RWBY is a web series that's made by Roosterteeth. Before the actual show started, each of the main characters got their own trailer; the trailers were just scenes of them fighting people/creatures. Each character in the show is based off of a fairy tale, myth, etc. The protagonists, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, go to Beacon Academy. Beacon Academy is where they are taught to become official Huntresses. They're "team name" is RWBY, and each letter represents the first letter of their names (and, coincidentally, their designated colors). RWBY only has one season so far, but so many characters, conflicts, and creatures are introduced in only 16 episodes. Ruby RoseRuby Rose is the team leader of RWBY and the main protagonist. She's very friendly, but she can also fight like it's her job. Ruby has a special power, or "Semblance", which is her speed. She can move so fast that at appears as if she can teleport. She named her weapon (a scythe mixed with a sniper rifle) "Crescent Rose." You can probably tell that her "color" is red, considering her name is a red jewel and a red flower. Ruby is based off of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood," and in her trailer, she's shown at first as just a red hood and cape. So it's pretty obvious that it's alluding to Little Red Riding Hood. Weiss SchneeWeiss Schnee is very proper, and she makes it clear that her father is the boss of "Schnee Dust Company" (Dust is something that is used against the Creatures of the Grimm). Weiss' Semblance is her glyphs. She can create them to manipulate objects, or she can even use them as a platform. She carries around "Myrtenaster," a rapier with glyphs that channel the Dust inside of her rapier. It's very clear that her "color" is white because her first name is literally "white" in German. Her character alludes to Snow White; her name means "white snow," and her necklace has an apple on it. The very beginning of her trailer shows us that she's very preserved and very proper. Blake BelladonnaBlake Belladonna is super quiet, but when she does talk, she's usually very sassy. Blake's Semblance is called "Shadow," and it allows her to make clones of herself. Her choice of weapon is a folding katana with a pistol in it's handle attached to a long ribbon, and she calls it "Gambol Shroud." Considering that "blake" is an Old English term for black, Blake's "color" is black. Blake has two meanings: deadly nightshade and beautiful woman. Blake is both of those things, so that makes sense. She's supposed to be influenced by Belle from Beauty and the Beast, but I can't see a similarity. Her trailer is the first trailer to have someone talking in it, and it shows that she has a lot of dexterity and swiftness. Yang Xiao LongYang Xiao Long is Ruby's older sister (they don't have the same last name, but that's not relevant), and she's very straightforward and confident. Her yellow gauntlets, Ember Celicia, act as shotguns that have exploding bullets, and they project flames. Her "color" is yellow, and it goes hand in hand with her name, Yang, which means "sun" and "light." Yang is inspired by Goldilocks because of her "gold" hair, and in her trailer, the DJ at the club she goes to is wearing a bear hat. The trailer shows Yang to be very energetic and confident. Long story short: RWBY is a really good show and you should watch it. Just like Red vs Blue, RWBY isn't on Netflix, so you can watch it on Crunchyroll, Roosterteeth's Youtube Channel, or on the Roosterteeth Website.
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Have you ever seen a TV show that uses video games? Well I have. One of my favorite shows (like top 5 at least), Red vs Blue, is made only by graphics from the Halo games. Two teams, the Reds and Blues, "fighting" each other in a civil war, are living in a box canyon called Blood Gulch. When I say "fighting" I really mean doing absolutely nothing. Later in the series, a team called Project Freelancer is introduced as a higher and more important group of people. You have to watch it before I start spoiling things for you. At first, this show might seem like the creators had no idea what they were doing; they didn't. Red vs Blue started this as a side project that a group of 5 friends started in their living room. They only intended it to be a 6-episode long series; they didn't know that it would soon have a total of 356 episodes in 11 seasons. Can you say over-achievers? Unfortunately, Red vs Blue isn't on Netflix (weaksauce, I know); however, the show is on the Roosterteeth YouTube, and it's on the Roosterteeth website. Make sure to watch it because, let me tell you, it's an amazing show. *Disclaimer: You do not have to be involved with Halo to like Red vs Blue. The only similarity is the graphics. |
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