RWBY Volume 9 Episode 10 Review - Lies and Truths of Gods and Mice 

When Ruby finally rediscovered herself and Red like Roses started playing, I was like “Oh yeah, Sh*t is about to go down!”

It would be funny if Ruby just confronts Salem and is like, “Nah, you were kinda right. The gods suck. Let’s call them back and call them out on their bullshit.”

In response to the flashback: We've all reached the age where we come to realize that our parents were imperfect fuck-ups in some form or another. I'm more curious how Ruby will approach or confront Raven if they ever see her again for answers.

Jaune not only saved Neo but he also slowed down the Cat long enough for Ruby to join the fight. He's been saving people, thousands infact. An entire city. He's just beating himself up for every person he's unable to protect which is almost worse than anything any villan has done to him.

Gotta hand it to the Tree; by letting the Brothers literally play God with no oversight or consequences for their actions, up to and including *planetary-scale genocide,* they have definitely taken the Worst Mom Award from Raven.

I really loved that, upon reentering Remnant and arriving at Vacuo, they saw the kingdom being defended by Vale, Mistral, and Atlas. I thought this was a great nod after everything that Ruby had gone through at the end of vols 8 and the entirety of vol 9, because that short message that Ruby had convinced herself changed nothing... actually changed everything. Remnant is now fighting together to try to protect Vacuo from Salem.

CC is the most tragic villain in RWBY in my opinion - Solely created by the gods to view the Ever After - Abandoned by the Gods for Remnant - Meets Alyx & co and was promised to brought to Remnant - Gets betrayed by Alyx after she had a change of mind - Abandoned once again

So, if the brothers aren't actually gods, but the tree predated everything and is responsible for giving them their power, does that make the tree the true god of remnant? If the blacksmith is the spirit of the tree, does that mean the blacksmith is the true god of remnant? In that case, that means the god of remnant basically sat Ruby down and gave her therapy.

Wasn’t really surprised that Raven knew more about what happened to Summer than what she said. Was nice to see that Summer was still ticked about Raven abandoning Yang with her little comment and bumping into her shoulder.

This season was so much heat. Summer’s design, Ruby and her team smacking that cat down, Neo getting to live while getting to undergone her own journey to see who she’ll become, the origins of the brothers, Little’s reincarnation and finally them going to vacuo! I hope season 10 won’t be a long wait but I understand if they need the time for it.

When the Blacksmith said "its not where, its when your needed" Her wording was very telling. Its possible they have time traveled because amity would still he on the way to Vacuo and not having a massive cannon on it.

The cat was definitely trying to barb at Ruby herself, not humanity as a whole. That part was pretty direct.

I feel like Raven only became so scared after that mission with Summer.

The Summer scene with Raven Certainly Puts a New Light on (and confirms my beliefs about) the lyrics of the song "Sacrifice" from Volume 2. The Opening lines Sound like Raven consoling a dying Summer: "Close your eye now time to sleep, death is never what it seems. Did the things you thought you should, All the things that they said were good" ... Then later when Raven is Telling off Ozpin she mentions "The moon will sadly watch the Roses die, in vain, loss no gain" .. Which to me sounds like she thinks Summer's death was a great loss that resulted in nothing.

The main reason I can think of to explain why Ruby fared better against the cat than the others - the cat hadn’t seen Ruby fight before. CC watched Blake, Weiss and Yang fight, both in the board game and against the fake Jabberwalker, so CC was more familiar with their fighting styles. Not only did the cat never see Ruby fight before, but they also probably didn’t expect her to attack with so much aggression, considering how timid she’d been acting the rest of the volume.

Rens gonna see a change in Jaune. He lived for decades in the Ever After so he shouldn’t go back to being the kinda goofy Jaune before the fall. It’s kinda crazy to think that Jaune could’ve been close to Qrows age. Another interesting interaction to see, Jaune telling Qrow and Oz that he was the Rusted Knight and that The Girl Who Fell Through The World was actually written by Alyxs brother Lewis. A shame Vol 10 isn’t even green lit yet 😢

I'd love to see in a later series with RWBY confronting Cinder and maybe Cinder thinks she is about to win and somehow she gets a message "remember me?" and the new Neo appears and runs her thru.

This was a great episode, Ruby overcoming her despair excepting who she is, the Gods themselves being the first creations of the Ever After, Jaune returning to his younger self with white streaks on his hair and all of Remnant coming to Vacuo for the fight against Salem.

There are two little things that I really appreciate in this episode: the first is in relation to the gods and the Jabberwock. The fact is that the brother of creation simply wants to destroy it while the brother of destruction wants to keep it. One could simply say that it is because the Jabberwock annhilate others but I like to think that it is mainly linked to the psychology of the gods: the brother who can create does not attach to his creation because if it falls, he can make another one. While the one who destroys, everything he loses, he loses it forever... It's quite poetic. The second is more a theory (or rather what an extract could bring to it): the famous "Qrow is the real father of Rwby", whose opening sequence seems to prove the opposite with the scene of tenderness between Tai and Summer. Despite everything, I still believe in it because it opens the doors to an interesting prospect: not wanting to raise their children alone, Tai and Summer moved in together. Then one thing led to another, they got closer and closer, to the point of becoming a couple. It's completely silly, but I like the idea.

RWBY canonically being a multiverse (multi-planet?) is cool

There was theory someone commented on Summer Rose’s Wiki page that I think lines up pretty well with the events of her last mission we saw in this episode. Credit for theory goes to Blue.Cheese2 Raven and Summer were partners within team STRQ. After Oz entrusted them with the secret of Salem, the Grimmified witch who commands the creatures of darkness, it leaves the team in disarray. Summer, knowing what her Silver Eyes can do, decides to try and defeat Salem herself without telling anyone "hence it being a "Summer Secret". Raven catches her right before she leaves and tries to get her to not go and possibly die. Summer gives her the optimistic speech (Raven recognizes this tone in Ruby in Volume 5) and convinces her to tag along. They make it to Salem's lair and fight her. The duo manages to actually kill Salem. Temporarily. After seeing the witch resurrect herself, Raven goes into shock. Now in complete fear, she summons a portal to escape. She begs Summer to come with her, but the huntress stands her ground. Raven abandons her. Summer fights Salem more, using her Silver Eyes as a final resort. The attack causes cracks to appear on her skin, but still isn't enough to kill her. Salem eventually apprehended Summer, ready to kill. Summer tells her that she will be stopped, even if she can't be killed, and Salem throws her into the pool of darkness. She later realizes that Summer somehow survived the pool, and starts to experiment on Grimmifying her, eventually leading to Salem experimenting on other Silver Eyed Warriors. This headcanon explains Salem's origins for experiments on Silver Eyed Warriors, Summer's secret mission, Raven's fear of Salem and how she KNOWS she can't be beaten, and how Salem can be injured.

23:00 The God of Darkness didn't lash out at Humanity for attacking them, he was personally insulted because they attacked him /with magic/. Magic was Darkness's gift to Humanity; an element of chaos and whimsy in the world. For as much as humans feared Darkness, surely they would at least have respect and gratitude for such a generous blessing. To then have everyone who WASN'T Salem literally throw his gift in his face must've been the most stinging betrayal a creator can feel. I don't fault him for how he reacted to such profound disrespect, and based on his sad reaction I don't think Light did either.

26:55 Jaune's body lining up with the figurinee's leg at the background made me laugh

Once Neo came to terms with Roman's death, I felt really bad for her. I got choked up with Ruby's reunion with Little, now Somewhat. The revelation about the brothers was very surprising. I imagine Winter and Oscar were able to rally the various armies to Vacuo. We'll have to wait till Vol.10 to find out how much time has passed for the Ever After & Vacuo. I was rooting for Ruby when she was kickin' ASS against the Cat, the animation and the choreography was beautiful. I hope we see Neo again, after her ascension. I was even more surprised that Neo voluntarily chose ascension, since she came to terms about Roman's death.

To me, the Blacksmith was Alyx ascended version. She wanted to repair the things she broke in the Ever After... The tree saw that and I guess made a kind of hologram out of her becoming the Blacksmith... That's why she had Alyx's dagger

I love jaunes reaction to his pre puberty voice it was quite funny 😁. Also love the white streak in his hair showing that not everything is lost and how he still has all his memory and experience of the ever after

I don't think the brothers were sent out/kicked out of the Ever After, but were given a choice to leave their home world to create a new one where they can be free to experiment without worry over upsetting a pre-established balance.

Volume 9 was definitely one of the best volumes of the show.

Volume 7 lyrics was fullfiled: Right now your *hopes are shattered (Shattered)* Just pointless *ever after* But in time you'll find, *through love, your power just shines*

I still think that, the blacksmith confirms that Alyx was confirmed to have been Juniper, by the fact Jaune pickup the Juniper statue when asking about her.

I recall somewhere someone saying The Tree was inspired by the Norse myth of Yggdrasil. So essentially The Tree is the temperamental overwhelmed mother trying to keep her two kids in line but failing thus she has no other choice but to send them away. You are correct, the brothers are nothing more than petulant hypocrites that don't learn from their mistakes. As a cat lover, it was brutal watching the Curious Cat get torn apart like that. I was somewhat hoping he'd get a redemption arc but ultimately karma decided to bite back and give him his just desserts. Sad tho he became that way because he felt betrayed by one girl thus he felt he should do the same. Still the scene where Ruby came back and the song included smacked big time. And her friends remembering in that moment why they became a team was just beautiful. At least we are getting more about Summer Rose. Wish it had been done sooner. Hopefully in V10 and we get a full frontal confrontation on all sides Salem included about the events that led to Summers demise. If I am correct, Vacuo may be another Leonardo Lionheart on steroids and the underlying tensions dating back to The Great War may arise anew and not in the good way. Especially for Atlas. I fear for our Scarecrow's mental state.

I love that Neo finally let go of her anger over Ruby and finally no longer blames her

Time for humanity to get their comeback With a newly resolved Team RWBY and Jaune Let's protect Vacuo Also Raven.... Explain thyself you birdbrain

I can't help but appreciate that while Summer is obviously a very kind and loving person, she is clearly somewhat pissed at Raven (for obviously reasons) and isn't going to put up with any of her usual attitude. I think that's most clear when she purposefully shoulder checks her as she walks past. I hope that we either get a team STRQ spin-off/prequel or, a novel, or at the very least, more flashbacks to the team in general. There are so many storytelling possibilities for those characters that I hope get utilized

My opinion on volume 9, episode 10 (the finale) is that my favorite part was Little (Somewhat) reborn and Neo having a understanding of how she will be able to find her once she gets remade. My Second favorite part was that the curious got eaten by the jabber Walkers (hyena/Scar style “Lion King (1994)”).

I love how Little's new look is obviously inspired by Ruby!! The hair!! The small cap shaped like a maple tree leaf!!! So cute, so touching, and so telling of Little's purpose in the future ❤❤❤❤

I’d say that the dark brother learned from his mistake. He first doesn’t want to destroy their creation, but later decides to destroy their creation when they start acting up. But they do realize that Salem needed to learn something or her spirit would continue to be a menace somehow. They tried to teach Salem a lesson, not their fault Salem didn’t learn, yet.

If the volume were to get an short little end credits scene, I like to imagine it would be Somewhat and Juniper trying to find a way to get down The Great Tree.

I was so so so so so so SOOOOOO happy when the familiar tune of red like roses started. The amount of joy is immeasurable when she started fighting the cat. Now for the info bombs we got, HOLY CRAP!!! Now it makes SOOO much sense why the brothers are the way they are. And the memory of summer, i think raven went along with her and got some severe trauma. Overall, i enjoyed vol 9. It's not perfect, hell the entire series is in no way perfect, but it's enough for me at the end of the day

It's gonna be very awkward if the Cat ends up able to come back as the Tree saw it as a Neo kill and not a Jabberwalker kill

I’d like to think when Neo finds herself she also finds her voice, that would be poetic and we’d get to finally hear her speak c:

Weiss didn't seem so surprised, she just goes Ruby! a lot of people believe that Weiss understood Ruby the most as seen with how she speaks about the situation.

To be fair on the brothers, it seems like they switched perspectives on wanting to destroy/not blame their creation when stuff goes wrong the second time it occured. So they definitely took something from this 1st time around, not enough to stop it but enough for them not to repeat it exactly.

This season needed another episode between 8 and 9. Something to let the impact of Ruby basically ending herself sink in and maybe either emphasize Neo's inner turmoil a little bit (not everyone read the spinoff story after all), go a little further into Ruby's rebirth, or let the rest of the party sort of absorb what happened and what led them to how things are.

I'm happy that Ruby remained herself, with her memories intact, and man was this season finale awesome!, now I'll be looking forward for Volume 10.

Great volume. The show truly found its footing. Hope future volumes will be similar in quality story vise.

A thing to note on the final shot is that the big ship in the middle isnt an atlesian ship, thats the ship seen in the first seasons used in beacon, so it could also mean that we could see characters from Vale like Glynda and Tai. Honestly with the fact that volume 10 isnt greenlit, i can tell that it will be the last volume and they want to have everyone in on this.

I'm gald Jaune has his youth back and I like that they keep some white in his hair so I wonder if it's going to be some new Symbol to the new self. It's actually going to be a good thing he kept his ever after memorial, he might become distant to his team and rwby as well despite coming terms with his failures but I feel we might have got a hint for Jaune to join the the abandoner club like summer and Raven. I can't wait for everyone reaction to Jaune being the Rested knight.

Imagine everyone talking about their timelines during the reunions then everyone gets increasingly confused. Vacuo Squad: "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Just saw us? But it's been months since the fall of Atlas." Team RWBY + Jaune: looking at each other in confusion, because they thought Jaune was going to be the only one with a messy timeline of events. Vacuo Squad: Now concerned at the silent communication between Team RWBY + Jaune: "Soooo, It's been exactly how long for you guys?" Team RWBY: "Couple of days." Jaune at the same time: "Couple of decades." Vacuo Squad looks from RWBY to Jaune in stunned silence, before starting to focus on Jaune. Jaune, before anyone can ask anything: "No, I will not elaborate." Ruby whispered to Jaune: "You have no idea how to even begin to explain do you?" Jaune whispered back: "Nope. It also hurts my head just trying to sort it out, so I'm going to put off thinking about it for as long as I can get away with it... Plus I'm still getting used to this voice and body again, still feels weird." Team RWBY, nodding in understanding at Jaune's answer. Ruby putting a hand on Jaune's shoulder: "Same. I am still adjusting to my own body. You had a bigger change, take your time." Vacuo Squad becoming increasingly confused and concerned for the 5, especially Ruby and Jaune. They look to WBY for an answer. WBY, noticing the looks: "Nope."

I saw someone have an interesting theory: If the tree precedes the dragons, then it has the power to override whatever work they potentially have done toward their creations... This can include Salem. The tree definitely is gonna be an important aspect for the final phases of this series. Also, it felt like Ruby was able to use the power of her eyes a bit more freely, unless it was just a lighting effect.

I'm not sure if anyone noticed the hint of "This Will Be The Day" at the shot of Vacuo. But that kinda makes sense with the "When you are needed" line

Many gods in all mythologies do not need divine parantage to still be gods. Aphrodite from the Greek Patheon sometimes either just spontantously emerged from sea foam, or was the product of a castrated Titan's lost bits mixing eith sea foam.

In the mid of vol 10 (probably) - ... Winter, can you hear me?... - ... - ... Spec Ops Shnee, can you hear me? ... - ... (reaching for the ear radio) - ... On your left. (Endgame Portals theme)

I think ruby has been put into a better mind state for her team to be able to help her open up.

This is something that has been on my mind, that I thought you might want to think about too. In Volume 6, Episode 13, Qrow tries to stop Ruby from talking to Cordovin. Ruby turns to him, and he gets this look on his face right before she says "You need to trust me." I have seen it somewhere that he probably reminded of Summer at that moment. I thought that was sweet...until I saw Summer say something very similar to Raven before Raven opened that portal. Is it possible that Qrow saw Summer before she disappeared too?

This was an outstanding episode and like you said was one of the best finales RWBY has had thus far. Plus I saw four things that I was happy about: 1. OG Ruby returned 2. More insight on Summer and her last mission. Plus more Summer Rose 3. More lore dropped about the Brothers and how the tree is the center of the RWBY universe 4. Just more of The Blacksmith because she was one of my personal favourite characters from this volume as well as the RWBY franchise in general because she's that type a character I love; one surrounded in mysteries yet can act as a guide and give some words of wisdom when needed. I'm convinced that the tree in the Ever After is a reference to the Tree of Ygdrassil and that could lead to possibly more worlds existing in their universe. Only time will tell if we will learn more on what happens with that. This was an outstanding episode as well as a perfect end for this Volume and I can't wait to see what happens in Volume 10. P.s. it was so nice to hear "Red Like Roses" again...its my favourite song from the RWBY franchise.

This volume was fantastic in so many ways! This finale was definitely hype and had so many beautiful moments. That being said, I feel that this volume would have benefited from a 12 episode season instead of 10. Ruby’s turnaround was maybe a bit rushed but nevertheless hit the correct endpoint. What I think makes this volume meaningful will be what happens in later volumes. I would like to see a conversation between team RWBY and Juane about the events of episode 7 (ideally pretty within the first few episodes of V10). Ruby and Juane can apologize for their breakdowns and WBY can apologize to Ruby for not being there for her or realizing the true extent of her internal suffering.

Funny thing about Summer's axe triggering that memory is it was startlingly similar to me to a power of Darkness in Destiny called "Deepsight" the ability to see an event/memory, to rebuild something from it or experience an emotion attached to it. Ruby's initial reaction to Summer's actions wasn't something I didn't expect. Looking up to, and living in the shadow of your perfect heroic parent only to find out she really wasn't all that special or incapable of something as vulgar as deception is a hard thing to come to terms with. Especially when Ruby was feeling how she was feeling. But I liked that Summer was somewhat able to provide counsel to Ruby by her last words to her daughter. Making Ruby realise all she needed to be was herself.

What I would like to see is interesting, is if Neo finally did manage to come to Remnant, as a little girl (maybe five years old) with permanent memory loss. While being curious, scared, sneaky, and hiding behind things or someone's legs while wearing Torchwick's hat, searching for RWBY, without realizing it.

Imagine being so done with your kids that you create a separate dimension to send them away 😂

All that buildup just for Ruby to not change even a little 🙃

Holy cow, what a finale! When Ruby emerged from her cacoon and Red Like Roses started playing...I got teary eyed....It was so freaking good. Honestly, this is the best finale of RWBY we've had for awhile. I enjoyed every minute of it as well as getting some more Summer Rose backstory and such. Big Lore drops this volume. I can't wait to rewatch this volume. It's the best one I've seen for awhile.

I loved that when they were back this will be the day instrumental was playing in the background

I feel like the main flaw of the dark brother is that he's too unwilling to destroy his own creations, and the flaw of the light brother is he's too unwilling to gift his creations the power to destroy. Cause keep in mind it was the dark brother who gave humanity the power to fight against his own creations, where as the light brother simply gave them knowledge and tools. Sure, those tools could get them power, but when it came down to it, they couldn't make up the power difference between what the dark brother was making, and apparently the lack of the light brother adapting forced the darker brother's hand to give the humans magic. ....And then they turn around to try and destroy him, even though he actively goes out of his way to not destroy his own creations, making him go, "Oh, because you can't handle what I'm making you want to take ME down, fine, I'll break my own rule then and destroy you. Should've just adapted to what I was making instead of trying to stop me from creating." Like I get his logic. Honestly, I feel like the most problematic of the two gods is the god of creation, who seemed to despise destruction so much that they hypocritically destroy what destroys, and it probably conditioned the darker brother to always be more defensive to begin with, which naturally rolled into the escalation of the destruction of humanity because the darker brother was conditioned to be defensive of himself and his actions by the light brother. I'd be willing to bet that if the god of creation was more fair with his brother and merely voiced his concerns instead of openly attacking his brother's creations, Remnant might've actually had a similar system to the Everafter, and reincarnation would've been a thing for all humans. Honestly, the fact they can persist after being destroyed seems to be only possible when the brothers work their powers together at the same time.

rlly excited to see Sun and Theodore in V10... if it happens

so now that jaune got his younger self back alongside with his 10 years of fighting experinces, i bet he literally became the most strongest member of the party right behind qrow.

Given that the Blacksmith said "When they are needed most." It is likely they sent them forward in time themselves rather than time being different in the Ever After.

About Amity, I’ve said it before but Amity most likely didn’t crash just left adrift, it didn’t have enough gravity dust to be at the height it was to send the communication but it still had more than enough to “fly” at a lower altitude. Or at the very least have a soft landing. Hardest part would just be controlling it

I think I saw some ships from Mistral and maybe even Vale in that last shot as well. Which, if true, means that Ruby's message was heard and paid off.

A simple act of kindness A smaller, more honest soul Little/Somewhat is Ruby but for the Ever After.

I wonder if Neo is going to be reborn as like a combination of the jabberwalker, the cat, and a human. Would be a combo of the 3 most prevalent creations of the brothers, and fit with her whole neapolitan concept.

This finale, changed everything in the RWBYverse. It has changed how the final encounter could go, and leading into the next volume, it could change the bonds that RWBYJ have with the rest of their family forever. There are even more questions now than ever, and we will hopefully receive more answers as soon as V10 arrives. All I can say is that I loved this volume, and I very much look forward to what comes next, both for these videos, and for the RWBYverse. I hope that we do not have to wait too long…but only time will tell. Regardless, we must keep moving forward.

Honestly, I thought the scene where Ruby held her own against the cat was a bit weird. But then I realize the cat has watched every one fight but Ruby.

They really knocked it out of the park for that fight scene. Rest of the episode was pretty solid too

Let’s not forget about how Raven’s semblance works. Creating portals to those whom she shares a bond, and if it’s not Tai, that portal is going to Qrow. Anyways, keep up the good work!

This is by far my favorite episode of Volume 9. -Neo gets separated from the Cat, and accepts to change and move on from revenge. -Jaune gets turned back to his normal age-like appearance with unrusted armor -Ruby finally has been given her clarity -The team attack finisher on the cat was glorious and of course -Lore confirmations. (also Little new ascension appearance as Somewhat which is just downright adorable and cuddly).

Upon learning the true purpose and function of the tree, I thought that she was the perfect and patient version of the brother gods. Then it was revealed that the tree is essentially the brothers' god because she is their creator and it made so much sense!! The tree is basically the true god of even those on remnant!! And the irony of the older god being ruthless to destroy their creation while the younger wanted to spare it despite the fact that the older one is creation and younger one is destruction.....and key point is that the older god's creation the cat was deemed fine while it was the younger god's jabberwock that deemed the problem.....something tells me the older god is a tad too self righteous and self centered despite his kind tone. Also, maybe the gods themselves need a reset now.

So now this kinda confirms that The Tree is basically the Yggdrasil of the RWBY Universe.

Neo is by far my favorite character. Seeing her move on and prepare to ascend was really satisfying Can't wait to see her again either in volume 10 or 11

Plot twist: the tree IS the relic of choice

I like how Ultra-Curious-Cat had a tail that was shaped like a question mark.

The Blacksmith DID say the Door/Portal will take them WHEN they are most needed. So instead of taking them just back to WHERE they needed to be (Vacou in this case), it also brought them to a time in which they ARE needed. Time in both worlds might move at the same speed. The Smith just just wanted them to be there BECAUSE they were needed in Vacou DURING that Time. Just a Theory though. Might be wrong. Who knows.

I kinda want call the God of Light "Bambi" now.

Ruby is finally fighting like she does in her trailers and I LOVE it! I knew it had to be a mental block

The Cat's super mode was apparently called the "Furious Cat"

2:38 One other big honking revelation from this flashback. Yes, we see Summer was working with Raven for her final mission, but Raven isn't the only one. Raven's semblance is very useful for portalling around, but *who is at the other end of that portal?* We've known since volume 5 how Raven's semblance works, and we know she can only make portals to the specific people she's bonded with. This portal obviously wasn't going to Tai or Yang, so there's only one other option that we know of: Qrow. It's theoretically possible that Raven had another person she could portal to at that time, but that seems unlikely. It seems very likely that Qrow was also involved in Summer's final mission, which in turn means he was lying (or at least concealing something) to Ruby when she asked him about Summer's final mission back in v7e4 (the graduation scene). Note that Qrow's involvement would also explain his delirious (he was suffering from Tyrian's poison at the time) line back in volume 4, "Tai...she's not coming back." You have to figure that at some point, Ruby is going to talk with Yang about what she saw through the tree. Ruby might not know the specifics of Raven's semblance, but Yang definitely does, and when Yang hears the part about Raven making a portal to someone that obviously isn't her or Tai, she's going to make the connection.

I can't help but feel bad for the curious cat he was lost and needed to be fixed 😢and Neo not getting Roman back😢

You saying it was Ruby that Little was thinking of during his ascension made me realize something! That sounds like how the maiden powers work!

I think everyone is fortifying Vacuo to defend the sword as a last stand against Salem

The revelation about the tree made me think of two things; first, the World-Tree of Norse mythology, in being connected to all the worlds of the RWBY universe. The second was, in creating the gods, the tree is a bit like Eru Illuvatar, from Tolkien's legendarium... except that instead of creating all the Valar, the tree made a couple of Melkors instead. Or, more accurately; a Melkor (the god of darkness and destruction) and a Sauron (the god of light and creation) I know this isn't a one-to-one comparison, but it's a parallel my brain is drawing.

I think the Blacksmith just sent them forward in time. Remember she/he said the door would take them to "when" they are needed most. after everything we've seen in volume 9 a magic time door doesn't seem out of the question

The team was sent foward in time when they are needed most. We don't know how much time has passed, it might be years so they might have had a lot of time to fix the colosseum.

With this volume over I think I can say this is my favorite volume of the whole show so far, may V10 come out and be even better

To all RWBY haters here, stop whining and tell me why you even clicked on this review

Summer told Raven to “trust her” and we can’t see Summer’s face.

Am I the only one who had happy tears when Ruby met Little again also I honestly don’t blame the ever after tree for creating that stupid door for the stupid gods to go through

That Summer shoulder shoved Raven the last time they met before dieing(?) really recontextualizes why she burst into tears when yang does the exact same with resolve to face Salem in vol 5. The were-cat form is known as 'The Furious Cat'. In episode 5 she gives up the emblem that represent her mothers promise and the statement 'love you as you are', then now that she chooses to be herself she gets it back again. I would say that these Jaberwalkers as Neo's creations might not share the trait of preventing ascension so Hawker and the cat and the teapot lady can still ascend as hinted by the carvings in the blacksmith's workshop, there is also a Juniper and Somewhat statue so not just those who died. With the revelation they arrive 'when' they are needed I imagine that closes the plot-hole of Ozpin claiming that 'the girl who falls through the world' was an 'old' fairytale, Lewis exited in the past (possibly fell into the Ever-After from the past in the first place). Also how big a time skip do you think? All the airships are from every kingdom and Amity colosseum is completed as a CCT tower and armed with more armor and weapons. All this indicates that the world heard Ruby's plea and 'listened', banding together in the face of Salem with all nations and people, the one thing She doesn't want. Love that in ep 4 ruby is the only one who can't claim to be a huntress then is called one by Somewhat as a mater of fact. I would say Alyx's fate is up to our interpretation but I think Jaune picking up Juniper's statue and the rabbit pin on her waist implies that she left the dagger of restoration for Jaune then became Juniper. Also did Ruby get to keep that carving of Somewhat? I didn't see her put it down or give it back. Also thinking of Salem's reaction to the brother's true origin, especially since they came from a world where reincarnation is a matter of nature, gonna make that room of flying glass look like confetti.

The Curious Cat's behavior in this final episode really echoed Envy's final scenes in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. So good!

I cannot wait for red like roses part 3

I just realized that's there is one interesting way for volume 10. Team just entering the city and see posters with their names and notes:"Wanted for war crimes". And just realized that everyone thinks that's Ruby lied about Salem and everyone blame team of Atlas fall.