RWBY Volume 9 | OFFICIAL TRAILER

Why Salem angry

@Chris Joy ?

Rwby is Hetrophobic as hell

wild that on the ad for season 9 you put a link to the remake of course its pretty wild that there is a remake while the original is still playing out lol

@Metal_Fusion But wait for a minute, that’s why I just realized this new world that happened to the talking animal from the RWBY world’s old fairytale story about the Judgment Day of their hidden history.

Trash panda

They Shure did 😂

@Minimal BS Toleranceyeah especially now that we have a justice league Rwby coming so maybe we’ll get a guardians of the galaxy x RWby

Trash panda

OMG I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF THAT 😂😂😂

Christmas Special
Nebula: *hands Rocket his present*
Rocket: Yang's arm? but how?
Nebula: Merry Christmas Rocket...

@Minimal BS Tolerance they would yes.

I'm sure Ruby talking to herself is a hallucination caused by the smoke that caterpillar had in a hookah, in the opening you can see it blowing the smoke at the screen. That actually makes a lot of sense, I'm gonna post it on the opening video too.

@Richard Thang maybe they ARE the animals in this fairyland

They should have done this with yang in volume 4!!!!

@Supermario545 g
Neo can't talk

@Adamsmasher93 ​ Yeah is cool, but I just wonder what if the Mantle and Altas innocent civilians are in the new world that they are transported to the Ever After by Cinder and Neo’s attacked plan? And then I hope that they will meet the talking animals in the wonderlands.

I can’t help but to realize the creator of this show died almost 9 years ago, it should of with RVB

@veggiesnake That's just the thing, though. They ultimately brought her back just to kill her again. They didn't do anything with her they couldn't have done with other characters, besides kill her off. That's arguably more disrespectful to the character than what you mentioned.
Truthfully, I wouldn't have a problem with her being brought back, but only if every time I looked at her the second time around didn't feel like I was just looking at a blatantly obvious ticking trauma bomb. At least if they brought her back at the end of the story, and I do mean like... The literal end, as in an epilogue where the main story has already been finished, they could have done a sequel with her as the MC. That has some potential.
Instead, they brought her back just because they(and the audience) wanted to, and to kill her again. Permanently this time, it would seem. At best, her coming back was poorly handled, and at worst it was just a bad decision made to pander to the things the audience wants. I like to believe it's something in the middle, because then I can just keep the blame vague, push it onto everyone, and be done with it. Leave the people that care about that kind of thing to figure out who deserves it more. Let em stay in their little fantasy where only one side is responsible for the show's decline.
Will say though, there is one "good" thing. The only "good" thing about bringing her back just to kill her again is that, seemingly, RT is finally giving Ruby, THE MAIN CHARACTER, the respect she fucking deserves by way of some real character development. Something that should have happened volumes ago. But no. We've had to wait like... 6 volumes. I love Weiss to death. She does not deserve to have more Character songs than Ruby, for crying out loud. At the very least, Ruby deserves an equal number. She's the damn MC, for Christ sake. The most disrespected MC I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot, cuz I grew up watching Pokemon. Ya gotta have it pretty fucking bad to give my boy Ash Ketchum a run for his money.
Lastly, there's plenty of good stories that are written to fulfill the wishes of the fans. They're called fanfiction, and you'd be surprised how many of them are better than the actual show. Y'know why? Cuz there's passion there, and it's a level of passion that modern RWBY, regrettably, lacks. Not for lack of trying or desire, I'm sure. I genuinely believe plenty of people working on the show love it, and they put that passion into the show as best they can. But, with a company like RT... I just don't think that passion can make it flourish the way it should. That's another reason why the fanfics are better. No corporate stranglehold bullshit, and no sexism, racism, underpaying, unpaid overtime, or a billion other things to just... Hurt the life behind the story. Just a fan with an idea, and the passion to make it work. That's how RWBY started in the first place. One man with the passion to make something work. Seems like a winning formula when it comes to this show, so why knock it by saying stories like that can't be good? Fact is, they can be.
Anyway, that's all from me. Have a good day.

@Colt WHAT. I genuinely cannot comprehend some people. Stories aren't written to fulfil your wishes (at least, GOOD ones aren't), they're written to convey ideas, messages, CHARACTER ARCS. You can't execute a character arc at the end of a show. Bringing someone back just to never see them or any of the characters again would stupid AND cheap. It would completely undermine the deaths of any other character because there would no nuance or explanation. The writers would be saying "oh, and we brought Penny back just because we wanted to. The End."

@veggiesnake Let's be honest, she shouldn't have come back the first time either. I love the poor girl, but if she was gonna be brought back, do it at the end of the show. Don't be a bitch and bring her back just to kill her again. That's just stupid. Stupid, and cruel.

@veggiesnake Probably. I wouldn’t be surprised if the tin man copied the guy’s research.

@The Flying Welshman No the Gods came to an old planet for their experiment and created the life at that point the past of the old planet not mentioned. But that does not meant life before the Gods arrived are not in existence.

@Vicente Nicolas Salamanca Vidal Ignoring how unreliable wiki can be, like I said, as a flaw for the character, it's perfect for someone in a leadership position.
But my issue isn't with the mentality. It's that it's lasted for so long when she's surrounded by people and it arguably should have been either dealt with, or at least ADDRESSED within the show already.
Instead, she's been keeping with this unhealthy coping mechanism and mentality for... 2 years? Over 2 years? Technically you can argue we saw the seeds of it even in volume 1 during the jaundice stuff. Seeds she also planted in Jaune, and his issues were addressed and resolved already. His. Jaune's. The guy that's NOT the Main Character got the Main Character's development before she herself did. And he does nothing to help her even though he should probably have an inkling she's going through something similar since she's the one that imparted the idea of how a leader should be onto him.
Again. Great idea for a character flaw, but so far it just feels like RT's poor execution at work again. It's kinda like Yang's PTSD all over again. That shit isn't supposed to just VANISH, but that's what it felt like. At least to me. A great idea with lackluster execution.

@Colt Her mentality is described as "I don't have time for my emotions. I've gotta make sure that everybody else is okay." It's from Ruby Rose page of wiki fandom

@Vicente Nicolas Salamanca Vidal See, I have a bit of an issue with that. My issue with that is that Yang exists around her almost always since the end of volume 5. No one can convince me she wouldn't notice Ruby is having her own issues that she's unhealthily coping with and not confront her about it, especially after what happened during the Volume 7 Salem confrontation.
Actually, I take that back, someone can convince me, but only by arguing Yang is a bad sister. Which is arguably a fair enough argument to make, I suppose. Still, probably the most defining moment for Yang's character is the Volume 2 Blake conversation where when she noticed something was wrong with a teammate, she set out to fix the issue and didn't really take no for an answer until she was sure she got through to Blake.
Yet, her Sister collapses, crying, and then stands up relatively fine like she didn't just have her will shattered with a single sentence not 5 minutes ago, and is back to acting like it's business as usual... And... Yang does nothing to confront her alone about whether something is wrong, and instead gets upset at her for... Well, all her important choices regarding Ironwood in volume 7. Again... Fair, but still. There's issues there, and Yang clearly saw the proof and did nothing. In fact, she arguably made them WORSE.
So, the options are either there's no real issues, or Yang is a terrible sister.
Do you see why I have an issue with that explanation, as the story is currently?
Don't get me wrong, I want Ruby to develop. If she does, maybe we can FINALLY get that damn Red Like Roses Part 3 that we really should have gotten by now. Why? Because this issue, arguably, should not have lasted this long.
She traveled with Jaune, Nora, and Ren for MONTHS. Yet, I'm meant to believe not once did any of them pick up on something being wrong with her. Jaune, who's probably dealing with the same kind of issues she is. Ren and Nora, both of whom are probably no stranger to picking up on emotional trauma and turmoil given they lost everything and everyone they ever loved in a single night, or at least Ren did. Qrow, who was with them for a while, is Ruby's uncle, and probably still deals with the same grief and issues, and he didn't notice anything. Oz, someone who has lived for aeons, is no stranger to a similar kind of coping, and probably had some accidental hand in influencing Ruby to think that coping mechanism is what she needs as a leader. He didn't notice anything.
I have no issue with believing that unhealthy coping mechanism is a part of her character. I have a problem believing she's been able to keep it up so far with no one noticing something is wrong and not calling her out on it.
No matter how you scratch it, the issue should not have persisted for this long.
It raises the question of whether or not this explanation is a genuine aspect of Ruby's character, or if it's just something that is thrown into her character to excuse RT's bad writing decisions of leaving the MC underdeveloped and traumatized for over half of the damn show with no excuse. Hell, I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt and say they didn't throw it in as an excuse, and it's a genuine part of her character.
But there's still no excuse for the issue to have persisted for so damn long if that is the case.
I really want Ruby to get some real development for once in this show, but if it comes from a reason that feels shoehorned in... Well, I'd still appreciate it, cuz it's about damn time RT gave her some respect, but still. Kinda bittersweet.
On the plus side, this is one more aspect of her character for fanfics to make better use of than the show(I say as if fanfics haven't been doing that with her trauma for years already), and I can't wait to see what the fanbase can do with it.
Anyways, that's all from me. Have a wonderful day.

Lindsay Jones claims Ruby's mentality is "selfless, but that means she's not dealing with her own issues. Compartmentalizing and internalizing her grief is what might eventually destroy her."

Idk what you are saying but her development has been there. People just want it out in the open and right in there face. But it seems this volume will show that to people

Ruby matured when she was chosen by Ozpin in season 1 to lead and when everyone goes to her and listens to her for answers in every season. Ruby’s good. What you mean is you want to see more of her power come forth and with that I agree.

For me, it's too little too late.

@Neidhardt You're right. She was better in Volume 1. At least back then I could believe RT cared about her. But they do not.
I will hold fast to that belief until I get my Red Like Roses Part 3, damn it! Practically a DECADE, and no part 3. Ruby has got to be one of the most disrespected MCs I've ever seen.

@Neidhardt how so? Because l see nothing. :/

@Matthew Costello So to save her world, she will become a kind of dark messiah?

Why exactly she has been pretty hollow as a character.

I bet Jaune is bald this time, maybe he became the one Punch man

@Party _Unicorn69 ah right thanks for sharing btw what will happen to jaun and neo

@Scryer To be fair, Ironwood's plan was awful. Like, set aside the Vale people, right? Let's have his plan work as he intended.
Okay, yay, Atlas is in lower atmosphere.
He has no supply lines, every resource and speck of dust seems to be going towards getting the rock up into space. At the same time, he is stealing resources meant for Mantle to do so. His excuse is that it's top secret military work and that he is lawfully requisitioning them, but that's only because Mantle has no recourse. By the type the Vale crew shows up, Mantle's under martial law to "pacify" the people living there. But I digress.
He has no supply lines. We've been told that the tech and fuel isn't there to lift more than Atlas. Likewise, Mantle is being left behind. We were told that there are FAR more people living in Mantle than Atlas, but Ironwood is more focused on saving the upper crust.
Problem: We also know that there are no farmlands, husbandry industry, potable water sources and a shortage of laborers. Mantle sends up *everything* and seems to sustain Atlas in exchange for goods/jerks. So not only would they have no way to ensure ferrying of needed supplies to and from Atlas, they have no way to create food for themselves in the long run.
On that not: lack of suitable clothing and materials for continued space living. Atlas is open air. Even with Remnant not being like Earth, there's no reason to believe that air won't work the same way. That's going to be a massive problem.
Also, most of Atlas' wealth comes from trade. No trade, no wealth. Mistral is in a tizzy, Vale is struggling to rebuild, Vacuo is doing Vacuo things. With no known method of communication, no travel between Mantle and Atlas and the towers still down, the wealthy will have no way of coordinating their networks. And that's assuming the Lien doesn't degenerate like crazy with no Dust being mined and released to sell.
At best, Ironwood creates a massive power vacuum in Mantle and the wealthy eat other in space as they vy to get back to their empires. At worst, Mantle gets overrun and wiped out by Salem, leaving Atlas to die slowly with no way to really save themselves.
Ironwood's plan is pragmatic, but it is shockingly short-sighted, lacking on details and risks far too much for far too little gain. If any. But that was the point: Ozoin was far too hesitant and Ironwood was far too hasty. Both developed obsessions and both cost their homes and Kingdoms due to focusing on said obsessions. Both eschewed much needed and mostly well measured advice for their plans, to the detriment of all.
Remember too, the Happy Huntresses didn't randomly start taking resources. Those resources had already been earmarked *for* Mantle and Ironwood was the one commandeering them. Notw how the military makes a big deal about them taking *military* supplies while Robin constantly corrects and says they were *civilian* supplies, first. And according to Ironwood himself, he'd been avoiding Robin to discuss it since neither were willing to compromise. Nor did he want to explain himself, which is a massive red flag, no matter who you are or what your position is in a government. Besides that, it's a driving force for Robin to get those supplies to the people they were meant for, first and foremost, which is why she runs for office: pressure Ironwood to return the resources legally or get an explanation as to why these life saving supplies have to going into the bottomless military hole.
Had the writers have the Vale team point out these issues, rather than grandstand on a nonexistent, and unearned IMO, moral high ground, it would've been a far better season.

@Fallacy The character who offered Weiss help, gave Yang an arm, gave the teams official Hunters licences, special training, resources, everything he had and was rewarded with suspicion from the moment they arrived, slander, vital information withheld from him and betrayal.
James Ironwood was the hero, not Ozpin and his pawns.

@Scryer who's the real hero you're talking about?

"You're no savior. Your talents lie elsewhere."

@Leaton Jenkins Roman was eaten by a gryphon (griffen, why does this thing have 2 spellings), but yeah the effect is the same since it's still a grimm.

@marc thomas rage awakened intensified

We already saw him in the teaser.

@SashGirl34 you all ready for lingering will jaune

@Winter Darkstorm Ruby knows she's there. There's an earlier clip of Neo using her semblance to take the form of Penny, Oscar and Yang and attempting to attack Ruby.

We also dont know how neo will react when ruby and the rest find out shes there

Maybe she'll decide to stay behind while the others return to defeat Cinder and Salem once and for all

Roman still was the target of assassination by Cinder or Salem. fact is... torchwick wasn't a believer, he was working for them because not doing so meant death. so he accepted the payment and did the work.. but barely enough to not get tossed out.
Looking at him and Neo the whole time they absolutely could do better at the various jobs. They always somehow managed to coincidentally be found... and always ran fast, often leaving many allies to be taken or with less than a full load of target stuff.
They were playing the long con, working to survive but actively slowing down the proccess while dropping crumbs at those who had connections to bigger fish who could potentially find a solution.
When they got threatened and had to do a good job? The entire school fell in a single night and they did it easily.
but they got rid of him for it.
I am hoping that Neo's been playing a partly long game, still obviously wanted to hurt Ruby and them. But frankly how she went about it did not make sense. She could easily have snuck in and stabbed ruby many times, as many differnet people. Instead she actually did prioritze Cinder's plans, and such... partriclarly with stealing the artifacts.
I think she wantd to hurt everone and take the relic herself to cause them pain when she can't kill the immortal who caused her pain. I bet she switched things out with a fake relic. Neither cinder nor salem checked but salem made aface.
also fair chance inside of grimm can lead to the portal in the poles. Which leads to ht eever after.

He literally COULD STILL HE ALIVE but CRWBY just hasn’t used it yes

@Lohan actually if you looked closely,the nevermore pivoted within the ship, and is seen flying away in the background in the next scene. Ruby kicked it and it went within the control center/cockpit of the ship. Due to the quality of the animation and particle effects at the time, it was hard to distinguish that. Plus its been proven that you can survive being swallowed whole by a Grimm.

@Sianthalis Salem only does that to people with silver eyes so I don't think that is how he will return if he returns

@vsGoliath oh! i meant for season 9 lol.... i tried to look everywhere for the episodes. Found nothin :(

@Danny Lin It's been on Crunchyroll for a few years now, but I've heard that they're going to be putting this season behind the Premium paywall, and you know what that means...
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me!

@vsGoliath is it on crunchy roll.?

And Crunchyroll exclusive!

well lucky you if you can watch it. Some of us now have to wait another year Until it’s out on RT site.

oh cmon shes already used to seeing her die how badly is she going to take it this time?

I thought she already knows?

@Jeremy Baker How about bringing her back AGAIN?

@TMX1138 she was already bought back to live already and murderofbirds doesn't want penny back to life he said it himself

It was a gamechanger in Volume 3 and should have stayed that way.

Red trailer was 10 years ago, my dude.
And it was all downhill from there, if I'm being cynical. 🤣

I'm afraid Neo get ten minutes screen time and die like typical villain. The spark for this is that she does not have remorse for her actions like Emerald and Hazel does. Do you remember what RT does with character like her?

$5 says it's just another can kick.

Put their hearts into it then proceeded to completely shit on their fans

Closer to 2 years now. Still, better late than never.

Pretty sure it took so long because the majority of the staff quit due to the terrible work environment. I'm expecting a lot of standing around with expository dialogue and some underwhelming fights.
Just like the last six volumes.

It took a long time but maybe it's because they lacked the passion for it? I am not even gonna have high hopes for this.

HELLA HYPE

Me, kinda

@Jaune Arc
Robbie Daymond... The dub voice for Chrollo Lucilfer from Hunter x Hunter, Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen, Shoya from A Silent Voice... So on and so forth.

Who?

Even the most strong-willed of people can't carry a burden like this forever. Eventually, Ruby is going to have to face her demons. The question is, who or what will she become?

Bruh it's literally been almost 3 years since volume 8 dropped... How is any of this hitting hard for you?

Me too they are exactly the same lol.

@Tsunzucchini TzatzikiSan LOL RWBY and Jaune are all going to be 'reborn' in a sense. As they have to find themselves again in Ever After. Ruby and Jaune in particular.

_" _*_KILL the girl, Ruby Snow_*_ ... ... _*_and let the "Woman" be born_*_ ... ... "_
_" _*_The World of Remnant is no place for childish dreams of adventure and prosperity ... ... ... It is a realm meant for the true freedom of the Hunter Life !_*_ "_
_" _*_Flesh, is weak_*_ ... ... _*_and Aura, is strong_*_ ... ... _*_now rise - and be, reb~OOORN !!_*_ "_
( Okay i added Silliness and Epicness into it ) 😛😝😁

Counting the days until 2024 for me, after RT decided to very very suddenly make it a timed exclusive here rather than releasing it on their own site like they have done literally since the shows birth

Maybe it's better if you do. The whole thing's been one long GoT Season 8, I don't see how it could possibly end well. And RT's been dying for years.
Coeur Al'Aran does a better job with the setting (generally speaking. He's written a few absolutely terrible stories), it'll probably hurt less. Did for me.

Been watching since the Red trailer dropped on the old RT website. I'll watch to the end, but god damn it hurts sometimes. So consistently close to something great, and missing the mark every single time.

Oooo I like that theory for Jaune. That would make a lot of sense and would make for a drastically different character development for him

@Young Multiverser LMAO

_" _*_KILL the girl, Ruby Snow_*_ ... ... _*_and let the "Woman" be born_*_ ... ... "_
_" _*_The World of Remnant is no place for childish dreams of adventure and prosperity ... ... ... It is a realm meant for the true freedom of the Hunter Life !_*_ "_
_" _*_Flesh, is weak_*_ ... ... _*_and Aura, is strong_*_ ... ... _*_now rise - and be, reb~OOORN !!_*_ "_
( Okay i added Silliness and Epicness into it ) 😛😝😁

I hope this doesn't boil down to them fighting dark copies of themselves. That just trite and over done in anime.

@GamerRiderG3 this aged well.. hogwarts legacy is currently being played by over 600k+ people on steam rn with overwhelmingly positive reviews

Hahaha two properties that are created by toxic companies.

Considering that Jaune is currently assumed to be the Knave (Jack) of hearts, he's in for a wild time.

Well, you certainly called that one.

I may be agreeing with you.

@Kid Prime that’s not how it works. The rules of the Maidens are the rules of the Maidens. Trying to control where the powers go is like trying to control nature itself. Ozma can’t choose who he reincarnates into, and neither can the Maidens. And responsibility isn’t something anyone can just avoid or run away from, because they WILL catch up to you.

@The Flying Welshman Then what if the Maiden uses the power for personal gain or to cause chaos like Cinder for instance?
You would think they'd have had a way to revoke the power from them and be given to someone else gives a damn, should that ever happen.

@Kid Prime The Maidens have to die to transfer their power because Ozma has to die in order to reincarnate. The transfer of the Maidens powers is a form of reincarnation, just like the Avatar has to die for another Avatar to be born.

Indeed it this thr funniest thing I have heard in a hot minute

0:46 I think someone asked yang if she was amused.

must be fun to be so easily amused

RWBY on crack. I'm in. Need to watch Volume 8 first.

Did anyone else laugh when the cat said “I sense a but” and it’s butt showed up. It took em a while to understand what it meant like dialogue wise.

Neo doesn't have a motivation 😂 She's in the show because of how popular she was among fans. The writers have no idea what to do with her.

@Flauschige Spinne Neo doesn't know what happened so she couldn't have formed an opinion about it.
Neo is going after Ruby because Cinder blamed Ruby for Romans death. Cinder also betrayed Neo and also wasn't there when Roman died so not a great source.
Watching an interesting character like Neo chase down someone for revenge when they haven't even bothered to find out the truth gets old very quickly. She had the lamp and could have asked "What happened to Roman Torchwick?" I would like to think if Neo knew the truth she wouldn't blame Ruby anymore because she's not an idiot.
But it's Ruby who doesn't know why Neo is after her so badly. She even said in the finale "What ever you wanted, I hope it was worth it"

Ruby killed Roman in her opinion

@Wii4a11 i'm curious to see if ruby grew or yang and Blake shrunk 0:46. Either way it's definitely giving alice in wonderland vibes.

@Nathan Hooker i thought of alice in wonderland too

Complete with a Cheshire Cat

I mean they're litterally in wonderland

Well yeh they mentioned Alice's story as "the girl who fell through the world" in the previous volume.

I have no idea who is doing the show anymore, considering the majority of the staff quit due to the hostile work environment at RT. That's why this volume took so long.

@023 Studios yeah. It’s a great “what could have been” example.

@Shadamy And Sonamy Lover I get that. I mean, you get to see it the day of release instead of waiting a few days later.
I remember back watching the series when it was still on Clip-Share. Ever since they made the move over to their own website (and now to CR because they rightfully got called out and everybody’s cancelling their subscriptions) the show’s now just a case study for me as for what not to do in my own endeavours in writing when it comes to character development, plot progression, world building….basically everything. Lol

@023 Studios fair. I mean I pirate everything anyways. I can’t afford premium of anything lol

Emphasis on Giant, look at 0:47, there’s no way that’s a perspective shot

@Huey thats true 😂

Ironically thats what alice in wonderland is

@Mr Hamburgler thanks dude. 🥰

@Praetorian Rex nahh unfortunately not. if i did bro, id done hollered at em on your behalf or set you up with the info lol👍 this stuff is awesome and incredibly well thought out. and "lore logical" as far as im concerned

@Oldtaku_DD yes thanks I forgot about my sweet and adorable little ice cream girl🩷🤎🩶🍨 tho of course we only about her in that split moment and that's it. Of course tho we'll know more about our little troublemaker soon enough when we see the volume but as of now jaune and NEO are our mystery duo we know little about as of now but we'll find out soon enough in a couple of days😎👍

Jaune being out for a volume would be best case scenario, honestly.

@SashGirl34 Perhaps it will be the tried and true tested method of his helmet breaking a piece or even fully?

@randombytes That's an interesting theory. I mean I just think about what I know of the Alice In Wonderland characters.
Ruby maybe alluring to Alice for the story. The Chesire cat was a friend guide to Alice. Helping her by explaining wonderland. As an example.
Jaune I feel maybe the knight. And that alludes to the Knave of Hearts. The right hand of the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts. Original book and some of adaptations have the Knave as the Queen's lover. Whether he's faking it or not depends. He more like had his identity taken from him by the woman.
As the woman to be maybe referring to the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts. She was known to take people's heads. But taken their identities maybe alluding to that. Or whatever she is doing. Appearing to manipulate Ruby. As their vulnerable. She also was connected to pawns. As in she wanted to use people for her own gain.

But the end of Volume 8 was just as bad as 5

@Calvin Fujii
Awesome!!!!
Here they are, the Verandertiers:
[Verandertier Description]:
The Verandertier(s) (from tier verander, German for "changed beast"), are creatures (types of animal life to be exact) native to the world of Remnant, being direct and indirect descendants of the planet's original inhabitants (who occupied the planet before the Gods remade it as they please, thinking it was a blank slate). Like the Grimm (but having no relation to), they often pose a threat to to humanity. But UNLIKE the Grimm, which do so for the sake of it and live to do so, Verandertiers attack out of a sense of self preservation, defending territory and young, or otherwise "misbehaving", being neither good nor evil. their unique status as lifeforms not made by the Gods and the unstable, chaotic, and always changing ecosystem the planet used to have, the Verandertiers are capable of "improvised ontogeny", a mutation like metamorphosis that allows an individual animal or other lifeforms to adapt to a variety of situations and to enable rapid evolution. An animal or person becomes one if they have a "V base" in their genetic makeup that then activates by various causes, usually life threatening ones like allergies, toxins, extreme injuries, etc. (More specifically, the improvised ontogeny is how a normal animal actually becomes a Verandertier, and that Verandertiers are "descendants " of Remnants original inhabitants in the sense that the V-base came from a certain lineage of the latter that survived just long enough for the V-base to cross paths with and somehow inherited by precursors to a select few, if any, of each modern species, which is how almost any animal could have a V-base yet Verandertiers are rarely seen). The resulting form is usually superior to its original counterpart in at least a few ways.

@Praetorian Rex Sure.

@Calvin Fujii could I ask you for some input on a creature or two I'm working on for RWBY, please?

If there's one thing this show has always had going for it, it's the music. So glad to see that's staying on track

Salem and ozma conversation pacific

@Daquan Harrison awesome!!!
Here they are, the Verandertiers:
[Verandertier Description]:
The Verandertier(s) (from tier verander, German for "changed beast"), are creatures (types of animal life to be exact) native to the world of Remnant, being direct and indirect descendants of the planet's original inhabitants (who occupied the planet before the Gods remade it as they please, thinking it was a blank slate). Like the Grimm (but having no relation to), they often pose a threat to to humanity. But UNLIKE the Grimm, which do so for the sake of it and live to do so, Verandertiers attack out of a sense of self preservation, defending territory and young, or otherwise "misbehaving", being neither good nor evil. their unique status as lifeforms not made by the Gods and the unstable, chaotic, and always changing ecosystem the planet used to have, the Verandertiers are capable of "improvised ontogeny", a mutation like metamorphosis that allows an individual animal or other lifeforms to adapt to a variety of situations and to enable rapid evolution. An animal or person becomes one if they have a "V base" in their genetic makeup that then activates by various causes, usually life threatening ones like allergies, toxins, extreme injuries, etc. (More specifically, the improvised ontogeny is how a normal animal actually becomes a Verandertier, and that Verandertiers are "descendants " of Remnants original inhabitants in the sense that the V-base came from a certain lineage of the latter that survived just long enough for the V-base to cross paths with and somehow inherited by precursors to a select few, if any, of each modern species, which is how almost any animal could have a V-base yet Verandertiers are rarely seen). The resulting form is usually superior to its original counterpart in at least a few ways.

Certainly!

@Cat Kun 1234 could I ask you for some input on a creature or two I'm working on for RWBY, please?

And victory is in a simple soul!

Everyone commenting parts of the song is just greatness incarnate. I'm excited too XD

@Deamin Just letting you know. There's going to be no breaks. There's 10 episodes. From Feb 18 to April 22.

@vsGoliath Yup kinda agree, i dont dislike him as much as ive seen others, but i definitly think he is a "character with potential" that just never really gets to fulfill that potential. Would be sick if he really is the knight from the other trailer and he goes full on plate armour so we will see.

@Deamin All very good points! I think I'm just personally kind of sick of Jaune as a character. He was never very interesting to begin with and often acts as more of a main character than Team RWBY themselves. Of course, this point has been talked about to absolute death so I won't waste anyone's time with them.

@vsGoliath I mean yeah, currently the whole story is fixed on the Salem plotline, this detour in Vol. 9 could give us a nice litte breathing room to catch up with the main fours character development and all that, but we cant stay here too long, an entire Volume dedicated to something outside the plot could very easily drag on way too long and then, if Jaune isnt in the volume, well then we know that we need to stay here, probably halfway into volume 10 to deal with his storyline as well and at that point... well i dont see the show continueing much... Already to around 2 years for this volume, it will most likely have a 3 week hiatus midway, possible two seperate hiatuses like vol 8 and then we would have to maybe wait 2 more years befoe vol 10 starts for us to... still not be in the main plot yet? I dunno bout that one chief.

You consider Jaune not being in this volume as the very bad option?

Here's what happens, they get to the tree, get out, and pick up where they left off in S8. Any animosity and issues leftover will be resolved and forgotten by the time they get out.
Saved you time, you're welcome.

It's the most frustrating show on the planet because it's always just one step away from being legitimately good. It always feels like the writers are Matrix bullet dodging out of the way of every smart decision.

@Love Circles ppl like bad and average things, fame doesn’t equal quality, but I do agree despite being average at best rwby is interesting for its potential (not used) to be good

@L-W 2004 what? I’m talking about the toxic FANS of the show. I’m not dumb enough to think someone that doesn’t like the show is toxic.

@shadowwriter329 just because someone dosnt love the show with the MANY flaws dosnt mean they are toxic

@Love Circles could I ask you for some input on a creature or two I'm working on for RWBY, please?

I'm going to say something controversial. I hope Jaune isn't in this volume.

He is riding a rabbit thing around 1:16 , 1:17 . You see his foot.

He may do a sudden heel turn

@MysteryAnime CosplayerEditorTheFourth true. We did see a knight in the first trailer, maybe that’s him.

I think what makes it is even worse for Jaune is that since none of team RWBY knows he's there and imagine how much trauma he's probably going through since he had to kill Penny he's most likely losing his sanity

And the entire Volume 9 we won't get a single glimps of Vacuo or Winter, the Rest of the kids and the Happy Huntresses working together.

😂 Shhh those ppl dont exist anymore. Only Main Cast survived. They got Plot Armor after all.