also here is a whole website that not only has a shit ton of adventures and such but lets you search for any item or npc or whatever and see their stats and info at your fingertips
I understand the urge to pick up your phone during a movie better than anyone (adhd alert), but when I tell you to pay attention, I mean pay attention. My love language is showing movies, but unfortunately for the both of us, my taste in movies is exclusively shitty b-list movies that purposely make the plot difficult to follow. I have no answers for you if you miss something, because I'm struggling to follow while fully entrenched in said film
How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)
Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page
Basic character profile
OC masterpost
Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)
D&D Character Building Tool
Character Design Ideas:
How clothing affects a characterâs personality
Character Design Inspiration blog
Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by
Character design references and inspiration
Sources for POC character design ideas and models
Create your own character model using HeroForge
For horned characters
Body and hair types guide
Random outfit generator
Naming Help:
Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources
General advice on avoiding naming appropriation
Hispanic Surnames
Gothic Victorian names
Huge master list for character things in general
Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more
Another name masterlist
How to pick a character name guide
Yet another names masterlist
Creating Background/backstory:
Character Sheet/Development Sheet
Another character development list
In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet
320 talents and passions for characters
On writing likes and dislikes that arenât frivolous
Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary
Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes
Random backstory generator
Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid
Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:
Comparing character height/height references
Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science
Describing what different voices sound like
Describing skin tones
Writing friendship interactions that are platonic
Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea
Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing
Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disneyâs Mulan for an example)
How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters
How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero
On platonic OC and canon character relationships
How to avoid Godmodding in RPs
When itâs cheap to kill off a character
Writing dialogue
Things you shouldnât do to canon characters
Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs
Slang resources
Dialogue tips
Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships
âž âThis is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,â she said.
âž âThis,â he said, âis a sentence split by a dialogue tag.â
âž âThis is a sentence,â she said. âThis is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.â
âž âThis is a sentence followed by an action.â He stood. âThey are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.â
âž She said, âUse a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.â
âž âUse a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,â he said.
âUnless there is a question mark?â she asked.
âOr an exclamation point!â he answered. âThe dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because itâs not truly the end of the sentence.â
âž âPeriods and commas should be inside closing quotations.â
âž âHey!â she shouted, âSometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.â
However, if itâs not dialogue exclamation points can also be âoutsideâ!
âž âDoes this apply to question marks too?â he asked.
If itâs not dialogue, can question marks be âoutsideâ? (Yes, they can.)
âž âThis applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically expressââ
âInterruptionâ â but there are situations dashes may be outside.
âž âYouâll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses donât have a comma after them eitherâŠâ she said.
âž âMy teacher said, âUse single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.ââ
âž âUse paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,â he said.
âThe readers will know itâs someone else speaking.â
âž âIf itâs the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.
âThis shows itâs the same character continuing to speak.â
*NOTE: This is sorted by order of chronological events. If you want to see them by date posted, make sure you're in my blog before clicking on the name of the AU in the tags if ur on mobile. If ur on desktop, click on my blog's name first then click on the tag for the AU. Have fun backreading mwah!
Inuyasha AU - AU based on the anime Inusyasha. For the youngsters unfamiliar with it, it's an old anime about a modern Japanese teenager named Kagome who gets magicked to a feudal Japan that is terrorized by demons. She accidentally awakens a half-demon named Inuyasha(literally means demon dog) who was sealed frozen in time by Kagome's ancestor and Inuyasha's first love, Kikyo
Wednesday meets the half-demon Enid
Familiar faces
Kitty the Manticore
Pokemon AU - name speaks for itself i think.
Hex Maniac Wednesday and Cute Trainer Enid want to battle!(over a Mimikyu?)
Cover art
Getting to know Wednesday and Enid's Pokemons
List of Gym Leaders, Elite Four and the Champions
The Balcony Talk: Pokemon AU Edition
The boys awakening some "green-eyed monsters"
Challenging Champions Morticia and Gomez Addams(warning: it's still a WIP)
When you're part of their team...
Fanart by @enidtendo64
"Wenclair in my moot's styles" drawing meme by @kris-6758
Fanfics inspired by this AU by IntrusiveCreativity on AO3
Next Gen Nevermore AU - Wednesday and Enid as wives with a daughter named Vega
Meet Vega Addams
She has (both) her mothers' eyes
Mothers and daughter
Enid the wildlife rescuer
Baby's first wolf out
Vega's love for the extraterrestrial
Domestic Addamses
Full Moon nights are Family Nights
Finding the right 'do
The Heroes of Nevermore
Height Difference
Enrollment
SkyWolf
SkyWolf Meet Cute
Meet Sora Toriyama
Clowning each other like an old married couple
Principal Barclay
Clingy wolf
Family Day
Meeting Mrs. and Mrs. Addams
Full Moon Nights are Family Nights(ft. Sora)
Vega's favorite place: Sora's shoulder
Vega's Uncle Pugsley and his diverse children
Vega's Uncle Pubert, bane of her existence
Pubert fucks around and finds out
Happy Halloween
Regine Ottinger
Voices for Vega, Sora, Regine, and Pubert(ask)
The Mystery Missfits
Get to know Vega's cousins
Sora and Regine's parents
Bonus Vega fanfics by other authors:
Enid and Wednesday have a very important conversation with their daughter (by @eggplant-crusader)
Sora visits the Addamses (by TheVeryGayLouvio on AO3)
The aftermath of Vega's first wolf out by @whitebeltwriter
Vega and Sora's misadventures by @whitebeltwriter
Meet the Addamses AU - based on the movie Meet the Robinsons. Due a magical mishap, Vega Addams accidentally brings teen Enid Sinclair into the future and desperately tries to hide from Enid that the Addamses are the family she will eventually marry into.
Wednesday's daughter is full of woe(and stressed as FUCKK)
Addamses of the future
Enid Addams
See you later
Witchcraft Baby AU - loosely inspired by Lilo and Stitch. Wednesday is a witch who used Enid's blood to make a homunculus. The consequences are dire as their creation is taboo and Wednesday used the blood of a Sinclair to do it. Wednesday wants everyone to leave her and her creation alone, meanwhile all Enid sees is a chance for family.
I had a blast working with @simplyrockie to create these infographics for her Legacy Chronicles Challenge! She wanted each one to look like pages in a diary or journal, which I had a lot of fun with.
Rules are by Rockie, but the graphics are by me! đ€ This was a commission. I'm working on a more detailed tumblr FAQ for these graphics, but I do have some information on my ko-fi if you want to learn more about my process.
it is past time we jettisoned the useless false dichotomy of introversion vs. extroversion and just accepted that everybody has a minimum amount of social interaction, failing which, they get really weird. and everybody has a maximum amount of social interaction, exceeding which, they get really weird. these levels are different for everyone, for a variety of reasons, and have no moral dimension. and that is all.
The bees are NOT losing to the incest dragon show come on now!! 9 season slowburn + fairy tale retelling + pretriest backdrop for their first kiss + THEIR EYES ARE LITERALLY THE COLORS OF EACH OTHER'S SOUL
Reblog if you're gay or if you're a younger sibling who became the same size as your older sibling at some point and saw the fear in their eyes when they realized you could hit hard in a fight now
Looking back, there's actually more symbolic foreshadowing for Whiteknight than I initially realised in the dance arc in V2. When Jaune goes to ask Weiss out, intending to follow Phyrha's advice about cutting out the bravado and just being honest about how he feels, he's holding a white flower to give to her:
But he then sees Weiss asking out Neptune instead, and realising she has someone else she's interested in, he drops the flower and leaves.
Essentially the flower represents his romantic interest in Weiss, but also a potential future of a relationship between the two based on mutual honesty and respect, (following Pyrrha's advice to just be yourself) instead of the false selves they project and initially see the other to be.
After this scene of dropping the flower he stops with his attempts to ask Weiss out altogether. Him dropping the flower is him dropping his romantic interest in Weiss, instead focusing on just being a good friend and looking out for her (convincing Neptune to go talk to Weiss because he knew it would make her happy).
But we see this flower transition into this vase, drooping and wilting at the dance:
...followed by a frustrated Weiss trying to perk the same flower up:
Which seems to foreshadow Weiss later on being the one to take a romantic interest in Jaune in V9, and also being the one to support and reassure Jaune when he's at his lowest:
Which does in turn seemingly cause that potential budding flower of their relationship to grow and bloom again, just as the two of them have been growing into their own true selves over the course of the series.
I hope you don't mind if I share some thoughts on White Knight, the dance and other RWBY ships I think are gonna be canon.
I theorize/headcanon we are gonna have 5 ships by the end:
Bumbleby, Rosegarden and White Knight as the main ships
Renora and Emercury as the secondary ships
I call BB, RS and WK main because the characters involved are all protagonists. RN and EM instead involve key supporting characters, so I consider them secondary ships. All these relationships foil each other, but there are structural differences between the 3 main ships and the 2 secondary ones. The dance is an example of this.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DANCE?
The dance might foreshadow the final ships. In particular:
RN and EM go together, but they aren't "together together"
BB, WK and RG do not go together, but the relationships are teased or foreshadowed
TOGETHER, BUT NOT TOGETHER-TOGETHER
Nora: We're actually not "together-togetherâŠ"
Renora and Emercury go to the dance together, but they are not together-together:
Ren and Nora go as childhood friends and fighting partners
Emerald and Mercury go as partners in crime on Cinder's orders
By the time of the dance, both couples have a strong bond, but they are not in romantic relationships. Rather, they are each other's family:
Never knew a time when you weren't by my side
The one thing I could always count on
Always there for me, you've been my family
Even when all other hope was gone
Emerald: Can I ask you something?
Mercury: You're gonna.
Emerald: Why did you come with us, the night Cinder and I found you?
That said, they already display some attraction, which is highlighted during their introductions:
Nora: We've been friends for soooooooo long! What are the odds we'd still be together? Well, not "together-together..." Not that I'm not saying that you're not handsome; you are handsome, but that'd just be weird, right?
Mercury: Whatever. You want me.
Nora is already falling for Ren and Mercury teases Emerald. Not only that, but RN and EM's first scenes loosely parallel each other. Both duos are:
Introduced as a set
Complementary
Ren and Nora appear for the first time together in The First Step. Nora is energetic and loud, while Ren is quiet and stoic. They are shown to get along well and to share a common history:
Nora: Right! What was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team together! Oohhhh! We should come up with some sort of plan, to make sure we end up on the same team together!
(...) I know! We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal! A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?
Ren: Nora? I don't think sloths make a lot of noise.
Emerald and Mercury get their introduction in Best Day Ever, where they are immediately linked to their different motifs:
Emerald: Actually, I was wondering, do you have any copies of "The Thief and The Butcher"?
Emerald is a thief, while Mercury is an assassin (the butcher). They are two sides of Cinder and two sides of a "bad victim".
In short, both RN and EM are paired up since their introductions, they are fighting partners and have much screen-time together. Moreover, they share a common trauma:
Renora lose their hometown to the Grimms and survive together:
Emercury are recruited by Cinder, involved in her plan and finally dragged into Salem's inner circle:
In short, Renora and Emercury are two bonds that start as familial, but are slowly turning romantic (surely for Renora and probably for Emercury). This transformation happens through a separation:
Nora: When my mom ran from the Grimm and left me behind, you found me. We became Ren and Nora. But I realized on this mission apart, I donât know who âJust Noraâ is. And if Iâm ever going to find out, then I have to do it alone. Because Iâve always loved you, Lie Ren, and that pretty head on your shoulders seems like itâs doing a lot better. But I still got to get mine sorted out before I can be the partner you need. Is thatâŠokay?
Ren and Nora separate psychologically, while Emerald and Mercury physically. On the one hand Ren and Nora decide they must grow into their own people before they can get together. On the other hand Emerald and Mercury take different paths when it comes to the main conflict. That said, the two couples are clearly meant to reunite and they will do so as adults who discover the other as a romantic partner.
Allusion-wise we may have
Ren and Nora as each other's most beautiful flower (by Mulan)
Emerald and Mercury as each other's geenie and wish. Moreover, Emerald is Mercury's Emerald Tablet
AN INVITATION (BB + WK)
Yang: And if you feel like coming out tomorrow, I'll save you a dance.
Jaune: I lied! Weiss Schu-nee, will you accompany me, to the dance on⊠Sunday!?
Yang and Jaune invite Blake and Weiss to dance, but our Black Beauty and White Princess end up attending the party with different partners:
Sun is a foil to Yang - Both are linked to sun and gold, follow their hearts and wear their feelings on their sleeve. Moreover, Sun's role is clearly to be a bridge between Blake and Yang, while they are separated. He reassures Blake that Yang doesn't resent her for what happened at Beacon:
Sun: You think you're being selfless, but you're not. Yeah, that chameleon friend of yours got me pretty good. But I'd do it all again if it meant protecting you. And I can promise Yang would say the same.
Neptune is a foil to Jaune - Both are try hard boys, who think they must appear cool to be accepted by others. Jaune's confrontation with Neptune at the dance is deep down Jaune facing that part of himself he needs to outgrow:
Jaune quoting Pyrrha: Then just go talk to her. No pickup lines, no suave moves, just be yourself. I've heard that's the way to go.
So, Blake and Weiss don't choose Yang and Jaune as dancing partners, but 2 foils of them. This happens because the Vale Arc represents the characters' childhood. Beacon is a safe place where the protagonists can be kids and grow, while sheltered by the conflict:
Ozpin: Right now they're still children. So why not let them play the part? After all, it isn't a role they'll have forever.
As a result, it is a place of sperimentation both in fighting and in interpersonal relationships. Blake and Weiss are far away from figuring themselves out, so they choose immature partners, who mirror their degree of development by that time.
Despite this, the 2 relationships that get proper narrative focus throughout the dance are not Black Sun and WeissxNeptune. Rather, they are Bumbleby and White Knight:
-Yang opens up to Blake and shows vulnerability. Thanks to that, she convinces Blake to attend the party. Their interaction is commented by a light/shadow symbolism, their clothes at the dance are complementary (white + black) and Yang wins Blake's first dance.
Sun: Sooo, does this mean we're going⊠together?
Blake: Technically, though my first dance is spoken for.
-Jaune confronts Neptune for Weiss's sake. He calls the other boy out and encourages him to go talk with Weiss. He is the reason why Weiss finds herself with a knight:
Weiss: So, what made you change your mind?
Neptune: Huh?
Weiss: You said you were embarrassed at first. What made you come talk to me?
Neptune: You're looking at him. You got some good friends looking out for ya.
Moreover, Weiss and Jaune's bond is commented by the white rose symbolism you mention and by their shared queen/knight motif. Weiss asks Neptune out like a knight and Jaune wears a dress like a princess.
In other words, Blake and Weiss's relationships with Sun and Neptune don't change after the party. Rather, the bonds which transform are the ones with Yang and Jaune, who metaphorically bring Blake and Weiss to the dance (they make sure the girls attend and have partners).
In general, BB and WK are strong parallels and hit almost the exact same bits structurally. Here are some examples.
1- Both couples are targeted by a villain who attacks one person to hurt the other:
Adam: And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love. Starting with her.
Cinder: Are you going to let her die too?
Moreover, Both assaults happen as parallels to Arkos. Adam cuts Yang's arm, while Cinder is about to kill Jaune. Cinder outright mocks Jaune by using Pyrrha, when she impales Weiss.
2- In Mistral, BB and WK have important climatic moments that tie with their respective allusions:
BB fight Adam in a scene which calls back to Beauty and Beast, the Jungle Book and Goldilocks. Adam dies like both the Beast and Gaston in the Disney movie. The song Nevermore refers to the song Evermore of the Beauty and Beast remake. Blake and Yang's fight against Adam mirrors Mowgli's final fight in the Jungle Book. Finally, Blake is presented as Yang's just right:
Blake: She's not protecting me, Adam. And I'm not protecting her. We're protecting each other.
WK survive the Haven's fight together in a scene, which alludes to Snowhite, the Snow Queen and Jeanne d'Arc. Cinder (the Evil Queen) kills Weiss (Snowhite), who is saved by Jaune (the Prince). As a result, Weiss unlocks her Queen Lancer (is crowned Queen). In this way, she avoids turning in a Snow Queen like Winter and expels the cursed mirror fragment from her eye (she summons the Grimm). Jaune is instead able to perform a miracle (bring a person back from the death) while at Haven (heaven).
3 - Both Blake and Jaune have their weapon (their self) destroyed by their personal villain (Adam the Beast and Cinder the Evil Queen):
However, they go through a healing process and fix themselves up:
They integrate a little bit of Yang and Weiss's colors within themselves. Blake's Gambol Shroud aquires a golden detail and Jaune's hair gets a white stripe. Incidentally, Yang and Weiss have an important role in Blake and Jaune's recovery:
So, both BB and WK are ships where one side is almost killed by an antagonist, but death is avoided thanks to the strength of the relationship. At the same time, the characters' arcs are parallels, complementary and tie into each other's allusions:
Blake and Yang are both Beauty and Beast. Blake is Yang's just right.
Weiss and Jaune are both Snowhite and Prince. Weiss is Jaune's angel.
DANCING PARTNERS (RG)
Ozpin: If you think about it, fighting and dancing aren't so different. Two partners interlocked, although one wrong move on the ballroom merely leads to a swollen foot.
Ruby has no partner for the dance and is uninterested in the whole event. She would prefer to fight Grimms rather than to socialize or dance. This behavior mirrors her immaturity: Ruby is a child and at the beginning of the series doesn't care about romance. In this scenario, though, Ozpin arrives and says 2 things:
He encourages Ruby to enjoy the peaceful times spent with others > This foreshadows Ruby's eventual romantic bond with Oscar. Ruby has no partner because her romantic interest has still to appear in the story. That said, she has a meaningful interaction with the person who will bring Oscar in Ruby's life
He metaphortically links together fighting and dancing > This foreshadows Ruby's role in Cinder's arc as her (platonic) Prince. The night of the dance Ruby "dances" (fight) with Cinderella just before Midnight. In other words, Ruby is set up as Cinder's eventual savior
Why are these two things linked? It is probable that theme-wise Oscar and Cinder will end up connected. In other words, it is possible Ruby will have to symbolically reconcile with Cinder to end up with Oscar. After all, these 2 characters are set-up to be important foils of each other.
As for now, it is interesting that a little after their first meeting Ruby and Oscar are shown sparring (dancing) with each other:
Which can be seen as a call back to Ozpin's words at the dance (and I think you yourself pointed it out in another post).
At the same time, Oscar is a foil to another character deeply important for Ruby:
Ruby: But at this pace, you'll be combat ready in no time! Suddenly, Ruby frowns upon mentioning her last phrase. Oscar notices this and tries to ask a question before Ruby interrupts him.
Oscar: UhâŠ
Oscar and Penny are connected since early on and in Atlas they have parallel arcs. Not only that, but volume 9 openly juxtaposes them as Ruby's past (Penny) and Ruby's future (Oscar):
Ruby's identity crisis reaches its climax the moment she is forced to confront Penny's past death and a possible future where Oscar dies because of Ruby. This results in Little (aka Ruby's child-self) dying and Ruby drinking the tea.
The metaphorical meaning is clear. In volume 9, Ruby leaves her childhood (Little) behind and embraces her adolescence (Somewhat). Similarly, she comes to term with Penny's disappearence (platonic imo) in Atlas, so that she can enter a new relationship with Oscar (romantic) in Vacuo.
This development is highlighted also thanks to a parallelism between RG and WK. Let's consider these two scenes:
The situations are similar. Both Ruby and Jaune are on the floor reaching desperately for their weapon. They are being attacked by a strong foil of Oscar and Weiss (Ozpin and Cinder) and taunted by them:
Neo-Ozpin: How many more lives do you have to ruin before you realize youâre not cut out to save anyone?!
Cinder: You're just a failure with a death wish.
Ruby and Jaune refuse their words in opposite ways. Ruby does so actively, as she reaches for Crescent Rose and slices Ozpin. Jaune does so passively, as he tells Cinder it is okay if he dies by saving others. The outcome is horrifying. Ruby unwillingly kills Oscar, while Jaune unwillingly inspires Cinder to impale Weiss. Both Ruby and Jaune are psychologically tortured to believe they are the reason why their loved ones die. Moreover, this moment comes when both are still struggling with another important loss (Penny and Pyrrha).
In short, RG is a well set-up ship, which strongly parallels the other main ones and is bound to receive focus in Vacuo. I would say it is the most intertwined to the main plot (Cinder and Salem) and the most thightly written (together with Emercury).
As per usual, Ruby and Oscar are parts of each other's allusions. They share the role of Dorothy and are each other's Ozma and Dorothy as a result. Ruby is also the Oscar's Little Prince's Rose.
THE LOST LENORE
âWretch,â I cried, âthy God hath lent theeâby these angels he hath sent thee Respiteârespite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!â
Quoth the Raven âNevermore.â
The Raven
RWBY's ships (and not only them) seem to be about overcoming grief through love. As a result, they deal with death and loss in several ways.
RN lose their home and families, but find new love in each other (Kuroyuri means both curse and love). EM will probably lose Cinder by the end, but will survive together.
BB, WK and RG all deal with a heavy loss, which is overcome thanks to the newborn relationship:
BB > Blake loses Adam
WK > Jaune loses Pyrrha
RG > Ruby loses Penny
A past love/relationship must be dealt with for a new one to bloom. So, Blake and Yang face Adam and kill him. Weiss and Jaune must solve the grief over Pyrrha. Ruby and Oscar have to address Penny. Maybe it is because of this that the imagery of the Nevermore keeps popping up throughout the series and in some key scenes for some ships.
Nevermore
Nevermore
Will I be afraid
Nor will I run away
It's behind me
RN have a Nevermore ominously looking at them while the village burns
Blake and Yang sing Nevermore while fighting Adam. The song is an answer to Poe's The Raven. There the author cries he will see Lenore nevermore. Here, Blake and Yang affirm they will not let themselves be controlled by Adam nevermore
Weiss is now able to summon a white Nevermore, which is probably going to be important for her arc and her relationships with Ruby and Jaune
Whatever the case, the message is clear. The characters are not letting themselves be conquered by the "nevermore". They are fighting it thanks to their bonds (platonic and romantic) with each other.
WEDDING TIME
As you know, @hamliet has mapped down all the chemical weddings of the series. They are moments full of alchemical symbolism (+ fairy tale symbolism tbh), which are used to develop 2 characters' dynamic. In RWBY they seem to be used to specifically build up romances.
So far, we have:
BB (3 weddings): Adam cutting Yang's arm at Beacon, Blake and Yang vs Adam (they symbolically exchange wedding vows), Blake and Yang's confession in volume 9 (they consume their wedding)
RN (2 weddings): Ren and Nora meeting during the fall of Kuroyuri, Ren and Nora coming back to their hometown and killing the Grimm
WK (2 weddings): Cinder impales Weiss at Haven, Weiss, Jaune and Penny/Winter vs Cinder + Volume 9 ending (WK's second wedding seems like several small moments rather than 1 big one, so it might still be ongoing)
RG (1 wedding): Ruby and Oscar meeting in Mistral through Qrow. Imo volume 10 might start with their second wedding. This time they will meet through Raven and Ruby is gonna be the one who arrives out of nowhere
EM (1 wedding): Emerad and Mercury's confrontation in Lost. Their second one will probably be a real fight interrupted by Tyrian. By that point, Mercury will have to choose what to do
As you see, it seems each relationship is gonna have 3 weddings, where the second one is the inversion of the first and the final one is about integration.
A LITTLE FLIRT
All ships flirt in their very first scene together. We have seen it with RN and EM, but when it comes to the main 3, there is a little bit more. There, the character who falls first says a line, which shows they are unconsciously drawn to the other's real self. Even if they do not realize it yet.
BB- Yang compliments Blake's bow, which hides her Faunus trait. The piece of cloth is symbolic of Blake's shadow and what she hides. Yang is still too immature to see through Blake's mask, but she is attracted by it. It is meaningful, then, that during their confession, Yang openly praises Blake's ears and shows she can now see Blake as a whole.
WK - Jaune calls Weiss Snow Angel. It is used as a lame pick-up line and a joke. However, our Snowhite is slowly becoming a powerful angel to others:
As a side note, both Sun and Neptune mention respectively Blake's bow and Weiss's Snow Angel nickname. Not only that, but they are more successful than Yang and Jaune. Sun sees through Blake's disguise and Neptune wins Weiss's affection. That is because Blake and Weiss need to go through Sun and Neptune to end up with Yang and Jaune.
RG - Oscar comments on Ruby's silver eyes. This line has 3 layers to it. First, it immediately links Ozpin and Oscar together. Secondly, it is Oscar implying Ruby's eyes are beautiful. Thirdly, it shows Oscar immediately likes the trait Ruby's silver eyes represent aka her strong idealism. This is confirmed during the dojo scene, where Oscar says Ruby must be the best Huntress ever after listening to her hopeful words.
So, here you have it. Yang, Jaune and Oscar immediately size out Blake, Weiss and Ruby without really knowing. Btw, something similar might be present for RN and EM too and I might be missing it.
For example, I currently think Mercury's line "You want me" might serve as this. After all, Emerald is Aladdin and her arc is linked to want vs need. In other words, she has to realize what her real wish is. Well, we know her final desire is gonna be Mercury. So, yeah, Emerald wants him ;)
ARCHETYPES
Here we come at the very end of this ramble. I hope you enjoyed it up until now :) (I sure had fun!)
The cherry on top is that each one of the 3 main ships (again unsure about RN and EM) is linked to a Jungian Archetype:
BB- Shadow/Persona > The shadow is what is hidden, while the persona is what is shown. This is why Blake and Yang have a shadow/light motif. Fittingly, Blake is linked to the Shadow and Yang to the persona.
WK - Anima/Animus > The anima is the feminine part of a man and the animus is the masculine part of a woman. This is why Weiss and Jaune's shared motif is that of knight/queen. Not only that, but the animus/anima archetype is associated with the White Phase in alchemy aka Weiss's stage. Incidentally, Jaune is linked to the Rainbow Phase, which is a part of the White Phase itself.
Rosegarden - Self > The self is the combination of all other archetypes and here it is declined in macroshom and microchosm. This is why Ruby and Oscar's shared motif is inside/outside. Obviously, this archetype is also linked to the red phase aka Ruby's stage.
