I have a prediction that i just thought of this morning. Im thinking if there was qn attack on Atlas by Salem or even her faction, and the teams had to split up to fight different battles. My prediction is that before they do, Oscar gives Ruby a kiss on the lips before leaving. Making Ruby shocked and speechless and maybe even worried about him through the whole battle.
Doyou know what’s funny Rosegarden412? That’s a predictionyou and this RosegardeningPinehead of a squiggle meister share in common. Lately I’ve been watching thecurrent last season of Game of Thrones withmy sister and ever since we watched the third episode---the one where the Night King showedup with his full blown army of the dead to kill Bran Stark and everyone atWinterfell rose up to make one last stand against him, the first thing Ithought of is this is how I would picture the Battle of Atlas to be. While I still believe that Atlas is going tofall by the end of the Atlas Arc, this is how I think it would go before thatinevitable outcome. The People of Atlas and the Huntsmen---both from Beacon andAtlas coming together to make one last stand against Salem to defend their homeso that another school may not fall to her tyranny.
Ieven made a RWBYSquiggle Quote voicing the idea. Inthat theory, similar to how everyone came together at Winterfell to battle theNight King who was after Bran Stark, this is how I envisioned Salem showing upat Atlas, possibly riding on the back of a Grimm Wyvern with her arm ofthousands---if not millions ofWinged Beringels prepared to decimate Atlas if they didn’t surrenderOscar-Ozpin to Salem. The idea I had wasthat Salem wouldpresent the kingdom with a dire ultimatum---surrender the boy (meaning Oscar) or face Atlas’ destruction. She evengives them a deadline of 72 hours---3 days before theinevitable Judgement Day.
Whilesome Atlesian higher ups believed that the best bet would be to accept Salem’soffer, our heroes of course refused to give Oscar up. Not only because theydidn’t wish to have their friend killed but because they all knew that Salemwould destroy Atlas anyways regardless of whether Oscar was given up or not. Itwas a lose-lose scenario. So in that moment, rather than running orgiving up, our heroes and the People of Atlas prepare to fight.
Sincethey knew Salem was going to unleash her army in 3 days, they used that time toprepare. They gathered their forces. Hid all the vulnerable women and childrenwho couldn’t fight in safe havens or sent them away down to Mantle where theybelieved they stand a chance of surviving the onslaught. As for the huntsmenand huntresses of Atlas who have trained to protect the people---they allprepare themselves for the second greatest fight of their lives.
Ialso envisioned a scene like you described where Ruby meets with Oscar one lasttime before the two part ways. This was pretty much going to be the last time the two possibly see each other. Ruby was going tofight and Oscar was being forced to hide somewhere desolate but otherwise safeso that Salem may never find him. He was to be guarded by Qrow Branwen, who hadvolunteered to stay with Oscar with Ironwood delegating some of his finestsoldiers to assist him---like Winter Schnee perhaps. Snowbird tag team anyone?
Even though Oscarwanted to give himself up, his friends weren’t going to have him to that. Rubyespecially. So the two smaller, more honest souls meet one last time. This was basically their lastchance to say whatever it is they wanted the other to know just in case…theymight not get that chance ever again. Even Qrow and Ozpin provided them withthe privacy they needed to vent whatever they might need to sayto each other.
Theway how I pictured it is Ruby and Oscar both bickering at first. It’s a scenariowhere they both clearly desire to protect each other but where they butt headson is their choice of methods. Oscar believes surrendering himself to Salem andher forces would be best to ensure everyone’s lives because the last thing hewanted on his conscience was knowing that everyone he cared about diedprotecting him while he stood around and did nothing.
Rubyin turn believes Oscar to be naïve inbelieving that him giving himself up will change anything. To Ruby, whether Oscarsurrenders or not, Atlas is still doomed. Salem would kill them alleither way but at least this way, they have a fighting chance. They have a chanceto turn the tides. If Oscar surrenders then Salem will have him and to Ruby,she doesn’t want that on her conscience. To Ruby, if Oscar dies then that’s onher and she didn’t want that.
Thatin turn, causes Oscar to admit that Ruby dying to protect him was his biggestconcern. Ruby wants Oscar to believe in her like he usual does but hisknowledge of knowing the kind of evil Salem is capable of coupled together withhim remaining helpless to aid his friends with his fear of losing Ruby didn’tput him in a hopeful mood.
Thetruth was that Oscar was scared but not for himself. He was more scared to losehis friends--- the people he had grown to love as his second family. Above everything else, Oscar didn’t want to lose thegirl he loved. Oscardidn’t want to lose Ruby.
Hisconfession then prompts Ruby to confess as well. Firmly, Ruby tells Oscar thatshe didn’t plan on losing to Salem. Not again. Not ever. Even if the SilverEyed Girl had to go down fighting then she would do it fuelled by one thought. She wasn’t goingto allow Salem to take away another person sheloved; revealing to Oscar that his feelings for her werereciprocated. Just as how he desired to protect her because he loved her, Rubyfelt the same way about him. She loved him and she wanted to do everything inher power that night to ensure that he lives.
Oscar may not agreewith Ruby’s methods for doing things this way but the least she wanted him toknow was that she was doing it out of love. In this moment, I can see Ruby kindof coming to understand her mother’s actions in a way. While we still don’t knowthe full story of Summer Rose, I’m still holding onto the clues sprinkled in Red Like RosesPart II. That everything Summer did leading up to the day she diedwas to protect the people she loved---including her precious daughter.
Sonow Ruby was about to do the same. Fight to protect the people she loved. Oscarincluded. This is the part where I can see Oscar interrupting Ruby’s speech by kissing her.But instead of Ruby being speechless, she kisses Oscar back and the two share amoment that solidified their true feelings for one another.
I’ma firm advocate for the Mutuality in the RoseGarden pairing. What thatmeans is that any romantic interest that Oscar may display for Ruby will bereciprocated in her showing clear signs of having feelings for him as well. Imay complain about the writing that the CRWBY Writers have done for Oscar thusfar; however if there is one thing I felt they’ve handled quite nicely is hisgrowing relationship with Ruby.
WhatI love most about the RoseGarden pairing is that it’s a partnershipmostly. I never felt like one cares more for the other. Both kids havemirrored their interest and devotion to each other and that’s what I love aboutit. I hope that’s a key characteristic of the RoseGarden pairing that theWriters continue and elaborate further in V7. If Oscar is to fall in love withRuby then my headcanon is that Ruby will fall in love with him at the same time.
I’min love with the idea of watching these two kids grow closer whileunintentionally falling in love with each other in the process. I want theRoseGarden first kiss to be a moment where it’s not just Oscar revealing histrue feelings but Ruby too.
It’snot just that Oscar loves Ruby. It’s more that they love each other and that’show I’d hope this moment can be about. I actually plan to write a small RWBYSquiggle Script based on this but for now, that’s the idea I have in mine.
~LittleMissSquiggles (2019)
