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RWBY Shipping I - Rosegarden
Hello everyone !
I don't know if anyone tried to guess which song was whose in my previous post here; but in any case I've figured out how to make easy gifs it seems soo I'll be putting out shippy gifs with lyrics from now on ♡
We're starting today with the babies Ruby & Oscar, let's get going with Rosegarden 💚❤️ The theme song I chose for them is Talk to me - Cavetown
WHY THIS SONG ?
For Rosegarden, I tried to focus on aspects specific to their characters and thus their ship. It came down to several things :
Ruby's struggles with sharing her problems
Oscar's comforting nature & willingness to listen
The fact that Ruby was the only character to reaffirm Oscar's personhood & lift him up in V6
The fact that Oscar is the only person who managed to get Ruby to externalize her sorrow
I imagined this song as back and forth between the two, each talking & trying to comfort the other.
A few noteworthy lyrics :
"You don't have to be a hero to save the world" "You don't have to be a prodigy to be unique" "You don't have to be anybody you can never be"
From Ruby to Oscar, these easily echoes his worries about the merge and her reassurances. When Oscar worried of being just another of Ozpin's life, when he felt like he had no inherent value & nothing to give to the group; Ruby was the one who told him that "Of course not.". Ruby likes Oscar as just Oscar, and she's grateful for his help whether Ozpin is there or not. He doesn't need to be a century-old hero or a prodigy; or anyone other than himself.
"It doesn't make you a narcissist to love yourself" "That's alright, let it out, talk to me" "Let your words release your pain"
On the other hand, Oscar is steadfast in trying to establish an honest relationship with Ruby. Countrary to many characters, even if he admires her drive & optimism, Oscar has never tried to forcefully drag it back to the surface when Ruby's feeling down. On the countrary he gave us the Dojo scene aka Ruby's only admission of trauma; and has expressed hesitance and uncertainty at some of her decisions without being accusatory. Oscar likes Ruby, struggles and all, and if she ever needs to confide, she can come to him and know that he will listen and not just try to *fix* it.
"You and I will share the weight Growing stronger day by day"
Two beans, with their special "thing" (silver eyes & wizard soul) Though Oscar was but an unexperienced boy when they met; he's grown a lot since then. Him & Ruby are clearly equal; more than she is with her own team in some ways (by virtue of being their leader). And as two people who have their own kind of "chosen one" power, they're major players & allies who can share the weight of the war against Salem, growng stronger along the way.
Overall just a comforthing & wholesome song, acknowledging that the world might be dark & rough, but there are ways to keep warm together if you only share your pain with others and listen to their love.
I strive on the RG love and asexual Rosegarden content I've been seeing lately, so take this shipping chart ✨
Please don't hurt me if you think I didn't put them in the right place, I spent time on this and I tried I edited out the Horny and I will do so for every chart because I don't feel comfortable answering that ;;
I'm fine with both NB and cis girl Ruby, but I thought I'd make this extra gay ✨ to spite the people who call it a boring straight ship </3
Also I didn't put down Oscar as bi ace because I personally don't hc him, all on his own, as ace as much as I do Ren or Ruby. But Ruby and Oscar as a couple absolutely make up asexual Rosegarden (also because Oscar isn't all that friendly with touch)
And if that makes no sense and it doesn't work like that well idk i'm sorry, this is the right time to annouce i don't know anything about romantic relationships *sobs*
It's my chart and I get to make Oscar the little spoon because he's a SHORT KING and he deserves ALL THE HUGS. But to be honest they swap
They can both exchange clothes but I just feel like Ruby would be the clothe-stealing gremlin
I don't remember Oscar using pet names, but all of RWBY still teases Weiss with the Ice Queen thing so here they go.
Neither of them are really extroverted but I think Oscar hides in the background even more. Babies
Ruby always has a speech and comforting words ready, Oscar is king of Acts of Service & Quality Time
Oscar might be a very awkward blushing dork but that won't stop him from confessing first. Also because Ruby is very stressed and very worried and feels like there's too much going on to do it first
Oscar is farm boy, he's seen worse than a bug. Although he can squash but he probably would simply bring out bugs 🥺
They can both drive, Ruby can honestly go two ways : either be as clumsy as she usually is outside of Huntsman work; or know just enough mechanics because weapons to know her way around. Imagine Ruby modifying their car with weird additions... "Are you sure that's safe Ruby ??" "Yea yea trust me, building Crescent Rose only took 3 tries." "Oh that's good... Wait, THREE ? Ruby we don't have 3 cars !"
Ruby is banned from the kitchen apart from a few dishes, and Oscar is the chef because I said so
Ruby is okay with PDA, Oscar is canonically picky about touch so
"I'll protect you." "No, I'll protect you !"
They're babies your honor, they're awkward because they have no idea what they're doing.
I can't see either of them being seriously & genuinely jealous ?
Asexual Rosegarden 💚❤️ Asexual Rosegarden 🖤🤍💜
