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I’ve seen takes that are like “do we need to label every platonic boy and girl relationship as being like siblings, can’t they just be friends?” And these takes are correct, we do need more of these relationship to be defined as friendship. BUT Luz and Hunter are the pinnacle of a sibling dynamic, I could not describe them in any other way.

The last time they saw each other, they parted ways on very tense terms, Hunter threatening her with a staff and Luz sadly admitting that he wasn’t her friend but just a servant of Belos. And then immediately afterwards he defended her from Kiki, a distraction she used to escape with the palismen. They never addressed their last interaction ever again.

In Eclipse Lake, Hunter is dealing with the failure of his last mission. He could have resented Luz for being the reason he failed, but he doesn’t. He only blamed himself. The extent of Hunter’s anger towards Luz in that episode seems to be that she’s been going around calling him a “bad but sad boy” which embarrasses him. And in turn, Luz’s description of Hunter to Eda seems to be of a similar opinion. Nothing she says about him comes across as resentment. But she’s clearly poking fun at him, just a little.

And then the next time they interact, it’s Luz annoying him with emoji-filled texts, as though they’re buddies. And he’s pissed about it and yet he doesn’t ignore it or block her. (Idk if he knows how to block people but him replying with “LEAVE ME ALONE” is so very big brother-ish of him.)

And then when Luz saw him in town and needed to talk with him, her first instinct was to TACKLE HIM TO THE FUCKING GROUND (self explanatory) and then he’s all in a huff and it’s like he was about to win at Mario kart and Luz deliberately fucked it up for him. And THEN he tears off his mask because it’s just Luz and he really doesn’t give a shit about upholding his persona for her. Luz doesn’t need to know that she has angered the Golden Guard but Luz DOES need to know that Hunter thinks she’s an asshole.

And then they’re in the mindscape and Hunter manages to stay pissed off at her for like less than a minute before he gets bored of being mad so they just start chatting casually about how mindscapes work and he sees something cool and he’s like “HOLY FUCK LUZ LOOK AT THIS” because that’s just how they operate.

The way Luz smirks at him when he’s being cutesy with Flapjack, the way Hunter smugly nudges her when he thinks she’s been proven wrong. The way these two kids have legitimate reasons to despise each other but they just don’t. Neither hold serious grudges as they’d rather just bicker about petty shit and then buddy it up two seconds later. It’s like.

They’re best friends. They both think the other is the most annoying person on the planet. They would do anything to protect each other. They would break into a fist fight if given the option.

What the fuck could I possibly call them but siblings??

Here's a sketch i made quite a while back for the concept of the Oz Squad coming back to life and all having distinct personalities

I'm not entirely sure about my characterisation now because i don't think i was taking that entirely seriously while making this (as evidenced by all the jokes) but it's worth posting

Maybe I'll make more defined sketches for the idea

Everyone’s got one huh

I know Ozpin is intended as this sort-of morally grey Dumbledore; but he's missing Dumbledore's main flaw of voluntarily withdrawing from the fight in favor of letting a chosen one kind deal with a mad man alone because "destiny"

It's just wild to me, constantly, to see how much Ozpin's decisions are warped in some people's mind. He never asked the kids to go toe-to-toe with Salem herself; he gave people the training needed to fight against Grimm : creatures who always existed even outside of Salem's control and WILL attack people regardless of what he does. He told them about Salem because they were attacked by her hunchmen and they needed to know, that wasn't a subtext for "now go fight Salem herself." That wasn't the terms of their training; which is why is lying isn't actually as evil as some people make it out to be.

Is Ozpin flawed ? Yes. Does he always take the best decisions ? Not really. Was the lying one of his flaws ? Yes. The root of it was human and he had good intentions (on top of his trauma & trust issues let's be honest) but it was still fundamentally flawed in several aspects. Was it evil... Not really ?

I know Ozpin is meant as this morally grey character, who's sketchy and manipulative if still well-meaning; but honestly with what we were given I'd call him a very pale grey at most, so it's even more mind-boggling for me to see people calling him pure evil.

...Or say that he would have no problem taking over Oscar's body completely.

I have recently learned that during Volume 6 (and possibly 7) parts of the RWBY FNDM believed that when Oscar was missing Ozpin came back and now was now controlling Oscar’s body pretending to be him.

And think this is a reflection of the FNDM’s belief that Ozpin is evil, because that’s pretty fucking evil; and not something Ozpin would do

So LGBTQ+ is now completely illegal in Russia. I wonder if anyone going to talk about that. I'm so tired

Honestly I'm not sure where I could even put present-day Salem in that chart xD Lost-fable Salem could somewhat fit under the "having a hard time" but nowadays ? Nah x) She isn't getting better anytime soon, and she's only doing her best in the sense that "her best" is putting all of our heroes in a early grave blblbl

But I don't think Salem is controversial anyway, I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that she's doing Not-Very-Good-Things for Not-Very-Altruistic reasons rn, she just looks damn good while doing it 👀

Your fav is controversial : the RWBY edition

Need some handy catchphrases to defend your love for your "imperfect and sometimes f*cked up but ultimately human" fav ? Here are some at the ready !

It's the way King was so desperate to be of help to them, that he wanted to do something, anything, because he knows him being a Titan is such a big advantageous thing

What do they need? Do they need his blood? He would give his blood. Because he knows how powerful his blood is.

If him being Titan means he can help his mom and sister, he'll offer himself to help with anything. He can help.

He can protect, too. So he would.

gentle reminder that this kid is 8 years old

Emerald! In! Emercury!

@sadiemacoy wanted to see a video, so I did my best lol

Darius & Eber friendship FUCK

Look at his face I mdfjshsjghgf

RWBY Relationships Tag Game

Okay, this has probably already been done but A tagging game for fun while waiting for V9, and to celebrate all our different tastes in characters & relationships !

For each character in RWBY : share your favorite platonic and/or romantic relationships for that character !

Doesn't have to be canon at all : if you love Yang & Emerald go for it, if you love Freezerburn go for it ! And if it's canon that great as well : if you love Emerald City go for it, if you love Bumbleby go for it ! No judgment from my side whatsoever, just share whatever relationship catch your eye & tickles your interest.

You don't have to do every character, but don't hesitate to do a good amount if you're in the mood ! Just skip characters you aren't interested in, but otherwise background characters are just as welcome as main teams.

I'll start with a reblog, and tag some people at the end. If you don't wanna play, no pressure ! I'm not close to many people so I'll just tag some people I think are cool, sorry if it seems like it's coming out of nowhere :') Just ignore my tag if you don't wanna join in !