Just had a fridge logic moment and now I feel stupid for not connecting this information sooner.
I've mostly been thinking of Salem's attack on Vale in terms of how it discredits Ironwood, but holy shit does it also elevate Ruby.
See when the animatic was first released some fans where...
Man I have got to get around to making proper scans of my copy of Remnant Promenade. I just realized that the world map at the back of the book actually names locations on the world.
For example that island in the center of Lake Matsu on Anima? That's called Serpent's Cove.
The fleck of...
Eeeee! I finally received a shipping notice from Limited Run Games! 🥳
My copies of RWBY: Arrowfell are finally on their way! It's been a long wait but I guess that's the price you pay for ordering the Collectors Edition. 😆
I'm sad that the shutdown scuttled most of the Beyond videos but if the new ownership thing really does go through then I hope they keep the concept for volume 10 and future seasons. Maybe add the Beyonds as little shorts at the end of each episode.
Man the Boba episode was perfect. Really got to bring up some of the emotional beats that it felt like V9 was forced to skim over due to the budget cuts.
Gosh I love the Vacuo designs so much. I'm really happy Beyond and the concept art gave us a chance to actually see the place. I didn't quite FEEL it when reading the books you know? Those were pretty sparse in descriptions and basic in prose anyway, so Vacuo felt sparse and basic too.
But...
New episode.
https://roosterteeth.com/watch/rwby-rwby-beyond-a-knight-s-journal
The last one was barely an appetizers but this one had some real meat on it. 😃
Oh yeah he looks real good. He's only got 1 on-screen appearance and already he's looking set to win the Number1 Hottest Male Character competition. :LOL:
Theodore looks a lot less buff than I'd imagined him. Not that he's not buff, but I imagined him to be more of an Absolute Unit. Maybe not on the level of Hazel but maybe somewhere between Hazel and Professor Ozpin.