Looking back over Volumes 6 and 7, something I feel is pretty interesting is how Ozpin and Ironwood are effectively painted as two sides of the same coin by the narrative when it comes to their strengths and flaws.
For Ozpin, no matter how much insight he had on the human condition and how his humanist ideologies of compassion, understanding and empathy, and how much he wanted to help all of humanity, I think it’s pretty clear that his actual idea of how to deal with Salem was very much the WRONG one. His plan was to effectively delay Salem indefinitely, with an ingrained, unshakable assumption that Salem cannot be fought directly. Also, Ozpin’s idea of fighting Salem in the shadows only seems to have backfired, with Ozpin and his followers keeping untold secrets from the rest of the world, all while Ozpin keeps more secrets from even his closest allies. This gradually erodes and destroys the trust those allies have in him as we saw in Volume 6, and also keeps humanity unaware of the threat to them and makes it all the easy for Salem to keep humanity divided and turn them against each other.
In short, Ozpin has the right philosophy, but the wrong idea of how to deal with Salem.
And in Volume 7, we see that Ironwood is the flipside to that coin.
By all rights, Ironwood has the right idea. He wants to take the fight to Salem directly and put an end to her once and for all. Not only that, Ironwood wants to reveal her existence to the world, shine a spotlight on her as the true enemy of mankind and unite humanity against the common enemy to all. But at the same time, Ironwood’s ideology is horribly flawed. In contrast to Ozpin’s humanist ideologies, Ironwood’s beliefs are entirely militant. He believes that simple military might will win the day, and also believes whole-heartedly that ‘the ends justify the means’ and ‘any sacrifice is worth it’. We see in Ironwoods conversations with Oscar that he considers his own humanity to be a weakness that can be exploited. He pretty much views Mantle as dead weight and is ready to cut the whole city loose as a sacrifice to what he believes is the ‘greater good’.
Basically, Ozpin had the Wrong Idea, but the Right Ideology. And Ironwood has the Right Idea, but the Wrong Ideology.
And it is between these two sides that I believe Team RWBY falls, and in particular Ruby herself.
I think it’s clear that Ruby is the one that has the Right Idea and the Right Ideology. Like Ironwood, she is staunchly determined to battle the evil that Salem represents and end the threat she poses to humanity. But like Ozpin, Ruby is an equally firm believer in the importance of keeping hold of our humanity and all that entails. I think we can see this most clearly in how Ruby has come into conflict with both men, with Ozpin in Volume 6 and Ironwood in Volume 7.
Finally, I think there is one specific quality Ruby possesses that sets her apart from both Ironwood and Ozpin and allows her to be this: Her Defiant Optimism.
Both Ozpin and Ironwood both seem to possess these cynical assumptions about the conflict against Salem: Ozpin believes that Salem cannot be destroyed and Ironwood seems to believe that great sacrifices must be made to ensure victory.
Qorbyn being so overwhelmed with everything that’s happened once the gang gets to Vacuo and everything even before Atlas, since she’s had absolutely no time to cope or process everything and has essentially been playing feeling fixer and problem solver for everyone, that she loses her cool at Oz.
She finally remembers what happened at beacon after going a long time with amnesia, and Oz scolds her for going down into the vault after he asked her not to. He starts on his self deprecating thing about how he’s not worth Qorbyn’s life and she just, loses her cool.
Gives him a swift slap across the face and tells him that just because he doesn’t care about himself, that doesn’t mean that the people around him feel the same, and it’s so unbelievably unreasonable for him to ask her to not care or love her own father. The man who had been there for her through everything.
Because Ozpin will always be her dad before he is ever another incarnation of Ozma.
Ofc, she gets mad at herself for slapping Oz since she hurt him and soon after runs off into the Vacuo desert by herself to go think and to possibly get herself killed because that’s just how she’s feeling at that point. She does get found by someone eventually and they help her out but for now she just needs some time alone
Still thinking about this.
Specifically about how Qorbyn views Ozpin.
Qorbyn gets so fucking offended when people don’t see Ozpin as, well, Ozpin.
And they just see him as Ozma and only Ozma.
To Qorbyn, Ozma and Ozpin are two separate people. Some days her dad acts more like Ozma, but sometimes he acts like Ozpin. And she’s completely used to and okay with it.
Ozpin is her dad, and will alwaysbeher dad before he is EVER anything else. Headmaster, councilman, teacher, Ozma incarnation, anything.
Qorbyn loves all of the incarnations, but Ozpin is still her dad, merged or not. And to see not just other people, but himself, perceive him as the same person as all the other incarnations, upsets her.
It’s dehumanizing him to her, making him out to be, not a person whose flawed, but some higher being that’s supposed to have all the answers.
That’s why Qorbyn gets upset with l Oz when he goes on his self hatred rant to her because she wanted to help him down in the vault. Because it’s exactly what the world did to her but to a more extreme degree.
The expectation to be perfect, to prove everyone wrong, to be strong.
The world going out of its way to fuck up not just Oz’s, but also Qorbyn, Qrow, and Olivia’s lives.
But it’s also all of Qorbyn’s personal repressed feelings and trauma that come out in that moment. Because for once Qorbyn isn’t passive about what happened to her. She’s angry, she wants justice, justice for her dads, justice for her sister, justice for the childhood that was so selfishly ripped from her all because of something she couldn’t even help.
And she’s even angrier at herself when she smacks Oz and runs off, because she knows Oz didn’t deserve that, didn’t deserve to be hurt, but she was just caught up in the moment. And here she is, running away, playing victim again when she fucked up. Leaving the people who need her the most right now.
But she also needs someone to be there for her, and she needs someone outside of her family to help, someone who she isn’t afraid of failing. And she gets that, out in the Vacuan desert.
This is once again based off of this that I did a while back and good lord did this one took me longer to do, goooood lord, Salem’s hair was annoying to say the least but I finished it and I think it turned out pretty good.
I know @hyperfixation-hideout loves Bojack Horseman so I know they will get a kick out of this, and I’m also gonna tag my other friendos because they are awesome
Artist and writers who make fanart and fanfics of Ozpin and Qrow as Oscar’s parents are my fucking heroes. Like, pLEASE SEND ME THEM. MAKE MORE! I WILL HYPE YOU UP! Y’ALL ARE DOING GOD’S WORK!! YOU’RE SO APPRECIATED AND I LOVE YOU!!
Those three as a family is all I ask for
(I’m being serious though, please send me anything of the Cloqwork Family. I’m deprived of content and literally begging).
Oz and Oscar’s and all the other Ozcarnations love language is platonic physical contact; shoulder touches, forehead boops, hair ruffles, fingers running through hair softly, back pats and back caresses, and of course the main one hugs and cuddling
I will not be told or convinced differently, thank you for coming to my TED talk
Tagging some of my fellow Dadpin friendos because they get me
Pyrrha:*About to shove Jaune in the rocket locker*
Jaune:*Feels Pyrrha’s hands on his chest, misinterprets and shoves his tongue down Pyrrha’s throat*
Pyrrha:*Eyes open in shock*MMMMPPPHHH!!!!!*Flustered by her naughtiest dreams coming true*
Jaune:*Enjoying the kiss, grabs and squeezes Pyrrha’s asscheeks*
Pyrrha:*Squeals, tries to push Jaune off*
Jaune:*Thinking Pyrrha’s about to push him into the locker and run off to die, panics*
Pyrrha:*Pyrrha’s brain shuts down as Jaune’s thigh rubs against her core, loses the ability to stand upright*
Jaune:*Spins, pushes a dazed Pyrrha in the locker and sets it off*
Pyrrha:*Already three hundred feet from Jaune* W-what, no! No! NOOOO!!! *Incredibly angry* Gosh flipping darnit girl, you l-let him get you all riled up and now he’s going to get himself killed!
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Jaune:*In an elevator* This is officially the stupidest idea you’ve ever had! Even worse than the stuff with Cardin, worse than the Deathstalker, worse than the time you took the blame for Coral breaking the window and somehow, someway, worse than the time you let Saphron put you in a dress, do your makeup and practice kissing a ‘girl’!
Elevator:*Shakes ominously*
Jaune:*Pale* I mean you just had your first realkiss with a girl, you felt her ass up and holy gods does Pyrrha have a nice, tight, big one, you’re still hard as diamonds and instead of running from the school that literally had a holeburnt through it by some kind of fucking firebreathing Grimm abomination, you go in! *Elevator goes into freefall*
Jaune:*Climbs out, unharmed but aura has shattered* There’s got to be a limit, Jaune! Sure I turned Pyrrha to putty in my hands but that should not translate into running headfirst into certain death! Stupid Dad and his stupid advice! *Is hit in the head by a cane* Fucking ow! What the shit!?
*Witnesses Ozpin firing a gout of emerald fire that clashes with two huge streams of fire from the hot Haven girls hands*
Jaune:Oh what the fuck.And here I thought walking the walk was gonna be cool. Stupid Pyrrha. *Ducks underneath a scintillating jade orb thrown by Ozpin which vaporizes the elevator leaving nothing behind, in a falsetto* ‘Oh I’ll just kiss him and he’ll be so surprised and then I’ll shove him in a locker and go do something that’ll probably get myself killed. Teehee!’ *Breathes out* Not that I’m doing any better. The hot but apparently crazy Haven chick can fucking fly and - is that a tornado, ohhhh I’m gonna die - and Ozpin’s…
*Sees Amber*
Jaune: Is going to go to prison because this is a sex dungeon. Okay, Okay, you’re cool. Sure it was unanimously decided Pyrrha was going into the singles portion of the tournament and you nearly broke your neck twice getting down here, but something tells me sad Pyrrha has something to do with this. *Pauses*Which makes me wanna punch Ozpin, but question the pedo headmaster after you help!
*Sees Ozpin get a glass spear through the left lung*
Jaune:*Quickly* Or not. Okay, she’s monologuing, that’s good. Sneak, sneak, sneak-sneak-sneak. Blah, blah, magic? Really lady? Add delusional on top of crazy. Just get in closer, give her a nice kick to the ass and Ozpin will use his weird green themed semblance to obliterate her. *Hears Pyrrha mentioned* Ignore the urge to kick the dying sicko in the nuts, just focus on hurting the crazy chick who was apparently gonna kill my sorta-kinda-maybe girlfriend. Just nice, slowly, easily, quietleee– *trips over his shoelace* –EEEEEEYYYOOOOPPPP!!!
Cinder:*Coughs wetly, stares at the sword sticking through her chest* H-how…?
*Cinder falls on top of Ozpin, her body crushed between the Headmasters and the shellshocked Jaune’s*
Ozpin:*Coughs*I believe you. Unfortunately it was not to be. You pierced her straight through the heart.
Jaune: I didn’t mean to?
Ozpin:And in doing so you’ve saved miss Nikos from a terribly cruel fate.
Jaune:Oh. That’s good. I’m pretty sure that if she hadn’t tried to shove me in that stupid rocket locker there’s at least a 50% chance Pyrrha would’ve jumped my bones, Grimm invasion or not.
Ozpin:*Groans in dismay* Only to quite possibly doom yourselfto one.
Jaune:*Suddenly at full attention* You say what now?
Ozpin:You’ve stabbed me as well. *Sees Jaune about to speak* You’ve stabbed my other lung, young man.
Jaune:I-I’m sorry?
Ozpin: Not yet you aren’t. Usually when I reincarnate it’s some unlucky, random bastard. But you’ve imprinted on me.
Jaune:What.
Ozpin: I’m an immortal wizard who, when he dies, his soul and consciousness along with all his memories are transferred into a new man’s preexisting body.
Jaune:*Panicking* I don’t want you in my head, headmaster! On the off chance you’re not just a nasty pedophile, I really don’t want you in my head! I don’t think you wanna be there either! *Ozpin doesn’t respond* Professor?*Still nothing*Headmaster!*Ozpin is dead, Jaune* Ozpin you old fuck, don’t you dare, I don’t wanna hear your voice when I’m deep dicking my hot redheaded partner!
Ozpin:*Body explodes into green motes of light which Jaune inhales*
Jaune:AAAHHH, I DON’T CONSET, I DON’T CONSENT!
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Pyrrha:*Bringing dat ass back, clapping his groin* Oh Jaune, oh gods yes I love it, I love your cock so-s-s-somuch!*Twists and twirls her booty on his cock* Oh f-fuck, I’m gonna cum agaaaaaiiinn!!
Jaune:*Going hard, closing in*
Pyrrha:Oh yes, please, harder, I’m gonna cum all over that delicious Arc meat again and o-o-oh shit, fuck yes Jaune, fill your slutty Nikos bitch up with your hot jizz!
Ozpin:*Mentally*She’d be cumming harder if you did what I suggested.
Jaune:*Mentally, trying to focus on Pyrrha’s voice and the image of her* Shut up. This is me time you parasite and I don’t care how long you’ve lived, I don’t need advice from the guy who’s ex is out to end the world.
Ozpin:*Mentally*I’m just saying, miss Nikos is a natural born sub. Placing your foot on her head and giving her what I’m telling you she absolutelywants by degrading her, lambasting her the way she does herself and I guarantee you the rewards will be worth it. I know you’ve been eying her anus for quite some time now, give her what she wants–
Jaune:*Mentally, pushes in deeper which makes Pyrrha wail* I knew I couldn’t trust you to shut up! ‘Oh no, the time you spend with miss Nikos will be your own, I’m just an old soul here to help you fight my batshit crazy ex’ and now you’re trying to live vicariously through me! *Eyes widen as Pyrrha spreads her cheeks, lying facefirst on the bed and moaning*
Ozpin:*Mentally, smugly*Oh of course. You certainly don’t want advice from a man who has slept with literally thousands of women. She’s cumming, by the way.
Ozpin:*Mentally*Good to see you plan on following my advice next round, Jaune. If you feel like paying me back, you could always just tell Pyrrha that you’ve gone through my memories and developed a taste for hardcore, mistress of pain BDSM.
Jaune:*Mentally, lying on Pyrrha’s pronebone body, still inside as they both recover* This is all Dad’s fault. No amount of badass magic is worth this.
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I wanted one of these to have the advice backfire while still working and while I thought about it being an eventual Raven Jaune’s Father, I realized Pyrrha offered the best opportunity ever in the form of Ozpin, the unwanted and overly friendly brain ghost.
Hopefully any hardcore Arkos fans reading this don’t mind this one being the lewder, screwier one.
Good day I am back again with another Ozfit, colored by the amazing @bowl-of-art-supplies because I couldn’t think of a color scheme for the life of me
I’ve been staring at it ever since and I won’t stop anytime soon, it just looks so banger!
Here’s Zac and I’s collab for day 6 I did the art and Zac did the fic, remember to check the reblogs and notes to find Zac’s fic as it’ll be a reblog onto this post :D
And to Zac, thank you so much for collabing with me! It was so much fun seeing what you came up with and it was fun to draw this!
Hopefully we can do something like this next year :)
Another collab and another incredible piece I was absolutely honored that you trusted me to write these two. I love them so much. The link, as promised!
