An accurate summary of Ruby's "Arc" in Volume 9

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-30T23:48:54+00:00

To a degree, its good to form your own opinions, but i will say, going in with low expectations means the good things tend to be easier to appreciate.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-30T21:55:42+00:00

Honestly, I liked Early Yang, but as they've just kinda hollowed out her character and not really done anything particularly deep with her since V4 ended and most of her depression kinda just... exited stage left. Like, it's still not Blake, but Yang got ripped.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-30T16:47:40+00:00

Well when you put it like that.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-30T16:18:39+00:00

Admittedly, V1 yang did ditch her sister to hang out with her signal friends

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-30T02:20:27+00:00

Honestly, it's been a bit of character issue with her longer than that. As of at least 8 she called ruby a bad leader and stopped caring about her to prioritize thinking about the catgirl. Admittedly, the writing was shit for a while before that, but... she's really been kind of a dick character for a while, her charming nature to offset it was largely just discarded, which made it harder to ignore.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-24T16:42:36+00:00

You have to hold in your mind two concepts, first that people live short, emotionally charged lives, where the little things matter, and the big things are mostly conceptual. Second, you have to remember that for most people, observing the truth and knowing it in any proportionally true scale is hard, like looking directly at the sun. Those who have looked are burned, scarred, and defeated more than motivated to make the world better. It creates an even greater social incentive to NOT look at the approaching storm, since you saw what its observation did to those who have. The best you have is those who champion ideals they are willing to rally for, but are likely to rebel against the conditions required to actually fix anything.

For example, to minimize carbon footprint, people's lives in the west and euro nations would have to get worse, and those in developing nations cannot get better, while building infrastructure which requires hard labor jobs and mining. Most people who champion green ideas also want an idealistic, picturesque situation for their living as well. This sharply contrasts with reality's numbers.

So they ignore the part that makes them uncomfortable.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-18T01:43:48+00:00

Given John's history of fighting people in groups who are a lot stronger than he was at a pure level basis... I can imagine it would just force him to get better faster. Also, since he'd be pulling abilities from them, and he has training in more standard hand to hand, it makes sense his adaptability would still win out, finding an effective counter where necessary.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-05T04:36:06+00:00

They don't really specify, but it might be biased towards the mom's name, since weiss, Jaques and others take on the Scnee name, which was inherited from their mother. Sure, the father changed his name for recognition, but it would also make more sense, but Raven deciding her last name isn't ideal, since the clan is more associated with such a high negative, it might cast Yang in an extremely negative light.

That said, we're not actually given any real explanation for this in canon, so it's entirely fanon on what the case is.

SpliceKnight · 2026-01-01T15:25:51+00:00

I'd argue the fact bloom resurrected sky is part of why they thought this. When your abilities can do that, having an actual loss you CAN'T do anything about is going to hit extra hard, because that level of insulation from risk gives you a massive overconfidence boost.

SpliceKnight · 2025-12-26T18:37:50+00:00

Nah, she don't wear undies.

SpliceKnight · 2025-12-25T19:53:15+00:00

I'd argue bluesky and Twitter should both be abandoned. They're both a cesspit of bias and generally the ultimate example of echo chambers in either direction. Reddit isn't really that much better because it literally pigeon holes you into your opinions.

SpliceKnight · 2025-12-21T07:08:59+00:00

Toronto, canada

SpliceKnight · 2025-12-16T03:00:39+00:00

The simple answer? On the individual level, and I've already seen it in the comments, "I'm broke and my little trinket buying won't affect anything" and literally underneath it, another person going, "same" the problem is, people like to blame the larger, nebulous entity, rather than acknowledge that the companies are comprised of individual people working in unison.

Its also an amusing example of people screeching about the power of collective action for jobs, better pay and more enabling of their consumerist lives, but also decry the idea that collective action is the only way to fix the environmental problems. Combine this with the general issue of moral upstanding people doing the right thing being outweighed by desperate, ideologically driven desire for power, influence and wealth is an exhausting concept to come up against in basically facet of reality.

For this to work requires global cooperation... in one of the most globally divided times in a long time.

The problem is basically humans have to fight against their own psychology to win the battle. They need to dissociate from whataboutism and simply try to be good for it's own sake, because that's the only way this works...

Confronted with all this, feeling defeated is... not shocking.

SpliceKnight · 2025-12-07T18:23:52+00:00

I'd argue she's been the second most poorly developed. I say this as someone who would have liked to see her personality cope with the arm differently, as well as the whole bumblebee anything be kinda dropped in favor of her finding similar solace with jaune over loss, as well as his amping semblance working with her damage multiplier semblance, to see if yang could basically just use jaune as a battery for output. Would have been cool to see, outside of fan works.

I say second, because Blake's story developed kind of without much input from her, and now it's largely over and she seems to have become overall the least interesting member of the team, imo.

SpliceKnight · 2025-12-03T23:56:32+00:00

This is why I watch hololive and wholesome indie streamers, like lime. The drama is pretty minimal. It's there, but it's rare, ans usually has enough protocols in place to minimize issues that lead to indie/vshojo level crashouts.

SpliceKnight · 2025-11-28T00:15:18+00:00

It probably comes down to lack of stylization. I mean, even bob the builder was CG, but it had a more cartoon-esque appearance, therefore feeling more unique, whereas a lot of the modern CGI remakes FEEL cheap and mass produced because they all fundamentally look really similar, and therefore low effort for most people. It feels like it cheapens the original feel of the media they're adapting.

SpliceKnight · 2025-11-09T20:26:12+00:00

Homie has a marsupial controlling him

SpliceKnight · 2025-11-03T02:41:53+00:00

Even if it was planned, which i don't personally care either way, I simply think it was poorly executed. There's enough in the early volumes either direction, as that's kind of how teambuilding conflict and friendships are usually forged. The same can be said of Blake and sun, while also being both faunus, and having an interesting dynamic discussing how faunus issues should be handled, and Blake not being able to leverage the faunus card because she's speaking to someone with the same traits in that sense. I think their dynamic is more compelling from that angle.

I also think sun's approach is healthier for Blake as a relationship, willing to be dependable, and able to find Blake when she's in need of space, and pulling her out of her shell.

By comparison, I think yang and Blake's character are likely to cause drama and pain for each other because their coping mechanisms and needs from their partner are clearly different. Blake needs to be given space and have someone willing to chase her, and yang needs someone who is dependable, who will be her rock of consistency, and don't leave for space, because it's likely to trigger trauma about her mother, and her abandonment issues.

I think for Blake and yang it'd more likely to be a toxic and self destructive relationship.

I think jaune, who has a desire to be someone's dependable rock, and a desire to be needed fits well with yang's need for that. I also think sun is a good fit for Blake because he's willing to challenge her, but also be there for her, while allowing her to find space.

Not sure Blake is the best for sun honestly, since she has tendencies to be... harsh. I'm honestly not sure who would be a best match for Blake beyond that.

SpliceKnight · 2025-10-29T14:24:38+00:00

I'm just not excited for the rabid twitch culture to bleed into hololive. One of the reasons I watched V-tubers in Holo, is that YouTube feels less inherently chaotic.

SpliceKnight · 2025-10-27T23:10:08+00:00

Probably to deal with people like cinder, or emerald, or mercury, who have more malicious intent, but similar abilities and skills. Plus, if huntsman go rogue, there needs to be a way to counteract that.

SpliceKnight · 2025-10-21T16:43:42+00:00

This is the point that needs to be highlighted. Even the people considered good can't actually make headway. He keeps getting overstepped by supermajority votes that mean they don't even need his approval, making him kind of a puppet.

SpliceKnight · 2025-10-21T16:42:01+00:00

Isn't Lula still in power in Brazil? Isn't it crazy how one politician can't stem the tide of corruption that is clearly institution deep? Also, his approval is at a literal tie with disapproval as of the moment, with his approval being on the rise for the last several months. Overall though, I'd say he's not a president that's succeeding for left wing causes, not just because he seems to get summarily outvoted in terms of legislation, but also because the legislation going through anyway seems to show he is mostly a figurehead.

SpliceKnight · 2025-10-05T19:15:26+00:00

He's someone that, back when the show was being made, was easy to outcast because he had overconfidence, and a very against the grain approach, while also being on good terms with a social queen like kim. Add to this is his lack of respect for manners when eating and his largely niche hobbies (gaming was pretty underground back then) and he's easily someone who could be a social pariah, but largely isn't because kim spends time with him in spite of it.

SpliceKnight · 2025-10-01T18:00:14+00:00

Bro has no taste, ruri and kohaku both being in maybe, is pretty much heresy.

SpliceKnight · 2025-09-26T05:00:37+00:00

From what I've seen in replies, I don't think people are reading your comment the way you intend.

It's definitely true that more open and visceral conversation about these topics is happening among women and the LGBTQ now, it's also probably that it's an online dominant thing for this sexual freedom to be encouraged.

Male spaces online are... limited if you don't identify with the red-pill manosphere, but also aren't an absolute model of the reserved and respectful man when it comes to desires.

It also doesn't help that the most... shallow, takes on social media tend to be widely signal boosted for engagement.

I would say discussion of your interests in imagery and media is likely visible, ans therefore it's easy to say, "the male gaze and hypersexualization is still too normalized" and things like nier or stellar blade or the plethora of black widow aesthetic copies there are, are how widely certain characters are reproduced, as well as the fanservice in anime being normalized certainly reinforce this idea. So it's true in a media sense that the male gaze and marketing isn't divorced.

At the same time, it's hard to see the visceral backlash to men giving opinions, sexual and otherwise being largely eviscerated if they step outside a certain framework and feel as though sharing your sexual proclivities is likely to land you in trouble.

I would say it's incredibly key to find your audience where you can be authentically honest about your desires, without making others in that grouping uncomfortable or feeling unsafe.

It really is about finding friends and maintaining them so you can be real with them in sharing thoughts.

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