also: Volume 1: Yang: You guys didn't happen to see a girl with red hood, do you? Grimm: _growls_ Yang: You could've just said no! Volume 8: The Hound (Grimm)'s first word: *No*
@@jennytulls6369 i think its about both... wait... what if Doc got his split personality disorder purely because he was sent to Remnant with a teleportion grenade
@@superjboy16 Absolutely, I started to rewatch the whole series as I got a friend of mine into RWBY, and I was shocked just how dense the writing is. It's really impressive narrative wise.
@@flawlesspiner1674 back in volume 2 when they were brainstorming how to get somewhere they shouldn't be Ruby's plan was to mail them all there. And now, in volume 8, they 'mail' themselves into Atlas
In volume 3 after the fight between Team FNKI and Team RWBY, Neon Katt says, "We should definitely party together sometime." And in Volume 7 Blake and Yang are invited to dance with Team FNKI.
Since i didn't see it in the comments and it's really hard to notice, I'm just gonna put it here: There is a raven in the Yellow trailer just before Yang is entering the club
I called that one out when my brother and I first started watching RWBY and he told me it didn't make sense(after the later volumes ofc), AND THEN HE DECIDED TO TELL ME, "YOO REMEMBER WHEN BLAKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK?!" I was beyond annoyed. XD
I ended up noticing a bit of foreshadowing in the Volume 8 opening, and we're only 3 episodes in. And as far as that new Grimm is concerned... Everyone keeps shouting "Torchwick!" and "Adam!" and I'm over here like "Remember Volume 4 Ep 1, when everyone sat at Salem's meeting table, but there was an empty seat?"
@@RandomGirl119 I thought that was just Leo really but yeah I remember now. Also I think Ruby will need to become immortal herself in order to match Salem with them falling into the pool of light and ruby only being affected. Meanwhile I’m just here waiting to see the Sword of Destruction. YES PLEASE!
Correct foreshadowing is used when new details create new context for old information... RWBY likes to use obscure tiny details, turn them into callbacks, and call it foreshadowing. Some in this video are actually pretty good, but it doesn't hold up since they don't really plan to make many of the details actually meaningful when they're revealed.
@@XerKoro_neo True. Though, one thing I like that Miles and Kerry do is that they have, for years now, made an effort to try to establish a character's existence before that character is relevant. As far as I can tell, they have done that for pretty much every major character except for Whitley, Tyrian, and Hazel. Even Watts' existence had been foreshadowed, by his W emblem appearing on Cinder's Scroll in, I believe, Volume 3 Episode 3, when she used the virus program to set up Coco & Yatsu vs Emerald & Mercury.
@@nathanielreik6617 That’s actually true if you really think about it. Remember when it was a throwback to Maria one of the bandits said that their employer wanted her dead because of her eyes. Silver eyes only works on the Grimm and Salem is the Grimm’s master so it must’ve been used against her before which is why she started hunting them. It’s possible that Summer figure it out as well. However, I don’t think Oz was referring to the eyes when he made that statement. When he was talking to Oscar he told him that her strength is to inspire others and Jaune told Ruby that she gave them the courage to follow her.
I think that counts, because later volume 2 (where that quote was placed) in episode 10, weiss blake and yang's conversation about Ruby: "She's still just a kid" "She's only two years younger, We're all kids" "Well... Not anymore. I mean.. look where we are, in the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth"
Season 2 intro: "Now it's time to say goodbye to the things we love and the innocence of youth." Season 8 intro: "We said goodbye to all the things we love." Something about the new intro made me feel super nostalgic and existential, and it wasn't until I connected it to the season 2 intro that I got why I was feeling like this.
i actually came to this video bc i just realized just how much foreshadowing the rwby soundtrack has; literally volume 2's intro said a ton abt how the story was going to progress also volume 1's intro is literally like an opening to the whole story, which is why im taking the line "and victory is in a simple soul" VERY literally, since a bunch of lyrics have been just plain sight foreshadowing (i cant remember exact lyrics but some lyrics in i think volumes 2s op thats abt the truth coming out from hiding and how ozpin is putting kids into a war)
With Ironwood being the Headmaster of Atlas and Leonardo Lionheart being the Headmaster of Haven, what do you think the chances are of Shade Academy's Headmaster (in Vacuo) being loosely based off of the Scarecrow?
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@@loturzelrestaurant I was only saying that the animation has gotten better. MMD was the only thing I though of in terms of 3D animation at the time. I love this show and have been watching it since the beginning. Take a chill pill. Please and thank you.
Okay guys no need for nonsensical fighting. One disagrees with the other, but we don’t have to antagonize each other over a show. I personally have heard all criticisms and still think the show is a masterpiece in the works. We can have our own opinions but we shouldn’t let it control us.
RWBY has a TON of flaws, but hopefully something like this proves to some that there is a fascinating cohesive narrative they are trying to tell, and that despite their limits making this show, the writers understand storytelling well enough to tell it if you can forgive those flaws. I don’t need them to pick up watching it again, but it’d be nice f they’d respect how much effort does in fact go into making RWBY.
I always enjoyed this aspect. Its why 1 - 3 are my favorite seasons. They were the only well hidden foreshadowing in the show. P.s. Season 1 episode 5 Grimm forest. Goal get a relic to a temple. Avoid grimm. Someone asks if the relics have powers(i think).
It saddens me that no one ever talks about how perfectly ironwood was set up for volume 7. Every little line, every detail, was maybe planned, maybe not, but perfectly utilised nonetheless
Yeah, he's one of the best and most consistently written characters in the show. When they introduced him in Volume 2, they set him up in a way where we would see and understand exactly what he's about, exactly what kinda character he is, and they made it make sense that he has gone down this path. - He brought a military fleet to the kingdom where they were about to hold a festival that celebrates _peace_ and _unity_ between kingdoms, which Ozpin pointed out was an awkward move. He did it just because Qrow's message worried him. Torchwick used the panel in one of the ships to have the virus turn Ironwood's robots against everyone. He made an aggressive move out of worry and fear, and it gave the villains tools to use in the attack on Vale. Similarly, his plan to abandon Mantle and run away with the Relics will cause more division, so he may very well be playing into Salem's hands. - "Do you honestly think your children can win a war?" He was already in the war mindset even in Volume 2, thinking only of how to operate in wartime. - When Ruby told them the White Fang were gathering in the southeast, Ironwood wanted to immediately send troops to take them out, while Ozpin wanted to scout it out first just in case there was a trap. This scene also displayed the difference in how Ironwood and Ozpin handle things. - Ironwood outright told Glynda he was having trouble _trusting_ Ozpin and he felt like he was being kept in the dark about something, which unnerved him. I'm confident enough to say this small scene that they felt the need to include is blatant foreshadowing of Volume 7. - At the end of Volume 2, the Vale Council tells Ozpin that they spoke with the Atlas Council and that it was decided that Ironwood would be placed in charge of security for the duration of the festival. This is all fine and good, until we later learn that Ironwood holds two seats on the Atlas Council and that the other council members had a habit of just going with what Ironwood said, up until Volume 7. This means that Ironwood himself was likely the one who decided he'd be in charge of security. If so, then even back then, if he didn't get his way or he felt like someone wasn't doing a good job leading, he forcibly took control.
I. Know. Right. Even if RWBY is a future-fantasy, the way characters are set up gives it a realistic vibe. Everybody makes a mistake *somewhere* in the show and the characters' mindset is brilliantly set up.
@@RandomGirl119 I respectfully disagree. But instead of writing a novel on a RUclips comment, I'm just going to recommend watching Eruptionfangs video on Ironwood. I will say that most of the things Ironwood did and said were in the right. The only reason why Ironwoods plans didn't work out was because A LOT of conveniences for both the villains and Team Rwby. Realistically, everything Ironwood has done, was correct.
@@brianmercy2320 I'm sure lots of us have different interpretation of Ironwood's actions. For some, it might be right and for others it might not. As for me, I'm gonna need to rewatch the whole series since I didn't understand all at once😩
Here's another one. From Volume 1, The Emerald Forest. Yang: You two wouldn't happen to have seen a girl in a red hood? Ursa: *Growl* Yang: You could just say 'No'. You all know how the rest goes...
And it makes sense that his virus could hack Ironwood's robots, considering that Sleet said Watts "died" in the "Paladin incident." This would imply that Watts had connection to the development of the Paladin mechs. During Volume 3, we were all sitting here wondering how you hack a _mech,_ something that is supposed to be piloted by a person. It's simple, if you're one of the people who built it.
The interaction between Adam and Hazel is the reason why Hazel is one of my favourite villains aside from Tyrian. Speaking of Tyrian, after seeing this, am I the only one worried when he said “Eye for an eye”?
Who says this show is poorly planned out? I'll admit, sometimes the exact details and execution can be a bit shaky, but this is pretty definitive proof that a lot of the story is planned out well in advance.
That's because Monty Oum had the outline for the entire series plot points done before he died. (R.I.P.) However, he only had the writing done for Vol 3. Which is why the writing is so bad since then. Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross know where they're going and how to get there, but without Monty, they're stumbling all the way.
I honestly love it when writers do this. I'm a bit of a writing a fanatic and Foreshadowing is my favorite literary device of them all. The fact of predicting something important in the future through something minimal in the present is sooo cool. When I saw RWBY playing that Bord game I had no idea it would foreshadow, or at least coincidentally be similar to the fall of beacon.
Parts of one of pyrrha's speeches are called back in the full version of the V6 opening song. "We are paragons of virtue and glory, death can't bind our endless story. Infinite and unbound" (v6 into) "Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death" (Pyrrha unlocking Jaune's aura)
When you showed Ironwood asking if Oz's children can win a war, I really thought you were gonna cut to RWBY kicking the Ace Ops' asses with "War" playing in the background.
i love the fact that for me season 1 came out in 1st grade, then the 2nd season in 2nd grade, and so on, and now we're on the 8th season and i'm in 8th grade. time really flies yes i watched rwby at age 6
Well yeah. He mainly focused on the broad story beats and animation. The writing staff handled the specifics and foreshadowing, with the main notable exception being Blake's cat ears. Monty was very clear about wanting that and hinting at it
@@noblesseoblige319 but he did still provide the overall outline for ten volumes ahead of his death, which as far as i can tell, they're following pretty well
That “callback” with the General without a heart is a bit of a stretch to call a “callback”. Especially since comparatively he was a lot more caring before the Fall of Beacon, and only recently is he becoming this careless.
@@zilentis1835 He's based on him, it's not an exact remake of the character, what are you on about? I'm pretty sure Red Hiding Hood didn't carry around a large mechanical scythe either.
There's also the book that Blake was reading back in volume one. Yang compliments her bow and asks what book she's reading, and Blake replies that it is about a man with two souls, foreshadowing Ozpin's reincarnation into Oscar.
I saw this thing that basically said Blake might die because in the vol.3 op Pyrrah was the first one to fall and then in the vol.8 op Blake was falling into the void a different direction than everyone else... I DONT WANT BLACK YO DIE😭
I don't think ironwood is human anymore bc of the amount of metal he has on his body. It's almost like he's not getting enough blood to his brain to even think abt another way around these BIG problems . It's honestly breathtaking and soul crushing
I love that when you do the “do you honestly believe your children can win a war” throw back I’m like “Oh hey. That’s Flynn’s vid.” I always love seeing creators sharing/supporting each other’s work.
there's actually a fun side theory... if you watch closely in season 8 you will see Salem spinning four dark ghostly girls in her hands before she talks to Oscar/Ozpin. Also, the four maidens match with one of the 4 seasons, which match the colors of their daughters. And Salem has chosen Cinder, who could be in a way her daughter, to be the vessel of all four. Salem misses her daughters, and wishes her daughters by her side. I believe the four maidens were created with some sort of life essence to bring the daughters back to life in memory by putting their Magical Auras (hence why maidens have magic) into four chosen vessels. Salem may try to destroy the world, but I think she wants all of her family to die and move to the afterlife together, and she will do anything to get what she wants.
I love how Ruby's Silver Eyes are just the Checkov's Gun cliche. Gets mentioned once in Volume 1, and never gets mentioned ever again until the very end of Volume 3, and after that only really happens 3 more times throughout Volume 4 to 6.
To create a show you have to create an entire outline and some parts of scenes in sketchs so Monty pretty much planned out this entire show. Also a lot of work goes into these shows and I get it RWBY has flaws but every show has flaws and if people keep saying that seasons 1-3 were better because Monty created them (yes I have heard that) Monty probably created an entire outline for this show. No disrespect to Monty I love him and his work. But this probably is likely that Monty planned all these scenes in every season. No disrespect at all everyone has their own opinions.
@@Atlessa Sorry if it sounded unclear and I don't want to sound rude I totally understand that and I know this is not Monty's doing I just think that some people can get really toxic over a shows flaws
Yeah like what was said earlier, monty left a pretth rough outline of where he wanted thr show to go, and even then when he was working on it it was changing constantly. Most of the call backs are the folks working on the show now
That's partly true. He came up with the grand idea for the world and characters, but he worked with Miles and Kerry to write the story from the very beginning. It's important to give them credit too.
Wow that's a lot of foreshadowing... I think we need to rewatch the entire show for future possible outcomes of future Volumes. At 4:29, I still find that scene very cold to this day. Wow Ruby. Just... Just wow. Laughing at one of the notable symbols of Pyrrha after she passed away. 7:14 And that little "Yu-Gi-Oh" part, wow that is my favorite foreshadowing. It later came to life like the actual anime lol
how is the bunny a symbol of Pyrrha? Juane was wearing the bunny pullover when he met Pyrrha and did not know who she was. Sure she was on the box in place of the bunny, that does not make her the bunny.
To be fair to Ruby, that was a throwaway moment between Jaune and Pyrrha. Weiss was there too, but it's understandable that she would never have thought to mention it to Ruby.
Really love when foreshadowing is well executed, or just when things come back up in conversation. Kind of wishing you would’ve waited until the volume ended because who knows what’s in store for us? Especially considering how early things have already happened. But maybe you can make a revised version around March or so
@@ImStrange_ Nice job! I enjoyed this clip, like all of your posts. Well, we are 3 Chapters into Volume 8, and I'm afraid that me personal predictions are falling into place...and I wish they weren't! O_o Good thing I bought tissues before this last run on the stores!
So much fantastic foreshadowing in this series!! Well done finding most of what you can find, and we may expect more foreshadowing yet to come in future!
@@iatemycat5320 Realistically stupid. It makes sense for both RWBY and Ironwood to be paranoid considering remnant's circumstances and seeing Salem's true power.
5:10 Is a reference to a old episode wing ironwood said to crawl that if he was one of his men he was shoot him (I wish I can remember the episode but I don't I think it may be in v2 I just know the clip exists)
I'm fairly well up with these, but that board game one was completely new to me and it's just awesome. Also I feel there's plenty more bad luck events and song references. But awesome video!
Am I the only one shook that team RWBY predicted the fall of Beacon through a board game-
OMFGGGG
came as the fattest shock out of the whole video
Who would've thought a simple board game would predict Beacon's demise.
I didnt expect that one too
Oiiiiii sammmmmesssssss
also:
Volume 1:
Yang: You guys didn't happen to see a girl with red hood, do you?
Grimm: _growls_
Yang: You could've just said no!
Volume 8:
The Hound (Grimm)'s first word: *No*
Oh my God, I didn't think of that! That's too funny.
Hound
@@mistressofdreams6031 oh sht, I forgot, sorry
@@flickyy6342 You’re good xD
Yang: surprised pikachu face.
You forgot the book Blake read the first night at Beacon, "..the history of a man with two souls.."
I believe there was some argument as to whether that was referring to Ozpin and Oscar or O'Mally and Doc, but that's still a neat foreshadow
@@jennytulls6369 i think its about both... wait... what if Doc got his split personality disorder purely because he was sent to Remnant with a teleportion grenade
@@djurran48 🤯🤯🤯🤯
@@kathlllensilvasantos6930 could you write that in a normal font. I use RUclips most of the time on a phone
@@djurran48 Uh sure, I don't usually use emojis but that one seemed adequate to express my reaction. It means mind exploding.
Is anyone else gonna mention how weird it is to see Ironwood without a beard now?
He definitely looks better with one
I guess you could say it grew on you?
@@sennalecturavt goddammit Barb
hate the beard but im glad his arms are proportional to his body now
It's cursed to me now
And this is why we over analyse everything. It's because of all the foreshadowing right in front of us-
First
Yes Foreshadowing is done the best, when it's in plain sight but only after the second viewing.
Yup and I wont be surprised if life brings us plenty of foreshadow
Volume 8 intro especially
@@superjboy16 Absolutely, I started to rewatch the whole series as I got a friend of mine into RWBY, and I was shocked just how dense the writing is. It's really impressive narrative wise.
and with volume 8, don't forget "We'll mail ourselves there!"
what
@@flawlesspiner1674 back in volume 2 when they were brainstorming how to get somewhere they shouldn't be Ruby's plan was to mail them all there. And now, in volume 8, they 'mail' themselves into Atlas
Oh and Zwei did mail himself to Beacon in season 2
@@League-f9x I think that was where Ruby got the idea
Just don’t expect them to put themselves inside a box, then putting that inside of another, and finally GETTING SMASHED WITH A BIIIIG HAMMA!!!
You missed during the board game Yang to Weiss: “You attacked your own navel fleet 2 turns ago.”
I remember that scene, but what was it foreshadowing?
@@caseyp5861 Atlas drones turning on everyone and Roman taking command of Ironwood's ship.
@@nathanielreik6617 Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Thats freaking crazyyyyy
How many bare midriffs were lost when the navel fleet was destroyed.
"Blake, she knew you were a Faunus before I did."
With 7 sisters, it makes sense that Jaune would be able to collect 50 boxes of cereal for a prize.
Writers "how much foreshadowing do ya want to work with?"
New writers *YAS*
It's still mostly the same writers
In volume 3 after the fight between Team FNKI and Team RWBY, Neon Katt says, "We should definitely party together sometime." And in Volume 7 Blake and Yang are invited to dance with Team FNKI.
You forgot two:
"We'll mail ourselves there"
And
"Someone pushed all of the buttons on the elevator. It was not me"
Landing strategy
1st quote: Girl Team being mailed to Atlas in Volume 8
2nd quote:
Nora pushing all the buttons
Since i didn't see it in the comments and it's really hard to notice, I'm just gonna put it here: There is a raven in the Yellow trailer just before Yang is entering the club
That is right, and that is Raven
if there's a singular raven in a shot early on its likely either raven or crow, im still on volume four tho
You're forgetting the one from the third episode. Blake mentioned the book she was reading was about a 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴.
I called that one out when my brother and I first started watching RWBY and he told me it didn't make sense(after the later volumes ofc), AND THEN HE DECIDED TO TELL ME, "YOO REMEMBER WHEN BLAKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK?!" I was beyond annoyed. XD
What'd she say?
@@humandog3240 a man with two souls, each fighting for control of his body
@@mercury2157 Ohhh right
Interestingly enough, a lot of people also suspect it was a nod to Red vs Blue, with Doc and O'Mally fighting for control
One major one that you forgot...
"BIRDY NO!!!'
I miss Birdy ;(
Poor Qrow 😅
Oof, rip birdy
The pumpkin Pete cereal thing is actually really sad in hindsight, once you remember Pyrrha’s connection to it.
Blake turned into qrow-
What?
@@Circusmaid 2:07
@@Circusmaid Čůůůůůs Petro. Celkom fajn tu najít Čecha :D
Blake is a black cat...
@@redeyesdark13 not anymore XD
Okay, never saw any of this foreshadowing before until now.
I’m pretty sure that’s the point
I ended up noticing a bit of foreshadowing in the Volume 8 opening, and we're only 3 episodes in.
And as far as that new Grimm is concerned...
Everyone keeps shouting "Torchwick!" and "Adam!" and I'm over here like "Remember Volume 4 Ep 1, when everyone sat at Salem's meeting table, but there was an empty seat?"
@@RandomGirl119 I thought that was just Leo really but yeah I remember now. Also I think Ruby will need to become immortal herself in order to match Salem with them falling into the pool of light and ruby only being affected. Meanwhile I’m just here waiting to see the Sword of Destruction. YES PLEASE!
Correct foreshadowing is used when new details create new context for old information... RWBY likes to use obscure tiny details, turn them into callbacks, and call it foreshadowing. Some in this video are actually pretty good, but it doesn't hold up since they don't really plan to make many of the details actually meaningful when they're revealed.
@@XerKoro_neo True. Though, one thing I like that Miles and Kerry do is that they have, for years now, made an effort to try to establish a character's existence before that character is relevant. As far as I can tell, they have done that for pretty much every major character except for Whitley, Tyrian, and Hazel. Even Watts' existence had been foreshadowed, by his W emblem appearing on Cinder's Scroll in, I believe, Volume 3 Episode 3, when she used the virus program to set up Coco & Yatsu vs Emerald & Mercury.
I feel like the “Simpler soul” Oz and Salem are talking about is actually summer, and that those words are memories from before the series started
I could see it being both Summer and Ruby. And who knows maybe this is a common tactic that Ozpin uses in their war.
@@nathanielreik6617 That’s actually true if you really think about it. Remember when it was a throwback to Maria one of the bandits said that their employer wanted her dead because of her eyes. Silver eyes only works on the Grimm and Salem is the Grimm’s master so it must’ve been used against her before which is why she started hunting them. It’s possible that Summer figure it out as well. However, I don’t think Oz was referring to the eyes when he made that statement. When he was talking to Oscar he told him that her strength is to inspire others and Jaune told Ruby that she gave them the courage to follow her.
@@MoonlitRebel I never meant it to mean people with silver eyes. I agree with you; I think it's people that can inspire others.
@@nathanielreik6617 Oh I know I just over explained lol my bad
This probably doesn't count, but
"They're still children, so let them play the part. It's not a role they'll have forever."
*Cut to Vol 4 onwards*
I think that counts, because later volume 2 (where that quote was placed) in episode 10, weiss blake and yang's conversation about Ruby:
"She's still just a kid"
"She's only two years younger, We're all kids"
"Well... Not anymore. I mean.. look where we are, in the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth"
@@Desdemona-XI Yes
We think more clearly than you think.
Galaxy brain activated
stop it my brain hurts
I only think.
I’m confused
@@najodo5209 you clearly don't think clearly then.
Season 2 intro: "Now it's time to say goodbye to the things we love and the innocence of youth."
Season 8 intro: "We said goodbye to all the things we love."
Something about the new intro made me feel super nostalgic and existential, and it wasn't until I connected it to the season 2 intro that I got why I was feeling like this.
Volume 8’s opening honestly has a ton of lyrics that call back to the openings of earlier volumes
@@cenozoicappreciator4023 So does, to a lesser extent, *Volume 7’s* opening.
i actually came to this video bc i just realized just how much foreshadowing the rwby soundtrack has; literally volume 2's intro said a ton abt how the story was going to progress
also volume 1's intro is literally like an opening to the whole story, which is why im taking the line "and victory is in a simple soul" VERY literally, since a bunch of lyrics have been just plain sight foreshadowing (i cant remember exact lyrics but some lyrics in i think volumes 2s op thats abt the truth coming out from hiding and how ozpin is putting kids into a war)
Okay the card game was actually pretty sick
There was also Crunchyroll's ad for one of the volumes that shows the "W" in the title being slashed and in the volume, Weiss was stabbed
“We are dedication, we are theorists, we were right, expect us.”--Every RWBY Fan
I feel so appreciated :3
You forgot when Yang said "Could just say no" at the Ursa in v1
WAIT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT LMAO
oh my godddddd
HAHA Oh GAWD
"That way, you'll be combat ready in no time!"
*realization for Ruby hits*
Me: *crying*
*Sometimes I think he doesn’t have a heart*
Iornwood is the “Tin-man”
In the Wizard of Oz, the Tin-man wanted a heart.
Ironically, Iornwood lost his.
Does that mean Qrow is going to go insane? I mean, the lion lost his courage and the tin man lost his heart...
With Ironwood being the Headmaster of Atlas and Leonardo Lionheart being the Headmaster of Haven, what do you think the chances are of Shade Academy's Headmaster (in Vacuo) being loosely based off of the Scarecrow?
@@Quarkelious I think it’s definite.
@@Quarkelious apparently Theodore, the Headmaster of Shade academy at Vacuo, is actually based off Dorothy.......
@@wolfofsummerbreeze I mean. He is planning to kill Ironwood and all of the knowledge he gained from Ozpin turned out to be a lie(ish)
Anyone else notice how drastically the animation changed over the years? It went from looking like it was made on MMD to being grade S art.
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Constructive Criticism Essay?
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@@loturzelrestaurant I was only saying that the animation has gotten better. MMD was the only thing I though of in terms of 3D animation at the time. I love this show and have been watching it since the beginning. Take a chill pill. Please and thank you.
@@Sorrow_Soul I know what you said.
@@Sorrow_Soul I dont need a chill pill, genius.
Okay guys no need for nonsensical fighting. One disagrees with the other, but we don’t have to antagonize each other over a show. I personally have heard all criticisms and still think the show is a masterpiece in the works. We can have our own opinions but we shouldn’t let it control us.
Sacrifice: “the moon will sadly watch the *roses* die.”
Salem: “Your *mother* said those words to me, she was *wrong* too.”
"Did she figure out your semblance before you did?"
"She knew you were a fauness before we did."
RWBY has a TON of flaws, but hopefully something like this proves to some that there is a fascinating cohesive narrative they are trying to tell, and that despite their limits making this show, the writers understand storytelling well enough to tell it if you can forgive those flaws. I don’t need them to pick up watching it again, but it’d be nice f they’d respect how much effort does in fact go into making RWBY.
Not ton of flaws lol
@@gamerbeast3616 oh? I’m not challenging you I’d love to hear your thoughts
@@adammyers7383 i heard "oh" in winters voice when she's like "oh, and what do you think you have learned." to Weiss 😂
@@burni988 oof I hope I don’t come off THAT cold 😆
I always enjoyed this aspect. Its why 1 - 3 are my favorite seasons. They were the only well hidden foreshadowing in the show.
P.s.
Season 1 episode 5
Grimm forest. Goal get a relic to a temple. Avoid grimm. Someone asks if the relics have powers(i think).
The phrase “what’s your favourite fairy tale” still haunts me the second that phrase is said things to straight to hell-
Damnn, theres so much foreshadowing in Rwby, and i didn't even realise most of it.
I love the foreshadowing with the game between Ruby and Yang,
During the dance when Pyrrha said “I’ve made friends that will last a lifetime”... my heart broke rewatching that scene
Missed the biggest one "You... have silver eyes"
Every thing returns back full circle.
It saddens me that no one ever talks about how perfectly ironwood was set up for volume 7.
Every little line, every detail, was maybe planned, maybe not, but perfectly utilised nonetheless
Yeah, he's one of the best and most consistently written characters in the show. When they introduced him in Volume 2, they set him up in a way where we would see and understand exactly what he's about, exactly what kinda character he is, and they made it make sense that he has gone down this path.
- He brought a military fleet to the kingdom where they were about to hold a festival that celebrates _peace_ and _unity_ between kingdoms, which Ozpin pointed out was an awkward move. He did it just because Qrow's message worried him. Torchwick used the panel in one of the ships to have the virus turn Ironwood's robots against everyone. He made an aggressive move out of worry and fear, and it gave the villains tools to use in the attack on Vale. Similarly, his plan to abandon Mantle and run away with the Relics will cause more division, so he may very well be playing into Salem's hands.
- "Do you honestly think your children can win a war?" He was already in the war mindset even in Volume 2, thinking only of how to operate in wartime.
- When Ruby told them the White Fang were gathering in the southeast, Ironwood wanted to immediately send troops to take them out, while Ozpin wanted to scout it out first just in case there was a trap. This scene also displayed the difference in how Ironwood and Ozpin handle things.
- Ironwood outright told Glynda he was having trouble _trusting_ Ozpin and he felt like he was being kept in the dark about something, which unnerved him. I'm confident enough to say this small scene that they felt the need to include is blatant foreshadowing of Volume 7.
- At the end of Volume 2, the Vale Council tells Ozpin that they spoke with the Atlas Council and that it was decided that Ironwood would be placed in charge of security for the duration of the festival. This is all fine and good, until we later learn that Ironwood holds two seats on the Atlas Council and that the other council members had a habit of just going with what Ironwood said, up until Volume 7. This means that Ironwood himself was likely the one who decided he'd be in charge of security. If so, then even back then, if he didn't get his way or he felt like someone wasn't doing a good job leading, he forcibly took control.
@@RandomGirl119 holy shit....
I. Know. Right.
Even if RWBY is a future-fantasy, the way characters are set up gives it a realistic vibe. Everybody makes a mistake *somewhere* in the show and the characters' mindset is brilliantly set up.
@@RandomGirl119 I respectfully disagree. But instead of writing a novel on a RUclips comment, I'm just going to recommend watching Eruptionfangs video on Ironwood. I will say that most of the things Ironwood did and said were in the right. The only reason why Ironwoods plans didn't work out was because A LOT of conveniences for both the villains and Team Rwby. Realistically, everything Ironwood has done, was correct.
@@brianmercy2320 I'm sure lots of us have different interpretation of Ironwood's actions. For some, it might be right and for others it might not. As for me, I'm gonna need to rewatch the whole series since I didn't understand all at once😩
Some how I never connected the dots on the mining facility explosions until now! Blake's reaction makes so much sense now!
"Break a Leg!"
Thats a good one, i forgot that
Hu - ? I thought only arms were broken...?
@@MrAuthor3DS Yang broke Mercury's leg, tho
Jesus Christ everything comes full circle in this show doesn’t it?
Welp I now know that through the board game logic, yangs the one who killed Roman.
Oh shit what have I done
This aged like fine wine.
Here's another one. From Volume 1, The Emerald Forest.
Yang: You two wouldn't happen to have seen a girl in a red hood?
Ursa: *Growl*
Yang: You could just say 'No'.
You all know how the rest goes...
You mean... the Hound grim that can talk?
BRRRRRUUUUUHHHHH
HA.
I got it,LOL XDDD
I never realized Watts was the one who hacked on beacon, until this video shows it up.
Thanks
And it makes sense that his virus could hack Ironwood's robots, considering that Sleet said Watts "died" in the "Paladin incident." This would imply that Watts had connection to the development of the Paladin mechs. During Volume 3, we were all sitting here wondering how you hack a _mech,_ something that is supposed to be piloted by a person. It's simple, if you're one of the people who built it.
bruh ruby and yang literally planed the fall of beacon
Not really. They were only playing. But a cruel turn of events made it real
@@ismaelvillalta3407 r/woooosh
Cinder stalked them and was like: "That's... actually a great idea"
@@rudoskudos4047 hahaha lmaooo
@@rudoskudos4047 LMAOOOOO
The interaction between Adam and Hazel is the reason why Hazel is one of my favourite villains aside from Tyrian.
Speaking of Tyrian, after seeing this, am I the only one worried when he said “Eye for an eye”?
The moment I first watched the scene I was like, yep that's to be taken literally...
Who says this show is poorly planned out? I'll admit, sometimes the exact details and execution can be a bit shaky, but this is pretty definitive proof that a lot of the story is planned out well in advance.
That's because Monty Oum had the outline for the entire series plot points done before he died. (R.I.P.) However, he only had the writing done for Vol 3. Which is why the writing is so bad since then. Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross know where they're going and how to get there, but without Monty, they're stumbling all the way.
I ain’t gonna lie... Jaune wearing a Pumpkin Pete hoodie kinda gives me the feels.
I honestly love it when writers do this. I'm a bit of a writing a fanatic and Foreshadowing is my favorite literary device of them all. The fact of predicting something important in the future through something minimal in the present is sooo cool.
When I saw RWBY playing that Bord game I had no idea it would foreshadow, or at least coincidentally be similar to the fall of beacon.
Parts of one of pyrrha's speeches are called back in the full version of the V6 opening song.
"We are paragons of virtue and glory, death can't bind our endless story. Infinite and unbound" (v6 into)
"Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death" (Pyrrha unlocking Jaune's aura)
4:54
Or it could be a scene when Ironwood told Qrow that if he was one of his men, he would have him shot.
Oh no-
Silverfang 538 “If I was one of your men I’d shoot myself: 5:07
*RWBY DOESN'T HAVE FORESHADOWING*
CAUSE OF DEATH: LAUGHTER
Mamæ Salamæ
@@champropaganda mami salami
@@radioheadcunt mama*
Hai Mama ``OvO´´
Has no one noticed that the castle that Salem was "trapped" in bears a striking resemblance to Beacon?
Remember when they called Jaune "lady killer"? well i think it counts as foreshadowing too. i hate myself for writing this
Big oof
When you showed Ironwood asking if Oz's children can win a war, I really thought you were gonna cut to RWBY kicking the Ace Ops' asses with "War" playing in the background.
i love the fact that for me season 1 came out in 1st grade, then the 2nd season in 2nd grade, and so on, and now we're on the 8th season and i'm in 8th grade. time really flies
yes i watched rwby at age 6
Unrelated but the quote before the yellow trailer include lyrics from the song Ignite. I really like that
And Barbara said that Monty told her the quote before the Yellow Trailer was intended to be foreshadowing for Yang losing her arm.
@@RandomGirl119 knew it
@@RandomGirl119 so yang was always going to lose her arm Huh??
I'm quaking in my boots that a board game predicted how the rest of the series will go
And people STILL believe that what we have seen and currently seeing was not Monty's plan. Seriously?
Well yeah. He mainly focused on the broad story beats and animation. The writing staff handled the specifics and foreshadowing, with the main notable exception being Blake's cat ears. Monty was very clear about wanting that and hinting at it
@@noblesseoblige319 but he did still provide the overall outline for ten volumes ahead of his death, which as far as i can tell, they're following pretty well
The only problem is the execution, its hit or miss at times
The hound grimm reignited my interest.
Its already plan but the build up look rushing
That “callback” with the General without a heart is a bit of a stretch to call a “callback”. Especially since comparatively he was a lot more caring before the Fall of Beacon, and only recently is he becoming this careless.
It's foreshadowing, because he's based off the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz, who's looking for a heart
@@ImStrange_ and the Tin Man guns down public officials?
@@zilentis1835 He's based on him, it's not an exact remake of the character, what are you on about? I'm pretty sure Red Hiding Hood didn't carry around a large mechanical scythe either.
@@zilentis1835 or Goldilock beating up bears...
@@ImStrange_ apologies I didn’t mean to think so literally, so what specifically about that scene is analogous of the Tin Man?
"Yes, Its all coming together now"
There's also the book that Blake was reading back in volume one. Yang compliments her bow and asks what book she's reading, and Blake replies that it is about a man with two souls, foreshadowing Ozpin's reincarnation into Oscar.
I saw this thing that basically said Blake might die because in the vol.3 op Pyrrah was the first one to fall and then in the vol.8 op Blake was falling into the void a different direction than everyone else... I DONT WANT BLACK YO DIE😭
Yang is the lowest and farthest away
nor do I
not very concerned about any of the title characters dying tbh. they wouldn't kill the B in RWBY like they wouldn't kill the W or the Y
I don’t think Blake died
Oh my God I thought I was the only one who noticed but yang was the lowest
Penny: One day, it will be my job to save the world-
CRWBY: *HAHA NOPE-*
I don't think ironwood is human anymore bc of the amount of metal he has on his body. It's almost like he's not getting enough blood to his brain to even think abt another way around these BIG problems . It's honestly breathtaking and soul crushing
If you replace a ship with all new metal is it the same ship or in ironwoods case mettle
I love that when you do the “do you honestly believe your children can win a war” throw back I’m like “Oh hey. That’s Flynn’s vid.” I always love seeing creators sharing/supporting each other’s work.
there's actually a fun side theory... if you watch closely in season 8 you will see Salem spinning four dark ghostly girls in her hands before she talks to Oscar/Ozpin. Also, the four maidens match with one of the 4 seasons, which match the colors of their daughters. And Salem has chosen Cinder, who could be in a way her daughter, to be the vessel of all four. Salem misses her daughters, and wishes her daughters by her side. I believe the four maidens were created with some sort of life essence to bring the daughters back to life in memory by putting their Magical Auras (hence why maidens have magic) into four chosen vessels. Salem may try to destroy the world, but I think she wants all of her family to die and move to the afterlife together, and she will do anything to get what she wants.
Volume 2: It's time to say goodbye to the things we love
Volume 8: We said goodbye to all the things we loved
Don't forget that Yang tells the grimm in the forest during initiation that they could've just said no.
Can’t wait for the “Ironwood shooting innocents” compilation that you’ll surely release once volume 8 concludes.
“The many fuck ups of James Ironwood”
Qrow: Sometimes I’m even sure he has a heart.
Ironwood: So anyway, I started blasting
Can't hear the warcrimes you've committed over the sweet ass sound of your gungun-gun.
Man, RWBY really went heavy on the foreshadowing but made it barely obvious until the event actually happened.
The part with Penny saying she'd save the world is blowing me away for some reason. I love it.
omg i never thought about the penny one. 2:33
We love some good solid foreshadowing and continuity :D
"Get sent to the Shadow realm."
Yang now:
Rwby is a great series
I love how Ruby's Silver Eyes are just the Checkov's Gun cliche. Gets mentioned once in Volume 1, and never gets mentioned ever again until the very end of Volume 3, and after that only really happens 3 more times throughout Volume 4 to 6.
And kinda 7 when Salem’s remark shorts them out
It comes up enough times to remain relevant. Besides, it's not like Chekov's Gun is a bad cliche.
@@Compucles I'm not saying it's bad, idiot! I'm just calling it that, okay?
@@mistressofdreams6031 Emotional discharge.
@@thefiresworddragon927 yeah i guess thats true, that still counts though
To create a show you have to create an entire outline and some parts of scenes in sketchs so Monty pretty much planned out this entire show. Also a lot of work goes into these shows and I get it RWBY has flaws but every show has flaws and if people keep saying that seasons 1-3 were better because Monty created them (yes I have heard that) Monty probably created an entire outline for this show. No disrespect to Monty I love him and his work. But this probably is likely that Monty planned all these scenes in every season. No disrespect at all everyone has their own opinions.
The big problem is that Monty left only very sketchy notes about where the story should go, so I'm not sure a lot of this is really Monty's doing.
@@Atlessa Sorry if it sounded unclear and I don't want to sound rude I totally understand that and I know this is not Monty's doing I just think that some people can get really toxic over a shows flaws
Yeah like what was said earlier, monty left a pretth rough outline of where he wanted thr show to go, and even then when he was working on it it was changing constantly. Most of the call backs are the folks working on the show now
@@catmanxyz6581 Yeah, Agreed it's I just don't like when people hate on other people's work
That's partly true. He came up with the grand idea for the world and characters, but he worked with Miles and Kerry to write the story from the very beginning. It's important to give them credit too.
5:59 Jaune's breaking the fourth wall there.
rwby is a show for theorists
*matpat has joined the chat*
To add one from Volume 8.
Penny: "It will be just like Beacon Again."
also in the song hero some of the lyrics are "what if it's true that they say that I don't have a heart that I'm more a machine than a man"
fun fact: The creators of rwby once told as a joke that jaune's true symbol was under his armor
So basically Jaune’s true symbol is linked with Pyrrha?
Wow that's a lot of foreshadowing... I think we need to rewatch the entire show for future possible outcomes of future Volumes.
At 4:29, I still find that scene very cold to this day. Wow Ruby. Just... Just wow. Laughing at one of the notable symbols of Pyrrha after she passed away.
7:14 And that little "Yu-Gi-Oh" part, wow that is my favorite foreshadowing. It later came to life like the actual anime lol
how is the bunny a symbol of Pyrrha? Juane was wearing the bunny pullover when he met Pyrrha and did not know who she was. Sure she was on the box in place of the bunny, that does not make her the bunny.
@@jeffreysmith236 I think it's more the fact that it's associated with her for Jaune now that he knows she was on Pumpkin Pete boxes.
To be fair to Ruby, that was a throwaway moment between Jaune and Pyrrha. Weiss was there too, but it's understandable that she would never have thought to mention it to Ruby.
3:01 I hope we get to see all of the Arc sisters
At this point I don't thunk anyone of us should be worried about spoilers if we watch this compilation and then go back and watch volumes 1-7 again
Really love when foreshadowing is well executed, or just when things come back up in conversation. Kind of wishing you would’ve waited until the volume ended because who knows what’s in store for us? Especially considering how early things have already happened. But maybe you can make a revised version around March or so
I plan on making a second one at some point anyway, there's plenty i didn't cover here.
@@ImStrange_ Nice job! I enjoyed this clip, like all of your posts. Well, we are 3 Chapters into Volume 8, and I'm afraid that me personal predictions are falling into place...and I wish they weren't! O_o Good thing I bought tissues before this last run on the stores!
The hatedom: The writing’s absolute shi-
Theorists: AHAH BUT YOU SEE-
This was really really good, makes me want to make my own video breaking this down. Fantastic job!!
I really need to rewatch the series
So much fantastic foreshadowing in this series!! Well done finding most of what you can find, and we may expect more foreshadowing yet to come in future!
Oooh! Good compilation- hadn't picked up on a lot of these before! Keep up the good work.
Ironwood, V2: Do you really think your children can win a war?
Ironwood, V8: (Sends students out onto the battlefield without helmets)
There's also Ozpin's "You have silver eyes" when he first meets Ruby
"Nice try, sis, but you just activated my trap card, NEVERMORE!"
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-"
5:04 he doesn't...or at least not anymore.
And who’s fault is that?
@@contentlobby3824 ruby or ozpin, one of them
@@iatemycat5320 Ruby, and the rest of her group.
Don’t leak a general’s top secret intel, or ya know, LIE THROUGH THEIR TEETH.
@@contentlobby3824 true, they were pretty stupid-
@@iatemycat5320 Realistically stupid. It makes sense for both RWBY and Ironwood to be paranoid considering remnant's circumstances and seeing Salem's true power.
5:10 Is a reference to a old episode wing ironwood said to crawl that if he was one of his men he was shoot him (I wish I can remember the episode but I don't I think it may be in v2 I just know the clip exists)
WE LOVE SOME CALLBACKS AND FORESHADOWING
And then there's Penny with the fall of Atlas & Mantle
"It'll just be like Beacon again!"
I'm fairly well up with these, but that board game one was completely new to me and it's just awesome. Also I feel there's plenty more bad luck events and song references. But awesome video!