They/She | 31 | Bi | ISFP | ♒
I enjoy various Cartoons, Anime & Video Games. Currently RWBY is my hyperfixation. I spend most of my time on Twitter these days. @lilsundrake
Been going crazy over the meta of “That can’t be what this is about.”
Like surely their feelings for each other aren’t a bigger issue to work out than the crossroads, except Jaune says it must be if they aren’t there.
Yang says “That can’t be what this is about” as if to say this isn’t that important to address, is it? And the show itself, through the setting, answers to us, the audience, and to them, the characters - YES.
Yes, these two characters loving each other and expressing that love is important enough to take up over a fifth of the episode.
Yes, this love matters. Yes, this story matters. Yes, them confessing their love matters. And yes, seeing it play out on screen matters.
crwby put so much obvious time, effort, thought, talent, and LOVE into their relationship, and specifically this moment, because it MATTERS.
It says this matters to us (the crew) and to them (the characters) and to you (the people who are so invested in this love).
And it says “fuck you, this matters” to people who would love to pretend like wlw relationships don’t matter and want to brush Blake and Yang off as just friends.
I almost forgot to mention: this woman came into the penguin enclosure with a KESTREL??? I said “oh my god is that an American Kestrel?” and she said “Yes! She was outside doing raptor education for the kids, but she doesn’t like to get rained on.”
#she was watching the penguins with what I will anthropomorphically project as skepticism
