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57 – Volume 9, Episodes 7 and 8 | Table of Contents | Volume 9 Final Thoughts
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Alternate Title: The Most Ungraceful End

Last time we left off, Volume 9 had finally decided to stop playing around and just become flat-out unpleasant. Let's see if we can somehow top it in the volume's last two episodes.

( The filler ends, clinging to a dim hope of a tenth season )

Current Mood: apathetic
Current Location: undisclosed, but apparently Vacuo
Current Music: Red Like Roses but with a music box for the #nostalgia

56 – Volume 9, Episodes 5 and 6 | Table of Contents | 58 – Volume 9 Finale
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Alternate Title: Paper Mario & Ruby Lets 'Em Have It

Other Alternate Title: I Think I'm Going To Be Sick

Last week's episode provided us a lot of questions. Will the cat be an ally? Will Jaune be the hero for once? Will Ruby make any actual move towards developing as a character? Was all of this necessary? Will there be a gay wave that finances RWBY enough to greenlight Volume 10? The answer to all of these questions is no, but unfortunately, I've got to spork anyway.

It won't come up until Episode 8, but please be aware that a character commits suicide in this recap. That's your forewarning, and a more substantial one than Rooster Teeth gave, which was merely about 'distressing themes'. I mean, it has those too, plenty of them. You name it, Episode 8's got it. Excessive violence, trauma, manipulation, suicide, uncomfortably rape-y imagery... I'll put another warning ahead of the actual episode.
( I will not forgive them for this. )

Current Mood: irate
Current Location: Neo Manor, the Ever After
Current Music: Fuck You - Lily Allen

55 – Volume 9, Episodes 3 and 4 | Table of Contents | 57 – Volume 9, Episodes 7 and 8
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Alternate Title: Rooster Teeth Play Their Hand

We are now halfway through the season as of this episode. I haven’t even started writing this and I already have a headache.

Last time...god, what the fuck happened last time? Oh, right, uh, acid trip character “development”. Well, let’s get into it.

( I don't appreciate feeling used. )

Current Mood: apathetic
Current Location: Purgatory, tbh
Current Music: no.

54 – Volume 9, Episodes 1 and 2 | Table of Contents | 56 – Volume 9, Episodes 5 and 6
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Volume 9 continues, despite how much we wish it wouldn't.

( You know, it's not 'character development' if you actively prevent the characters from changing. )

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Location: The Herbalist's Abode
Current Music: nope.

Volume 8 Final Thoughts | Table of Contents | 55 – Volume 9, Episodes 3 and 4
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I shamelessly pirated this, so the links I give may go dead if the videos are taken down. Just let me know if they fail to work.

V9E1, "A Place of Particular Concern"

We open on a blank screen with that female voice from the trailers.

( This is the story of a show that had a lot of problems. )

Current Mood: bored
Current Location: The Ever After
Current Music: nope, no music.

53 – Volume 8 Finale | Table of Contents | Volume 8 Final Thoughts (Part II)

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*pacing back and forth*

*stops for a moment, facing the computer, then continues pacing*

( I'm sure Blake can tell us what the word of the day is. It's 'spite'! )

Current Mood: infuriated
Current Location: Sporking Chamber, Outside Timespace
Current Music: Fuck You - Lily Allen

52 – Volume 8, Episodes 11 and 12 | Table of Contents | Volume 8 Final Thoughts (Part I)

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With this post, Volume 8 will be finished. All that will be left will be to do the Final Thoughts and Volume 9… However! There’s also my own advisory, which is that this post contains mentions and descriptions of violence and gore. Please be warned.

Also, this is one of my most image-heavy posts ever, since it’s a finale that’s, well…a nonstop mess. Constant action it would be a disservice to not relay to you—resulting in a post layered with over 50 of the fucking things. So here's a gif-less, text-only version for viewing accessibility.

Well. Let’s do this. There’s another epilepsy warning in front of this one.

( I don't think I've ever been quite so disgusted with a show. )

Current Mood: exanimate
Current Location: The Interstice
Current Music: Friend

52 – Volume 8, Episodes 11 and 12 | Table of Contents | Volume 8 Final Thoughts (Part I)

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With this post, Volume 8 will be finished. All that will be left will be to do the Final Thoughts and Volume 9… However! There’s also my own advisory, which is that this post contains mentions and descriptions of violence and gore. Please be warned.

Also, this is one of my most image-heavy posts ever, since it’s a finale that’s, well…a nonstop mess. Constant action it would be a disservice to not relay to you—resulting in a post layered with over 50 of the fucking things. I might post a gif-less version later.

Well. Let’s do this. There’s another epilepsy warning in front of this one.

( I don't think I've ever been quite so disgusted with a show. )

Current Mood: exanimate
Current Location: The Interstice
Current Music: Friend

51 – Volume 8, Episodes 9 and 10 | Table of Contents | 53 – Volume 8 Finale

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Somehow, Salem has been defeated, but we still have four more episodes. Well, she’s not dead, but her whole operation literally got blown to smithereens. And it will not be the last thing. We are again keeping the blue text because I am that maddeningly furious with what’s going on here.

( Oh sure, let's just break ALL the rules! )

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Location: Vault of the Winter Maiden, Atlas
Current Music: Be Strong and Hit Stuff

50 – Volume 8, Episodes 6, 7, and 8 | Table of Contents | 52 – Volume 8, Episodes 11 and 12

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Alternate Title: HE WHAT?!

Welcome back. *long sip of tea* Let’s get into it.
( This is the episode the RWBY fandom's patience finally splintered for good. Click here to find out why. )

Current Mood: nauseated
Current Location: Atlas Airspace
Current Music: Episode 10 Score

49 – Volume 8, Episodes 3, 4, and 5 | Table of Contents | 51 – Volume 8, Episodes 9 and 10

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Alternate Title: I Don’t Care!

I hate this. Nothing about this is enjoyable. Fuck.

V8E6, “Midnight”

( The most pointless backstory and a lot more bullshit )

Current Mood: frustrated
Current Location: Schnee Manor
Current Music: The Truth

48 – Volume 8, Episodes 1 and 2 | Table of Contents | 50 – Volume 8, Episodes 6, 7, and 8

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Alternate Title: Oh, Sorry, Were You Busy MURDERING PEOPLE?

Why do I feel like I’m heading down a dark tunnel? Let’s get into it.

V8E3, “Strings”

( I feel both enraged and sick to my stomach. )

Current Mood: enraged
Current Location: Remnant Orbit
Current Music: The Sky Is Falling

Volume 7 Final Thoughts | Table of Contents | Volume 8, Episodes 3, 4, and 5

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Alright, well. Let’s just do this.

( Get ready for huge amounts of bullshit! )

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Location: The Streets of Mantle
Current Music: SIAMES - The Wolf

46 – Volume 7, Episodes 11 and 12 | Table of Contents | Volume 7 Final Thoughts

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Alternate Title: The Train Crash Continues

*muffled, behind a veil* The text is staying blue because I’m that pissed off. You just couldn’t fucking let it be, could you? You had to kill him off. I wasn’t even that into him as a character, but by god, you’d better believe I am ready to unleash unholy fury now.

We are still on the twelfth episode of Volume 7, “With Friends Like These”. Qrow has to choose between chasing Tyrian or being with Clover in his dying moments.

( The level of spite I have for this is only outmatched by the spite Miles Luna had when writing it. )

Current Mood: enraged
Current Location: Solitas Airspace
Current Music: Fuck You - Lily Allen

45 – Volume 7, Episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10 | Table of Contents | 47 – Volume 7 Finale

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Alternate Title: It All Comes Crashing Down

Well, here it is. The part where everything we’ve built is broken down and swept under the rug.

I've been saying this throughout, but this season, it’s been…well, good. Not just ‘less bad than other volumes’, but actually good. Yeah, everything’s ugly, but writing-wise, everything…works. There hasn’t been any filler, the pacing is pretty good, there aren’t any severe missed points… When I was first watching this, I was thinking that Volume 7 needs to get bad, quickly, or it’s gonna make the story of RWBY that much more tragic.

Well, it did get bad quickly, and it did get tragic.

( There is no getting over this. I hate this so much. )

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Location: Solitas Snowfields
Current Music: Fuck You - Lily Allen

44 – Volume 7, Episodes 4, 5, and 6 | Table of Contents | 46 – Volume 7, Episodes 11 and 12

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Alternate Title: It's Still Good!

Well, uh. Huh.

There’s no easy way to say this, guys. Rooster Teeth decided the plot of Volume 7 of RWBY was going to be a recreation (with some dramatic and fantasy elements added) of certain real-world political events with massive consequences for the citizens of certain countries.

I’m…still baffled that they chose this route.

( The drama remains consistently good. )

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: The Streets of Mantle
Current Music: Episode 10 Score

43 – Volume 7, Episodes 1, 2, and 3 | Table of Contents | 45 – Episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10

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Alt Title: Gay Bait and American Elections

We had a suspiciously good start last post, barring how goddamn awful everything looked. We also introduced a five-person team of new allies, who I can tell look like they walked directly out of Gen:Lock even though I’ve never watched Gen:Lock. Tyrian killed a socialist.

( Don't like where this is going, not one bit. )

Current Mood: distressed
Current Location: The Streets of Mantle
Current Music: Celebrate

Volume 6 Final Thoughts | Table of Contents | 44 – Volume 7, Episodes 4, 5, and 6

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Well. Uh.

Nowhere to start but at the beginning, I guess.

( No, seriously, it's good. )

Current Mood: blank
Current Location: Northern SDC Mine, Solitas
Current Music: Touch the Sky

41 – Volume 6, Episodes 8, 9, 10, and 11 | Table of Contents | Volume 6 Final Thoughts

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Alt Title: Holy Fuck

I… There’s no easy way to start this off. It’s the third time I’ve had to cut a post in the middle of an episode, and for that I apologize. I didn’t think they’d pack in ten minutes of giant mecha fight before that big reveal. Um, all the warnings from the prior episode apply.

*sweeping hair back* I just… How to even process this?

( Plot points like this don't just require stupidity, they require audacity. )

Current Mood: sick
Current Location: Atlas Airspace
Current Music: Black Wedding (feat. Rob Halford)

40 – Volume 6, Episodes 5, 6, and 7 | Table of Contents | 42 – Volume 6 Finale

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We just finished one of the most well-done subplots RWBY has ever had, and now it is time to descend back into hell. Eye-related gore and abuse pop up in this one.

( And you thought this seeason had nothing hideous left to shock with? )

Current Mood: shocked
Current Location: Cell Tower, Argus
Current Music: Gaslighter - The Chicks

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