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* UncertainDoom: Though they're shown falling down along with team RWBY, Jaune and Neo, the fates of the Atlesian refugees that fell down the void are left unanswered by the end of the journey. Given that they're never shown at any point in the Ever After, odds are it's [[DeaderThanDead not a good outlook for them]].
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* UncertainDoom: Though they're shown falling down along with team Team RWBY, Jaune and Neo, the fates of the Atlesian refugees that fell down the void are left unanswered by the end of the journey. Given that they're never shown at any point in the Ever After, odds are it's [[DeaderThanDead not a good outlook for them]].
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** ClippedWingAngel: Unfortunately for them, losing access to Neo's semblance gets rid of [[UnskilledButStrong the only advantage the Cat had]], and the now reunited Team RWBY is able to absolutely trounce them. The Cat is barely even able to scratch any of them before the four launch a CombinationAttack that puts them down for good.
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** ClippedWingAngel: Unfortunately for them, losing access to Neo's semblance Semblance gets rid of [[UnskilledButStrong the only advantage the Cat had]], and the now reunited Team RWBY is able to absolutely trounce them. The Cat is barely even able to scratch any of them before the four launch a CombinationAttack that puts them down for good.
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* CallBack: When Ruby re-awakens, she walks onto the battlefield in the same manner as she did approaching Summer's grave all the way back in the Recap/RWBYRedTrailer, complete with stylized color emphasis on her cape to contrast her dark outfit.
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* CallBack: When Ruby re-awakens, she walks onto the battlefield in the same manner as she did approaching Summer's grave all the way back in the Recap/RWBYRedTrailer, complete with stylized color emphasis on her cape to contrast her dark outfit. She even gives a similar grin from said trailer when on the attack as well.
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* UncertainDoom: Though they're shown falling down along with team RWBY, Jaune and Neo, the fates of the Atlesian refugees that fell down the void are left unanswered by the end of the journey. Given that they're never shown at any point in the Ever After, odds are it's [[DeaderThanDead not a good outlook for them]].
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* FalseDichotomy: The Blacksmith claims that the Brothers, in embodying Creation and Destruction, ultimately fell to this. She describes balance as a living ecosystem that will find equilibrium in itself, not two forces locked in constant battle, and the Brothers fighting was why the Ever After eventually sent them away.
* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Upon being restored to his younger self, Jaune is initially overjoyed, but then reacts with embarrassed surprised when he hears his younger-sounding voice, saying "Is this what I used to sound like?"
* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Upon being restored to his younger self, Jaune is initially overjoyed, but then reacts with embarrassed surprised when he hears his younger-sounding voice, saying "Is this what I used to sound like?"
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* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Having gotten used to his more mature voice, Jaune reacts with slight embarrassment when he's restored to his younger self and hears what his voice sounds like.
* FalseDichotomy: The Blacksmith claims that the Brothers, in embodying Creation and Destruction, ultimately fell to this. She describes balance as a living ecosystem that will find equilibrium in itself, not two forces locked in constant battle, and the Brothers fighting was why the Ever After eventually sent them away. \n* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Upon being restored to his younger self, Jaune is initially overjoyed, but then reacts with embarrassed surprised when he hears his younger-sounding voice, saying "Is this what I used to sound like?"
* FalseDichotomy: The Blacksmith claims that the Brothers, in embodying Creation and Destruction, ultimately fell to this. She describes balance as a living ecosystem that will find equilibrium in itself, not two forces locked in constant battle, and the Brothers fighting was why the Ever After eventually sent them away.
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* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Upon being restored to his younger self, Jaune is initially overjoyed, but then reacts with embarrassed surprised when he hears his younger-sounding voice, saying "Is this what I used to sound like?"
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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite everything, Team RWBY can't help but look on in horror at seeing the Curious Cat being devoured alive by Neo's Jabberwalkers and Ruby even has a small eulogy when Neo chooses to ascend rather than return to Remnant with them despite her driving her to suicide when they previously met.
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** Despite everything, Team RWBY can't help but look on in horror at seeing the Curious Cat being devoured alive by Neo'sJabberwalkers and Jabberwalkers.
** Ruby even has a small eulogy when Neo chooses to ascend rather than return to Remnant with them despite her driving her to suicide when theypreviously last met.
** Despite everything, Team RWBY can't help but look on in horror at seeing the Curious Cat being devoured alive by Neo's
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** In the first episode of the Volume, Ruby is without her weapon while the rest of her team surrounds the Jabberwalker. In this episode, Ruby confidently wields Crescent Rose and they surround a monstrous Curious Cat in almost the exact same bird's eye shot. This is especially poetic given the two Ever Afterans are connected by their creators.
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** ClippedWingAngel: Unfortunately for them, losing access to Neo's semblance gets rid of [[UnskilledButStrong the only advantage the Cat had]], and the now reunited Team RWBY is able to absolutely trounce them. The Cat is barely even able to scratch any of them before the four launch a CombinationAttack that puts them down for good.
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* OneWingedAngel: After being forced out of Neo by the rush of memories and emotions, the Curious Cat changes into a large BeastMan to continue trying to kill the heroes.
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* RearrangeTheSong: The final shot of of the volume has an orchestrated re-score of "This Will Be The Day" in the background, which was the Volume 1 opening theme.
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* BookEnds:
** When Neo first met Team [=RWBY=] in volume 2, she gave them a mocking curtsy. When she says good-bye to them, she curtsies genuinely, as a thank you for freeing her from the Cat.
** When Ruby first met Little, they said that Ruby was "a lot of things". Now that they've ascended, she realizes she also wants to be "a lot of things", and names herself Somewhat to reflect that.
** When Neo first met Team [=RWBY=] in volume 2, she gave them a mocking curtsy. When she says good-bye to them, she curtsies genuinely, as a thank you for freeing her from the Cat.
** When Ruby first met Little, they said that Ruby was "a lot of things". Now that they've ascended, she realizes she also wants to be "a lot of things", and names herself Somewhat to reflect that.
* CallForward: When the Jabberwalker proves to be too strong, the Brothers fight over whether or not to keep it with Light destroying it and Dark rebuilding it, the same way they will eventually fight over reviving Ozma.
* ColorfulContrails: Team RWBY's finishing move on the Cat surrounds them with Weiss' glyphs and then ricochets the whole team around them, turning them into bright streaks of their signature colors.
* FalseDichotomy: The Blacksmith claims that the Brothers, in embodying Creation and Destruction, ultimately fell to this. She describes balance as a living ecosystem that will find equilibrium in itself, not two forces locked in constant battle, and the Brothers fighting was why the Ever After eventually sent them away.
* HeelRealization: Realizing her vengeance was empty, breathing in the leaves' smoke, the heroes saving her, and then seeing Team [=RWBY=] together all causes Neo to realize that she wants to be a new, better person. She lets go of Roman, curtsies to the team, and lets the Tree ascend her.
* HeelRealization: Realizing her vengeance was empty, breathing in the leaves' smoke, the heroes saving her, and then seeing Team [=RWBY=] together all causes Neo to realize that she wants to be a new, better person. She lets go of Roman, curtsies to the team, and lets the Tree ascend her.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: While Alyx's gift lets Jaune regain his years lost to the Ever After, he retains white streaks of hair, showing that the things he experienced are still with him.
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* TheStinger: Averted, it's just an advertisement for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueXRWBYSuperHeroesAndHuntsmen''
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* SympathyForTheDevil: For all their reprehensible actions, the Blacksmith feels pity for the Curious Cat, as they were never designed to heal from a broken heart.
* WartsAndAll: Ruby's vision of Summer's last mission makes her realize that Summer was not the flawless paragon she can't live up to, but a real human being who lied and sneaked and also felt the weight of the expectations upon her. This, along with Summer's last words to her being that she'll love her just the way she is, are what inspires her to accept herself.
* SympathyForTheDevil: For all their reprehensible actions, the Blacksmith feels pity for the Curious Cat, as they were never designed to heal from a broken heart.
* WartsAndAll: Ruby's vision of Summer's last mission makes her realize that Summer was not the flawless paragon she can't live up to, but a real human being who lied and sneaked and also felt the weight of the expectations upon her. This, along with Summer's last words to her being that she'll love her just the way she is, are what inspires her to accept herself.
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* BreakThemByTalking: The Curious Cat attempted to do this one last time to Ruby by reminding her of her failures. This time, it doesn't stick, and the Cat leaves themselves wide open long enough for Neo's Jabberwalkers to land the killing blow.
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* BreakThemByTalking: The Curious Cat attempted to do this one last time to Ruby by reminding her of her failures. This time, it doesn't stick, and the Cat leaves themselves themself wide open long enough for Neo's Jabberwalkers to land the killing blow.
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* BreakThemByTalking: The Curious Cat attempted to do this one last time to Ruby by reminding her of her failures. This time, it doesn't stick, and the Cat leaves themselves wide open long enough for Neo's Jabberwalkers to land the killing blow.
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* TheBusCameBack: Even if it is just in a flashback, Raven returns on-screen after last being seen abandoning Mistral way back in Volume 5.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite everything, Team RWBY can't help but look on in horror at seeing the Curious Cat being devoured alive by Neo's Jabberwalkers.
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** It's also learned that the two Brothers were actually creations of the Ever After who outgrew their roles and became too much of a disruptive force, causing the Tree to send them out to make new worlds.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: By the end of the Volume, Ruby remained the same and any permanent changes Jaune had during his adventure gets reverted, allowing the five to return to Remnant unchanged.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''RECAP:'''\\
[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' |]]-]]]
'''Volume 9, Episode 10:'''
!Of Solitude and Self
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->Written by Eddy Rivas and Kiersi Burkhart\\
Directed by Dustin Matthews and Yssa Badiola
->''"What happens...if I choose me?"''
-->-- '''Ruby Rose'''
[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' |]]-]]]
'''Volume 9, Episode 10:'''
!Of Solitude and Self
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->Written by Eddy Rivas and Kiersi Burkhart\\
Directed by Dustin Matthews and Yssa Badiola
->''"What happens...if I choose me?"''
-->-- '''Ruby Rose'''
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The lesson Ruby ultimately learns this, that Ruby Rose herself is more than enough.
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* CurbStompBattle: With Ruby back and rejuvenated, Team RWBY makes short work of the Curious Cat.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Jaune gets a farewell gift from the spirit of Alyx, restoring him to his young adult self, though he still sports the white streaks in his bangs.
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* TheStinger: Averted, it's just an advertisement for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueXRWBYSuperHeroesAndHuntsmen''
* WhamShot: Jaune and Team RWBY exit the Ever After and appear just outside Vacuo, the city flanked by airships of the various kingdoms, suggesting Ruby's actions back in Volume 8 were not for nothing.
* WhamShot: Jaune and Team RWBY exit the Ever After and appear just outside Vacuo, the city flanked by airships of the various kingdoms, suggesting Ruby's actions back in Volume 8 were not for nothing.
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* CameBackStrong: Little ascends into a much larger mouse with a cape and clothing similar to Ruby's. As she has many purposes now she chooses the name Somewhat to reflect her new outlook and goals.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite everything, Team RWBY can't help but look on in horror at seeing the Curious Cat being devoured alive by Neo's Jabberwalkers.
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* BackFromTheDead: Little returns by ascending, albeit as a large mouse with a cape.
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* IChooseToStay: Neo does not return to Remnant with everyone in the end, choosing instead to ascend and become someone new.
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* {{Reincarnation}}:
** Little ascends, now a large mouse with a cape. She tells Ruby she does not have one purpose, as the Cat previously implied, but is many things.
** Neo decides to let the Tree claim her and ascend to a new life, finally making her peace with Roman's death. It's unknown who or what she will ultimately become, however.
** Little ascends, now a large mouse with a cape. She tells Ruby she does not have one purpose, as the Cat previously implied, but is many things.
** Neo decides to let the Tree claim her and ascend to a new life, finally making her peace with Roman's death. It's unknown who or what she will ultimately become, however.
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* AssimilationBackfire: After Jaune tells Team WBY to burn the leaves of the Tree so the Curious Cat will inhale the smoke of the leaves, the Cat just laughs it off and takes a big inhale of the burnt leaves and tells Jaune they're immune to the effects of the leaves. Jaune admits while that's true, he points out Neo's body isn't immune so they end up experiencing Neo's thoughts and feelings and can't handle it so they eject out of her body to escape it.
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** It's also learned that the two Brothers were actually creations of the Ever After who outgrew their roles and became too much of a disruptive force, causing the Tree to send them out to make new worlds.
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** We learn what happened that night Summer left, that she left her brooch with the girls, bid Tai goodbye and left with Raven, the latter the only one who knew the seriousness of her
** It's also learned that the two Brothers were actually creations of the Ever After who outgrew their roles and became too much of a disruptive force, causing the Tree to send them out to make new worlds.
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* BeYourself: As Ruby finds out in the Tree, the key to being a great huntress isn't perfection, but rather just being the way you are.
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* TheReveal: We learn what happened that night Summer left, that she left her brooch with the girls, bid Tai goodbye and
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