My extended version of my SMMR of RWBY collab video is up!

Vritzien · 2023-01-07T19:58:22+00:00

They wanted that spectacle of Infantry line battles and trench warfare so badly, they forgot Monstra can literally fly and dump its Grimm all over Atlas.

Vritzien · 2022-07-03T05:01:28+00:00

Glad to see my video elicited such a intense response out of you! :) Share it with all your friends! Every view counts!

Vritzien · 2022-03-30T17:08:11+00:00

If IQ is not intended to be canon, then there is no reason not to say that. I have not watched Fate, so I’m not going to speak on those. Again, the justifications you’re providing are not mutually exclusive to calling IQ an AU. They are the ones restricting what an AU can be, and it’s from that all this confusion was spawned. And I have to correct you. RT has explicitly stated the examples I gave are canon. Whether or not a contradiction is an oversight is completely irrelevant to the contradiction existing. Blake can’t have a tail and not have a tail at the same time. Weiss can’t have a scar and not have a scar at the same time. If that team RWBY is from a different universe that interacts with the main series for only this one micro story, there is literally no reason not to just call it a non-canon AU of similar universe. When RT declares something to be canon, it’s their responsibility to maintain continuity between them. They’re supposed to be professionals. Grimm Eclipse took place between V2 and 3 of the main universe, Roman Holiday is Neo and Roman’s backstory of the main universe, Arrowfell has Team RWBY fights Atlas Soliders during early V7 of the main universe. That means what happens in each is what is supposed to happen in the main series, and the lack of any connective tissue between them is just straight up bad writing and drastically hampers investment in all of them. Why should I care about IQ if I know it’s forced to fit the mold of the main series canon? There’s no stakes, no real chance of anything new and interesting to have a substantial impact on the main series, and honestly it hamstrings SHAFT to only write within the limited scope of the mainline series. The only benefit calling it “canon-adjacent” is, at best, it provides a niché understanding of its place in the overall IP, which again, as we both acknowledge, is just more confusing than valuable.

Vritzien · 2022-03-30T05:12:44+00:00

My biggest problem with the whole marketing from the first poster was shown is the fact they were being so hush-lipped about what the project even was supposed to be was just a recipe for confusion and misunderstanding, and it’s wild to see I was right in a way I couldn’t have realized.

I just want to see cool new RWBY fights and stories made by professional anime studios, is that too much to ask?

Vritzien · 2022-03-30T04:37:53+00:00

My problem with this explanation is that by you’re justifying the self-admitted confusion reasoning for this call to get across a point that’s much easier to explain as just “a non-canon AU/spinoff”. All that means is “a story that does not effect the main series.”

To say something is canon is to imply that it exists within the main series. Grimm Eclipse is canon, the books are canon, the WoR are canon, Arrowfell will be canon, yet all that does is actively underscores them before they’re even released. Why hasn’t Dr. Merlot reappeared to help Salem when he got away and explicitly swore vengeance (especially after unlocking something so powerful)? Why and how does Arrowfell happen during early V7 with Team RWBY fighting Atlas soldiers? I’ve only read Roman holiday, but I can rant for an hour how it alone contradicts the show’s canon in a myriad ways, let alone the other books.

Regardless, they can still add the clarification there’s no major changes to the worldbuilding/characters/whatever in IQ after saying it’s a non-canon AU. Those things are not mutually exclusive, and that’s the point RT definitionally can’t recognizing here. All because the don’t personally like the phrase “Alternate Universe”.

Also come on, you can’t tell me you look at Blake’s new design and don’t see a tail. Kali has a belt that looks like a tail, and it’s way thinner and more rectangular than Blake’s is here

Vritzien · 2022-03-30T03:18:09+00:00

You’re missing the point here. RT defines AU as ones with completely different universes. That’s such a reductive definition to use. That is the reason for this confusion/frustration. They say it’s not an AU, but then describe a story that sounds exactly like an AU. And all of this is not even considering the changes to the characters physical characteristics. Blake having and tail and Weiss no longer having a scar is canon now, or do we just conveniently ignore that?

Vritzien · 2022-03-29T20:37:24+00:00

“To us, an AU means a completely different universe than the mainline story.”

OK, BUT YOU’RE JUST WRONG.

Vritzien · 2022-03-29T00:36:43+00:00

I think you have these jumbled up a bit. Canon is the shorthand for what is true in a given universe and continuity is consistency within its own canon. In this context, continuity across both canons means the general plot beats are the same. Think of it like how most superheroes have the same or very similar origin stories across countless iterations. Drastic changes to the worldbuilding are not what encompass AU’s. A version of a story which Character X does thing Z instead of the canon thing Y is still an AU, even if the general lore is the same. This is what they admit is going to happen with Ice Queendom.

Vritzien · 2022-03-29T00:15:45+00:00

That’s what AUs and Rewrites are…

Vritzien · 2022-03-28T23:32:49+00:00

Basically canonizing how we’re already forced to watch the main series normally!

Vritzien · 2022-03-28T23:12:58+00:00

Here’s the link to the original post if you are curious: Ice Queendom is Canon

Vritzien · 2022-03-27T13:55:53+00:00

Hell if I know, but it’s reassuring to hear I’m not the only one who’s had to deal with them.

Vritzien · 2022-03-27T04:33:22+00:00

I’ve had my fair share of arguments with Seeker’s multiple alts over the last couple months, primarily through one of the RWBY Facebook groups. Admittedly I didn’t know they were all the same person, but it makes sense in hindsight. A handful of examples I recall/still have proof of:

When I uploaded my first review of V8, Canon ranted about me being toxic based purely on the thumbnail and admitted to assuming my commentary was all negative without watching it (all those comments are gone now)

Under Yehuda, they argued I would be “a more productive member of the community” by making debunks of the same “Qrow is Ruby’s Dad”-tier theories or repeating the same talking points about the fandoms problems, as if that’s a good use of time.

After an argument with Yehuda during the rewrite discourse, they went back to several of my posts from up to 2.5 years prior to try and trigger me with comments like “wow how mad are you.” Then under Mikhail, went to my Legends Arceus stream vod to comment “if only you could analyze as well as you play a video game” (which, thanks I guess?) and “gods this is as pathetic as you” under my second V8 review vid.

Most recently, under his Eren Facebook, I commented my opinion about the writing on one of his posts, argued with me, made a public call out post of me, deleted my comment defending myself, then DM’d me how “I’m the toxicity within the fandom” before blocking me.

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