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Ok. To start this off I want to say, I think about how her character allusion really makes no sense alot. Yang is supposed to be Goldilocks. But like, goldilocks story isn't that involved. There is a reason it was never made into a movie or anything. And I've seen some great posts that really get deep into her goldilocks imagery. But what I'm gonna say is bc of the last episode V8 e13. So spoilers.
So, somethings make no sense about Yang and her fairtail.
1. It's not a indepth fairtail. And that's fine, except shes one of the main 4.
2. Why is her name chinese? The other characters with Chinese names have chinese allusions. Sun Wukong being a great example.
3. She has a chinese name, but looks Caucasian. Where it seems like this seems to flip flop on some characters. In RWBY, Blake seems chinese coded. Raven and Qrow seem chinese coded. Cinder is another. But the 3 I can think of with Chinese names Tia, Yang, and Sun all are blonde hair and bright eyes.
4. Seriously, besides the hair and the 3 Ursa in v1. What is goldilocks?
So. Awhile back I read this post here:
Oh my god, kudos to OP for noticing this!!! I grew up with movie adaptions from Jin Yong’s books (Xiao Long Nu’s story is one of them) and t
Which really goes into detail about how Yang really matches up this a Chinese novel The Legend of Condor Heros. And it really makes sense. It combines the main characters with Blake and Yang, which is similar to the beauty and the Beast allusion Blake has. Blake is both Beauty and the Beast and Yang is her beauty. It's similar to the Heros of Condor Yang is both Xia Long Nu and Yang Guo but Blake is her Xia Long Nu.
Check out the post it goes into great details about the story and how they compare to RWBY.
But my post isn't just promoting another post. What I want to talk about is the possibility that Yang isn't Goldilocks, but Alice.
So, yes. CRWBY and everyone says Yang is Goldilocks. But like what if she wasnt? What if they told us that and added some minor details like the Ursa to fool us. Mainly bc if we were told from the beginning that Yang was Alice, we would have been looking for this allusion the entire time. And therefore the end of v8 would have been more predictable.
But how does this fit?
1. Well first and foremost the Hair. Alice has long Blonde Hair. And when illustrations were finally done she is in a Yellow dress with blue stockings and she has a bow in her hair. Where yellow is Yangs color. In her original designs her leg bandana was blue to match Blakes eye. And i threw in the bow for a bumbleby reference hahaha. But they later changed the blue to purple.
2. The entire "Who are you?" One of the most infamous parts of Alice in Wonderland is the Who are you part with the caterpillar. And when I think about that. All I think about is that part in v2, when Yang talks about not having a purpose and just look for adventure. And Alice in Wonderland original manuscript was called "Alice's Adventures Under ground"
3. Alice in Wonderland helped influence the Wizard of Oz. Thinking about it this way it makes total sense that if Ruby is also an allusion to Dorothy that Yang would be Alice. Both Sisters representing the 2 main stories.
4. So, this one is just weird, not sure if it matters. When Alice gets to the Tea party. They keep asking her a riddle "How is a Raven like a writing desk?" It's just weird that a Raven in brought up at all, since thats Yangs Mother.
5. Alice does have a sister. It is an older sister, but shes the one that wakes her up from her dream.
6. Through the Looking Glass. That is the 2nd book of Alice's Adevntures. And odd enough it's about Alice returning to Wonderland by walking though a mirror. Which is very visually similar to the pathways in v8 e13.
7. She surrounded by cats. Yes I know, Blake isn't a real cat but a cat faunus. But we got a lot of cats in Alice. We have Cheshire, Dinah, and the Black and white cats in through the looking glass.which actually makes more sense. If she was goldilocks and Blake is Bell. They could have made Blake a Bear faunus with cute little bear ears. But they didn't. They chose a cat.
8. Of Course we have Yang falling through the world.
So, there you have it. My thoughts on what if Yang was never Goldilocks, but Alice.
What are youre guys thoughts? I know this isn't super thought out. My thoughts on it are kinda scattered, but I wanted to get this post out.
I cannot believe this actually needs to be spelled out but a shocking number of people seem to actually think this.
YANG IS NOT DEAD
I won’t even get into the fact that Yang has so many dangling plot threads that she’s effectively impossible to kill without destroying your series on a foundational level. I’ll stick to two other reasons.
Reason number 1: RWBY doesn’t kill its titular characters. It isn’t that kind of show. We can know this because in V5 they stabbed one through the chest with a spear, had her flop to the ground unmoving, and she didn’t die.
CRWBY kills very rarely. And when they do it is secondary/supporting characters.
Reason number 2: When RWBY kills people (actual characters, not random henchmen or civilians) it makes damn sure that you know they are dead. Here are some examples
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Dead character
In every single one of these example, and a few others, (I left out the Albain brother, the Hound, and Jacques) the shot lingers on the body. Not the space it used to be, not the characters reactions to the event, the body. The actual dead character gets an impact moment where their DEAD OR DYING body is the sole focus of the shot. RWBY makes certain that you know when someone is dead. It is unequivocal. Unquestionable. They are dead. Theorists be damned that character is dead. The framing of the camera and the pacing of the shots make it unavoidable.
None of this applies to Yang.
Yang’s aura is broken, her eyes are opening and closing, she falls through the void and disappears. The camera does not linger on her body. It lingers on the reactions of her teammates. Blake in particular.
For those who think Yang is dead. Ask yourself this. Would the death of a titular main character have less a less impactful framing that the death of fucking Clover? Clover gets a splash screen, a gradient change, silhouettes, framing, pacing changes. And Yang gets nothing?
Yes I am aware that Yang didn't actually get disintegrated and it only looked like that because she was going from one dimension to another but I had to do it
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I thought this was something good to reblog so more people can see it, especially those who will watch it and have the reaction of ‘i needed to hear this’
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