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RWBY SHIPPING II - Blacksun

Hello again everyone !

Onward with the shippy songs, I'm continuing with Blacksun !

Why ? Because, sue me I still like them, and I'm very happy with their choice song since it's a song I've rarely seen used or recognized Their theme song is Communist lovesong - Soltero

WHY THIS SONG ?

This song fits in my opinion both Blacksun as a couple, as well as their WF-related storyline from V4-V5 and it's this specificity that made me choose this song for them.

The song notably presents someone who is disillusioned with certain ideas & has been convinced that things cannot work out even if the original idea was well-meaning. It's a view that perfectly fits Blake's relationship with the White Fang during V4-V5.

As the song continues however, the singer seems to get back on his feet. Imagining this song as a back & forth between Blake and Sun, Sun alleviating Blake's sadness at the WF current's state and encouraging her to keep going, makes the song fit them especially well.

A few noteworthy lyrics :

When V4 rolls over, Blake has nearly given up on the WF & her determination at stopping their harm. The WF was a great idea, well meaning & well conceived, but got lost somewhere along the way until Blake didn't feel like she belonged with them. Faced with the attack on Beacon, the WF involvement and Yang's state, Blake isn't sure that fighting is worth the price anymore.

Sun on the other hand, is as ready to lend a hand and provide some advice as ever. He helps Blake to accept others' help & respect their choices in spite of her guilt. Guilt that he doesn't allow her to dwell in.

More than anything, and even if his timing isn't always the best, Sun knew how much the WF mattered to Blake, and kept an open eye even when she herself didn't feel up to it.

Thanks to a bit of rest, as well as Sun's steadfast attempts to help with the WF and her pent-up guilt, Blake manages to reconcile her disapproval for the WF current methods with her desire to still fight for what the WF was supposed to be. People might think that all of WF is bad & rotten, but Blake knows that to be false. And she's determined to build back up and to try again.

Blake & Sun are both Faunus and as such, even if Sun wasn't born & raised here, he's still concerned by the WF actions. Menagerie is a haven for Faunus of all kind, *their* land and Blake in particular is tied to it. All throughout V4-5; they walk their land together, Sun being particularly determined at helping Blake with her struggles.

And that's it for Blacksun ! Don't hesitate to tell me what you think. If you find my shipping + songs list, you can also ask me to do X ship next.

I think putting lyrics on gif is less time consuming for me. So I'll prob keep doing that when I can. Tell me if they gifs aren't too ugly zkffnqj

Gudnight everyone !

I like how Ice Queendom is doing a good job of humanizing Whitley a lot more early on. He may act like a brat due to his upbringing, but despite that he does look up to his sisters. He’s just not very good at showing it, so he falls back on learned behaviors.

He even looks proud of Weiss when she defeats the Arma Gigas! It’s little details like this that go a long way.

I remember that night, I just might

regret that night for the rest of my days

Some gay baby

I just found your blog and hecking love it, especially the love language posts and asexual rosegarden content! Speaking of love language, I hc Salem before turning grimm as physical touch+ quality time (which makes the fact she uses physical touch to hurt+ torture, and her time for manipulation and cruelty all the more saddening)

Aaaaw thanks, that’s super sweet of you !!  I mainly discovered the asexual Rosegarden idea through @greenteaandtattoos so you should definitely check out their blog if you’re part of the gang ♥  I don’t know if I’ll be able to make much more Love Language posts but I can probably try to scrap together one or two more ^^  (I’ll have less canon material though so it might get a bit headcannon-ish :P). After that I think I’ll moreso just share some thoughts on the show and mostly make lyrics post : like finding songs appropriate for RWBY characters, OR analyzing characters with a song as leitmotiv. I have quite a few in mind already, among which a song to parallel Ruby and Ozpin and the leader status they’ve been given mhmm 👀 Oh my, that’s dark. I def think it makes sense for her though you’re right. I can see the Physical Touch that’s for sure... All these headpats and fake loving touch brr. You really ought to be uneasy around her. (unless you’re Tyrian ofc because you’re the one making others uneasy then)

I absolutely love the use of the sentence "I know my love can be the killing kind" through Oz & Salem relationship with the love being Salem (I'm a sucker for perfect association between lyrics & characters)

But what I also loved is the utilization of this same sentence with Ruby's silver eyes !! It reverts the previous idea; the "love" instead of a loved person skips to love as in the care you have for others, the ability. And it subverts the sentence in a positive way : that Ruby's love for life and her closed ones become an actual weapon against Grimm. Her love kills to protect <3

Random ramble but I wanted to express some love for a well chosen scene (+ the rythm and framing of that silver shine going off with the "my love can be the killing kind" is just top notch)

The Killing Kind is one of my favorite AMVs of yours! I love the use of the color and the focus on Oz/Salem and the bird twins, and of course the music choice is impeccable as always.

Thank you! The punchline of the song is that the phrase containing the title, "I know my love can be the killing kind," can be interpreted two ways: "I know my ability to love can be the kind that kills me" (the Branwen twins in converse directions), or, more ironically, "I know the one whom I love can be the kind of person that, well, murders people" (Oz and Salem). Hence, I'm really happy I went with those two focal points, although it does also explore the character arcs of the main characters as well.

WATCH IT please

Something about mentors learning from their students just as much as they teach them.

(pls reblog if you can? I put so much work into these lol)

Ozpin: This is just a reminder that all psychiatric and therapy services are completely covered by our health insurance plan

Qrow: Why do you always look at me when you say that

Hi I miss Pyrrha :(

Sun is a very good boy, no Sun slander allowed here

sun wukong is literally the embodiment of “he’s a little confused but he got the spirit”. he didn’t go about it super-well when he followed blake on the boat and he did invade her privacy at points, but it’s clear that when he talks to neptune, he was genuinely just in it because he’s a good friend and he knew blake needed someone to remind her that her baggage didn’t mean she didn’t deserve loving friends. if he were pretending, he would’ve dropped the act with neptune but he actually argued with him when neptune said he was ‘letting her go’

sun isn’t perfect by a LONG shot but damn, you can not argue that kid did not seriously care about blake