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[slyuq]

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[sunnyteea]

Bees hcs, hit us with em (pls?)

Oh heck OKAY

SO. food as a love language. god I think about that and the bees all the time, how if maybe Yang is busy/absorbed doing repairs on her arm or her bike, Blake slices an apple or peels and separates an orange and sets it next to her quietly. no words need to be said because the act itself is saying "I love you." Yang doesn't ask for it and Blake doesn't tell her she will, she just does. it's thoughtful and caring and it goes the other way around too, Yang would do the same for Blake. Make her a cup of tea if she's reading or if she's the one who slept in late. it's just love with no strings attached.

[nihongowithrasya]

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[sunnyteea]

Your art is amazing!!! Honestly, it often makes me forget Blake is white- like I default to imagining her as a WOC. Which unfortunately makes it extra weird when I see someone write about her with Adam and I’m like “and there’s the added layer of them being mixed race!” No they’re not. They’re both white. But artists with big brains like you have tricked me into living in the better timeline where Blake isn’t white and now I can’t go back.

omg thank you so much?? I feel so honored 💖 my brain just automatically defaults to brown Blake, like even when I do watch the show that's all I see. She's so beautiful and I'm just happy knowing there are people out there who feel validated by seeing a Blake who looks like them and feel represented. Besides, Blake has never been confirmed to be white in canon, she just has light skin, and there are lots of POC out there with lighter skin, and that's how I choose to see it! 💖

[sunnyteea]

what's your hc for how raven and summer started realizing their feelings ran deeper? would love to hear more of your rosebird thoughts

hmm... it kinda depends? I have different answers for different scenarios! I tend to lean sometime between 2nd or 3rd year at Beacon, but just after graduation makes sense too.

Raven's very.... emotionally stunted, let's be real. I think more often than not it was Summer who coached her through her emotions and telling her it was okay to feel and not shove it down until she forgot about it, and Raven eventually trusted her enough to come to her when she needed to process things.

as canon Summer is currently a blank slate, my belief is that when she started out at Beacon she was a little shy and awkward and didn’t actually have any friends due to being told not to tell anyone about the powers her eyes possess, to keep it secret and to keep her distance because anyone could be a threat. so when she becomes the leader of team STRQ, the rest of the team becomes her friends, and having actual friendships isn’t something she allowed herself to have before.

so she becomes the self-proclaimed best friend of the girl who has the emotional capacity of a teaspoon, and through patience and earned trust really start to bond and spend time with one another, and enjoying each other’s company. they spar together, Summer helps Raven with not so easy class assignments and reports (the twins were border illiterate before they arrived to beacon, fight me on this), go out to town together, spend nights on the rooftops of the school looking at the stars while Raven complains about the city’s light pollution and tells her stories about the constellations you can see from Mistral..... 

well. once you get close to someone and share all the bits and pieces and secrets from your past and allow yourself to become so vulnerable, sometimes things start to change. And I think Raven noticed those feelings first, and it was so much and complicated, and the one person she always went to to help her sort her fucked up emotions was the very person she felt something for. 

Summer on the other hand took the best friend status very seriously. she admired so much about Raven, always wanted to talk to her, be around her and get closer to her.... but didn’t realize those feelings were a crush. or at least at that point, beyond a crush. Qrow was probably the one to break it to her. 

So Raven’s stressed. Summer’s stressed. They dance around each other awkwardly trying not to make things weirder. It doesn’t work. Neither of them want to destroy what they already have. Qrow and Tai probably lock them in a room together to try and get them to just admit their feelings. 

And they do. It’s a little messy and not perfect, tensions run high until they get the words out.... and then they figure it out, together. Because that’s what they do.

[sunnyteea]

Do you have any headcanons for Rosebird by any chance?

oh anon, i have many..... so so many...... this question is so vague like what kind of headcanon did you want sdkjdflkjdfgs

one of my biggest hc is that Summer was the first person outside of her own blood (Qrow) that Raven bonded to. She didn't want to, because in the tribe love and attachments were seen as weaknesses, but Summer.... this selfless-somewhat girl with a hero complex (and maybe even a death wish) was relentless in her understanding and kindness and compassion, who tried so hard to gain Raven's trust and vulnerability..... eventually won. She was the first person Raven would willingly follow.

She was also the first person whose bond Raven would feel break.

[sunnyteea]

I’d rather have Blake and Yang kiss before sun reappears. I don’t trust crwby because I’ve seen this pattern make it seem like it’s going to be canon and then throw it all away for the m/f ship then backpedaling starts.

anon I think you need to put your trust in rwby and not expect this big “GOTCHA SUCKAS” or “B!TCH U THOUGHT” moment you think is going to happen.... bc it’s not. crwby isn’t queerbaiting us with the bees, they’re already canon at this point and I think you need to let your fear go. 

A kiss doesn’t need to happen to confirm the bees are canon. A kiss doesn’t need to happen to confirm the bees are in love.

I also recommend reading this nice little piece (rwby8 spoilers ahead in the link) about adjusting your attitude when it comes to this show.