Malith's Citadel

Just a basic Tumblr page that I might post art on every once and a while, but most used to look at good art, and  I may start posting more RWBY theories :D

[malithrose]

When you get board, so you make your own phone background.

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I need to stop taking requests from my friends.

[malithrose]

It’s times like these, that I wounder, why am I even alive? 

Also, I really don’t care if people use this, just please ref back to this monstrosity.

[malithrose]

Adam Taurus Semblance Theory

At this point in time, little is known about this creeper, other than he has a massive thing for Blake, and a hard on for not using his brain and doing the wrong things to help the rest of the Faunus. But today, I’m going to talk about something that I have been sitting on since about volume 2 (yes, that is a long time, and you may ask, why haven’t you posted it earlier? My answer, life)

Now, to date, only a little is known about his semblance; we believe it to be called Moonslice; it seems to absorb attacks and redirect them somehow; it takes a time to use, it is something based on anger, like Yang’s semblance, but more of one shot than the whole buffing herself; and it is teenage angsty as hell.

So, since we have revised our notes, let’s get to the lesson kids. I believe Adam “DickBagArmChoper” Taurus to have a semblance that works of anger and hostility around him. My reasoning for this, well, this is where things get violent, and weird.

To use his “op, plz nerf” slash, he seems to have to absorb an attack or attacks to power it up, this means that it needs him to be the underdog really, to take the betting then give it back, kind of like the Faunus.

Now tell me something children, if you are fighting someone, what is it that is normally between you? No Timmy, not gun fire (though that is sort of true), the answer I have is hostility! Woo, you get a golden-sticker-cookie-thing.

Now I know that I may have read too much into all this, but god damn it, that’s the point of fan theories. Now, for the rest of this theory, when Yang lunged at him, his slash from just a few shots out of Blake’s tiny gun was enough to cut through her aura And her arm, which is no small feat, even on a huntress in training. So, what was the key element of that fight? Anger. Why was that? Because Adam did something that would obviously piss anyone off, not just a hot head like Yang.

  So, after this, what is your opinion, leave a comment below and don’t forget to like the vid and subscribe to see more videos like this in the future. (Seriously though, I would like to hear what you guys think, am I wrong? and if so, how do come to that conclusion?) 

[malithrose]

Hey look, this idiots not dead

So, it’s been some time since I was last on this thing (a year to be precise) but I will be returning, and attempt to be a functioning member of this community. Now, for the real reason I have hoped on, *drum roll please* I’m at RTX Australia. To anyone of my current few followers, I hope to see you guys and gals here, I’ll be in a blue shirt, leather jacket and a black hat. I’ll be taking photos while here, and post them when I get back. Hope to see some people and have a chat!

[malithrose]

The Four Horsemen of RWBY cont.

So, a while ago I posted a theory about how the villains of RWBY resembled the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

I want to expand and update my theory after what we saw from the end of the volume.

Sorry it’s taken so long to get around to doing this but first I needed to pull myself back together after that ending and I also have work/school, so I never get time to myself anymore. Anyway less talking about me, you came here for the theory!

So my thoughts have changed for some of the horsemen, but some have stayed the same. So this is what I believe;

Cinder is still War

Either still Emerald or some we have yet to see as Pestilence

Adam (Dick who chops off arms) Taurus as Famine

And lovely Salem as Death

Now I don’t think I need to go through everything that I had last time, but you, the lovely tumblrer reading this, might not have seen the original post, so here’s a link.

Now, the reason I say “Either still Emerald or some we have yet to see as Pestilence” is because, no offence to the character meant but I don’t believe her to be a core component to the bad guys, and I have a feeling that she won’t be with them for much longer, either getting killed, or switching sides. So this leads me to believe that maybe that haven’t quite brought out the big guns yet, so maybe there is some one that might come along later that fits the role better, but this is pure speculation.

The reason I changed to having Adam to Famine is because I was thinking it before, but never really thought he had a big enough role to show me what I was looking for, and after the end of the volume I had what I needed. Adam fights for the rights of Faunus, who are treated poorly and badly, but we know this part, so let’s fast-forward. If you look at it in a certain light, you could say the Faunus are starved for rights, and Adam wants to return the favour, so this leads to my thought on it (along with some other things like his semblance that I will discuss in a separate theory).

So last time I said I didn’t know who death would be, but I knew they had to have a black and white colour scheme, as that is typical with death, so you can just guess when I saw

Yeah, there is no mistaking that this is our lovely death, in all her unholy beauty. And yes, I will admit that I messed up in guessing that Ironwood was the big bad guy, but I happy to see what we got instead, so Yay. Anyway, also last time I said something towards the “…and by the wild beasts of the earth.” quote, now as some people are thing the same as me, that Salem has something to do with the Grimm, just from the way she looks, that this idea is getting more scary, as before that part it says “…They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill…” soooooo, yeah, that’s, welp.

Anyway, that’s all I have for the moment on this theory, if anyone would like to join in on this speculation train then fell free, I always like to see different ideas.

And like last time, if there is something people want me to add, or something I got wrong/missed out, please tell me so I can edit the post :)

(Also, as a little side note, I got these images from the RWBY wiki, the little comments they have for some of these images are legit the best, for example the cinder one is “Iron Cinder”, and one further along is her vs Pyrrha and is calls “Iron Cinder vs Captain Canada”. I love those guys <3 )

[chiicharron]

mmmm idk

[dumpygrimbos]

This ship makes Nora sad

[dashingicecream]

this rude comment makes me sad

[malithrose]

Honestly, I think Nora would be sitting off to the side going “Yeah, now do her!”

[malithrose]

I have to ask the RWBY fndm one thing, did a single ship manage to make it through this volume?

[saucytango]

Seal

[kumafromtaiwan]

sleep well, my babies

[dish1910]

RWBY : Accident happens… by dishwasher1910

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“Because….” by  いえすぱ

[malithrose]

The Four Horsemen of RWBY

So I was thinking, what if the Bad guys represented the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Originally this thought came to me while I was dreaming, and upon waking, I thought it sounded like a possible theory. Now before you call me more crazy than normal, just read what I have to say and then make your conclusions.

The characters I believe represent the horsemen are;

Cinder as War

Emerald as Pestilence

Mercury as Famine

So in my wisdom I decided to do some researching on the four horsemen. As it turns out the more I looked up, the more likely it sounded. this is what i found along with what I already know (Moslty from Supernatural)

The first we see is a man on a white horse. (Rev 6:1-8 NIV) I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" {2} I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. 

Now this confused me for some time as this really didn’t fit, until I remembered……

Pretty boy roman. This works for him as he was in a Conquer everything mind within this series so far, and his weapon is ranged so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then we see the red horse. {3} When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" {4} Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

I would love for someone to tell me this doesn’t sound like Cinder.

Next we have the black horse. {5} When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. {6} Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"

Now I will admit this has me a little stumped, but nothing in it really seems to disprove my claim, nor does it support it so we’ll skip this for now.

Now onto the last bit, the pale horse. {7} When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" {8} I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. 

Now, this is talking about death, which I haven’t mentioned yet, this is because I have always suspected that Cinder wasn’t the head honcho, so I believe this may describe the final member of them baddies, and I believe it may actually be Ironwood, as this almost describes him. Also I think the thing the spooks me more than this describing Ironwood is “...and by the wild beasts of the earth.” Now, what do we think that might mean.

Now I know this doesn’t talk about Pestilence, but we all should remember that he is one of the four horsemen. Now my claim to Pestilence being Emerald is that she plagues the mind, making them see something different, or something to that effect.

Now I realize that a lot of this is pure speculation, and may be incorrect, but I still think it is a possibility that I want everyone to just think over.

If there is anything that people want me to add (or I got wrong), please tell me, and I will look into editing the post.

EDIT:  So something has come to my attention, Its possible that maybe Adam is atually Famine, not Mercury. It makes a bit more sense (Along with still sticking with the whole colour thing) because of the situation with the White Fang as they are starved of rights.

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Semblances as Hardships

We know that semblances are supposed to be the representation of someone’s soul, but from what I can see, it almost looks like it represents some of their biggest flaws or hardships, things they are dealing with in their lives. Let’s take the most obvious example:

Blake

She says it herself:

“I was born with the ability to leave behind a shadow of myself - an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away!”

She runs away, lets others deal with the fallout. That’s been a recurring theme with her, so much so that she almost gets herself into a lot of trouble trying to do the opposite in volume 2. She realizes that it’s a weakness, a flaw, and tries too hard to rectify it.

The next most obvious is Yang. Her ability itself isn’t necessarily a representation of her flaw, but the way in which she uses it is. Anger. Rage. Things she has serious issues with. It’s what made her the obvious target for Cinder in “Fall”, and her semblance pushes her further with it. She never just takes a hit, she always hits back, and hits back harder.

She literally punches things to deal with them, which presented a big problem against enemies like Neo

And Neon

So anger is a pretty big flaw of hers, and her semblance is very much linked with it.

The remaining two aren’t necessarily linked to the characters flaws, but they are linked to hardships the characters have faced.

Weiss is the more obvious of the two. It isn’t as obvious, but it fits with the theme. While her semblance isn’t necessarily representative of her hardships, the nature of it is. It’s hereditary.

What we see from both Weiss and Winter is that they’ve rebelled against their family. The Schnee family is one of the most powerful in the world from what we’ve seen. If you are a Schnee, you’re supposed to be just like the rest of your family. Go to school in Atlas. Get a job at the Schnee Dust Company. Weiss, however, rebels against that. It is a large hardship in her life, as she and Winter discussed.

Last but not least, Ruby. Her semblance is her speed. If there’s one thing we’ve noticed in the show, it’s that she has been forced to speed through her life a lot faster than anyone else.

Her mother died when she was at an early age.

She was trained by an elite huntsman with an extremely dangerous weapon at a very young age.

She was given early admittance to a school.

She was placed as the leader of a team, despite being younger than all of them.

She had to stop a Grimm invasion as her first mission.

It looks to me like she’s been rushed into everything in her life, with very little control. Yes, she’s taken it in stride, but she’s 15. It would be downright irresponsible to ignore the possible psychological impacts of all of these events happening to a girl who hasn’t even had her sweet 16 yet.

Overall, the semblances that we’ve seen to a greater extent all seem to represent the hardships in their user’s lives a lot more than their personalities. Of course there are examples where this doesn’t appear to be the case, but keep in mind that we don’t know the stories of everyone just yet. I’m not quite sure what implications this might have, but it’s an interesting notion to say the least.

[malithrose]

Son: Mom, Dad, I'm gay.

Dad: *Clenches fist*

Mom: Don't!

Dad: *sweats profusely*

Mom: ...

Dad: HI GAY, I'M DAD