Making Peace with RWBY 

YES! The RWBY fandom has a huge issue with toxic positivity! This is something we should be talking about! Glad to see more rwby vids from you too! :)

The CRWBY team needs to realise that they clearly need to stop rushing when producing these volumes. Fans will still wait patiently and stick around for new episodes but that doesn't mean they should rush the animation and writing on a 2 week project...

I don't mind you roughing RWBY up. I'd rather have honesty than faking positivity for views. I do miss your RWBY content, but you can make it on your own time.

That lost fable video sounds like a blast. Actaully, I personally don't mind if you turn RWBY into a punching bag. Like, not spiralling into the absolute negativity in the same way u were overly positive about it, but just ur honest thoughts on the show. Sounds fun

Honestly just be more honest and critical of the show if you want to. Do whatever you want to do and don't let others dictate you (except this is kind of being hypocrite since I am suggesting you do something yet not.......). Anyways I always appreciate an honest review of a show.

The best thing about RWBY these days are the fanfictions it has spawned. Seriously, innumerable fanfiction authors have told great stories in this world and with these characters.

bro the fact that they brought penny back just to kill her disappoints me.

You should make content that YOU want to make tbh. That’s what everyone followed ya for after all. Your charm, personality, video style etc. Whether it’s criticism or a funny kind, there’s no need to solely focus on that. Make what you’re wanting to and I’m sure your fans will appreciate what you bring to the table regardless

Rwby is like Grandpa's famous homemade pie, that was then sold to a corporation for mass production. What was once handcrafted with love, care, and fresh ingredients is now pumped out by a machine, following a watered down recipe of the original.

Regarding the point about being more infatuated with the idea of RWBY than the actual story, I've noticed that a lot of people are. A lot of fans have headcanons of what the show is, and they've transposed that fanon onto the canon to the point that talking to two different fans feels like discussing two different shows. It also doesn't help that RWBY scatters important details all over the place, so you might think you understand a basic plot point only for someone to reveal that no you're wrong and the real explanation is in the mini-series/books/manga/video-games/panel interviews/retconned out of existence. As Hhbomberguy puts it, RWBY is a fun show to write a Wiki about because it's so chock full of cool ideas that ultimately go nowhere and seemingly only exist to be cool, which was fine back in the early volumes but not anymore.

Honestly the fact that there are au's that I fucking love more than the actual show, I tend to like the original material more cause its what attracted me, just screams to the current me how bad rwby is I honestly don't even watch the episodes and just scavenge around for synopsis' of them and if there's a fight scene being praised I'll just youtube it...

The only people I still respect/feeling sorry for is Jeff, Casey, and the animators. All of them are really talented and form what I can tell really nice, as well as the soundtrack being the most consistent quality wise. But all their talent is kinda wasted for a company that treats their employers like crap

This is an incredibly well-worded video! I'm proud of you for being so open here, and I hope you speaking up about all this can help the FNDM to learn and grow as well.

I think what is really important here is recognizing that the show is flawed and there are things worth calling out . On top of that for a lot of us the show owns our souls and we’re always gonna watch it / talk about ( not always publicly) and I think we should be allowed to have honest conversations about the show and not be labeled haters or toxic or xyz apologist. Like it’s werid to me because he hat dom thing was from my perspective a catagory made for ppl who made bad faith criticisms from the right wing “rwbys to gay it’s sjw shit blah blah blah “ but then the fandom completely dismissed H bomber guys video who is one of the BIGGEST figures on left tube and bisexual he’s literally in the same as contrapoints and philosophy tube and Lindsay Ellis yet they brand him a hatedom member who is just being a hater ??? One of the worst times in the fandom for me is after volume 6 where I am tryna talk about how the show got my story so wrong as a POC and every one yelling at me saying I am an abuse apologist and I hate blake and woman and that I am “ gatekeepong racsim “ Which ooo boy that one was silly asf Or with this FG situation ppl are like “your not grateful for the LGBT rep we already have why isn’t bees enough for you you must hate sapphic rep you must hate women “ And it’s so frustrating to not be Abel to have honest conversations especially when we’re hurting and we need to be seen by our community Toxic positivity in so real so is being a privileged and living in ur bubble and that’s what’s keeping so many ppl from seeing the truth on top of the fact that are just always gonna defend the show over marginalized ppl . I am proud of thomas for making this video and I hope you guys are opening to hearing them talk about Rwby in an honest way and take him in good faith even if you disagree cause line disagreement is fine it’s beautiful WE disagree on some Rwby stuff here and there but plz just like have an open mind not just with Thomas but with other Rwby RU-vidrs because stuff like what happned to twins ink SHOULD not happen to anyone

The only thing worse than toxicity negative is, imo, toxic positivity, Mainly because, unlike the former, no one wants to acknowledge the latter.

Amazing. I for one am happy to welcome you into our circle of disillusioned idealists. As toxic as the fandom is, I do feel with RT's ingrained habits, it's only a matter of time before enough scales fall from people's eyes that they can see RWBY for what it is. It's happened with Voltron, it's happened with GoT, and I don't think RWBY is far behind. If you ever feel like doing RWBY content, know that I'd be stoked to see you pick up your RWBY rewrite again, or to see you look at and talk about fan creations or the supplemental materials instead - people who put much more thought into the show and deserve the spotlight more.

hbomberguy really did label RWBY perfectly when calling it "disappointing". The show had so much potential to be great. It initially presented an interesting world, likable characters, and some thought provoking story hooks. For me, the show always failed in its execution. The broad ideas and setups were often good but when the fan theories and week-to-week speculation are better than what actually happened, you know you have a problem.

the fact that it took me a whole damn week to to mentally process Penny's death says something

"It lacks the soul it once had." I have never been able to put that into words so thank you

The story of RWBY: Grieving widow is cursed with immortality and becomes suicidal to the point of wanting to sacrifice the entire world just to end her suffering. But spoiler alert, *she's* the bad guy. Not the petty gods that cursed her in the first place.

I admire your courage in admitting your faults and owning up to your past toxic behavior. I look forward to more honest criticism from you. Rough up RWBY if it deserves it. I would love to see your thoughts on the lost fable.

Penny’s death made me upset (as you could probably tell from my icon lol) and not in the way character deaths are supposed to upset you. It felt like bad writing and I was tired of the fandom saying that we were supposed to be sad and disappointed. I hated that it portrayed Penny essentially committing suicide as the “only way” and for “the greater good” that shit sucked so hard. And I’m sure there’s been lots of comments by the creators on it or what not that construe it as being some other thing but it’s really not. Not to mention how they already had a n o t h e r way they were going to kill Penny, and resolved that, only for them to kill her in the next episode. For the second time.

The production team really needs to stop pumping out volumes so fast and just sit down to outline SOME kind of future for the show rather than winging it season by season with only vague future ideas. The speed at which they put out each volume not only effects the story though, but also the music and character designs. And that sucks cause honestly I was mostly enjoying the show cause of the fight scenes, music, and character designs which seemed to be so lovingly crafted in the first few volumes. Not to say the story was terrible at the start, but honestly it really wasn't as good as most fans make the narrative of the first 3 volumes out to be, especially with how they've paid off. That being said I was fine with the mediocre story at first cause it was an ameture team working on a project that the company didn't have much faith in. I was just happy Monty finally got his own original project! Now we're how many volumes in and the story telling is still ameture while the more artistic parts of the product are slowly stagnating? Uhg, sorry for the rambling. Also, loving all your content besides RWBY stuff. Love to see how passionate you are about Winx Club and that WITCH vid was 👌

Honestly, this could be a great in-universe RWBY topic to talk about. Due to the fact "Negative Emotions" attract Grimm, you'd think that Toxic Positivity would be encouraged in Remnant. So perhaps the show's message should be more about BALANCE in positive and negative emotions because there is nothing wrong in experiencing either.

As someone who dropped the show 4 seasons ago I understand how you feel. I personally wanted it to end after season 3. It’s a great concept crushed by incompetence. A sad loss of potential.

Not done with the video yet, but I have to say that I am extremely happy a content creator in the RWBY fandom is talking about "toxic positivity." It's been such a rampant problem in the fandom, and specifically /r/rwby where for every 2 posts giving valid criticism (like about, let's say, the entirety of vol 5) there'd be one post complaining about how the subreddit has gotten "too negative" No comment about the validity of the criticism being presented, no comment of the harshness, just the fact that were criticisms was seen as "negative" I've seen it as so much of an issue that I've legitimately thought of making a serious video talking about how awful the discourse around RWBY is, with toxic positivity as the main talking about. Again, not even finished with the video yet, but just hearing you mention it is honestly so refreshing.

Volume 8 was just a slap in the face to everyone, not surprised you’re done with the series. I’m just spite watching at this point since they murdered all of the promise volume 7 had for the future of the series. Thank you for all your content on it.

Hbomberguy's video also articulated a lot of the underlying feelings I've had with the show really well. Like I was unhappy with the show, but didn't really have a way of explaining it until I saw that video. I'm not gonna lie from what I've heard from a lot of former RWBY fans, that video was really the final nail in the coffin for them as well.

RWBY: "Hey guys, heres a fantasy racism plot line. We're gonna explore a social movement and how it has an outgrowth of extremis--" RWBY: *Proceeds to never giving the white fang-**-the allegory for real world racial justice movements--** the attention it deserves. And then to push Bumblebee cuz the fans wanted it, they took the leader of this messy and not-thought-out organization and made him into a stalker* If you're going to talk about racism in a creative work, I expect an intelligent and granular look into what you're trying to explore.But the thing about RWBY is that it didn't simply have "not enough effort" in its characterization, analysis, and depth of the White Fang. It had barely any effort, and NONE of that effort was made in the first 4 seasons. You KNOW a person's (or people's) perception of anything is shallow as fuck when they make it into a villainous group and then leave it in the background. It's almost like there's....nothing deeper they wanted to say?

One problem I had with the fandom is how they excuse Blake's abuse of Sun in volume 4.

First off, love your content, 0:08 I feel a lot of people I feel can agree that having Salem and a majority of her villains and Ironwood and his ace ops both in the foreground at the Same time was a major issue 0:11 Not the torture itself but I wish he got to hang out more with characters onscreen like Emerald similar to how Jaune and Yang, and Weiss and Nora had moments 0:14 The blizzards in Texas give it a pass 0:17 Main issue was that May had more focus in development 0:24 Main issue is how Penny was gravely so easily just from Cinder’s arm 1:03 They were fine with the Amity death but it felt forced that they did it again making Penny die 3 times Volume 8 is better than 5 but suffers from similar issues. I imagine 9 would be better but like 6 as you said there will probably be at least some issues. Also we can all agree the music still kicks ass. 15:39 I’m honestly going to skip the first Third of Volume 9 but YES I’D Love to see your content perhaps on specific characters

What they did with Penny made me lose my trust on the writing team. And I dont think they will be earning that back any time soon.

I like all your content actually, Rwby, Winx, and all. I don’t mind the criticism as long as it’s not JUST ALL negative, that’s when it gets draining like some other creators

Honestly, you put into words what I've felt for a long time. When I think about RWBY I mostly feel just sadness at what could have been. I will always be grateful for the fandom existing. No matter how vexing it can be, and the works they create. Both the show and the Fndm are what inspired me to finally start writing, even if I find myself seeing what not to do more in rwby than anything else.

1. Love your content but 2. Rwby is never gonna be the same, sadly...but if you do succeed on making a change, i'll be happy to stand with you cuz i think this fandom deserves better.

This is a surprise for me to admit it, but I actually liked your video. I used to dislike you because of some of the takes and the agressive tone on twitter but I can understand why now. I didn't know what was a toxic positivity (because these two words work very weird together, no ?) so thank you for this definition to add in my "internet dictionary". I'm surprised you also liked hbomberguy review, I personally think it's a good video with many fair points. Well... Good continuation in your youtube journey whatever content you'd like to share, just do what please you !

I feel like roosterteeth is struggling to keep up with RWBY due to Montys passing. I feel like Monty had the most vision for the show and without that vision, the quality went down.

I resonate with what you said you loved about the show alot. I absolutely love the IDEA of rwby. I love interesting weapons/ fighting styles, cool power systems and character tropes. RWBY had all of that. So even when Adam was had nothing more than a single trailer and a sketch in a book i really liked the idea of his character. The music being loosely character driven also just let me essentially make my own character trailers in my head or amplifying existing character moments. And now that the how feels like its not where it was, or maybe because it was never going to live up to my ideas, now the ideas i loved about the show are chaining me to the show, rather than making me love it

And now the official subreddit has written it into law that anyone found associating with a subreddit that exists to criticise the show will be banned immediately and permanently. Toxic positivity indeed.

As someone who followed the show since the very 4 original trailers were released, I am VERY critical with it because of how good it could have been and the mess it is now. I am so dissapointed by almost everything that happened in the last volumes, the writting and how they fucked up Yang's character. I always saw her as a very strong character who didn't need a relationship (and as a aro that was great) but when the fans and VAs pushed the bumblebee it was ruined for me. Not because of the lesbian ship, but because it was rushed, pushed and they doesnt even care about developing it properly or even showing it directly for the clear lesbian representation and inclusion that they "want" (they want that for the sales tbh, if they truly wanted to make a good representation, Yang x Blake would have been developed since season 1-2 instead of suddenly happening at the end of season 5). Also, the whole fiasco that happened after Monty died, and how RT fired the close friends and people who were working close to Monty and then fucking up his initial writting/story feels so bad.... I understand how you feel because it was a very important show for me as well and it feels really bad to see it like this.

Given how universally loved "The Lost Fable" seemed to be, I would honestly _love_ to hear your thoughts on it. That being said, the way forward is yours. I sincerely look forward to whatever you chose to do.

I want to thank you for bringing up Toxic Positivity. I never knew there was a term for it, but I can say with confidence that I was exactly like that a few years ago. Not just with Rwby but with any kind of content. To make it worse, I was on a Games Journalism university course (yes that did exist, wildness). In other words, I was being trained to provide criticism, but I couldn't. I was so determined to defend anything my way because I thought everyone was being so negative. I even said hurtful things to people even though, on that course, they were literally just doing their jobs. That uni course taught me about this behaviour, and in turn, it is what woke me up to RWBY. I adored this show with everything I had, but it took a long time for me to finally wake up. Not just to problems with this show, but many other problematic things in other media I liked. I understood what criticism really means. It almost never comes from a place of hate. Sure it comes from frustration, annoyance, confusion, and other emotions. But mostly, it almost always comes from love. We criticise, because we care. And the people who create these shows, games, and other things, need to understand that.

Glad to see RWBY content from you. Please always be honest about your feelings towards the show, even if others don't like it. :) Also, I just rewatched a bunch of your Winx Club videos when I saw this one pop up. Great timing lol.

I must be a simple creature because I've never had issues with the show. I'm not saying there aren't imperfections, but it's the only show in my long life I've never hated on any character or annoyed with any of the storyline they went with. I'm glad you found something better for yourself. I've missed your rwby material.

Another Great video, I'm still recovering from your last RWBY video, now you're making me think about toxic positivity! Twiins wants RWBYtubers to talk about their experience with the FNDM, I'm thinking about giving it a shot.... Also, have you seen the intro of BWBY episode one...

I one-hundred percent agree. Toxic positivity destroyed this fandom and RoosterTeeth's terrible company policy and scandals reduced them to nothing in the eyes of many consumers, including me. I will never forget RWBY and the influence it had on me as a writer, and I love the world Monty gave us, but the show as it is just isn't it. I even feel like we'd be better off just relying on fanmade content to tell the story of Remnant, because I'm sure there are far more dedicated and talented writers in the fandom.

I for one wouldn't mind you roughing up RWBY, I would love to hear your thoughts on your opinions on episode The Lost Fable.😎 I'm here regardless and keep doing what you're doing Thomas.💪

I have been missing your RWBY content so it was nice to see this on my page. I really like how critical and thoughtful you are with the show but you do so in a way that feels relatively professional and you focus on the issues I care about. I think the people that are here want to hear you rip into the show, and put forth your honest feelings on it. As someone who still gets some enjoyment from RWBY while still recognizing its crippling flaws, I enjoy your content because I don't feel defensive of my interest in the show but still get to hear criticisms I agree with. Sorry if this was rambly but thank you for bein yourself and hope to see more from ya going forward!

I have a question Unicorn, have you ever considered watching Invincible? There’s a rather small amount of Gay representation but it’s mainly just a fantastic show I can see you enjoying.

It's nice to see some RWBY content from you. Personally I'm happy for you to rough the show up. I prefer honesty over fake praise. the show has problems and I think you're way of highlighting those issues is much better then some channels, who can be overly aggressive I've found.

I say ruff it up. Also super interested in hearing about your book.

I respect the hell out of you for this video, my main concern was back during Vol 6 and 7 when it felt like a huge shift from what you were usually like and now getting this video putting things in context makes me happy to the point that i almost want to cry. Cause around that time, I was scared and had to unsubscribe because I thought you were giving in to the toxicity of the general fandom. But with this video, i'm glad you were able to put this in perspective. Please continue your content within reason and I cant wait to see your next video.

I think it was fair when you used to play the white knight role for this show. Back then, there was just too much negativity that spawned at the end of vol 5. Though most of it was deserved, it was overwhelming for people who still like the show. At the same time, It's awesome you decided to end that role when the show's fault became inexcusable. Also, so many people have this "fuck you, got mine" mentality. It's great that you were able to double back on that and see how this victory against Adam may seem disgusting for others. I can honestly say you've shown much growth throughout the years. Looking forward to more of your videos. I enjoy your rwby videos and when you tackled sailor moon.

I remember. The days when I watched your reviews on RWBY. I haven't even watched RWBY past the raven vs cinder fight. You just popped in my notifs so I decided to pop by. Seems like the show went in the direction I expected. Glad your back and in a better place. Who knows I might just watch more videos from you again.

Great video. I haven't seen much of RWBY (I've seen all of volumes one and two and probably about half of three) so I haven't really gotten to a lot of the problems that start appearing later on, but I have seen various RU-vidrs talk about it, so I would be interested in seeing you do RWBY videos. The Lost Fable video in particular sounds like it'd be a good one.

Honestly, as a gay man, this is why I am not a fan of representation that is designed to be directed at people like me. Often it feels disingenuous and hollow, so I would rather just be without. It’s tricky because when you are younger, you are more desperate to feel and be noticed and in the LGBT, it’s important to have that since there are groups designed to silence them(it’s more acceptable nowadays, but still). The older I get, the more I realize how important accurate portrayal is versus being portrayed, especially if the company is just trying to create appeal for their brand.

I also took a break from the RWBY Twitter. Not only is Twitter itself a very chaotic place but the fandom there can be quite hostile. And yeah, I haven't even enjoyed Rooster Teeth stuff since the whole Ryan from AH, how they treated Mica, their animation department etc.

I raged and ranted about how v8 made me feel somewhere and i can't be bothered doing it again it's not worth it, long story short i was angy lol. Honestly i feel and felt the same about this show and it was actually this channel that made realise the problems. (I'm about as smart as a rock lol)

I discovered RWBY the same time you did, around the release of Volume 2 (I was about 11-12). I actually discovered it through its music, the one aspect I still love about the show. It was a huge influence on my creativity as an artist and writer. I really loved the show but during Volume 5, my enjoyment was waning and I dropped it. I still thought about it and looked at fan-creations but didn't watch the new Volume. But then I discovered you and your video on the Brunswick arc from Volume 6. You were the person who got me back into the show that was a big part of my life as a pre-teen. I watched Volume 6 and Volume 7 and I had fun with all of it! All the while watching your videos and learning new things along the way. When you stopped doing regular RWBY content, I wasn't all that disappointed because I liked to listen to your takes on different shows, most of which were my favourites as a kid. You reminded me why I loved magical girl shows as much as I did when I was younger and now my love for those types of shows is rekindled. Long story short, yes, I am more than okay with your current content and don't mind if you do a RWBY video every now and again. I just hope you continue you continue to put out content that You yourself enjoy making and showing.

Me: *picks up megaphone* YEAH, CAN YOU SEPAK UP FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK?! But honestly, what makes RWBY so special that it can't be criticized? I understand that for a lot of people, this was probably what exposed them to anime or anime-esque shows, but like HBomber says, you're probably going to like ACTUAL anime than what RWBY is offering. I've never been happier since dropping out of the RWBY fandom years ago when the toxicity levels were reaching its peak.

Compared to the rest of the volume Jaune getting to kill Penny was easily the best. It was the only moment where I felt real shock and disbelief in the volume. Jaune and the rest of JNR is easily the mostly consistently enjoyable part of this show

Fan fictions of RWBY have really gotten better than the actual show. Seriously, there are A LOT of really great fan fictions of this show.

I'd love to see more RWBY content from you, don't worry about roughing up RWBY if anything it would be cathartic to hear. Please please make a video on Lost fable

I'm primarily here for the RWBY stuff, and I think that you should definitely not shackle yourself to the chains of respectability or in the name of a show that doesn't respect its audience the way it used to. I am all for you being 100% honest in your RWBY content going forward, and I will definitely be tuning in every time I see something new. Definitely one of my fave RU-vidrs in general, and a big reason why I wanted to share my own opinions. Keep up the solid work and don't keep us waiting too long! (Though really, take however long you need.) Also, thank you for recommending Celtic Phoenix's Fixing RWBY series. It's been very enjoyable so far, and incredibly eye-opening. Much obliged for that.

I made a hyperbolic statement on how fanfics were probably better than the original just because CRWBY is in a weird situation (especially with everything coming out about RT) where the team wants to do x, but execs want y to be done, and then don't let CRWBY have the time or breathing room to do anything, so I really don't think it's getting better. I got some of the craziest accusations/attacks for simply implying that anything could be better than the source material and I was like "...are we watching the same show??? And I criticize it as a fan of RWBY!!! I don't even just 'hate RWBY' like you say I do!"

I'm glad you've moved in that sense, I kind of got worried awhile back. In many ways I'm the same way. The RWBY I envisioned was a bittersweet, painful, and arduous journey to reach days of peace and happiness, after experiencing the horror and pointlessness of war, a loss of innocence, and going through bad situation to another bad situation, that honestly made you question if victory was even possible. And yet, they do come out of it, not how they'd hoped to, but out of it all the same, and now they have a chance. Unfortunately that was not what we got, and for me, it was post volume 6 that I realized that would never happen. Volume 5 was where it was nearly about to fall off the cliff, but volume 6 did it, and then some.

Really am glad to see ya be honest about your problems and if you do decide to do more smaller videos about the show the one I work really appreciate you could is about Penny..... Just everything that happened to her just hurts the think about.

I wanted to say that thank you and love you. Make the content you want to HOWEVER….. I just wanted to wonder would you ever review Adam Taurus one more time? I think Adam Taurus and Vergil Sparda are very similar in ways most people don’t realize? -Great Hair -Iado justsu -A Symbol of the pain they experienced? (Adam being his Scar and Mask and Vergil being Yamato which was passed from his father) -Desperately seeking power in order to never feel weakness or pain again. -The “Motivation” to defeat one person who has always gotten in there way to gain more power -Killed an Ally because they feel they are inadequate to do what they need (Idk how I could’ve said that any better.) -Had destroyed someone’s arm in the process of displaying/obtaining power (reaching with this one but the arm thing itself is relatively accurate?) -Stabs their “rival” around stomach area -Both Moon Slice and Judgment Cut End attack a wide area -Blitzing Combat speed? -They both lose to their “rival” falling from a water fall. -Blinded by fear of being weak, they have a superiority complex. Please don’t Witch Hunt me, I just want people to understand what I mean when I say “Adam Deserved a Second Chance.” The man was tortured and beaten. Scared and Branded by a Company that is more or less a dick. And he has never even gotten a chance to see Weiss or Ruby. Not even Qrow knew who he was. And for the more part. We never knew Adams parents, his turning point when he started taking up a sword. It’s a shame to see such a Devil May Cry like character be killed off without it being a good send off…… That’s All I mean

Im so happy you're in a better place now and are doing better! I really enjoy all your content and im excited to see your RWBY stuff again. I really liked listening to your critiques and feelings about the show. And if you wanna sh!t on this show then DO IT! Its not.....the best and it doesn't deserve your protection. That being said, I also have a soft spot for it and I think I always will but that doesn't mean I can't see that its getting.....interesting to put it nicely Keep up the great work and I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the upcoming seasons!

omg omg omg, I was wondering if you could talk about "Angel's Friends" because I feel like no one really talks about it at all. It's pretty underrated to be honest

As someone who really likes RWBY, and adored Volume 8, I respect the dissenting opinions, and think that they're honestly healthy for a fandom to have. I probably won't watch future RWBY videos, as I want to simply enjoy the show while acknowledging its faults, but I wish you the best.

It been a while but ill Never forget hearing monty wife had 7 volume worth of story from just listening to him and wanted to help but got told off

In my opinion RWBY animation needs a huge over haul because it's kinda lack luster at best but I mean they probably have an animation budget but in my opinion RWBY should have done what houseki no kuni did aka (land of the lustrous)where they still did 3d but added in 2d for moments that couldn't be captured by CG,it's amazing and a really good show and doesCGI right because with RWBY something I would like to see in RWBY is more expressive faces cause a lot of times you can see when the characters are stiff in areas and I think it would be nice if they implement 2d into the animation to make moments feel a lot more natural and also RWBY itself is a mess with it's later volumes happened like I would rather have a show that ended on a short ending than a show that's pretty much beating a dead horse and milking it for as much as it can and also could like we get some more diversity in the show like different body types even more skin tones cause all of the characters kinda just use the same model and it's all to vanilla.....

RWBY Vol 1-2(maybe 3 idk): Alive and magical feels. RWBY Vol 4-8: ironically becomes like Grimm: no soul.

I’m so happy ur making RWBY content again while also being in a great mental state!! ❤️ every opinion u have i literally agree with and ur personality is such a mood and makes me happy to watch ur videos ❤️

A video about "The Lost Fable" would be very welcomed ;)

Sadly I just can't handle it anymore. The show can't even maintain continuity in a single episode at times in Vol. 8 and after they *Adam'd* Ironwood, and all the toxicity of the fandom and the insultingly embarrassing takes on social media, I'm just here to casually watch the fall from a comfy distance. Just setting up my shade outside the city before it collapses. Edit: I will say that I'm glad you've grown in a way to help you see things better and to better interact with others too. I just wish there were more and more fans like you.

I’ve MISSED this. I love the way you blend humor and seriousness in your videos and PLEASE ROUGH IT UP

I have never seen any of your videos before until now. I never made an attempt to watch them because I was on a block chain from you on Twitter and it discouraged me from seeing your content. This showed up in my recommendations and I clicked on it because the title intrigued me. I was not disappointed. It takes a lot of growth and maturity to learn from your mistakes and realize that your pursuit of validation through a form of media and/or the company producing it leads to toxicity. I am happy to see you have grown so much from all this and matured greatly. Very well done video. I am glad that you found peace with letting the series go. You are not alone in that aspect and believe me when I say that there are plenty of people there to welcome you in open arms after this.

I'm still not over the fact that they brought Penny back, went through all the trouble to exploit a loophole with a divine relic to make her a "real" human being (it never even seemed to be an issue for her, Penny never openly expressed a desire to become human and she ended up becoming a maiden anyway) just to kill her AGAIN ten minutes later. It just felt emotionally manipulative. That, and they absolutely destroyed Ironwood's character because he was becoming more compelling and interesting than the main cast.

Love seeing RWBY back at it again! Thomas I just want to say thank you so much for the content that you make, and in a weird way I've kind of gone through a similar journey regarding the show right along side you. Pretty much your toxic positivity phases and then V8 becoming a breaking point was nearly the same as mine. However for V8 my breaking point was the awful fight animation and writing in the episode100 milestone (don't worry I understand the animators can't go all out likely because of lack of freedom and terrible script), and an even further breaking point was Penny becoming human and her subsequent assisted suicide. As some with Asperger's syndrome I (unfortunately mainly in hindsight) have identified a lot with Penny and the issues she faces. I saw her robotic nature and quirks-well not "Autism-coding" as I think that and even "Trans-coding" are too specific and don't really cover the entire picture of her character, but Penny I felt was something I like to refer to as "Divergent Coding". Not to be confused with neurodivergant, I refer to "Divergent Coding" as simply being coded as someone who, due to uncontrollable circumstances (primarily birth based reasons such) are an outcast from societal norms. So "Divergent Coding" would be an umbrella for things like disability, neurodivergant, and LGBTQ+. And boy was I personally disgusted by Penny just... having the decision made for her that she had to become human (instead of just moving the virus through another effigy) and have zero say in it despite the maiden powers already validating her personhood. Only for her to commit suicide later and "die pure". On the assisted suicide, hoy crap I have close loved ones that have had to tango with that stuff and Penny's suicide infuriates me. People say it was a "sacrifice" but the idea Penny's only agency and choice was suicide after a volume's worth of misery P+rn and what could be interpreted as depression... holy crap what kind of message (intentional or not) does that send? Also about that last Miles clip, I am surprised you didn't include him perving on his drunken ex making out with another girl. Finally despite the infamy of the platform, there is a Tumblr blogger ( why-i-hate-rwby-now.tumblr.com/post/644936671575621632/about-evil-ironwood-and-ableism-in-media-some?is_related_post=1 ) that also rips into RWBY and exposes a lot of the problematic issues regarding the show and the show's faux progressivism. The link specifically takes you to a post regarding the ableism around Ironwood's character. (not to mention the ableism around Penny). All in all I would be so down for more videos criticizing the show (like Lost Fable) and its myriad of issues. Actually it was thanks to the likes of your WF video that I became extra invested in your channel and learned so much.

I'm glad to hear your voice, I pray for your continued happiness, and you continue to do things you enjoy doing for the sake of yourself and not others ❤❤

Happy to see you're in a better place. Making peace with a piece of media can be hard, but it can be very cathartic to do. I've powered through like 4 episodes of RWBY and couldn't bring myself to watch more, and yeah there is just a load of wasted potential in here. Like monsters are perfect for an action show that wants to look cool and not have the audience feel bad about enjoying the cool battles and slaughter, something you can't quite get with human mocks, but you still need power scaling. I'll just enjoy the very first animated music videos(Red trailer ESPECIALLY). I really enjoyed the videos about the Maidens and the Grimm, so I would not at all be opposed to seeing more stuff like that from you!

Oh yes please do a Lost Fable video! I remember watching that episode back then and actually enjoying it, but nowadays when I look back at RWBY's main problems in the story/plot they went with Salem and the maidens... its all rooted on that one. I don't know if that's what you would be talking about in that kind of video I'm sure it would be interesting to hear no matter what.

Well I look forward to any RWBY videos you put forward. Would love to see your hot tape on the Lost Fable. Not going to lie lost interest in you after you expressed certain views I just could not agree with you but I still liked your Ruby stuff despite some of my issues with your stances. What really turned me around on you was your video about the white fang and seeing signs that you were no longer going to blindly defend what in all honesty was a dumpster fire for a long time. Admitting that makes me sad because I like RWBY but there's no escaping that it's a dumpster fire and season 8 made that abundantly clear. Ironwood deserved better and most of the heroes are hypocritical morons who caused more harm than the actual bad guys. I honestly can't see team RWBY and Company as heroes anymore after what they did in volume 8. What a goddamn mess this turned into.

I really enjoy your RWBY content. I still enjoy the show and really enjoyed this last season though I think I may be the only one, heh. It wasn’t perfect and the ending was rushed among other issues, but I’d really love to hear your thoughts on the Ironwood problem, etc. But honestly, I am just glad to see a video update. Always enjoy your thoughts on various things. Until next time, Unicorn.

Good video. As far as your future content goes I’d more than willing to listen to your thoughts on the Volume 6 fable. Feel free to talk about other shows that you thoroughly enjoy but I’d love to hear your thoughts on this recent Volume.

I have always loved your s*itshows. I would love to hear more of your thoughts, whenever you publish them. No show is perfect. Yes! Let's hear more on your book!

With the RWBY racism, colorism, writing, animation and visual lack of passion, representation and effort, I'm not here for it

It's nice seeing more RWBY content from you (puns and all) After thinking I'm starting to realize that we as fans need to make the RWBY that we want. I recently was having low motivation to continue my own webnovel series but this really gave me the motivation I needed. RWBY is a shitshow but let's keep going and make something amazing from the feelings it sparked in us!

I think it's good to have opinions from all sides. I personally still really like RWBY but feel like it's been rushed and a bit mistreated in places. I didn't know about the whole White Fang thing as I think I was a bit young at the time to make the connection. I'm quite happy for you to draw out the problems with the show but only if that's the content you want to create.

While I adore Volume 8 and the current writing the show has, I applaud this video. It's so clear that you have no ill intent and just are expressing your genuine complaints. You did incredibly well delivering each complaint carefully and really explained your reasoning. I know this comment really doesn't say much but you did really well with this video.

Honestly, I remember a lot of your Twitter posts really rubbing me the wrong way. It takes a lot to admit you didn’t process and handle things well, honestly watching some of your content as of late has given me a great appreciation for your work and insight. You’re awesome. I’d really love to see you make a video about the piss poor LGBT representation in RWBY and really tackling the Bees and the pinkwashing that comes with them. As a lesbian it bothers me a ton that they’re held up as these paragons of great LGBT representation when all they’ve been used for is merch sales and stringing people along to watch the show, and this is coming from someone who LOVES the Bees as an idea. Idk if you’ll see this or not, but you have a new fan. I hope you’ll maybe take a look at this and kick around the idea of doing the video. Keep making awesome content!

your story is somehow so much related to my story into how i got into rwby since the days of high school i like it :)

If you want to do more Rwby stuff. May I suggest tossing ideas on how to make this series better? you can make it a separate series making it one chapter or season at a time (up to you) think it would be a nice idea but you do you Unicorn we will be with ya all the way

The problem with RWBY is that everyone wants it to be good because it *was* good

I don't know why people thinks that volume 5 is worse, beacuse Rwby volume 8 is seriously, a new low. If volume 5 shows how incapable the company was at that time, volume 8 straight up shows how much they don't give a damn about rwby anymore. There's zero consideration to how the characters should be, and there's not just no logic, but also no consideration of the story as a whole. Rwby 5 could be sloppy, werid, boring, frustrating, ect, but in volume 8 they are literally manipilating the viewer's emotions. everyone just become a puppet, and will immediately win a battle/become a villian/die at any moment, just to add some thriller. Just imagine it's Pyrrha coming back to life and reunite with her friends, and then fucking lie down there in the last episode, begging Jaune to kill her again, it's stupid.

The best kind of content is content that you feel good about producing and if you feel good about producing content that's rougher on RWBY then more power to you!

I really hope you continue your RWBY content. You're the only RWBY content creator I bother with, and your videos are always insightful regardless of whether I agree or not. I feel a lot of your problems for real. I liked volume 7 a whole lot, but 8 had such a nothing resolution and I'm deeply worried about where the show goes next. I'll definitely watch it, but goddamn am I worried.

Yeahh, I've also been a fan of RWBY for years, drawing tons of fan art and stuff which the fandom has been super supportive about, but my interest towards the show itself have gone down almost completely due to the show just not doing anything. The past few seasons have been just mostly the characters just sitting around, doing basically nothing and then shoving all the action to the last 3 episodes and even that hasn't felt satisfying or rewarding at all and the results seem like they were rolled in a DnD game. I'd rather have the show be predictable than whatever they're trying to do right now. I also feel like there's wayy too many characters to keep up with and I just miss the times when it was actually about team RWBY and the others were kinda kept on the side, rn there's like 10 protagonists or something and none of them are getting any depth to them 'cause there's not enough screen time for all of them. Thank you for the video!