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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#46926: Jul 21st 2017 at 8:57:47 PM

That's why Frankenstein's creation is named Adam. And there's no reason why there can't be two characters with the same name. Personally, One-Steve Limit is very stupid, especially with a series like RWBY [lol]

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#46927: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:06:24 PM

Maybe they could name him victor, dosent it?

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#46928: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:11:05 PM

[up]Victor is the name of the scientist though, not the monster.

Though that does remind me of the obvious Adam and Eve...
On that topic, maybe they could go with Lillith if they want to imply that Penny 2.0 is more defiant to her creators, but then again none of these ideas sound like colors.

edited 21st Jul '17 9:12:17 PM by xanderiskander

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#46929: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:13:22 PM

[up]"The semitic root L-Y-L served as derivative for the Hebrew layil and Arabic layl, meaning "night". The Talmudic and Yiddish use of Lilith cognates with the Hebrew."

You sure it doesn't have a colour association?

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#46930: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:13:30 PM

What about Terra. as in Terra-Cotta? Fits the color based naming convention as well as subtly connect to the Pygmalion and Galatea myth.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
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#46932: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:23:49 PM

When I think of lilith, I think of vampires so any chararter name lilith would be very vampire like.

I know the monster is call adam but having him taking the name of victor also work too.

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#46933: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:24:03 PM

going by the RWBY manga it would not be a bit surprise if the Schnee Dust Company didn't just decide to go with the inserting Geist into armor to make an army. They didn't seem to have a problem making Weiss fight one so the one would imagine the project probably still exists.

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#46934: Jul 21st 2017 at 9:30:05 PM

Huh, I never actually made the connection that the grimm animating the armor was probably a geist. Makes sense, though.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
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#46935: Jul 22nd 2017 at 12:28:01 AM

Frankenstein's creation is named Adam.

They can genderflip and call it Eve, if One-Steve Limit proves an insurmountable obstacle.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46936: Jul 22nd 2017 at 8:03:02 AM

Which also sparks more of "Qrow is Ruby's real father" talk. Because people will not let that go no matter what.

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#46937: Jul 22nd 2017 at 8:24:36 AM

[up]I will never understand why so many people seem obsessed with the idea that Qrow could be Ruby's real father... Is there even any evidence to support it? Because I don't remember anything from the show proper.

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#46938: Jul 22nd 2017 at 8:40:22 AM

I'll never understand the why behind that theory.

I did like Chibi Qrow just for the exaggerated cool uncle thing.

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#46939: Jul 22nd 2017 at 8:50:26 AM

[up] I think the "Cool Uncle" thing is exactly the "Why". Ruby seems to take more from Qrow than Taiyang (like the Weapon for starters).

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#46940: Jul 22nd 2017 at 8:59:27 AM

Surprisingly emotional, this Chibi.

Also, Qrow does a Sailor Moon reference (together with Velvet) because of course he does. The Geist gag feels like an intermission here.

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#46941: Jul 22nd 2017 at 9:41:27 AM

The idea that Qrow is Ruby's real father stems from the fact that Ruby seems to have a lot more in common with him than with Taiyang. Even setting aside Crescent Rose, Ruby's general design (specifically in regards to her outfits) share a number of details with Qrow's outfit.

I think there are a couple of other, purely circumstantial things but I can't remember them. Check the series' WMG page. I'm sure someone who cares more than I do went into more detail there.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46942: Jul 22nd 2017 at 9:44:55 AM

While I like the theory myself, any superficial similarities are easily explained by her general adoration of Qrow combined with the fact that he mentored her. It's like Goku wearing his Turtle School gi long after he's left Master Roshi's tutelage.

edited 22nd Jul '17 9:45:10 AM by sgamer82

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#46943: Jul 22nd 2017 at 9:46:19 AM

Velvet continues to get no respect in Chibi.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46944: Jul 22nd 2017 at 9:59:26 AM

While I like the theory myself, any superficial similarities are easily explained by her general adoration of Qrow combined with the fact that he mentored her

It's still weird that in a show where every other character has a distinct appearance themed after a fairy tale or a color, and where most of the main characters with parents take after their parents, that Ruby just flat-out doesn't, combined with her barely sharing more than a single conversation with Taiyang in a season where the other three main characters had extended interaction with their parents. Ruby's communication with Taiyang? Writing him a letter. Distance.

I don't think it's meant to imply some baby daddy drama, but it's meant to imply some kind of emotional distance - Yang expounding on how their dad apparently fell apart after Summer died reinforcing this. What little we've seen of Summer, it could just mean Ruby takes more after her mother. And it could be a total coincidence and Ruby could just take after Qrow because she idolizes him, yeah.

But that's boring so let's overanalyze things.

Compare Weiss, Yang, and Blake, all three of whom share characteristics from both parents.

Compare: Taiyang and Raven to Yang.

Then compare Qrow and Summer to Ruby.

Weiss and her dad. Weiss and her sister. Weiss and her kin.

Blake, her mom and dad are the same way.

Ren and his parents are the same. Look at his mother's eyes.

And I bet when we meet Jaune's parents it'll be the same thing. Ruby not having any visual similarities or interaction with Taiyang for most of two seasons would, to me, imply something deeper. It's just absurd to have her not be even remotely similar to him otherwise and throws off the show's feng shui.

I can't see ignoring that there is some importance to how these characters look, and if it really is just circumstantial and we're not meant to glean anything other than basic "oh, she's red riding hood, oh, he's mulan, ooh look Pyrrha is Achilles!" observations then it's an incredible waste.

edited 22nd Jul '17 9:32:24 PM by Soble

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#46945: Jul 22nd 2017 at 10:12:21 AM

Don't both Blake's parents have black hair and yellow eyes? It seems pretty easy to have characteristics from both parents when they both have the same characteristics.

And from what we've seen of the Schnee family, all the kids inherited Mama Schnee's traits.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46946: Jul 22nd 2017 at 10:19:30 AM

[up] Ren's mom has pink eyes. Taiyang doesn't have the changing purple/red eye color that Raven does. Jacques is from outside of the family and yet he could easily blend into any family photo.

It's not just genetic traits. Look at their clothing, the colors that stand out, the style of dress. Blake hasn't been home in forever-ago but she still finds an outfit that mimics her parents despite being on the run? More than coincidence.

edited 22nd Jul '17 10:31:47 AM by Soble

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#46947: Jul 22nd 2017 at 10:48:36 AM

I wonder if Raven and Adam will ever show up in Chibi at all, or if they're too edgy for this kind of series.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46948: Jul 22nd 2017 at 11:58:23 AM

Raven doesn't have changing purple/red eyes (that we know of). She's just been shown with red eyes.

Qrow has a greyer shade of red eye, almost like a grey-red eye, which makes me wonder whether he and Raven had a silver-eyed parent and Qrow's eyes are mid-way between the two parents.

Yang's default eyes are purple, which is mid-way between blue (dad) and red (mum). Her eyes change to the same red as her mother's when she's angry. We don't know if the colour change is unique to Yang or whether Raven is capable of an eye-colour change. We also don't know if Qrow is capable of an eye colour change, but his eyes have appeared to show signs of changing colour at least twice (once during the Winter fight where one eye flashed white and when RNJR protected him against the Nuckelavee — when he was barely conscious, his eyes were very briefly white).

[up]There's a lot of humour you could actually do with Raven and Adam. Children's cartoons are traditionally full of abuse-based comedy (Tom and Jerry, Roadrunner, Dick Dastardly, Wacky Races, etc.).

edited 22nd Jul '17 12:00:07 PM by Wyldchyld

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#46949: Jul 22nd 2017 at 12:12:06 PM

[up] But that stuff's too violent! It's a bad influence on our children! They'll grow up to be sociopaths and mass murderers if we let them watch it!

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#46950: Jul 22nd 2017 at 12:18:22 PM

I don't know why you had to list off certain examples, that type of comedy is in most things...

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