98kazer R.I.P Jaune this was so hinting of the kiss scene and death of Pyrha

jay guthrie dude, please no, I just recently got over her death, don't put salt in my almost healed wounds

cri

I can give you a link with gif, when she Pyrrha die again, and again, again. Do you want it?

Gregor Bellator NO!

2 years till I found someone with the same opinion thanks for existing

wow ty both for existing@@tigerwiber1270

I’ll love rwby even if the writing is bad, it changed my life for the better

yeh i almost cry when i think of the writing for this show. i'm 15 and not the best writer, but if i could remake rwby it would make so much more sense, like the ice queendom almost did. idk why all the characters are wigging out about not being able to defeat salem, if u rewatch the ozma backstory u can see several ways to save their world and a lot arent even longshots. im making a video on that @@hisfavfleshlight

I heard the way they made the themes was that Jeff and Casey just got some sentences on what the songs should be about and then they got free reign over everything, and honestly, the result is amazing. Lionize, as an example, portrays Adam exactly like the antagonist he should've been. Hateful, egotistical, rebellious and dangerous, while also mentioning parts of his past as a slave.

Hey that's actually a really good idea!!!

That or some sort of speed semblence

​@@MisMicrosoftYeah and I am very willing to buy it. Also killing Marcus should probably have returned the Semblance to him, he just no longer has his natural legs to know it. We do know that the Staff can regenerate body parts with tricky wordings, so we might see him in full power working as Salem's powerhouse later, she has the Staff now after all

Also his name is Mercury, the Roman name for Hermes

@@BluWartortle I want this to be true because I think its funny Salem uses the staff to give Mercury his legs back LOL

i think it's my #1 favorite haha

@Yifeng Toh I think it was just a way to taunt them, idk, they're not together tho pre sure

@Yifeng Toh No. Coco is a lesbian, while I'd wager Yatsu has feelings for Velvet.

@@miarocksgaming85 It was mocking Coco's handbag weapon, and hinting at her being a lesbian.

It’s more she came to rely more and more on the Maiden powers. Even without them or when she doesn’t use them, she’s shown to her pretty skilled with the swords and the fire dust especially.

Salem probably needed her because she is a girl and maiden powers can only go to girls, plus it seems she would’ve been easy to manipulate. Salem couldn’t have used Emerald or Neo because Neo only cared about Roman and Emerald wouldn’t have been there without Cinder

That's quite the story. My sympathy to both of you.

and then everyone clapped

Bruh. Tf were you playing Wh40k Ultramarine or Shadow of War?🤣🤣🤣

@James McLaughlin Shadow of war.

I'm not sure Mercury will be redeemed, maybe he will sacrifice himself to save Emerald against Tyrian or something...

@@sqxbarto9229 I wouldn't mind that...I never liked Mercury unlike Emerald

I could see Emerald being redeemed but I'm not so sure about Mercury

Someone with a fourth-wall semblance that let them hear theme songs for people would be hilarious.

Cool!

I don't think the pause is necessary. With how fast the tempo of this song is, '1 second' is gonna feel like an eternity.

AzuraQuin Lilax ouch

O O F

that's deep

That Deep and kinda sad thinking about it. Poor emerald

YEET

Anna Dragneel that is genius

Anna Dragneel Even better umbrella noises

Just the sounds of an opening parasol and maybe some pretentious Dolores Umbridge-esque coughing.

Anna Dragneel I love this I laughed so much. xD

it would last exactly 4 minutes and 33 seconds (there's a joke for those that studied music)

they're calling Yatsuhashi literally a fatass for his size, as long as I guess

an acknowledgement a threat and a diss all in one line

@@lndetective o000ol8l

Hell yeah. It's not about victory, it's about doing damage. When I was in Smash Bros tournaments, I didnt give it my all, but when I played on the side, I'd mop the floor with them. No pride, no title...decimating them behind the scenes made me feel better lol

@@ChilupaKing oh so your *THAT* guy Same

Dana Smith Yang! We got a pun and a burn over here!

My version: do you need weiss for that yang

Might actually be more directed to coco, who's weapon is literally her "purse"

Erimentos101 I don't think Dana was saying Weiss is the "girlfriend," it was just a joke

Dana Smith EHYYY

Mercury: Oh hello there! did you know I was abused by my father? Emerald: Hey! Did you know I was a homeless thief before I became a murderer? I love those two.

Like proper RPG characters.

Ha ha.

@@samgafford2371 Wait are you... no that's Gifford.

chiffmonkey there's a Sam Gifford?

Yeah, especially in season 4 they look really uncomfortable around Salem and her associates, I feel like they did a lot of what they did out of fear of Cinder and Roman's wrath, but with Roman who knows where and Cinder crippled and muted, they might be thinking of a way to escape

Tyler Krickeberg Yeah but they are also shown to care about Cinder and will try and fail to convince her before leaving

+Tyler Krickeberg I know right? Esmerald looks like she is inside of a nightmare which can be understand...

Emerald* I doubt Mercury will turn. He (unlike Em) had no problem with mass murder in Vale.

Well he was raised by an assassin. Death is kind of in his job description.

It's so fucking powerful. And tragic. And awesome.

I'm imagining like a field and someone just plunges their hand into the dirt and then rips out a little baby Mercury and raises him up like something out of the Lion King.

Lord Ruyan “Exposed to the Sun” Sun. Sun. SUN WUKONG

for some reason i just thought of the planet mercury :) like it's more near to the sun than to earth

Hell's Mirror yoooooooo

Joseph Ercanbrack well maybe vol6 now, if the writers remember what was meant to be so intriguing about these characters

If Mercury really have silver eyes, it could be the most important plot twist of the show

Wait, aren't his eyes grey?

Luna SlyFire Mah we don't know, there is no really differences between his eyes and Ruby's ones... For now, his eyes are "grey" with no power, but he maybe has not revealed his powers..

Most people see Emerald as the redeemable one, but I wouldn't mind seeing a reserve development. *VOLUME 5 SPOILERS AHEAD* what if Cinder's death (if she did die) causes Emerald to spiral and aspire to take her place, she did admire her after all. Hell, what if Emerald was the last person in her thoughts and she inherits the maidens power while Mercury realises things have gone way too far.

Ollie-C Yeah...me too and when i looked better at lyrics everything was clear.This two are not guilt for what they become...

More backstory in their song than the actual story

Elina Carmina Actually, it seems as though they were under duress. Emerald was born into a bad place where she probably had to steal food just to eat. She may have taken it too far, but maybe she felt the need to. She obviously had no love and comfort growing up, and maybe had no control over anything in her life. Stealing gave her control over something. Mercury was the child of an assassin. He was trained to be an assassin, influenced by his own father (the one man in his life that should have been looking out for him). Children are very easily influenced. He might have been threatened into killing the one guy, then his father used that guilt over the "one" guy to make him kill many. Eventually, the guilt for him would have turned into bitterness and anger, because the world never helped him, let him be beaten down and abused his whole life. But that's all just speculation. Maybe they're just insane psychopaths that like to steal and kill, but that seems unlikely. They both felt trapped, probably. In Volume 3, Chapter 7, it's easy to tell Emerald is in a bad place when Cinder finds her. In the dark between flashbacks, Cinder tells Emerald that she'll "never have to go hungry again." If I was a starving, unwanted girl, I would cling onto and be loyal to whoever saved me. For Emerald, it just played out that Cinder is the one who did that for her. Mercury is obviously abused most of his life, and his father may have been the one to cut off his legs to make them weapons. Eventually he got fed up and killed his own father just because he felt the need to to get away. Cinder pulled him out of that hell hole he lived and gave him real purpose, forming his loyalty. In America, if a jury heard all of this, the charges would be dropped and Cinder would take the fall for all of it, probably. And I'm not trying to be mean! Just sharing my thoughts.

judging from Emeralds reaction to the grimm birthing vats, and some of Salems other pets I'm thinking she might switch sides

Cinder taking the Fall . . . I see what you did there, AYYYYY! ;)

yeah but i kinda have this small feeling emerald might become good cause she did say she felt bad about some things but probably not

RAINBOWBUBBLETEA I bet a lot of us feel that way. Emerald's reason for following Cinder is to "never go hungry again," and you really don't need world destruction for that. I think Emerald will have second thoughts for following Cinder and Mercury.

True but Emerald does seem to have more loyalty towards Cinder than Mercury does.

Levi that's why it's more interesting that Emerald seems to have second thought during the fall of Beacon, rather than Mercury

Mercury was raised by an abusive assassin so it makes sense that he doesn't really have morals. I think all it would take for him to leave Cinder is just finding his own reason to fight for. Thats what Cinder gave him right after he killed his father. At that moment Mercury didn't really have a purpose and following Cinder meant he didn't have to worry about what he'll do next. In the end, Mercury will just do what he wants. He's fine working with Cinder right now but if he finds something he'd rather do, he will. Emerald probably will leave Cinder at some point. I just hope for her sake that Cinder takes it well because if not, she will hunt her down or send Mercury to do so if he is still in league with her.

Protection squad assemble

@@azurvolt6380 Im here

@@azurvolt6380 RIGHT HERE! I WILL DEFEND THIS BOI TO THE DEATH!

Chris Gowen Am I late to the party?

What makes you think that part is referencing Mercury?

Oh my god, this is beautiful. Mx, you have just made my fucking day, and I thank you. Would you mind if I shared this on Quotev? XD

good job mate

I don't know why, but I have this image of Neo taking Meowth's place, sliding in between them with flourishing jazz hands.

@@darkrai6543 Yeah but insted I imagine Neo holding a sign that says "Neo, that's right"

Thank you ... just...Thank you

A villain is only as good as their lackeys.

Kepler Kitten And then they beat Coco and Yatsu.. happy and broken at the same time.

What do you mean??? Mercury could beat any of the main characters he has strategic mind and could find their weak points and he held back in his fight with Yang nearly beating her

...At least, they could before Season 4 came around.

Most of Merc's backstory hasn't explored, according to Miles.

Life Finds a Way Blah, I think most of Emerald's life was not known.

They're just nobodies.

@@trevorhensley3185 mercury is NOT a nobody... emerald actually is. But mercury's father raised soully to train him into a killing machine. Even stealing mercury's semblance from him because "its a crutch" he was to return the semblance once mercury could beat him. Mercury ended up killing his abusive father and his semblance was never returned to him. Making him one of the best villians in rwby because he kinda like rock lee from naruto. Can only fight cqc and cannot use any super powers like everyone else.

@@lifefindsaway8987 They FINALLY explored it, come Volume 6.

They treat each other more like brother and sister. They hang out with each other but still get into sibling-like little moments like in Vol. 3 Ep. 7 at the end when they were taking Mercury away from the arena after Yang, "broke Mercury's legs." Mercury: **Sarcastically** Ohhh, Doc, tell me. Will I ever walk again? Emerald: *Punches Mercury* Mercury: Ow! What's your deal!?

+FlyntofRWBYNation They're more of a close colleague relationship but can strongly relate and empathise each other

I guess the only thing they hate more than each other are other people

It's all about that self confidence, for true power can be achieved no other way

Also a reference to the conversation with Coco before the fight

@@samgafford2371 of that there's no question

Because they're badass bad guys.

Bad guys always get the best stuff! You should know this by now.

Scattergunsniper Thats not always true,watch some other songs.

The bad guys pretty much always get the best song although I think that Team CFVY has the best song (Caffeine). Just listen to sharkface/rooftop from Red vs. Blue. Bad guys kind of deserve awesome songs. Although we hate them, they need to have awesome songs to show how epic they are.

Dakota Dean because everyone wants to be a badass in there own right

Trust In You Caffeine is pure awesomeness. This is pure awesomeness PLUS very interesting lyrics for Em and Merc

Trust In You except this has actual personal meaning to the characters rather than just being a song for hype. Don't get me wrong caffeine is good though

That's your opinion dude.

Hmm neon was good to

Neon is great, this is great. Lots of songs in Vol. 3 are great.

or it could be directed at the fact Marcus Black was an assassin who killed for money rather than any sort of goal, where as Merc might justify his actions as "all for the cause" or at least "All for my friends Cinder and Emerald" Then again we hardly know anything about him or his backstory but it occurs to me that we also never heard anything about Merc's mother and it sort of seems Marcus was raising his son alone...

DSGamma he whas abussed by his father and trained as a assasin so its his father fault

Maybe he called himself "A murderer' Son" because it's the only thing people ever called him ? Not "Merc' the Fighter", "Merc' the Asshole", but just "Son of Black" ? I don't think he tries to justify his action, he's enough lucide to know that what he does is bad but doesn't care either. My interpretation (Like some in the comments) would be that he wants to have his own name, not being the Murderer' Son, Cinder's associate or Salem's Minion. Just Mercury. In good or bad ? I don't know and actually don't care, he would be good in both.

I think he just called his father a murderer because that's what he was. He understands that the only difference between them is that he's a better murderer. The song's partly about the horrible lives that drove both of them to accept Cinder's offer, and Mercury would have turned out very differently if his father had been a decent person.

Didnt he murder his father?

Efren Batista It's so obvious though xD

It wasn't them singing them, but it was a song that is from their point of view.

Efren Batista It fits them well because it was made for them, ya dumdum.

If you think about it its a father-daughter duo

Yello Flag Ooof...Don't cut yourself in that edge, Mercury.

I’m gonna have to ask you to *c e a s e a n d d e s I s t*

@@crow464 he already did I mean his legs

Well his Voice Actor Is Sasuke in Naruto

Doesn't matter, his edge feels quite natural unlike Adam's edge which feels like he's trying way too hard.

Only took 3 more volumes for that to get revealed...

He literally took away a piece of his son's soul. That is *definitely* defilement.

I hope the father faked his death somehow. He was an assassin after all.

@@Wowluckylolz I'm pretty sure Merc would have confirmed the kill...

@@captainker Yeah. Just hoping. He could've easily used his own- or other people's semblances to fake it.

omggg mee too i also love the lines: "The bigger they are then the more that they bleed the deeper the scars that wont heal buckets of pain as they lie there in shame knowing how true defeat feels"

That's the point of the song, it's about both of them; it isn't supposed to be a secret

I know right?

the green equals casey singing and the gray equals jeff singing

Actually, it's supposed to be Gray = Mercury singing or describing his life and what's going on while Green = Emerald. White = them singing/commenting in tandem! ^.^

+FlyntofRWBYNation you're both right, more or less, mercury is sung by jeff while emerald's part is sung by casey

How come 1:06 and 2:42 are green? They're Mercury/Jeff, aren't they?

If your gonna start having a crisis of identity or some crap keep me out of it

I believe he will switch sides, from the beginning I saw good in him, and normally I see the worst in people, only few characters are exceptions and me seeing a hero in a villain isn't common, though with RWBY it seems to be... there are several villains I see some hero in, (Mercury, Adam, Neo, the least expected three lol) but I honestly how much I hate to say it see something that reminds me of Goro Akechi, "born of a nightmare a murderer's son" makes me think of Goro Akechi a lot, since his father is also a murderer and thanks to their fathers Mercury and Goro had bad lives growing up, I just hope things go differently for Mercury...

@@HPKuro Who are characters you don't see the good in.

It's just Caiopera and kickboxing, man.

Like, seriously he's in a world where half the wildlife can murder you on a moment's notice, everyone has some sort of superpower, his got taken away and he just...kicks everything.

I am hoping he gains his semblance back, I am guessing it was a pretty strong one for his father to think of it as a crutch

Marie Thomson I think he was referring to having a semblance in general

@@fatbastard9147 not all semblances are strong or even useful in combat, so I'd say that Mercury's was powerful enough for the father to take it away, not all semblances are crutches and an assassin like him would know that, more so since he could steal them. So I'd argue that it was strong enough for him to think of it as a crutch.

Yeah because for Mercury dad having the ability to take away other semblances is pretty broken. Hell Mercury probably had a semblance that might be something like copying semblances

Mercury still has aura though, which means his body can grow in strength/speed over time like any other fighter and when you combine that with a great martial arts style there's no reason why he should be weak.

If I had understood the lyrics as the song was playing during Emerald & Mercury VS Coco & Yatsuhashi, I would have had Emerald's semblance completely figured out before the flashback.

Da Notti Team rocket 2.0 now with actual skill

Amen.

Da Notti And they are more badass. That they don't need no disguise. They want you to know they're coming for you.

and cinder is meowth always coming up with them evil plans x3

Adrianna Arcuri what about the disguise of having real legs when they fake?

Glynda: If it was up to me, you'd be sent home with a pat on the back....and a slap on the wrist!

it's a pretty common saying tho

Ariel Taylor lol

I noticed it

Sounds like lyrics to an RVB "a punch to the balls and a kick to the head."

I like your profile picture and name. Yuri Lowenthals the best

I'm very late to this, but I think this may be the case. (*Please correct me if I am wrong, I haven't seen the show in a while*) Mercury is the only one of the BBEGs who questions those he serves. Sure, his reasoning was interrupted by the **simp** that is Tyrian, but Mercury just outright tells Emerald that he had doubts. Only after Cinder's defeat does Emerald start to see his side and even Hazel sits on the fence, but Mercury is the only BBEG without a personal connection to the witch. I bet sometime before Volume 12, Mercury switches sides, even if it gets him killed

He wouldnt be anti hero hed be neutral chaotic although he himself is immature hes too old to force change a whole new perspective hed be on no ones side but his own

@@fiachraoleary1561 Well you never know.

I feel like emerald is gonna turn before mercury

Personally, I'm voting for even more out there, I want Jaune vs Mercury

You don't like Jaune very much, do you?

KojiroNoGanryu Jaune's not ready to die yet :(

CrystalCake x That's what I'm saying

Here's betting that Qrow is Mercury's biological foster (and Marcus is a foster). Their confrontation would be intense!

People think it's a reference to the implication that Mercury didn't lose his legs through injury, rather his father amputated them in order to equip him with the gun legs.

Natya Rudh defile can mean sexual assault sometimes aswell..

Thats whatcame to mind for me too.

Eilish Hendry That's stupid, he obviously had normal legs when Cinder and Emerald found him, his legs were bleeding. Stupid morons some people are. He got the metal legs afterwards. .-.

Natya Rudh Alcohol... It has some crazy effects.

Mercury Black I should really hate you for that insensitive joke... But... Pffft -laughs and cries in sorrow- God... I'm a terrible person... XD

Mercury Black... I hate your Father's guts... REALLY HATE HIM WITH A HUGE STONE COLD PASSION THAT COULD SHATTER HIM LIKE A MIRROR AND MAKE HIM RUE THE DAY HE EVER CAUSED YOU HARM... For short... I hate child abuse... :3

I see wot ya did there

NO! JUST NO!

Took me a second...

A lie ? Well that would be a first for Mercury...

I guess you could say it's false advertising

Well, you know that you should`nt make promises you cant keep

* Applauds *

It's just a catchphrase

it has many definitions but i think that by 'defiled' he meant 'raped'

Weiyell Well for one, there was no mother mentioned; no one else in the house to relieve some tension. For another, Marcus Black was a terrible human being.

ROFL HE DIDN'T RAPE HIM HE CHOPPED OFF HIS LEGS IM DYING OMG

Mr Vexx What do you think "defiled" means? Because you don't use that word to describe amputation. Besides, the question was brought up at an RTX months before V4 and none of the cast or writers really denied the claim. In fact, Mercury's missing legs might not have even been his father's doing, though he probably is the one who replaced them.

Rogue Pylon Do you honestly think Roosterteeth is going to touch on a subject like rape in the show?

I'm pretty sure those weren't his boots.

deathshadow2492 His feet of steal. Yes that was a pun.

Eh, blood tastes more like iron

blood has iron in it lol

I would say it's the best comeback of the series but I remembered "If you were one of my men I would have you shot" "If I were one of your men I'd shoot myself"

Too soon... Too soon

really sir really that was not needed

Sophisticated Fart talk is cheap, that shot was cheaper.

+Patrick Froysland cheap shots are my specialty, you should know this by the amount of quarters I have in my pocket after that joke... 1... 2... 3... 4. 4 quarters of a Penny. :D

and even though yang was injured, she's all right now

How about 14k views? Haha XD

Aiden Phonic I get super excited each time it gets another 1,000 views. You have no idea how happy it makes me.

+FlyntofRWBYNation Whale you're the most accurate lyrics channel I've found for RWBY music, so I subscribed on the spot.

Aiden Phonic Yeah, Jeff Williams provided me with an app that has all of the lyrics in it. It's on the App store and Google Play. 8 Tracks is what it's called.

your a legend my man!

IFKR!

adrix 8 couldn't agree more bro aaannnddd may as well admit it I kinda ship emerald and mercury

Sorry bout that my sister's a fan as well I personally only ship bumblebee

+jay guthrie Uh...No,no,nope I only ship Ren and nora

well your the best musician in the world of reminet

Remnant

You correct Remnant, but not your?

I think your a little blind. it says 66,000. lol

Dominick Ibarra you're*, 70,000*

Agreed.

Hey, +MayvaAva seen vol 4 episode 3?

C Berrie 202 Not yet. Why?

***** Just wanting to exchange opinions and such, talk about it all. My friends won't see it till this coming Saturday when it airs on youtube

C Berrie 202 After you mentioned it, I went and watched it. It is a really fantastic episode. I think Yang might have some sort of PTSD but I'd have to look it up first, which is really sad. (I'd be lying if I said it wasn't entertaining to see the character all angsty.)

DJ K.A.K yeah... the show focus’ a lot more on RWBY as a team then the rest of the show did with any other character really. But I guess part of them felt like, “ok, you now know these characters backstories. so I’m gonna make you wait until volume 6 to get any development of them!”

Hazel in V4 was absolutely terrifying, he was a behemoth of a man, gruff, but softly spoken, and had somewhat of a windchime motif, hell, even Ozpin feared him, to an extent, but, come V5, when he actually fought, he was just Diet Hulk. And he had no interesting motivation for wanting Ozpin dead.

@@generalwashingtoad6516 SPOILERS FOR V8 Hazel’s turn in the last bit of his life and dying so Salem could suffer a devastating attack from Oscar, Ozpin, and The Long Memory does show he had a little development

@@generalwashingtoad6516 and that’s an insult to Hulk because only a poorly written Hulk is a dumb brute.