I’m finally binging RWBY
after a few years of hearing about it in my fandom periphery but never being able to find it streaming (admittedly I didn’t search very hard).
The biggest challenge when you’re coming this late to a fandom is, of course, avoiding spoilers. So far I’ve managed to avoid most, though I did stumble upon a Volume 1 MCD while searching for info about said character because I had just deemed them my favourite. Whump and welp. 😭
Overall I’ve been enjoying the show and all the characters. They’re all interesting in their own ways; that said, I’ve not been pushing for any certain relationships (aside from one involving aforementioned dead character, which again, welp).
Until Volume 7.
And this damn hug.
I hadn’t thought twice about Ironwood (other than him being a military stereotype) or even Qrow (though props to him for watching out for / helping our intrepid teenage Hunters and Huntresses and for getting sober!) until this image rose up and slapped me in the face.
Then 2 episodes later we get this?!?!?
How lucky can one guy get?
How lucky can one fangirl get??
Qrow, you’re now my favourite, and I am hard pressed to choose which character to be your boyfriend (insert “why not both” meme here).
So now I’m facing the 2nd biggest challenge of coming late to an established franchise: wanting to read fanfic and view fanart without getting spoiled.
I’ve learned a little of what’s to come later in Volume 7, which may torpedo one or more of these adorable pairings, so I’m now in this awful place where I do want to continue watching so I can read said fanfics and not get spoiled, but I also don’t want to keep watching and have my ships ruined before I’ve had a chance to really enjoy them.
