RWBY Ice Queendom Episode 5 Reaction
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Great points on loneliness! And also, yay bunk beds 😁
Bethany and Ken
2025-06-02 15:56:17 +0000 UTCLove the interpretation of the half ear, half bow situation happening because Blake is divided about her own identity!
Bethany and Ken
2025-06-02 15:48:00 +0000 UTCI've always liked the inclusion of Weiss' song in this because I honestly felt that that song gave one of the best looks into Weiss' character. I think if you guys were to relisten to the soundtracks they might hit differently knowing what you know now about the characters. The shadow people are a fun little callback to the first volume of RWBY and how they didn't have the time/budget to animate everyone in the background so they just made them into silhouettes. It really works for the nightmare realm too because these aren't real people, just people inhabiting the nightmare town in Weiss' mind so they don't need to have the same details as an actual person because they are just extras. Those that actually mean something to her, for better or worse, have detailing and focus. For me I always thought of Blake's half bow situation is because Blake herself is divided about her identity and is still hiding the fact that she is a Faunus while at Beacon. Weiss knows both sides of Blake and has kept the secret to herself so the fact that Blake lives in too worlds, human and Faunus, would undoubtedly stick with Weiss because the only other Faunus she has run into are not hiding it (such as Sun and Velvet).
Lady RedShee
2025-05-31 22:35:36 +0000 UTCPoor Weiss, so many cheap shots (“Negative Weiss? We’d need a positive Weiss!”) lol Blake might have the most realistic understanding of Weiss’ subconscious, based on her comments so far; she has been facing prejudice her whole life and probably has a more complex understanding of how hard it can be to overcome and thus more grounded in the time needed to change, compared to those not tempered with that experience. But I guess we will see. Interesting how Pyrrha is selected to sing Weiss’ song, as if the one most worthy to embody her heart. I wonder too if there are ramifications, that Pyrrha looks like she is promoted as the ‘real leader’ of that team while Jaune is relegated to background, just as Weiss feels like she should be leader with Ruby in the background. I like Bethany’s term “fangirl’ed” but then explained further as it also maybe being kinship of sorts. I always felt that Pyrrha was as lonely as Weiss, since she was the “girl on the pedestal” who everyone thought was above them, so no one except Jaune ever approached her -- in RWBY S2 she can’t even get a date to the dance. As Bethany said, like recognizes like. “Everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or form of measure. And all of it… irreplaceable,” is how the White trailer begins, and Weiss even talks about loneliness when sharing with Yang in S5 about how the latter’s anger at Blake for fleeing might not be fair, as everyone has their own version of loneliness that we wouldn’t necessarily recognize immediately, and Yang should perhaps give her a second chance… She likely sees it in Pyrrha too. It will be interesting to see if they follow up on the Weiss – Pyrrha – Jaune triangle as described… I thought about both what Ken said (about Jaune being willing to sacrifice for others) but also what Bethany recognized about Jaune’s early fixation on Weiss to Pyrrha’s exclusion. I like your comments on how presentation reveals some of Weiss’ feelings about her teammates. Weiss actually does like the bunk beds, for realz?! PROGRESS!
Jennywocky
2025-05-31 18:53:44 +0000 UTC
