So General Ironwood showing up at the Vytal festival with an army in V2 was concerning as it was but it just hit me how terrible a move it was with the historical context we’re given in RWBY.
1. The Great War was Atlas and Mistral. But like, mostly Atlas, invading everywhere. It continued until Oz The King of Vale ended it.
2. This war happened eighty years pre-canon. There are people alive in RWBY canon who have lived through this. Fria lived through this, though idk if she would’ve been old enough to fight. Maria might’ve been a child during the war if we estimate high for her age. If we estimate low, she’s probably the result of a postwar baby boom.
3. Many of the (relatively) younger characters would’ve grown up listening to their parents or grandparents or great-grandparents telling stories about this. It changed the face of remnant and it happened really recently, from a historical perspective.
4. The Vytal festival exists to commemorate the end of the war and to celebrate peace and harmony between the kingdoms.
So James Ironwood. An Atlesian General. Came to a festival commemorating the end of a war where Atlas tried to conquer the world. A festival currently being held in Vale, even. And he was like “Surprise, I’ve got an army with me, you’re cool with that, right?”
James. James. What the entire fuck?
