a friend and watch every episode of XRay and Vav without worrying about which website is still hosting it.

Keep the community. I've met some of my best and oldest friends through RT. Don't let those ties break. Find something else to get into, but maintain those friendships.

This sucks, but we can make it suck a little less with friends!

I grabbed all the Yang Merch I could yesterday. I'm going to try and find any Blake or Raven merch that's left today.

I can't… I can't do this. I'm still having a breakdown. All I can do is put on a brave face and keep moving.

It's hard to remain optimistic.

Tumblr's reply to the situation with CEO's transphobia is pathetic and you should not be thanking them for doing the bare minimum of saying he's not speaking for them. They fucking thanked that bitch.

The affected trans women are still banned.

A transphobic manchild offered no proper apology. Or stopped. He is also still in his position.

Tumblr is still factually transphobic. Keep pushing.

Yet another deleted blog, fantastic

They know what they’re doing. They know exactly what they’re doing when they see their users speaking out and nuke them. There is no error or compromise here, this is active malice on staff’s part and they will continue to treat black and trans bloggers like dirt if you just let them.

To anyone who still had any doubt: here you go. Nothing has changed and tumblr staff is still censoring any criticisms, still hasn’t reversed any of the ridiculous bans, still hasn’t added any kind of new tools for dealing with harassment.

Staff lied about almost every promise on their “apology” post. Nothing has changed and at this point I don’t think anything will change unless we keep making a fuss about it.

Don’t ever stop talking about this. Blow it up every fucking time it happens.