THE RUSTED KNIGHT - RWBY V9C5 Reaction

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~~PENNY'S NOTEBOOK~~
- "'Return' to the Ever After"
- Environments are insanely pretty
- CC can nudge people into "ascending"
- Purposes can change
- No memory, like reincarnation
- "Ascension" is more like recycling and def sounds a bit sketchy
- Memories go away but heart remembers
- TGWFTtW not 100% accurate - not written by Alyx?
- Ruby at her limit, doing self-soothing gestures
- "Can't remember all that" Ruby is so AuDHD-coded
- Bees being cute
- Emotional support Little
- Sound + visual design when Blacksmith appears is very good
- Blacksmith is Mysterious Narrator from trailer
- "Nothing, no one is ever truly lost" IN REFERENCE TO PENNY'S SWORD???
- Penny come back will come back (copium)
- "Little is Penny" theory
- Reflection of Penny in sword - weapons are an extension of a person
- Forging butterfly wings - symbolic for Ruby this volume
- Blacksmith could be person who "reclaims" and "repairs" people
- Little saw everything too - not just in Ruby's head
- PENNY'S SWORD BECOMES ALYX'S DAGGER??
- SUMMER ROSE AHH
- "Carrying a large burden" Ruby framed w/ Summer's weapon behind her - has been carrying mother's legacy since start
- Ruby doesn't mention ANYTHING she just saw to her team
- WBY aren't therapists, Weiss's banter with Ruby comes across as harsh here but is perfectly in-line with their typical dynamic
- CC is a cat
- Emblem is a "mother's promise" - promise to come home?
- Jabberwalker can stop ascension/reincarnation cycle
- CC can change a person's purpose? Bird's eyes are glowing
- Rusted Knight is Jaune!!!
- Never fixed sword - still carrying burden
- Mile's voice work is excellent
- Love the bunny-deer design
- WBY back to normal size - Barb headcanons Yang ate enough to be *slightly* taller than she was originally lol
- Another BOP from Casey
- Neo can clone Jabberwalker - clones can still SPEAK
- WBY still going thru it as well
- Blake fangirling is funny
- Bunny-deer is named Juniper = JNPR (pain)
- OLD JAUNE
- Greying hair + degraded armor = LOTS of time has passed
- Was the Rusted Knight from Alyx's story too?
- Ponytail tied by a shred of red sash?

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Not to spoiler here, but the 2nd episode of RWBY Beyond specifies how long Jaune was there alone. It was.... a LONG time