History Recap / RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds

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* LiteralMetaphor: While caught in a punderstorm, metaphors, analogies, and colloquialisms become fact, and those caught in it must either resolve their personal issues or wait for the storm to pass. For Ruby and Weiss, this takes the effect of having them at a literal crossroads where they have to choose between following Jaune or the Curious Cat, while for Blake and Yang, it leaves them on two rickety bridges that they have to build up by expressing their true feelings for one another, literally taking "the next step" in their relationship, culminating in their sudden appearance on the platform after their LoveConfession. Weiss discovers the effect for herself after calling the Ever After "the pits", which causes an actual pit to drop and deposit her to where she started.

-->-- '''Jaune'''

->''"We've been following the story this whole time, and it's not even true?!"''

** The Curious Cat snidely accuses Jaune of being this towards them, framing their aid as being more malicious and intentionally deceitful than it really is, out of his distrust towards them regarding the previous outing with Alex and the Cat's role in helping people 'Ascend'. Notably, when the Cat implies that his attitude towards them is partially due to SanitySlippage from the long time he's spent along and his lost years in the Ever After, Jaune doesn't outright deny it, implying that he does have some issues he's covering up.

* LossOfIdentity: Jaune knows about ascension, though he sounds more bitter about it because Alyx's brother Lewis was seemingly put through it. According to him, ascension is performed by the WorldTree that Team RWBY has been attempting to reach since they've arrived, and it's the Curious Cat's role to give people over to it should they no longer perform their roles.

--> '''(rolling eyes on finding that Blake and Yang aren't with them):''' Must have had something bigger to work out.
--> '''(on Ruby and Weiss facing the road fork to trust either him or the Curious Cat):''' Y'know this would go quicker if you make up your minds~!
--> '''(concluding his recounting of his experiences with Alyx):''' So. Not exactly my favorite story anymore.

** The Curious Cat snidely accuses Jaune of being this towards them, framing their aid as being more malicious and intentionally deceitful than it really is, out of his distrust towards them regarding the previous outing with Alex and the Cat's role in helping Afterians 'ascend'. Notably, when the Cat implies that his attitude towards them is partially due to SanitySlippage from the long time he's spent along and his lost years in the Ever After, Jaune doesn't outright deny it, implying that he does have some issues he's covering up.

* DeathOfPersonality: This is what Jaunes believes Ascension to be, as he says it just erasing who a person is and replacing with something else, flat out calling it "death".

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In the flashback, Alyx is shown giving Jaune a bowl of poison-laced soup, nearly killing him, as Jaune quotes from the fairy tale that "the Rusted Knight [[TakingTheBullet drank the poison in her stead]]".

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In the flashback, Alyx is shown giving Jaune a bowl of soup she laced with poison from a wild berry as Jaune quotes from the fairy tale that "the Rusted Knight [[TakingTheBullet drank the poison in her stead]]".

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Alyx gave Jaune a bowl of soup she laced with poison from a wild berry before leaving him behind; this nearly kills him.

* SeenItAll: Having been in the Ever After for years from his perspective, nothing Jaune sees there fazes him anymore. He depressingly tells Team RWBY what the punderstorm is once it hits; he also takes a few levels in snarkiness.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Jaune tries helping Alyx and Lewis travel to the tree so they can return to Remnant in the manner of his childhood story. However, they end up in places the story never mentions and Alyx's a nastier person in reality than depicted in the story. Upon meeting the Herbalist, she becomes distrustful and paranoid. Despite his attempts to help them complete the story and leave, she poisons him and abandons both him and Lewis.

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!!Tropes featured in this episode:

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Feels like I've been waiting forever for that."'']]

!!Tropes Featured in this Episode:

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* KnightInSourArmor: Depressed by his loneliness in the Ever After and his time with Alyx, Jaune's sometimes a little impatient or dismissive of Team RWBY's rawer emotions or confusion with the realm they're in. Even when he realises the Cat is involved, his tone becomes clipped rather than overly emotional

* LoveConfession: Amidst the punderstorm, Blake and Yang have to admit their true feelings to one another in order to reach safety on a platform between two rickety bridges. After a number of confessions building up to it, they finally profess their love, and are reunited on the platform to [[TheBigDamnKiss happily embrace]].

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Jaune tries helping Alyx and Lewis travel to the tree so they can return to Remnant in the manner of his childhood story. However, they end up in places the story never mentions and Alyx's a nastier person in reality than depicted in the story. Upon meeting the Herbalist, her attitude becomes distrustful and paranoid. Despite his attempts to help them complete the story and leave, she poisons him and abandons both him and Lewis.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jaune found Crescent Rose long ago and has been looking after it in the hopes of giving it back to Ruby one day. Although Ruby loves the weapon, she instead experiences the same ringing in her ears and tuning out as when she learned of Penny's death. This prompts her to grudgingly thank Jaune and close Crescent Rose's case with a glare.

* SeenItAll: Having been in the Ever After for years from his perspective, nothing Jaune sees there fazes him anymore. When the punderstorm hits, he explains what it is and what it means in a state of ennui; he also takes a few levels in snarkiness.