Honestly, The Curious Cat is one of those villains you love to hate, because of how despicable they are and how they’re able to manipulate others to get what they want.
Yeah I find it kind of funny how he went from annoyed to try and cover it up with a nonchalant attitude. It's like, "Bro, who you trying to kid at this point?"
I feel sad for Neo. Her only attachment to remnant died years ago. And her whole reason for living “died” to. She has nothing all over again. It like her song, “One thing.”
Yeah but maybe if she can be saved from her posession she will realize Ever Ater has given her a way to be with the one person she truely cares about even if it's only thanks to her powers, thanks to her power boost.
The Curious Cat is able to lie. Before it was assumed the cat could only answer honestly but could withhold information if the question wasn't specific
Honestly, the cat sounds more broken than outright evil. I suspect that if he actually knew what he wanted and figured it out, he'd be able to leave without needing to possess anyone, but since he hasn't he keeps getting bounced.
And thus the true villain of this volume shows his true colors! Something tells me that Curious will either be killed by Ruby who reappears reborn with her new weapon or Curious will be devoured by the jabberwalker!!
@@zinzhieaziz Since the Cat's makers are implied to be Light and Dark... there's a chance that after they make it to Remnant, they'll try to aid Salem's goals of gathering the Relics and summoning them back to Remnant.
However the cat is disposed of, team rwby have enough troubles on their plate back home thanks to Salem. They don't need this monstrous little parasite giving them even more.
Anyone else just laugh at how much the Cat enjoyed showing off his new body? Like the poses and the strutting with the heels, it's like he's constantly flaunting himself.
It's kinda messed up that some people are blaming Alyx for the Cat's actions. She broke her promise but that doesn't make it okay for the Cat to straight up murder her in retaliation. Like that's classic 'you have outlived your usefulness' villain level stuff. He also continued to manipulate everyone in EA (including Jaune/Team RWBY) for his own ends, like that bird he sent to die against the Jabberwalker.
We also still don't know the full truth. Why did alyx do what she did? What gave her that change of heart? So far, we only have points of view for her. One blamed her, and saw the worst. The other saw her as a tool, not a person. What did she see after the caterpillar that changed her? This is stuff, we may never know, because its reader is long gone. Or, maybe, she isn't. Death isn't the end here after all.
Still had it coming, implied that the poison DID kill Jaune, and from his P.O.V. she's clearly done many other awful things hence why she wanted to "fix" everything, she just didn't had time to realise Karma came in Checker theme this year
The hunter had 4 kids... Semblances can evolve... Ever after can boost semblances... Blacksmith can send you where you need to be... "My semblance da Bess"
Might be the case. Considering Neo can’t even go through the door because she has no attachments to remnant, she’s definitely not leaving the Everafter
@@L2L732 it can be so, but I think they're sort of "extension" of cat's true form that grows through Neo's body as manifestation of his own natural powers.
@@MrRwert I wouldn’t be surprised if pushed considering he wants Ruby to get to Remnant, the cat is going to further mutate Neos body into more of a humanoid cat monstrosity permanently. Like what the cat said, “what else would he do with a worthless broken thing?!?”
@@matthewcostello8572 we don't even know if what we saw before was his true form to begin with. This creature clearly has some shapeshifting powers so I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that his feline body was simply a facade to look friendly and harmless and in reality the Curious one is a giant demon or something like that.
Here's what I suspect will happen, Ruby will ascend and come back much stronger and determined than ever, she will possibly lure the cat out of Neo and show that she can no longer be possessed. The cat will then be killed by someone so it can reincarnate possibly better than they were or get it's just desserts by meeting it's death by Jabberwalker, thus ending it's threat once and for all. Ruby will then present the same tea she drank for Neo as a means of Neo ascending and finding her purpose once more, and that's how Neo will be redeemed.
I like to think if anything it'd be Jaune who saves Neo. Since his semblance allows him to directly interact with a person's aura, which is the manifestation of the soul, and since he's had plenty of time to train his aura and semblance, he could probably separate Neo and Curious via aura shenanigans. Whether by boosting Neo's aura to protect herself and shoving Curious out, or outright just pulling Curious out. The only reason why I believe this is because it'd probably be the only way to actually defeat Salem. Jaune literally splitting the immortal human side of her from the grimm corruption. It's an easy and semi-consistent solution that can actually affect the main conflict of Cinder and Salem. Plus it'd give Volume 9 some actual importance to the overall plot, because if left as is, the only change in the main story of Remnant is that Ruby is stronger by basically reallocating skill points, Jaune is older but not stronger, and Blake and Yang are official. For an entire volume we've waited over a year for, it'd be a shame if there was no ACTUAL progress in defeating Salem other than "RuBy StRoNg". For what is essentially a "character development arc", Volume 9 didn't really have a lot of endgame character development and basically gave Ruby a "character development potion" and Jaune PTSD and a depressed hero complex that gets resolved in like a minute. What's the point of making Jaune older but NOT stronger in any way?
@@ivangarduno1363 Jaune is _THE_ support character. The white mage/knight of the team. Whenever the A-team needs help, Jaune is always the first to support them in any way he can. He's not gonna finish off Salem, at most he's the one who'll beat Cinder and create an opportunity for Ruby against Salem. And regarding his semblance, if Neo's can evolve from just being mad for not killing Ruby for the third time, Jaune's semblance should have at least gotten stronger over the years. At the very most, it should've evolved from what he's experienced as well. And yeah, Aura Amplification DIRECTLY affects another's aura. So depending on how his semblance evolves or strengthens, theoretically speaking it's within the realm of possibility. And that's much more of a trump card than anything the A-team has right now.
You know, that makes more sense in a way. The story written had to be about someone who was there with her and a way to keep her memory alive, without realizing what really happened at the end of it all.
1:17 Here it is. The final piece of the puzzle of the fate of what became those 2. Out of all the fates of others, I'm guessing Alyx got the worst of it, before she follows through to her decision. 😬
I loved the soundtrack and reveal, after the cat possessed Neo. But this scene, the whole body language, acting, the emotional spectrum they display. And then the delivery at the end "Then i put you in the ground". This is so scary and awesome!
0:22 Wow, I thought he was gonna go to Remnant, but in the end, it was a failure. Even when he successfully possessed Neo, the Curious Cat STILL can't leave this place. Talk about Ironic.😬
So here's how I think Volume 9 is going to end: Jaune, RWBY AND the Cat make it out of the Ever After, and the Cat goes on to form a big bad ensemble or duumvirate with Salem, looking to gather the Relics and summon the Brother Gods back to Remnant so that the Cat can get their own answers. Also, GOD, the Cat is such a juicy antagonist! :D I hope they really do have more of a role beyond V9. :)
I'd actually love to see the Cat and Salem together. Plus, she' got some spots open in her Inner Circle anyway since all she's got now are Cinder, Tyrian, and Mercury.
When you know that cat's voice for so long, you will never trust that particular voice even though he has that innocent face Edit: And also the fact he will force feed you with pancakes
Oof the curious cat was driven insane becuase he wanted to leave so badly, also Alex did still posion Jaune so I kinda feel like she deserved it anyway
I mean yeah, but she wanted to fix things by the end, there’s actually a theory the Juniper in Alyx reborn having come back to help Jaune protect and fix everything
I find it interesting that Neo can't cross the portal because she doesn't have any connection. I wonder if that has to do with not having objectives or something like that. because one would think that after getting rid of Rubí her next objective would be to return and take revenge on Sinder🤔
@@tunderdiamant8651 Yeah but we already know that Time Travel is possible in the Ever After maybe the Great Tree's Ascension thing exists outside of the flow of time.
Audience: "Wait, so if Lewis wrote the story, how come no one knew about Lewis? Wouldn't Blake since she's a book buff? And why did Lewis write himself out of it?" RWBY writers: _*shrugs_
its interesting because the book always talked about alyx in third person , so either its written from his own pov while not naming himself or he see's himself and alyx as one in the storyline, or he just feels like alyx should be remembered more fondly considering he probably saw her in a better light after the epiphany
@@nobuffer101 Probably didn't want to self-insert. If he wrote himself in like it was some factual journey, people would think he's crazy and never want his book.
I wonder if they are going to kill off Neo or find a way to redeem her. I like her as a villain, but don't see how she can easily be redeemed considering what she's already done. Even more, I wonder what they are going to do with Curious Cat. Considering he's not a humanoid, likely kill him off (reincarnate him) You would think the gods would have been smart enough to create at least two of his kind in case the Curious Cat himself (like now) is broken due to an impossible assignment, and needs to return to the tree again his will to be fixed. (for context, his mission is to understand everything, that is quite literally impossible, meaning he's likely never returned to the three sinds the gods left. That's been how many thousands of years or more? yeah he definitely went insane due to his impossible task and his creators just leaving him with more questions.)
This actually makes a lot more sense. When we hear the fairy tail story, even if it’s real, we never think it’s an autobiography story, so having the Brother write the story makes a lot more sense when you think about it like that.
I kinda wanted to see Crescent Rose be in front of Ruby like it’s safeguarding her against any danger and when the Cat tried to possess her body, Crescent Rose manifested a body with a similar appearance of Volume 1-3 Ruby since it will represent a part of Ruby spirit she forgot.
So if the cat isn't lying here and she did promise to take the cat to remnant, this was basically alyx's fault. Because she cheated the red king and they decided to be petty as the red prince. :p
Huh? The cat is controlling and manipulative toward pretty much everyone (esp Jaune/RWBY) and also evil af for killing Alyx because she didn't do what it wanted. At least Alyx acknowledged how horrible she was and wanted to atone.
@@Zoidberryable Alyx well she didn't acknowledge that on her own. The tree made her see it. And If the writers wanted to, they could make it where there was a point the cat wasn't totally evil and really trusted that alyx would bring him to remnant, but with Lewis gone and alyx not having a connection to remnant at that point, he got pissed, killed alyx out of frustration and then decided to just manipulate people.
Someone should tell the Cat about someone else with his voice that went up against a group whose leader had Black and Red in their clothing, which did not end well
Hmm. Dragons on both doors back to Remnant. One looks to have wings and horns, the other is more serpentine. I feel like I've seen that somewhere... Hmmm. Nope, nothing coming to mind. Ah well. I'm sure it's not important.
@@maxsotomayor3674 Oh I was being a sarcastic sassy pants. It's too much of a coincidence that each door has the shape of the brother gods in their dragon forms for it NOT to be important. :)
I see Dragons on both doors. It must be created by Dragons who are the Creatures of Light and Creation, and the Arch Enemies of the Grimm. But I want to know where are these Creatures of Light.🐉
I'm going to be 100% real. This turn of events was really easy to see coming if you know the actual story of Alice in wonderland and the fact that it was penned by Lewis Carroll
Wait a moment, the door looks rather similar to the vaults that the relics were in, wouldn't that mean the maidens could find their way into the ever after?
what i do not get is how the hell can that cat fight so well, waling on 2 legs should be a new experience for him and suddenly he can throw down with the best of them and use neo's semblance just as well as she could, wtf
Maybe he has access to the person's memories? Given how he can control his host's body and modify it (blue claws, for example), it would make some sense that he would make good use of his host's body in combat.
Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding but is WBY and Jaune just 100% okay with Ruby throwing herself away and becoming someone else entirely so long as its her choice? even if it's clearly something done compulsively out of emotion? would be nice if the team behind this show cooled it with the sui***e analogies and the characters just being cool with it.
I see neo cant returns remnat becuases she had nothing to do But when she meet cinder she had to do working with cinder all happen to Atlas but now she can fix to help Ruby rose to defeat cinder and salem neo changes like emerald to help ruby and his friends
Am I the only one who thinks that when Alyx (Alex?) died she turned into the smith that helps transform Everafterians when they ascend? Since she it was stated that "She had a sudden crisis of conscience to fix everything"
I feel nothing for neo. I've always hated her character and she's just progressively shown that she's probably one of the dumbest characters in the series. They gave her an unexplained power up and then gave ruby a nightmare sequence like it's all ruby's fault and failings as if neo didn't help cause over half of the deaths or problems. And then she gets possessed by an obvious twist villain who's more interesting
If the curious cat had just waited and helped Alyx with fixing what she broke, they both could have gone back to remnant. His own impatience and greed was his downfall
Ok, but /why/ did Alyx poison Jaune? And why did the others go along with it? I kinda figured she'd caught on to the cats sketchiness and was trying to protect them, but that doesn't appear to be it.
Personally, I still think there's a chance the Cat is still gonna manage to Remnant in the volume's last episode, even if they don't manage to take over Ruby.
@@nevermore7285 the way they made it make sense is why it's cheap lol. Why is it suddenly a person has to have a connection to remnant to get back there? I assumed that ever afterans just weren't allowed to leave the ever after and that's why he needed to possess someone and the cliffhanger of episode 8 even made it seem that way.
@@mrjokerpt2.041 he does have a point tho. If the cat needed a hollow heart why do they also need to have an attachment to go home? That's very paradoxical
Ok so the Curious Cat devoured Alyx the Cat killed Alyx. Alyx never made it back to Remnant but her brother Lewis made it to Remnant and wrote that story
Honestly the cat screwed himself over by killing Alyx. There was no way that girl was just going to stay in the ever after. She just wanted to fix her mistakes, and once she did she would have gone home. Would it have been annoying to wait a little while longer, yes but she would have still went home after she finished and taken him with her. Hell with his help she could have finished faster and they would have been on their way in no time.
Now, this can be considered filler, but this is REALLY HOW CRWBY NEEDS TO WRITE A WELL-ESTABLISHED VILLAIN! The CC was trusted, and now he is the enemy. For CRWBY to make such a cool villain, probably makes this the best modern RWBY season yet. Out of 7-9, this is probably my favorite.
Even after the reveal of what he did to Alyx, I’m not surprised. I don’t really feel bad that he killed her, she basically just welched on her promise to the cat. Heh, don’t know if it’s a pattern, but a lot of the characters make really dumb decisions it’s hard to feel bad for them when they meet an unfortunate end. Truth of the matter was that Alyx was a terrible person before the story that was told about her, and then the sudden change of perspective at the worst time only to get her killed. And the Curious Cat just lost his chill and patience with her. Can’t blame him fully for his actions.
I feel so awful for Neo, and I haven’t watched this series in years. Even from a writing standpoint, she really had no agency once she teamed up with Cinder. Here, she’s possessed and gave up her life to maybe live with a delusional that she’ll have her only friend and family close by. She had nothing but rage and spite, and look where that got her. It’s been so long, but I still like her character. I wish she had gotten a better story.
here's my question, even if Neo had something tying her to remnant and was able to go back, why would the tree let her if the cat's involved? why would the tree let the cat leave under any circumstances? thing was created to do a specific job, if he leaves he can't, so why let him leave and not renew him or something?
Yeah I didn't get evil vibe from the Cat. To me, teh Cat just want to explore and discover new thing. Was promised by Alex that he'll be taken to Remnant, an entirely new world to explore. Wasn't explained clearly how the Cat is evil that Alex suddenly decided to break her promise after talking to the Tree, pissing the Cat off so he decided humans can't be trusted and be jackass.
Would it be possible for Jaune to ascend to regain his youth? Given ascension can change one's form it seems possible even it does not give one new purpose.
The Curious cat is despicable but I can’t help but love the way they shift poses after getting thrown back by the door
Agreed
Honestly, The Curious Cat is one of those villains you love to hate, because of how despicable they are and how they’re able to manipulate others to get what they want.
Yeah I find it kind of funny how he went from annoyed to try and cover it up with a nonchalant attitude. It's like, "Bro, who you trying to kid at this point?"
It’s the exact thing every cat owner has witnessed, with “oh you saw me do something dumb? lol no you didn’t I’m the picture of grace and composure.”
Why couldn't the cat go with Lewis if it need someone with an attachment to get back home
I feel sad for Neo. Her only attachment to remnant died years ago. And her whole reason for living “died” to. She has nothing all over again. It like her song, “One thing.”
Yeah but maybe if she can be saved from her posession she will realize Ever Ater has given her a way to be with the one person she truely cares about even if it's only thanks to her powers, thanks to her power boost.
@@blackdemonknight so, Basically, she can live out the rest of her days in her own delusion? That sounds even more sad
Jaune in 10 ep :"Hold my beer , Neo"
Yeah, I love her sing too
@@SurprisedPika666 thank you. Just realized My error. 🤣
The Curious Cat is able to lie. Before it was assumed the cat could only answer honestly but could withhold information if the question wasn't specific
Basically, lie by omission.
He can lie. But the best lie always have some form of truth hidden in them.
Maybe hes been lying to himself aswell.
So basically Kyuubey.
Honestly, the cat sounds more broken than outright evil. I suspect that if he actually knew what he wanted and figured it out, he'd be able to leave without needing to possess anyone, but since he hasn't he keeps getting bounced.
I understand Neo is the Enemy, But seeing her suffer at the Clutches of the Curious Cat is Immoral.
Its called poetic justice
neo also has actually killed people & never shown any remorse like Emerald in comparison. People forget that about them.
She literally broke Ruby and sent her to some kinda shadow realm.
Karma
She killed many people lmao
She caused Ruby to "commit suicide" my friend
And thus the true villain of this volume shows his true colors! Something tells me that Curious will either be killed by Ruby who reappears reborn with her new weapon or Curious will be devoured by the jabberwalker!!
Well you know what they say about curiosity and cats.
@@zinzhieaziz He is looking for his creator
@@TheEdgeshadow More than likely the Gods of Light and Darkness.
@@zinzhieaziz Since the Cat's makers are implied to be Light and Dark... there's a chance that after they make it to Remnant, they'll try to aid Salem's goals of gathering the Relics and summoning them back to Remnant.
However the cat is disposed of, team rwby have enough troubles on their plate back home thanks to Salem. They don't need this monstrous little parasite giving them even more.
Anyone else just laugh at how much the Cat enjoyed showing off his new body? Like the poses and the strutting with the heels, it's like he's constantly flaunting himself.
It's kinda messed up that some people are blaming Alyx for the Cat's actions. She broke her promise but that doesn't make it okay for the Cat to straight up murder her in retaliation. Like that's classic 'you have outlived your usefulness' villain level stuff. He also continued to manipulate everyone in EA (including Jaune/Team RWBY) for his own ends, like that bird he sent to die against the Jabberwalker.
We also still don't know the full truth. Why did alyx do what she did? What gave her that change of heart? So far, we only have points of view for her. One blamed her, and saw the worst. The other saw her as a tool, not a person. What did she see after the caterpillar that changed her? This is stuff, we may never know, because its reader is long gone. Or, maybe, she isn't. Death isn't the end here after all.
I still wish she was evil and the cat is just a tragic villain who Aleyx betrayed.
@@Mr.Inktail maybe thats what actually happened?
Still had it coming, implied that the poison DID kill Jaune, and from his P.O.V. she's clearly done many other awful things hence why she wanted to "fix" everything, she just didn't had time to realise Karma came in Checker theme this year
My theory is she IS the Blacksmith. Took her own reset after the Cat offed her and became someone who literally fixes those who are broken.
Remember kids, never trust Sketchy Akechi
Or Happy Chaos
@@OTheDetective Don’t know what that means.
@BrattyRuby687 happy chaos is a character from guilty gear who is also voiced by robbie daymond
@@OTheDetective Neat
I thought I was the only one who thought this
Perhaps she became the Blacksmith? The tree have her a role so she could help ‘fix’ what she had broken.
Or the mouse…could explain her fear of the cat.
The hunter had 4 kids...
Semblances can evolve...
Ever after can boost semblances...
Blacksmith can send you where you need to be...
"My semblance da Bess"
LOL i just love how Weiss made fun of the Cat and he is like ''you are the more annoying of the four''
First cat's eyes and teeth, and now giant clawed arms. I wonder if Neo's body will mutate even further in next chapter.
Might be the case. Considering Neo can’t even go through the door because she has no attachments to remnant, she’s definitely not leaving the Everafter
I actually think that the claws are just constructs made using her semblance
@@L2L732 it can be so, but I think they're sort of "extension" of cat's true form that grows through Neo's body as manifestation of his own natural powers.
@@MrRwert I wouldn’t be surprised if pushed considering he wants Ruby to get to Remnant, the cat is going to further mutate Neos body into more of a humanoid cat monstrosity permanently. Like what the cat said, “what else would he do with a worthless broken thing?!?”
@@matthewcostello8572 we don't even know if what we saw before was his true form to begin with. This creature clearly has some shapeshifting powers so I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that his feline body was simply a facade to look friendly and harmless and in reality the Curious one is a giant demon or something like that.
Here's what I suspect will happen, Ruby will ascend and come back much stronger and determined than ever, she will possibly lure the cat out of Neo and show that she can no longer be possessed. The cat will then be killed by someone so it can reincarnate possibly better than they were or get it's just desserts by meeting it's death by Jabberwalker, thus ending it's threat once and for all. Ruby will then present the same tea she drank for Neo as a means of Neo ascending and finding her purpose once more, and that's how Neo will be redeemed.
that seems no probable her destiny is to ascend meanwhile she is possesed
I like to think if anything it'd be Jaune who saves Neo. Since his semblance allows him to directly interact with a person's aura, which is the manifestation of the soul, and since he's had plenty of time to train his aura and semblance, he could probably separate Neo and Curious via aura shenanigans. Whether by boosting Neo's aura to protect herself and shoving Curious out, or outright just pulling Curious out.
The only reason why I believe this is because it'd probably be the only way to actually defeat Salem. Jaune literally splitting the immortal human side of her from the grimm corruption.
It's an easy and semi-consistent solution that can actually affect the main conflict of Cinder and Salem. Plus it'd give Volume 9 some actual importance to the overall plot, because if left as is, the only change in the main story of Remnant is that Ruby is stronger by basically reallocating skill points, Jaune is older but not stronger, and Blake and Yang are official. For an entire volume we've waited over a year for, it'd be a shame if there was no ACTUAL progress in defeating Salem other than "RuBy StRoNg". For what is essentially a "character development arc", Volume 9 didn't really have a lot of endgame character development and basically gave Ruby a "character development potion" and Jaune PTSD and a depressed hero complex that gets resolved in like a minute. What's the point of making Jaune older but NOT stronger in any way?
@@nobuffer101 jaune is a supoort character btw his semblance doesnt works like that
@@ivangarduno1363 Jaune is _THE_ support character. The white mage/knight of the team. Whenever the A-team needs help, Jaune is always the first to support them in any way he can. He's not gonna finish off Salem, at most he's the one who'll beat Cinder and create an opportunity for Ruby against Salem.
And regarding his semblance, if Neo's can evolve from just being mad for not killing Ruby for the third time, Jaune's semblance should have at least gotten stronger over the years. At the very most, it should've evolved from what he's experienced as well.
And yeah, Aura Amplification DIRECTLY affects another's aura. So depending on how his semblance evolves or strengthens, theoretically speaking it's within the realm of possibility. And that's much more of a trump card than anything the A-team has right now.
@@nobuffer101 yeah but you forget smth salem has no aura and her curse is of godlike origin no one except the gods can break it
You know, that makes more sense in a way. The story written had to be about someone who was there with her and a way to keep her memory alive, without realizing what really happened at the end of it all.
1:17 Here it is. The final piece of the puzzle of the fate of what became those 2. Out of all the fates of others, I'm guessing Alyx got the worst of it, before she follows through to her decision. 😬
I loved the soundtrack and reveal, after the cat possessed Neo. But this scene, the whole body language, acting, the emotional spectrum they display. And then the delivery at the end "Then i put you in the ground".
This is so scary and awesome!
Oh heck no, cat! You are not touching and possessing the adorable cinnamon bun! Way to go RWBY and Jaune team for protecting Ruby
Ruby Rose must be protected all the way 🥰
Honestly would of made for a couple of interesting episodes or maybe a whole arc if he did possess her tho
0:22 Wow, I thought he was gonna go to Remnant, but in the end, it was a failure. Even when he successfully possessed Neo, the Curious Cat STILL can't leave this place. Talk about Ironic.😬
So here's how I think Volume 9 is going to end: Jaune, RWBY AND the Cat make it out of the Ever After, and the Cat goes on to form a big bad ensemble or duumvirate with Salem, looking to gather the Relics and summon the Brother Gods back to Remnant so that the Cat can get their own answers.
Also, GOD, the Cat is such a juicy antagonist! :D I hope they really do have more of a role beyond V9. :)
I'd actually love to see the Cat and Salem together. Plus, she' got some spots open in her Inner Circle anyway since all she's got now are Cinder, Tyrian, and Mercury.
@@nickwilliamson4109 and there's a decent chance mercury might defect at some point
The last thing RWBY needs is more characters, especially antagonist. The cat is serving its purpose and should end here.
I really dont they let thé cat make it out of thé ever After tho i think ..
I thought this world was a “Alice in Wonderland” kind of thing. Turn out its WAY more F***ed up than I thought 😬😬😬
0:00-0:25 "Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Nice symbolism. :)
0:30 weiss is so real💀😭❤
the way she ate that😭
When you know that cat's voice for so long, you will never trust that particular voice even though he has that innocent face
Edit:
And also the fact he will force feed you with pancakes
Too true
Oof the curious cat was driven insane becuase he wanted to leave so badly, also Alex did still posion Jaune so I kinda feel like she deserved it anyway
I mean yeah, but she wanted to fix things by the end, there’s actually a theory the Juniper in Alyx reborn having come back to help Jaune protect and fix everything
God I hope Neo doesn’t die and comes back
I find it interesting that Neo can't cross the portal because she doesn't have any connection. I wonder if that has to do with not having objectives or something like that. because one would think that after getting rid of Rubí her next objective would be to return and take revenge on Sinder🤔
well she just learned that revenge makes her feel no better so i doubt she wants to do that again
Wasn’t expecting an actual door way.
Gotta give Curious this.
He has all the crackheaded stubbornness of an IRL cat.
So Alyx is the blacksmith? She wants to fix things, so the world tree rebirth her to be the blacksmith, right?
We don’t know for sure til the final episode of volume 9
That makes a lot of sense actually it's the same conclusion that I came too.
Yo was thinking the same
But thé tree was there before alyx right ? Do it doesnt make much sensé
@@tunderdiamant8651 Yeah but we already know that Time Travel is possible in the Ever After maybe the Great Tree's Ascension thing exists outside of the flow of time.
Then what is the Jabberwalker? What were they talking about trying to "fix"?
Audience: "Wait, so if Lewis wrote the story, how come no one knew about Lewis? Wouldn't Blake since she's a book buff? And why did Lewis write himself out of it?"
RWBY writers: _*shrugs_
Pseudonyms are a thing.
its interesting because the book always talked about alyx in third person , so either its written from his own pov while not naming himself or he see's himself and alyx as one in the storyline, or he just feels like alyx should be remembered more fondly considering he probably saw her in a better light after the epiphany
@@MrGksarathy Still doesn't explain why he wrote himself out of the story though.
@@nobuffer101 Probably didn't want to self-insert. If he wrote himself in like it was some factual journey, people would think he's crazy and never want his book.
I wonder if they are going to kill off Neo or find a way to redeem her.
I like her as a villain, but don't see how she can easily be redeemed considering what she's already done.
Even more, I wonder what they are going to do with Curious Cat.
Considering he's not a humanoid, likely kill him off (reincarnate him)
You would think the gods would have been smart enough to create at least two of his kind in case the Curious Cat himself (like now) is broken due to an impossible assignment, and needs to return to the tree again his will to be fixed.
(for context, his mission is to understand everything, that is quite literally impossible, meaning he's likely never returned to the three sinds the gods left.
That's been how many thousands of years or more? yeah he definitely went insane due to his impossible task and his creators just leaving him with more questions.)
Neo's probably due for a tree-birth, same as the Cat.
1:56; YOU MONSTER!
The cat’s VA striking it as usual
pancake boy is a great VA
Robbie Daymond is quite talented.
Meanwhile the rest of the cast…
That guy really knows how to voice a psychopath.
It feels like I'm reliving that moment in P5R all over again.... It was fun XD
Of course the fusion of the mute and the cat would talk with all that movement
He killed her
This actually makes a lot more sense. When we hear the fairy tail story, even if it’s real, we never think it’s an autobiography story, so having the Brother write the story makes a lot more sense when you think about it like that.
I kinda wanted to see Crescent Rose be in front of Ruby like it’s safeguarding her against any danger and when the Cat tried to possess her body, Crescent Rose manifested a body with a similar appearance of Volume 1-3 Ruby since it will represent a part of Ruby spirit she forgot.
Robbie daymond pulled out is inner akechi for this scene
So if the cat isn't lying here and she did promise to take the cat to remnant, this was basically alyx's fault. Because she cheated the red king and they decided to be petty as the red prince. :p
Huh? The cat is controlling and manipulative toward pretty much everyone (esp Jaune/RWBY) and also evil af for killing Alyx because she didn't do what it wanted. At least Alyx acknowledged how horrible she was and wanted to atone.
@@Zoidberryable Alyx well she didn't acknowledge that on her own. The tree made her see it.
And If the writers wanted to, they could make it where there was a point the cat wasn't totally evil and really trusted that alyx would bring him to remnant, but with Lewis gone and alyx not having a connection to remnant at that point, he got pissed, killed alyx out of frustration and then decided to just manipulate people.
@@Axel_Kasai dude its fucken akechi. I ain't trusting that cat. It be no diff from releasing the Cath Palug
Someone should tell the Cat about someone else with his voice that went up against a group whose leader had Black and Red in their clothing, which did not end well
Velvet Crowe? 🤨
@@duycao0521 More like Joker from Persona 5.
@@Yoshirocks92 He never saw it coming
Ruby Friends and her older sister will Protect her unstill she ready!
Calling it now, Neo stay's behind the fix the ever after.
0:26 when you try to look cool in front of the cool kids
What _really_ happened to Yang’s chest? 😒
Hmm. Dragons on both doors back to Remnant. One looks to have wings and horns, the other is more serpentine. I feel like I've seen that somewhere... Hmmm. Nope, nothing coming to mind. Ah well. I'm sure it's not important.
Or maybe it is. Dragons could be the Creatures of Light and Creation, and are just what they need to return to Remnant and fight the Grimm🐉
@@maxsotomayor3674 Oh I was being a sarcastic sassy pants. It's too much of a coincidence that each door has the shape of the brother gods in their dragon forms for it NOT to be important. :)
@@benjaminkoomen5993 Oh.. Well, one can only hope 🙂
Oh didn't even notice that but them creating the Ever After is kinda obvious.
I see Dragons on both doors. It must be created by Dragons who are the Creatures of Light and Creation, and the Arch Enemies of the Grimm. But I want to know where are these Creatures of Light.🐉
Nice eye! Those are the Brother Gods in their dragon forms! Light on the right, Darkness on the left. :)
2:25 WBYJ: over our dead bodies you sick son of a (bleep) 😡
Cheshire-Neo: Oh good. How nice of you to *OFFER* !
Weiss:You laterally k!ll alxy so we are not letting hurt our team leader (and my gf)
Yang:what
Weiss:What
0:11
Am I the only one who noticed that the doors have the Godly Brothers on them.
I'm going to be 100% real. This turn of events was really easy to see coming if you know the actual story of Alice in wonderland and the fact that it was penned by Lewis Carroll
I still never understand why possessing someone always seems to affect specifically their eyes and teeth?
Wait a moment, the door looks rather similar to the vaults that the relics were in, wouldn't that mean the maidens could find their way into the ever after?
Careful Cat, your pancakes are showing...
what i do not get is how the hell can that cat fight so well, waling on 2 legs should be a new experience for him and suddenly he can throw down with the best of them and use neo's semblance just as well as she could, wtf
Maybe he has access to the person's memories? Given how he can control his host's body and modify it (blue claws, for example), it would make some sense that he would make good use of his host's body in combat.
Placing my bet now: Alyx IS the Blacksmith.
Man I love this cat!
Also, Weis is best girl! (L)
Yeah, whatever, Akechi. You're just sad.
The Cat could’ve gone with Lewis first and waited for Alyx on the other side. Didn’t they even consider that?
Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding but is WBY and Jaune just 100% okay with Ruby throwing herself away and becoming someone else entirely so long as its her choice? even if it's clearly something done compulsively out of emotion? would be nice if the team behind this show cooled it with the sui***e analogies and the characters just being cool with it.
One flaw. It isnt suicide. People still keep misunderstanding the purpose of the tree. Idk why people see suicide while I see therapy
I see neo cant returns remnat becuases she had nothing to do
But when she meet cinder she had to do working with cinder all happen to Atlas but now she can fix to help Ruby rose to defeat cinder and salem neo changes like emerald to help ruby and his friends
she is void she wont return besides she hasnt earned redemption
Am I the only one who thinks that when Alyx (Alex?) died she turned into the smith that helps transform Everafterians when they ascend? Since she it was stated that "She had a sudden crisis of conscience to fix everything"
I feel nothing for neo. I've always hated her character and she's just progressively shown that she's probably one of the dumbest characters in the series.
They gave her an unexplained power up and then gave ruby a nightmare sequence like it's all ruby's fault and failings as if neo didn't help cause over half of the deaths or problems. And then she gets possessed by an obvious twist villain who's more interesting
If the curious cat had just waited and helped Alyx with fixing what she broke, they both could have gone back to remnant. His own impatience and greed was his downfall
I want to hear the growls from Blake, not from the Cursid Cat. 0:40 0:55 1:36 1:44
The cat and neo has something in common, there both monsters
I think the writers are trying too hard to make the cat the villain.
How?
I feel like the main reason why they did this was so the animators could finally animate Neo talking
Here's an idea, what if the jabberwalker is actually an ascended Alyx. She's hunting the cat for revenge.
Ok, but /why/ did Alyx poison Jaune? And why did the others go along with it?
I kinda figured she'd caught on to the cats sketchiness and was trying to protect them, but that doesn't appear to be it.
I wonder if they saved Neo if she could forgive? Probably not but still
The best part of this clip is Weiss being her Petty Betty self and the curious cat not having any of it😂😂😂😂😂
I knew the cat wasn't gonna get to remnant, but the way they kept it from happening really felt cheap.
Makes sense though. Like they said, Neo doesn’t have anything to go back to.
Personally, I still think there's a chance the Cat is still gonna manage to Remnant in the volume's last episode, even if they don't manage to take over Ruby.
@@nevermore7285 the way they made it make sense is why it's cheap lol. Why is it suddenly a person has to have a connection to remnant to get back there?
I assumed that ever afterans just weren't allowed to leave the ever after and that's why he needed to possess someone and the cliffhanger of episode 8 even made it seem that way.
There is always a wniny baby complaining about something... oh wait is rwby of course people would complain
@@mrjokerpt2.041 he does have a point tho. If the cat needed a hollow heart why do they also need to have an attachment to go home? That's very paradoxical
Ok so the Curious Cat devoured Alyx the Cat killed Alyx. Alyx never made it back to Remnant but her brother Lewis made it to Remnant and wrote that story
Honestly the cat screwed himself over by killing Alyx. There was no way that girl was just going to stay in the ever after. She just wanted to fix her mistakes, and once she did she would have gone home.
Would it have been annoying to wait a little while longer, yes but she would have still went home after she finished and taken him with her. Hell with his help she could have finished faster and they would have been on their way in no time.
Now, this can be considered filler, but this is REALLY HOW CRWBY NEEDS TO WRITE A WELL-ESTABLISHED VILLAIN! The CC was trusted, and now he is the enemy. For CRWBY to make such a cool villain, probably makes this the best modern RWBY season yet. Out of 7-9, this is probably my favorite.
RWBY Volume 10 Please Announce one Please Please!
Never trust a character who sounds Akechi or Hubert lest they try to possess or kill you
Is anyone else hoping Jaune stays like he is? Hes a much better character now than when he was a teenager. Even with all of his trauma
Curiosity KILLED the Cat.
Tmw a f^cking cat is a better villain than 90% of the main villains
It feels so wierd seeing Neo talk
I love how DIRECT the curious cat gets after he fuses with neo, "Then I'll put you, in the _ground_ "
Even after the reveal of what he did to Alyx, I’m not surprised.
I don’t really feel bad that he killed her, she basically just welched on her promise to the cat.
Heh, don’t know if it’s a pattern, but a lot of the characters make really dumb decisions it’s hard to feel bad for them when they meet an unfortunate end.
Truth of the matter was that Alyx was a terrible person before the story that was told about her, and then the sudden change of perspective at the worst time only to get her killed.
And the Curious Cat just lost his chill and patience with her. Can’t blame him fully for his actions.
I feel so awful for Neo, and I haven’t watched this series in years. Even from a writing standpoint, she really had no agency once she teamed up with Cinder.
Here, she’s possessed and gave up her life to maybe live with a delusional that she’ll have her only friend and family close by. She had nothing but rage and spite, and look where that got her.
It’s been so long, but I still like her character. I wish she had gotten a better story.
here's my question, even if Neo had something tying her to remnant and was able to go back, why would the tree let her if the cat's involved? why would the tree let the cat leave under any circumstances? thing was created to do a specific job, if he leaves he can't, so why let him leave and not renew him or something?
No attachments? Cinder betrayed her. Wouldn't Neo want revenge on her her too?
She barely cares about cinder
@@galaxy_cat9575that should still count for something
@@Axel_Kasai if it would count the way out wouldn’t rejected her
the fact he sounds like he enjoyed killing alyx is terrifying
I have a question why not just go with Lewis?
Hundreth like
I like how the Cat is not just evil, he's just overall a collosal jackass
Yeah I didn't get evil vibe from the Cat. To me, teh Cat just want to explore and discover new thing. Was promised by Alex that he'll be taken to Remnant, an entirely new world to explore. Wasn't explained clearly how the Cat is evil that Alex suddenly decided to break her promise after talking to the Tree, pissing the Cat off so he decided humans can't be trusted and be jackass.
@@sillybob9689 you know who else wanna be free and discover new things? Father from FMAB
@@sillybob9689 you know who else wanna be free and discover new things? Father from FMAB
I think, funny enough, once he got what he wanted, over time, he’d also get bored or would learn all there was, and the cycle would repeat again.
Oooo the way video ended felt an kingdom hearts boss intro
Wait so Alyx is dead? Holy sh-
There is absolutely no reason for this episode to have only been 15 minutes
Ikr
@@sonicspeedproductions2.04 the last 5 minutes of normal episode length could have been used for a longer curious cat fight, its so sad...
is alyx the blacksmith right? she repair things
Would it be possible for Jaune to ascend to regain his youth? Given ascension can change one's form it seems possible even it does not give one new purpose.
That sinister music playing during their talk was perfect
The cat killed her, obviously
I knew he killed her lol
So... Did Alyx just not reincarnate? Or... Did they just not say who she is knowing we'd go nuts trying to guess?
Of course possessing Neo wouldn't work. A truly empty vessel would have no attachments.
What kinda wonderland tale you all telling about…. I like to order what they order please. :D