Ever since Ironwood broke it's believed that his semblance Mettle basically took over. It basically makes him able to do everything he thinks is best, and any doubts get discarded, and that combined with his huge fear of Salem is not a good combo. Another thing to think about is when your aura runs out, your semblance stops working. Clover's aura got destroyed, Qrow's was still active, meaning Qrow's semblance kicked in immediately. Clover ran out of luck.
not only neo is stupidly strong she is by far one of the most charismatic and the most expressive character on the show without muttering a word. a true legend.
Well... It depends what you mean by strong... She's very skilled, but not necessarily very powerful... She's certainly someone you'd want on your team though.
@@KitsyX Thank you, I get that people think she's some unbeatable goddess or something, but her only feats so far were beating up a girl who hadn't even graduated and a team that isn't exactly the best at fighting.
@@KitsyX She's stronger than people give her credit for though. I mean, the strength feats in her first fight with Yang are actually pretty ridiculous.
@@randumo24 Ninety percent of the fandom seem to think she's an unbeatable god, so no I definitely do not think she's "stronger than people give her credit for." She's exactly the opposite of that. She's powerful - enough that M&K have mentioned that Roman, who was probably on part with a first-or-second-year student, was holding her back, which probably puts her somewhere between there and just shy of a veteran Huntsman.
Neo is transforming into Ruby to signify that she wants to kill her. She's not disguising as Ruby to trick people. It's a very common misconception that every RWBY reactor has~
28:10 Maria taught Ruby to use a memory attached to the desire to preserve life to help call upon her silver eyes. Salem has tainted that memory with the insinuation that she knew her mother (and possibly is responsible for her disappearance).
Something on the more subtle side that impressed me is the camera work during Ironwood's speech when Robyn was holding his hand. In order to make the bluff work to trick Watts into going to Amity, the camera zoomed in to only show Ironwood's face and conceal the hands at the exact moment he said that the tower was complete, you can specifically see it on the street screen around the 4:31 mark
CRWBY have said they didn't give v7 a stinger because they counted 7 and 8 as one volume. Plus you can't top Salem's grand arrival. The Big Bad does not simply arrive on an airship or boat, she starts an invasion with style.
I think my favorite moment of this volume is Ozpin's monologue here at the end about fear because he's just spitting so many facts and I have listened to that part so many times.
One thing I'm happy about is that we got to actually see Ruby's trauma (the loss of her mother at such a young age) surfacing here. It gives me real hope for future character development for her. RIP Clover, but he kinda dug his own grave, going after Qrow instead of Tyrian. It highlights one of the biggest weaknesses of strict hierarchical systems, imo. Because only the guy at the very top is making the big ass hard decisions, his underlings only following orders sometimes suck at making decisions in the heat of the moment. It was clear to Qrow, that Tyrian was the bigger threat. After all, Clover and Qrow only wanted to knock out the other one, while Tyrian was going for the kill. Clover completely fucked up his threat assessment here and it got him killed. :/
We've done it, we're one volume away from being completely caught up with RWBY! Before anything else, I just wanna say that this was absolutely insane. Not just the last four chapters, but this whole video. 24 HOURS OF EDITING?! You are a real trooper, gh0xt!! The edits and everything were all fantastic, big props to you dude!! Definitely well worth the wait!!! Now, onto the show... This is why Volume 7 is a fan favorite bro. I mean, do I even need to explain? Not really, this vid says it all. The Watts vs Ironwood fight is most definitely one of the best fights in all of RWBY, without a doubt! Also, THE MUSIC?!?! Caleb Hyles always delivers, this song is going to blow your mind when the livestream happens, it's sooo good! The 3v1 with Tyrian up against Qrow, Clover AND Robyn, you would think he would retreat, right? Nah fam, this absolute mad lad went for it and he stood his ground! Sure, he lost but man he put up a good fight! Then, of course, Salem talking with RWBY and company... Summer is the most mysterious character in this show, like really, we NEED more info!! When Salem brought her up, then showing her at her grave with dark clouds with that "nails on a chalkboard" gave me literal chills when I first saw that scene, absolutely terrifying if you ask me! RWBY vs the Ace Ops was so cool, one of my personal favorites!! Again, I gotta mention the music!! Not sure if you noticed while editing this vid, but this song has FOUR DIFFERENT SINGERS!!! Casey Lee Williams (of course lol), Adrienne Cowan (who was the second singer in Nevermore from the Volume 6 OST), Dawn M. Bennett (who is the voice actress for Elm) and Erin Reilly!! Clover Ebi... I really don't know what to say, I think what you said was all that was needed to be said, just man... When I first watched "that", I literally stared at my screen for minutes with tears, just in complete silence. It really broke my heart, it hurt bro. Penny is the winter maiden, I can't believe that was a sentence I just typed. I reacted the same way you did, jumped out of my chair and everything!! It was insanely cool to see her eye flames become green instead of blue like how the original winter maiden did, such a cool detail! I would've talked about some more stuff, but man I already typed too much stuff, like WAY too much lmao. Anyways, what an incredible video and I just it's only going to get better from here on out!!m Keep up with the amazing as always and I'll see you next time at the OST livestream!!!
FYI, you should probably add something at the beginning of your comment to indicate that it has spoilers. Some people watching this may not be caught up.
Thank you so much for this comment! It made my day and made the process of editing this for 24 hours oh so worth it! Volume seven is definitely a volume I won’t forget and the soundtrack already has me sweating with excitement! We’re so close to being caught up and I’m extremely nervous about it
Episode 10: I love the long take this episode opens with because V3x10 also had a long take through the battle and comparing the two is insane. Crwby has come so far. Episode 11: While the Ironwood and Watts fight is a definite highlight of this episode (and used the gravity biome which they had wanted to use back in V3 but either didn’t have the time or the animation skill), my favorite segment is the scene in Ironwood’s office. The tension in that scene is palpable and it’s amazing how quickly the tides turn. All it took was one little glass chess piece and Ironwood’s paranoia kicked in full throttle. I love the juxtaposition of the two scenes of Summer we've had so far. In V6 the sun is shining and the music is hopeful, the camera moves toward Summer as she turns toward Ruby and she’s smiling. Ruby’s envisioning her as a light, a beacon of comfort. Here, the sky is grey and overcast, the music is this eerie screech, Summer is turning from Ruby as the camera moves away from her. She’s no longer that bright light. She’s just a painful memory, a reminder that she’s really gone. Episode 12: The RWBY vs Ace Ops fight is hype as hell. Absolutely adore the choreo for this one. And War kicking in? Ugh. Masterpiece. I also just really adore the conversations we get with Winter and Penny. Winter is trying so hard to shove her emotions down while Penny is not ashamed to show hers. I love Cinder’s comment about finding “both of Ironwood’s puppets.” Episode 13: This is honestly Jessica Nigri’s best performance as Cinder up to this point. I remember really taking note of it the first time I watched. I also remember people quickly going from worry to “oh damn she hot tho” when Winter’s hair came out of its bun. The immediate shift for the reactors I saw was hilarious. Salem really heard her ex was in Atlas and decided to put on a bomb new outfit for the occasion. What a petty Queen.
She pulled out the Freakum dress!!! 🤣 Winter‘s hair coming down I didn’t notice but I guess I was too immersed to feel any sort of “she kind of bad though“ 🤣
God, Ironwood is one of my favorite characters in terms of writing on RWBY. He is genuinely tragic. You hate him and you know he’s doing absolutely the wrong thing, but you KNOW he was capable of doing good, of doing the right thing. It’s a painful downfall to watch, but it’s done so, so well. This is MY opinion. If you disagree go make your own comment, I don’t care if you do that.
Dunno if this is a hot take or not, I usually don't get too wrapped up in the rest of the community, but I 100% agree as far as Volume 7 goes. I think V8 went too hard too fast, but Ironwood's character imo was the best part about V7 and was a huge factor in what made it my personal favorite volume.
@@JamMasterJesus I dont think it went too hard too fast. I absolutely love this volume so much, its just soo cool. (Though I really dont like Clover’s choices… blind loyalty…)
Not sure if anyone covered this, but I'll state the fun fact anyway because its one of my favorite things in the writing of Vol 7 :) Each Ace Op is obviously based off of aesop's fables. Clover is the fisherman, Marrow is the story of the dog and his reflection in the water, Harriet is the tortoise and the hare, and Elm & Vine are the story of the Elm and the Vine if memory serves. What's even MORE amazing though, is how each of them loses in their fights against team rwby. They all lost the same way that their counter part fables involved loss/the lessons learned. Clover, much like the story of the fisherman, couldn't be satisfied with just one. One opponent, one arrest etc. Instead he tried taking all of them all and lost in the end. Marrow, much like the dog in "the story of the dog and his reflection", let greed overcome and lead to foolish actions in the fight. Marrow attempted to use his semblance on both Weiss and her Knight, and it lead to his loss. Could also be viewed as he attempted to simply arrest her instead of giving it all, due to his desire to subdue and not aim for lethal or harsh fighting. Harriet, much like the hare from tortoise and the hare, let cockiness and competitive drive control her fighting choices. Harriet in theory would be a better match to fight anyone else in rwby BUT RUBY, but due to the desire to be better than her from day 1 of meeting her, tunnel vision chose to go after her, leading to her loss in the long run. Elm & Vine, much like in the story of the Elm and the Vine, failed to realize they needed to support each other in their fight to win. Elm and Vine's semblance and fighting styles work well together, similar to Yang and Blake. HOWEVER, Yang and Blake worked together during the fight, where as Elm and Vine argued more than anything, leading to their loss. I simply admired this writing so much when I discovered it, hats off to the authors and team. ALSO SMALL FUN FACT. When Ironwood is talking to Oscar, he has a glimmer of light in his eyes art style wise like every other good character or most characters in rwby. But when he makes the decision to shoot Oscar, just before he does, his glimmer isnt there, representing "the light that shines in us all" is fading from his possibly.
I know people already mentioned why Watts was counting during the fight, but I hadn't seen anyone else mention, when Ironwood was lying around Amity being done, the camera was cut away from his and Robyn's hands. Very very sneaky :)
That was a RIDE. I'm glad the chair survived Volume 7. Hopefully between Volume 8, soundtracks, Ice Queendom, and what's left of chibi, you can stretch these reactions all the way to Volume 9 and be completely caught up to the current show.
Ironwood's biggest flaw isn't his fear. It's his denial of his fear. Winter understands that you have to at least recognize and accept the emotions you aren't proud of, but Ironwood can't even get that far. It thinks it makes him strong, but it doesn't, it only causes him to spiral and fuck up further. Ruby and Co. withholding information from him wasn't great (but understandable given their position), but he has no business bringing it up at this very critical juncture. It's his inherent trust issues doing the decision-making for him. Ironwood's plan is the most defeatist plan possible, and there's no guarantee it would even work either.
It most certainly would have failed. Unless I'm missing something integral, it seemed like his plan was to raise Atlas into the atmosphere indefinitely, trusting that the atmospheric systems in place would keep them alive and well. The problem with that, is that those systems need Dust, which is a finite resource that they mine out of the earth. Once their supply of Dust ran out, they would have absolutely nothing keeping them alive, as they couldn't access the mines, not to mention any of the other raw materials and resources required to maintain those systems. Ironwood's plan was downright idiotic
@@stomyn Plus, there's an even simpler problem : Dust does not work in space. So at the exact moment Atlas starts going into the atmosphere, all Dust systems shut down completely... And then, everyone will either starve or freeze to death within days. Clearly a great plan like no one else could have ever thought about !
@@adnihilisadnihilis3980 i don't think they were quite going to make it to space. I think they were going to get just against the threshold, since that was also the original plan for Amity. It wouldn't have been enough to save them, but it still would jave worked for a minute
@@stomyn Yeah, it would have worked for a minute, I agree ! But the thing is : if they are too low, Grimms can still fly up there. Ofc, Ironwood does not know of the flying Imps right now, but soon enough, they would have been discovered, so Ironwood would have try to... "outfly" the Grimms. And well... That would not have ended well x) So whatever the way we look at this "plan", it had way too many reasons to fail and absolutely no one to succeed
Exactly, and Salem wouldn't just let them fly off and leave them alone she would still be after the relics and who knows if they can go far enough to avoid the Grimm since Salem can create Grimm out of nothing and her experiments seem to be getting more powerful. Ironwood mentions supplies would be safe but supplies run out and break down and I don't think Salem would let him land for a bit and restock, she'd probably have a hoard of Grimm waiting for them. Not to mention this decision to leave Mantle to die would irreparably destroy Atlas diplomatically. The other kingdoms are already wary of Atlas after the fall of Beacon imagine when they learn Ironwood left untold numbers to die to save himself, I doubt any kingdom would want to lend him a hand if they knew the second the going gets tough Atlas would abandon them too,I feel like so many people act like Ironwood sacrificing Mantle is some big moral trolley problem but he's always ready to throw Mantle away if it benefits him, and forget reuniting the world and making humanity whole because there will always be a floating reminder that mankind is not united and will turn on each other in hard times.
Congratulations on finishing up Volume 7! Volumes 6, 7 and 8 are definitely my favorites. Hard to pick between them, as there are just so many great moments in each one, haha. Crazy to think you've only got one Volume left man... It's been a really fun journey! Amazing video as always though, you kill it every time with your energy!
Oh boy, that was fun wasn't it? What an absolute rollercoaster. I loved the editing in this video, your editing is brilliant already but this is good even for your standards. It's probably about time to tell you about Ironwood's semblance in case no one else has, it's called Mettle and it let's him hyperfocus and helps him carry through tough tasks or decisions (like pulling his arm out of the hardlight barrier) but combined with his paranoia it can cause problems, y'know obviously. Also in his fight in amity, Watts was counting down his bullets, he was out of ammo by the end of the fight. Can't wait for Volume 7 OST and Volume 8, can't believe you're already almost caught up. It didn't seem that long ago that you first reacted to Divide, wow, time flies.
Okay I can say the thing!!! There are quite a few volume 2 references in this volume, especially the soundtrack! And that pretty much says all that needs to be said about next volume. Good luck, expecting the worst makes it easier though. It is BRUTAL
Spectacular reaction & top notch editing. I can't imagine the effort that goes into all the editing you do, but it is appreciated. I always look forward to your reactions.
Just wanna say that I've binged your entire RWBY Playlist this past month lol. Have loved your reactions and I can't wait to see more soon with Volume 8 hopefully!
"The single quality that is common across every living creature on this planet... is fear. It's funny then, that as common as fear is... we so easily underestimate its power. Fear of growing close to someone, a subsequent fear of loss, fear of failure. And as more people depend on you, those fears can take on greater power. But fear itself isn't worthy of concern, it is who we become while in its clutches. Will you be proud of that person? Will you forgive them? Will you understand why they felt the need to do the things they did? Will you even recognize them? Or will the person staring back at you be the very thing you should have feared from the start? I suppose we all find out... sooner or later." This is my absolute favorite monologue in this show.
I was nearly feeling the exact same as you watching this the first time. I just got done watching Volume 6 and moved right onto 7 and I became the most immersed I have have been. When I watch reviews on this volume, people have a lot of gripes about all the politics, but to me, that stuff just makes the show more real. No doubt this my favorite volume.
That’s what I’m saying!!! The more immersed, emotional, etc it makes me… The more I appreciate the show overall because wow… Not many shows can do that
I'd like to thank you for recognizing that Clover was the one making things complicated during that three way fight, I can't tell you how many times I've argued with people over the actual context of the episode.
In team rwby vs asop, I always love how the music kick up with vine defeat. It such a change in the flow of the fight, that ripples through everyone, and the music for us
@@thunder_wolf23 they trained for 1 month with the ace ops and become the strongest huntsmen team in the world? A bunch of 18 years old kids beating the military strongest Kingdom's huntsmen team?
Gosh there's so much to love about these episodes but some fun villain details are like. Cinder is good at spotting emotional weaknesses in people, but she's also mostly only good at hammering at them, hence why she's so bad at securing Neo's loyalty. Watts being pleased with Ironwood's line because he knows what it say about his character, thus hinting at his downfall. How Tyrian plays on Qrow's grudge like he cares to make him think Tyrian will go for him the moment Clover is out of the picture when he couldn't care less.
Congrats on completely volume 7 and ohhhh myyyy was seeing you FREAK OUT so wonderfully delightful!! XDDD Poor chair, and yes, Ironwood being a stubborn, control freak who thinks he's the hero when he's the one making everything worse is ABSOLUTELY why Glynda ditched Ironwood's ass! Seriously damn was it cathartic seeing you flip like that, but yeah, last few episodes of v7 are a rollercoaster and now to can see why we were all tails wagging and eager yet ominous grins again. Now for talking little moments of nuance~ Don't have too much to say about chapter 10 other than Ironwood REALLY should have brought backup to fight Watts (100% a hero complex move; there were other Ace Ops and the fact he's now down another arm when he's the General who's meant to be keeping a clear head in case something goes wrong says enough about that), and holy hell you can really see the difference between 'calm brained Ironwood' taking Watts into custody and 'PTSD and on all the pain/pain medication brained Ironwood' cornering and shooting poor innocent and harmless 14 to 15 year old Oscar who had been trying to help him all volume, but well, more on that probably in the next comment (no way I'm going to be done with just a single comment when gushing about these chapters XDDD). Episode 11 Gravity is honestly a highlight of the series and is totally worthy of being the fav episode in the series for a huge amount of the fandom (edit: wanna gush about the briliance in the episode title but I'll save that for the OST vid). Like that opening fight between Ironwood and Watts is just..! Not only is the battle choreography and music amazing but the characterisation as well: We get to see Watts both as a brilliant genius and the petty, spiteful egomaniac he is at his core (though does his 'you chose that fat imbecile over me' line sound like jealous, angry ex talk to you too? -best crack hateship- XD), and Ironwood is relentlessly determined in a way that can so easily be seen as heroic if it weren't for how the only reason he has to make those 'sacrifices' is due to his own over reliance on brute strength (like that thinking he's won and thus getting trapped and forced to sacrifice his arm... Followed by that declaration he'll do whatever it takes to stop Salem and Watts, almost sickly delighted, answering back with "Oh I hope you do James, I hope you do". Horrifically perfect foreshadowing). Then there's Ironwood's descent... From Cinder knowing all she has to do to set Ironwood off is leave a single black queen chess piece on his desk to trigger his PTSD (which in turn heavily implies that that 'cosmetic choice' to have the computer virus way back in V2 and 3 use the black queen as a visual display was 100% in universe intentionally and likely planned by Salem's lot specifically to break Ironwood), to how he's clearly so terrified of Salem he's back up against the wall trembling, to finally the way Ironwood very deliberately puts down his gun named 'Due Process' to pick up the Black Queen piece (aka 'Cinder/Salem's piece') himself as he's talking about 'changing accordingly'... Just wow~!
God damn, I haven’t rewatched V7 in a minute, and holy hell I think it’s actually my favorite, which V6 held that for the longest time. V7 has just, a perfect rise and fall with so many characters and relationships, and that this hits so hard tells how good a job it did.
YESS!! Congrats on finishing volume 7! The moment Ironwood shoots Oscar is the part I was most looking forward to seeing your reaction to… I knew the chair would be unable to escape! 😂 Honestly, my reaction, too. I was NOT okay at that moment! Penny is now the winter maiden! Yay! I often wonder why Ironwood never thought to use Penny as the holder of the powers… her body will never age, nor should it be susceptible to death (unless her piece of Pietro’s soul can expire? Not sure). If you thought this volume was intense… you haven’t seen anything yet! Volume 8 is going to blow your mind! Onwards! 🎉
I was waiting for this! I do love when you pack a bunch of episodes into one video, but try not to do it too much, you need to stay well-rested lmao I gotta say, Volume 7's finale has got to be my favorite of the series, next to Volume 3. Everything's pretty well balanced, the fight choreo is fantastic, and the performances! Cinder just absolutely losing it in this finale is hands down some of Jessica Nigri's best work with the character. And RIP Fria, she seemed so sweet 😭
Loving the reactions my boy but let me tell you oh on oh no oh no you are N O T ready for volume 8 that's all im going to say. And R.I.P chair it's officially over next volume
List FINALE EDITION~! 1. First this a nice bit of RWBY content in the midst of all the crap going on. I will always love this show for the ride its given me. Hopefully we can weather the storm. 2. I mentioned that my fav Ironwood moment was last session. It was him just saying "No more secrets, I don't think I could take it..." I love it just because of how sincere he is being here I feel. The entire series we've seen his foundation of support being knocked down till finally we are here on its final legs. Love it. 3. Tyrian being embodiment of chaos is always fun. Gonna miss the VA. 4. I appreciate the little moment for Clover you did. Sad to see him go. 5. Lots of good screams this batch of episodes. Cinder in particular just love them. 6. This volume is definitely still in my top 3 I think. It is a rollercoaster ups and downs and twirly whirly doos. Another fun session I definitely think the break then this was the right call so good job on that. I look forward to next time as we get closer an closer to my last list for your series. Till next time.
31:28 It's at moments like these that I'm glad I'm not too deep into fandom culture. I've heard that people were pretty split about this. Let me just say that I agree with Team RWBY. If you can save lives, you should save lives. Otherwise you leave those who fight for humanity to die in vain. I also agree with the fact that getting Amity up is more important than rising Atlas high into the atmosphere. (Who says Salem won't get there anyway?) And my third reason is because Ironwood isn't thinking clearly. He is *terrified* and *paranoid.* Cinder's glass chess piece has tipped the first domino over and now... now he's spiraling. He's betraying everyone he does not deem trustworthy. I'm not saying his plan is bad. In terms of war, I think it could work, but only if someone with empathy stood at the helm. And I would see it as a last resort. This 'war' hasn't even started yet.
It makes sense that when Ironwood tries connecting the dots, he’s looking for an actual super intricate master plan where there just isn’t one and assumes that the single plan HAS to be super complex to explain all the villains actions, when all along the plan is very, very simple: do random mysterious nonsense to provoke his paranoia, isolating him from everyone but his unquestioning loyalists, then defeat his very predictable self
oh damn, not the 95Windows error pop-up. Classic!!!! Lol, you almost fell out the chair on that Tyrian catching the arrow part. And the 'please stand by' msg had me in tears.
Once again, that was amazing as always. So glad to have been able to watch along from the beginning this time. So glad your chair was able to survive this volume so that we can sacrifice it next volume. lol That realization of what was happening with Penny, that was great. There's so much I want to say, but it keeps leading into spoilers, so I'm just going to stop trying to say anything and leave it here. Once again, amazing reaction. Go get something for your throat and we'll see you tomorrow. 💜
yo I JUST NOW realized something about the Qrow/Clover/Tyrian battle that makes Clover's decisions make a *little* more sense. Tyrian was still recovering from having his aura fully broken in their last fight, while Qrow was still in relatively good condition. As far as Clover was concerned, Qrow was the *much* bigger threat. I never noticed before, but nobody lands a single solid hit on Tyrian that whole fight, just a few odd punches and stuff, but I think if they had they'd have put him down pretty fast. I think that was what Clover was betting on there: he *needed* to take Qrow out first, because in a 1-on-1 with weakened Tyrian, his Good Luck would be way more meaningful.
Neo's probably the best defensive fighter in the world (or at least as much of it as we have seen), and an expert at using their own attacks against them. She's a lot weaker when it comes to the attack, but then she doesn't usually need to attack when she is in a fight, as her enemies are quite willing to come to her, especially in response to one of her silent taunts. And if they don't, well he illusion powers allow her to disengage quite effectively (especially in the face of an unknown assailant).
Your investment and energy are as delightful as ever in this vid. Cute edits with adding extra sounds when Watts took hits, and you did a great job with your edits overall, too. I'm a little jealous of how you don't have to wait any longer than you want before starting volume 8 ;) Yeah, Clover's death hit everyone HARD.
Ok, so this is where a lot of people start to hate Ironwood, but I agree with him. His plan was always to help everyone. From the beginning he was trying to save everyone across the globe by establishing satellite communications, a plan that would fail if Salem's group knew about it, so he kept is secret even from others in positions of authority to minimize the risk. He never intended for it to be secret forever, just until it was safe to tell the truth. When he realized that he had to tell the truth, it was because everyone else gave him no other options in order to continue the amity project. At Jacques dinner party, he was told the truth about Salem, after which he was willing to work with the people that lied to him still, even people who openly attacked his reputation. He compromised and accepted their help. He even put the amity project at risk to save Mantle by luring Watts there (I still dont get why team rwby was mad about that, they knew it wasn't completed). He assigned all of his best troops to saving Mantle and evacuating civilians. It was only when Salem personally showed up in his office, a literal immortal goddess, and said she was personally coming to assault Atlas, that he decided time was no longer on their side. They didn't have time to finish amity, it would take weeks or months worth of work to get it done. They couldnt finish evacuating everyone from Mantle into Atlas, the proximity sensors had been destroyed, so Salem was already on Solitas making her way to Atlas. At that point, it becomes a simple trolly problem. On one rail you have the citizens of Mantle who hadnt been evacuated yet, on the other rail, you have the entire population of Atlas, the Mantle citizens who had already been evacuated onto Atlas, and the rest of the world who still has no idea what they are fighting. If Atlas falls, all knowledge of Salem, and all the work in progress to stop her dies with it. It comes down to 1/2-2/3 of a single city vs an entire city, plus refugees, plus global security. Ironwood made the right call in that moment. He couldn't save everyone, so he chose to save who he could, and the world with it, instead. Team RWBY still wouldn't admit the situation had changed and that the best course of action was no longer available. They had the mindset that "I would rather let everyone die than leave someone behind" and because of this, Ironwood had to detain them, not because they were wrong, but because they were dangerous and wouldn't compromise with the man who had compromised so much for their sake. Then there is Mettle, which is basically a mental illness; its like the opposite of executive dysfunction. In the best of times, he can push through hardship and come out on top, but in times like this, it hardens him against compromises. He makes a decision and nothing can sway him, and when the security of the world is at stake, he can no longer allow kids who didnt even finish high school to force their ideals on him. Even after it all, in the vault, he shows remorse for having to do the necessary evils to save everyone. He says "I wouldnt trust me either" he knows that what hes doing isn't right, but it's necessary given the terrible circumstances. He let his guard down and let RWBY and ALPN have their way all season, which let Salem in. He even points out the morality argument, which wont matter if everyone is dead. Ending with mettle kicking in, his literal mental illness, and him shooting Oscar to ensure he won't try and stop him (which I agree is when he turns full villain, but up until that point, he was making all the right, terribly hard decisions). People hate on Ironwood so much, but it really just comes down to optimistic children with a hero complex vs a trained adult who has led a nation for years and knows the horrors of war having to make bad decisions for a few to ensure the good of the majority. After he shoots Oscar though, oh ya, all bets are off, full villain mode.
Ok second comment of mine. Forgot to ramble about the many many ways Ironwood's quick draw plan to ditch Mantle and 'save' Atlas is stupid and flawed but thankfully comments by others seem to be covering the most relevant parts of it. That said a few details that tend not to get focus in the discussion
Man, what a ride. It’s easy to forget that the last half of v7 is all the same night. These poor folk gotta be tired. Get’cha some tea, bud. You’ve earned it. ❤
This is my favorite volume of my favorite animated series hands DOWN. The way the volume starts with tension, then blossoms into happy bliss, and then immediately gets shut down into despair and defeat as all the bad shit starts happening is my favorite aspect beside the character interactions. I've been watching you since the Divide reaction, and I gotta say your now one of my favorite YTbers because of your passion and your humor. Can't wait for volume 8 you are NOT ready!!! Also waiting for that compilation of you editing yourself in the background, too hilarious. Love you man please keep it up!
00:00 (timestamp just for tradition eh? ^^) wow, 24 hour edit, huge kudos! holy. That's a lot of work! 2:45 Robyn is a good politician, and a good freedom fighter. It takes skill and clarity to do that broadcast. She'd be a great leader if Watts hadn't messed up the election and then blown up their entire society 5:48 same bro 5:55 hold up is that an animation error? It looks like Cinder's blushing this entire scene 8:00 Neo was actually just saying "what about Ruby?", since that's her own goal that Cinder promised to help with. 8:43 Dirty, RT! oof, the song hit me instantly. 9:22 Ruby thinking face, you love to see it. She's so good at bouncing off of her team to concoct plans
Yeah, I highly doubt that Cinder was actually blushing. That was probably just make-up or something. Neo took quite a few hits in her fight with Cinder in Volume 6, and that was when Cinder wasn't even trying properly.
Wait waot wait. Did u put a sound of "blehh" when tyrian gpt hit woth the bolt whole fighting qrow xD?!?! And the stomach punch! And the kick in the face?! Lmao!!!
Can't wait for vol 8. A couple specific moments to be precise. If you know, you know Side note: I knew from the moment I started watching that his chair was in danger
omg, dude. I was waiting for this... reload youtube since I saw other videos. When I saw your upload, I said "finally" but, is it my birthday? You did 10, 11, 12 and 13, in the whole video... OMg,, and edit for 24 hours for us? love ya, man!! thanks to you, I could the feel the same emotion that I felt when I saw it... PD: Poor chair, dude. not the chair
THIS WAS EVERYTHING I WAS HOPING FOR AND MORE, however, i REALLY didnt think the chair would make it out of volume 7.... but i love love love love your reactions, this was the BEST VIDEO EVER
The pure anguish in Qrow’s scream when Clover died still brings me to tears every time. A truly ✨MAGNIFICENT ✨ voice acting performance by Liebrecht (I think I spelled his name right? 😅) Edit: Omg! Ghoxt saw my comment 🤩 hiii
@@gh0xttherebel it took me a while to find your channel (found it through these reactions a week or two ago) but I just wanted to say that you’ve definitely gained a sub for life! I love the edits you do and you, unlike so many RWBY viewers, actually seem to look deeper than the surface when it comes to what’s going on (I’m a reacher too lol). Keep up the amazing work!💜
Lol “you were, then you trained us” SUCH A BAD BUTT WAY TO SAY IT When his aura broke, clover couldn’t use his semblance anymore, meaning he no longer had good luck to save him. Thus Qrow’s last punch is the thing that ultimately killed him Qrow’s scream always sends shivers down my spine The last episode is so hype with so many things happening lol The song called until the end is supposed to foreshadow what happens in the next volume lol
Great reactions! I love the end of volume 7. So many awesome scenes! During the fight between Ironwood and Watts, Watts was counting the number of bullets left in the gun.
Congrats on finishing Volume 7! One Volume away from being caught up! What a crazy set of events, from Ironwood's heel turn, to Penny becoming the Winter Maiden, RWBY vs. Ace Ops, Clover's death, Ironwood shooting Oscar which is actually foreshadowed in the opening with him firing off a shot to the screen, and capping off the Volume with the arrival of Salem on her giant whale Grimm, named Monstra after Monstro from Pinocchio, it's one wild finale. I actually just got done with your soundtrack reaction which was a ton of fun! What's great about the song War is that it has 4 singers, 2 of them being the VAs for Elm and Harriet. It's also been determined that Fear is from Oscar's POV, since it has his motif that played in the first he appeared in in Volume 4. We also hear Ironwood's motif in Hero which has been following him since Vol. 2. There's definitely a double meaning behind the title of Gravity, there's the fight with Watts and Ironwood, which is actually fought on a biome that was originally intended to play into the Volume 3 tournament fights but was cut and reintroduced in Volume 7, you can actually see the biome in the background of one episode of Volume 3, during Penny's fight alongside Ciel Soleil, but it went unused. Then there's the second meaning, which is the gravity of the situation, Salem on her way to Atlus and RWBY fending off the Ace Ops. While on the subject of that scene, the moment when Salem brings up Summer is so chilling, and gives us a very horrifying hint into what happened to her, not to mention how that moment effected sweet little Ruby, those shots of Summer are so twisted when you think of the implications. You really have to wonder, what did Summer go through at the hands of Salem to the point that Salem would remember her specifically out of all the lives she's taken. Ironwood's turn really feels like a inevitability when you look back at how he's operated, from bringing his army with him to Vale and Beacon in the concern that a threat could even be possible of being present, to closing off the borders and recalling all his troops to prioritize defending Atlus above all else, to the Dust Embargo, he's always operated in a reactionary backfooted way controlled by fear. It's no wonder he would eventually go off the deep end when pushed to his limits, and Salem played him like a fiddle to push him to that extreme. In my opinion, Team RWBY was in the right to withhold information from Ironwood given how paranoid he was coming off from the outset, as they really need to know if they could trust him, it just unfortunate that it played a factor into his turn. It's my belief he would have eventually gone down this path no matter what time he was told the truth, he would still be played by Salem to give in to his fear. It's apparent that Mantle was always low on his priority list, whenever he talked about his plan, most of the time, Mantle didn't come into the equation at all, even his plan to make the Amity Communiations Tower took away from supplies that should have gone to Mantle, that hole in Mantle's outer wall is emblematic of the neglect Ironwood shows to Mantle. Whatever he did, the "bigger picture" didn't include the lower city of little people it would effect. Fear has been a consistent theme throughout the series, from Professor Lionheart being submissive to Salem's demands out of fear, to Raven so afraid that she would rather be on the run constantly with her bandit tribe and try not to get on Salem's radar despite being a Maiden, and now Ironwood who's gone down his own antagonistic route, it all comes back to fear, and the person you could become when in it's clutches, or maybe it even brings out who you really are deep down.
Its about to go down 😀😀 Even *IF* Ironwood's plan had worked, there's no real guarantee that Atlas would truly be safe from Salem since she can play the long game and could create new Grimm; Not to mention its a short-term plan not long-term, it works in favor of Salem who could wait it out due to having centuries of patience Behold... The Grimm Whale!!!! Aka Monstra
But she won't be close to getting another maiden, 2 relics, and destroying the most advanced and efficient army in remnant at least for the time being, but standing your ground against salem herself is a death sentence and puts ALL of it at risk.
@@dragon2218 Oh that's true as well then in that case lets go with the military general's plan instead of a bunch of teens who may or may not trust you on a whim (blake and yang trusting Robyn) also yea i won't say his plan is morally right that's obvious and yea definitely some heartache over not trying to save as many as possible but as Vine said "You can't focus on one single fight when trying to win a war" But yea both are in a awful situation aw well💁♂
if u want to know more about neos fighting style and how she's so good at it (and about her life and torchwicks and lore about how the world works) i highly recommended reading Roman Holiday, it adds a lot to her and torchwicks characters and the show in general, i'm really hoping they add scenes from it in the future volumes
Third and (hopefully XD) final for this vid rambling time! =D First off, seeing you absolutely losing you mind over Oscar getting shot was the single most validating thing ever you have no idea; so many RWBY fans -Ironwood simps hisssss- try to excuse it away with lines like 'Ironwood believed it was Ozpin/Oscar was never real and another of Oz's lies' or 'Oscar compared him to Salem!' or 'he knew it wouldn't kill him' like any of those excused it rather than made it even worse but again, seeing you just completely lose it because of how unbelievably horrible it was for Ironwood to shot the kindhearted, fourteen year old who'd been actively trying to emotionally support him, a grown ass adult, for months even though he'd constantly been dehumanized by him over and over; who believed that Ironwood deserved the truth, who *told* Ironwood the truth, and believed whole heartedly that Ironwood could be ever bit as much a hero as he wanted to be and, and-! You get it Ghost, and I am so damn happy about that because. IDK when you're an Oscar fan you take whatever kinds of victories for the kid you can get X'DDD (Hopes when you catch up with the series you get to enjoy many quality RWBY memes like the 'Oz wakes up specifically to do the ''IRONWOOD IS A B%TCH ASS M@THERF@CKER HE SHOT WHO MY F@CKING SON' rant, or Oscar sends 'I lived b%tch' text to Ironwood while recovering in hospital
Indeed. And we do get some understanding next Volume (and even some this Volume with her *_"And I refuse to starve."_* line, which was great) about *_"why [Cinder] felt the need to do the things [she] did."_*
Most of the really key stuff in here happens in Chapter 11, but here’s a few interesting tidbits. When Ironwood makes the bluff about Amity, the camera deliberately only shows his face, so Robyn’s Semblance won’t reveal he’s lying to draw Watts out. The Gravity Arena was meant to be used much earlier in the show, but they had to scrap it for time and budget - so they used this excuse to bring it back. What really did happen to Summer? Salem has admitted she knows her. Also talk about just dropping a “your mom” on Ruby. Harsh. Ironwood’s turn can be shocking for some people but that just means you haven’t been paying attention. He brought his army to Beacon against Ozpin’s wishes - Glynda told him he needs to start trusting people more other than himself - and it also shows that the conversation he had with Jacques in V4C11 was foreshadowing. The worst part? It means Jacques was RIGHT about something. Ironwood’s acting out of fear and paranoia and his Semblance which makes him focus on a single thing… isn’t helping. Neither is the fact that Blake and Yang went behind his back. Or Ruby keeping the lamp info hidden. This is basically actions having repercussions. None of the others could’ve known they’d be like this though. The reason Winter and Clover follow orders so readily is twofold: one, it’s the military. You do not question authority unless you have a very solid footing to stand on. Two, none of them have actually been with Ironwood and haven’t seen what Team RWBY did. As far as they know, he’s still trying to make the best decision. Clover was however, rather stupid when he interfered with Wrow, who was trying to suppress Tyrian. Everyone was already high strung but that just made everything worse… to the point Qrow got convinced that teaming up with Tyrian made some moniker of sense. This should’ve been a red flag. But nope, orders supersede common sense. And Clover paid for that mistake. Notice the Ace Ops are all fighting individually while each member of RWBY got at least one assist from a teammate. Small wonder who won. And finally, Penny. She’s the Winter Maiden. Because she has a human Aura, it was successful transferred to her. That’s a very large Grimm whale isn’t it. I have a bad feeling about this..
I suggest a gofundme/patreon lvl for a new chair at this point. And I say it again, greate reaction as always. Thanks for sacraficing your voice. Sal-u-tations from Germany btw. Edit: rephrasing & the greetings.
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Bye Salem really pulled up in chapter 11, looked at Ruby, said "yo mama" and then dipped I CAN'T 😭😭
destroyed her too!
That burn was so bad it got the video age restricted
lol! I never thought of it that way but your right!
Bruh 😂😂, it hurts more cuz it's true, literally yo mama
Savage 🤣
_"That's why yo mama dead 🗿"_
-Salem, volume 7
*falls*
DEAD AS HELL 😆
@@ishuikamakura272what shoes she got on?
Ever since Ironwood broke it's believed that his semblance Mettle basically took over. It basically makes him able to do everything he thinks is best, and any doubts get discarded, and that combined with his huge fear of Salem is not a good combo. Another thing to think about is when your aura runs out, your semblance stops working. Clover's aura got destroyed, Qrow's was still active, meaning Qrow's semblance kicked in immediately. Clover ran out of luck.
Oh wow… I figured as much
not only neo is stupidly strong she is by far one of the most charismatic and the most expressive character on the show without muttering a word. a true legend.
Well... It depends what you mean by strong... She's very skilled, but not necessarily very powerful... She's certainly someone you'd want on your team though.
@@KitsyX Thank you, I get that people think she's some unbeatable goddess or something, but her only feats so far were beating up a girl who hadn't even graduated and a team that isn't exactly the best at fighting.
@@KitsyX She's stronger than people give her credit for though. I mean, the strength feats in her first fight with Yang are actually pretty ridiculous.
@@randumo24 Ninety percent of the fandom seem to think she's an unbeatable god, so no I definitely do not think she's "stronger than people give her credit for." She's exactly the opposite of that. She's powerful - enough that M&K have mentioned that Roman, who was probably on part with a first-or-second-year student, was holding her back, which probably puts her somewhere between there and just shy of a veteran Huntsman.
And imo one of the best fighters
Ruby: We dont need to kill you to stop you. And we will stop you.
Salem: Yo mama.
LMAO!!!
Ice cold
That scream from Qrow's VA really makes the scene hit home
Neo is transforming into Ruby to signify that she wants to kill her. She's not disguising as Ruby to trick people. It's a very common misconception that every RWBY reactor has~
It's an unbelievably large amount of irony that ironwood fell for salem's fear tactics after boasting of never being afraid
"I won't be like Leo"
Becomes worse
@@elnys9141 DEADASS
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28:10 Maria taught Ruby to use a memory attached to the desire to preserve life to help call upon her silver eyes. Salem has tainted that memory with the insinuation that she knew her mother (and possibly is responsible for her disappearance).
Summer probably tried to 1v1 Salem
Yikes….a goat move
@@elpepo0……… this aged exceptionally well yet horribly
@@jaredmyers4506 bro fr i swear
Something on the more subtle side that impressed me is the camera work during Ironwood's speech when Robyn was holding his hand. In order to make the bluff work to trick Watts into going to Amity, the camera zoomed in to only show Ironwood's face and conceal the hands at the exact moment he said that the tower was complete, you can specifically see it on the street screen around the 4:31 mark
The sequence with Oscar falling and Penny claiming the maiden power is my favorite in the show.
The score is unmatched.
Ozpins Quote on Fear is by far my most favorite quote in rwby by far its so impactful
ive always thought its scary how well qrow and tyrian fight together so well
Right?!
CRWBY have said they didn't give v7 a stinger because they counted 7 and 8 as one volume. Plus you can't top Salem's grand arrival. The Big Bad does not simply arrive on an airship or boat, she starts an invasion with style.
I think my favorite moment of this volume is Ozpin's monologue here at the end about fear because he's just spitting so many facts and I have listened to that part so many times.
Qrow just can't a break. Every time life goes (reasonably) well for him, he becomes a victim of Murphy's Law in the worst possible way.
Man these episodes really are a field of different emotions can't wait for your reactions to vol 8
I fear for the chair.
@@Hoontor Agreed, RIP chair.
One thing I'm happy about is that we got to actually see Ruby's trauma (the loss of her mother at such a young age) surfacing here. It gives me real hope for future character development for her.
RIP Clover, but he kinda dug his own grave, going after Qrow instead of Tyrian. It highlights one of the biggest weaknesses of strict hierarchical systems, imo. Because only the guy at the very top is making the big ass hard decisions, his underlings only following orders sometimes suck at making decisions in the heat of the moment. It was clear to Qrow, that Tyrian was the bigger threat. After all, Clover and Qrow only wanted to knock out the other one, while Tyrian was going for the kill. Clover completely fucked up his threat assessment here and it got him killed. :/
We've done it, we're one volume away from being completely caught up with RWBY! Before anything else, I just wanna say that this was absolutely insane. Not just the last four chapters, but this whole video. 24 HOURS OF EDITING?! You are a real trooper, gh0xt!! The edits and everything were all fantastic, big props to you dude!! Definitely well worth the wait!!! Now, onto the show... This is why Volume 7 is a fan favorite bro. I mean, do I even need to explain? Not really, this vid says it all.
The Watts vs Ironwood fight is most definitely one of the best fights in all of RWBY, without a doubt! Also, THE MUSIC?!?! Caleb Hyles always delivers, this song is going to blow your mind when the livestream happens, it's sooo good! The 3v1 with Tyrian up against Qrow, Clover AND Robyn, you would think he would retreat, right? Nah fam, this absolute mad lad went for it and he stood his ground! Sure, he lost but man he put up a good fight!
Then, of course, Salem talking with RWBY and company... Summer is the most mysterious character in this show, like really, we NEED more info!! When Salem brought her up, then showing her at her grave with dark clouds with that "nails on a chalkboard" gave me literal chills when I first saw that scene, absolutely terrifying if you ask me! RWBY vs the Ace Ops was so cool, one of my personal favorites!! Again, I gotta mention the music!! Not sure if you noticed while editing this vid, but this song has FOUR DIFFERENT SINGERS!!! Casey Lee Williams (of course lol), Adrienne Cowan (who was the second singer in Nevermore from the Volume 6 OST), Dawn M. Bennett (who is the voice actress for Elm) and Erin Reilly!!
Clover Ebi... I really don't know what to say, I think what you said was all that was needed to be said, just man... When I first watched "that", I literally stared at my screen for minutes with tears, just in complete silence. It really broke my heart, it hurt bro.
Penny is the winter maiden, I can't believe that was a sentence I just typed. I reacted the same way you did, jumped out of my chair and everything!! It was insanely cool to see her eye flames become green instead of blue like how the original winter maiden did, such a cool detail!
I would've talked about some more stuff, but man I already typed too much stuff, like WAY too much lmao. Anyways, what an incredible video and I just it's only going to get better from here on out!!m Keep up with the amazing as always and I'll see you next time at the OST livestream!!!
FYI, you should probably add something at the beginning of your comment to indicate that it has spoilers. Some people watching this may not be caught up.
@@rainmannoodles Why would someone watching a reaction not be caught up to date..?
Thank you so much for this comment! It made my day and made the process of editing this for 24 hours oh so worth it!
Volume seven is definitely a volume I won’t forget and the soundtrack already has me sweating with excitement!
We’re so close to being caught up and I’m extremely nervous about it
@@gh0xttherebel Just be aware that this next volume is not meant for everyone. It makes sense that it may not be the best because of Covid. Just sayin
@@CoolerStar-lz1jr it is for everyone.
One tiny little chess piece changed everything.
"I am not okay." Pretty much the motto of all RWBY fans after Volume 3...
Episode 10: I love the long take this episode opens with because V3x10 also had a long take through the battle and comparing the two is insane. Crwby has come so far.
Episode 11: While the Ironwood and Watts fight is a definite highlight of this episode (and used the gravity biome which they had wanted to use back in V3 but either didn’t have the time or the animation skill), my favorite segment is the scene in Ironwood’s office. The tension in that scene is palpable and it’s amazing how quickly the tides turn. All it took was one little glass chess piece and Ironwood’s paranoia kicked in full throttle.
I love the juxtaposition of the two scenes of Summer we've had so far. In V6 the sun is shining and the music is hopeful, the camera moves toward Summer as she turns toward Ruby and she’s smiling. Ruby’s envisioning her as a light, a beacon of comfort. Here, the sky is grey and overcast, the music is this eerie screech, Summer is turning from Ruby as the camera moves away from her. She’s no longer that bright light. She’s just a painful memory, a reminder that she’s really gone.
Episode 12: The RWBY vs Ace Ops fight is hype as hell. Absolutely adore the choreo for this one. And War kicking in? Ugh. Masterpiece.
I also just really adore the conversations we get with Winter and Penny. Winter is trying so hard to shove her emotions down while Penny is not ashamed to show hers. I love Cinder’s comment about finding “both of Ironwood’s puppets.”
Episode 13: This is honestly Jessica Nigri’s best performance as Cinder up to this point. I remember really taking note of it the first time I watched.
I also remember people quickly going from worry to “oh damn she hot tho” when Winter’s hair came out of its bun. The immediate shift for the reactors I saw was hilarious.
Salem really heard her ex was in Atlas and decided to put on a bomb new outfit for the occasion. What a petty Queen.
She pulled out the Freakum dress!!! 🤣
Winter‘s hair coming down I didn’t notice but I guess I was too immersed to feel any sort of “she kind of bad though“ 🤣
God, Ironwood is one of my favorite characters in terms of writing on RWBY. He is genuinely tragic. You hate him and you know he’s doing absolutely the wrong thing, but you KNOW he was capable of doing good, of doing the right thing. It’s a painful downfall to watch, but it’s done so, so well.
This is MY opinion. If you disagree go make your own comment, I don’t care if you do that.
Dunno if this is a hot take or not, I usually don't get too wrapped up in the rest of the community, but I 100% agree as far as Volume 7 goes. I think V8 went too hard too fast, but Ironwood's character imo was the best part about V7 and was a huge factor in what made it my personal favorite volume.
@@JamMasterJesus
I dont think it went too hard too fast.
I absolutely love this volume so much, its just soo cool.
(Though I really dont like Clover’s choices… blind loyalty…)
“Ghost.exe has stopped working” 😂
Not sure if anyone covered this, but I'll state the fun fact anyway because its one of my favorite things in the writing of Vol 7 :)
Each Ace Op is obviously based off of aesop's fables. Clover is the fisherman, Marrow is the story of the dog and his reflection in the water, Harriet is the tortoise and the hare, and Elm & Vine are the story of the Elm and the Vine if memory serves.
What's even MORE amazing though, is how each of them loses in their fights against team rwby. They all lost the same way that their counter part fables involved loss/the lessons learned.
Clover, much like the story of the fisherman, couldn't be satisfied with just one. One opponent, one arrest etc. Instead he tried taking all of them all and lost in the end.
Marrow, much like the dog in "the story of the dog and his reflection", let greed overcome and lead to foolish actions in the fight. Marrow attempted to use his semblance on both Weiss and her Knight, and it lead to his loss. Could also be viewed as he attempted to simply arrest her instead of giving it all, due to his desire to subdue and not aim for lethal or harsh fighting.
Harriet, much like the hare from tortoise and the hare, let cockiness and competitive drive control her fighting choices. Harriet in theory would be a better match to fight anyone else in rwby BUT RUBY, but due to the desire to be better than her from day 1 of meeting her, tunnel vision chose to go after her, leading to her loss in the long run.
Elm & Vine, much like in the story of the Elm and the Vine, failed to realize they needed to support each other in their fight to win. Elm and Vine's semblance and fighting styles work well together, similar to Yang and Blake. HOWEVER, Yang and Blake worked together during the fight, where as Elm and Vine argued more than anything, leading to their loss.
I simply admired this writing so much when I discovered it, hats off to the authors and team.
ALSO SMALL FUN FACT. When Ironwood is talking to Oscar, he has a glimmer of light in his eyes art style wise like every other good character or most characters in rwby. But when he makes the decision to shoot Oscar, just before he does, his glimmer isnt there, representing "the light that shines in us all" is fading from his possibly.
It’s literally the little things that means so much… The show is amazing
I know people already mentioned why Watts was counting during the fight, but I hadn't seen anyone else mention, when Ironwood was lying around Amity being done, the camera was cut away from his and Robyn's hands.
Very very sneaky :)
That was a RIDE. I'm glad the chair survived Volume 7. Hopefully between Volume 8, soundtracks, Ice Queendom, and what's left of chibi, you can stretch these reactions all the way to Volume 9 and be completely caught up to the current show.
Chair in danger alert!
Chair in danger alert
when the volume 7 finale arrives - "THIS WILL BE THE DAY WE'VE WAITED FOR!..."
Gravity was really a special episode. I had all the same emotions you did while watching, like even down to "not the baby!"
Ironwood's biggest flaw isn't his fear. It's his denial of his fear. Winter understands that you have to at least recognize and accept the emotions you aren't proud of, but Ironwood can't even get that far. It thinks it makes him strong, but it doesn't, it only causes him to spiral and fuck up further. Ruby and Co. withholding information from him wasn't great (but understandable given their position), but he has no business bringing it up at this very critical juncture. It's his inherent trust issues doing the decision-making for him.
Ironwood's plan is the most defeatist plan possible, and there's no guarantee it would even work either.
It most certainly would have failed. Unless I'm missing something integral, it seemed like his plan was to raise Atlas into the atmosphere indefinitely, trusting that the atmospheric systems in place would keep them alive and well. The problem with that, is that those systems need Dust, which is a finite resource that they mine out of the earth. Once their supply of Dust ran out, they would have absolutely nothing keeping them alive, as they couldn't access the mines, not to mention any of the other raw materials and resources required to maintain those systems. Ironwood's plan was downright idiotic
@@stomyn Plus, there's an even simpler problem : Dust does not work in space. So at the exact moment Atlas starts going into the atmosphere, all Dust systems shut down completely... And then, everyone will either starve or freeze to death within days. Clearly a great plan like no one else could have ever thought about !
@@adnihilisadnihilis3980 i don't think they were quite going to make it to space. I think they were going to get just against the threshold, since that was also the original plan for Amity. It wouldn't have been enough to save them, but it still would jave worked for a minute
@@stomyn Yeah, it would have worked for a minute, I agree !
But the thing is : if they are too low, Grimms can still fly up there. Ofc, Ironwood does not know of the flying Imps right now, but soon enough, they would have been discovered, so Ironwood would have try to... "outfly" the Grimms. And well...
That would not have ended well x)
So whatever the way we look at this "plan", it had way too many reasons to fail and absolutely no one to succeed
Exactly, and Salem wouldn't just let them fly off and leave them alone she would still be after the relics and who knows if they can go far enough to avoid the Grimm since Salem can create Grimm out of nothing and her experiments seem to be getting more powerful. Ironwood mentions supplies would be safe but supplies run out and break down and I don't think Salem would let him land for a bit and restock, she'd probably have a hoard of Grimm waiting for them. Not to mention this decision to leave Mantle to die would irreparably destroy Atlas diplomatically. The other kingdoms are already wary of Atlas after the fall of Beacon imagine when they learn Ironwood left untold numbers to die to save himself, I doubt any kingdom would want to lend him a hand if they knew the second the going gets tough Atlas would abandon them too,I feel like so many people act like Ironwood sacrificing Mantle is some big moral trolley problem but he's always ready to throw Mantle away if it benefits him, and forget reuniting the world and making humanity whole because there will always be a floating reminder that mankind is not united and will turn on each other in hard times.
THE GLYNDA EDIT LMAO
Author Watts was counting down thr amount of bullets he had left in his gun.
To quote my thoughts on season 3 "But wait. It gets worse."
Congratulations on finishing up Volume 7! Volumes 6, 7 and 8 are definitely my favorites. Hard to pick between them, as there are just so many great moments in each one, haha. Crazy to think you've only got one Volume left man... It's been a really fun journey! Amazing video as always though, you kill it every time with your energy!
I'd say my top three are Volumes 7, 8 and 6 in that order, but volume 8 has my favorite episode
Oh boy, that was fun wasn't it? What an absolute rollercoaster.
I loved the editing in this video, your editing is brilliant already but this is good even for your standards.
It's probably about time to tell you about Ironwood's semblance in case no one else has, it's called Mettle and it let's him hyperfocus and helps him carry through tough tasks or decisions (like pulling his arm out of the hardlight barrier) but combined with his paranoia it can cause problems, y'know obviously.
Also in his fight in amity, Watts was counting down his bullets, he was out of ammo by the end of the fight.
Can't wait for Volume 7 OST and Volume 8, can't believe you're already almost caught up. It didn't seem that long ago that you first reacted to Divide, wow, time flies.
This journey has been legendary and I will never forget it! Volume 8 is going to be incredibly heartbreaking… And I’m here for it
that "all excellent philosophical points but" is a great template for a meme
The only reason Neo can't talk is that the Brothers forgot to leave some room for her voice after they packed her full of so much WINNING.
Okay I can say the thing!!! There are quite a few volume 2 references in this volume, especially the soundtrack! And that pretty much says all that needs to be said about next volume. Good luck, expecting the worst makes it easier though. It is BRUTAL
Spectacular reaction & top notch editing. I can't imagine the effort that goes into all the editing you do, but it is appreciated. I always look forward to your reactions.
Just wanna say that I've binged your entire RWBY Playlist this past month lol. Have loved your reactions and I can't wait to see more soon with Volume 8 hopefully!
"The single quality that is common across every living creature on this planet... is fear. It's funny then, that as common as fear is... we so easily underestimate its power. Fear of growing close to someone, a subsequent fear of loss, fear of failure. And as more people depend on you, those fears can take on greater power. But fear itself isn't worthy of concern, it is who we become while in its clutches. Will you be proud of that person? Will you forgive them? Will you understand why they felt the need to do the things they did? Will you even recognize them? Or will the person staring back at you be the very thing you should have feared from the start? I suppose we all find out... sooner or later."
This is my absolute favorite monologue in this show.
I was nearly feeling the exact same as you watching this the first time. I just got done watching Volume 6 and moved right onto 7 and I became the most immersed I have have been.
When I watch reviews on this volume, people have a lot of gripes about all the politics, but to me, that stuff just makes the show more real. No doubt this my favorite volume.
That’s what I’m saying!!! The more immersed, emotional, etc it makes me… The more I appreciate the show overall because wow… Not many shows can do that
I'd like to thank you for recognizing that Clover was the one making things complicated during that three way fight, I can't tell you how many times I've argued with people over the actual context of the episode.
In team rwby vs asop, I always love how the music kick up with vine defeat. It such a change in the flow of the fight, that ripples through everyone, and the music for us
It was when the Ace Ops realized that Ruby was right. They WERE the best huntsmen in Atlas
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@@elpepo0 well it shows they all fail at there asop, so that weakness was their downfall in the fight
@@thunder_wolf23 they trained for 1 month with the ace ops and become the strongest huntsmen team in the world? A bunch of 18 years old kids beating the military strongest Kingdom's huntsmen team?
The last couple episodes of Volume 7 are so good, I'm glad I wasn't the only losing it watching 🤣
Gosh there's so much to love about these episodes but some fun villain details are like.
Cinder is good at spotting emotional weaknesses in people, but she's also mostly only good at hammering at them, hence why she's so bad at securing Neo's loyalty.
Watts being pleased with Ironwood's line because he knows what it say about his character, thus hinting at his downfall.
How Tyrian plays on Qrow's grudge like he cares to make him think Tyrian will go for him the moment Clover is out of the picture when he couldn't care less.
Volume 8 is IT. can’t wait for you to react to it man.
Congrats on completely volume 7 and ohhhh myyyy was seeing you FREAK OUT so wonderfully delightful!! XDDD Poor chair, and yes, Ironwood being a stubborn, control freak who thinks he's the hero when he's the one making everything worse is ABSOLUTELY why Glynda ditched Ironwood's ass!
Seriously damn was it cathartic seeing you flip like that, but yeah, last few episodes of v7 are a rollercoaster and now to can see why we were all tails wagging and eager yet ominous grins again.
Now for talking little moments of nuance~
Don't have too much to say about chapter 10 other than Ironwood REALLY should have brought backup to fight Watts (100% a hero complex move; there were other Ace Ops and the fact he's now down another arm when he's the General who's meant to be keeping a clear head in case something goes wrong says enough about that), and holy hell you can really see the difference between 'calm brained Ironwood' taking Watts into custody and 'PTSD and on all the pain/pain medication brained Ironwood' cornering and shooting poor innocent and harmless 14 to 15 year old Oscar who had been trying to help him all volume, but well, more on that probably in the next comment (no way I'm going to be done with just a single comment when gushing about these chapters XDDD).
Episode 11 Gravity is honestly a highlight of the series and is totally worthy of being the fav episode in the series for a huge amount of the fandom (edit: wanna gush about the briliance in the episode title but I'll save that for the OST vid).
Like that opening fight between Ironwood and Watts is just..! Not only is the battle choreography and music amazing but the characterisation as well: We get to see Watts both as a brilliant genius and the petty, spiteful egomaniac he is at his core (though does his 'you chose that fat imbecile over me' line sound like jealous, angry ex talk to you too? -best crack hateship- XD), and Ironwood is relentlessly determined in a way that can so easily be seen as heroic if it weren't for how the only reason he has to make those 'sacrifices' is due to his own over reliance on brute strength (like that thinking he's won and thus getting trapped and forced to sacrifice his arm... Followed by that declaration he'll do whatever it takes to stop Salem and Watts, almost sickly delighted, answering back with "Oh I hope you do James, I hope you do". Horrifically perfect foreshadowing).
Then there's Ironwood's descent... From Cinder knowing all she has to do to set Ironwood off is leave a single black queen chess piece on his desk to trigger his PTSD (which in turn heavily implies that that 'cosmetic choice' to have the computer virus way back in V2 and 3 use the black queen as a visual display was 100% in universe intentionally and likely planned by Salem's lot specifically to break Ironwood), to how he's clearly so terrified of Salem he's back up against the wall trembling, to finally the way Ironwood very deliberately puts down his gun named 'Due Process' to pick up the Black Queen piece (aka 'Cinder/Salem's piece') himself as he's talking about 'changing accordingly'... Just wow~!
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That "I had a job to do" from Fria hits me everytime. She might not remember much, but she remembered her duty here at the end.
I've heard irl military prioritise more recent orders rather than previous. Which is why Clover seemed to be prioritising Qrow over Tyrian
God damn, I haven’t rewatched V7 in a minute, and holy hell I think it’s actually my favorite, which V6 held that for the longest time.
V7 has just, a perfect rise and fall with so many characters and relationships, and that this hits so hard tells how good a job it did.
YESS!! Congrats on finishing volume 7! The moment Ironwood shoots Oscar is the part I was most looking forward to seeing your reaction to… I knew the chair would be unable to escape! 😂 Honestly, my reaction, too. I was NOT okay at that moment!
Penny is now the winter maiden! Yay! I often wonder why Ironwood never thought to use Penny as the holder of the powers… her body will never age, nor should it be susceptible to death (unless her piece of Pietro’s soul can expire? Not sure).
If you thought this volume was intense… you haven’t seen anything yet! Volume 8 is going to blow your mind! Onwards! 🎉
I was waiting for this! I do love when you pack a bunch of episodes into one video, but try not to do it too much, you need to stay well-rested lmao
I gotta say, Volume 7's finale has got to be my favorite of the series, next to Volume 3. Everything's pretty well balanced, the fight choreo is fantastic, and the performances! Cinder just absolutely losing it in this finale is hands down some of Jessica Nigri's best work with the character. And RIP Fria, she seemed so sweet 😭
Neo has never lost a fight she was in.
Technically true.
But she RAN when she saw Raven.
Loving the reactions my boy but let me tell you oh on oh no oh no you are N O T ready for volume 8 that's all im going to say. And R.I.P chair it's officially over next volume
Oh yeah. The chairs dead meat.
List FINALE EDITION~!
1. First this a nice bit of RWBY content in the midst of all the crap going on. I will always love this show for the ride its given me. Hopefully we can weather the storm.
2. I mentioned that my fav Ironwood moment was last session. It was him just saying "No more secrets, I don't think I could take it..." I love it just because of how sincere he is being here I feel. The entire series we've seen his foundation of support being knocked down till finally we are here on its final legs. Love it.
3. Tyrian being embodiment of chaos is always fun. Gonna miss the VA.
4. I appreciate the little moment for Clover you did. Sad to see him go.
5. Lots of good screams this batch of episodes. Cinder in particular just love them.
6. This volume is definitely still in my top 3 I think. It is a rollercoaster ups and downs and twirly whirly doos.
Another fun session I definitely think the break then this was the right call so good job on that. I look forward to next time as we get closer an closer to my last list for your series. Till next time.
What. A. Ride
31:28 It's at moments like these that I'm glad I'm not too deep into fandom culture. I've heard that people were pretty split about this.
Let me just say that I agree with Team RWBY. If you can save lives, you should save lives. Otherwise you leave those who fight for humanity to die in vain. I also agree with the fact that getting Amity up is more important than rising Atlas high into the atmosphere. (Who says Salem won't get there anyway?) And my third reason is because Ironwood isn't thinking clearly. He is *terrified* and *paranoid.* Cinder's glass chess piece has tipped the first domino over and now... now he's spiraling. He's betraying everyone he does not deem trustworthy.
I'm not saying his plan is bad. In terms of war, I think it could work, but only if someone with empathy stood at the helm. And I would see it as a last resort. This 'war' hasn't even started yet.
It makes sense that when Ironwood tries connecting the dots, he’s looking for an actual super intricate master plan where there just isn’t one and assumes that the single plan HAS to be super complex to explain all the villains actions, when all along the plan is very, very simple: do random mysterious nonsense to provoke his paranoia, isolating him from everyone but his unquestioning loyalists, then defeat his very predictable self
oh damn, not the 95Windows error pop-up. Classic!!!!
Lol, you almost fell out the chair on that Tyrian catching the arrow part. And the 'please stand by' msg had me in tears.
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Once again, that was amazing as always. So glad to have been able to watch along from the beginning this time. So glad your chair was able to survive this volume so that we can sacrifice it next volume. lol
That realization of what was happening with Penny, that was great. There's so much I want to say, but it keeps leading into spoilers, so I'm just going to stop trying to say anything and leave it here.
Once again, amazing reaction. Go get something for your throat and we'll see you tomorrow. 💜
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yo I JUST NOW realized something about the Qrow/Clover/Tyrian battle that makes Clover's decisions make a *little* more sense. Tyrian was still recovering from having his aura fully broken in their last fight, while Qrow was still in relatively good condition. As far as Clover was concerned, Qrow was the *much* bigger threat. I never noticed before, but nobody lands a single solid hit on Tyrian that whole fight, just a few odd punches and stuff, but I think if they had they'd have put him down pretty fast. I think that was what Clover was betting on there: he *needed* to take Qrow out first, because in a 1-on-1 with weakened Tyrian, his Good Luck would be way more meaningful.
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Neo's probably the best defensive fighter in the world (or at least as much of it as we have seen), and an expert at using their own attacks against them. She's a lot weaker when it comes to the attack, but then she doesn't usually need to attack when she is in a fight, as her enemies are quite willing to come to her, especially in response to one of her silent taunts. And if they don't, well he illusion powers allow her to disengage quite effectively (especially in the face of an unknown assailant).
Your investment and energy are as delightful as ever in this vid. Cute edits with adding extra sounds when Watts took hits, and you did a great job with your edits overall, too.
I'm a little jealous of how you don't have to wait any longer than you want before starting volume 8 ;)
Yeah, Clover's death hit everyone HARD.
I’m not ready to be caught up because the wait is going to be excruciating! But you guys definitely had the worst but I will join you soon😭
Ok, so this is where a lot of people start to hate Ironwood, but I agree with him. His plan was always to help everyone. From the beginning he was trying to save everyone across the globe by establishing satellite communications, a plan that would fail if Salem's group knew about it, so he kept is secret even from others in positions of authority to minimize the risk. He never intended for it to be secret forever, just until it was safe to tell the truth. When he realized that he had to tell the truth, it was because everyone else gave him no other options in order to continue the amity project. At Jacques dinner party, he was told the truth about Salem, after which he was willing to work with the people that lied to him still, even people who openly attacked his reputation. He compromised and accepted their help. He even put the amity project at risk to save Mantle by luring Watts there (I still dont get why team rwby was mad about that, they knew it wasn't completed). He assigned all of his best troops to saving Mantle and evacuating civilians.
It was only when Salem personally showed up in his office, a literal immortal goddess, and said she was personally coming to assault Atlas, that he decided time was no longer on their side. They didn't have time to finish amity, it would take weeks or months worth of work to get it done. They couldnt finish evacuating everyone from Mantle into Atlas, the proximity sensors had been destroyed, so Salem was already on Solitas making her way to Atlas. At that point, it becomes a simple trolly problem. On one rail you have the citizens of Mantle who hadnt been evacuated yet, on the other rail, you have the entire population of Atlas, the Mantle citizens who had already been evacuated onto Atlas, and the rest of the world who still has no idea what they are fighting. If Atlas falls, all knowledge of Salem, and all the work in progress to stop her dies with it. It comes down to 1/2-2/3 of a single city vs an entire city, plus refugees, plus global security. Ironwood made the right call in that moment. He couldn't save everyone, so he chose to save who he could, and the world with it, instead. Team RWBY still wouldn't admit the situation had changed and that the best course of action was no longer available. They had the mindset that "I would rather let everyone die than leave someone behind" and because of this, Ironwood had to detain them, not because they were wrong, but because they were dangerous and wouldn't compromise with the man who had compromised so much for their sake.
Then there is Mettle, which is basically a mental illness; its like the opposite of executive dysfunction. In the best of times, he can push through hardship and come out on top, but in times like this, it hardens him against compromises. He makes a decision and nothing can sway him, and when the security of the world is at stake, he can no longer allow kids who didnt even finish high school to force their ideals on him. Even after it all, in the vault, he shows remorse for having to do the necessary evils to save everyone. He says "I wouldnt trust me either" he knows that what hes doing isn't right, but it's necessary given the terrible circumstances. He let his guard down and let RWBY and ALPN have their way all season, which let Salem in. He even points out the morality argument, which wont matter if everyone is dead. Ending with mettle kicking in, his literal mental illness, and him shooting Oscar to ensure he won't try and stop him (which I agree is when he turns full villain, but up until that point, he was making all the right, terribly hard decisions).
People hate on Ironwood so much, but it really just comes down to optimistic children with a hero complex vs a trained adult who has led a nation for years and knows the horrors of war having to make bad decisions for a few to ensure the good of the majority. After he shoots Oscar though, oh ya, all bets are off, full villain mode.
Winter "my life doesnt matter
Penny "well i guess ill become the winter maiden now
Winter 'oh shit"
Even though we only got to meet Clover this volume his death still manages to be incredibly sad.
Ok second comment of mine.
Forgot to ramble about the many many ways Ironwood's quick draw plan to ditch Mantle and 'save' Atlas is stupid and flawed but thankfully comments by others seem to be covering the most relevant parts of it. That said a few details that tend not to get focus in the discussion
My goddess 🤣🤣 this is a lot to take in… But by all means don’t change what you’re doing because I actually do love it!
I was recapping the show during the hiatus with your reactions and then you start posting your rewatches XD
by "...all be over" Salem was really talking about her life. She's only concerned with ending it by bringing the gods back to destroy Remnant.
Man, what a ride. It’s easy to forget that the last half of v7 is all the same night. These poor folk gotta be tired.
Get’cha some tea, bud. You’ve earned it. ❤
This is my favorite volume of my favorite animated series hands DOWN. The way the volume starts with tension, then blossoms into happy bliss, and then immediately gets shut down into despair and defeat as all the bad shit starts happening is my favorite aspect beside the character interactions. I've been watching you since the Divide reaction, and I gotta say your now one of my favorite YTbers because of your passion and your humor. Can't wait for volume 8 you are NOT ready!!! Also waiting for that compilation of you editing yourself in the background, too hilarious. Love you man please keep it up!
🤣🤣 definitely gotta make that comp!
Thank you!🥹🙏🏽✨🖤
that arm of cinders I think salem infused a tiny piece of herself into it . thats how it was able to grow back
00:00 (timestamp just for tradition eh? ^^) wow, 24 hour edit, huge kudos! holy. That's a lot of work!
2:45 Robyn is a good politician, and a good freedom fighter. It takes skill and clarity to do that broadcast. She'd be a great leader if Watts hadn't messed up the election and then blown up their entire society
5:48 same bro
5:55 hold up is that an animation error? It looks like Cinder's blushing this entire scene
8:00 Neo was actually just saying "what about Ruby?", since that's her own goal that Cinder promised to help with.
8:43 Dirty, RT! oof, the song hit me instantly.
9:22 Ruby thinking face, you love to see it. She's so good at bouncing off of her team to concoct plans
All amazing moments!!! The Penny realization….omg the chills
Yeah, I highly doubt that Cinder was actually blushing. That was probably just make-up or something.
Neo took quite a few hits in her fight with Cinder in Volume 6, and that was when Cinder wasn't even trying properly.
Wait waot wait. Did u put a sound of "blehh" when tyrian gpt hit woth the bolt whole fighting qrow xD?!?! And the stomach punch! And the kick in the face?! Lmao!!!
20:44 robyn shoots an arrow, it bounces off a pipe, then another, then bounces off qrows scythe, then hits tyrian in the face
Vol 6-8 was GOAT in terms of getting back to form with action, story and intrigue....gotta love it!!
😁 what a reaction! And such a great edit too. I can't wait to see what you do for Volume 8
Can't wait for vol 8. A couple specific moments to be precise. If you know, you know
Side note: I knew from the moment I started watching that his chair was in danger
omg, dude. I was waiting for this... reload youtube since I saw other videos. When I saw your upload, I said "finally" but, is it my birthday? You did 10, 11, 12 and 13, in the whole video... OMg,, and edit for 24 hours for us? love ya, man!! thanks to you, I could the feel the same emotion that I felt when I saw it...
PD: Poor chair, dude. not the chair
THIS WAS EVERYTHING I WAS HOPING FOR AND MORE, however, i REALLY didnt think the chair would make it out of volume 7.... but i love love love love your reactions, this was the BEST VIDEO EVER
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The pure anguish in Qrow’s scream when Clover died still brings me to tears every time. A truly ✨MAGNIFICENT ✨ voice acting performance by Liebrecht (I think I spelled his name right? 😅)
Edit: Omg! Ghoxt saw my comment 🤩 hiii
Hi! :)
@@gh0xttherebel it took me a while to find your channel (found it through these reactions a week or two ago) but I just wanted to say that you’ve definitely gained a sub for life! I love the edits you do and you, unlike so many RWBY viewers, actually seem to look deeper than the surface when it comes to what’s going on (I’m a reacher too lol). Keep up the amazing work!💜
Lol “you were, then you trained us” SUCH A BAD BUTT WAY TO SAY IT
When his aura broke, clover couldn’t use his semblance anymore, meaning he no longer had good luck to save him. Thus Qrow’s last punch is the thing that ultimately killed him
Qrow’s scream always sends shivers down my spine
The last episode is so hype with so many things happening lol
The song called until the end is supposed to foreshadow what happens in the next volume lol
Oh no…
Great reactions! I love the end of volume 7. So many awesome scenes! During the fight between Ironwood and Watts, Watts was counting the number of bullets left in the gun.
Yaaaaass, the moment has arrived
I loved the fight between Watts and Ironwood. Got my snacks to eat, soda to drink and loving the whole thing.
cinder is why torchwick was there to die at all. so yeah. her blame is not gone. not if rt have any clue what they're doing.
The last chapter should’ve been called “Make a Grand Entrance at the End”. The chancel is called Epic Rap Battles , ERB is short for it.
Congrats on finishing Volume 7! One Volume away from being caught up! What a crazy set of events, from Ironwood's heel turn, to Penny becoming the Winter Maiden, RWBY vs. Ace Ops, Clover's death, Ironwood shooting Oscar which is actually foreshadowed in the opening with him firing off a shot to the screen, and capping off the Volume with the arrival of Salem on her giant whale Grimm, named Monstra after Monstro from Pinocchio, it's one wild finale. I actually just got done with your soundtrack reaction which was a ton of fun!
What's great about the song War is that it has 4 singers, 2 of them being the VAs for Elm and Harriet. It's also been determined that Fear is from Oscar's POV, since it has his motif that played in the first he appeared in in Volume 4. We also hear Ironwood's motif in Hero which has been following him since Vol. 2.
There's definitely a double meaning behind the title of Gravity, there's the fight with Watts and Ironwood, which is actually fought on a biome that was originally intended to play into the Volume 3 tournament fights but was cut and reintroduced in Volume 7, you can actually see the biome in the background of one episode of Volume 3, during Penny's fight alongside Ciel Soleil, but it went unused. Then there's the second meaning, which is the gravity of the situation, Salem on her way to Atlus and RWBY fending off the Ace Ops. While on the subject of that scene, the moment when Salem brings up Summer is so chilling, and gives us a very horrifying hint into what happened to her, not to mention how that moment effected sweet little Ruby, those shots of Summer are so twisted when you think of the implications. You really have to wonder, what did Summer go through at the hands of Salem to the point that Salem would remember her specifically out of all the lives she's taken.
Ironwood's turn really feels like a inevitability when you look back at how he's operated, from bringing his army with him to Vale and Beacon in the concern that a threat could even be possible of being present, to closing off the borders and recalling all his troops to prioritize defending Atlus above all else, to the Dust Embargo, he's always operated in a reactionary backfooted way controlled by fear. It's no wonder he would eventually go off the deep end when pushed to his limits, and Salem played him like a fiddle to push him to that extreme. In my opinion, Team RWBY was in the right to withhold information from Ironwood given how paranoid he was coming off from the outset, as they really need to know if they could trust him, it just unfortunate that it played a factor into his turn. It's my belief he would have eventually gone down this path no matter what time he was told the truth, he would still be played by Salem to give in to his fear. It's apparent that Mantle was always low on his priority list, whenever he talked about his plan, most of the time, Mantle didn't come into the equation at all, even his plan to make the Amity Communiations Tower took away from supplies that should have gone to Mantle, that hole in Mantle's outer wall is emblematic of the neglect Ironwood shows to Mantle. Whatever he did, the "bigger picture" didn't include the lower city of little people it would effect.
Fear has been a consistent theme throughout the series, from Professor Lionheart being submissive to Salem's demands out of fear, to Raven so afraid that she would rather be on the run constantly with her bandit tribe and try not to get on Salem's radar despite being a Maiden, and now Ironwood who's gone down his own antagonistic route, it all comes back to fear, and the person you could become when in it's clutches, or maybe it even brings out who you really are deep down.
So amazing!
He was counting how much shots iron wood had
i see Salem has made it to Pinocchio in the monster department.
Its about to go down 😀😀
Even *IF* Ironwood's plan had worked, there's no real guarantee that Atlas would truly be safe from Salem since she can play the long game and could create new Grimm;
Not to mention its a short-term plan not long-term, it works in favor of Salem who could wait it out due to having centuries of patience
Behold... The Grimm Whale!!!!
Aka Monstra
But she won't be close to getting another maiden, 2 relics, and destroying the most advanced and efficient army in remnant at least for the time being, but standing your ground against salem herself is a death sentence and puts ALL of it at risk.
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Either way, you're fucked no matter what
@@dragon2218 Oh that's true as well then in that case lets go with the military general's plan instead of a bunch of teens who may or may not trust you on a whim (blake and yang trusting Robyn) also yea i won't say his plan is morally right that's obvious and yea definitely some heartache over not trying to save as many as possible but as Vine said "You can't focus on one single fight when trying to win a war" But yea both are in a awful situation aw well💁♂
Gosh this sequence of episodes is so intense, but I love it.
if u want to know more about neos fighting style and how she's so good at it (and about her life and torchwicks and lore about how the world works) i highly recommended reading Roman Holiday, it adds a lot to her and torchwicks characters and the show in general, i'm really hoping they add scenes from it in the future volumes
Third and (hopefully XD) final for this vid rambling time! =D
First off, seeing you absolutely losing you mind over Oscar getting shot was the single most validating thing ever you have no idea; so many RWBY fans -Ironwood simps hisssss- try to excuse it away with lines like 'Ironwood believed it was Ozpin/Oscar was never real and another of Oz's lies' or 'Oscar compared him to Salem!' or 'he knew it wouldn't kill him' like any of those excused it rather than made it even worse but again, seeing you just completely lose it because of how unbelievably horrible it was for Ironwood to shot the kindhearted, fourteen year old who'd been actively trying to emotionally support him, a grown ass adult, for months even though he'd constantly been dehumanized by him over and over; who believed that Ironwood deserved the truth, who *told* Ironwood the truth, and believed whole heartedly that Ironwood could be ever bit as much a hero as he wanted to be and, and-!
You get it Ghost, and I am so damn happy about that because. IDK when you're an Oscar fan you take whatever kinds of victories for the kid you can get X'DDD
(Hopes when you catch up with the series you get to enjoy many quality RWBY memes like the 'Oz wakes up specifically to do the ''IRONWOOD IS A B%TCH ASS M@THERF@CKER HE SHOT WHO MY F@CKING SON' rant, or Oscar sends 'I lived b%tch' text to Ironwood while recovering in hospital
I absolutely love the bit about fear… I definitely want to look back at that scene and really see it that way 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Indeed. And we do get some understanding next Volume (and even some this Volume with her *_"And I refuse to starve."_* line, which was great) about *_"why [Cinder] felt the need to do the things [she] did."_*
Neo's Parasol is made of plot armour.
I love the My Chem reference you snuck in at the beginning of "Gravity".
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Most of the really key stuff in here happens in Chapter 11, but here’s a few interesting tidbits.
When Ironwood makes the bluff about Amity, the camera deliberately only shows his face, so Robyn’s Semblance won’t reveal he’s lying to draw Watts out.
The Gravity Arena was meant to be used much earlier in the show, but they had to scrap it for time and budget - so they used this excuse to bring it back.
What really did happen to Summer? Salem has admitted she knows her. Also talk about just dropping a “your mom” on Ruby. Harsh.
Ironwood’s turn can be shocking for some people but that just means you haven’t been paying attention. He brought his army to Beacon against Ozpin’s wishes - Glynda told him he needs to start trusting people more other than himself - and it also shows that the conversation he had with Jacques in V4C11 was foreshadowing. The worst part? It means Jacques was RIGHT about something.
Ironwood’s acting out of fear and paranoia and his Semblance which makes him focus on a single thing… isn’t helping. Neither is the fact that Blake and Yang went behind his back. Or Ruby keeping the lamp info hidden. This is basically actions having repercussions. None of the others could’ve known they’d be like this though.
The reason Winter and Clover follow orders so readily is twofold: one, it’s the military. You do not question authority unless you have a very solid footing to stand on. Two, none of them have actually been with Ironwood and haven’t seen what Team RWBY did. As far as they know, he’s still trying to make the best decision.
Clover was however, rather stupid when he interfered with Wrow, who was trying to suppress Tyrian. Everyone was already high strung but that just made everything worse… to the point Qrow got convinced that teaming up with Tyrian made some moniker of sense. This should’ve been a red flag. But nope, orders supersede common sense. And Clover paid for that mistake.
Notice the Ace Ops are all fighting individually while each member of RWBY got at least one assist from a teammate. Small wonder who won.
And finally, Penny. She’s the Winter Maiden. Because she has a human Aura, it was successful transferred to her.
That’s a very large Grimm whale isn’t it. I have a bad feeling about this..
This batch… is such a roller coaster in so many ways
In volume eight will welcome the destruction of Chair-kun
I think Crow and Clover worked effectively cuz their powers cancelled each other out so they won their fights on being skilled hunters xD
I love the touch of ironwoods eyes losing their shine right as he goes to shoot oscar showing his loss of humanity/emotion
I think it's his semblance activating
Ouch. Brilliance
I suggest a gofundme/patreon lvl for a new chair at this point.
And I say it again, greate reaction as always. Thanks for sacraficing your voice. Sal-u-tations from Germany btw.
Edit: rephrasing & the greetings.
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