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So, regarding the color naming aspect of the show, it's not often taken literally. In fact, a set of rules Monty made for people wanting to create OCs was that in regards to color, the names could either be a color (in any language), sound like a color, or remind the person creating the character of a color. So even if a name's color origins aren't clearly discernable, it doesn't mean there isn't one.
One of the other rules, a fairytale of literary inspiration was also presented, but I believe was made to be more of a suggestion and not a requirement. As such, the creators of RWBY don't always give their characters literary inspirations. And sometimes the inspiration for the characters isn't literary at all. You guys have seen Volume 3, so you've met Neon Katt. Her inspiration was Nyan Cat, the meme. Flynt Coal, likewise, was based on a recurring joke among many of RT's series, I believe first showing up on YoggsCast (I think that was an RT series, anyway). The other two members of their team, who you have yet to meet, are both based on the same meme.
But that team is the biggest outlier when it comes to character inspiration. Most characters either have an inspiration or they don't. Sometimes it's clear what the inspiration is, and other times, it's not.
The baord isnt just first years the board is the schools job board its actualy made for second years and above
Weiss is german for white
Blake is middle english for black its the middle english spelling of black
Yangs full name transakated to little sun dragon in chinese which is a reference to yellow suns
I don’t know if you know this already but Qrow, Yangs mom, and Ruby’s mom were on a team together when they attended Beacon.
Whether or not that absorbed that information, Yang did cover that in episode 6. "They used to be in a team together with Summer and Qrow."
Yang and ruby’s uncle is Qrow, the one who saved them as kids is also the one who taught ruby how to use a scythe and teaches at signal academy, their former combat school
I would love to see reactions to either the fate franchise or The A Certain franchise.
Day 9 of asking y'all to watch Hulk Vs 2009
The symbol on Cinder's back are two shoes, symbolizing her glass shoes since she's in reference to Cinderella.
That's actually spoilerville though because we aren't supposed to get that til much later
"Nah dude. That's your destiny goddamnit". Oh, do yall believe in destiny?
I choked Lmao!
Weiss Schnee means "white snow" in German.
Also, bold of you to assume everyone at the assembly was a first year student
I mean, that's what I thought too, but the way Ozpin said it did kind of imply that and I was like wait... since when? I never caught that before? He said: "As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional Huntsman..." I guess that either means they are all in the room and he is specifying the first years, or that they all are first years in the room. Right?
Damn, by the time I posted my comment at least four people had the same idea. Lol the RWBY fandom realy have a hivemind. I'm curious as to why you haven't reacted to the Volume 1 soundtrack yet. Do you plan to do it later or is it that you don't want to react to a bunch of songs? If you want to have the lyrics and an ideaa of who the song is about I suggest FlyntofRWBY's channel (For Volume 3 to 9) and HuntSD for Volume 1 and 2. I'm so glad to see you react to my favourite series and I can't wait to see your reaction to volume 3!!! (i'm using google translate sorry fot the errors lol)
We won’t be reacting to the soundtrack, most likely
That sucks, you’ll be missing out on quite a bit ?
Weiss is white in German, Blake means black in French (I think, I could be wrong), Yang means Sun/Light (in this instance) in Mandarin. Jaune means yellow in French, Pyrrha means flame colored in Greek, Nora and Ren don't have direct color names, but they refer to light (nora) and lotus (ren) respectively, which is where they get their color palates from!
The color naming rule that was put forth by Monty after seeing people wanted to make OCs and such, is that the names either have to "be a color, mean a color, or make you think of a color." So the color names are a bit more flexible than literal.
Blanc is black in French, but yes it is close to Blake. As you said their names are supposed to be, mean, or make you think of a color. Blake sounds a lot like black if that makes sense.
Blanc is white, noir is black
Omg I completely whiffed that. Sorry I’m still learning colors in different languages.
Ruby isn't the only character named after a color. Weiss means white in German ( her full name "Weiss Schnee" translates to Snow White, the character she is based on), Blake means black in old English, Yang means sunny or sun (her full name Yang Xiao Long translates from Chinise to sunny little dragon).
Each important character is named after a fairy tale character or hero/legend:
Ruby is little red riding hood, Blake Belladonna is both the beauty and the beast, Yang is Goldilocks, Nora Valkyrie is Thor, Ren Lie is Mulan, Pyrrha Nikos is Achilles... you get the idea
Actually almost all of the names in RWBY are color associated. Ruby obviously is red, but Weiss means “white” in german (Weiss Schnee being White Snow). Blake means black, combined with her last name Belladonna (plant that has purple flowers and black berries). And Yang Xiao Long translates to sunny little dragon in Chinese, hence the yellow color scheme. :))
(Notable mentions being Emerald (green), Sun (yellow), Jaune (yellow), Mercury (Black)
Side note: Most of the names are in different languages, Jaime’s being French like his inspiration and Pyrrha’s being Greek and Yang being Chinese/Mandarin. The team names are also colors! JNPR is a shade of green :))
Weiss is German for White (Her full name literally means Snow White)
Yang is Yellow in Mandarin.
Blake is meant to be evocative of black.
I'm not sure if you heard but Rooster Teeth is officially closing it's doors. Warner Brothers will be selling the rights of Rooster Teeth IP such as RWBY. But as of now RWBY's future is uncertain. Still, glad you are enjoying the show.
I think at least Boom heard. Idk about the others. While the future of RWBY is still unknown Kerry did say they are still talking to people about V10 so that’s at least some hope.
“It’s kick-step, kick-step, body roll!” - Lie Ren
Lol RWBY Chibi spoilers but this is a hilariously accurate comment.
Wonder where they are now in the series? I think I saw Boom saw what happened to Rooster Teeth last week, so guess we'll see whenever they address it.
"They practiced that dance!" (Laughs in chibi)
So the name being based off of colors is actually true. While they may not seem like it their names are supposed to resemble, sound, or even remind you of a color. Some examples would be Weiss means white in German, Yang’s whole name means Sunny Little Dragon, Blake is black, Jaune is like jaundice which makes your skin yellow, and so on.
Sorry about Jaune’s name it also means yellow in French. If I disturbed anyone with that I am deeply sorry.
Love your reactions so much to this show! And so glad you’re also enjoying it so far. Hope to see you guys watch more beyond the 3rd volume. Form your own opinions and hope you continue to enjoy. ???