I suppose you've gotten better... it has been years, after all.
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I suppose you've gotten better... it has been years, after all.
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One of my favorite outfit for Weiss❄️✨
Because I’m sick and stuck in bed and bored:
Edit: For obvious reasons, Ironwood also qualifies for genocide and Maria also qualifies for “hoes mad”
Semblances are almost certainly affected by the mental/emotional state of the user during the moment or period of life in which it unlocks. While it connects to them as a person, it's not based solely on innate nature. Hang tight, Im about to explore many of the characters we know enough about to extrapolate for.
Ruby unlocked hers while pushing herself beyond her limits in training, striving so hard to be like her mother and to be enough. She's already learned to repress and be the happy one in her family in an effort to hold things together.
Yang unlocked hers likely while protecting Ruby, while angry, or during training. It was absolutely after her mother died and her dad shut down, and Qrow got drunk, and she ended up being the one having to be strong and take care of the household. She was just as devestated by grief as everyone else, but she had to hold it all up for them. She also had a lot of anger and desire to lash out buried inside.
Blake, I would assume, unlocked hers in the White Fang after splitting off from her parents. Adam was abusive, at the very least emotionally and verbally. Blake's desire to run away didn't come on in an instant. Leaving a copy of yourself behind to take a blow and give you a chance to escape without pain, in connection to Adam's abuse? Totally connects to disassociation and such when he's tearing her down. To a deep desire to escape.
Weiss has a hereditary semblance, which is a unique circumstance. But even that connects to her deep desire to follow after her grandfather's footsteps and live up to the family name. To conform to expectations.
Ren's came in a moment of grief when he was overwhelmed by emotions. He didn't just need to turn them off for safety, but because he didn't want to feel them as strongly.
Nora was hit by lightning. She's always had a very tragic life, and yet she holds on to her energy and strength to get her through. Its similar to Yang's, but accounts for how different they also are as people, and their circumstances.
Jaune's came in a moment of desperate need, drawing from his deep desire to be able to save people this time. He struggles with the idea that he himself is good enough or strong enough to save others, but if he can just help his friends become who they need to be to save the day, then he'll succeed. He'll give of all of himself to help another.
Qrow's came before he made it into beacon. He very clearly doesn't look back on his time with the Tribe fondly. His name being connected to misfortune is not coincidence, and might have a story behind it beyond his semblance. Qrow felt unlucky. He felt like a mistake, and like he messed stuff up *before* he unlocked his semblance. It might even have unlocked during such an incident.
Raven has an overwhelming fear prevalent throughout her life. She is terrified of losing people that she's allowed herself to care for. She's been taught by the tribe that emotional distance and strength are pillars of successful life, but the reality of her care is still there, burrowed deep within her soul. She's clingy, but she's been taught that is wrong. And her semblance, for much of her life, has been the only outlet of such care that she has allowed herself. Yet it also encompasses the need for distance and to escape when things are overwhelming.
*checks notes* uh whiterose
Weiss: My policy is: If you see something, say something
Ruby: I saw a frog on the sidewalk today!
Weiss: Outstanding
Weiss: This is what I’m talking about
Yang: So, how's the dilf in sheep clothing?
Weiss: *out of breath after the morning training* He manhandled me like if i was a naughty kid!
Yang: That sound... Oddly kinky?
Weiss: *roll her eyes* I wished. He was mainly telling me everything that was wrong with my fighting style! Said i didn't use my glyphs and summons enough. Though the way he look so serious does make me want him even more~
Yang: Yeah, Penny was not the same. Damn does she hit like a truck now.
Weiss: *not even listening to Yang, drooling thinking about Jaune* His cocky smile every time he dodged me. His genuine smile when i managed to hit him. The way he took me by the throat and-
Yang: Weiss, i'm not blake, i don't want to know what happens in your weird fantasy!
Weiss: *drooling even more* I wish i was the meat between the buns that are Jaune and Penny~
Yang: Weiss!?