RWBY 16 - Volume Three, Episode Three, "It's Brawl in the Family"

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This post contains mentions of abuse and alcoholism. Many thanks to 

astra_aurora  for beta work!

So, this post is kind of like the Jaune arc from Volume 1 and Weiss/Jaune nonsense from Volume 2, in that it’s kind of the one for this volume (or, the first of a few…) that I’ve been waiting to write and have had in my head for a little while now. With those first two, fandom generally agreed with me that they were terrible, but I hadn’t seen anyone go into depth as to why. This one, though…I was alone. Nobody seemed to be taking issue with this the way I was. Hopefully that will change if I can explain why here.

So, let’s dive back into late 2015, with the third episode of Volume 3 of RWBY:
 

 

( Jaune is on his break and we have a new character to relentlessly hate on. )