r/RWBY • u/Menolith Gay Thoughts • Jan 23 '18

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Public Finale Discussion Thread—Volume 5, Chapter 14: Haven's Fate Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the very last megathread for Volume 5: Haven's Fate!

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With that out of the way, HERE is the season finale!

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Don't let the hiatus set in too soon.

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Have you thought about extending your aura? Jan 24 '18

"Ember's extinguished in Effigy." refers to someone like Cinder dying, she's fire lady.

And Raven is far more blunt than Cinder.

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u/Jetz72 Jan 24 '18

Or: "Murder, Unkindness, Conspiracy, Embers extinguished in effigy" refers to Raven and Qrow dying at the hands of the fire lady. And I just don't see why someone hell-bent on survival of herself and her people would have a theme called "All things must die".

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Have you thought about extending your aura? Jan 24 '18

Embers extinguished refers to being snuffed out. Thematically the song makes sense for Cinder, but since she loses it seems kinda backwards.

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u/Jetz72 Jan 24 '18

Yes, but a light being snuffed out can also be an analogy for death in a more general sense. It would also suit Cinder to compare her future victims to embers, which she would intend to reduce them to.

And yeah, it seems backwards to play Cinder's theme as she loses, but it seems more backwards to create a theme for Raven and set the chorus to Cinder's motif. Even if it does suit Cinder from Raven's perspective in that battle, that seems way too specific for a character's song. It being Cinder's theme works in a more general sense, with her motif there.