RWBY Theories: Ren's next.

Everyone remember how Pyrrha died? How could anyone forget?

So, there are a lot of theories going around about who' going to die next and whether anyone from team RWBY is in danger of dying 'or something'.

And specifically, a theory that says the whole of team JNPR was made to die. I'm not sure I like that idea but Pyrrha, everyone's hopes for everything died, so did super robot Penny.

I still honestly go with 'Penny was the innocence of the RWBY universe and her death meant that RWBY was no longer going to be that happy go lucky series anymore'

Before I get onto why Ren's next, let's look at the things that have finally been explained to us - in terms of semblences.

Yang's semblance (called 'second wind' in the game) allows her to dish out twice the damage she's been dealt onto her opponent or... more accurately "Your semblence is basically a temper tantrum Yang".

Yay. Yang also seems to be finally getting some upgrades so that she'll stop getting her ass handed to her (if you don't know what i'm talking about, look back on season 2 and 3). In terms of character development, she's gonna simmer down.

Qrow. My semblance 'is bad luck'. The hell kind of semblance is that you might ask, but if you do look around in any scenes where Qrow is, something or the other happens to those who interact with him - bad things such as getting a hit that could have been avoided, being careless, accidentally dropping a glass (hats off to whoever got this reference).

Qrow's semblance seems to pass off misfortune onto someone else or rather if Yang can return her opponents hits twice as hard, Qrow can 'return the favor twofold without having done anything'.

Having said that however, what does this have to do with Ren?

Maybe I'm reading too much into things... but. Pyrrha died after we found out about her hopes and dreams and in a sense 'who she was and what drove her as a human being'. It was almost immediately after this, that she died.

Ren's next. IF and this is a big IF and maybe even reading waaaaaaaaaaay too much into things, Ren's past has been revealed. We now know who Ren was in the past and maybe we'll learn a little bit more before we kind of 'feel' for Ren. And then he'll die. And by a 'little more' I mean his semblance.

Currently, that is, as of season 4 episode 10, we finally learn where Ren lived and why he and Nora know each other so well as well as why Nora is so attached to Ren. I honestly think someone hates couples here cause in episode 10 there were a lot of hints of their 'dependance' on one another. But I still think it'll be Ren first.

What does this have to do with Qrow? Remember Qrow was following RNJR? Remember Qrow was having a few drinks? I have a bad feeling that Qrow was the cause of the downfall of that poor little town. The reason I say that is because he's currently about to die. If his semblance is bad luck and at the moment it isn't applying to Ruby or Jaune... then it has to manifest itself onto "SOMETHING"

I think Ren will be the eventual target and with Ren's death, Qrow will probably return to the living. Somehow. But like I said, i feel like the theory stretches too far. Now, I have another theory as to why Qrow's bad luck hasn't affected Ruby and Jaune in all the instances 'yet'.

What if Jaune's semblance had to do with 'protection' or shielding or something. In which case, even if Qrow's semblance tried to act on them, maybe it couldn't and so the target's became all those who were last in contact with Qrow and outside Jaune's influence.

Critical Reviews: Why RWBY's opening songs are important.

I'm sure you all know how most anime's opening songs give you a hint as to what it's going to be about, correct?

What if I said that all the opening songs of RWBY kind of hinted to where the series itself was going as well as what was going to happen. Literally. So, let's start with season 1.

The song was "This will be the day" and it goes like this.

They see you as small and helpless,
They see you as just a child,
Surprised when they find,
That a warrior will soon run wild!

Prepare for your greatest moments,
Prepare for your finest hour,
The dream that you've always dreamed
is suddenly about to flower

We are lightning,
Straying from the thunder,
Miracles of ancient wonder!

This'll be the day we've waited for,
This'll be the day we open up the doors,
I don't wanna hear your absolution,
Hope you're ready for a revolution,

Welcome to a world of new solutions,
Welcome to a world of bloody evolution

In time, your heart will open minds,
A story will be told,
and victory is in a simple soul!

Your world needs a great defender,
Your worlds in the way of harm,
You want a romantic life,
A fairytale that's full of charm

Beware that the light is fading,
Beware as the dark returns!
This world's unforgiving,
even brilliant lights will cease to burn

Legends scatter,
Day and night will sever
Hope and peace are lost forever!

This'll be the day we've waited for,
This'll be the day we open up the doors,
I don't wanna hear your absolution,
Hope you're ready for a revolution.

Welcome to a world of new solutions,
Welcome to a world of bloody evolution
in time, your heart will open minds,
a story will be told,
and victory is in a simple soul!

So, in the song, you listen to everything before 'Your world needs a great defender'.

Now, 'they see as small and helpless' is a reference to the entirety of team RWBY. More specifically Ruby though because she's younger than everybody and isn't half as formidable as Prryha Nicos or at least, so it would seem, looking back on it from all the way from season 3.

The next part of the song, 'prepare for your greatest moments', upto 'and victory is in a simple soul' in totality, seem to be a reference to Ruby. After all, at the end of season 3, Ruby kind of runs off with the remainder of team JNPR. Now, the rest of the song, is what is really important.

'Your world needs a great defender'. Since we never listened to this in the opening song, it seemed like the anime was a Shonen like one, but with a female protagonist instead. however, this seems to be just the opposite.

This line was a reference to all the hunters and huntresses. Not only does it refer to the Grimm, it refers to all the villains in RWBY. Cinder in particular, because so far she has become the most dangerous. Also, Cinder is showcased in shadows during the song. A lot of what we see in the song is also in reference to what we will be seeing or can expect.

Again, the line 'you want some romantic life, a fairytale that's full of charm'. Today, we know that all our characters are based off of some fairy tale or the other. It's almost like Rooster teeth was referring to the actual fairy tales and telling us that from our character's point of view, they would love those stories to be real. My god rooster teeth. Why would you even?!

But as we find out in season 3, Prryha Nicos dies. Why is this important? Prryha was supposed to be Achilles, which is why before she died, an arrow hit her ankle. Which means, any fairytale character that died in the original fairytale, is destined for death - team JNPR might be wiped out over the next few seasons.

Then, 'beware that the light is fading', upto 'even brilliant lights will cease to burn' is a reference to everyone in general.

One brilliant light would be Yang i think. At the end of season 3, yang is nothing like the person we knew up till then - she was always bright, cheery, supportive, looking out for her sister and so on. Another brilliant light would be Penny. She represents almost all that is pure in the RWBY universe because in some ways she's kind of naive and despite knowing a lot about the scenario in season 2 up till season 3, she's never ever had a single dark or sarcastic dialogue. She was always full of smiles.

Legends scatter. I know of only one team that was comprised of legends, team JNPR and Prryha was the first to die. I believe Jaune will be the last to die or the second to die because his aura has kind of shown the most potential so far without really having revealed anything. But i think we all know that Jaune will probably go out with a bang, considering Jaune Ark the original was burned at the stake.

'Day and night will sever', 'Hope and peace are lost forever'. One character that had walked both paths that we knew of were Blake and in a sense Jaune. Jaune teams up with Ruby (if Ruby is say, day), while Blake (and Blake is the night) runs off, into the shadows presumably, to be a vigilante that strikes in the dark kind of sort of person(perhaps).

The second line is far more important. Hope and peace lost forever. Why? Well, Yang lost her arm, Penny is dead, Prryha is dead. Granted, Penny was kind of sort of a side character, but we had grown to love her. Ruby has lost 2 friends and her sister in a sense. Yet, in Ruby, hope stills remains - for a better tomorrow, for a safer tomorrow. But peace so far has been lost.

They are no longer in their school setting where there was protection in some sense. A war of sorts has broken out and no one really knows what to expect. But i will touch up on this later. If Ruby dies as well and not literally dies - maybe even shrivels up inside after the deaths of the rest of team JNPR, hope too in a sense would be lost. Yang seems unable to pick up her own pieces. Blake i believe is trying to grow stronger for her confrontation (final) with Adam and Weiss is kind of stuck with the role of Heiress hanging over her head. Ozpin is dead. Amber is dead. We have 3 other maidens left in potential danger, unless of course, they too end up facing what Amber faced.

I believe that covers all the hope. Now, let me touch up on the most important line in the song that i never paid attention to, till season 3. That is, 'Welcome to a world of bloody evolution'.

Huh. I never really thought about till Yang, Prryha and Penny. And i NEVER thought about it because the whole series was kind of comedic and not really dark and everything so . . .

That generally covers the first season and its implication for the rest of the seasons. So, season two. The opening song is 'Time to say goodbye'

There's a point where it tips,
There's a point where it breaks,
There's a point where it bends
And a point we just can't take
Anymore.

There's a line that we'll cross
And there's no return,
There's a time and a place,
No bridges left to burn
Anymore!

We can't just wait,
With lives at stake
Until they think
We're ready.

Our enemies are gathering
The storm is growing deadly.

Now it's time to say goodbye
To the things we loved
And the innocence of youth
How the time seemed to fly
From our carefree lives
And the solitude and peace
We always knew!

There's a day when we'll fight
And we're not gonna fall
There's a day when we'll stand
And a day when we won't crawl
Anymore

We can't just cling to childish things
As evil just grows closer,
Humanity's in jeopardy
This fight is far from over!

Now it's time to say goodbye,
To the things we loved
And the innocence of youth.
With a doubt in our minds
Why we chose this life
And at times we can't help wondering . . .

Were we born to fight and die?
Sacrifice for one huge lie.
Are we heroes keeping peace
Or are we weapons,
Pointed at the enemy
So someone else can claim a victory?

Now it's time to say goodbye
To the things we loved
And the innocence of youth
How the time seemed to fly
From our carefree lives
And the solitude and peace
We always knew!

Now, if 'This will be the day' Could span over three seasons, I'm pretty sure 'Time to say goodbye' can as well.

Firstly, the entire first para seems almost in reference to 

I mean . . . Sorry, but it just. Fits, so perfectly. First Penny, then Prryha and remember, Ruby's only sixteen and she hasn't exactly shown us a very mature side so far. mostly, we've only seen her 'natural born leader' side so far with a few hints and smiles from Yang.

Also. Forget the silver eyes reference. Anyone noticed that when Amber gets all glowy, she has a mask that kind of... you know. Glows? Like a masquerade mask? Welll.... In the picture above, Ruby has it. And it's white. What if she's the winter maiden? Also, I'd like to say confirmed coz in season 4 episode 7, Qrow says to Ruby "What's your favorite fairy tale?"

Now, back to the point. We only ever get to listen till "And the solitude and peace we ever knew"

Talk about foreshadowing for season three ~

Anyways, during season 2, is when we see team RWBY 'growing up'. What I mean by that is, that they're fighting Grimm, some more Grimm and oops. They got into the town. Oh well. Ah and before i forget, we had the dance too this season.

Which basically means, they had school, the year ended, they had a dance, dangerous field trip that didn't exactly end well...

Now, if you think about it, team RWBY could only 'just about' handle everything that was thrown at them. Between finding themselves, getting over some of their fears, facing a horde of Grimm and so on, we find that they were kind of 'saved' each time.

Now onto the parts of the song that we didn't get to hear. The entire second half of the song is telling us that if 'they' don't grow up, we're all going to be in trouble. But mostly, i think it's that Ruby needs to be less naive. I'm just saying! Now, for the lines that have been bothering me the most since season 4 began.

"There's a day when we'll that we're not gonna crawl"

Season 3 was as if all the good in the world was taken and destroyed. Our adorable Penny, the light, maybe even the representation of innocence in the RWBY universe, dies. Prryha, who we thought was gonna save the day too, died. Then Yang, the bright bubbly cheerful no nonsense girl who cracked all the jokes lost an arm and is facing trauma.

Season 4 comprises of every person in team RWBY getting battering physically (Ruby. Don't think I didn't notice Rooster Teeth) or getting battered emotionally (the freaking out Blake and Weiss who's currently trapped in several ways and oh! did i forget the YANG LOST HER ARM?!?!).

The 'awesomeness' of their moves and their beating up the bad guys is overshadowed by their horrendous performances in season 4. I mean, Blake and Sun required a ship to finish off their... dragon grimm? and Ruby keeps getting bashed - trees, rocks, buildings... Nora has stopped jumping around and not giving a damn. Nora feels strange. Jaune... i don't even want to go there. sigh. Prryha! Ahem. That scene is just so... the feels...

Oh and lastly, Ren. We finally get to know a little bit more about his past. He's going to be the next to die people. Did anyone notice how when prryha opened up, a few episodes later she died? Well... I think Ren's next in line. Along with Qrow. I'm pretty damn sure he got poisoned.

So, i think that covers all the nastiness the song was pointing to, no?

And then as if ALL of that wasn't enough as foreshadowing. Season three's opening song: When it falls.

Maybe red's like roses?
Maybe it's the pool of blood
The innocents will lay in
When in the end you've failed to save them?
Their dying eyes
Are wide and white like snow 
And now they know 
The cost of trusting you's obliteration 

Mirrors will shatter
Crushed by the weight of the world
The pillars collapse in shame

There'll be no rest
There'll be no love 
There'll be no hero in the end
Who will rise above 
And when it ends
The good will crawl
The shining light will sink in darkness
Victory for hate incarnate
Misery and pain for all
When it falls

Swallowed by the darkness
Soon the moon is bathed in black 
The light of hope is taken
And discontent is the contagion

The blinding eyes
That burn a yellow flame
The embers that remain
Will light the fuse of condemnation 

Kingdoms in tatters
Hung on the brink of a war
The peace will succumb to flames

This is not a tragedy
It's not an accident 
You placed your faith in fools
And now you'll smother in lament

They play the part of allies
Claiming peace their only goal
But once the fight for power starts
They'll eat each other whole 

Their iron gloves point fingers
They'll wage a war of blame
And mankind will wilt in pain

There'll be no rest
There'll be no love 
There'll be no hero in the end
Who will rise above 
And when it ends
The good will crawl
The shining light will sink in darkness
Victory for hate incarnate
Misery and pain for all
When it falls


I think, nothing needs be said about this. Count all the dead bodies, the people (Blake) who ran, Yang's condition, Weiss is trapped in a place she doesn't want to be, Ruby's set off on a journey that I'm pretty sure is going to lead to team JNPR's demise. Just saying.

And yes, currently the bad guys certainly look like they're winning. Between Amber and she who must not be named, and team RNJR continually getting beaten up and sigh. I dunno guys. Season 5 looks bleak. And i'm saying that AFTER everything that's happened so far. So, let's hope for something brighter in season 4 song?

Season 4 opening song: Let's just live

It used to feel like a fairy tale
now it seems we were just pretending
we’d fix our world
then on our way to a happy ending

then it turned out life
was far less like a bedtime story
than a tragedy
with no big reveal of the hero’s glory

and it seems we weren’t prepared
for a game that wasn’t fair

do we just go home?
can we follow through?
when all hope is gone
there is one thing we can do

let’s just live
day by day and not be conquered by our sorrows
the past can’t hold us down
we must break free
inside we’re torn apart
but time will mend our hearts
move onward not there yet
so let’s just live

I somehow... have a bad feeling about the next season. Soooooo.... there may not be a happy ending? I don't like that thought. But I guess, when team RWBY and JNPR are the way they are... with everyone all sad and depressed and everything... sigh. So everyone, hopefully, season 5, we'll see Yang an able warrior, Weiss as well mistress of her summons (i don't mind if she's not, I wouldn't have minded seeing that lady getting beaten up...) and Blake finally not being 'jittery'. I have lost hope for Ruby. I'm sorry. I mean, she's been thrown around way too much for me to be all "GO RUBY!!! YOU CAN DO THIS"

Now i'm more like.at the edge of my seat. "Don't hurt Ruby Don't hurt Ruby Don't hurt Ruby! Oh God no! Ruby! NOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

I'll leave you all with these bleak thoughts. See you next at season 5 everyone :)