RWBY General Discussion

"Creator wrote something about death and then died himself" is not the trope. "Creator wrote about an expy of himself dying in a car crash and then dying in a car crash himself" is the trope. So just having songs that are dark and stuff isn't enough. Deleting them.

Edit: Unless that's what you're doing, seeing as you've got the page checked out.

Edit 2: Well, it's gone now. Again.

edited 25th Feb '15 4:41:50 PM by AnotherDuck

Well Harsher in Hindsight does have a music section, and if you don't count music/songs as having "storylines", then there shouldn't be a music section.

Many assumed that the RWBY songs were foreshadowing, and they do provide a mysterious amount of backstory and depth.

I don't know which songs were referenced, but I think they count. The trope also mentions "in the story or in real life". Some of the song titles do take on a dark tone when you consider real-life events. We might not want to see them there, but they do technically fit.

"Song about Faunus rights and death and terrorism" doesn't fit. "Song about someone passing away when they still had more to offer", however...

I can only think of RLR Part II off the top of my head.

edited 25th Feb '15 4:58:08 PM by FOFD

Not every character who dies where the voice actor also dies is an example. That's just not enough as a connection, and that's basically the connection here. Just "death" or "dark times" are not enough to make that connection to qualify for the trope. If it were about dying like Monty did, then it would count, since then you'd have a connection.

Edit: Everyone who dies would've had more to offer if they were alive. That's just how death works.

edited 25th Feb '15 4:59:54 PM by AnotherDuck

-shrug- Fair enough I suppose. But I think Harsher in Hindsight is going to give the wrong impression and its easy to make the connection that the songs are "harsher" in "hindsight" because of who the creator was and the emotions the songs conjure.

So someone should probably watch that page for awhile.

edited 25th Feb '15 5:32:02 PM by FOFD

It's always easy to make connections to shoehorn "examples" into tropes when you're grasping for straws, or have something you really want to put down into a trope, any trope.

You want to take this outside?

No idea what you mean.

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If indeed Team CRME is pronounced Team Cream, they should make some blues rock music as their character theme.

I prefer to have the villains divided into two teams

Cinder, Adam, Mercury and Emerald: Team MACE

Roman, Neo, Perry, and Banesaw: Team... I'm working on the acronym.

Okay, this might be lame but... Team PNBR? (peanut butter)

Do we have enough characters in the cast for a JLLY counterpart?

Since his initial comes first, would that mean Perry is the leader of Team PNBR?

He doesn't even want to be, but Roman made him do it for the acronym.

Does Roman realize he's given complete control to some guy who wears glasses on the outside of his mask?

I'd imagine he'd think it amusing somehow

Or at least snark constantly at his actions

Nah, they'll just ask Weiss if they can use her Wu-Tang Style. Dolla dolla bill, y'all.

I want the recipe to make these LEGO figures

Is That What Theyre Calling It Now

For a group of people who thought SSSN spells "sun", they can find better things than PNBR.

To dRoy: Claw-flamethrower is too Warhammer40000. Huron Blackheart already had one.

We already have a guy swinging around a chainsaw-sword, don't we?

So, guys, crazy idea here: Gatling-Whip.

Sound cool?

edited 2nd Mar '15 7:17:08 PM by ultimatepheer

I was backtracking this thread because it's longer than the Roman train... Monty's real name actually proves a quarter of his joke about 1/4 heritage from China, Japan, Vietnam and Cambodia: Monyreak is a Cambodian name, and its female version is Monineath.

To pheer: are you trying to live up to your signature? In my own story, the weirdest thing I've ever designed is a power fist with a giant buzzsaw blade on its back, and the thing can fold into a sword.

edited 2nd Mar '15 10:00:57 PM by enderheisenberg