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RWBY in Song ♦ Adults and their mistakes

Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

Maybe I'm foolish, maybe I'm blind Thinking I can see through this and see what's behind Got no way to prove it, so maybe I'm lying

But I'm only human after all I'm only human after all Don't put your blame on me Don't put your blame on me

Take a look in the mirror, and what do you see? Do you see it clearer or are you deceived... in what you believe?

'Cause I'm only human after all You're only human after all Don't put the blame on me Don't put your blame on me

Some people got the real problems Some people out of luck Some people think I can shoulder The weight of heavens above

I'm only human after all I'm only human after all Don't put the blame on me Don't put the blame on me

Don't ask my opinion Don't ask me to lie

Then beg for forgiveness For making you cry For making you cry

I'm only human, I make mistakes I'm only human that's all it takes To put the blame on me Don't put the blame on me

'Cause I'm no prophet or messiah You should go looking somewhere higher

I'm only human, I do what I can I'm just a man, I do what I can Don't put the blame on me Don't put your blame on me

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A song for the adults in the cast and the mistakes they made, but mostly how much these mistakes boil down to humanity's limits.

➸ While RWBY as a show is mostly focused on the teenagers, I've found the adults to be really compelling when you allow them the room to simply be human and acknowledge that they inevitably make mistakes as a result. That is not to mean that some of their actions are not reprehensible, but I think they also all deserve some manner of understanding, in the sense that the root of their failures are more often than not familiar and real.

➸ Fear, Hope, Despair... The hesitation to trust brought on by trauma and experience, the fumbling that occurs along the way of an impossible task. The fall that comes with relying too much on others' hope, trying in vain to numb and run from your pain. How the weight of your responsabilities and desire to do the right thing can bring you down if pushed and pulled for too long. The difficulties that come with leaving behind the life you've been raised in (and ultimately failing to). The root of everything being a simple human's grief and his inability to let go... or the fact that the gods might be much more to blame. The hope and desire to make the world a better place for the next generation, only to force a bigger sacrifice on them.

➸ Everyone is human, trying in their own way and making mistakes on the path. Everyone is faillible, and I sometimes wish this was acknowledged more... Because it is so very easy to become the antagonist in someone else's story as everyone struggles to find their place in the world or simply what to do. And I think it's important to remember the good among the bad decisions... To look at the root of the evil more than the humans who fell victim to it.

/“Meeting you was the worst luck i’ve ever had.”/

absolutely painful, but more painful was copying the RWBY style