Yes, Cal Did Cry - RWBY Volume 9 Episode 10 'Of Solitude and Self' Reaction 

Sad to say, but I'm pretty sure Alyx just straight up died. Not Little, not the Jabberwalker, and not the Blacksmith. She met the Blacksmith in the in between or whatever and asked her to give Jaune back what he lost to the Ever After.

The "I'm not real" line really hits hard knowing that Roman is voiced by Billy Kametz here

this truly was cals volume. stay winning sis.

When ruby burst out that tree and started fighting I was hype I’ve never seen her fight like that true main character vibes

Oh wow, it's so strange that everyone thought Alyx was the Blacksmith. The Blacksmith is pretty much the tree, so I had the impression that they've been around far longer than Alyx or even the Brothers...

I cried together with Cal.

I think alyx is juniper. She wanted to fix what she had broken including poor jaune. Juniper found jaune and led him to the paper pleasers when he was dying. In the fight with the cat, juniper stops the cat from getting to jaune when he had the wind knocked out of him

My theory is that the smoke from the leaves is to help you decide if you really want to ascend or not.

If you think about it, Alex wanted to fix what she broke. What does a blacksmith do, besides forging weapons? They fix broken things. So, the Blacksmith could very well be a combination of the tree and Alex. About Neo still being able to make a vision of Roman still... yes, she has the ability to do so. However, this was Neo's coming to terms with Roman's death and letting him go. It's not that she'll ever forget him, but it's probably better for her if she doesn't manifest him. Like Nora, she needs to find herself without him.

I hope you guys have a vol 9 Oscar's

the White-streaks on Jaune's hair is due to extreme stress

Are we not gonna talk about the fact that Somewhat has a cape reminiscent of Ruby's. Ruby had such an impact on Little that Little chose to ascend into something more like her. Also Calxiyn: The gods made the Everafter. The blacksmith: Uno Reverse card!

Alyx definitely does she was a human and didnt ascend. RIP to a young one who was able to fix what she had broken in the end.

The blacksmith was clearly there as long as the cat and knows things Alex could not possibly know so no they arent Alex.

You know, i just thought of this. Doesn't Ruby molecularly disassemble and reassemble people to use her semblance? What if she just... Didn't put them back together? Would that work?

I feel bad for the cat because Alyx only wanted to help fix what she did to the ever after and Jaune but not helping the cat No wonder the cat became bitter

How many times do they have to flat out say Alyx was killed by the Cat before it clicks that she didn't actually ascend into anything?

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.

Pink crystal in workshop it's Neo?

Goooooooooooooooooooood mornin’, Vacuooooooooooooooo!

I really wanted Ruby to beat up Neo a bit but she shown she is much stronger is other ways

Welp now we gotta wait another 2 or 3 years for volume 10…

The blacksmith ain't Alex lol

Volume 10 when? 🙂

My theory is we get Mercury redemption next volume. Then he can team up with Emerald and Neo against Cinder eventually!

To me, the Brothers seem kind of sadistic, they seem to have wanted "death," a permanent end to life, as a force where it was unheard of; They created the Jabberwalker which consumes someone's spirit so they cannot ascend; and in Remnant, the world they were allowed to create on their own, death is a natural force that happens on their own. Its been made clear that in the Ever After, death isn't a natural force, instead they "ascend" and are reborn. The fact that they created the Jabberwalker as a means of permanently ending someone's life in the Ever After, and going on to make death a natural force in Remnant, it really seems like the Brothers are pretty sadistic and twisted. Then again, I guess I can't blame someone for wanting to have things a different way, we can technically call them artists, and people make worlds with different rules all the time

Random but just wanted to say Hunter u look beautiful!! ❤❤

“The twinkification knife!!” Knocked the wind out of me my lord Hunter that was funny

The fact that The gods are actually just The Tree's offspring and Summer Rose lied not just that but RAVEN lied that she didn't know anything about Summer leaving (The point there was that Raven said she didn't know what happened to Summer, as in she lied about that) All a long, the true god of Remnant was the Tree Also, Also RED LIKE ROSES part 3 the whole Ruby vs the Cat is this At the end, you can hear a bit of "This will be The Day"

I like how Calixyn spent the last half of the reaction with a confetto stuck in her hair

Saddest quote in RWBY: You do feel familiar...like a happy dream I can't remember😢

Ok. The blacksmith is NOT Alyx. The blacksmith said that Alyx died. Period. Also, the Tree, and hence the Blacksmith, was around before the Brothers, much less before Alyx showed up. Also- We do not know where/who Raven and Summer went to. Raven could have a connection to ANYONE. Maybe it was Qrow- maybe not. We won't know until at least next volume. Edit: #GreenlightRWBY10

Cal: * Screams over scene * Cal: * Rewinds scene 3 minutes back to hear what a character said* Cal: * Screams a 2nd time *

I think you all missed what the Blacksmith said about the portal. “Not *where*…*when* you will be needed most.” Timeskip? But also, all the ships in the background of Shade! Vale, Mistral, Atlas, and even Amity itself are all accounted for here! Ruby’s message was heard and Penny’s act of lifting Amity up really did save the world. ❤

I believe out of all of them that Neo actually had the most impact to the Ever After, she took out both the Jabberwalker and the Cat creating a new truly neutral balance to the Ever After.

The thing about Neo, as far as my interpretation goes, is that it's not that she doesn't want to not be herself, she just doesn't want to hurt anymore. And after seeing that Ruby came out of the whole ordeal seemingly better off, happier, it made her start to genuinely consider if it would be good for her to go through it as well. If Ruby hadn't come back as a better seeming version of herself, I don't think Neo would have even considered going to the tree as an option. After all, she was convinced that going to the tree would destroy Ruby, literally.

this will be the day playing as they walk through the door....

This finale was amazing! Now the wait for Volume 10 begins. Thanks for this reaction Calxiyn and Hunter.

Alyx was killed by the cat, and she left her dagger for the blacksmith to give to Jaune to fix him 😊

If we don't get some kinda continuing series with Somewhat, I'mma cry...what a wonderful character to build a spinoff around!

Something came to mind with the creation of the Jabberwocker, it reminded me of Volume 6 when the God of Darkness snapped at the God of Light to not lecture him on what creation is

Hunter was ABSOLUTELY right, as a Furry myself I was LIVING for that final design 😍😍😍🤍🖤🤍🖤

I think it was qrow that they went on a mission with cause in volume 4,when Tyrian poisons him and they're carrying him on a stretcher,he's mumbling something like "she's not coming back,Ty,she's not coming back" which makes it sound like he was there

Now we should all start saying “By the great tree” or something! Or at least the characters anyway. I say watch the rwby x justice league movie it’s actually pretty good.

Remember when the blacksmith told ruby that the only thing that could happen to her is what she wants to happen. So i believe when alyx's life ended as the blacksmith said, she chose to not be reborn/ascend and to leave a part of herself behind(her dagger) to fix jaune. Or maybe that is what alyx asked when she met the blacksmith and had a change of heart, and then afterwards the cat got her and she just died having already used her chance with the blacksmith to leave her dagger as a wish.

i was surprised that the Blacksmith's VA is Kimlinh Tran, who voiced as Chi Chi from DBZA

Hunter tossing the tiniest chunk of confetti at the Alyx moment was too cute I died.

The relics derive their power from the ever after, hence why Ambrosius's portals went through the rabbit hole to the EA

You both look so cute for this finale!!! That was such a cool finale

12:20 Heh, you could call this part... A "catfight?" 😂😂😂

I loved this chapter. I wasn't expecting Neo to have a heart-felt sendoff like this ngl. But...I'm really glad she did. She's coming to terms with her various issues and might return in the future, a healthier version of herself. And Ruby showing the most compassion towards her? Very nice. I feel like I'm in the minority of those who's faith in this series' writing is building as the volumes progressed from 6-9.

15:48 Yk for the longest time of listening to red like roses trailer song, I always compared it to kingdom heart vibe when the beginning starts

I will miss watching you react to rwby. But even though I don't speak English I love you

"We don't have Neo at home" Cal you ARE Neo at home. She has ascended.

No Alex chose to move on to the Afterlife instead of ascending and left behind her dagger as her last wish to give jaune his time back

The coolest thing about this Volume and this final scene with the Blacksmith, is that their voice actress, Kimlinh Tran, decided to start watching RWBY to build up to the scenes she recorded for new context. She's already loving what she's watching so far. What an impact, gaining a new fan in the form of a voice actor you recruited for Year 10 of your show.

Im with you Cal. Im gonna miss her so much!!!

Something to make note of: all the figurines on the Blacksmith's workspace have been beings that have appeared in Ever After. one of them is what looks like a hunk of raw crystal; a crystal the same color as Neo's Semblance.

Volume 9: The Group Therapy Session 😁

My thoughts: Alyx became Juniper, the black amith is a manifestation of the tree's will not any other character, Vaccuo is a few years in the future and every nation has come together as Ruby asked, Raven took Summer to her tribe's leader/Parent (wasn't leader herself until after fall of beacon) as a short cut to where she needed to go (not Qrow as he had no idea where Summer was that mission), Qrow and Robin have a kid now. That is all.

The blacksmith is the tree's avatar. So in short the blacksmith is the tree.

🤔 I've noticed something. Is anyone really talking about the Jabberwalker that much? I mean beyond the fact that it's this world's macguffin monster threat. Because I think it may be a little more crucial than that. Yes it's the only thing that can actually bring true death and is a true agent of destruction. But it also goes to fix something before Neo ganked it. And in retrospect, that was all we saw of the original Jabberwalker. So I think in a way, Neo was acting like the Jabberwalker's but only when it came to combat, so we should disregard those appearances when making judgments on the actual creature. Now. 😮‍💨 I think with what we know now about the gods' involvement in this world, it's safe to say the Jabberwalker was like, their first spark of the idea of man kind. I think they made the Jabberwalker together, but maybe the dark brother got a little greedy and put a little more of his influence in than the light brother thus, the monster we know as the Jabberwalker. A creature who can kill, but also fix things. What his role in fixing things looks like, or how involved he is in the upkeep of the everafter, 🤷‍♂️ ya got me. But that seems to be what they've sort of suggested with him as I see things. And then maybe they made remnant and the light brother went "Hey remember the Jabberwalker?" Dark brother goes "Yeah?" "Well that had some good premises involved but I think we can do better. Infact, why don't we fill a whole planet with them, and just kinda fuck around with a couple ideas right?" "Yeeeeeah but that could take some time and I really kinda wanted to make that one planet we talked about?" 🤨" You mean the renewable cheese planet with a slaughterhouse at it's core?" "THINK ABOUT IT BIG BRO! WE COULD HAVE ALL THE CHEESE WE WANT! I CAN GET ALL THE DESTRUCTION I WANT, AND YOU CAN GET ALL THE CREATION YOU WANT-IT'S PERFECT!..." 🤨..."You done?" 😔"Yeah..."

The Blacksmith IS god. The Brothers are just created beings with a lot of power.

Not sure if this was mentioned by anyone, but when Summer pick down the storybook, she left her rose symbol too. Like she knew what she was going to do was risky and wanted the girls to have a part of her.

HOLY FUCK I FORGOT TODAY WAS SATURDAY!🤣

Young raven is hot? She's still got it! Absolute world class knockout

Sorry for being ignorant but is hunter a guy or a girl if u don't mind me asking, if a guy he's in a beautiful dress and u did his hair nice too, but if hunter is female then she looks beautiful all done up, I don't like putting labels on ppl but I don't want to get someone gender mixed up, anyway hunter looks cute as in this video,

I think it was purposely left ambiguous whether the blacksmith or juniper were alex. Alex died and wanted to fix everything so it's a good call that the blacksmith was a reincarnated alex trying to fix the ever after. As well you could say she creates juniper to help jaune. When she hands the knife to jaune the visuals imply she is alex in the framing. Or you could say that the blacksmith was already there, weiss mentions the kind carpenter earlier in the story, if it were alex then Louis wouldnt know that to write it.

Robbie Daymond killed it as the Curious Cat this volume; he'd be an excellent recast for Tyrian down the line.

Alot happened but mind went straight to Volume 10. Will there be a Jaune and Tyrian interaction, how big of a time skip, is Jaune's sword fix or does he need s new one? So many questions.

I think the blacksmith is the avatar of the tree. It's the personification of a being who is so powerful that was able to create beings with infinite power. Alix died, they never tell you HOW she died, if the cat killed her, or something else, but once she was dying, she left a wish for the tree, instead of ascending (I think to ascend you need to drink the tree's leafs or something like that if you're not from Ever After), she wanted to fix some of her mistakes. I don't actually think Alix had powers, just that she asked the tree to fix one of her mistakes, being Jeanne. That's why the Blacksmith says she was waiting for him for a long time. Again, the only problem with Rwby is that sometimes they just don't tell everything, that's kinda lame XD

Such a good volume hoping for many more seasons of rwby bc if not I’m going to cry fr 🥺😞

SOMEONE GIVE NEO A REDEMPTION ARC💀💀😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Alyx cannot be the blacksmith. the blacksmith PREDATES the brother gods. The blacksmith (also referred to as the friendly carpenter) is more like...the personification or agent of the tree. It's possible alyx became Juniper (or even little). but not the blacksmith.

I hope I don't sound ignorant when I say this but it's a shame Ruby's depression just got pushed to the side to have a happy ending for the Volume. Episode 8 she's on the verge of suicide, Episode 9 she's confused about who she wants to be & if she needs to be someone else. But in the finale, she sees a flashback to her mother leaving them with Raven & lying about she was doing. I feel like she should've gotten WAY more upset about that than what they showed. And in the end she's the same. The Episode was good & beautiful but those are like my hard criticisms of Ruby's Arc in Volume 9. I feel like the 10 episode Volume was too short. Having an extra 4 would've done it justice in my opinion

Blacksmith is Not Alex, Summer went on her last mission an got killed by Salem. Remember her group has killed Silver Eyes people before. Also please remember what the BS said about "Balance" its gonna come into play later.

The blacksmith showex RWBY & J the brothers baby pictures XD

I'm not with all the people calling this a filler Arc but it really really help if they didn't just undo everything that Jaune went through. He got put through at this volume and it changed him into a very interesting character oh, that we sacrificed for the sake of maintaining the status quo. Yes it would have been tragic, but it would have been better if he had stayed The Rusted Knight as he went back to Remnant

Ever after? Nope. Ever Before 🤣

If blacksmith is alyx then how they know about the first creations the brothers. blacksmith is just an omnipotent being more omnipotent the twin gods alyx is dead.

I know what Alyx became: a corpse.

I've recently combined several of theories and given them some development, I used to think Little was going to be the Big Bad Wolf, and Ruby was going to ride him, next to Jaune atop Juniper as two warriors of legend. Now I think Summer is definitely going to be some kind of Grimm creature, like the hound, only instead of the blood hound, she's going to become the 'Big Bad Wolf' and "Little Red" Ruby Rose is going to have to fight her. In the story of Little Red Riding Hood, The Woodsman, also known as The Huntsman (Summer) saves Little Red after her Grandmother is eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, and the beast is killed by an axe, which Summer has been confirmed to wield in her days as a huntress. So, I think Summer hurt Salem, or at least removed the Grimm from her system, before Salem went back and bathed in the pools of Grimm, which is how she got the red lines on her face, which she didn't have when she was with Ozma, but she does have them in modern day. I think she's had to bathe in the Grimm Waters multiple times, because of Silver Eyed Warriors, a previous generation of huntsman, who she's hunted to borderline extinction, over centuries. By the end of the story, Summer is going to be the former Huntsman, who was combined and later taken over by a Beowolf Grimm, is going to have be taken down by the new Huntress, Ruby.

Calxiyn you remind me of an old New Yorker trying to explain how things need to be! I think it's the yelling that makes it feel that way! lol

This was not the best ending but it was at least good way better then the complete disappointment that was The Flash's final episode.

I’m sad Jaune got sidelined after only taking 2-3 blows the entire NCC fight just so Rwby could do there combo

I was really happy that Little got to ascend. He chose to be like his hero.

Hunter chanting enemy crab is extremely funny

I think that raven took summer to the original spring maiden before raven killed her

I love how her opening combo is the combos from the red trailer

I'm just sad ruby's arc was so rushed tho... but otherwise it was a pretty cool finale Also i'll say it i wish they changed something about Ruby when she came back .... because ok cool she's regained her confidence and all .. but it also means that if in future volumes something happens and she loses confidence again then that means this volume has been completely useless especially since Jaune became the same too like nothing happened... Also i really don't understand why people were so sad about Little """dying""" when they've been explaining literally every episode that people don't die in this world lol

The blacksmith is NOT Alex..

And now they've disrupted the "balance" of the EA by killing the cat.

"The twinkification knife" I can't 😂

Good bay.....my friends 😢

It's been so long since we've seen Ruby fight I've forgotten that she got skipped 3 years because she's a MONSTER with a weapon. The cat was winning a 1v4 and Ruby showed up and had him SHOOK and didn't even break a sweat. And HE STARTED THE ATTACK! Man she's a beast!

i just want to say that this episode had the cleanest Ruby fight since volume 4 and really shows off her and Crescent Rose's strengths, not to mention Jaune with the strategy, hell, everyone did great on this one!

neo the new spring maiden

I think Hunter is right as when Ruby ascended she was given the choice to become someone else or someone different to fulfill a purpose. If she had become someone else she would have lost her identity no? Look at Alyx, I think she wanted to become someone who could fix what was broken in the Ever After and so she became the Blacksmith but she would leave her identity and memories behind. Instead she left her identity and memory into the knife to eventually carry out her promise to fix Jaune. So Alyx became the blacksmith but Alyx herself no longer exists. Also the blacksmith kept referring to the tree saying the tree did this the tree did that instead of referring to themselves, which indicates that the blacksmith wasn’t involved back then.

Ruby directly asked Qrow about Summer's last mission and he seemed to include himself in the people who had no idea what happened. If they portaled to him they at least didn't tell him what they were doing.

Is it just me, or are the glass weapons cases in the netherworld very reminiscent of the Glass Coffin seen in RWBY Ice Queendom?